Herself every time
Jill Scott brings a new poetic sound to hip hop….
Off track
MDOT’s foolish plan to upgrade I-375…
Role-playing gambols
Role-playing games (RPGs) are a dime every 12 dozen. PlayStation 2, this holiday’s powerhouse game machine, doesn’t even manage to pack a punch in a genre dominated by the “Final Fantasy” franchise. But, oddly, RPGs are the closest link between the video game and film industries. Both are driven by story line, aural style and…
Pixel perfect
Our intrepid MT photographer puts four popular digital cameras to the test….
Get on board
Metro Detroiters spend big bucks on transportation…
Role-playing gambols
Role-playing games (RPGs) are a dime every 12 dozen. PlayStation 2, this holiday’s powerhouse game machine, doesn’t even manage to pack a punch in a genre dominated by the “Final Fantasy” franchise. But, oddly, RPGs are the closest link between the video game and film industries. Both are driven by story line, aural style and…
Mass produced
Since Catholic nuns and Cher were two of Liz’s major influences, it pleases her to see them locked in battle, like if your id and your ego went on “Celebrity Death Match.”
Blind justice
Judge deliberates police shooting settlement behind closed doors…
Got the beat
Seattle’s ROCKRGRL Conference rocks the gender gap….
Tasty brew and TV too
Motor City Brewing Company scores points on Jeopardy!…
Letters to the Editor
Reading, learning Ann Mullen’s article ("Living Between the Lines," MT, Nov. 22-28) captured the essence of the adult learner. Darline’s story conveyed the emotion and hope that is felt by many of our learners. Illiteracy in this country is real. I believe your article will raise the awareness of many readers. It is my hope…
Quality of life
MOT’s David DiChiera recognized for arts outreach…
Shot in the dark
MT’s special investigative report of a homicide which has led to allegations of a police cover-up in Detroit.
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Photographer Linda Soberman inspires insomniacs…
Points of doubt
A list of police reports which seem to conflict with other evidence in the Billy Gissendanner shooting.
Myths about the election
Myth: The nation is in a constitutional crisis. Here’s a reality check to that and other silly, dangerously wrongheaded ideas which are being reinforced about the presidential election.
12 Angry Steps
It’s a conceptual rock puzzle. How does a smoldering hardcore growl doused with a shot of bourbon and sedated with a guzzled can of Pabst Blue Ribbon stream effortlessly through metal, punk, rockabilly and country music? That’s a question for Dan Halen, the pierced, leather-clad (even in the summer) vocalist-guitarist for 12 Angry Steps. It…
Writers writing on-screen
Movies let us watch writers write
Building better burritos
Modeled after taco stands popular in the southwest, this tiny Royal Oak spot is packed with plenty of energy. The entrées are familiar: burritos, tacos, quesadillas and tacons (a fried tortilla folded into a cone). But add in choices of meats: Mexican beef or chicken (a stewed variety), grilled chicken or steak, Baja-style fish fillet…
Whoopee don’t
Q: I am 39; my wife of nearly 10 years is 46. She’s the stay-at-home mom of our 7- and 9-year-old boys. Before we got married, we would hump like bunnies. These days, she isn’t interested in sex or even in going out to dinner with me. I can’t figure out why. I don’t think…
The wages of junk
This year’s films represent a new attitude towards addicts
Black to the future
After ample time to gon’ and marinate on it, and the release of two blazing joints already cemented in the heavy rotation of purists, heads, backpackers and poseurs alike, Outkast now seems like they’re bigger than hip hop. But it’s not like they crossed over or stopped taking chances. On the record’s opener, the incendiary…
Free Will Astro;ogy
ARIES (March 21-April 19): Given the untamed impulses that are now erupting within you, I should remind you to use a knife, fork and spoon when you’re eating in the company of other people (though it’s fine to shovel it in with your fingers when you’re alone). Another suggestion: If you’re overtaken by the urge…
Cut & paste sci-fi 2000
2000’s space flicks borrow heavily from past voyages…
The final frontier?
First off, Space is about as big a nightclub as you are going to see in Detroit – let alone Chicago, New York or even Europe. A lot of money went into renovating what used to be Legends (even though that name is still on the outside of the building): four levels, three bars, one…
Opening the closet
Q: I am a sexually frustrated 23-year-old male. I recently went on a blind date with an extremely attractive 24-year-old woman who would most likely fulfill any man’s wildest dreams. The one drawback is that I found myself completely uninterested in her. I have been entertaining the idea that I am gay. I have been…
Puffing at PJ, paving paradise
PJ Harvey’s “intimate” show at St. Andrews Hall … C-Pop gets a new director … Pure Detroit makes a move … Tom’s Oyster Bar finally opens downtown … & more.
Mama said
Erykah Badu arrived from the down-to-earth cosmos with Baduizm in 1997 and sent a stale, whiny, electro-astringent R&B genre on a 360-degree trip into organic, neo-soulrific spirituality. Or at least that’s when the general public took notice of this particular rebirth. It’s hard not to notice the ubiquitous Badu with her foot-tall head wrap and…
Gifts with gumption
To those who can’t tolerate tedious traditions, here’s a guide to inject some much-needed humor into your gift selections. Mix and match the following at your discretion: Ham, spirits, toys, holiday-themed entertainment and underpants.
Minimal master
A rare live performance by techno hero Rob Hood … & you don’t need an antenna to enjoy amazing sounds — listen to these Internet radio stations instead.
Decades
Blur hasn’t yet admitted that its race is run, but it might as well. And that’s no slag. It takes emotional intensity it takes to sustain an artistic entity such as Blur, which has at the core of its identity an unshakable association with a certain place at a certain time (i.e. Britpop circa 1994).…
A grubby affair
Metro Times managing editor W. Kim Heron is determined to eat bugs (even though his family thinks he’s crazy).
Real challenges
City and activists clash over riverfront casino plan…
Role-playing gambols
Role-playing games (RPGs) are a dime every 12 dozen. PlayStation 2, this holiday’s powerhouse game machine, doesn’t even manage to pack a punch in a genre dominated by the “Final Fantasy” franchise. But, oddly, RPGs are the closest link between the video game and film industries. Both are driven by story line, aural style and…
Stealing the show
Walk & Squawk’s latest offering satirizes the usual political suspects….
No place like home, boy
Geoffrey Fieger stars in daytime drama…
Theirstory
Punk continues to undergo various post-mortems, most recently in The Filth and the Fury, Julian Temple’s forlorn reminiscence of the Sex Pistols. Temple was inside the movement at its apogee and obviously felt he deserved the last word. Likewise, the editors of Modulations have enlisted old warriors and saints of the music press to bring…
Anchors in the firmament
Nostalgia for TV personalities of our Motor City past….
Changing lives
Make a difference – become a literacy tutor…
Theirstory
Punk continues to undergo various post-mortems, most recently in The Filth and the Fury, Julian Temple’s forlorn reminiscence of the Sex Pistols. Temple was inside the movement at its apogee and obviously felt he deserved the last word. Likewise, the editors of Modulations have enlisted old warriors and saints of the music press to bring…
Ballyhoo and a bell, too
DANCE AND DEBAUCH The much-ballyhooed end of the millennium gained considerable steam in the last few weeks of 1999, as local glitterati, hipsters and the groupies who love them gathered for raucous parties at various locations about town. Romeo boy made good, Bob "Kid Rock" Ritchie, busted down the gilded gates of Greektown’s Bouzouki Lounge,…
