I’m working on the script for the June 18 episode of Dreamland Tonight right now, and it’s shaping up to be pretty good. In addition to the mayoral debate, we’ve got the incomparable Charlie Slick performing a few songs, and a couple of other surprises. It should be fun… So, if it’s not on your […]
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Dreamland Tonight update
Posted in Dreamland Tonight, Politics, Ypsilanti Also tagged Alvin Greene, Antiques Roadshow, awesome t-shirt ideas, Community Show & Tell, conspiracy theories, Dreamland Theater, election rigging, Melissa Dettloff, puppet Mark, Snow White, South Carolina, unqualified candidates for political office 9 Comments
Buy an awesome t-shirt, and help some cool kids make some great art
My friends Melissa and Ryan just designed a new t-shirt for Ypsilanti’s FLY Children’s Art Center. Shirts are $20, and proceeds will go toward funding the non-profit’s efforts to bring art to the kids of south-eastern Michigan. If you’d like to help, or, I suppose, if you just feel that the shirt is cool and […]
Posted in Art and Culture, Dreamland Tonight, Education, Ypsilanti Also tagged awesome t-shirt ideas, FLY Children's Art Center, local non-profits, Melissa Dettloff, Ruth Marks 5 Comments
The return of Totally Awesome Fest: April 30 – May 2
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 […]
Posted in Art and Culture, Dreamland Tonight, Ypsilanti Also tagged "the blog", aerobics, Aimee Adams, Alan Shuerman, Anna Vitale, Annie Palmer, batter, Ben Miller's take-home fashion show, Body Holographic, brass knuckles, Bungalow, Charlie Slick, Chris Bathgate, City Center, cops shutting down house parties, Deathwish, Detroit Party Marching Band, Dos Hermanos, Dreamland Theater, drug and sex orgies, Emilia Javanica, Emogene Nightingale's Octopus Ballet, gas money, Geoffrey Fieger, Gigi Allyn, Grove Gardens, Heathens Gold, hippies, hippy segregation, Hob the Troll, how to fill the extra room in your shorts, Jamie Easter, Jen Wilke, Jes Kramer, Juniper Baby, Kelly Caldwell, Leaf Blower / Church Pipe, Lightening Love, Lightning Love, Lord of the Yum-Yum, magical events, Martes Martes, May Day, Moon Elves, Naia Venturi, nflatable kids pool, noise ordinance violations, octopus ballet, orgies, pancake vvrestling, pancakes, parades, Patrick Elkins, performance art, photos of men with beards, Pine Cones, puppet Mark, salsa lessons, Santiparro, Secret Twins, Shitney Houston, Spur Studios, Swimsuit, T-Bone and the Drones, Thom Elliot, Totally Awesome Fest, Video Games, yoga, Ypsi Food Co-op 36 Comments