tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13504482224615214062024-03-06T12:00:09.260-08:00Michael Davis BlogMichael Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07221955370672044242noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1350448222461521406.post-40331177532366180772011-04-12T16:24:00.000-07:002011-04-12T17:11:10.966-07:00Music Is Revolution Benefit Event At The Emerald Theater In Mt. Clemens MI.This past weekend our first Music Is Revolution benefit event went down in Mt. Clemens, Michigan, produced by Kevin Sharpe of Metro 37 Studio in Detroit. It featured 10 local Detroit bands who slammed out a variety of styles and craftsmanship, all of which was compelling and fueled with energy. That's what the MC5 influence means in terms of a legacy, and it is something to keep as a proud tradition. The atmosphere in the room, a room which was a splendid example of lost theater elegance from the classic age of the early 1900's, was uniquely spirited. Mike Scott, the owner of the venue, commented that he noticed a feeling of community spirit that he had not ever seen there or anywhere else. Everybody was cool, not in a club-crawler sense, not in a "Jersey Shore" sense, but in a sense that makes people feel happy and glad to be a part of something natural. It appears that the concept and the motivation of providing funds for music education in public schools for our young brothers and sisters was, and is, an honorable and popular cause. Right on! Society isn't changing until we give the next generation the values to change it. Then they will do what seems impossible to do in the current political atmosphere. Music can make changes. But what struck me about the evening was a phenomenon that I hadn't envisioned (those are the best); Music Is Revolution can bring us back together. Music Is Revolution can restore the communal feeling that we have lost over the decades. Is it possible that as a music community and culture we can restore our camaraderie? Man, what a trip that would be. I might be over-reacting, but anything is possible, and I would be super stoked to have anything like that come into play.<br /><br />I know we have a great start and a great group of people helping with the cause. I wouldn't be surprised if a side effect of pushing for an improved public attitude toward education, music in education, and lessening the emphasis on capitalist obsessing brought us closer to the Utopian dream we played with back in the days of the MC5. I'm for it, bring it on.Michael Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07221955370672044242noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1350448222461521406.post-71774794173285415202011-03-15T11:44:00.000-07:002011-03-15T13:32:20.421-07:00ARMAGEDDON?Good day folks....or is it? Let's say we should enjoy it for what it is while we can. Two days ago a Tsunami ripped into the Japanese mainland as a result of an 8.9 seismic event off of its northeastern coastline creating a real life version of a Japanese horror film about death, destruction, and nuclear radiation such as those we often watched on television in the 1970's. The videos of this destruction showed an array of horrendous scenes; immense waters sweeping cars, ships, buildings and waves of rubble relentlessly through a city while creating rivers of streets wherever gravity dictated. The immensity and proportion of the scale was an all too familiar one, causing a flashback to those nuclear mutated creatures that crushed the static landscape and the miniature constructions of the human race. As I watched, I could almost imagine Godzilla or Ghidra stomping their way through panicked humanity, wreaking havoc and the collapse of an organized society. Ah, but it's not over; The nuclear plant that bore the brunt of the tidal force suffered catastrophic consequences. As of today, all four reactors of that plant have been damaged so severely that a total nuclear meltdown could occur with devastating results for the entire planet. In biblical times, and through the Middle Ages even, an event such as this might be interpreted as a punishment; a signal that God is angry. There is a name for it; it is called Armageddon.<br /><br />So here we are. It's 2011, and what do we have to show that might be evidence that we don't deserve the wrath of God? Hold on; what if it is only a random event such as nature has a predisposed right of way to create? Then isn't it still capable of leveling the empire that mankind has constructed? And isn't it still a plausible moral measurement? Either way it might be time to reflect on the unavoidable demise of the life we have come to assimilate. Either way, at some point we will have to do some intense correcting, because when a path hits a dead end, a new direction is all that is left.