Vol. 32, No. 2
Reality TV Stars Headline Arab American Comedy Night at AANM Nov. 3
By Jim McFarlin
Freep's owner, Gannett, slammed in NYT media column
By W. Kim Heron
Aiming at John Conyers
He’s been a congressman since ’65. Challenger Bert Johnson says his district needs a change
By Jack Lessenberry
Letters to the Editor
By Metro Times readers
FBI's targeting practice
How the agency uses census data and demographic info for profiling
By Curt Guyette
Moroun meets his match: Protesters block bridge
By Ryan Felton
Heavy lifting
Hard work in Detroit revising a charter, rethinking jobs
By Larry Gabriel
Matty vs. the 99 percent
How the very richest rig the game — against the rest of us
Takes a licking
All I want is my boyfriend to let me get flogged
By Dan Savage
Damned - Chuck Palahniuk
Oh, hell! - A child's view from a hot place fails to escape the pit
By Roberto Ontiveros
Brush with fate
Robert Watson pulled himself up by the hair follicles — for real
By Detroitblogger John
Anonymous
Bard's dirty little secret? - Oh, let's not quibble over who wrote what!
By Jeff Meyers
You don't think that's scary?
Grimm and Allen Gregory just in time for Halloween
In Time
Youth worshipper - Your wife, mother, dad and husband all look like your classmates. Better hurry!
By Corey Hall
Blackthorn
Gun shy - A beautifully shot and acted yarn despite a moody misfire
Take Shelter
Shelter from the storm - A beautifully rich story that shores up contemporary American fears
Finding the Way
Martin Sheen and Emilio Estevez talk life, family, the road and their new movie about it all
Puss in Boots
Kissin' pussies - Antonio Bandaras and Salma Hayek sing the feline electric
Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975
Say it loud!
The Rum Diary
Bottoms up! - Johnny Depp's fetishistic folly for Hunter S. Thompson
Love Crime
Love bites — Double-crossing, pill-popping neurotics and personal power plays. Cat fight!
Joy in the morning
Grosse Pointe Farms' Morning Glory Coffee and Pastries offers gorgeous baked goods and more
By Jane Slaughter
Food Stuff
New restaurants, chefs, deals and more
By Metro Times Food Staff
Fall into the season
A quick guide to seasonal dining — and beer
By Michael Jackman
Hymn for the dude
Getting anecdotal with Ian Hunter
By Serene Dominic
Tom Waits - Bad as Me (Anti)
It’s business as usual for the boozy, bloozy singer-songwriter on his 17th album
By Michael Gallucci
The Decemberists - Long Live the King (Capitol)
An EP of leftovers recalls the band's pre-NPR-approved days
Ballad of Ian
Mott the Hoople front man still captured by the game
Danny Brown - Brown Eyes
Hip-hop glam homie Danny Brown’s got another banger here.
By Travis R. Wright
Bass and blood lines
Ralphe Armstrong boosts the D with live shows on the Web Cafe
By Brett Callwood
Krivda on Pekar
Cleveland tenor saxophonist Ernie Krivda on his Blues for Pekar
Valley of the doll
Bowie-adoring, Pokémon-loving songster wants to be the most famous boy in the world, no matter what Simon Cowell tells him
By Kent Alexander
Bobby Sherman(1969)
This teen idol must have had quite a marketing team
Mayer Hawthorne - How Do You Do (Universal Republic Records)
Ann Arbor's soulful son delivers a mountain of musical maturity
By Jonathan Cunningham
Tone & Niche declare: Everything Is Good
By Jeff Milo
City Slang: “All Thrills…” revisited
City Slang: Alice Cooper launches phone app
City Slang: Kem announces Mack & Third event
City Slang: Muggs to play CJAM benefit
City Slang: Weekly music review roundup
Recommended recent spins: Twin Sister; St. Vincent
By Nathan Phillips
Eddie Logix - and Music's Great Escape
Creepy Cheapy Halloween Party Returns to The Crofoot
By Rachelle Damico
New Mick Bassett album available
By Lee DeVito
City Slang: Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. to release second part of EP series
City Slang: This Halloween, there be Witches
Raise high the Cup
Michigan Medical Cannabis Cup spurs and rewards creativity
By John Sinclair
