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Stephen Lee Canner

The Ben Ishmael Tribe

I was going to wait to start this thread until I had actually seen a few of the main sources on the Ben Ishmael, primary and otherwise, b...

Started by Stephen Lee Canner

119 Aug 24
Reply by Jon Nelson
Bill Zink

Robert Creeley's Southern Indiana Poem

Submitted for your approval: "Follow the Drinking Gourd . . . " Present again present present again present present again leaves fall...

Started by Bill Zink

0 Jul 31
Spencer (Shecky) Sundell

The Ben-Ishmael Tribe of Indiana

Hi everyone -- it's a pleasure and honor to be a member of this group. I thought I'd say hello by kicking off a discussion of the Ben Ish...

Started by Spencer (Shecky) Sundell

58 Jul 2
Reply by Spencer (Shecky) Sundell
mike whybark

JB's Hoosier ephemera site

As though we do not have enough crazy stuff to chase down, here's one that I'll toss out: For years, John Barge (hi, Johnny!) would post...

Started by mike whybark

4 Oct. 4, 2008
Reply by Spencer (Shecky) Sundell
Bill Zink

Toward Mike Whybark's "Unified Theory of Indiana Pop Music"

"Finally, I've made stumbling steps toward a unified aesthetic theory of Indiana pop music, and from where I sit, Hoagy's themes = Dale's...

Started by Bill Zink

71 Aug. 22, 2008
Reply by Stephen Lee Canner
Stephen Lee Canner

Pearl Bryan - Indiana's Own Murder Ballad (sorta)

There were recently a couple of comments on Mike Whybark's earlier blog post about Omie Wise, who was the subject of a well know murder b...

Started by Stephen Lee Canner

5 Aug. 9, 2008
Reply by Spencer (Shecky) Sundell
Bill Zink

Hoagy His Bad Self

I've spent years picking up bits and pieces of the Hoagy Carmichael recorded legacy - not exactly with the verve of a record collector (t...

Started by Bill Zink

38 Jun. 21, 2008
Reply by Gabe Saavedra
Holly

Wait five minutes, it'll change...

There's an old adage that goes, "If you don't like the weather in Indiana, wait five minutes-- it'll change." I don't think you can have ...

Started by Holly

16 Jun. 20, 2008
Reply by Bill Zink
Stephen Lee Canner

Hoagy and Monk

Since Hoagy Carmichael and William "Monk" Moenkhaus are the spiritual founders of this little group it's only fitting to have an ongoing ...

Started by Stephen Lee Canner

15 May. 23, 2008
Reply by Stephen Lee Canner
Stephen Lee Canner

Pearl Bryan - Indiana's Own Murder Ballad (sorta)

There were recently a couple of comments on Mike Whybark's earlier blog post about Omie Wise, who was the subject of a well know murder b...

Started by Stephen Lee Canner

0 May. 20, 2008
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