<br /><br />I have watched as the world has grown further and further from the terms the MC5 launched four decades ago. Throughout these years, the fate of advancing capitalism has undermined all of the quality from our sensory perception and creative imagination until we are barely able to connect with the essence of anything. That is because our whole existence is channeled by digital electronics and the capital gains of technology that captivates the consumer public. Instead of pursuing the technology of truer personal enhancement, we have created a world of quicker and immediate personal enhancement, but more importantly, a world of immense capital enhancement. That is, the largess of capital gain has become our ruling factor and god. The banks are running this world, not the people. This is not a sermon or a complaint that we aren't religious enough; that is everyone's personal matter. I don't care what anyone believes drives this existence. What I do care about is what do we get out of it, and brother, I think we are being cheated of our freedom by the financial monster we allowed rule our behavior. Watching the TV as the monumental destruction was taking place on the other side of the Pacific, I could not help but envision the allegorical end of the world taking place here and now.<br /><br />Should the tsunami of 2011 reduce this world to a wash of rubble on a hilltop as in the story of the biblical Noah, then so it shall be and amen. But if we manage to escape once again our lack of understanding of the whys and wherefores of our decisions, it should be time to reassess our values, once again. We best pay attention to educating our children. We best pay attention to creating values that mean something instead of tsunamis of digital deference from creative forms of art and music. After all it is for every life to find meaning and truth for its taking. Let's remember that what it is to be enthralled with life itself.<br /><br />As I stand here, looking down the last stretch of my own path, I still see the greatness of being alive. I still see the things that made it an overwhelming mystical trip. That I played in the MC5 was only one part of it, but what a part it was! Music is revolution!Michael Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07221955370672044242noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1350448222461521406.post-34210285864345299582010-12-22T13:05:00.000-08:002010-12-22T13:10:01.627-08:00SELF PORTRAIT<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHEkNmjP61iXnEGQZU_MFU8e99GUDT1qAbkeuAA19msE56i_73y5bDCtJmo03zI11owHPlnDJLG-oVFHYfhT4X6IuOECruEcLpVvs0sd2heCsdsOBk77pB3V_CN7g4DV7Rk69uLQJI7xE/s1600/IMG_8797.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHEkNmjP61iXnEGQZU_MFU8e99GUDT1qAbkeuAA19msE56i_73y5bDCtJmo03zI11owHPlnDJLG-oVFHYfhT4X6IuOECruEcLpVvs0sd2heCsdsOBk77pB3V_CN7g4DV7Rk69uLQJI7xE/s320/IMG_8797.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5553616599585311826" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIqzCvk5EYFbF603sKkP4THCmG9AugoQ9V_ZVPtL3Yfeek8zZ4ZU3WwMps1ov5Fzd7KxL7Xzc7NQT23Qel184NdMpCEmvCjvClrjqJ5kJywjoIjik1uNZnPmLjATeboMLGdyCipaFSWbA/s1600/IMG_8794.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIqzCvk5EYFbF603sKkP4THCmG9AugoQ9V_ZVPtL3Yfeek8zZ4ZU3WwMps1ov5Fzd7KxL7Xzc7NQT23Qel184NdMpCEmvCjvClrjqJ5kJywjoIjik1uNZnPmLjATeboMLGdyCipaFSWbA/s320/IMG_8794.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5553616595779658866" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYer5Sq4MA4VYZhQN_Wrx1xckrVqmtG97HOGnfPgrk3sQEUrWQ4QuBxi4m1RnDOwOubqcEaUh3UjSYcagB2PQbcofOatIFpw2YUzYN-slVBHZOkc6XBuHt-1-XzcWSSkMY6yjBpNeH090/s1600/IMG_8793.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYer5Sq4MA4VYZhQN_Wrx1xckrVqmtG97HOGnfPgrk3sQEUrWQ4QuBxi4m1RnDOwOubqcEaUh3UjSYcagB2PQbcofOatIFpw2YUzYN-slVBHZOkc6XBuHt-1-XzcWSSkMY6yjBpNeH090/s320/IMG_8793.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5553616592802593570" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvocbxZ3cCoTqEK4Fzl4ILLE8YY6lPx-hk8fWEezF3YOfx023g3ZdKRT5HxovMaAk5WQwFzrg0pbTw4aIFexSFxDfRu7PJ7LInWudCt_GtUsOlOqKCemUcc_Ro3oe796ZkUAl79nhi8L8/s1600/IMG_8792.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvocbxZ3cCoTqEK4Fzl4ILLE8YY6lPx-hk8fWEezF3YOfx023g3ZdKRT5HxovMaAk5WQwFzrg0pbTw4aIFexSFxDfRu7PJ7LInWudCt_GtUsOlOqKCemUcc_Ro3oe796ZkUAl79nhi8L8/s320/IMG_8792.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5553616581484434914" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbKn7IJzXm5AmwIAVvoFwNjyjVJKvphb2PaM_F8qFFFg1n_BIX8N03NGD5M42Xj1XgZCfZll1X3Rhy6nOYbivIt75RNkS_zxxmM6TUmULLIhsb-3k_HAKzyYp8a6QCGpT38MP41sSC3sU/s1600/IMG_8791.