Robo Robb

I met David this summer at Maker Faire (well I didn’t actually meet him I played with some instruments he made out of tin cans). Towards the end of the summer, I finally sat down with David Erik Nelson–I am being really careful to use proper grammar and spelling (David is an editor). David does a great many things from fiction writer to consulting. This interview was fascinating because we talked about everything from the Macpodz to decolonization. Take a listen and enjoy!

Recently I took a new job and it keeps me on the road many days a year. Sometimes I find myself in the most boring small towns imaginable. One such town was Mt. Pleasant, unless you are a college kid looking to get drunk there really isn’t much to do in this town. After dinner one night this spring I decided to take a stroll through down town, which shuts down earlier than Flint. I looked down one side street and saw a marquee for a small venue and the name “The Macpodz”, in movable letters, indicated that they were playing that night. Having no way to get a hold of them, seeing as how I have never met them before, I left them a note with the lady tending the bar saying to give me a call if they’d like to do an impromptu interview that night. An hour later back at the hotel I got a call from Brennan of the Macpodz and we made the interview happen. This is what great interviews are made of take an unedited listen to the whole interview here. Enjoy!

This summer I was very busy collecting stories that I could air on WXOU in the Fall to help our news director out. My home girl Kirby “Kirbalicious” Hairston host of the 1 o’clock take over suggested I do a story on Wizard Rock. I had previously never even heard of such a thing and was intrigued enough to google “Wizard Rock Michigan” and the first group that popped up was Tonks and the Aurors. After sending a myspace message to Stephanie (the founder of Tonks and the Aurors) in the matter of just a few days I was making a trip to the lovely city on Ann Arbor to interview her. Below you will find the story I produced on Wizard Rock and beneath that is the full unedited interview for all of you who would like to know more! Enjoy!

Wizard Rock story for WXOU News:

Unedited interview:

Even at Harry Potters School there's the rock n' roll crowd!

What do you get when you mix Ella Fitzgerald and Nellie McKay? The Deming Sisters! I am this groups biggest advocate, if you havn’t listened to their music yet your stoopid! Ok well your not stoopid… you just havn’t gotten around to it yet. But seriously this is going to be the next big thing in music I can just feel it. The live performance they did on my show was outstanding! Take notice of the picture i’m posting below, this was taken at the Blind Pig in Ann Arbor. Connie Deming the youngest in the group is only 13, they had to sneak her in to perform. At another performance I was told they had to put her in an apron and pretend she worked there to deal with all the legal issues of having a 13 year old perform at a bar. If you don’t listen to any of my interviews or any of my music that’s cool, but please listen to this interview and go check these young ladies out you will not be disappointed.

What can I say the dudes got beats….and rhymes!

I believe this was my first interview with Dante…. I’ll just let you listen. That’s all there is to be said about that!

One of my first times ever performing was a cameo with Controller when he opened up for Charlie Slick in Ann Arbor back in 2005. I had the opportunity to speak with Charlie on the phone a couple months back. Since then he has been nominated for a Detroit Music Award and performed at many house parties all over the state. You can also catch Charlie performing at Arts Beats and Eats in Downtown Pontiac  Sunday, September 6th @ 5:30! I was very fascinated with the way he titles his albums (take note).