…I went around town and photographed “Crimewave” filming locations. It wasn’t until 2024 that I got the image of the MacArthur Bridge to Belle Isle, where the villain battles the hero before falling from the bridge and being smashed by a car. I hope you enjoy my nerdy then-and-now tour of filming locations.

In 1950, Francis A. Johnson began creating a ball of twine that grew to be the world’s largest made by a single person. It became the star attraction of the tiny Minnesota town of Darwin, and inspired a 1989 song by “Weird Al” Yankovic. In 1999, I visited the grounds with a group of friends, and I brought along my MiniDisc recorder to document the trip. Here I bring you some choice audio from those recordings, my impromtu interview with the then-caretakers of the twine ball, June and Jess Hatfield.

In April, 2005, the massive former Studebaker factory at Piquette and John R in Detroit burned. These are my photos and video of the aftermath.

Here’s my video documenting the 2023 Detroit Cantastoria festival. This big group art show had me pulling from all of my skills, writing, acting, painting and documenting. This video flips betwen fly-on-the-wall clips during the construction and open workshops as well as from the two evenings of performances. This is truly a you-had-to-be-there medium, but I hope that my phone clips give an idea of the weekend. I’ll be returning to join in for 2024, too…