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbKn7IJzXm5AmwIAVvoFwNjyjVJKvphb2PaM_F8qFFFg1n_BIX8N03NGD5M42Xj1XgZCfZll1X3Rhy6nOYbivIt75RNkS_zxxmM6TUmULLIhsb-3k_HAKzyYp8a6QCGpT38MP41sSC3sU/s320/IMG_8791.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5553616576502429138" /></a>Michael Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07221955370672044242noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1350448222461521406.post-12613086735136413832010-12-14T14:49:00.000-08:002010-12-14T15:29:14.812-08:00DOLL DRIVE RAFFLE PRIZE<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7IfQ3kljMdfBr8w_88Uwl4BBuMbAmFfjWW34eZZ1egiTEiqxGLFrS4Y8kCENmHLEudoH_vcDr3bxE19eMNoRAyKEHPoTEY4RFpWlURK8t6uNEDcbcov3mEipBpvHUTJCz7gP0Z73Hyww/s1600/IMG_8777.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 211px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7IfQ3kljMdfBr8w_88Uwl4BBuMbAmFfjWW34eZZ1egiTEiqxGLFrS4Y8kCENmHLEudoH_vcDr3bxE19eMNoRAyKEHPoTEY4RFpWlURK8t6uNEDcbcov3mEipBpvHUTJCz7gP0Z73Hyww/s320/IMG_8777.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5550674548304461602" border="0" /></a><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;font-family:'Trebuchet MS',Trebuchet,sans-serif;font-size:13px;" >Here is my art contribution for the 7th Annual Doll Drive Raffle. Numero uno in the Siren Series. The winner of this baby will own the inaugural piece. If you are in L.A., you can hook up with the Hell's Belles this Thursday, December 16, at Villian's Tavern in Los Angeles, free admission.</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS',Trebuchet,sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><a href="http://www.musicisrevolution.com">www.musicisrevolution.com</a></span></span></div>Michael Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07221955370672044242noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1350448222461521406.post-34636801766786754852010-09-21T14:54:00.001-07:002010-09-21T18:20:05.365-07:00MC5′S MICHAEL DAVIS: 50 YEARS OF DR. MARTENS<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Tn3huAudp2U/TJlZaET0UQI/AAAAAAAAJuA/6CfPuLY6sew/s1600/mr1.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 323px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Tn3huAudp2U/TJlZaET0UQI/AAAAAAAAJuA/6CfPuLY6sew/s400/mr1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519541122687586562" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />From the <a href="http://50.drmartens.com/whats-up-this-week-3/">50 yrs of Dr. Martens Website</a><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Anyone else at London Fashion Week today? A big well done to lucky blog reader Sophie Hawkins, who is at London Fashion Week today after winning Saturday’s competition, I’m so jealous! Stay with us for more competitions like this one, plus more of the usual. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Tomorrow history man Martin Roach brings yet another installment of DM’s cultural knowledge, if you’re feeling like something to get your teeth stuck into. I bet you didn’t know that as well being a legendary rock hero, </span><a style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);" href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Music-Is-Revolution/136498966372009?v=wall#%21/profile.php?id=100001205648611&ref=search">MC5′s Michael Davis</a><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"> </span>has his own charitable foundation set up to support Music Education in schools called </span><a style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);" href="http://musicisrevolution.com/">Music is Revolution</a><span style="font-style: italic;">? </span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">BELIEVE. What a cool idea! More on that on Thursday.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Who’s has been keeping up with This Is England on Channel 4? What do you think, any ‘Skins’ out there have a word or two to say? Don’t forget to </span><a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://www.facebook.com/DrMartens50">Facebook</a><span style="font-style: italic;"> us.</span>Michael Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07221955370672044242noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1350448222461521406.post-72422283965238957372010-09-17T09:05:00.000-07:002010-09-17T12:56:54.556-07:00Dr. Martens - Michael Davis (MC5) & D.O.A.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-lWOPInKqggM2fEBnMaUIId3PUGk5bX3cH84zsXnb9z-cAED5YXH_NLQqZedbe_j-sIoFkviRe4L36hT2BbBlYjt9P3qrj72Se9PgeJBOKhTW1xokumWr-RDs47c2mHxM5pijHoPC1fg/s1600/1865949_height370_width560.