Tag Archives: Rock and Roll

Ypsi/Arbor Exit Interview: Charlie Slick

By Mark | March 30, 2013

I don’t know how to break this to you, so I’ll just come right out and say it… It looks as though beloved local pop idol Charlie Slick will soon be joining the ranks of those leaving our community. Following is his official exit interview. MARK: I’m thinking of requiring everyone who wants to leave […]

Posted in Ann Arbor, Art and Culture, Mark's Life, Special Projects, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged alcohol, Axel Rose, balding, big women, black licorice, Brian Eno, bubbles, Canton, Charles Slick, Charlie Slick, childhood, childhood memories, circuit boards, comedy, Detroit, Downtown Home and Garden, drugs, Drum Buddy, Dustin Diamond, electrical engineering, exit interviews, flipping coins, glitter, Global Warming, Green Acres, hair, hair and tooth loss, Hotel California, I Dream of Genie, infomercials, inventing, inventing our way out of disaster, Justin Timberlake, Kentucky, Krampus, lesbians, math, Monticello, Mr. Ed, music, music scenes, Nick at Nite, Oakland, pop music, Portland, Puget Sound, Quintron, reinventing, Sagittronics, Sherwood Bar, Sigourney Weaver, stand-up, strong women, Totally Awesome Fest, visionary musicians, Washington State, Washtenaw Community College, Water Hill Music Festival, Ypsi/Arbor Exit Interviews | 22 Comments

Iggy and the Stooges, or the MC5… Who were the real runaway sons of the nuclear A-bomb?

By Mark | February 22, 2012

Iggy Pop had some nice words to share today about Michael Davis, the bass player for the MC5, who just passed away a few days ago. Here’s what Pop, who got his real start in the music business opening for the MC5 in Detroit, had to say: For me, Michael was the original cool guy. […]

Posted in Art and Culture, Detroit | Also tagged Danny Fields, Dennis Thompson, faggots, homophobia, Iggy and the Stooges, Iggy Pop, jealousy, John Sinclair, Lookin At You, MC5, Michael Davis, New Order, Ron Asheton, Search and Destroy, The Stooges | 13 Comments

Celebrating the life of Stanley T. Mad Hatter with a parade tomorrow

By Mark | June 10, 2011

In early January of this year, a Detroit rock icon passed away in Ypsilanti at the age of 62. He was born Stanley Zillifro, but, in the mid-1960s, as the Detroit rock scene took off, was reborn as Stanley T. Mad Hatter. And, it was under that monicker that he became famous, emceeing countless historic […]

Posted in Ann Arbor, Art and Culture, Detroit, History, Ypsilanti | Also tagged 1967, 2 Live Crew, 217 South Adams, altruism, animal-grade bread, another famous person has died, Aunt Millie's, birds, candy, candy throwing, Cinderella, Detroit Party Marching Band, Detroit Riot, emcees, First Church of Rock 'n' Roll, floats, Found Object Orchestra, generosity, Get Back, gorilla gardening, Grande Ballroom, grilled cheese, hats, hugs, J. Geils Band, Keelan, Ludacris, memorials, men in hats, Michigan Avenue, Nectarine, Necto, New Dodge Lounge, parades, Patrick Elkins, pot, Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame, Second Chance, squirrels, Stanley T. Mad Hatter, Stanley Zillifro, Totally Awesome Fest, wrestling | 4 Comments

“punk wasn’t a musical style”

By Mark | September 14, 2010

I’m waiting for Clementine to fall asleep, drinking a well-deserved beer, and skipping around the internet, looking for archival footage from the early days of CBGBs. And, in the process, I happened across this segment from the 1995 PBS documentary entitled Rock and Roll. I think I saw it when it was first broadcast, but […]