By Mark | December 6, 2018
If you’re planning to attend the DIYpsi art fair this weekend, be sure to swing by the table of illustrator Caleb Zweifler, who, early next week, intends to hitchhike his way out of Ypsilanti, the town that he’s called home for the past decade. Following is his official Ypsilanti exit interview. MARK: What’s your full […]
Posted in Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Amy Sacksteder, Andrew Zweifler, Andy Claydon, archery, Becoming Myth, Bee Roll, Beezy's, BFA, Bipolar Disorder, bitch", Brazil, Brian Little, Brian Nelson, Bruce Lee’s Fighting Method, bug-out bag, Caleb Zweifler, Capoeira, comic books, corn cob pipe, Davey Jones, death metal, depression, Dishwasher Pete, dishwashing, DIYpsi, Do Make Say Think, Elbow Room, EMU, EMU Art Department, exit interviews, garden hermit, graphic novels, Guillermo Lopez, hermit, hitchhiking, Iggy Pop, illustration, Jamaica, Jim Cherewick, John DeHoog, Julian Weisensel, Kris Coley, Lansing Community College, log cabin, mania, Marisa Dluge, Michael Reedy, Michigan, Munith, Nate Hockman, Nazis, Nightman Cometh, off-grid, Pete Jordan, Peter Pan, Physicians for the Prevention of Gun Violence, political correctness, Portuguese, Richard Rubenfeld, Richard Washington, Rita Jane Riggs, Riverside Park, Ruth Zweifler, Sherzer Hall, Stockbridge, Student Advocacy Center, survivalist, Taru Sterling, Tetris, Visit Ypsilanti, wonderlust, Ypsi Real, Ypsi/Arbor Exit Interviews, Ypsilanti Convention and Visitors Bureau |
By Mark | February 29, 2016
I’ve fallen behind in my write-ups of past episodes. I’m sorry about that. I thought, since we were off the air these last two weeks, I’d get caught up, but other things kept getting in the way. [Speaking of which, I may have something relatively big to announce in a few week’s time.] Last night, […]
Posted in Art and Culture, Michigan, Politics, The Saturday Six Pack, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged ABKCO, Allen Klein, Alma Wheeler Smith, Anne Brown, Apple Corps, Arista Records, Bee Roll, Beezy's, Betty Green, birth weight, Blank Generation, Blondie, CBGB, Clive Davis, Czechoslovakia, Danny Fields, David Rutledge, Debbie Harry, Dee Dee Ramone, Herman’s Hermits, Iggy and the Stooges, Iggy Pop, injustice, Ivan Kral, Jim Cherewick, Luger, Michigan House of Representatives, Michigan's 54th district, New York, New York City, North Washington Street, oral history, Patti Smith, Pete Larson, Pete Lason, public health, public policy, punk, punk rock, punks, Ramones, Rick Snyder, Rolling Stones, Steffan Graf, The Beatles, The Patti Smith Group, Water Street, William Milliken, Ypsi Real, Ypsilanti City Council |
By Mark | February 4, 2016
A month or so ago, we had local entrepreneur Steffan Graf of on the show, talking about his life on the road with Grand Funk Railroad, and how he went from opening for Led Zeppelin to designing residential lighting systems for the likes of Keith Richards. Well, after we turned the off the mics, Graf […]
Posted in Art and Culture, The Saturday Six Pack, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Anne Brown, Bee Roll, Beezy's, Berlin, CBGB, David Bowie, David Rutledge, documentary film, Iggy Pop, Ivan Kral, Jim Cherewick, Michigan House of Representatives, Michigan's 54th district, music, oral history, Patti Smith, Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk, punk, punk rock, Stefan Graf, The Blank Generation |
In tomorrow’s New York Times, you’ll find a story about my friend Bee “Ypsilantian of the Year” Roll and the work she’s done through the California-based company ZipCap to raise working capital for her restaurant, Beezy’s, by essentially demonstrating to lenders that, while she doesn’t have a lot in the way of hard assets, she […]
Posted in Dreamland Tonight, Local Business, Special Projects, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Bee Roll, boobs, Dreamland Tonight, Evan Malter, Mark in the press, Melissa Dettloff, New York Times, portrayals of Mark Maynard in popular culture, puppet Mark, Ryan Groendyk, ZipCap |
A month or so ago, I presented this site’s first annual “Ypsilantian of the Year” award to Bee Roll and gave her this trophy with the promise that I would eventually make a new nameplate for it, to cover up where I’d just scrawled “Bee Roll” in sharpie. Well, I now have a few dollars, […]