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 376px; height: 250px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-lWOPInKqggM2fEBnMaUIId3PUGk5bX3cH84zsXnb9z-cAED5YXH_NLQqZedbe_j-sIoFkviRe4L36hT2BbBlYjt9P3qrj72Se9PgeJBOKhTW1xokumWr-RDs47c2mHxM5pijHoPC1fg/s320/1865949_height370_width560.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517967116326244210" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://50.drmartens.com/artist/michael-davis-of-mc5-d-o-a/">Michael Davis</a><br /></div><br />Bound together by an admiration for each other’s work, punk rock trailblazers Joey Keithley of D.O.A. and Michael Davis of MC5 have, over the past three decades, become the closest of comrades. And for the first time they’ve joined forces to celebrate Dr. Marten’s 50th Anniversary.<br /><br /><object height="300" width="400"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/9XENYHzWKdg?fs=1&hl=en_US"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/9XENYHzWKdg?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="300" width="400"></embed></object><br /><br /><a href="http://detroit.metromix.com/music/essay_photo_gallery/opening-day-rocks/1865950/photo/1865949">Michael Davis of MC5</a><br />Boasting the titles of singer, songwriter, guitarist, bassist and music producer, Detroit-born Michael Davis made his name with the seminal and incendiary proto-punk rock act, MC5. Pioneers of the hardcore music revolution of the late 1960s, MC5’s political ties and anti-establishment lyrics saw them firmly installed as innovators of punk and flag-bearers for an alternative generation.<br /><br />After just three albums, MC5 disbanded in the mid-1970s; shortly after, Davis found himself in Lexington Penitentiary – or ‘Narcotics Farm’ as it was commonly known as – chalking up time for his heroin addiction. On release, Davis immediately climbed back into the music arena with Ron Asheton, a fellow MC5 band mate, good friend and member of the punk band Destroy All Monsters.<br /><br />Davis amassed seven successful years with Destroy All Monsters before leaving to join forces with the rock act The Lords Of Altamont. Continuing his musical odyssey Davis then left to sign up for the MC5 spin-off, DKT.<br /><br />Free Download "Something's Is Not Right With Me" <br /><br /><object height="28" width="335"><param value="http://www.divshare.com/flash/audio_embed?data=YTo2OntzOjU6ImFwaUlkIjtzOjE6IjQiO3M6NjoiZmlsZUlkIjtpOjEyNTgyMzM1O3M6NDoiY29kZSI7czoxMjoiMTI1ODIzMzUtOGI4IjtzOjY6InVzZXJJZCI7aToxNTI0NDU1O3M6MTI6ImV4dGVybmFsQ2FsbCI7aToxO3M6NDoidGltZSI7aToxMjg0NzUzMjM3O30=&autoplay=default" name="movie"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed wmode="transparent" height="28" width="335" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" src="http://www.divshare.com/flash/audio_embed?data=YTo2OntzOjU6ImFwaUlkIjtzOjE6IjQiO3M6NjoiZmlsZUlkIjtpOjEyNTgyMzM1O3M6NDoiY29kZSI7czoxMjoiMTI1ODIzMzUtOGI4IjtzOjY6InVzZXJJZCI7aToxNTI0NDU1O3M6MTI6ImV4dGVybmFsQ2FsbCI7aToxO3M6NDoidGltZSI7aToxMjg0NzUzMjM3O30=&autoplay=default"></embed></object><br /><br />In recent years, education has been a recurring theme in Davis’ life. In 2006 he set-up the non-profit organization, The Music Is Revolution Foundation, to support music education in public schools. Davis has also earmarked 2010 to finish the Bachelor of Fine Arts degree he dropped out from to join MC5.<br /><br /><object height="300" width="400"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Naj5VJ2TqMg?fs=1&hl=en_US"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Naj5VJ2TqMg?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="340" width="400"></embed></object>Michael Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07221955370672044242noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1350448222461521406.post-74550445296465553072010-04-05T15:59:00.000-07:002010-04-05T16:01:44.255-07:00Bluebirds of Happiness<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5-oQdbH4FvZJCZrBfEyMO_JBNLUBWyPGL_olWZdoaBE7zaUlvM-aXSWAoz9q_RFoJf2zvJSDwqJwOf2LL8U-sBDxo_MpNauy8-ZULjFdqWQ6aZ-DYCzxXdtZD9MiSXMU1HFsz7ECwYXw/s1600/IMG_8362.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 243px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5-oQdbH4FvZJCZrBfEyMO_JBNLUBWyPGL_olWZdoaBE7zaUlvM-aXSWAoz9q_RFoJf2zvJSDwqJwOf2LL8U-sBDxo_MpNauy8-ZULjFdqWQ6aZ-DYCzxXdtZD9MiSXMU1HFsz7ECwYXw/s320/IMG_8362.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456792350419532082" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh14DvQvERbrppbYZcnhmPN-d0zEDoYODH2rplCmZ_LsEpyCQyt5WlQYR6tI_VPUFy9IT1ewJkYmHAfQq1u21zJC3ILIUIvtrFs-cW0VbtTYdQDgvj3R0Kn6FlKYmpZ5T-HwCUjRX_ZM4U/s1600/IMG_8360.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 294px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh14DvQvERbrppbYZcnhmPN-d0zEDoYODH2rplCmZ_LsEpyCQyt5WlQYR6tI_VPUFy9IT1ewJkYmHAfQq1u21zJC3ILIUIvtrFs-cW0VbtTYdQDgvj3R0Kn6FlKYmpZ5T-HwCUjRX_ZM4U/s320/IMG_8360.