Back in November of 2012, Washtenaw Eviction and Foreclosure Defense somehow managed to bring world-renowned hip-hop provocateur Boots Riley and his band, The Coup, to Ypsilanti to play a fundraiser for Ozone House, to support their work with at-risk and marginalized LGBTQ teens. As you may recall, in my interview with Riley, recorded a day […]
Tag Archives: Nirvana
Boots Riley’s “Sorry to Bother You” hits theaters half a dozen years after telling us about it
Posted in Art and Culture, Detroit, Uncategorized Also tagged 21 Grams, Alex Rivera, American Splendor, Atlanta, Boots Riley, community organizing, Danny Glover, Danny Goldberg, David Cross, fast food workers union, film making, foreclosure defense, Happiness, hip hop, Ice Storm, indie film, Lakeith Stanfield, Led Zeppelin, Oakland, Occupy Oakland, Occupy Sandy, Occupy Wall Street, Ozone House, Patton Oswalt, police brutality, Pride Zone, rap, Sleep Dealer, Sorry to Bother You, Street Sweeper Social Club, Ted Hope, telemarketing, Terry Crews, The Coup, unions, Washtenaw Eviction and Foreclosure Defense 10 Comments
Star Trek, Nevermind and the passage of time
As Star Trek debuted 50 years ago today, and tomorrow marks the 25th anniversary of Nirvana’s Nevermind, I decided to spend some time this evening looking into what’s happening today that might have the same kind of long-lasting cultural impact. Sadly, I didn’t find much. No books, as far as I could tell, were released […]
Posted in Pop Culture, Uncategorized Also tagged 1966, 1991, Bernie Sanders, Lance Bass, Nevermind, NSYNC, observations, Siege of Leningrad, Smells Like Teen Spirit, Star Trek, the passage of time, Time 14 Comments
Dinosaur Jr: “You’re Living All Over Me”
I’ve been watching cell phone video shot at a Brooklyn bar last night of J Mascis performing with Nirvana shortly after the group was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and remembering just how much his music meant to me… Here’s You’re Living All Over Me, for those of you who want […]
Posted in Art and Culture, Uncategorized Also tagged Dinosaur Jr., J Mascis, You're Living All Over Me 4 Comments