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 […]
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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, Nirvana, Oakland, Occupy Oakland, Occupy Sandy, Occupy Wall Street, Ozone House, Patton Oswalt, police brutality, 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
Boots reboot… Here’s what happened a week ago tonight, when Boots Riley and The Coup liberated Ypsilanti
It just occurred to me that, after all of my hype in the run-up to the big show at Woodruff’s last Sunday night, I probably owed you a final follow-up post, so that those of you weren’t at the show could experience some sense of closure… Well, the show was a blast. The Coup rocked. […]
Posted in Art and Culture, Civil Liberties, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti Also tagged Alan Haber, American history, at-risk youth, Boots Riley, Brad Perkins, Brandon Mitchell, fundraisers, Heather Steenrod, Ian Vanek, Japanther, Jeff Clark, Jesse Morgan, Johnny Lupinacci, Kev Choice, LGBTQ, Matt Reilly, MC Kadence, Mitch Albom, music, Ozone House, Pete Larson, Ramones, Rolling Stone, SDS, Steve Emshwiller, synchronicity, The Coup, The Rumpus, Tom Hayden, Tony Morgan, Walter Riley, Woodruff's 10 Comments
A2Awesome gives $1,000 to Ozone House for the creation of an in-house workout facility for at-risk youth
A2Awesome just made our second $1,000 award. This time, the paper bag full of cash went to Ozone House, for the purchase of exercise equipment to be used by the homeless, runaway and at-risk youth they counsel, house and otherwise support. Following is the transcript of a quick conversation with Quinn Phillips, the Ozone House […]
Posted in A2Awesome, Ann Arbor Also tagged at-risk youth, Awesome Foundation, exercise, LGBTQ, micro-philanthropy, Ozone House, Quinn Phillips 72 Comments