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456792340780292914" /></a>Michael Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07221955370672044242noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1350448222461521406.post-60851474819457652502010-04-01T09:49:00.000-07:002010-04-01T10:04:58.015-07:00WANTED: WEB DESIGNER<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLbS0ZdV2ahrMETHcz4pnBOlxZAJn93pA-CxPlQf7hIwWsD1eKBISy-fZE0jFK7dIOeDLk7ZJW2SLEdoKdN9tnLen5KECbrROcXniSumzKPxnjOite4Zz53dSEOBq4Ia4QXEzJohQtyCA/s1600/safe_image.php.gif"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 125px; height: 130px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLbS0ZdV2ahrMETHcz4pnBOlxZAJn93pA-CxPlQf7hIwWsD1eKBISy-fZE0jFK7dIOeDLk7ZJW2SLEdoKdN9tnLen5KECbrROcXniSumzKPxnjOite4Zz53dSEOBq4Ia4QXEzJohQtyCA/s320/safe_image.php.gif" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5455216080339649074" /></a><br />HEAR YE, HEAR YE,<br /><br />MUSIC IS REVOLUTION is in need of a web designer! We need to re-<br />create our website.<br /><br />If there is someone who has the expertise, and would like to<br />participate in a remarkable charity that focuses on education, youth,<br />and music, please contact me and let's get it together. Music Is<br />Revolution had been in operation for several years, helping public<br />school teachers bring musical experiences to young<br />people who need a little help to become engaged in their schools and<br />communities (you know who we mean you creative, alternative and punk<br />rock kids!).<br /><br />It's time to kick up a little revolution out there, and I want to<br />know; are you ready to testify by helping me create a killer website?<br />It's up to you, you must decide. If you are a web designer, and would<br />like to donate your services for a righteous cause, please respond by<br />emailing me here:<br /><br />Music Is Revolution Myspace messaging, or at any of my other web<br />based contact sites;<br /><br />Michael Davis Bass Player MC5/ michaeldavisblog@gmail.com/ Mike<br />Davis, FBMichael Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07221955370672044242noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1350448222461521406.post-80628044144482928282010-03-25T12:59:00.000-07:002010-03-25T13:13:07.204-07:00Ron Cooke; Fab bass player<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVQHfmWlH_fDrQEhlu69_HT0rB-iYW587Edb104Pj4f-a74K47caMg8TXxVpIHGZAhmQ-WvvGWsQePqGkybDBWclI7zHL4yXJdjtR06q6Kq-kJF5tAyjuPoV9mrbyTwNXhLyy0oig-Guk/s1600/DCP+IMAGE+4+WEB.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 219px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVQHfmWlH_fDrQEhlu69_HT0rB-iYW587Edb104Pj4f-a74K47caMg8TXxVpIHGZAhmQ-WvvGWsQePqGkybDBWclI7zHL4yXJdjtR06q6Kq-kJF5tAyjuPoV9mrbyTwNXhLyy0oig-Guk/s320/DCP+IMAGE+4+WEB.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452666981865607874" /></a><br />I have know Ron for so long , he is like a brother besides being a brother bass player. It is great he is getting recognized for his extraordinary talent after playing in so many great bands of Detroit rock and roll. Come on out and help celebrate his birthday!Michael Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07221955370672044242noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1350448222461521406.post-81979858343875123412010-03-21T16:27:00.000-07:002010-03-21T19:22:23.648-07:00NEW SKIN ART<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjheRvUKk6ieMITTFIAL5S7j3yfTC25_8mp9ZQTKMtXeh7wGYazNkoLyC8J1kYi1wIbiPpeAO7CFQ-bQCISFZOaXgy7GM3kgKc9t2q1xbmEVwpQypDi_0RATT1lZWx2kEstKyeB_fWM7qg/s1600-h/Andy+Tattooing+Michael.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjheRvUKk6ieMITTFIAL5S7j3yfTC25_8mp9ZQTKMtXeh7wGYazNkoLyC8J1kYi1wIbiPpeAO7CFQ-bQCISFZOaXgy7GM3kgKc9t2q1xbmEVwpQypDi_0RATT1lZWx2kEstKyeB_fWM7qg/s320/Andy+Tattooing+Michael.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451233209948769330" /></a><br /><br />While in Vancouver last week, I discovered a great tattoo artist, Andrew Warren @ Sacred Heart Tattoo. I added new bluebirds to each arm. Thanks AndyMichael Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07221955370672044242noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1350448222461521406.post-79168358807721251742009-11-19T15:50:00.000-08:002009-11-19T15:51:44.429-08:00MICHAEL DAVIS: Rock'n'roll TV - The Lords of Altamont<object