tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-100084382024-03-14T00:50:59.501-05:00AkroClevKentThe online meeting place for all the artists, musicians, writers and creators from the Northeast Ohio community...the place to be now, if you were there then.bhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16752189829989005252noreply@blogger.comBlogger32125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10008438.post-77938060031464096222011-09-08T08:39:00.004-05:002011-09-08T08:51:59.292-05:00Tom (does not) Waits ..Yesss!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj8CsJ-wbLnDiLGmtk16m-qJvPOh6wjZgr1zcxYdwOIQZoRwR4V4h8YQPSvRCt091nGr_wRjdxq7N9pMRufV2Ra1yMn0fO8AdkMbIrmXA7mu0b-HKIc72lLsutEGHOYVCssZcJeQ/s1600/Tom+Waits-badasme.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj8CsJ-wbLnDiLGmtk16m-qJvPOh6wjZgr1zcxYdwOIQZoRwR4V4h8YQPSvRCt091nGr_wRjdxq7N9pMRufV2Ra1yMn0fO8AdkMbIrmXA7mu0b-HKIc72lLsutEGHOYVCssZcJeQ/s400/Tom+Waits-badasme.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5649986060995666210" /></a><br /><br />His latest single from his upcoming release. Don't know if that's Ralph skronking on the sax, but I love it.<br /><a href="http://soundcloud.com/antirecords/tom-waits-bad-as-me"><strong>Bad As Me</strong></a><br /><br />The spirit of BeefHeart lives.bhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16752189829989005252noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10008438.post-47319046341709291632010-05-10T15:00:00.016-05:002010-05-11T12:57:49.441-05:00KSU Memorial May 4 2010<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKouGKTqG6Pgkp2ZPfz03FZbs_9f8JHVjxHWJDh8ocYDAoMsdUkGxMxzIIxnWvID-JnDe7SH5odWNzPByAyXVhMWnsXfRKQcvaxYb0ZLJ6Ihddi8Br1HqrS7xVfNM1xc55hYftwA/s1600/Genral+crowd.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKouGKTqG6Pgkp2ZPfz03FZbs_9f8JHVjxHWJDh8ocYDAoMsdUkGxMxzIIxnWvID-JnDe7SH5odWNzPByAyXVhMWnsXfRKQcvaxYb0ZLJ6Ihddi8Br1HqrS7xVfNM1xc55hYftwA/s400/Genral+crowd.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469733901495282930" /></a><br><br />I traveled to North Eastern Ohio for the 40th anniverasary of the Kent State Massacre. There was a good turnout and I saw a lot of old, familiar faces. Genral Jackett and Jerry Casale from the DEVO days. Bill Zorn and Chris Butler from even farther back at Guido's Pizza. Thanks to Patty Taylor for the photos<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcK_MdPk1vWHY-6euIDnwJ3773j8Lore_uOEVJRsocp0659cLvMOWNt5TkB_Xd4MHWPTuwK6LJxIO1ljgg9FVVCxE67MXL4e2S8RflwNCVP7S8uBNJ0qBKzYy6asMnQ5hvJzBAtA/s1600/Genral-Jerry-Bruce2.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcK_MdPk1vWHY-6euIDnwJ3773j8Lore_uOEVJRsocp0659cLvMOWNt5TkB_Xd4MHWPTuwK6LJxIO1ljgg9FVVCxE67MXL4e2S8RflwNCVP7S8uBNJ0qBKzYy6asMnQ5hvJzBAtA/s400/Genral-Jerry-Bruce2.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469735492944180162" /></a><p><br />Genral, Jerry and yours truly.<br /><br> <br />Jerry gave a stirring speech at the Memorial, while still managing to plug DEVO. Bobby Seale also spoke and was touching and funny and righteous.<br><br />There was a counter demonstration protesting the Arizonia Immigration law...Interesting?<p><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0ovL4YWjMjcxU1TGClZrGcuELvKAG70f_c8bLG41oqYwH9bf6sSk0UG70wxOUX_pR6EloXLr0_AfBqYrphun8HauOx9p5nsdhyphenhyphenfzLpN_htx51LxBDmpaDSu4J_g1JL28h3isLgw/s1600/Genral-Zorn_Jerry.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0ovL4YWjMjcxU1TGClZrGcuELvKAG70f_c8bLG41oqYwH9bf6sSk0UG70wxOUX_pR6EloXLr0_AfBqYrphun8HauOx9p5nsdhyphenhyphenfzLpN_htx51LxBDmpaDSu4J_g1JL28h3isLgw/s400/Genral-Zorn_Jerry.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470049689834130098" /></a><br /><br>Genral, Bill Zorn and Jerry solving the World's problems.<br><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxXGb9qnjcGPb2fV3lLnov39WKIUOebXTHfCN5FRkzHQEyAqWrf9160mCZVuWS64tuKgWTPcyxhrXFdpB5R5pyoceOEPs9u_hv2D_JFFyNbFi20SAEbUbcynAWQfV8-1Paeyq-Bg/s1600/Chris+Butler.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxXGb9qnjcGPb2fV3lLnov39WKIUOebXTHfCN5FRkzHQEyAqWrf9160mCZVuWS64tuKgWTPcyxhrXFdpB5R5pyoceOEPs9u_hv2D_JFFyNbFi20SAEbUbcynAWQfV8-1Paeyq-Bg/s400/Chris+Butler.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470072746260529714" /></a><br>Chris Butler...Discuss.bhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16752189829989005252noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10008438.post-45429138379475457162010-04-27T16:31:00.005-05:002010-04-28T07:03:09.749-05:00His Hip Highness<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBKtZ_RIE63thpEV-Yl-C2_J4CapDSp5HD_MlLm_9gLiPM-1O1QTNRk0m7ANJLmBjCKEnIrOdbdeY3l-EGQI59hOpxfrVdV9YJFyI0pKn5IIO3kUhWXvl9DCXg1WfSxc4SRcx6HQ/s1600/lordbuckleypix.