It’s rare that Ypsilanti shows up in popular culture. For a while, we were seeing images of Ypsi pop up in films, like Drew Barrymore’s Whip It, and Robert DeNiro’s Stone, but it’s not too often that you buy a record, or see a movie, and actually hear the word “Ypsilanti” being spoken. So, I […]
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Hitchcock includes a subtle shout-out to Ypsilanti in North By Northwest
Posted in Art and Culture, Pop Culture, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Cary Grant, Drew Barrymore, Elvis Costello, Eva Marie Saint, films, Here in Ypsilanti they don’t wear any panties, Michigan film incentives, North By Northwest, panties, Profane and Sugarcane, Robert DeNiro, Sugarcane, Whip It, Ypsilanti, Ypsilanti Underwear | 4 Comments
Panty-centric family photos
In digging through the MM.com archives the other night, looking for things to mention on the site’s new “About” page, I happened across this old newspaper article, which contains what’s probably still my favorite family photo ever. It was taken by an Ann Arbor News photographer in 2006 to illustrate a story about our fledgling […]
Posted in Locally Owned Business, Mark's Life, Photographs, Special Projects, Uncategorized | Also tagged 2006, Ann Arbor News, Barbra Streisand, family photo, Leisa Thompson, little people, panties, Ypsipanty | 6 Comments
Elvis Costello carries Ypsipanties in his pocket
I’m really burning through my 15 minutes of fame this week. First there was the DeNiro thing showing up on Maxim, and now it seems as though Elvis Costello is making news with our Ypsipanties… Here he is yesterday, on stage at Amoeba Records in LA, holding a pair of our panties while reminiscing fondly […]
Posted in Art and Culture, Mark's Life, Marketing, Special Projects, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Amoeba Records, appalachian slave panties, brushes with panty fame, Elvis Costello, flim-flam-man, Here in Ypsilanti they don’t wear any panties, Johnny Cash, LA Times music blog, Marty Robbins, Never a rip, never a tear, P.T. Barnum, pocket full of panty, Profane and Sugarcane, Secrets, Sugarcane, T Bone Burnett, Tom Jones, Ypsilanti Underwear | 14 Comments