Funny. As I sat here tonight in the studio working on the final (for now) installment of the Two Minute WarmUp series, I received an e-mail from a friend across the country who was reading the blog. Apparently, I didn’t finish up the story of my trip to Ann Arbor, Michigan at the beginning of April.
I guess it being a month and a half later I’ll keep it short and sweet….
So yeah, I know I promised the followup to last weekend’s post about the recent Michigan trip, but somewhere between then and now I found myself separated from my current residence pretty much every day all day, and as result far from my photo stash. No photos, no post.
However, I’ve made the triumphant return to my own bedroom today, and I dug in the crates to bring you more of what the “Wolverine State” had to offer. The second day of the excursion had Young Jamison performing on the University of Michigan campus for the annual Vanguards block party/festival presented by F.O.K.U.S., a student based organization. Usually, this even is held outdoors on The Diag, which I figure is the central point on the U of M grounds, and fortunately for Gist and I, it wasn’t nearly as cold as last year’s show (for which we stood outside for hours in what felt like subzero temperatures). Aside from the two of us, a great band by the name of Belikos played, not to mention a few student performers.
In case you were unaware, I gladly hopped a jetplane out to the Motor City (Detroit!) earlier this month; the reason? My mans DJ Teddy Ruck-Spin & them booked urr boi for not one, not two, but THREE shows in the great town of Ann Arbor.
For those not familiar with Ann Arbor (b.k.a. “The Ace Deuce”), it’s the place that the University of Michigan’s Wolverines call home. I was fortunate enough to take in the sights and sounds that took me back to my days as a college boy, aside from experiencing all the things that come part and parcel with being a superstar rapper, right? Riiiight.
Good thing for me, though, I wasn’t basking in the flashing lights alone; my homie Gist (a.k.a. the Essence? Or is that dead?) from the borough of Queens was also slated to perform over what would be a five-day (!) weekend of nonstop action (which consequently lead to a couple weeks of a nonstop battle with the flu…go figure); people have been asking for pictures, so I finally took the time to sit down and iron this thing out.
