Every year, at about this time, Patrick Elkins, the director of Ypsilanti’s Totally Awesome Fest (TAF), calls a big press conference to formally announce the coming festivities. And, every year, invariably, I’m the only member of the professional press to show up. This year’s press conference, which took place yesterday evening during a hijacked karaoke […]
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Hijacking a local karaoke night, the reclusive Patrick Elkins announces his intention to take Totally Awesome Fest international this year
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Actually, feel free to write about whatever you like. I won’t stop you. I just don’t have anything left to offer tonight. Having spent my day in back-to-back meetings, I’m even more of a depleted husk than usual.