Tag Archives: Shadow Art Fair

Concentrate

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 […]

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Stuffing the electronic ballot box

Tonight, when you’re sitting around, looking for something to do after getting drunk on moonshine, instead of doing something naughty, like killing a friend by forcing an Asian swamp eel into his rectum, get online and cast your ballot in the new AnnArbor.com Community Choice Awards. As it would be unethical for me to do […]

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I’ve finally earned a place in the Hitler Downfall meme

I was alerted to the existence of this footage earlier tonight, upon arriving home from work. Linette took me into her office and showed it to me, but was reluctant to tell me who the responsible party was. She eventually gave up our mutual friend Eric Lagergren, though… Thank you, Eric, for making history come […]

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My friend Scott, a forefather of teabaggery

I don’t like to brag, but I have a personal connection to the patriotic teabaggery presently sweeping across this great nation of ours… You see, my friend Scott, the founder of Baltimore’s Atomic Books, was instrumental in the mainstream popularization of the formerly-gay practice which spawned this historic conservative movement. You might not be aware […]

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Brandon Zwagerman on Mittenfest IV

Brandon Zwagerman doesn’t live here anymore. But he stays connected to the local music scene through Mittenfest, an annual winter showcase of Michigan bands, which he organizes from his home in New York. This year’s Mittenfest, to be held at the Elbow Room in Ypsilanti beginning New Year’s Eve, spans 4-days, and involves 40-bands. Following […]

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