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Little Brother Blogs
http://dandougan.com/
Dan Dougan is a poet/musician, raised in Ohio, of Western Pennsylvanian mixed ethnic stock. He is a recovering Catholic, alcoholic and addict.
His claim to fame is having owned and operated a live music nightclub known as Stache & Little Brother’s. His blog relates tales of those years and then some.
Recent Posts
Frequently Asked Questions, Part I
Question: Why did you move from the “Olde North” (2404 N. High St.) to the longer portion of the Short North? Answer: Humpty Dumpty didn’t jump, he was pushed. George Sicaris, my first and favorite Greek landlord was told by the ...
I’m all ears
I like to listen. Especially to great live music in an intimate setting. Jules Shear’s songs sold millions when recorded by Cyndi Lauper or the Bangles, but my wife and I shared him with a few dozen others at Little Brother’s. After polit...
Mississippi Lunch
On an ordinary weekday in 1987, a large man with a bullhorn and a thick Russian-Israeli accent blocked traffic at the corner of 15th and High Street, the busiest corner on the Ohio State University campus. He bellowed out to students and other passe...
Mojo & me
The son of a North Carolina radio DJ, “psychobilly godfather,” serious road warrior and armchair politician*, Mojo Nixon and I go way back. I saw him at one of Curt Schieber’s “No Other Presents” concerts at the Newpo...
Pop! Quiz?
Hey kids… Pop quiz! What show sold out the fastest in the history of Stache & Little Brother’s? Nirvana? The Ventures? Tiny Tim and Camper Van Beethoven? No. Nope. Nada. It wasn’t “Jim Beam presents Lucinda Williams and J...
Nice guys
“I’m a nice guy,” said punk rock star Eric Davidson, when I tried to discuss our strained relations. “Yea, me too,” I thought. But I didn’t go into his place every few months and knock fiberglass ceiling tiles down...

