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CD Review: Was (Not Was), “Pick of the Litter: 1980 – 2010″

Ken Shane February 24, 2010 9

Don Was (born Don Fagenson) and David Was (born David Weiss) grew up in the suburbs of Detroit, and met in junior high school in the 1960s. It was a heady time for the

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Lo-Fi Mojo: Gang War

Ed Murray September 24, 2009 5

Ed Murray is back with another chunk of lo-fi goodness, and this time, he's cranking up some live recordings from Wayne Kramer and Johnny Thunders' short-lived Gang War

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Bootleg City: Marshall Crenshaw

Robert Cass July 31, 2009 7

When the economy’s bad, crime get worse. That’s why I decided to hire a new lawman to clean up this one-horse-because-of-all-the-horse-thieves town. I know what you’re thinking: “It’s called Bootleg City. If you outlaw

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Lo-Fi Mojo: MC5 to the Rock Hall, brothers and sisters!

Mojo Flucke September 25, 2008 12

Seeing the nominees for this year’s Rock Hall class, I’m starting to feel like the writers who, year after year, banged on the “Get Art Monk into the Pro Football Hall of Fame!” drums

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