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 332px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBKtZ_RIE63thpEV-Yl-C2_J4CapDSp5HD_MlLm_9gLiPM-1O1QTNRk0m7ANJLmBjCKEnIrOdbdeY3l-EGQI59hOpxfrVdV9YJFyI0pKn5IIO3kUhWXvl9DCXg1WfSxc4SRcx6HQ/s400/lordbuckleypix.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464934811870430210" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_Buckley">Lord Buckley</a> was laying down the synchopated jive long before any of today's auto tuned, metal teeth rappers were thought of , by about fifty years.<br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uX-dhT6qoXA&feature=related">Video</a>bhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16752189829989005252noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10008438.post-77066460467028366062010-04-20T13:18:00.004-05:002010-04-27T14:19:57.014-05:00Tighten Up<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjascUhGOjUJWnP_1OEByW5R_Kx-KdqBggCQgQ9NUQms5CuoPrv7PEIdPNVa2trBsjd6ebkntqNF39pC8ayvI2JmQYwG4lIwRVgRUF19qYpORXHx2Bb8p-UsyCgtfo-UdRBC1pcHQ/s1600/Tighten+up_BK.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462286012718410290" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjascUhGOjUJWnP_1OEByW5R_Kx-KdqBggCQgQ9NUQms5CuoPrv7PEIdPNVa2trBsjd6ebkntqNF39pC8ayvI2JmQYwG4lIwRVgRUF19qYpORXHx2Bb8p-UsyCgtfo-UdRBC1pcHQ/s400/Tighten+up_BK.jpg" /></a><br /><div>"Tighten Up", by the Black Keys, not Archie Bell, is the latest release from the duo's new collection <strong>Brothers</strong>.</div><div></div><div>A clever puppet video suits the greasy groove. Akron's own does it again.<p><a href="http://www.theblackkeys.com/videos">http://www.theblackkeys.com/videos</a></div>bhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16752189829989005252noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10008438.post-4608153502964989612007-08-02T18:49:00.005-05:002010-05-11T17:06:12.994-05:00BruceApalooza 2007<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh91uix4LyBcrMzlmYH7eylP5XCeTVjKqd82hYKie8OvPqYh22czt_EF8BG2LMAxZnoV-Pw5jU1947XUgIdWuktdFS20HqtMmooVQA7_9Y3gqONdswMZvQSi2eEMWjZmoHlBjwfCQ/s1600-h/Bruce-a-Palooza_+048.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5094254872719649042" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh91uix4LyBcrMzlmYH7eylP5XCeTVjKqd82hYKie8OvPqYh22czt_EF8BG2LMAxZnoV-Pw5jU1947XUgIdWuktdFS20HqtMmooVQA7_9Y3gqONdswMZvQSi2eEMWjZmoHlBjwfCQ/s320/Bruce-a-Palooza_+048.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Harvey Gold (Half Cleveland), Paul Long (the Riotous Bros), Patrick Sweany (Mars) and Martin Birch (the Riotous Bros.) do an A.C. (after cake) jam out at the end of the evening.<br /><br /><br /><br />Friday night February 9th, 2007, about 75 people helped me celebrate my 60th birthday…a scary male milestone. It was my idea to put a broad crossection of my musical friends on stage and see what would happen. It worked out really fine. Shot the entire four hours of music on 2 Betacams and recorded to 24 track Fostex. The DVD may be out in the fall.<br />Joe Galdo, Joe Lala, Joe Foglia, Tony Battaglia, Chi-Pig, the Riotous Bros., Half-Cleveland, Patrick Sweany, Ken Hatley and Peter van der Sande all contributed to the festivites. Check out Dolli Gold’s photo essay on the party at:<a href="http://www.tinhuey.com/news.htm">http://www.tinhuey.com/news.htm</a> <br>or more photos at:<a href="http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewPicture&friendID=181408990&albumId=721528"></a>bhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16752189829989005252noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10008438.post-1158324552782634092006-09-15T07:03:00.000-05:002006-09-15T07:49:12.833-05:00Harvey in the Hall<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6161/754/1600/HCbaggot.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6161/754/320/HCbaggot.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />Early in August, I spent three days at the home of Harvey and Dolli Gold in Bath Ohio. The purpose of the visit was to try and record a few of Harvey's songs in a relaxed home environment. Harvey and Dolli live in a restored turn of the century school house in the woods. It sounded great!<br />Harvey played guitar, keyboards and sang all the vocals.<br />Debbie Smith of Chi-Pig played bass and "Bongo" Bob Ethington on drums rounded out the trio. Dan Auerbach of the Black Keys played guitar on two of the songs and brought us that modern vibe.