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
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, Minor Threat, music, 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 |
By Mark | December 30, 2011
We’re fortunate in the Ypsi/Arbor community in that we have several great non-profits serving kids. To name just a few that are actively working in the area of creative expression, we’ve got 826 Michigan (creative writing), The Wild Swan Theater (theatrical performance), FLY Children’s Art Center (visual arts), and Community Records (musical performance). I believe, […]
Posted in Art and Culture, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged 826 Michigan, Akili Jackson, at-risk youth, Bright Futures program, community assets, community building, Community Records, EMU, FLY Children's Art Center, interviews, Jesse Morgan, Justin Fenwick, Keep Ya Head Up, local non-profits, MC Invincible, MC Kadence, Meredith Monk, music, music venues, Ozone House, Ozone House Drop-In Center, Ozone House Youth and Family Services, Parkridge Community Center, performance art, performance venues, PMRC, Respect Me, Schwaben Hall, seeds, St. Luke's Episcopal Church, Street Outreach, Tipper Gore, Toledo, Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo School for the Arts, Wild Swan Theater, WIllow Run high school, WorkZone, Yin Yang We, Youthville, Ypsi Public School District, Ypsilanti high school |
Speaking of boogers, did anyone notice that a member of the punk-rock-for-kids band The Boogers left an angry note here on the site in response to someone who had implied, after seeing them play at the Ann Arbor Summer Festival, that the Ramones would not have approved?
I never really thought of Patrick Elkins & the Rainbow Vomit Family Band as a kids’ band, but there they were, playing the Ann Arbor Summer Festival today, on the same bill as The Boogers, so I guess it’s official. And I think that’s a good thing. As far as I can tell, there’s a […]
Posted in Ann Arbor, Art and Culture, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Aimee Adams, All Messed Up on Fun, Ann Arbor Summer Festival, Anton Newcombe, B-52s, Brian Jonestown Massacre, Chelsea Jordan, Chris "Legs" Pierce, cults, Ian Fulcher, Jason Voss, MC Trashpedal, octopus ballet, Patrick Elkins, Patrick Elkins & the Rainbow Vomit Family Band, Top of the Park, yoga pants |