width="375" height="300"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/bx3WAEbPL98&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/bx3WAEbPL98&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="375" height="300"></embed></object>Michael Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07221955370672044242noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1350448222461521406.post-2762919075234586512009-11-14T18:41:00.000-08:002009-11-14T18:42:33.664-08:00VANGARD OF THE REVOLUTION: MC5<object height="250" width="375"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/CGiDzEx_n0I&hl=en_US&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/CGiDzEx_n0I&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="250" width="375"></embed></object>Michael Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07221955370672044242noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1350448222461521406.post-32878714017504654922009-11-08T15:03:00.000-08:002009-11-08T15:05:53.677-08:00DKT.MC5 Live at Musiques En Stock Festival 2007SHAKIN STREET<br /><br /><br /><br /><object height="300" width="375"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/g-o53fDuebI&hl=en&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/g-o53fDuebI&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="344" width="375"></embed></object>Michael Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07221955370672044242noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1350448222461521406.post-88317399712354416982009-11-06T12:32:00.000-08:002009-11-06T12:43:41.518-08:00Destroy All Monsters Began in 1974<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEGx8q7B6iUkNsNVTX3KiuGEo7N0DIa7lhz4L_1ZrTStyAv5vgu9dd1TrYQzIAKpwqj6c_aV9I0FlFN-oTifXADAlA9H5TwvB1_kH4J0cyYY3DBpKAfkD9ed_3bcTBt3nXkvW8_sTwgfQ/s1600-h/334.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 265px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEGx8q7B6iUkNsNVTX3KiuGEo7N0DIa7lhz4L_1ZrTStyAv5vgu9dd1TrYQzIAKpwqj6c_aV9I0FlFN-oTifXADAlA9H5TwvB1_kH4J0cyYY3DBpKAfkD9ed_3bcTBt3nXkvW8_sTwgfQ/s400/334.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401092338626982146" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">DAM: Michael Davis Ron Asheton Rob King and Niagara</span><br /><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Destroy_All_Monsters_%28band%29">Destroy All Monsters</a> began in 1974 in Ann Arbor, Michigan. They were an experimental and radical noise/arts collective inspired by Dadaism, Futurism, psychedelia, Jack Smith, science fiction soundtracks, big bands, krautrock, Detroit high energy bands, Warhol, thrift stores, camp and bad movies.<br /><br />Founding members were artists Mike Kelley, Cary Loren, Niagara and Jim Shaw. Their only releases were cassette recordings distributed through Lightworks Magazine. They also released six issues of Destroy All Monsters Magazine, and produced many films, collages, drawings, paintings and photographs.<br /><br />In 1976, Shaw and Kelley left for graduate school in Southern California. Loren and Niagara continued the band bringing in brothers Ben and Lawrence Miller and later Ron Asheton, Michael Davis and Rob King.<br /><br />This phase saw a marriage of experimental psych rock and Detroit heavy metal but lasted a couple years. A series of three 7" records were released on IDBI records (1977-1979) with Niagara's cover artwork and a live EP on Loren's Black Hole Records label was released in 1978.The group continued as a punk rock outfit led by Asheton and Niagara until about 1985, which later evolved into Dark Carnival. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg0MrEFwALGpLyEnTFM3EO2W6lF-LSI0jom2Fm8AVM7T14BDQ9ZNT_up5wEhL3CWYYUKuv8_-yB-5B6n1-oxkyyj1uX84-98HHdJ2gGtBObz5NjblbFzoQSQlX__FMTTq5HmbW0kKSF-8/s1600-h/216129.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 280px; height: 287px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg0MrEFwALGpLyEnTFM3EO2W6lF-LSI0jom2Fm8AVM7T14BDQ9ZNT_up5wEhL3CWYYUKuv8_-yB-5B6n1-oxkyyj1uX84-98HHdJ2gGtBObz5NjblbFzoQSQlX__FMTTq5HmbW0kKSF-8/s400/216129.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401092520497312914" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Loren left the group in 1977 and the Miller brothers left in 1979. They produced one EP together: Blackout in the City under the name Xanadu, considered one of the best releases of 1979 and featured in the book Lost Grooves. The Miller's continued to work in many solo and band projects and are active musicians today.<br /><br />Loren began the Nightcrawlerz collective with artist/poet Barry Roth in 1979, and began the acid-folk group Monster Island in 1995, which is still active. Niagara and Ron Asheton began Dark Carnival, around 1985 and recorded two CDs in the punk/rock mode.