Saul Williams played a free show yesterday? Ugh. I fucking HATE when sweet shit happens around here and I don’t know about it. This is so frustrating. Motorcityrocks, if you knew you’d be covering this event, why wasn’t it in your Weekend Lowdown earlier that day? If I find out that white people weren’t allowed to know about this, I’m going to be even more pissed.
I’m going to give you some details about tomorrow’s free show, even though I know you don’t want them:
• It’s all-ages. That means things have to be wrapped up in The Pike Room by 12-ish. That means with four bands, the music starts promptly at 8:30. Expect Deastro to go on at 11.
• After The Pike Room kicks everyone out and the underage kids go to Tonic, Lord Scrummage will be performing downstairs in the Crofoot Cafe area. Benny, Lenny, Jenny, Kenny and Denny Stoofy have combined powers to form Lord Scrummage. Kind of like Voltron, but without the hot chick in the pink suit.
• Spritle 7″s will be five dollars. All of them come with a CD, for those of you without USB turntables. Yes, there are 50 “special” sleeves — 25 hand-made by Randy, and 25 silk-screened. I’d feel bad if I told you to show up really early if you expect to get one of these, because if I’m wrong you’ll have to stand around by yourself all night…but I’d also feel bad if I didn’t warn you that 800 people have already told me that they’ll be there when doors open just to get one.
• If you can’t make it to the show, we’ll have Spritle 7″s at The Loving Touch in Ferndale from 2-4:30pm during that craft thing. Or you can order one here, but you’ll have to pay for shipping.
And while I’m suggesting you buy things, check out the latest version of Javelins’s’s Heavy Meadows. Sometimes double-dipping can be sexy. Like with a Bangkok ladyboy.
I have it on good authority that black jake and the carnies will be playing next friday at the trumbleplex. I also dont see that on anyone’s calendar and they are well worth seeing.
hey there,
just to let you know i only found out about saul williams about 45 minutes before it happened. The museum did an awful job advertising this show. the auditorium wasn’t even full (which it should have been for saul williams) I called as many people as i knew to get the word out, but it was so last minute not to many of my buddies came. Sorry you didnt know about it. MCR didnt know about ether, just put up the photos after the show.
-Curtis
Oh man. Well, nice find. I’ve only seen him once — at Lollapalooza 2005. Captivating as hell. Anybody who can make a field full of filthy kids shut up and listen to spoken word and minimalist hip-hop at a rock festival is one hell of a performer.
saw him at the blind pig last april with his band. the most punk rock show i’ve ever seen in my life.
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Wow.
I’m really mad I missed him and I’m doubly mad that I was at the post bar drinking shitty 2 dollar beers while it was happening.
I saw him open for the mars volta few years ago and it was awesome how as you said he could hush a ramtuntious rock crowd with only his presence and words.
also speaking of missed shows. I don’t know if anyone is familar with Themselves. this is a project featuring dose one and Jel of Anticon fame, but they played last friday at vernors grill i guess? I heard not a word.
Just wanted to weigh in on Saul Williams real quick. I, too, can’t believe that I didn’t hear about this show. They must have gone out of their way to ensure nobody knew about it. I didn’t get a press release from his publicist, whom I’ve worked with for about three years, or from the African American History Museum (I’m Arts & Culture Editor at Metro Times, btw — not patting myself on the back, just saying.
His is one of the best performances out there — he’s a smart dude to be sure, but really knows how to work just about any audience. See you all at the Lager/Stick …
From Jason Lytle’s *ex grandaddy website…
“I may be onto something. Layover concerts…..
I am playing a 1 hour acoustic show in Detroit tomorrow during a 7 hour layover. Details are below. This will either be a disaster…or brilliant.
Saturday, April 4, 2009
2:00PM
Scrummage Records
2437 Orleans Ave
Detroit, MI”
Way to go not letting anyone know about this shit. WTF.
Oh, you mean the Scrummage kids who Randy bent over backwards to get onto his record release show tonight…who didn’t show up without a phone call warning or any acknowledgment of their commitment? Yeah, I wonder how they could have thrown an event that wasn’t promoted properly. I mean, they have such a long history of being reliable.
The good news is, we hit capacity tonight without them.
Mangurt … gross … Hertz slo-mos covered in cum …. gross …
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ey2AomWHncs
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