After the last several episodes, where we had so many guests, and so many things to get through, I enjoyed the relaxed pace of this most recent edition of the Saturday Six Pack. I’d left us a lot of breathing room when planning the show, thinking that, just maybe, Marshall Crenshaw might stop by, seeing […]
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The Ann Arbor music scene, from Paul Robeson to Frank Allison …on episode 28 of the Saturday Six Pack
Posted in Art and Culture, The Saturday Six Pack, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti Also tagged African American art songs, African American history, Alan Haber, Ann Arbor history, audio tour of Ann Arbor rock history, Community Church of God, Frank Allison and the Odd Sox, George Clinton, Gillian Ream, Mark's big ideas, Marshall Crenshaw, Modern Lady Fitness, musicians, opera, oral history, Our Own Thing Chorale, Paul Robeson, records, Rock and Roll, Soviet Union, walking tours, Willis Patterson, Ypsi Songfest 11 Comments
Obscure recordings, eating the leftovers of others, and sex ed puppetry for kids… on the Saturday Six Pack with Mark Maynard
On our very first show, a young boy called in from Ann Arbor to proclaim, somewhat inexplicably, “I have no regrets.” Well, unlike him, I do have regrets. This week, mistakes were made. I won’t list them here, as doing so would be both painful and tedious, but I did want to acknowledge that lessons […]
Posted in Art and Culture, The Saturday Six Pack, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti Courier Also tagged Andrew W.K., Bulb Records, California, Chris Sandon, Couch, Cre Fuller, David Anthony, Dos Hermanos, electronic music, Greg Scoggin, Hungry Collector, Isla Vista, Jason Wright, Kenya, leftovers, Marty Flint, Patrick Elkins, Pete Larson, Prehensile Monkeytailed Skink, Quintron, Refuse Stealing Kukana Kuba Band, sex education, shadow puppets, Shortwave Mystery, twincest, WindrumScoggin 31 Comments
“OMG… I can have Howard Moon in my pocket”
I don’t generally get excited by little, vinyl action figures, but… HOLY SHIT! I just got word through the Book of Faces that London illustrator Pete Fowler is releasing a tiny set of Mighty Boosh collectibles. And, for those of you on my side of the pond, I hear our friends at Atomic Books may […]
Posted in Art and Culture Also tagged action figures, Atomic Books, collectables, Facebook, gift ideas for Mark, Howard Moon, illustrators, The Mighty Boosh, things I covet, toy design, toys 5 Comments