By Mark | November 25, 2013
Following my recent interview with Matt Jones about his trip to Gettysburg, I’ve been inundated with suggestions as to other musicians I should speak with about their vacations. Today’s interview is with Timothy Monger, an accomplished singer-songwriter, who is perhaps still best known in these parts for his work with Great Lakes Myth Society. Well, […]
Posted in Art and Culture, Detroit, Michigan, Special Projects, Uncategorized | Also tagged Airbnb, Ale Trail, All the Young Dudes, Anthony Bourdain, Astoria, baseball, beer, beer tourism, Bend, Bill's Beer Garden, bird watching, Blackrocks Brewery, Calumet, Cannon Beach, Centerfield, Colin Stetson, Comerica Park, Copper Harbor, Corey Feldman, Crow's Feet Commons, Crux Fermentation Project, Cyndi Lauper, Dale Cooper, David Bowie, Detroit Tigers, Detroit tourism, Doug Coombe, Enya, Fort Wilkins, Fratelli Chase Theme, fundraisers, fundraising, FundRazr, Goonies, Goonies tourism, Great Lakes Myth Society, Green Dot Stables, Haystack Rock, high desert, Hitsville, Houghton, Jim Leyland, John Fogerty, Joslyn Layne, Journey, Julee Cruise, Keweenaw, Kristie Brablec, Leelanau, Lehto's, Lenawee County, loud music, Lupitas, Mackinac Bridge, Marquette, Michael Waite, Michigan Musicians on Vacation, Mississippi Studios, monoliths, Moonage Daydream, Motown, Mott the Hoople, music, musicians, Netarts Bay, Ocean Roll, oral hygeine, Oregon, oysters, Pacific Northwest, pasties, pastries, pop music, Portland, pub crawl, Puffins, Quincy Dredge, ruin porn, rural pop, Saline, school bus, soundtracks, Sparrow Bakery, Steve Miller Band, Sutton's Bay, Tandem Ciders, The Original Brothers and Sisters of Love, Tom Rudd, tooth brushing, Torii Hunter, Twin Peaks, Upper Peninsula, vacations, west coast, whiskey |
By Mark | September 19, 2013
A few days ago I was introduced to a young woman by the name of Heidi Jugenitz. She, I’d been told by a mutual friend, was new in town, and, having read my blog, wanted to ask me a few questions. We talked briefly, and I asked if I could follow up with a few […]
Posted in Ann Arbor, Detroit, Mark's Life, Special Projects, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged 9/11, Affordable Care Act, Africa, anxiety, austerity, big banks, Boxcar Children, Burkina Faso, Carthage College, Chicago, children's literature, Cote d'Ivoire, Cross Street Station, depression, Detroit Metro Airport, DTW, Eagle Scout, economic justice, Ecuador, Elijah McCoy, exercise, fear, financial crisis, financial reform, George Bush, health insurance, Heidi Jugenitz, human rights, Hurricane Katrina, hypersensitivity, income inequality, injustice, international aid, international travel, Kentucky, Linette, Masters of Public Administration, mental health, Nancy Drew, neurosis, New Orleans, Obama, Obamacare, OCD, panic disorder, pop-up retail, poverty, prejudice, public education, public health, racism, Rwanda, Sahel, segregation, Shadow Art Fair, sleep, Tanzania, To Kill a Mockingbird, Tulane University, University of Michgan, Vietnam, Vitamin D, water, Water Street, Winsor McCay, Ypsi immigration interview, Ypsilanti Freighthouse |
By Mark | August 30, 2009
[This was said to me on Saturday by Clementine, in Omena, Michigan, where we were camping. It was early in the morning, and she desperately wanted to break into a bag of sour cherry candies that some friends had given her. It was an audacious attempt on her part, which ultimately, I’m sad to say, […]
