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Ypsi/Arbor Exit Interview: Zach Pollock

By Mark | December 28, 2012

A few days ago, I posted an interview I did with an author by the name of Ted McClelland, who has written extensively about the emmigration of young professionals from Michigan to Chicago. To sum up our conversation in one sentence, McClelland believes that we have little hope of keeping bright, young people here in [...]

Posted in Ann Arbor, Michigan, Shadow Art Fair, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Black Jake, Black Jake and the Carnies, Capitalism, Chicago, Cool Cities, Corner brewery, Depot Town, diversification, East Cross Street, education reform, emigration, exit interviews, graffiti, Growing Hope, Hipsilanti, Huron River, mandolin, Ohio, property theft, radon, Rick Snyder, right-to-work, Spur Studios, Stuart Beal, taxes, Ted McClelland, things from Ohio that are tolerable, Thompson Block, Toledo, Water Street Redevelopment Project, Woodruff's, Ypsi Food Co-op, Ypsi/Arbor Exit Interviews, Ypsilanti Public Schools, Ypsilanti real estate, Zach Pollock | 15 Comments

Boots reboot… Here’s what happened a week ago tonight, when Boots Riley and The Coup liberated Ypsilanti

By Mark | December 9, 2012

It just occurred to me that, after all of my hype in the run-up to the big show at Woodruff’s last Sunday night, I probably owed you a final follow-up post, so that those of you weren’t at the show could experience some sense of closure… Well, the show was a blast. The Coup rocked. [...]

Posted in Art and Culture, Civil Liberties, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Alan Haber, American history, at-risk youth, Boots Riley, Brad Perkins, Brandon Mitchell, fundraisers, Heather Steenrod, Ian Vanek, Japanther, Jeff Clark, Jesse Morgan, Johnny Lupinacci, Kev Choice, LGBTQ, Matt Reilly, MC Kadence, Mitch Albom, music, Ozone House, Pete Larson, Pride Zone, Ramones, Rolling Stone, SDS, Steve Emshwiller, synchronicity, The Coup, The Rumpus, Tom Hayden, Tony Morgan, Walter Riley, Woodruff's | 9 Comments

The Coup… bringing the revolution to Ypsilanti tonight

By Mark | December 2, 2012

In preparation for tonight’s big Ozone House fundraiser at Woodruff’s, featuring The Coup, Japanther and Kev Choice, I thought that I’d share this Youtube link, where you can stream The Coup’s entire new album, Sorry to Bother You. If you’re anything like me, I think you’ll find it a great way to start your cold, [...]

Posted in Art and Culture, Special Projects, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Boots Riley, fundraisers, Japanther, Kev Choice, Magic Clap, Music Event, Ozone House, Sorry to Bother You, The Coup, The Guillotine, Woodruff's | 8 Comments

Boots Riley of The Coup… on Communism, Corporatism, hip-hop, and the need to beat down scabs

By Mark | November 28, 2012

Last night, I had the occasion to speak with world-renowned hip-hop provocateur Boots Riley on a wide range of subjects spanning from his childhood in Detroit, spent in a household of Communist organizers, to his current work, organizing people in his neighborhood as a member Occupy Oakland. And, of course, we touched on his equally [...]

Posted in Art and Culture, Civil Liberties, Corporate Crime, Detroit, Economics, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged 21 Grams, 9/11, advertising, Alex Rivera, American Splendor, anti-capitalist, at-risk youth, Barbara Ransby, Bill Maher, Boots Riley, California, Capitalism, civil rights, class, College of Ethnic Studies, Communism, Congress of Racial Equality, CORE, Danny Goldberg, dark comedy, fast food workers union, Five Million Ways to Kill a CEO, foreclosure defense, fundraisers, Greensboro, guillotine building workshop, Happiness, hip hop, ILWU, independent film, International Longshore and Warehouse Union, interviews, Japanther, Jeff Clark, K-Mart, Kev Choice, KKK, Ku Klux Klan, La Peña Cultural Center, labor history, labor movement, Led Zeppelin, Levi's, longshoremen, lunch counter sit-ins, Magic Clap, Me and Jesus the Pimp in a '79 Granada Last Night, militancy, NAACP, Nirvana, North Carolina, Oakland, Occupy Oakland, Occupy Sandy, Ohio Players, Oscar Grant, Ozone House, picket lines, police brutality, political hip hop, political organizing, Politically Incorrect, Port of Oakland, Progressive Labor Party, Prop 21, pull yourself up by your bootstraps, rap, revolution, rhetoric of violent revolution, San Francisco, San Francisco State, San Francisco State strike, scabs, SDS, sit-down strikes, Sleep Dealer, social justice, Sorry to Bother You, speaking truth to power, Street Sweeper Social Club, Students for a Democratic Society, sympathy strikes, Taft–Hartley Act, Ted Hope, The Coup, The Guillotine, The Ice Storm, threat of violence, unions, United Steelworkers, USW, Walmart, Walter Riley, Washtenaw Eviction and Foreclosure Defense, we need a revolution, WEFD, Woodruff's, work stoppage, World Trade Center | 25 Comments

What I remember of the MarkMaynard.com 10th anniversary party

By Mark | September 17, 2012

I want to thank everyone who showed up last Saturday for the 10th anniversary party at Woodruff’s. I especially want to thank those folks who I didn’t get an opportunity to speak with in person. As well over 100 people showed up over the course of the evening, I just didn’t have an opportunity to [...]

Posted in Ann Arbor, Mark's Life, Michigan, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged 25 Suaves, Alan Haber, analytics, Andre Grewe, Andy Claydon, anniversary, AutoMark, automaton, ball shaving, Beezy's, Bulb Records, Corner brewery, cycle powered cinema, Damn Arbor, Eclectablog, Facebook, Fumie Kawasaki, Halloween Nation, Hasan Mihyar, impersonators, Krampus, Laura Abraham, MarkMaynard.com, Mike Eller, Minus9, Monika Szydlowski, nutria, Ozone House, Pat Maynard, Patric Elkins, Patrick Elkins, robot teachers, Saddam Hussein, Saline, SDS, Shadow Art Fair, Shovelgate, spider holes, Steve Cherry, Steve Guttenberg, strangled by feet, sweding, Taco Bell, Trabajabamos, unconference, VG Kids, Woodruff's, Ypsilanti City Council, Zombie Claus | 14 Comments

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Ypsi/Arbor Exit Interview: Zach Pollock

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