Mark Maynard

Count the votes! Stop the count!

By Mark | November 5, 2020

Supporters of Donald Trump, with his encouragement, have been protesting across the nation since the election. In some states, like Michigan, they’ve been demanding that the counting of votes be stopped. And, in others, like Arizona, they’ve been demanding that the counting of votes be continued. I don’t want to get into how stupid it […]

Posted in Detroit, Michigan, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged 2020, 2020 election, Arizona, conspiracy theories, disinformation, Donie O'Sullivan, election interference, FOX News, Joe Biden, Lou Dobbs, Maria Bartiromo, Matt Schlapp, Nevada, Ric Grenell, social media, Stop the Steal, TCF Center | 65 Comments

Wurst Challenge II • Ypsilanti • March 29

By Mark | March 19, 2015

The eyes of the world are about to be on us again, Ypsilanti. Last year’s Wurst Challenge, as you may remember, was probably the biggest non-murder-related media event in the history of Ypsilanti. Our “20 Feet of Meat” challenge, for whatever reason, captured the imagination of folks around the world. People were talking about it […]

Posted in Uncategorized | Also tagged Associated Press, big news, Cre Fuller, Depot Town Tattoo, eating competitions, FLY Children's Art Center, FLY Creativity Lab, FOX News, fundraisers, Jason Youngs, Jesse Kranyak, Kate Stroud, Knifebeard Sausagehawk, New Holland Brewing, press releases, sausages, tattoos, Washington Post, Wurst Bar, Wurst Challenge | 4 Comments

The Wurst Challenge: the magic of giant sausage brings the community together, quality arts programming to kids, and the nation’s attention to Ypsi

By Mark | March 22, 2014

Thursday night’s philanthropic sausage eating event was incredible. Not only did we raise a hell of a lot of money for the FLY Children’s Art Center, but we had a damn good time doing it. Following are my somewhat disjointed and admittedly incomplete notes, interspersed with whatever images, audio and video I’ve been able to […]

Posted in Food, Special Projects, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Arbor Brewing, arts education, beard face, beards, Brad Perkins, cheating, Chris Sandon, Cre Fuller, eating challenges, FLY Children's Art Center, FLY Creativity Lab, food television, FOX News, fundraisers, Jake Morgan, James Engman, Jason Youngs, Jay Zocher, Jesse Kranyak, Julian Weisensel, Justin O'Neill, Knifebeard Sausagehawk, knitted beard, Kristin Schrader, Linette Lao, Mark in the press, Meg Miramontes, Melissa Wingett, Morgan Cox, neck beard, New Holland Brewing, Paul Schreiber, people we know from television, pork, roller derby, Susan Martin, television, Terry Londy, tofu sausage, VG Kids, vomit, WEMU, Wurst Bar, Wurst Challenge, WWJ | 8 Comments

Hummer burial in Detroit

By Mark | June 21, 2010

Today, as progressive groups from around the nation were massing in Detroit in preparation for tomorrow’s much anticipated U.S. Social Forum, the folks from Code Pink, together with Tyree Guyton and volunteers from the Heidelberg Project, came together to bury a burned-out Hummer. Here, from a May post on the Code Pink website, written on […]

Posted in Art and Culture, Detroit, Politics | Also tagged art cars, art installations, Code Pink, Ellery Street, Fuck You H2, gas mileage, General Motors, GM, H2, Heidelberg Project, Heidelberg Street, Hummer, Humvee, protest art, SUVs, tax loopholes, Taxpayers for Common Sense, Tyree Guyton, U.S. Social Forum, visionary art | 8 Comments

Breaking: FBI anti-terrorism raids in SE Michigan

By Mark | March 28, 2010

There don’t seem to be many details at this point, but WXYZ is reporting that a number of coordinated raids took place last night in the area. Here’s a clip: The FBI was conducting raids Saturday night at multiple locations in southeast Michigan. Action News has learned Homeland Security and the Joint Anti-terrorism Task Force […]

Posted in Ann Arbor, Media, Michigan, Other, Religious Extremism | Also tagged Action News, Adrian, Christians under attack, domestic terrorism, FBI, Homeland Security, Hutaree, Joint Anti-terrorism Task Force, Lenawee County, Michigan Militia, pipe bombs, terrorism, Washtenaw County, Washtenaw County Sheriff's Department | 61 Comments

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