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About Me

Thanks to Chris Steyer for the killer video:

Take:
3/4 Oscillating Fan Club
3/4 Duende
3/4 Red China
1/4 Wildcatting
2/4 Looms
2 Justins
Add beer
Mix furiously.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 14/08/2006
Band Members: Past, present and future pinkeyed members include:
Drew Bardo (Questions)
Kevin Bayson (Zoos of Berlin)
Asako Chihaya (Raccoon, Kindle)
Eric Dilworth (Eric Dilworth)
Jeff Howitt (Duende!)
Dustin Leslie (Dutch Pink)
Paul MacLeod (Sea Turtle Restoration Project, The Looms)
Joel McCune (Duende!, Misteriosos)
Ryan Milligan (Hotwalls)
Brandon Moss (Wildcatting)
Benjamin Mumma (Bam, Looms)
Pierce Reynolds (Oscillating Fan Club)
Mike Ross (Red China, Cactuswax)
James Semark (Detroit Artists Workshop)
John Sinclair (many and varied)
Frank Stephens (Red China, Jura)
Ray Thompson (Oscillating Fan Club)
Robin Veresh (Oscillating Fan Club)
Justin Walker (Siddhartha, Directions)
Justin Walsh (Yaaarrr Matey)
Brandon Weiner (Directions)
Laura Willem (Duende!)
Jason Worden (Red China, Indian Guides, Kindle)
Influences: Thelonious Monk, Can, Charles Mingus, The Necks, Miles Davis, Yoko Ono. Fela Kuti, Sun Ra, Steve Reich, Airto Moreira, Os Mutantes, Hawkwind, Soft Machine, John Coltrane. And we can't forget Mildred J. Hill and Patty Smith Hill.
Sounds Like:
Record Label: Loco Gnosis Productions
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

The Right Kind of People by Jeff Milo, Real Detroit Weekly

The wholesome souls of the motley and mystic Pinkeye Orchestra, climbedthe stairs of Corktown Tavern, in the shadow of now-lifeless TigerStadium, flicking away one last cigarette in the muggy mid-summ...
Posted by on Mon, 09 Mar 2009 22:46:00 GMT

The Last Word with John Sinclair by Travis R. Wright

..TR> Last Word (November 4, 2008)By Travis R. WrightNov 4, 2008, 09:07 Email this article Printer friendly  ;page..TABLE> ..TR> ..TABLE> ..TR> ..TABLE>John Sinclair is a poe...
Posted by on Fri, 07 Nov 2008 22:24:00 GMT

Kindred Crazies by Brett Callwood, Metro Times

Kindred crazies Super collective Pinkeye teams with John Sinclair to warp Motor City minds "No violence, just reckless exuberance": John Sinclair, down front, with a new generation of hometown col...
Posted by on Sat, 11 Oct 2008 00:02:00 GMT

On the Download by Chris Handyside

Crazy Knowledge?Man alive! Does the Loco Gnosis tribe ever crank out some far-out sounds! The psychedelic shack-shaking of the Oscillating Fan Club, the instrumental catty wildness of Wildcatting, t...
Posted by on Wed, 24 Sep 2008 22:31:00 GMT

You Give Me FEVER

New PINKEYE record available now.  Wherever all fine Loco Gnosis products are sold (namely, LGP shows and the Record Collector in Ferndale).This collection includes compositions by Os Mutantes, S...
Posted by on Sun, 09 Mar 2008 17:11:00 GMT

Four Stars - and Mandy Moore

From the pages of Real Detroit: ..> ..> ..> ..>Pinkeye PinkeyeLoco GnosisBeautiful mayhem  so much going on musically, it overtakes you. Pinkeye's 10-plus crew take two cover songs and exorci...
Posted by on Wed, 05 Sep 2007 23:23:00 GMT

CD available now

PINKEYE will be in remission for a few months, but fear not - you can now own a little bit of PINKEYE for yourself.  The disc is hot off the press and contains two tracks in 46 minutes,...
Posted by on Sun, 29 Apr 2007 11:59:00 GMT

PINKEYE in Real Detroit!

From RealDetroitWeekly.com FeaturesThe Curare FestivalBy Jeff MiloApr 25, 2007, 11:00 ..> ..> ..> ..>Dissonant Hallucinogenic Mania:The Curare FestivalThere's often brilliance in what seems, on t...
Posted by on Wed, 25 Apr 2007 13:25:00 GMT