Entries from January 2009

January 7, 2009

Got Any Endtables Memorabilia?

(Above, the cover of the Endtables 7″, from the excellent Last Days of Man on Earth blog.)
From our companion blog, State of the Commonwealth:
Wow, here is a cool instance of, y’know, someone actually reading State of the Commonwealth. Thanks to our post back in early September about Joan Osborne name-checking the Endtables in the New [...]

January 6, 2009

Ron Asheton, R.I.P.

(Ron Asheton performing with the Stooges, from http://www.mlive.com.)
The Ann Arbor News is reporting that Ron Asheton, guitarist of the Stooges, was found dead in his home this morning. Here’s the full story:
Famed rock-and-roll guitarist and longtime Ann Arbor resident Ronald “Ron” Asheton was found dead in his home on the city’s west side this morning, [...]