Manchester-born, East-London raised writer Iain Ellis, an English professor at KU for the past eight years, has just published a book you might be interested in. Out this past December 1, Rebels Wit Attitude: Subversive Rock Humorists, is a study of the funny side of rock rebels such as Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Bob Dylan, the Velvet Underground, Warren Zevon, Randy Newman, Alice Cooper, Talking Heads, Ice T, Madonna, Weird Al, Nirvana and Beck, to name just a few of the people on the 350 pa
It's hard to write -- or even care -- about the reunion show of a band that you weren't around to see during its first run. But I'm glad I saw Mongol Beach Party get back to the jam after 15 years of dormancy, especially considering I came with zero personal expectations -- just the recommendation of people whose taste I trust. Cody Wyoming, for example, told me earlier in the week that MBP was one of three local bands that he would sneak out of the house to see when he was a kid (the other two
Iain Ellis, of whom the Wayward Blog has spoken before, is doing a reading with Daniel A. Hoyt at The Raven Bookstore in Lawrence on August 15 at 7pm, as part of what they are calling "The 2009 Ad Libri Per Aspera Tour."
Sarah McGreer HoytDaniel A. HoytA short biography of both, courtesy of Mr. Hoyt:
Iain Ellis and Daniel A. Hoyt met at The Replay Lounge in Lawrence, Kansas, in August of 2000. During the next four years, they shared many rounds at the Replay, hours and hours on the baske
