This past Sunday afternoon, after wrapping things up at the Crash Detroit street band festival, my friend Dan Gillotte’s undead marching band from Austin, Texas, the Dead Music Capital Band, swung by Ypsilanti to perform a set in Riverside Park. Here they are performing their song “Ain’t No Grave (Gonna Hold My Body Down)”. I’m […]
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Austin’s Dead Music Capital Band performs “Ain’t No Grave (Gonna Hold My Body Down)” in Ypsilanti’s Riverside Park
Posted in Art and Culture, Uncategorized Also tagged Crash Detroit, cultural exchange, Dan Gillotte, Dead Music Capital Band, Riverside Park, zombies 2 Comments
The Dead Music Capital Band is going to be visiting from Texas. Where shall we have them play?
My friend Dan Gillotte, when he’s not managing the shit out of the award-winning Wheatsville Co-op in Austin, plays in an un-dead brass band called the Dead Music Capital Band. Well, he and his bandmates will be making the long trip north to Michigan in a few weeks to participate along with a number of […]
Posted in Ann Arbor, Art and Culture, Detroit, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti Also tagged Ax Grinder, brass bands, Crash Detroit, Dan Gillotte, Dead Music Capital Band, Detroit Party Marching Band, street bands, Wheatsville 8 Comments
“It’s beginning to smell a lot like Krampus”
Ypsilanti’s fifth annual Krampus festivities are scheduled to take place the night of Saturday, December 20… so you’d best start sewing your pelts and practicing your dance moves. This year we’re going to be doing a few things differently. It’ll still be the big, ass-shaking, anti-holiday dance party you’ve come to know and love. And […]
Posted in Special Projects, Ypsilanti Also tagged beer, Black Jake, Christmas, Dirty Snowball Sundaes, Doug Skinner, Dreamland Theater, glam, Go Ice Cream, ice cream, Krampus, Krampus Ball, Krampus Bells, Rhyta Musik, Santa Claus, sci fi, torches 17 Comments