He has a radio program on WXOU out of Oakland University
Wild At Heart
Went to a number of cool concerts last week including a rocking set by Wishbone Ash and the frantic guitarmanship of Guitar Shorty who has played with such luminaries as Ray Charles and Sam Cooke. I also had fun interviewing Linde of both HIM and Daniel Lioneye and Australian pop star Sia. Linde was promoting Daniel Lioneye's newest album entitled "Vol II" which is more hardcore than HIM's sound with some more bluesy instrumentation. Linde started off doing acid-jazz and while enjoying touring and recording with both bands, his dream is to go back to school to learn jazz guitar. When not touring, he enjoys relaxing at home in his suburban home in Finland with his lovely wife, his dog and four Sphinx cats. Sia will be in town on April 26th with the rockers Girl In A Coma and will be in support of her fifth studio album titled "We Are Born" that is coming out in June. She enjoys her two dogs, sunshine and TV and plans on bowling at the Magic Stick complex when she comes to town. She also is on the new David Byrne album who she met at a Lou Reed/Laurie Anderson led benefit in Australia. This week I will be interviewing Cherie Currie of the Runaways so make sure to also check in for my Sat morning radio show on WXOU 88.3FM or www.wxou.org.
With not much else going on last week, here are some shows of interest this week.
Tuesday (4/6) Insane Clown Posse record release party @ the Crofoot, Leon Redbone @ the Ark
Wednesday (4/7) Blue Rodeo @ WFCU Centre (Windsor), Celtic Woman @ Fox Theatre, Broken Social Scene @ Michigan Theatre, Those Darlins and Dale Earnhardt Jr Jr open for Deer Tick @ Magic Stick
Thursday (4/8) Drive-By Truckers @ St Andrews Hall, Patty Larkin @ the Ark
Friday (4/9) Bassnectar @ St Andrews Hall, Johnny Winter @ Callahans, Straight No Chaser @ Royal Oak Music Theatre
Saturday (4/10) "The Legendary Rhythm & Blues Revue" featuring Debbie Davies Band @ Callahans, Barb Payton w/Forbes Brothers and Jill Jack @ Magic Bag, Jesus Chainsaw Massacre w/Elle and the Fonts @ the Pike Room
On April 7th, the Magic Bag will have a free preview of the new movie "The Runaways" about the life of the legendary girl rock band which spawned the careers of Joan Jet and Lita Ford. Lead singer Cherie Currie is in town and will be part of a quick Q&A afterwards. I will be reviewing the movie next week.
If you remember last year I was in downtown Detroit for the filming of the newest Rob Schneider epic "American Virgin" about a freshman college girl (Priscilla) on scholarship from an abstinence group that guards against sex until marriage. She is roomed with the sluty Naz who takes her to a campus party where she inadvertently gets drunk and is filmed topless by "Chicks Go Crazy". She and her friends then travel to Detroit to recover the incriminating footage. The movie went direct to video and I finally rented a copy at a local video store. While the movie itself deserves it's status of direct-to-video status, I wanted everyone to know that I am now a major film star. I have two cameos in the film at the 34:06 AND 47:09 marks for a whopping 11 secs of what might have been the performance of the year. OK, so maybe I am making it sound better then it is, but if you watch the movie look for me in the crowd scenes at those times and you probably won't regret it. The movie itself gets a D+ but it has gives some nice memories. Thanks Michigan film incentives for this opportunity and now I can add this to my SADD PSA and my appearance of America's Funniest Home Videos.
Band of the week: Runaways who are the subject of a new movie coming out. The Runaways were an American all-girl teenage rock band of the late 70's. The band was formed in late 1975 by drummer Sandy West and rhythm guitarist Joan Jett. They had introduced themselves (on separate occasions) to producer Kim Fowley. They started out as a power trio with singer/bassist Micki Steele (later of Bangles fame), The Runaways began the party and club circuit around Los Angeles. They soon added 16-year-old lead guitarist Lita Ford and lead singer Cherie Currie to the lineup. They opened for a bunch of bands including Ramones and Cheap Trick but found real suceess in the summer of 1977 after the group arrived in Japan for a string of sold out shows (They were the number 4 imported music act in Japan at the time behind only ABBA, Kiss and Led Zeppelin in terms of album sales and popularity). Soon after, disagreements over money and the management of the band led to a break up with Kim Fowley and Cherie Currie left the band for other pursuits. The band lasted a bit longer until they borke up and Joan Jett and Lita Ford started their solo careers. They are still among the most rocking of the girl groups and put many guy bands to shame.
Have a good weekend and Go Duke!!
