Almost a year ago now, I received an email from a reader of this site by the name of Bob Nolan, who, knowing of my love for the Ramones and Stooges, suggested that I talk with a friend of his named Brendan Toller. Brendan, he told me, had been working on a film about Danny […]
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Danny Fields… the man who signed the Stooges, discovered the Ramones, and changed the world
Posted in Ann Arbor, Art and Culture, Detroit, History Also tagged 16 Magazine, A Day In The Life, acid, Andy Warhol, animation, archives, bible belt, Bob Nolan, Bob Rudnick, Boswell, Brendan Toller, Brian Epstein, Brooks Brothers, butts, CBGB, Christmas cards, crowdfunding, Danny Fields, Danny Says, Datebook, David Bowie, Dennis Frawley, documentary film, Dolly Parton, Edie Sedgwick, Elektra, Exploding Plastic Inevitable, Fred Sonic Smith, Funhouse, Harvard, Hedwig, I Need That Record, Iggy and the Stooges, Iggy Pop, Jesus, Jim Morrison, John Lennon, Judy Collins, Kickstarter, LBJ, Lenny Bruce, Linda Stein, Lou Reed, Mark's big ideas, Max's Kansas City, Mayor of the Sunset Strip, MC5, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, New York City, Nico, Paul McCartney, public relations, punk rock, Ramones, Rock and Roll, Rodney Bingenheimer, San Remo, Search and Destroy, Seymour Stein, slacks, Stooges, The Beatles, The Doors, the music business, The Stooges, Timothy Leary, Tommy Goodwin, Velvet Underground, WFMU, Yale, Yale University, Younger Jewish Set 48 Comments
Guns don’t kill people… Hoodies kill people
Earlier this morning, in a segment on FOX News, self-important pseudo-journalist Geraldo Rivera suggested that it wasn’t just George Zimmerman who was responsible for the recent shooting death of Trayvon Martin, an unarmed black teenager who was gunned down while walking though a gated community outside of Orlando, Florida. No, according to Rivera, it seems […]
Posted in Civil Liberties, Media, Other, Politics, Uncategorized Also tagged Basic Training, blame the victim, famous people who have shoved me, Florida, George Zimmerman, Geraldo Rivera, guns, John Stossel, Kindle, Kurt Vonnegut, meme alert, memes, race and the American justice system, race inequality, Trayvon Martin 19 Comments
Granholm to join the Supremes?
If you’ll recall, back when Obama first took office, there was talk of him bringing on his friend and fellow Harvard Law School alumnus, Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm, as a cabinet member. At the time, a few, such as yours truly, suggested that, more likely, she’d land on the Supreme Court. Well, now that the […]
Posted in Civil Liberties, Observations, Politics, Religious Extremism Also tagged Ann Arbor Republican, Jennifer Granholm, John Cherry, Obama, Souter, Supreme Court, West Michigan Republicans 7 Comments