A couple of days ago when it seemed like some “producer” going by the name Flip Wilson got shot in Ypsi (it turned out to be someone else), everyone in the newsroom was asking me if I knew him. Because, obviously, I know everyone in Ypsilanti who makes music. Especially the ones who finance their musical careers with this:
Apparently this man’s associates are also independent filmmakers, one of them told us. I only know two independent filmmakers, one of whom is currently an assistant in New York to a more famous filmmaker, and the other works out of the basement of a family in Burns Park. Neither of them have security cameras or barbed wire fencing around their places of employment. Or enough weed to run the Hash Bash, the Bob Marley Fest, and an entire Phish tour.
On a slightly related, but only musically (I hope) note, does anybody know these guys:
The one kid, Rampage, is pretty good. I’m trying to find them. It’s interesting, ’cause with the burgeoning indie rock scene in A2 and Ypsi, sometimes hip hop gets swept under the rug.
And I think their video is funny.
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March 6, 2008 at 7:51 pm
Playa Hata
Go Michigan Ave!
March 11, 2008 at 11:44 pm
Not Your Hooligan
Jordan!!!!
Ypsi’s only “indie” music scene is ElvisFest! It’s going to hell and you MUST STOP IT! Only you have the power, Jordan!
Here’s how:
1) Stop the flood of half-ass Elvis’s. It’s bad enough every post-30 white man with a full head of black hair thinks just slick it back and put on shades and presto – you’re the King. But last ElvisFest, there was a midget Elvis. Elvis ain’t no midget. And there was an Asian Elvis. Asian Elvis?
2) What’s up with all the 50-something women lining the stage just to touch the fake Elvis? Ladies – news flash. If you can’t catch him on stage, go down to the Long John Silvers on Washtenaw where he works the night shift. WTF. Slap on fake sideburns and the pooch lines up and takes a number? ONLY in Ypsi!