http://www.metrotimes.com/blowout/blowoutblog.aspMetro Times Blowouthttp://www.metrotimes.com/blowout/blowoutblog.asp?perm=1039Intern Bill is back and still can't get over the set at the New Dodge Friday night. Here's what he had to say:It started out like just another Friday night at Blowout. We got a chuckle about how a bunch of fools skipped on their gig the night before due to their bad attitude; we ran, harder than Thursday night because the end was only a day away; we looked once again for one of those magic Hamtramck Blowout moments that always seem elusive until you find it, and then you've got a great memory until next year. But this year, it seems, the stars aligned and the universe opened up to provide a very few fortunate souls an opportunity to witness musical greatness on an epic scale. How else could you describe seeing the Hard Lessons at the New Dodge bar on a Friday night in March of 2010? I...Mon, 08 Mar 2010 14:31:56 ESThttp://www.metrotimes.com/blowout/blowoutblog.asp?perm=1038In terms of a final (and late) report, I thought I'd share what I learned at Blowout this year: From Dale Earnhardt Jr Jr I learned that great musicians in Detroit can turn the cover song into an art form all its own.I also learned from Dale Earnhardt Jr Jr that the sound at the Magic Stick can actually be fantastic as long as the band isn't trying to blow out the speakers.I learned from the Pre-Party at the Majestic Complex that after the first couple of beers you stop really listening to the music in order to catch up with the people you haven't seen since Cityfest. (Consequently, this is also how you spend the first day of Cityfest--catching up with the people you haven't seen since Blowout).I learned from Michael Seger & Everybody's Favorite Band that 89X-sounding rock from a MySpa...Mon, 08 Mar 2010 08:43:32 ESThttp://www.metrotimes.com/blowout/blowoutblog.asp?perm=1036So, you may have been hanging out at Small's last night sipping a drink in the bar room waiting for the next band to start, or may have been hugging a wall in the hallway of the Gates of Columbus when, out of nowhere, you see...a marching band?Not part of the Blowout schedule or planned by Metro Times in any way, this assemblage of horn blowers, bass drum thumpers, and cymbal crashers crashed Saturday at the Blowout (although respectfully by not entering the actual performance spaces while a scheduled band was playing). From what this blogger could find out, this wasn't a one-time flash mob performance, but the beginning of a new kind of band in Detroit. I heard from somebody that they're tentatively named the Detroit City Party Marching Band, or something like that, and that they'll be sh...Sun, 07 Mar 2010 17:52:09 ESThttp://www.metrotimes.com/blowout/blowoutblog.asp?perm=1035SATURDAY NIGHT: MILLIONS OF BRAZILIANS AT GATES OF COLUMBUS HALL. ...Sun, 07 Mar 2010 15:22:41 ESThttp://www.metrotimes.com/blowout/blowoutblog.asp?perm=1034DTR-001 and U.R.'s "Transition"After congratulating the Detroit Threads massive on their first 12-inch release, buying the 7-inch accapella [sic] of Underground Resistance 's classic Transition, and congratulating Terri "Whodat" McQueen on her new business cards (new record shop, Ya Digg, coming soon), my Brother and I finished our Blowout experience with seven bands at six different venues. Man did it feel good to be "home."However, I do have some advice for present/ future Blowout bands. The band with the best drummer that I physically saw was Silverghost's Deleano Acevedo. Check out his kit:Silverghost's Acevedo with his "drum kit."At the risk of belaboring the point, I recommend all Detroit bands check out Michael Winterbottom's portrayal of the emergence of Joy Division's sound, inclu...Sun, 07 Mar 2010 14:42:08 ESThttp://www.metrotimes.com/blowout/blowoutblog.asp?perm=1033And we're done...We started off the evening at Jean's for Jamie Register & the Glendales. It's a tiny place and it was filled with folks. They sounded really great, busting out the kind of R&B funkiness that makes you want to move. That wasn't really possible in this setting as we were all shoulder to shoulder. I couldn't see much of anything, but if I stood on my tip toes, I could see that the man responsible for the amazing funk bass lines was a big burly white man with a ZZ Top beard. Sweet.On our way out of Jean's, we saw Prussia's Ryan Spencer by the door and he asked us where we were headed next. "To see Kojack," I said. He looked puzzed and said, "Carjack?" 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