Cover Stories
Fall Fashion Issue 2012
When you hear those words, "You don’t have to go home, but you can’t stay here," there’s always room at the all-night diner. No reason to not look slinky and elegant, even pressed there, between the fluorescents and the Formica. It just takes a little poise, balance and equanimity: All eyes can be on you…
Fall Fashion Issue 2012
Beginnings are everything. Starting the day right means stepping out to get a little light exercise. And there’s no better setting for a morning stroll than Belle Isle. Soft greens cool and cleanse the eyes, and the fresh wind off the water clears the lungs of last night’s debauchery. If you can get enough time,…
Fall Fashion Issue 2012
The day’s work is done. But a second wind awaits you if you’ll just put your fanciest foot forward. And stepping out means outward changes. Alter your outlook distinctively by adding a little leather and lace, or some beads and a boa, whatever it takes to keep you going. Amid the clink of glasses, the…
Fall Fashion Issue 2012: Detroit on the fly
Photos by Esther Rubyan Styling and wardrobe supplied by Dan Tatarian Text by Michael Jackman All apparel used in this shoot provided and styled by Showtime Clothing, 5708 Woodward Ave., Detroit; 313-875-9280; showtimedetroit.com. Special thanks to Dan Tatarian of Showtime Clothing for apparel and styling; to Dave Zainea, owner, and Megan, bartender, at Majestic Café…
Fall Fashion Issue 2012
Sure, we heard that one: Detroit doesn’t get by on its looks; it has to work for a living. But just because you have to put in the hours doesn’t mean they can’t be stylish ones. After all, you can hustle as hard as you can, but getting noticed is another thing entirely. Showing composure…
City Slang: Jack gets mad
According to Classic Rock Magazine, Jack White cut his set short to just 45 minutes at New York’s Radio City Music Hall because of, depending on who you believe, a heckler, the sound in the venue, or the audience’s response. “Audience members stayed outside the theatre shouting “Fuck Jack White” for some time after security…
City Slang: Dick Wagner gets reading
Dick Wagner, guitarist with Frost, Alice Cooper, Lou Reed and others, will be appearing at a number of events to promote his Not Only Women Bleed book. On Saturday, October 27, Wagner will be at Traverse City’s Horizon Books between 2 and 4 p.m. That same day, from 8 p.m., he will be at the…
City Slang: Core Effect and Citizen Zero to host joint release at Magic Bag
On Friday, October 12, rockers Core Effect and Citizen Zero will host a joint CD release show at the Magic Bag in Ferndale. Tickets are $8 in advance or $10 at the door and are available now on ticketweb.com and the Magic Bag Theatre Box Office. Alternative pop-rockers Royal Hoax and acoustic songstress Moriah Sultes…
Weekend Hit List
Friday 28th Dwight Adams From Fred Wesley to James Carter, Common to Stevie Wonder, bandleaders and their record producers keep Dwight Adams’ phone number on speed dial. And for good reason. The trumpeter, who played extensively… [READ MORE] GHOSTS OF AUGUST We’ve heard of The Guns of August and The Whales of August. But what is…
Won’t Back Down
Matt Stone and Trey Parker’s South Park has given rise to the term "underwear gnome economics." In an episode during Season 2, there are a group of gnomes who steal undergarments in order gain riches. Their plan is explained thusly: Phase 1: steal underpants. Phase 2: ?. Phase 3: Profit. Daniel Barnz’s Won’t Back Down…
Looper
Looper| B+ So close to being a great movie is Looper that I want to go back in time and chat with writer-director Rian Johnson (Brick, The Brothers Bloom) about the parts of the film that come up short. When it comes to time-travel thrillers, Terry Gilliam’s 12 Monkeys looms large. And not just because,…
City Slang: Whitey Morgan at Inverness Inn
Whitey Morgan & the 78’s, Flint’s outlaw country heroes, will play the Inverness Inn in Chelsea on Friday, October 5. According to a statement, “Since the release of their first album Honky Tonks and Cheap Motels, Whitey and the band have revived a forgotten genre with a fierce dedication and determination. They’ve toured the country…
Cookin With Que-C (Mister) // Coleman Youngbloods cassette // Self Says 7″)
Brief-psyche-rant: …Sun Ra, Captain Beefheart, The Fall, Slint and maybe a bit of Mogwai for extra coloring… now that’s a spicy stew of startle-jazz freak-groove NewWeird wonder! But then, that’s usually local singer/songwriter Mike Ross’ M.O. More punk-warbler/song-sculptor, one not to shy away from, shall we say, abstract forms? Most notably through Red China, but…
City Slang: Soccer hooligans to raise money for Wounded Warriors
Smalls in Hamtramck will host a benefit for Hooligans for Heroes on November 2 to raise money for the Wounded Warriors project. Hooligans for Heroes is a non-profit organization started by Gene and Ken Butcher and Drew Gentry, supporters of the Detroit City Football (or soccer) Club. According to a statement, “They turned a passion…
City Slang: Nadir to release new album at Lager House
Funky rock ’n’ soul man Nadir will celebrate the release of his Book of Jonah album with a show at PJ’s Lager House in Detroit on Friday, October 5. Showtime is 10pm and features Nadir’s seven-piece funk-rock band, with sets by Detroit rock hip-hop quartet Final Cue, plus DJ Psycho of the Detroit Techno Militia.…
Jeecy & the Jungle pile it on
Jeecy & the Jungle’s Twist and Scream Psycho Circus, celebrating the release of the EP of the same name, features Six & the Sevens, Phantom Cats, the Crooks, Steffie & the Dirty Virgins, burlesque by Chloe Bowie, Detroit Circus performers, the Retro Girls and Eddie Baranek. It’s all at the Magic Stick, 4120 Woodward Ave.,…
Pop-ups keep cropping up
To experience Brunch Underground, "like" the Brunch Underground Facebook page or send a message expressing an interest in attending the invite-only party. The next Brunch Underground event is tentatively scheduled for 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Sept. 30 at the Artlab J Loft in Greektown in Detroit. To join the Dunch Club, find the group’s Facebook…
Mitt Romney’s world
Sometimes in the course of a campaign, politicians beat up on each other for weeks without having much of an effect on the voters. But once in a while, something happens that suddenly crystallizes opinion and forever fixes an impression in the public mind. The clearest example of that I ever saw was on Oct.…
They’re back!
