On Saturday night, the New Dodge in Hamtramck will host the book release party for The Stooges: Head On by, umm, me. No apologies for the shameless self-promotion. It should be a great night. I’ll be there with books, for those with an interest in the Stooges or the MC5 (the latter the subject...
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Anthony Anonymous calls himself out. “I know it sounds like bull shit when I say that I am excited for all of the bands playing YpsiFest this year,” the shaggy, bearded, wild-eyed, guitar gutting singer of demolition-punk-duo Jehovah’s Witness Protection Program says, “but it’s true.” The incorrigibly enthusiastic Ypsilanti-advocate with a “rock and roll heart”...
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As of Thursday, journalist William Greider didn’t know for certain exactly what it is he will be saying when he comes to Dearborn on Saturday to speak at a fundraiser for the local branch of the Democratic Socialists of America. He did know two things though: He didn’t want the speech, which will focus...
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Chad Stocker, bassist with the High Strung, has written the music for a documentary that airs at the Michigan Theater in Ann Arbor this Saturday. The film, Where Soldiers Come From, is from the mind of Heather Courtney. According to the press release, the story is as follows. “Enticed by a $20,000 signing bonus...
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Back in ’89 when Inner City put out the debut Paradise album, barriers were being broken. Techno and, to be honest, all forms of electronic music was still new, and those that did listen to it were part of an underground secret movement that regular people weren’t privy too. And then Inner City came...
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Two scholarly types craft pop throwbacks; it’s not rock ‘n’ roll, but we like it John Maus We Must Become the Pitiless Censors of Ourselves (Ribbon Music) You could be forgiven for not wanting to enjoy John Maus’ music after some particularly eyebrow-raising comments he made about the decline of record shops in America;...
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