Despite the storm which ripped though Ann Arbor around 9:00 PM, washing away some of the heat and leaving some amazing skies I did head out to see some rock and roll and wasn’t disappointed. Up first was […]
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Aaron Dresner Van Houten Hiss (who didn’t get to play) Ann Arbor, MI 23 April 2011 It’s been a while since I was at a small show, and a longer time since I had seen the debut of a […]
Eilen Jewell 12 March 2011 The Ark in Ann Arbor It’s been a while since I took in a concert, and I when I heard that Eilen Jewell was going to be playing the Ark in Ann Arbor I […]
Once upon a time I had a back and forth with ex- Gang of Four member Dave Allen about my having written about the the band Cock Sparrer and Oi! music as related to the issue of racism (read the […]
It’s said in many circles that there are three main reasons that people kill- Money, Madness and Passion. It could also be said that those are the three main reasons that people write songs, so it should be no surprise […]
HELL COMES TO YOU HOUSE vol. 2 LP Label: Bemisbrain Records/Enigma Records Released: 1983 1. THE JONESES “I’m Bad” 2. THE JONESES “She’s So Filthy” 3. MAU MAUS “Sex Girls in Uniforms” 4. MAU MAUS “We All Fall Down” 5. […]
Drivin N Cryin- Legal Gun Amsterdam in 81 Monty walks alone Coming in a five fifty night Disconnects the phone Oct in 81 Sara-a-gue walks alone Coming in another night She disconnects the phone Because he’s just a legal gun […]
I gotta blame Stephen King for this one. I picked it up after he raved about it in a column he wrote for Entertainment Weekly. It’s been on my mind ever since. The political statements, the working class ethos, and […]
Starting off with the sombulistic Sax and the sound of the rain, The Leningrad Cowboy’s tune Thru the Wire is a crime drama more in line of the down and out damned than anything involving cops and crooks. It drips […]
Cross posted from my blog: Do you know those opening dirge like moments of the song Endless Sleep by Jody Reynolds? If you don’t it’s a dark mix of rockabilly balladry and sparse shadowy twang. Most of the album Sea […]
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