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More on the last three $1,000 grants awarded by the Ann Arbor Awesome Foundation
Posted in A2Awesome, Ann Arbor, Art and Culture Also tagged Amanda Uhle, AnnArbor.com, Bill Streety, Blues, local music, micro-philanthropy, Perkins Pickles, photography, Tom Perkins, Trevor Stone 2 Comments
On the passing of Gill Scott-Heron
Gill Scott Herron died a few days ago. I was going to commemorate his passing with The Revolution Will Not be Televised, but, seeing as how most of us reading this site are living in SE Michigan, I thought that I’d go with his anti-nuclear power song, We Almost Lost Detroit, which is particularly pertinent […]
Posted in Art and Culture, Observations, Politics Also tagged another famous person has died, bluesology, brilliant troubled musicians, Fukushima Daiichi, Gil Scott-Heron, godfather of rap, Japan, manned space flight, NASA, nuclear power, poverty, rap, space shuttle, the moon, The Revolution Will Not Be Televised, We Almost Lost Detroit, whitey, Whitey on the Moon 8 Comments
The Ex in Ethiopia
Brian Turner at WFMU just turned me on to a band from the Netherlands called The Ex, who were just on tour in Ethiopia. Here’s how they describe themselves: Formed in 1979, The Ex has developed over the years into a melting-pot of diverse musical styles: noise, rock, jazz, improvisation, and ethnic musics have been […]
Posted in Art and Culture, Uncategorized Also tagged Africa, Andy Moor, Arnold de Boer, Brian Turner, Ethiopia, Free the Jazz, Getatchew Mekuria, Katherina Bornefeld, Kokobe Tsiba School, Mats Gustafsson, Paal Nilssen-Love, punk, Refuse Stealing Kukana Kuba Band, Terrie Hessels, The Ex, WFMU, Yared Music School 6 Comments
The Refuse Stealing Kukana Kuba Band
As I’ve mentioned here before, my friend Pete has been in the African country of Malawi these past several weeks, conducting scientific research in support of his PhD thesis. Fortunately for those of us who care about Pete, he’s been blogging about his adventures, and I’ve found his posts absolutely fascinating, as they delve into […]
New Year’s Eve
If you’re snowed in at home this New Year’s Eve, here’s a little tip… Tune it to Radio Dismuke, where they’ll be playing classic 78 rpm recordings from the 1920s and 30s. Things get started at 10:00 PM. And I don’t know that it’ll be on the play list for tonight’s big broadcast, but, here, […]
Posted in Art and Culture Also tagged 1920s, 1930s, 78 rpm records, Dismuke, Green Brothers' Marimba Orchestra, marimba, New Year's Eve 5 Comments