<br />Harvey and I will be finishing the tracks and mixing in Orlando in November.bhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16752189829989005252noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10008438.post-1157028346407488602006-08-31T07:43:00.000-05:002006-08-31T07:48:51.243-05:00TheJames Gang Rides Again!<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6161/754/1600/bruce_joe_joe.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: center; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6161/754/320/bruce_joe_joe.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Bruce Hensal, Joe Walsh and Joe Lala <p><br />Joe Walsh, Jimmy Fox and Dale Peters have reunited as the James Gang, after 30 years to tour the U. S. this summer. I caught the show on Sunday August 27 at Ruth Eckerd Theater in Clearwater. It was smoking! With a psychadelic light show straight outta the Fillmore, the music took me back to the smokey basement of J.B.'s on Water St. in Kent, Ohio circa 1969. They rocked the ususl hit's, "Funk #49", "Walk Away" and "Rocky Mountain Way" and reached way back to cover Freddie King's "Going Down". Excellent.<br />Joined by a keyboard player and three female singers/dancers, the band stripped down to a trio for several songs, and even a couple of acoustic numbers including a solo acoustic song by Walsh.<br />He is still one of the best guitarists in the business...a true tone monster.<br />It's great to see these old fogeys rocking. Anyone got a Walsh story?<br /></p>bhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16752189829989005252noreply@blogger.com35tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10008438.post-1145033290722795942006-04-14T11:43:00.000-05:002006-08-31T07:50:25.403-05:00True Pioneers<strong>Jim Mothersbaugh and Gary Jackett</strong><p><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6161/754/1600/jim_jacket.0.jpg"><img style="float:center; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6161/754/320/jim_jacket.0.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><p><br><br />"Jungle Jim" Mothersbaugh and "Genral" Jackett were both early influences in the entire Devo aesthetic. Jim was the band's first drummer and virtually invented electronic drums with his Barcus-Berry pickups mounted on drum practice pads. The output fed a synth module and the hihat pedal controlled a white noise generator!<br />Gary was an early experimental guitarst and graphic designer with some early incarnations of Devo. He was in an early Devo video playing a guitar plugged into a wall heater, if I remember correctly. He also produced one of the first digital multi-media Cd-i discs, the forerunner to DVD.<br />Cutting edge guys.<p>Photo credit: M.Pilmer-www.devo-obsesso.combhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16752189829989005252noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10008438.post-1131573832140178112005-11-09T17:00:00.000-05:002005-11-09T17:45:19.680-05:00Chris Butler Annual Wrapping Contest<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6161/754/1600/dscbrr.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6161/754/320/dscbrr.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><p><strong>2/3 <a href="http://chi-pig.com/">Chi-Pig </a>and 1/2 <a href="http://tinhuey.com/news.htm">Half Cleveland</a></strong><p><br />this from our frienf <a href="http://www.futurefossilmusic.com/index.htm">CB</a>:<br /><br />yo all you cats & cittens...<br /><br />the OFFICIAL BEGINNING of the Christmas season ain't Halloween (sorry, LW3) or Thanksgiving (sorry, all you Big Box retailers)...it's when your's truly announces that the competition for the coveted WRAPPIE AWARD has officially begun!<br /><br />the WRAPPIE goes to the FIRST person to email me <beezwax2@aol.com> about 'sighting' (er..obviously 'hearing') The Waitresses' version of "Christmas Wrapping" in a public space or on the radio. (nb: shoe stores/malls/college radio all count - playing the tune in you home don't).<br /><br />every year (2005 being the event's 10th Anniversary), the winner gets $100 donated in their name to the Hoboken Library's Children's Book Fund. (the Library will send the winner a confirmation letter, if requested.)<br /><br />the other rules: none...<br /><br />merry pre-sale/non-sectarian holiday wishes to one and all, and may the best set of ears win!<br /><br />cbutler<br /><br />ps - feel free to forward this/blog it/etc... <br /><br />Keep Listening!