Blow. It’s a noun, a verb, an expression of disgust.
And it has so many othernuanced meanings, too. So, in the name of looking back at the year that was, we decided to give the word — be it blow, blew or even blue — a blowout of a workout.
Heck with the old lists of what’s in and what’s out. It’s time to get with the ’90s, while they still exist. In and out lists are definitely out. So here, for your interpretation, is the Metro Times official list of all that blows. Or doesn’t.
BLOWS
Monica Lewinsky
failure of land conservation
cigars (for smoking)
NBA basketball
casinos
Carmen Harlan’s TV hair (blow-dried!)
Some MT classified advertisers, apparently
Republican legislation
Viagra
General Augusto Pinochet
Kimberly Camp (Blew out of her old job at the Museum of African American History)
Spice Girls’ bare midriffs
Ron Williams and Laura Markham
(blew our minds by blowing town)
WCHB
Newt Gingrich
Hoffa Jr.
Heidelberg Project (Blow it up? Not yet!)
Cellar Door-SFX
affirmative action
Marilyn Manson (blowing parents’ minds)
Motor
Club X
Lions & Tigers (Oh, my!)
Polish Wedding
U-M basketball
First International Film Festival (It just blew)
Detroit Newspapers circulation
Mitch Albom (blow-dried blowhard)
downtown Royal Oak
Great Lakes Crossing (blew the budget)
Boston-Edison
Cappuccino
Condos
swing dancing
Elmo
Left Bank
assisted suicide (blowing open all kinds of legal issues)
Fox 2 news (the fine art of blowing nothing into something)
Ritual
Industry
L. Brooks Patterson whining about Detroit
cigarette companies passing on costs to customers (blow that smoke the other way, willya?)
Harmonie Park
road construction
Hamtramck Jail
Mall Sprawl
Retro ’70s Bands
Bellbottoms
People Mover (blown away)
Beastie Boys
Toxic toys
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DOESN’T BLOW
Jennifer Granholm
cheap gas
cigars (as sex toys)
WNBA basketball
Don Barden
Tara Lipinski
Women’s Survival Center of Oakland County has a new home
living wage in Detroit
medical marijuana
Chilean wine
DIA Curator of 20th Century Art MaryAnn Wilkinson
Spice Girls’ pregnant bare midriffs
Donnie and Marie
Robin Hardin (blown out of a job)
Soupy Sales
Hoffa Jr.
fuel cells (won’t blow up!)
Daimler-Chrysler
affirmative action
glam rock
Lush
One X
Red Wings
Out of Sight
MSU basketball
detroit contemporary
Motormouth & City Detroit
Hurricane Mitch (It still blew, just less!)
downtown Ferndale
downtown Detroit
Southwest Detroit
Chai
Lofts
Yogic flying
Furby toys
Pure Detroit
assisted suicide
Utne Reader
Duet (Blow a wad)
Fiona’s Tea House
divas
domestic partner benefits
Grand Circus Park
Fewer Potholes
Hamtramck Blowout
Neighborhood Revitalization
Retro ’80s Bands
Parachute Pants
People Mover (blown away)
Beck
Tinker Toys
This article appears in Dec 30, 1998 – Jan 5, 1999.
