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Still Sinclair

By Joe Nolan | Published September 9, 2015

This week I was reminded of long lost Labor Days in Detroit, marching with my father’s union as a little kid. Thinking about Labor Day and Detroit got me thinking about John Sinclair who famously got thrown in jail in 1969 after giving two joints to an undercover cop, before even more famously getting sprung [...]

Posted in Counter Culture | Tagged Black Panther Party, Detroit, john lennon, John Sinclair, MC5, White Panther Party, White Panther: The Legacy of John sinclair | Leave a comment

MC5 on Film

By Joe Nolan | Published December 3, 2013

For every rock band that makes it big there are a million others that disappear unnoticed. However, there is also a rock band of a third kind: A band that makes a deep, narrow mark in its time that influences musicians for decades to come. The Velvet underground is a great example of this kind [...]

Posted in Cinema, Music | Tagged Art, Detroit, drugs, Kick Out the Jams, MC5, metal, Motown, punk, radical politics, The MC5: A True Testimonial, The Velvet Underground | Leave a comment

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