<a href="http://www.futurefossilmusic.com/index.htm"></a>bhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16752189829989005252noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10008438.post-1125486677516020462005-08-31T06:11:00.000-05:002005-11-09T17:17:02.016-05:00Miami...1979<a href='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/2/7683/640/BruceRobert.jpg'><img border='0' style='border:1px solid #000000; margin:2px' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/2/7683/320/BruceRobert.jpg'></a><br />Bruce Hensal and Robert Mittelman at Criteria Studios<p><br />Check <a href="http://miamimusicstory.com">here</a> for the inside storybhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16752189829989005252noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10008438.post-1123710059919312812005-08-10T16:36:00.000-05:002005-09-08T12:20:10.196-05:00Pigs and Half Cleveland<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6161/754/1600/ChiPig.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6161/754/320/ChiPig.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Chi-Pig and Half Cleveland (Harvey Gold and Chris Butler of Tin huey) will play the Beachland Ballroom August 29 th and Devo will be deconstructing things at the Scene pavillon Aug.19??? all dates approximate. Debbie Smith will be doing double duty on bass for both bands...Spuds Forever!bhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16752189829989005252noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10008438.post-1119553351579091142005-06-23T13:51:00.000-05:002005-06-23T15:32:16.916-05:00CirclesToday I attended the memorial service of a man I knew through church and work. He was born in Kansas, raised in Africa, lived, worked and taught in Hungary and California. He passed on in Florida, was buried in Ohio, and now lives in Heaven. He was a faithful servant of God, the son of missionaries who served in Rhodesia(Zimbabwe). Mark Bloom was on staff at Campus Crusade for Christ for nearly twenty years. He will be buried in the town of Twinsburg, where my wife Carol attended high school.<br />Most of my family still live in Ohio, and my parents are buried there.<br /><br />On September 11, 2001, I was in Kenya, working on "The Jesus Film for Children" for Campus Crusade and Carol was in Florida.<br /> <br />Small world, no?bhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16752189829989005252noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10008438.post-1119025225805702282005-06-17T11:11:00.000-05:002005-06-17T11:54:30.640-05:00New BloodI just wanted to take up a tiny slice of cyberspace to give respect to a nu generation of AkroClevKent musicians. <a href="http://www.theblackkeys.com">The Black Keys</a> and the <a href="http://www.patricksweany.com">Patrick Sweany Band</a>, along with many other players and bands are representing rock in a modern way. Great singing, great playing,<br />and great songwriting.<br /><br />"Keep up the good work Men, and remember, Rock marches on..." <br />Coach Mann<br /><br />bhbhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16752189829989005252noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10008438.post-1118741652073773562005-06-14T04:30:00.000-05:002005-06-21T09:10:15.933-05:00J.B. R.I.P.from <a href="http://www.nutscape.com/ChrisButler ">Chris Butler</a>:<br />fyi.<br /><br />cbutler<br /><br />From: David Giffels To: <br />Sent: Wed, 8 Jun 2005 12:34:19 -0400<br />Subject: heaven has better restrooms<br /><br /> Joe Bujack, RIP:(owner and namesake of J.B.'s in Kent)<br /><br />Any good Bujack stories out there?<br />bhbhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16752189829989005252noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10008438.post-1115987294801834412005-05-13T07:25:00.000-05:002005-06-21T09:12:42.090-05:00May 4, 35 years later.<a href="http://nutscape.com/ChrisButler">Chris Butler</a> sent me this:<br /><br />Spent all last week back in Ohio for the 35th anniversary of the Kent State shootings. Sparsely attended, not much media play either...but oh so life-affirming for the geezers that were there. And it felt different from the other reunions…calmer, deeper…something. Dunno why…age?...wisdom?