By Mark | September 23, 2017
I know it'll sound terrible, but, when I found the red hat on the bridge, I was hoping that it might be poor @AnnCoulter. pic.twitter.com/OZkcVFJNUw — Mark Maynard (@MarkAMaynard) September 23, 2017 As very few people liked this on Twitter, I thought that I’d try it here, amongst friends. The hat, by the way, turned […]
What follows is our official exit interview with writer, filmmaker, and professional critic Jeff Meyers, who, earlier this winter, escaped Ann Arbor for Palo Alto, California. While in Michigan, Jeff, among other things, was the managing editor of Concentrate Media, and a film critic for the Detroit Metro Times. He also served as the president […]
Posted in Ann Arbor, Art and Culture, Michigan, Uncategorized | Also tagged A Clockwork Orange, A2 Civic Theater, adoption, Alan Moore, Ann Arbor Arts Alliance, Ann Arbor Hills, Ann Arbor is Overrated, Ann Arbor Public Library, blood plasma, Casanova, change, Charter Townships, childhood memories, college radio, comics, Concentrate, Contra dancing, Corrugated Films, DC comics, density, Detroit Metro Times, diversity, Donald Trump, Doug Schulze, dysfunctional families, economic segregation, Festifools, Film, film criticism, Fire Island, growth, Herbert Dreiseitl, Home Rule, horror, horror movies, hostility to change, income inequality, inequality, Issues Media Group, Jeff Meyers, Keith Jefferies, Krampus, Lance Henrikson, Logan Act, Lour Reed, memories of childhood, Metromode, Michigan film incentives, Michigan Film Office, microbiology, Mimesis: Night Of The Living Dead, nature vs. nurture, Newcome Clark, Palo Alto, Portland, public art, public transit, public transportation, Rosemary’s Baby, Sayville, Seattle, Shadow Art Fair, silos, Stranger Things, Straw Dogs, surgery, Swamp Thing, Tamara Real, The Blood of Love, the gay, the Stranger, Tio's, University of Illinois, University of Michigan, walkability, yellow curtain, zombie apocalypse |
I enjoyed the hell out of last Saturday night’s episode, and I’d like to thank everyone who had a hand in it. If you missed the live broadcast, and you’d like to check it out, you can either download the podcast by way of iTunes or stream it on Soundcloud. Or, if you want, you […]
Posted in Awesome Foundation, The Saturday Six Pack, Uncategorized | Also tagged Alan Almond, AM 1700, Ann Arbor Awesome Foundation, Back Porch Video, Beef Rag, Dave Eggers, Detroit Metro Times, Detroit River, Doug Holland, Factsheet Five, film school, Hamtramck, hipsters, inauthenticity, Inspector 18, Keta Cowan, Matt Siegfried, McSweeney's, Michael Jackman, New York City, Pathetic Life, Pete Larson, Pillow Talk, punk, Rick Moody, Synod Community Services, The Painted Lady, Underground Literary Alliance, undocumented resident, undocumented workers, Washtenaw County Board of Commissioners, Washtenaw County Sheriff's Department, Washtenaw ID Project, Washtenaw Interfaith Coalition for Immigrant Rights, WICIR, Williamsburg, Zine World, zines |
I’ve always known that one day I’d write a children’s book. I didn’t know until today, however, when I read the news story about the raccoon spotted riding on an alligator’s back through a Florida swamp, what it would be about. The image accompanying the article immediately brought to mind the weasel who flew a […]
Posted in Art and Culture, Special Projects | Also tagged book ideas, Boon the Raccoon and Easel the Weasel, Cannonball Run, carnivores, children, children's books, crazy ideas that just might work, death pact, Mark's big ideas, raccoons, suicide by alligator, Thelma and Louise, weasels |
