Mackyplanet

Saturday, June 20, 2009

NEW BLOGS! MACHINEGUN THOMPSON & THE DOGS TOO!

Well Ms Macky has been very busy since February 22, 2009 when we launched Machinegun Thompson's Blog At first he was hesitant and then about a month into he tore into blogging! Now he is a full time blogger and does most of the posting with an occasional post from Retrokimmer

Dennis had led a fascinating life and has many stories and experiences to share with young readers. For me it is a very exciting project and MGT has granted me access to the massive archives of his life. That man saves everything and is never without a camera!

Mackyplanet's newest blogger is the effervescent Julie Molinare from LA by way of New York. (go Mets!) Ms Julie has a big landscaping business and we began creating a beautiful blog for her yesterday. It is really fun for me as I get to use pretty images of plants and flowers. I love those colors too. Adding a playlist for Greener Designs was fun as she has great taste in music. Julie had some great E-How pages already so those were her first posts.

About three weeks ago we met Loren Molinare, Julie's husband and the Head DoG of the legendary punk band The DoGS. We hit it off immediately. Loren is so upbeat and enthusiastic about lmusic and life in general. Making a blog for him was a total blast. It helps so much that Loren sent me ton of images and text too. Finding tons of info on the net helped too.

This past Wednesday the DoGs came to play in my town of Ann Arbor, MI. Together with my newest blog makeover and fellow blogger Kirk of the Motor City Blog we decided I would cover that show. Kirk had his crack team of Paparazzi Christian, Nicole, Melody, Jesse, come out to shoot the DoGs. Ms Macky and her camera team! YAY

Meeting the DoGs was a blast. Loren, Mary Kay and Tony really rocked the Blind Pig.

Hadn't been to the Pig in a very long time and stayed up way too late for work the next day.

It was worth every minute of lost sleep. They were really great and the crowd went wild!

While talking with Loren on the phone I made the New Blog TheDoGs1970.Com Blog. The DoGs have the most fabulous art! Going to find their artist and hook them up with MGT. They have several logos and I chose the one below as their header. I just love it.

The main person who got me involved with The DoGs was a very charming English teacher in Tokyo, a certainly charming Detroit Jack. Jack Waldron is originally from the Detroit area but has been an expatriate for a decade. We must have known each other in another life. We instantly became fast friends at the Pig Wed. night. Below is Detroit Jack and Loren DoG. We need to sell those T shirts Jack! Look what the MC5 started!

Loren is also in Little Caesar a hot band that favors R&B and classics. We had a great time beginning their new blog yesterday along with Greener Designs. (No I never get out of the house) LOL