Two girls came by the house this afternoon. They handed me a box, looked at each other for a second, and ran away. Given the appearance of the girls, I was expecting it to be something gross, maybe in retaliation for yesterday’s post on the nastiness of dog-punching nomadic crusties. I don’t know what I […]
Tag Archives: Punk Week
A desperate Manhood appropriates my face to win fans, secure lucrative record deal
Posted in Art and Culture, Mark's Life, Monkey Power Trio Also tagged awesome t-shirt ideas, Clare, crusties, Keelan, Manhole, Manhood, my favorite bands, not so awesome t-shirt ideas, pink flamingo, punks, weird glasses 34 Comments
The down side of shopping cart races
A few days ago, I posted something here on the site about the clandestine shopping cart race that takes place in Ann Arbor every August, at the end of Punk Week. Well, after posting the story, I began hearing from people in Ann Arbor who wanted me to know why they were against the races. […]
Posted in Ann Arbor, Art and Culture, Mark's Life Also tagged Bill Grundy, cardboard carcass, dirty rotter, disturbing the peace, flyers, kids today, littering, posts where Mark comes across as an uncool douche, preachy bullshit, punks, Sex Pistols, Shopping, shopping carts made to look like sharks, stickers, strategy, taggers, the man 18 Comments
How to Build and Race a Losing Shopping Cart
One week each year, in August, before the college students return, and while all of the cops are up north at their summer cottages, it’s safe for the punks to return to Ann Arbor. It’s called Punk Week, and it culminates with a big clandestine shopping cart race through downtown. Not wanting to bum any […]
Posted in Ann Arbor, Art and Culture Also tagged aerodynamics, Annamarie O'Brien, August, bending space and time, cake, cardboard, collective losers, coming in last, concentrated Salvia, fashion outlaws, flashlights for eyes, Ford Escort, Hipsilanti, Ian Fulcher, Jen Scroggins, Jessica French, K-Mart, Kat Scott, loosers, Patrick Elkins, racing, shopping cart races, shopping carts, shopping carts made to look like sharks, slow wheeled sharks, spray paint, Stefan Krstovic, theft, when punks compete, wizards 9 Comments