<br /><br />In 1994, Kelley, Loren and Shaw released the 3-D boxed set Destroy All Monsters 1974-1976, on Thurston Moore's Ecstatic Peace! label. The acclaimed CD set ("the original primal stew"--Rolling Stone) led to a series of reunion shows in Detroit, Los Angeles and San Diego in 1995. These live shows were collected on the "Silver Wedding Anniversary" CD released on the Sympathy for the Record Industry label in 1996.<br /><br />Mike Kelley began The Poetics, in the late 1970s with artist Tony Oursler as students at CAL ARTS, Jim Shaw also performed with the The Poetics, he recorded a 7" under the name the Dogz, and is a founder of the group The Perfect Me. Mike Kelley also formed the group Gobbler in the late 1990s with artists Paul McCarthy and Cameron Jamie.<br /><br /><object width="375" height="300"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/QX5JnEBrIzc&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/QX5JnEBrIzc&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="375" height="300"></embed></object><br /><br />Kelley, Loren and Shaw continue to perform and record as Destroy All Monsters on the bands label's Compound Annex Records and The End Is Here. They have performed in Tokyo and Osaka Japan, Rotterdam Holland, Vienna, London UK (All Tomorrow's Parties), Los Angeles (All Tomorrow's Parties) and Seattle, WA.Michael Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07221955370672044242noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1350448222461521406.post-57782350504071409512009-11-04T17:28:00.000-08:002009-11-05T03:32:44.156-08:00MICHAEL DAVIS: HELTER SKELTER!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Tn3huAudp2U/SvIrKRroLoI/AAAAAAAAEuw/wY0DAKCADwI/s1600-h/51xu4vurIPL._SS500_.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 307px; height: 307px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Tn3huAudp2U/SvIrKRroLoI/AAAAAAAAEuw/wY0DAKCADwI/s400/51xu4vurIPL._SS500_.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400426358715723394" border="0" /></a><br /><br />I did HELTER SKELTER for <a href="http://www.relayer35.com/Yescography/AbbeyRoad.htm">Cleopatra Records</a>, a compilation of Beatles songs by various artists called Abbey Road. It's me and Eric Lovre of The Dharma Bums and Joe LaFore on drums. It came out early this year.<br /><br />BUY THE CD <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001U6XSXE/ref=s9_simz_gw_s0_p340_i1?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-2&pf_rd_r=0H38QD1TKJ6CF8XZ7YBN&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=470938631&pf_rd_i=507846">HERE</a><br /><br />Click the Triangle to play Helter Skelter (MP3)<br /><object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=8,0,0,0" id="divplaylist" height="28" width="335"><param name="movie" value="http://www.divshare.com/flash/playlist?myId=9191645-355"><embed src="http://www.divshare.com/flash/playlist?myId=9191645-355" name="divplaylist" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" height="28" width="335"></embed></object>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1350448222461521406.post-64794918857112021002009-11-04T15:03:00.000-08:002009-11-04T15:10:29.816-08:00DKT/CASBAH SAN DIEGO<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0fhn9iYjhrA4LdgLHhGyYNT9mpcPeQWSi3_hJhpJNJYVCXb3-c_5mBqNmvPzrBgsZcy0swE5sqwF7ylKrytSUU66oGvqM41RWvrhMDetvbBa5fZ6bcJj_J0Jhq1eZWFS3iKmrBrYduus/s1600-h/MIKED.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0fhn9iYjhrA4LdgLHhGyYNT9mpcPeQWSi3_hJhpJNJYVCXb3-c_5mBqNmvPzrBgsZcy0swE5sqwF7ylKrytSUU66oGvqM41RWvrhMDetvbBa5fZ6bcJj_J0Jhq1eZWFS3iKmrBrYduus/s400/MIKED.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400389630070142562" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSayVG7uCVLz9KVEi2HA0KjkFsVds38xujswuxjS-fqyTmPES9eyPQEZvA3Ot-G6TsfncvNzJj0nwZ_f4tA6pW9rQDGbKIxsrL_uwIXzNhsn2ZYj4UtE75tRjdFdjiPZQPyKcTEotMRAY/s1600-h/dktcasbah.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 184px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSayVG7uCVLz9KVEi2HA0KjkFsVds38xujswuxjS-fqyTmPES9eyPQEZvA3Ot-G6TsfncvNzJj0nwZ_f4tA6pW9rQDGbKIxsrL_uwIXzNhsn2ZYj4UtE75tRjdFdjiPZQPyKcTEotMRAY/s400/dktcasbah.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400388601896129730" border="0" /></a><br /><br />DKT @ The Casbah in San Diego w/DICK. Manitoba & GILBEY. CLARKEMichael Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07221955370672044242noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1350448222461521406.post-25783486083257318022009-11-03T20:00:00.000-08:002009-11-03T20:09:12.404-08:00THESE BOOTS ARE MADE FOR WALKINGDestroy All Monsters after the psychedelic era featuring a more standard line-up with the only original DAM member Niagara on vocals, Ron Asheton of The Stooges on guitar, Mike Davis of the MC5 on BASS ..