Listening to the prostitutes of Ypsilanti
So, I was cruising around the internet tonight, looking for some content to rip off, when I happened across a posting from February on the site of Ypsi’s Prospect Park Neighborhood Association about...
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It doesn’t happen terribly often, but occasionally something will happen on this site that will remind me why I spend several hours each night, hunched over this little computer screen, churning posts...
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This morning, Erik Dotzauer, the Executive Director of the Depot Town Community Development Corporation, found himself inside a possible crime scene. Here’s his report. (On the way to a meeting), I...
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Prostitution politics in Russia
It’s hard to know what will appeal to me from night to night. Sometimes I feel like writing about local politics, and sometimes I see a relatively small item that sends me spinning off on a tangent....
View ArticleAre there local services for former prostitutes?
Last summer, I started a thread here about prostitution in Ypsilanti, and the challenges faced by the women looking to leave the life. If you haven’t read though the thread, and if you have time, I’d...
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What do people really think of Ypsilanti, how might those opinions be...
A week or so ago, we had a post here in which I noted the differences between the Water Hill Music Festival in Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti’s Totally Awesome Fest. In the comments that followed, as some of...
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Depot Town’s Strain of the Day
When I friended Ypsi’s “Depot Town” on Facebook a few days ago, I wasn’t aware that I was, in fact, friending Depot Town’s new medical marijuana dispensary. So, now, I guess, I’m going to be receiving...
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Is building a new Washtenaw County Rec Center on Water Street a good thing...
As you know, there’s been some talk of building a new Washtenaw County recreation complex in downtown Ypsi, on the seemingly cursed parcel of land commonly referred to as Water Street. I wasn’t going...
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Blogbaby episode two: Beth Abraham
[While I'm busy scrubbing poop from diapers and other articles of clothing, several friends have been kind enough to provide content for this site, through a program we're calling Blogbaby. Tonight's...
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Art, Food, Sex and Trauma: Mark Maynard shoots the shit with the most...
Local song and dance man Jim Cherewick, when he’s not singing and dancing his way into the enlarged, slowly-beating hearts of Americans everywhere, can generally be found hunched over napkins and the...
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And the award for darkest brand jamming goes to….
Earlier this month, seemingly out of nowhere, references to a new campaign for Frosted Flakes started showing up online. The campaign, called Tony is Back, promised to bring Tony the Tiger back into...
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How proud are you to be living in a country where, on International Women’s...
It’s being reported today that, after years of waiting, our President’s trademark application for Trump branded escort services in China has finally been approved. Happy International Women’s Day!...
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Exploring Harvey Weinstein’s roots as a flesh trade landlord in pre-Disney...
By some strange coincidence, a week or so ago, just after hearing that Harvey Weinstein had been arrested and charged with rape, I was listening to an old podcast about the evolution of Times Square,...
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Reminiscing about cleaning the glory holes and peep shows of the old Michigan...
Back when I used to have the radio show, I would occasionally get messages from a listener in Colorado. For the purposes of this post, we’ll call him Jeff… Well, Jeff, in one of our conversations, let...
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The rich and powerful Jeffrey Epstein is finally being brought to justice for...
Early yesterday evening, FBI agents took billionaire financier Jeffrey Epstein into custody at his Manhattan townhouse. According to reports in the press, Epstein, who is an admitted sex offender, will...
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