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art, music, food, movies, citizen journalism, activism, and whatever else i am into at the moment...

“The Trials of Henry Kissinger” screening at the Bloom Collective

Posted on May 6, 2013

originally published in the Rapidian                                                                          … Continue reading →

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Local Music Review: “Softer Sticks” by Chain of Lakes

Posted on May 3, 2013

On Saturday, May 4th 2013, Grand Rapids MI band Chain of Lakes releases their newest album, “Softer Sticks”. Continue reading →

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The Banjo Gods Demand a Blood Sacrifice;The Hangdog Hearts

Posted on April 22, 2013

The Hangdog Hearts prove that a one man band has no excuse for being thin on sound, shallow in depth, or missing horsepower in the delivery and execution. When the Hangdog Hearts play, people connect, the feel something, they get up off of their asses and dance! That’s a hell of a lot more than many “full” bands ma Continue reading →

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Lou Shields and the high science of low fidelity

Posted on April 10, 2013

Another aspect of Lou Shields’ music that is notable is his combination of primitive percussion and loose sense of timing or phrasing. The harshness of the slide bottle clashing on guitar strings, a kick drum pedal pounding heartbeat rhythms on a 5 gallon bucket, broken skateboard decks stacked with rusty license plates and bolted on bottlecaps. Its the sound of an old Model T falling apart as it winds down a mountain road. A lineman’s tool belt falling off a ladder. The jailer’s keys striking the tumblers on the cell door locks. Continue reading →

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Opening reception for “Ancestral Art” Indigenous Voices, An Artists’ Benefit for Haitian Peasant Groups.

Posted on March 3, 2013

On Friday, March 8, 2013, West Michigan Center for Peacebuilding will host the opening reception for “Ancestral Art” Indigenous Voices, An Artist Benefit for Haitian Peasant Groups. Continue reading →

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Tatsuya Nakatani at Mexicains Sans Frontieres

Posted on November 20, 2012

I recently had the priveledge of witnessing Tatsuya Nakatani at Mexicains Sans Frontieres. His avant garde percussion performance was impressive to say the least…

His performance utilised 3 massive gongs, a smaller (18inch?) gong, some prayer bowls, a few misc. objects and a kick/snare/tom combo all assembled in a cirlce formation. Nakatani also used his hand-made bows to vibrate the edges of the gongs to create a sort of hell-bent theremin effect that was impressively powerful. Continue reading →

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Remnants of Route 66; the Collage Art of Jewly Warren

Posted on October 31, 2012

The collage art of Jewly Warren depicts 50′s pop culture in an absurd mashup of surrealist slapstick americana Continue reading →

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99 Acts of Revolution in 2012: #9 Write an Article

Posted on March 5, 2012

As part of my campaign to commit myself to 99 acts of revolution (big & small) in 2012, I find myself using the power of the written word to plant the seeds of change in fertile minds by writing an article about the protests against Rush Limbaugh on WOOD Radio in Grand Rapids MI. Continue reading →

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99 Acts of Revolution in 2012: #8 Write a letter

Posted on March 4, 2012

As part of my new year’s resolution to commit to 99 acts of revolution (big & small), I bring you action # 8 Write a Letter. As you may know by now, Rush Limbaugh created quite the stir this past week merely by being his normal fascist self.

He called a woman “slut” and “prostitute” and made some other douchebag remarks that were basically incredibly disrespectful towards woman…all because she spoke out in favor of the rights of women to have autonomy over their own bodies… its not really a surprise to anyone that the mouthpiece of the Republican Hate Machine would spew this kind of crap out his foodhole… since that’s pretty much what Rush and the GOP are all about…. Continue reading →

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99 Acts of Revolution in 2012: #7 Hearing another voice of dissent

Posted on March 3, 2012

As part of my resolution to commit myself to 99 Acts of Revolution (big & small) in 2012, I attended the recent appearance of Louis Farrakhan and the Nation of Islam at Fountain St Church in Grand Rapids MI on March 1st, 2012.

After the last decade of conservatives in the government and media waging war on people of color, people from different religions, people from poor countries, and everyone else not perfectly “white and right” in the eyes of the Conservative American God, many people are starting to tune out all of the propaganda and see for themselves what is really happening out there in the real world. This is a large part of why I chose to attend the event.

After several local community activists and student leaders addressed the audience of over 1,000 people, Minister Farrakhan spoke for over an hour on duty, responsibility, and self-sufficency. Continue reading →

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