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R. Crumb on the death of authentic American music

By Mark | December 7, 2013

While I have friends who play in bands, and, on occasion, even make music myself, I rarely, if ever, listen to anything recorded after the start of World War II. Yes, every once in a while I pull out a record by the Ramones, Television or the Velvet Underground, but, for the most part, I […]

Posted in Art and Culture, Mark's Life, Uncategorized | Also tagged 78 rpm records, authenticity, Benny Goodman, Charley Patton, Christmas gifts, comics, comix, commercialization, country music, Dock Boggs, Duke Ellington, jazz blues, Jelly Roll Morton, music, music history, New Year's Eve, noise, pre-war jazz and blues, R Crumb, Radio Dismuke, sophistication, underground comics, Wolf Eyes | 20 Comments

Wolf Eyes on The Office

By Mark | October 29, 2011

On Thursday night, if you watched The Office, you heard the music of the Ann Arbor-based noise band Wolf Eyes. The piece used, entitled The Driller, was released by Sub Pop in 2006. I’ve asked Nate what other sitcoms he’d like to produce music for, but I’ve yet to receive a response. Speaking of Wolf […]

Posted in Ann Arbor, Art and Culture, Uncategorized | Also tagged Aaron Dilloway, Bulb Records, Halloween, Mike Connelly, Nate Young, noise, sitcoms, soundtracks, Sub Pop, The Driller, trick-or-treating, Wolf Eyes | 7 Comments

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