I had the occasion this evening to speak with Ian MacKaye, the former frontman of Minor Threat and Fugazi, who will be visiting Ypsilanti this Friday evening to play an all-ages show at the Dreamland Theater alongside Amy Farina, in their heavy yet minimalist two-piece band
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Dischord’s Ian MacKaye on touring as a family, building community, making the world a better place, and what he’s got in mind for Ypsilanti this Friday evening
Posted in Art and Culture, Civil Liberties, Crimewave USA, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti Also tagged 1968, alternative art venues, Amy Farina, churches, D.C. riots, DC, Defense of Marriage Act, DOMA, Dreamland Theater, Fugazi, great interviews, Ian MacKaye, interviews, liberation theology, music, music for kids, music industry, music venues, Pancake Mountain, performance venues, punk rock, religion, Saint Stephen and the Incarnation, Shelley Salant, The Evens, Voting Rights Act, Vowel Movement, WCBN 18 Comments
John Brannon in the Metro Times, and on SNL
The new issue of the Detroit Metro Times has a pretty good feature on John Brannon, the former lead singer of the band the Laughing Heyenas. While he’s likely more famous for his earlier band – the seminal hardcore group Negative Approach – I was never that into their music. The Laughing Heyenas, however, were […]
Posted in Art and Culture Also tagged Detroit Metro Times, fear, Flashdance, Jim Kimball, John Belushi, John Brannon, Kevin Strickland, Larissa Strickland, Laughing Heyenas, Lee Ving, mohawks, Necros, Negative Approach, punk rock, Saturday Night Live, skinheads, slam dancing, SNL, Walk on the Mild Side, Who's the Boss 24 Comments