…just living? It really struck me this time how much May 4th has become a part of me/my life. The anger is still there (goddam...i hate those bastards), but also a sense of it being as much a part of me as an arm or a leg. When one is confronted w/ something so terribly wrong, it becomes a moral absolute. Not in the sense of how those right-wing Christians are glomming onto Biblical teachings as 'the only way'…more like as a way of judging all parts of your life. I ducked - my friends didn't - and so I'm living on borrowed time = make each moment count. Don't sweat the small stuff/save your freak-outs for the real crises vs. the day-to-day bullshit. Be happy now/pay yourself off now/joy now…'cause life is short and flimsy. Don't tolerate injustice & unfairness & hypocrisy…if life is unfair, change it/don't be surprised at the pettiness of human nature, but don't succumb to it. Those old idealistic hippie/political values have turned out to be valid and enriching - solid..and practical. In short…I am never lost as to 'what to do'…that single event has become a tool for parsing right & wrong.bhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16752189829989005252noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10008438.post-1114858228624427232005-04-30T05:49:00.000-05:002005-04-30T07:25:12.656-05:00Old Folks BoogieAkron rocked for two straight nights early in April, when the <b>Nicked Up <a href="http://www.tinhuey.com/news.htm">Huey</a> Rock-A-Thon Benefit Weekend</b> hit the Lime Spider in downtown Tire Town.<br /><br />After the money raised for Mark Price and Michael Aylward, the second best news of the weekend was the reunion of<a href="http://www.cdbaby/cd/chi-pig"><br /> Chi-Pig </a> after twenty five years,following the release of the “lost” <b>Miami</b> album in 2004. The band rocked, the Poor Girls Plus2!<br /><br />From the<a href="http://www.blackkeys.com"> Black Keys</a> to the <a href="http://www.numbersband.com">Numbers Band</a>, from the youngest to the oldest, Akron/Kent music shined in the night on Main Street.bhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16752189829989005252noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10008438.post-1112865261747308812005-04-07T04:13:00.000-05:002005-04-07T04:22:48.716-05:00Space and BeyondA recent Google search on Jan Naftulin turned up <a href="http://www.difinty.com">www.difinity.com</a> .<br />Jan is a Jewish drummer/artist/salesman/marketer from Cleveland who found the Lord 12 years ago and now lives in San Francisco.<br />He currently works with Jews for Jesus and many other sales and celestial ventures.<br />BTW the restaurant that he has worked at for 26 years burned down several months before<br />he got the JFJ job.<br /><br />Check him out!bhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16752189829989005252noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10008438.post-1110967421921288882005-03-16T04:46:00.000-05:002005-03-16T05:12:07.306-05:00Where Are They Now ?I received this email from Patti Taylor:<br /><br />Bruce,<br />Da, I forgot about the site. I checked it.<br />That is my old friend Danny, we have sent several emails already. You are<br />now my offical time travel pilot. Now there is only one other person I have been looking for. I think you might know him Jim Luby, he lived with<br />Patrick one time above I think a barber shop. They moved to DC and <br />haven't been able to find them for about 10 years.<br /><br />Anyone know the whereabouts of Jim Luby or Jim Ryan or Jim Greathouse?bhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16752189829989005252noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10008438.post-1108465971170721782005-02-15T06:11:00.000-05:002005-02-15T06:15:27.556-05:00Kent ReunionThis was passed along by <a href="http://nutscape.com/chrisbutler">Chris Butler</a>.<br /><br />Hi Everyone, <br /><br />Some folks from Kent asked me to send an email around to see what kind of response there would be for a reunion at Kent this May 4th.<br /><br />Dan Miller plans to show his documentary there this May. He'll have about 60 minutes of the feature-length video he plans to air on public broadcasting and at Sundance about Kent State SDS and the struggle there after SDS was kicked off campus --from about 1964 through the 70s.<br /><br />So...it's a great opportunity to get together as always. At the 2000 reunion, we spent a day with a sound system in a Kent restaurant telling each other our stories and eating wonderful food. It was an exhilarating experience. I'd love to do something like that again.<br /><br />I'm in Oregon-- in fact we're all so far away from each other that it's a bit hard to feel the pulse of the group...but...let's talk about this. Remember to "reply all" so everyone on the list gets to read everything everyone writes. Also....take a look at the email list. If you know the addresses of people who should be included there, please let me know and I'll send those addresses out to everyone as well. Of course, some folks don't have email (I have numbers for George Huffman, Vince and Carolyn Modugno, Terry Hynde, Ruth Gibson --if you have others, let me know. A volunteer will be needed to reach them).