Hi Kim, here's the card the announces The Unfiltered Art Show. A show of Outsider Art at The Funhouse Gallery which is at The Russell Industrial Center. The opening is on Saturday night August 20th 6:00PM till 9:00PM.
8.10.2011
GAVIN MCGRAW IS OUT OF THE HOSPITAL..
As reported yesterday, DeGraw suffered a concussion, a broken nose, black eyes, cuts and bruises, after being attacked early Monday morning on the street, just blocks from a bar he co-owns with his brother Joey. DeGraw later stumbled into the street, where he was reportedly hit by a cab.
Joey DeGraw told the New York Post that his brother was not drunk at the time of the incident and "had nothing but cranberry juice to drink" that night.
DeGraw has cancelled the rest of his concerts and appearances through at least this weekend. He has been on tour opening for Maroon 5 and Train, and will release a new album, Sweeter, on September 20.
SHARON TATE MURDER 44 YEARS AGO TODAY
In honor of Sharon Tate, Jay Sebring, Abigail Folger, Wojciech Frykowski, and Steven Parent who were murdered 44 years ago today... I am not going to mention any of their killers. I am just going to post videos of how beautiful these people were until that horrible and fateful day in 1969.
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SCOTT ASHETON REPLACED FOR SUMMER STOOGES TOUR...
Knoxville expatriate Larry Mullins (right) is replacing Stooges drummer Scott Asheton (left), who is ill, for the band’s summer tour.
Well it is official Rock Action is home and recuperating from an illness that affected him while on tour in Europe. Rock and family are back home in California and mutual friends say he is doing much better.
Now Mullins is touring with one of the most influential bands of all time, Iggy and the Stooges. With original drummer Scott Asheton sidelined with stomach problems, the Stooges needed a replacement fast to meet several high-profile festival commitments. So Mullins, who had already performed the Stooges repertoire hundreds of times with Iggy Pop, was the ideal candidate. The call came from none other than Iggy himself. Full Story from Metro Pulse
“It was just as surprising as the first time he called in 1990,” Mullins says. “It was his first call in 12 years, so I knew it was serious. Scotty had gone into the hospital the day before, and they had no time to think twice.”
I heard that Larry is doing a kick ass job sitting in for the legendary Rock last weekend in France... One of my best friends and Scott Asheton's Dennis Machinegun Thompson of the MC5 was back stage watching Larry with a very technical eye. MGT thought Larry did a phenomenal job at the kit. As the saying goes..."The Show Must Go On..."
We wish The Stooges all the best and our thoughts and prayers go out to Scott and his family.
I am so happy I got to see Rock in person at the Michigan Theater Stooges show this past April. I had such great seats and I really enjoyed watching him play... Thank you Heather and Natalie xxook
Scott Asheton Facebook
Rock Action Myspace
Stooges Forum Get Well Page
Scott Asheton /IggyPop
RETROKIMMER: OVER 1000 STORIES POSTED!!!
Well gang I woke up this morning and without realizing it I had cracked over 1004 stories posted on this blog! OMG that is 3 books!!! Anyone have a publisher for Kimmer??? Wow! I thought today I would tell the story of how Kimmer started going out to gigs with cameras and began the very coolest period of my life so far.....
Back in 2009 I began working with Dennis "Machinegun" Thompson the legendary drummer of the MC5. We collaborated on creating Machinegun's Blog and his MySpace/Facebook/Twitter etc...
One day Dennis received an invitation to sit in with The DoGs who were coming to Ann Arbor... He was happy to do it, but he had to cancel at the last minute. So after spending a lot of time talking to Loren Molinari about his band I decided to go see them play.
Took a few of my friends and 4 photographers from my friend Kirk's page the Motor City Blog... The DoGs were great and the show was such fun! I got home at 4 am!!! Beat but thrilled... So that gig started getting Kimmer invites to everything! Now I don't get out as much but I will always remember The DoGs!!!
Back in 2009 I began working with Dennis "Machinegun" Thompson the legendary drummer of the MC5. We collaborated on creating Machinegun's Blog and his MySpace/Facebook/Twitter etc...
One day Dennis received an invitation to sit in with The DoGs who were coming to Ann Arbor... He was happy to do it, but he had to cancel at the last minute. So after spending a lot of time talking to Loren Molinari about his band I decided to go see them play.
Took a few of my friends and 4 photographers from my friend Kirk's page the Motor City Blog... The DoGs were great and the show was such fun! I got home at 4 am!!! Beat but thrilled... So that gig started getting Kimmer invites to everything! Now I don't get out as much but I will always remember The DoGs!!!
8.09.2011
MITCH RYDER PRODUCED BY JOHN MELLENCAMP
John Mellencamp and Mitch Ryder
DJ Jerry Lubin doing an air shift at WLLZ at the time made the call to Mitch. The rest you can see is history.
The Album "Never Kick A Sleeping Dog" came out on Polygram the same label as John "Cougar" Mellencamp. The first single off the album was "When You Were Mine" John Produced the album.
ARTHUR CONLEY STORY...SWEET SOUL MUSIC
Everyone come to me, and I shall give you peace (Vorden General cemetery)
This is a great piece... After we posted photos of Jackie Wilson's resting place... Dennis Blom a friend from Facebook wrote in to tell me that Arthur Conley (the great soul singer of Sweet Soul Music and more)...was buried near his home in Zwolle, Netherlands. Dennis went out with his camera and shot some photos to share with my readers! How cool is that??
THANK YOU DENNIS...XXOOK
From Dennis:
After a rainy start of the day, the sun is starting to shine as I arrive at the cemetary where Arthur Conley has been laid to rest. After his success and the death of his idol (Otis Redding), Conley went to Europe in the 70's to disappear into anonymity.
First in Antwerp, then Amsterdam, in the multicultural Bijlmer. Then to the small town of Ruurlo. This was where he and his love Jos lived and worked, for Conley was a homosexual. In Ruurlo nobody thought strange about this relationship and they could live in peace. Conley by this time had almost nothing to do with music and the stardom he had in the years before.
THANK YOU DENNIS...XXOOK
From Dennis:
After a rainy start of the day, the sun is starting to shine as I arrive at the cemetary where Arthur Conley has been laid to rest. After his success and the death of his idol (Otis Redding), Conley went to Europe in the 70's to disappear into anonymity.
First in Antwerp, then Amsterdam, in the multicultural Bijlmer. Then to the small town of Ruurlo. This was where he and his love Jos lived and worked, for Conley was a homosexual. In Ruurlo nobody thought strange about this relationship and they could live in peace. Conley by this time had almost nothing to do with music and the stardom he had in the years before.
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He did do a single with a group from Amsterdam, under his alias Robert Lee (the first name of his mother). At the cemetary nothing will remind you that here lies a man who has world fame with his single 'Sweet soul music'. There are a couple of family tombs and a field for the ashes of the cremated. It's was a bit difficult to find his grave, luckily I had a photograph from another visitor, found on the internet.
And after a couple of rounds I found the grave. Not even a tombstone to remind us who lies here , but only a couple of flowers and plants. If it wasn't for the cd case on the grave, nobody would have known who has been laid there. As the keeper of the cemetery puts it: 'If they can't afford a gravestone, then we put the coffin in the ground and we put a small garden on top. ' Conley was buried here after he died from cancer at the age of 57, the people who knew him remember he was a gentle and kind man. And that's how he will be remembered.
Walking back to the gate there is a line from a local poet:
'Out of the night rises morning red, life out of death'
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Otis Redding
Sam and Dave
'Out of the night rises morning red, life out of death'
Read More about Arthur Conley's Life
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Otis Redding
Sam and Dave
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