Inside Out plays with the Ruiners and Betty Cooper on Saturday, Sept. 29 at Small’s, 10339 Conant St., Hamtramck; 313-873-1117; smallsbardetroit.com. Bassist and vocalist Karen "Queen Bee" Neal is reminiscing about an early Inside Out show. "We peed in Bad Religion’s dressing room when we opened for them," she says. "The singer was being a…
New tactic for crime?
Last spring I got all excited after reading a book titled Don’t Shoot, by David M. Kennedy. Subtitled One Man, a Street Fellowship and the End of Violence in Inner-City America, the book details how Kennedy and others developed and employed innovative strategies that significantly lowered gun violence and street-corner drug dealing in Boston, Baltimore,…
Flim-flammable
In terms of news value, ribbon-cutting and groundbreaking ceremonies typically don’t offer the kind of raw, red meat we here at the Hits prefer chewing on. Which is why we usually avoid events that involve guys in suits donning reflective vests and hard hats. But last Friday was a little bit different. We wanted to…
Double classic
Nearly a half-century on, Alfred Hitchcock’s legendary shocker The Birds remains thrilling, amusing and profoundly disturbing, despite having a premise that on a stark, white page seems borderline laughable. Based on a short story by Daphne du Maurier, the big-screen adaptation depicts a small seaside Californian town terrifyingly and inexplicably besieged by random flocks of…
Letters to the Editor
Bing’s failings In response to Detroitblogger John’s revealing description of Dave Bing’s most recent, disastrous public meeting ("Rage against the machine," Sept. 19), and attempting to move the discussion beyond righteous denunciation, I offer the following critique of the Four Great Failings of the Bing Administration: 1) Unaccountability: Their basic philosophy and premise is that…
Lighting up the screen
The first thing you notice is the gauntlet of smokers you must traverse each and every time you switch theaters. Now, encountering nicotine addicts desperately puffing down cancer sticks outside the cineplex is nothing new. You can go to Livonia to see that. But at the Toronto International Film Festival, which attracts industry reps, fans,…
Fully loaded
Burrito Mundo 19459 Mack Ave. Grosse Pointe Woods 313-884-2028 burritomundo.com If you’d asked him 10 years ago, restaurateur Steve Zuccaro would have called his culinary efforts a sideline. Back then, his main job was wielding a guitar, playing with such notable Detroit acts as Charm Farm, Uncle Kracker and Gold Cash Gold. His small group…
Philip Levine’s Detroit
Philip Levine reads at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 27, at the Detroit Institute of Arts, 5200 Woodward Ave., Detroit; 313-833-7887; tickets are $15, $12 for members, seniors and students; see dia.org. In my briefcase, I carry several books of poems by Philip Levine with me whenever I go into the city schools of Detroit…
Food Stuff
Buon compleanno We’d like to wish Ann Arbor’s Gratzi restaurant a happy 25th birthday. Since 1987, Gratzi has not only enlivened Ann Arbor’s dining scene with its northern Italian fare, but has sustained the sumptuous setting of the former Orpheum Theater. Join the celebration, at 326 S. Main St., Ann Arbor; 888-456-3463; gratzirestaurant.com. More…
Dinosaur Jr.
Listen: Dinosaur Jr. –“I Want You To Know” 9/27 @ Saint Andrews’ Hall (Jagjaguwar) If you’re not gaga over the guitar and all its awesomely noisy glory, then stop reading this review. Okay, still in? Dinosaur Jr. are the would-be arena rockers who fit better under freeway service drives soundtracking the skateboarders’ rail-grinds or blowing long-haired flannelled-folks…
City Slang: Insane Clown Posse Files Lawsuit Against FBI
Yep, you read that headline correctly. According to a statement Tuesday from Psychopathic Records, “It was just over a month ago, at the 13th Annual Gathering of the Juggalos, that Violent J and Shaggy 2 Dope of Insane Clown Posse (ICP) announced that they would be taking legal action against the Federal Bureau of Investigation…
City Slang: Weekly music review roundup
Remember – if you send it, it will get reviewed. That’s the City Slang promise. It doesn’t matter what genre the music is – as long as it has a Metro Detroit connection, it’ll get in. Preferably, we’d like to concentrate on new releases but, while we’re getting warmed up here, feel free to send…