<br /><br />Love to you all, <br />Candy (Erickson) Knox<br /><br />Carolyn Knox, Ph.D.<br />Center for Advanced Technology in Education<br />1244 Walnut Street Suite D.<br />Eugene, Oregon 97403<br />541-346-3543 voice<br />541-346-6226 faxbhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16752189829989005252noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10008438.post-1108123712398579362005-02-11T07:01:00.000-05:002005-02-15T05:00:39.353-05:00Dan Miller's Kent State FilmDan Miller, a former Kent State student, has been working on a documentary about the history of Kent State and the people who were there during the 1960's to the 1980's. He is going to debut it publicly in Kent on May 4th 2005. I haven't seen it yet, but several people who have seen it in various forms over the years say it is very good. Dan has been working with the University of Oregon in recent years and he heads up the Oregon Documentary Project for student filmmakers, good stuff.bhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16752189829989005252noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10008438.post-1107442187313936122005-02-03T07:58:00.000-05:002005-02-11T07:09:44.066-05:00The CoopThe home to Bill Zorn...the Z Man.<br />Back in the day Bill lived in the Coop, a converted chicken coop with a metal working shop on the ground floor, and Bill's living/performance space in the loft above.<br />Filled with bullwhips, firearms, electric erotic art, and extremely psychadelic lighting performances, it was accompanied by loud rock.<br />I'm sure you all have stories. <br />Mine's about Zorn bullwhipping a cigarette out of Gerry Casale's hand, in the parking lot outside the coop, behind Burgners.<br />Talk about art meets politics.bhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16752189829989005252noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10008438.post-1106314199345991982005-01-21T08:19:00.000-05:002005-01-22T18:02:35.870-05:00Kent OddballsMaybe it was just an alignment of the stars, but we sure had a slew
<br />of colorful characters inhabiting Kent in those days, 1964 to 1974.
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<br />Freddie Palumbo, (I originally identified him as Freddie Salem, a few crossed circuits in my mind!) who was the subject of a James Gang song, would drift into your pad, utter some mystical statement and then seem to vanish into thin air.
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<br />Charles Swanson, Don Titto, Andy Anderson, Ted Bliss, and Jim Greathouse were all among the cast of exteme personalities that made life interesting.
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<br />Let's hear what you remember.bhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16752189829989005252noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10008438.post-1106267167232060462005-01-20T19:19:00.000-05:002005-02-15T08:13:03.280-05:00Concerts at Memorial GymI was working for the KSU audio-visual deptartment, and I set up and ran the P.A. for most of the concerts held in Memorial Gym. Two of the most outstanding shows were the Blues Project with Al Kooper and Sly and the Family Stone, who rocked the Kent crowd. <br />Years later I worked on Al's solo album at the Record Plant in L.A.bhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16752189829989005252noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10008438.post-1106266475560404762005-01-20T19:12:00.000-05:002005-05-24T11:31:47.550-05:00Chippewa Lake and the ChyldsBack in the early 60's Medina County had a rockin' fair and concert series at Chippewa Lake Park. I saw Creedence Clearwater Revival, Bob Seger, Ted Nugent and the Amboy Dukes, and the Chylds, featuring <a href="http://www.joevitaleondrums.com">Joe Vitale</a> (standing up) on drums. They wore black and white checked harlequin suits...they looked sharp!bhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16752189829989005252noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10008438.post-1106163480428514852005-01-19T14:31:00.000-05:002005-01-20T07:43:09.863-05:00The Mystery of Piper RockDavid Scroggy wrote me about possible blog topics, one of them was Piper Rock, a rock concert that I supposedly stage managed, the problem is I don't remember any of it. It's keeping me awake at nights, so if anyone can refresh my memory, when was it? who was the promoter? exactly where was it?