<br /><br />Davis spent seven years with Destroy All Monsters, penning the underground punk hits "Nobody Knows", "Meet the Creeper" ,"Little Boyfriend", "Rocking The Cradle" and "Fast City" among others. The band recorded and released on Cherry Red Records, toured the U.K., and then broke up.<br /><br /><object height="300" width="375"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/HS_bjVvlgbg&hl=en&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/HS_bjVvlgbg&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="300" width="375"></embed></object><br /><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HS_bjVvlgbg">FILM BY DAN BOYD WIZARDOLIVONIA</a>Michael Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07221955370672044242noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1350448222461521406.post-67793983448108763142009-10-31T11:48:00.000-07:002009-11-03T20:08:57.864-08:00MICHAEL DAVIS: MC5 KEN SHIMAMOTO INTERVIEW<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK2nni2xPc5I6lzcLd2cgrNVFMccSKvHtFOXuC9Ry3_wtVmaqw8z166c5kuExxp8rEAoDFyohqkjGkoNGAwcmImguwBF8zVF7n29NrDs0Pw8ohaNsASDxc_1jbOVv17me9aJMYfGtcaBQ/s1600-h/fivefamily.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 261px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK2nni2xPc5I6lzcLd2cgrNVFMccSKvHtFOXuC9Ry3_wtVmaqw8z166c5kuExxp8rEAoDFyohqkjGkoNGAwcmImguwBF8zVF7n29NrDs0Pw8ohaNsASDxc_1jbOVv17me9aJMYfGtcaBQ/s400/fivefamily.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398838607290411250" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Thirty years after the MC5's turbulent glory days, bassist Michael Davis sounds like a very happy man. He resides a long way from Motor City madness in Tucson, Arizona, where, as he replied when I remarked that they don't observe daylight saving time there, "We're constant. This is the center of the universe."<br /><br />After the Five, Mike soldiered on with Fred "Sonic" Smith in Ascension, then served jail time on a drug charge. From 1977 to 1984, he was a member of Destroy All Monsters with ex-Stooges guitarist Ron Asheton. More recently, he's performed with the Empty Set, an L.A. band led by ex-DAM drummer Billy Frank. Since 1996, he's been a member of Rich Hopkins & the Luminarios, a band that employs a floating cast of Tucson and Minneapolis musicians, and enjoys a measure of popularity in Europe. Michael joined me at the I-94 Bar from his home in Tucson on May 17 and 31, 1998...<br /><br />K: How'd you happen to join the MC5?<br /><br />M: When I met those guys, I was not a bass player. What I did was play acoustic guitar and harmonica and sing Bob Dylan songs. When I heard Bob Dylan about 1962 or '63, it completely changed the direction of my life. I'd never heard anybody sing like that or talk like that or express themselves in those kinds of words. Up to that point, I was at art school; I was at Wayne State University studying to be a painter, an artist, kind of the whole normal thing, and then I went and saw Bob Dylan play at the Masonic Temple -- at that time, he was just playing a guitar sitting on a stool all by himself -- and it took hold of my life. I decided that's what I wanted to do; I wanted to be a musician.<br /><br />When I met the MC5 and Wayne [Kramer] in particular, that's what I did. He and I got to be friendly and we started hanging out. We'd get acoustic guitars and we'd sit around and sing Beatles songs and learn all the lyrics to the Beatles' stuff. Wayne was still in high school and I had a few years on him. I'd been around here and there -- I'd lived in New York and places and so he kind of looked up to me, and I was telling Wayne where it was at. We'd play the guitar and do all this harmonizing and stuff like that.<br /><br />Well, I also knew Rob Tyner from living down in the downtown area where the students and the artists would live. So Wayne and Rob decided it would really be neat if they could get Mike in the band somehow, and that wasn't too hard to do, 'cause basically Wayne irritated the bass player to the point where he got mad and quit the band.<br /><br />He left and then they said, "Okay, Mike, you're on," so I went out and bought a white Fender Precision bass and sat down in the basement with Wayne and learned about 20 cover songs that the band did at the time -- the MC5 was a cover band -- with one original piece; that piece was "Black to Comm," which was totally experimental, atonal madness. And that's how I got in the band. Ironically, the first gig I played was at Wayne State University, where I'd gone to school to become a painter.<br /><br />read Michael's full interview with Ken <a href="http://www.i94bar.com/ints/davis.html">HERE</a>Michael Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07221955370672044242noreply@blogger.com3