Tag Archives: Robert DeNiro

Reflecting on Pure Michigan

By Mark | January 13, 2013

It’s pretty rare in the world of blogging that you can actually land a punch, and rarer still that the punch you land will leave a mark. You flail away for hours a day, tiling at windmills, and writing your heart out, but, for whatever reason, things rarely break through. You have little victories. You [...]

Posted in Mark's Life, Marketing, Michigan, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged advertising, advertising campaign, Laura Kaeppeler, Marilyn, MEDC, Michigan Economic Development Corporation, Mike Finney, Miss America, perfect storm, Pure Michigan, right-to-work, Syed Taj | 14 Comments

Ypsi/Arbor exit interview: Hob the Troll

By Mark | September 4, 2011

A few days ago, I started a series of what I’m calling “Ypsi/Arbor exit interviews” by posting an email conversation with my friend Forest Juziuk, who will be leaving shortly for the promised land of San Fran-frisky. Today, I offer the second installment of the ongoing initiative. This interview is with a parasitic entity called [...]

Posted in Ann Arbor, Art and Culture, Dreamland Tonight, Ypsilanti | Also tagged bridges, dinner theater, dog fighting, Dreamland Theater, Drew Barrymore, entertainment management, exit interviews, Florence Henderson, Florida, Forest Juziuk, Fucking Awesome Fest, Genitti’s Hole-In-The-Wall, Hob the Troll, Hollis, Jambo Man, Jordan Trovillion, juvenile work camp, Manhole, Pleasure Dome, Ponderosa, Portland, Robert Reed, salt mines, San Francisco, Stevo Doccerson, summer camp, swingers, Thom Elliott, Totally Awesome Fest, trolls, vaudeville, Westland, Ypsi/Arbor Exit Interviews | 6 Comments

Getting Charlie Sheen on Dreamland Tonight

By Mark | March 13, 2011

If Charlie Sheen can keep himself alive, out of jail, and off the TSA’s no-fly list for the next few weeks, it looks as though he’ll be paying Michigan a visit. According to a reports coming out this weekend, Sheen will be touring with his live show, entitled “

Posted in Detroit, Dreamland Tonight, Pop Culture, Uncategorized | Also tagged Charlie Sheen, FOX Theater, My Violent Torpedo of Truth, people I would like to interview, puppet Mark, Sheen's Korner | 19 Comments

Concentrate

By Mark | May 19, 2010

If you haven’t seen it yet, the folks at Concentrate posted a long article about me and my projects today. I’d like to thank Tanya Muzumdar, the writer of the piece, for attempting to make sense out of my two hours of unfocused rambling, and Dave Lewinski for the photos. For what it’s worth, I’d [...]

Posted in Art and Culture, Crimewave USA, cycle powered cinema, Dreamland Tonight, Mark's Life, Media, Monkey Power Trio, Shadow Art Fair, Special Projects | Also tagged Concentrate Media, cycle powered cinema, Dave Lewinski, Deja Vu, Elbow Room, interviews with Mark, Misha Grey, Naia Venturi, photos of Mark, pictures of Mark urinating, puppet Mark, Shadow Art Fair, Tanya Muzumdar, urinal | 17 Comments

Another entry for the Pencil Paparazzi file

By Mark | August 3, 2009

OK, it looks as though another movie is filming in Ann Arbor. I just received the following Pencil Paparazzi contribution from a reader named Alicia, who happened to be crossing the University of Michigan campus this afternoon when she saw a film crew. She asked a man blocking foot traffic what was going on and [...]