<br />
<br />Here's what I wrote to Scroggy
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<br />Piper Rock? seeems to be a black hole in my memory...was that the concert in the park where the bikers and the hippies had a showdown... refresh my
<br />memory.
<br />bh
<br />----- Original Message -----
<br />From: David Scroggy <dscroggy@yahoo.com>
<br />To: Bruce Hensal <bruhens@att.net>
<br />Cc: Peter Goodman <pgood10230@aol.com>
<br />Sent: Monday, January 17, 2005 7:51 PM
<br />Subject: Re: Possible blog topics?
<br />
<br />
<br />> i thought Piper Rock might be a good one for you. As I
<br />> remember it was you who organized a whole bunch of us
<br />> to go there and work We didn't get paid except for the
<br />> promise of a t-shirt and we didn't even get that.
<br />>
<br />> I can try to get it started, though. But I'd bet you
<br />> have more to say
<br />
<br />then he went on,
<br />
<br />It was a rock festival to be held outside of Akron
<br />somewhere. You had organized a bunch of people from
<br />kent to come and help be set-up crew. I went, and I
<br />know a friend of mine named greg sandage came also. We
<br />all got to the venue (a farm or something) the night
<br />before. We spent the night out there and started
<br />working in the morning.
<br />
<br />There was an out-of-town crew who had built the stage.
<br />The workers were led by a hippie named "Thumper" who
<br />was a big guy with very long black hair and a big
<br />black beard.
<br />
<br />It was a bit of a disaster. It poured with rain all
<br />night and continued into the day.
<br />
<br />The way we got equipment up to the top of the stage
<br />was to pass the amps and stuff hand-to-hand up a
<br />narrow wooden flight of stairs. It was nuts- we could
<br />have lost people.
<br />
<br />I believe this was the first gig of Barnstorm, except
<br />Joe called the band "Barnyard". I can't remember who
<br />all was in it. I remember they did a version of Honky
<br />Tonk Women. Probably Vitale on drums.
<br />
<br />Other bands (I can't remember all of them) scheduled
<br />included Pig Iron (from Toronto) Canned Heat, The
<br />Byrds, Kenny Rogers and the First Edition and I'm not
<br />sure who else.
<br />
<br />Several of them refused to play (like the Byrds)
<br />because they were afraid they would get electrocuted
<br />playing in the rain. Others kind of faked it. For
<br />example, Canned Heat didn't set up, but Bob "The Bear"
<br />Hyte and "Blind Owl" sat in with Pig Iron, using them
<br />as a backing band and doing some Canned Heat songs.
<br />
<br />I assume you were a sound man, but can't remember.
<br />
<br />I remember you marvelling over a clause in Canned
<br />Heat's contract that required the festival to give
<br />them limousine transportation. You wanted to have Jim
<br />Greathouse, who drove an old hearse in those days, to
<br />pick them up at the airport, thereby providing a
<br />"limousine". This didn't happen, but you thought it
<br />would be funny.
<br />
<br />The backstage area was a sea of mud. Most vehicles
<br />were up to their axles in it and stuck. But this crazy
<br />young farmer guy named Ed Hatch (who I knew from
<br />Akron- I don't think any of the Kent people knew him)
<br />showed up in his pickup truck, which was the only
<br />thing that could move through the mud. He was
<br />immediately pressed into service. Since I knew him, he
<br />let me ride in the back when he drove out to pick up
<br />Kenny Rogers and band from their stuck tour bus out by
<br />the road and took them to the backstage area. So I got
<br />to ride in the truck bed with Kenny & his band.
<br />
<br />I know there were some other good acts there, but I
<br />can't remember who. maybe someone else will know.
<br />
<br />Is any of this coming back to you?
<br />
<br />-DS
<br />bhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16752189829989005252noreply@blogger.com44