Tag Archives: violence

Trump, having given racists permission to come out of the closet, now tells that that, if they really want to make America great again, they need to “toughen up” and start doling out the violence

By Mark | March 13, 2016

Since we had our discussion a week or so ago about the circumstances within the Republican party that made Trump’s ascent possible, and whether or not the comparison to Hitler is justified, quite a bit has happened. Most notably, we’ve seen Trump’s aggressive, authoritarian rhetoric intensify. And, with this ramped up rhetoric, we’ve seen a […]

Posted in Civil Liberties, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged aggression, Alvin Bamberger, birther, dehumanization, Donald Trump, fascism, Hitler, incite violence, ISIS, John McGraw, mob mentality, protesting, racism, subhuman, terrorism, threats to Democracy, threats to humanity, un-American, Untermenschen | 101 Comments

Everting’s going to hell, but my friend just decided to give up his guns, and I’m feeling that there might be hope for the world yet

By Mark | December 2, 2015

I was going to post something about today’s murder of 14 in San Bernardino, and how it was already our 352nd mass shooting so far this year, and how, in spite of this, it was just reported that another 185,345 people had just started the gun buying process this past Friday alone, and how there […]

Posted in Other, Uncategorized | Also tagged gun control, gun violence, guns, mass shootings, San Bernardino | 68 Comments

John Doe: On the origins of X, what the history books get wrong about the LA punk scene, and the fucked up state of our world

By Mark | August 31, 2014

I had the opportunity a few days ago to speak briefly with John Doe of the legendary Los Angeles punk band X. Doe, along with his bandmates Exene Cervenka, Billy Zoom, DJ Bonebrake, after making their way thorugh Chicago in early September, will be playing two dates in Michingan… September 6 at The Magic Bag […]

Posted in Art and Culture, History, Ypsilanti | Also tagged 1976, 1977, acting, Amiee Mann, Andy Warhol, Antioch, astroturf, Baltimore, Beat poets, Bertha's, Billy Zoom, Black Randy and the MetroSquad, Brendan Mullen, CBGB, Chuck Berry, conspiracy theories, DJ Bonebrake, Eddie Cochran, Exene Cervenka, Harry Dean Stanton, ISIS, Joe Henry, John Doe, John Waters, Los Angeles, Loudon Wainwright, mass media, Max's Kansas City, nihilism, Patrick Swayze, Patti Smith, Penelope Spheeris, Pleased to Meet Me, punk, punk rock, Roadhouse, sensationalism, Slash, songwriting, St. Mark’s Poetry Project, Talking Heads, Tennessee Williams, The Alley Cats, The Bags, The Decline of Western Civilization, The Go-Go’s, The Masque, The Plugz, The Weirdos, underground press, Velvet Underground, Venice Beach, We Got the Neutron Bomb : The Untold Story of L.A. Punk, X, X: The Unheard Music, Ypsi Song Fest, Ypsilanti District Library | 17 Comments

This weekend’s many violent crimes, what they mean about our community, and how we should respond

By Mark | October 21, 2013

While I was away this past weekend, it would seem all hell broke loose in Ypsilanti. An Eastern Michigan University student athlete by the name of Demarius Reed was shot to death in an apparent robbery on Friday morning, after leaving a party at the University Green Apartments, at the 700 block of West Clark […]

Posted in Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Abe's Coney Island, armed robbery, city income tax, Demarius Reed, dice, Eastern Michigan University, EMU, EMU Police Department, full moon, gun violence, hunter's moon, Laura Dickinson, Leforge, local income tax, Orange Taylor, Peninsular Place Apartments, perception of crime, Pete Murdock, police investigations, public safety, Putnam Residence Hall, rape, robbery, Steve Pierce, Stop City Income Tax, street lights, Susan Martin, Tony DiGiusti, University Green Apartments, vans, Walton Residence Hall, Ypsilanti police department | 68 Comments

If you’re going to be compared to a terrorist, it might as well be a brilliant one

By Mark | September 30, 2013

On Sunday afternoon, I was standing in the rain in Ann Arbor, by myself, with a half-eaten cupcake in my hand, when a friend approached me, and greeted me with a question that I’d never been asked before. “How’d you like being compared to the Unabomber?” Having no idea what in the hell he was […]