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The down side of shopping cart races

By Mark | August 23, 2009

A few days ago, I posted something here on the site about the clandestine shopping cart race that takes place in Ann Arbor every August, at the end of Punk Week. Well, after posting the story, I began hearing from people in Ann Arbor who wanted me to know why they were against the races. […]

Posted in Ann Arbor, Art and Culture, Mark's Life | Also tagged Bill Grundy, cardboard carcass, dirty rotter, disturbing the peace, flyers, kids today, littering, posts where Mark comes across as an uncool douche, preachy bullshit, Punk Week, punks, Sex Pistols, Shopping, stickers, strategy, taggers, the man | 18 Comments

How to Build and Race a Losing Shopping Cart

By Mark | August 20, 2009

One week each year, in August, before the college students return, and while all of the cops are up north at their summer cottages, it’s safe for the punks to return to Ann Arbor. It’s called Punk Week, and it culminates with a big clandestine shopping cart race through downtown. Not wanting to bum any […]

Posted in Ann Arbor, Art and Culture | Also tagged aerodynamics, Annamarie O'Brien, August, bending space and time, cake, cardboard, collective losers, coming in last, concentrated Salvia, fashion outlaws, flashlights for eyes, Ford Escort, Hipsilanti, Ian Fulcher, Jen Scroggins, Jessica French, K-Mart, Kat Scott, loosers, Patrick Elkins, Punk Week, racing, shopping cart races, shopping carts, slow wheeled sharks, spray paint, Stefan Krstovic, theft, when punks compete, wizards | 9 Comments

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