MAY DAYS at the Bohouse.
JOHN SINCLAIR AND THE PINKEYE ORCHESTRA HOST WEEKEND CELEBRATING DETROIT CULTURE; IT'S ART, JAZZ, POETRY AND ROCK 'N' ROLL
2 NIGHTS: FRIDAY MAY 1st 2009- -SATURDAY MAY 2nd 2009
THE BOHOUSE (historically the Bohemian National Home)
3009 TILLMAN
DETROIT, MI 48216
DOORS: 6PM
SHOW: 7pm
COVER: $5 (each night at the door)
ALL AGES
BACK STORY:
"This chance meeting with Jeff Howitt had turned into a thing of great beauty-a tremendous artistic experience deeply rooted in my own personal geography and brought to bloom through the robust energy and intelligence of these young musicians out of the old bohemian tradition." wrote John Sinclair for the liner notes of TEARING DOWN THE SHRINE OF TRUTH AND BEAUTY; his collaboration with PINKEYE last summer.
The sessions were released through LOCO GNOSIS on Sinclair's 67th Birthday Party held at THE BOHOUSE where he was named Poet-In-Residence and given a key so he has an actual room of his own to live in when he is in the United States.
"Fast forward 40 years and here I am again, in the same neighborhood with exactly the same sort of people I'd grown up with at the(Detroit Artist's)Workshop and doing the exact same thing!"
With that sentiment Sinclair asked Howitt to help him design an event for "May 1st and/or 2nd". Howitt(whose inaugural event for LOCO GNOSIS at the Masonic Temple in 2006 featured 12 bands on 2 stages volleying sets for 8 hours of unbroken music)immediately knew it had to run 2 days. Howitt recruited band mates Jason Worden and Frank Stephens and MAY DAYS started to take shape. They invited the Detroit Artists Workshop and Detroit Life to help keep one eye on lineage, another on friendship and the third on the spirit of this city and how it reflects in it's people and culture.
JAZZ & POETRY UPSTAIRS IN THE BALLROOM-curated by James Semark & the DETROIT ARTIST'S WORKSHOPhttp://www.detroitartistsworkshop.com/-sponsored by DETROIT LIFEwww.myspace.com/holicepwoods
-FRIDAY'S PROGRAM FEATURES:
GALLERY:
7:00 AHH CHARLIE
8:15 RED CHINA
9:30 SLOW GIANT
LIBRARY:
7:20 OUTDATED FATE
7:55 HELLBLOWER
8:30 BLACK LODGE
9:05 THE SUMMER PLEDGE
9:40 HOT DAMN!
10:15 BARS OF GOLD
10:50 JEHOVAH'S WITNESS PROTECTION PROGRAM
11:25 WOODMAN
12:00 MARCO POLIO & THE NEW VACCINES/PINKEYE
1:ish CARJACK/THE OSCILLATING FAN CLUB
BALLROOM:
7:00 RON ENGLISH ENSEMBLE
8:00 McCUNE - SEMARK - WILLEM COLLABORATION
9:00 WARDELL MONTGOMERY
9:15 DONNA VINSTRA
9:30 ANDY VINSTRA
9:45 JOHN CAGE'S SCULPTURES
10:00 RON ENGLISH & JOHN SINCLAIR
10:30 MIKE WHITTEY & drummer
11:00 JOHN CAGE'S CRUMBLED PAPER
11:15 BILL HARRIS, DOCTOR DETROIT and others
-SATURDAY'S PROGRAM FEATURES:
GALLERY:
7:00 DANDYLYON WHINE
8:15 INDIAN GUIDES/JURA
9:30 ROOT BEAR
LIBRARY:
7:30 MOTHER WHALE
8:05 OATMEAL
8:40 AL SCHEURMAN
9:15 THE MANTONS
9:50 GARDENS
10:25 OBLISK
11:00 BLUE SONG
11:35 DUENDE!
12:10 PIGEON
12:45 FRIENDLY FOES
BALLROOM
9:00 DUTCH PINK
10:00 RED CHINA
11:00 MADAME XD
12:00 MAZINGA
1:ish JOHN SINCLAIR & PINKEYE ORCHESTRA
