At some point during the 1964 film The Last Man on Earth, Vincent Price, who portrays a character by the name of Dr. Robert Morgan, has to leave his fortress of a home, and head into the city in order to restock his vampire repellant supplies. [A virus has swept across the word, killing everyone, […]
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Has there ever been a mirror store on the planet earth?
Posted in History, Pop Culture, Retail, Uncategorized Also tagged 1964, American Studies, bats, garlic, independent retail, mirrors, plague, Retail, Robert Morgan, Sears Roebuck & Company, Spatula City, The Last Man on Earth, zombies 55 Comments
Celebrating May Day in Ypsilanti with warnings of vampires, and camaraderie on Water Street
I’m not quite sure how he pulled it off, but my friend Jeff, by calling in a few favors, and doing a bit of bartering, has been able to publish a new Ypsi-themed work by famed historian Peter Linebaugh. The 75-page pamphlet, entitled “Ypsilanti Vampire May Day,” is the first thing to be published on […]
Posted in History, Ideas, Michigan, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti Also tagged 1886, Agrarian Law, Alan Haber, Benton Harbor, blood funnel, commons, Corporate Crime, corporate state, corporate takeover of politics, Dracula, Edward Pinkney, Emergency Financial Manager, Goldman Sachs, Greece, Haymarket Riot, Jeff Clark, Matt Taibbi, May Day, Occupy Ypsilanti, Peter Linebaugh, Rome, Sulla, vampire squid, Voltaire, Water Street 14 Comments