Tag Archives: Woodruff’s

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 | 32 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 | 15 Comments

Here’s the agenda for Saturday’s MarkMaynard.com 10th anniversary party

By Mark | September 5, 2012

When it first occurred to me that we should have a 10 year anniversary party for the site, I thought that I’d issue a press release, print up flyers, and promote the hell out of it. As the date has drawn nearer, though, I’ve been reminded of the fact that I’m terrified of large groups, […]

Posted in Ann Arbor, Site Admin, Special Projects, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged 25 Suaves, FLY Children's Art Center, MarkMaynard.com, Minus9, MM.com stuff, parties, Trabajabamos, Woodruff's | 15 Comments

Trabajabamos to join 25 Suaves and Minus9 at the upcoming MarkMaynard.com anniversary party

By Mark | August 14, 2012

I’m happy to announce that Trabajabamos will be performing along with 25 Suaves and Minus9 at the September 8 party commemorating the tenth anniversary of this website. Here, if you’ve never had the pleasure of experiencing Trabajabamos, is bit of documentary footage, which, I think you’ll agree, is pretty damn good. If you want more, […]

Posted in Art and Culture, Site Admin, Special Projects, Ypsilanti | Also tagged 25 Suaves, Ann Arbor Chronicle, Ink-Stained Wretch, MarkMaynard.com, Minus9, mixed drinks, signature drinks, The Clementine, Trabajabamos, Woodruff's | 30 Comments

MarkMaynard.com 10th anniversary party September 8

By Mark | July 29, 2012

As we discussed in January, the tenth anniversary of this site is fast approaching, and I’ve been thinking of constructive, creative ways to mark the occasion… Well, things are finally beginning to take shape, and I have a date for you to enter into your iPhones, carve into your thighs, shave into the fur of […]