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Bulb Records’ Pete Larson reemerges in Kenya with a renewed purpose… to help document and preserve the Nyatiti

By Mark | June 27, 2017

My old friend and former bandmate, Pete Larson, moved to Kenya a few years back to oversee a number of public health related research projects. And, while there, he fell in love with the country’s culture and music. Now, like a good academic, he’s doing his best to document and preserve what he can, starting […]

Posted in Art and Culture, Uncategorized | Also tagged academic research, Africa, Barack Obama, Biggie Smalls, Boaz Jagingo, Bulb Records, Colin Crowley, cultural traditions, curses, Dagoretti Records, Dodo, drinking, Egypt, erections, folks songs, goat brain soup, Greece, Hillary Clinton, hip hop, impotence, iron roofs, Japan, Kaboge Chagala, Kenge Kenge Sound System, Kenya, Kenyatta University, Kikuyu, Lake Victoria, Luo, lyre, musical instruments, Nairobi, Nairobi University, Ndio Sasa, Nyatiti, Nyatiti Stories, Obokano, Oduor Nyagweno, Oduor Nyagweno and the Nyatiti Attack, Orutu, Peter Larson, poetry, praise songs, rap, rap battles, Rapasa, sex, shamisen, Siaya, Sick Trees, stringed instruments, Swahili, Tomo Tsukahara, tribalism, Tupac, vernacular, violin, witchcraft, world music | 9 Comments

Discussing the future of libraries with the AADL’s Josie Parker, the scoop on the Depot Town train stop, and plans for Ypsi’s Little Bird cafe… on episode 42 of the Saturday Six Pack

By Mark | April 11, 2016

I’m still playing catch-up, trying to get the most recent episodes of the Saturday Six Pack posted here. I’m sorry that it’s been taking me so long, but life keeps getting in the way. The episode I’m posting here tonight was our 42nd, and, if you’re the kind of person who likes hearing people talk […]

Posted in Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor News, Art and Culture, The Saturday Six Pack, Uncategorized | Also tagged 5th Avenue Press, A2 Stories, AADL, Americans for Prosperity, Amtrak, Andrew Carnegie, Ann Arbor District Library, anti-tax, austerity, Beth Ernat, Beth Kwiatkowski, Chris Sandon, CivCity, civics, dioxane, ebooks, future of journalism, Gelman plume, Gelman Sciences, Jim Cherewick, Josie Parker, Koch brothers, librarians, library collections, Little Bird, Melissa Kuz, millage, podcasts, public space, pulp, Rail, the future of journalism, threats to the library, trains, Wolverine | 13 Comments

Three middle aged men risk their lives to rock out for Syed Taj

By Mark | October 28, 2012

A few days ago, over lunch at our favorite Indian buffet, I mentioned to my friend Pete Larson that we should try to record a jingle for Syed Taj, in hopes of giving him the extra little boost that he needs to defeat Tea Party favorite Kerry Bentivolio in these final days of their neck-and-neck […]

Posted in Art and Culture, Michigan, Politics | Also tagged A Song for Taj, Citizen Kane, Doobie Brothers, FDR, Joe Montgomery, Kerry Bentivolio, Michigan's 11th congressional district, Pete Larson, Shaft, songs about political candidates, Syed Taj | 12 Comments

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Bulb Records’ Pete Larson reemerges in Kenya with a renewed purpose… to help document and preserve the Nyatiti

Discussing the future of libraries with the AADL’s Josie Parker, the scoop on the Depot Town train stop, and plans for Ypsi’s Little Bird cafe… on episode 42 of the Saturday Six Pack

Three middle aged men risk their lives to rock out for Syed Taj

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