The last episode of the Saturday Six Pack is now available online. If you’re so inclined, you can either scroll to the bottom of this post, where you’ll find the Soundcloud audio embedded, or just click over to iTunes, were you can download it in podcast form. I know it doesn’t mean much coming from […]
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John Sinclair on his efforts to bring down the U.S. government, superintendent Ben Edmondson on the state of Ypsi schools, and musician Cash Harrison on the inspirational power of heartache… on episode 49 of the Saturday Six Pack
Posted in Ann Arbor, Detroit, Education, History, Politics, The Saturday Six Pack, Uncategorized Also tagged 1960's, 1968, 1969, 1971, Alan Haber, Albion College, Beach Boys, beatniks, Benjamin Edmondson, Bill Haley and His Comets, black Muslim, Black Muslims in America, Black Panthers, black separatism, Bleak house, bombs, Brendan Toller, Buick, Cash Harrison, Charles Dickens, Chick Berry, Chris Sandon, CIA, class, communes, cops, Danny Fields, Danny Says, Dave Valler, Davison, Detroit Riot, dismantling of public education, Domino's, Domino's Pizza, Down Beat, dropouts, drug fiends, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Elijah Mohammed, Flint, Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers, fucking, Grande Ballroom, greasers, guns, hippies, hipster, hipsters, Huey P. Newton, Iggy and the Stooges, Iggy Pop, James Osterberg Jr, Jazz, John Lennon, John Sinclair, John Sinclair Freedom Rally, Leni Sinclair, Malcolm X, marijuana, Maybellene, MC5, Miles Davis, Mothers of Invention, Muhammed Speaks, music, Nation of Islam, panties, Patrick Elkins, police, pot, poverty, President Dave, prison, prison reform, Psychedelic Rangers, public education, punk rock, Pussy Riot, R&B, race and poverty, racism, revolution, rhetoric of violent revolution, rhythm and blues, Rob Tyner, Rock and Roll, SDS, Shaka Senghor, Students for a Democratic Society, Tanya Bowman, The Eagles, threats to public education, Tom Hayden, Trans-Love Energies, University of Michigan, White Panther Party, Xavier Small, YCS, Yoko Ono, Ypsilanti Community Schools 7 Comments
John Doe: On the origins of X, what the history books get wrong about the LA punk scene, and the fucked up state of our world
I had the opportunity a few days ago to speak briefly with John Doe of the legendary Los Angeles punk band X. Doe, along with his bandmates Exene Cervenka, Billy Zoom, DJ Bonebrake, after making their way thorugh Chicago in early September, will be playing two dates in Michingan… September 6 at The Magic Bag […]
Posted in Art and Culture, History, Ypsilanti Also tagged 1976, 1977, acting, Amiee Mann, Andy Warhol, Antioch, astroturf, Baltimore, Beat poets, Bertha's, Billy Zoom, Black Randy and the MetroSquad, Brendan Mullen, CBGB, conspiracy theories, DJ Bonebrake, Eddie Cochran, Exene Cervenka, Harry Dean Stanton, ISIS, Joe Henry, John Doe, John Waters, Los Angeles, Loudon Wainwright, mass media, Max's Kansas City, nihilism, Patrick Swayze, Patti Smith, Penelope Spheeris, Pleased to Meet Me, punk, punk rock, Roadhouse, sensationalism, Slash, songwriting, St. Mark’s Poetry Project, Talking Heads, Tennessee Williams, The Alley Cats, The Bags, The Decline of Western Civilization, The Go-Go’s, The Masque, The Plugz, The Weirdos, underground press, Velvet Underground, Venice Beach, violence, We Got the Neutron Bomb : The Untold Story of L.A. Punk, X, X: The Unheard Music, Ypsi Song Fest, Ypsilanti District Library 17 Comments