By Mark | February 8, 2015
On our very first show, a young boy called in from Ann Arbor to proclaim, somewhat inexplicably, “I have no regrets.” Well, unlike him, I do have regrets. This week, mistakes were made. I won’t list them here, as doing so would be both painful and tedious, but I did want to acknowledge that lessons […]
Posted in Art and Culture, The Saturday Six Pack, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti Courier | Also tagged Andrew W.K., Bulb Records, California, Chris Sandon, Couch, Cre Fuller, David Anthony, Dos Hermanos, electronic music, Greg Scoggin, Hungry Collector, Isla Vista, Jason Wright, Kenya, leftovers, Marty Flint, Patrick Elkins, Pete Larson, Prehensile Monkeytailed Skink, Quintron, Refuse Stealing Kukana Kuba Band, sex education, Shortwave Mystery, twincest, vinyl, WindrumScoggin |
By Mark | February 5, 2015
I won’t bore you with the background. Now that we’re about a month in, I suppose most of you know that I’ve got a Saturday evening radio program on Ypsilanti’s AM 1700, during which I invite people into the studio to share a six pack with me, and take calls from strangers, right? Well, if […]
Posted in Art and Culture, Special Projects, The Saturday Six Pack, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Africa, Brigid Mooney, Cabaret Voltaire, Cre Fuller, Hungry Collector, Jason Wright, Joy Division, Kenya, leftovers, Patrick Elkins, Pete Larson, sex education, Shortwave Mystery |
By Mark | October 14, 2013
The folks at Ypsilanti’s Dreamland Theater will premiere their new production of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream this Saturday. In advance of that, I thought that I’d ask our friend Naia Venturi a few questions. MARK: Would it be an exaggeration to say that you’ve been working on your puppet version of A Midsummer Night’s […]
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For the last several years, a brilliant fellow by the name of Ian Fulcher (otherwise know as MC Trashpedal) has been curating the live performances at the Shadow Art Fair. Following is a short conversation between he and I on Saturday’s lineup. But, first, here’s the tentative schedule: The music begins at 1:30! 1:30 Found […]
Posted in Art and Culture, Shadow Art Fair, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Andrew Brown-Cat Kauervane, Cinemasports, Compartment, Corner brewery, Dabenport, Dan Florida, Druid Perfume, flash unity, folk, Forest Juziuk, Found Object Orchestra Internationale, Ian Fulcher, James Cornish Wind Choir, Juniper Baby, Mark Stewart, MC Trashpedal, noise, Our Brother the Native, Patrick Elkins, Ronen Goldstein, Steve Hughes, Stupor, Team Ethic, Ypsilanti sound |
These aren’t great videos, and I’m sure you can find better ones online, as tons of people had their cameras out, but I shot these last night in Ann Arbor, as Linette, Clementine and I celebrated the first annual parade of luminary art objects known as Fool Moon. It was a great event, but way […]
