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, Minor Threat, music, music for kids, 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
Iggy Pop on the happiest days of his life, spent discovering music and working at Discount Records
Iggy Pop, as some of you may know, is the honorary ambassador of Record Store Day this year. And, as such, he’s been pontificating these past few days on the importance of recorded music, visionary artists and independent retailers, in the run-up to the April 21 event. In a recent videotaped address to the nation, […]
Posted in Ann Arbor, Art and Culture, History, Local Business Also tagged Bentley Historical Library, Blues, consumerism, corporate co-opting, Discount Records, Elvis, Elvis impersonator, Iggy Pop, independent record stores, independent retail, Jeep Holland, music history, Record Store Day, soulless music 27 Comments