Clementine and I accompanied Linette to Cincinnati this weekend, where she had a number of graphic design-related stops to make. While my mom took Clementine to see Mary Poppins (I’m told that the beguiling nanny-witch flew out, over the audience, and Burt danced on the ceiling), Linette and I went and checked out the Shepard […]
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Remember how, last year at about this time, we were talking about Totally Awesome Fest? Well, it’s upon us again, and, with that in mind, I attempted to engage the enigmatic Patrick Elkins, one of the men behind the festival, in conversation. Following is the result: MARK: What, if anything, are you doing differently this […]
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I’m sick. I have a cold. I slept for about 15 hours last night. And I probably should have stayed in this evening, buried under mountain of blankets, but, thanks to a friend of a friend of a friend, I happened into some tickets for a reading by writer, historian and public radio personality Sarah […]
Posted in Art and Culture, Dreamland Tonight, History, Mark's Life, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Bee Mayhew, celebrity sighting, Eastern Michigan University, having a cold, hemming and hawing, if you have to tell someone that you're not crazy you probably are, John Winthrop, Massachusetts Bay Colony, Rosemary Clooney, Sarah Vowell, sick, sick day, soup, The Wordy Shipmates, This American Life, turkey noodle soup, Ypsilanti District Library |
Ready or not, it looks like another episode of Dreamland Tonight is going to tape tomorrow night, in Ypsilanti. Our guests will include local landlord and developer Stewart Beal, historian James Mann, and musician Annie Palmer. If the practice I just participate in is any indication, it’s going to be extremely loose, but I imagine […]
I’m on my way out to a meeting to discuss the second episode of Dreamland Tonight, but, before I go, I want to share this video of the first episode. I don’t know how well it translates to this format, but hopefully you’ll find something to like about it… And don’t be discouraged by the […]
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