Vol. 31, No. 41
Jazz funeral for Blair set for Sunday ...
By W. Kim Heron
Cass alum (old school) plan one last class picture
Shea's Lounge manhandles Joan Osborne to tackle the Republican House Speaker!
By Dennis Shea
Matthew Barney shooting 'erotic short' in the D?
The old Cass Tech's last class pictures
Try a line in the sand
Obama should plead with the people for a new WPA
By Jack Lessenberry
Rubble-rousers
Delray's residents wait two years for a street to be cleared of debris
By Curt Guyette
International Symposium on Sex and Public Office
A satirical look down our politicians' drawers
By Berl Falbaum
Letters to the Editor
From unhappy to outright angry, our readers sound off
By Metro Times readers
I did my bro — am I a ho?
The interesting skinny on the Westermarck Effect
By Dan Savage
California Dreamin'
The ballad of a local kid who loved movies and comic books so much he moved to Hollywood...where he writes movies and comic books
By Brian Smith
Cheat Code
Homefront is a first-person shooter that keeps your guns blazing
By Josh Sexson
Keys to the city
A little shop with a lock on heart and history
By Detroitblogger John
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
A beautiful bore: Only Hugh Jackman can interrupt this sleepy melodrama
By Corey Hall
Sarah's Key
Past imperfect: Nothing like using a history-altering genocide for a blue-blood’s personal self-actualization
By Jeff Meyers
Tabloid
Oh, Narcissus: Joyce McKinney and the art of self-mythologizing
Buggin' out
We lost ATCQ somewhere between the petty battles and bruised egos
Crazy, Stupid, Love
Get it on: Wow, Steve Carell heads a rom-com that doesn’t insult your intelligence
Cowboys and Aliens
Bad company: Cowboys ride in to rescue us all from mean spaceships — and it works!
The Smurfs
Color me bad: Why are the Smurfs blue?
Dogs of war
Is there all that much difference between 'We were just following orders,' and 'stuff happens'?
Pig-headed
As Saturday's Pig & Whiskey approaches, a look at local barbecue
By Michael Jackman
Diner refiner
Square Lake Diner takes fare we know up a notch
By Evan Hansen
Food Stuff
Name Opus One's bar, do lunch at Cliff Bell's and more
By Metro Times Food Staff
Fountains of Wayne - Sky Full of Holes (Yep Roc)
Super-catchy pop songs that don’t sound all that miserable — on the surface
By Michael Gallucci
Goober and The Peas
In advance of their upcoming gig, Goober & the Peas sound off on road troubles
By Travis R. Wright
Joss Stone - LP1 (Stone'd/Surfdog)
Stone's most soulful and unfussy album since her debut
Wendell Harrison - It's About Damn Time
Jazz with a funky populist streak
A bullet in the head
Singer-songwriter Manton's close call
By Brett Callwood
City Slang: Poet and singer/songwriter David Blair passes away (updated with links, videos)
City Slang: “Timeless Treasures” revisited
City Slang: Sisters of Your Sunshine Vapor at the UDetroit Café
City Slang: We Came As Romans
City Slang: Weekly music review roundup
City Slang: Drew Podgorski keeps getting better
City Slang: Amy Gore brings her Valentines to the Stick
City Slang: Mittenfest VI applications due
Moms against the drug war
Opposing how prohibition divides families and hurts kids
By Larry Gabriel
