IT'S SO COLD IN THE D...
by: Bill Holdship on 11/19/2008
And it most certainly is... This video from Detroit's own T-Baby is Number 9 on the current MOJO Magazine's Top 10 Playlist of editor's picks. Guess it's caught on worldwide via its, well, "catchiness." Can't figure out, though, if this is indeed like the hip-hop version of the Shagg ... [MORE]

WDET NAMES NEW GM
by: Bill Holdship on 11/19/2008
For the first time in probably two years, WDET -- Wayne State University's community radio statiion -- has a new fulltime general manager. Following a national search, J. Mikel Ellcessor has been selected to fill the position, beginning December 15th. What's perhaps even more interesting is that Ell ... [MORE]

R.I.P. "ITCHY" (AKA GREGORY JOHN MCCORMICK)
by: Bill Holdship on 11/12/2008
Sorry to hear of the death of Greg McCormick, better known as Itchy, who was one of the mainstays of Shock Therapy, a Detroit band that never had a lot of success locally, despite opening shows here for the Jesus And Mary Chain and Gang Of Four, among others, but made some major waves overseas, part ... [MORE]

313.JAC UPSTAIRS AT JACOBY'S CLOSES
by: on 11/7/2008
Another local venue bites the dust. After 12 years, the downtown rock 'n' roll club 313.jac, located upstairs at Jacoby's restaurant and bar,  is being shut down by the owners of the establishment. Promoters Stirling and Sue Static were asked to cease bookings there and the last shows at t ... [MORE]

SERVICES SCHEDULED FOR NATHANIEL MAYER
by: Bill Holdship on 11/6/2008
Legendary Detroit singer Nathaniel Mayer's memorial service is slated for Tuesday, November 11th, at Swanson Funeral Home, 806 East Grand Avenue, Detroit 48207. Family hour will be from 12 noon until 1 p.m., and the funeral will start immediately afterwards at 1 p.m The telephone number ... [MORE]

SOURCE OF PROTECTION
by: Sandra Svoboda on 11/19/2008
RENO, Nev. — With a second order from a federal judge for Detroit Free Press reporter David Ashenfelter to submit to a deposition, editor Paul Anger said this week the newspaper is fighting against it “tooth and nail.” Former federal prosecutor Richard Convertino wants to ask Ashenfelter about a so ... [MORE]

TEXT, LIES AND VIDEOTAPE
by: on 11/19/2008
Detroit Free Press editor speaks nationally about Kilpatrick case, coverageRENO, Nev. — Public corruption that cost taxpayers millions of dollars, courtroom drama and human tragedy all added up to one helluva story for the Detroit Free Press this year, and the paper’s editor is telling it himself to ... [MORE]

KILPATRICK MISSING?
by: Sandra Svoboda on 11/12/2008
The highest-profile felon serving time behind bars in Michigan had for weeks escaped the taint of being listed on the online database maintained by the Department of Corrections. But he's there now. Yes, former Detroit mayor Kwame Kilpatrick has shown up on the state’s Offender Tracking Inform ... [MORE]

ONE OBAMA VOTE REVISITED
by: Jennifer Bagwell on 11/12/2008
Former MT staffer Jennifer Bagwell wanted to share her reflections on last week’s Election Day:The afternoon of Nov. 4, Denise came to the door in curlers and told us how they wouldn’t let her vote.  “I was so geeked,” she said, now looking crestfallen. “I was all dressed up.”  It was now ... [MORE]

OBAMA VOTERS: DON’T CALL THEM STUPID
by: W. Kim Heron on 11/12/2008
Around the country, as here at Metro Times, folks no doubt continue to share personal anecdotes about what transpired last week. An electric current of optimism surged through a vast network of people — from those who invested dollars and labor in the Barack Obama campaign to those who simply voted. ... [MORE]

CLINT PUTS "GRAN TORINO" ON A TRAILER
by: Rob St. Mary on 11/7/2008
This past summer, Clint "Dirty Harry", "The Man with No Name" Eastwood was in town shooting a little film called "Gran Torino". Check out the trailer! As your good pal Corey Hall, Metro Times reviewer and "First Friday Film Forum" co-host, says it looks like "Grumpy Old Men" meets "The En ... [MORE]

THE OLD PICTUREHOUSE
by: Rob St. Mary on 10/16/2008
     I don't know if you feel as I do, but when I walk into a place like the Fox Theatre or the Detroit Film Theatre, I'm struck with a sense of awe. It's just amazing that these places were made for film. They don't make 'em like that anymore and the multiplex just doesn't have ... [MORE]

IS HOLLYWOOD RIPPING YOU OFF?
by: Rob St. Mary on 10/2/2008
In the world of tax incentives, there are winners and losers. This week, City of Detroit approved a $135,000,000 tax abatement over 25 years for General Motors to build the Chevy Volt electric car at the Poletown plant. For that, GM says it will hire 550 additional employees. This is usually how it ... [MORE]

“I DIDN’T KNOW THERE WAS A NUMBER 2?”
by: Rob St. Mary on 9/17/2008
Out and about today I happened upon another film crew taking in the sights around Detroit. At Woodward and Congress, just up from "the fist" and "the spirit" and just south of Campus Martius Park filming was underway in a little diner for the third installment of The Butterfly Effect. The Butt ... [MORE]

NOW CASTING: "CITIZEN KWAME: THE RISE & FALL OF THE HIP HOP MAYOR"
by: Rob St. Mary on 9/5/2008
Here's a little thought experiment.Thanks to Governor Granholm's tax incentives to ramp up movie production in Michigan, it's only a matter of time before someone decides to shoot a film about the rise and fall of Detroit Mayor Kwame Malik Kilpatrick.This story has everything a filmmaker could ever ... [MORE]