Wright & Company celebrates first year with food, booze and jams flowing
Did you make it out to the celebration last night?
Just in time: Magic: The Gathering of the Juggalos cards
A nice gag on the eve of the Gathering of the Juggalos: cards for “Magic: The Gathering of the Juggalos”
Going bananas over 1980s Detroit electro producer Danan Potts
We don’t know much about producer Danan Potts, but these first two 12″s he made in 1982 and ’83 are incredible; check it.
The 10 stupidest things motorists in metro Detroit do
When it comes to transportation, metro Detroit is a great psychological experiment. In order to get anywhere, you need a car. So anybody who can afford to has to drive. In other cities, people can board trams, trains, subways, streetcars, and light rail vehicles. People who aren’t much good at driving simply choose not to.…
Madonna says nice things about Rochester Hills … kind of
It seems Madonna has softened her stance on her hometown.
Detroit City Council weighs Riverside Park land swap deal today
What? Why not trust the Morouns? What’s with all the “acrimony”? (For that matter, why trust Duggan?)
Brooklyn Street Local: We want the good and bad comments
Detroit dining service. It’s growing and learning, along with the industry.
R.I.P. proto-techno electronic music genius Dieter Moebius
Dieter Moebius passed away yesterday, on July 20, 2015, at the age of 71. His music was often beautiful, very forward-thinking, and had a real sense of humor to it. He will be mourned by many.
Michigan’s favorite swear words
Michigan — your mouth is filthy!
Detroit Chef Diet: chef Nikita Sanches runs on Starbucks
We dig into the diet of chef Nikita Sanches for 96 hours.
Here’s Daniel Radcliffe rapping ‘The Real Slim Shady’ at karaoke
1,000 points for Gryffindor, etc.
A sermon on Belle Isle, and who gets to enjoy it
The point isn’t that Belle Isle shouldn’t have been improved. It’s about who gets to enjoy the improvements.
Event preview: Lynn Crawford and Matt Polzin, garden reading at Ditto Ditto Thurs., July 23
We got word today of a fun literary event happening at Ditto Ditto Thursday evening at 7 p.m. It’s free, and we hear the little garden space behind D.D. is nifty.
Writer Aaron Foley lists his biggest pet peeves at ‘New Detroit’ dining establishments
True the city’s food scene is changing at rapid pace, with inventive restaurants sprouting up in once derelict buildings, introducing farm-to-table fine dining to traditionally Coney-centric palates and making national headlines for its role in shaping the “New Detroit.” But that doesn’t mean there aren’t growing pains to be had. Local writer and foodie Aaron…
Detroit City FC advances to regional playoffs
Fresh off a 2-0 victory at Pontiac’s Wisner Stadium against the Michigan Stars, Detroit City FC advances to the Midwest Regional Playoffs in Madison, Wisc., later this week. It’s not the first time “Le Rouge” have made it to the regional playoffs (they did it before in 2013), but things are looking very positive for the team…
NSFW: More dispatches from Harvey Drouillard’s nude Ann Arbor Art Fair shoot
More photos from Harvey Drouillard’s annual tradition.
Check out Nolan the Ninja’s brand new video for his excellent track ‘Sunset’
In the tradition of J-Dilla, Detroit DJs and hip-hop beat makers are continuing to drop original hip-hop instrumental projects. Emcee and producer Nolan the Ninja has just released his latest single, “Sunset” from his album lo-fi l∞ps (which was released this past May).
Native Detroiter wins pinup competition
“Black is beautiful, and, yes, we can be pinups!” says native Detroiter and pinup contest winner Otaymah Bonds.
Get ready for the weekend with Underground Resistance’s 25 year-old track ‘Eye of the Storm’
Hard to believe this ethereal dancefloor killer is from so long ago. It still sounds super fresh.
Chef Ed Sura of Perennial Virant in Chicago does homecoming pop-up at Yemans St
Come meet prodigy chef and Michigan native Ed Sura at pop-up in Hamtramck.
Riding the bus with Gary Winslow: Tourette syndrome
A disabled traveler tests his fellow riders’ empathy, and leaves one filled with questions.
Happy birthday, Ron Asheton
Among the most devastating guitar players in all of music history, Stooges co-founder Ron Asheton was born on this day in 1948.
Nick Cave launches ‘Here Hear’ dance labs this week
Nick Cave is on the move.
Local rapper esQuire gets topical with ‘Confederate Fag’
In the cheekily titled “Confederate Fag,” esQuire tries to cram pretty much every Southern cliché into his … uhh, sorry!
Iggy Pop to star in ‘the loudest silent movie on Earth’
Pop will play the punk rock angel “Vicious,” who sends rock ‘n’ roll back to earth. Or something? We’re already on board.
Detroit’s downtown rises, but the number of black-owned properties dwindle
An article in the Michigan Chronicle by Keith Owens reports that the amount of black-owned buildings in downtown Detroit may have fallen as steeply as 75 percent in the last 12 years.
Keep Growing Detroit’s tour of urban gardens and farms coming up Aug 5
Get that bicycle tuned up and be ready to experience a tour of some of Detroit’s 1,400 urban gardens Aug. 5. Keep Growing Detroit is hosting the 18th annual event, which will start promptly at 6 p.m. at Shed 3 at Eastern Market. Following the tour, a reception will be held that includes food prepared…
Show preview: Noise Camp 21 at MOCAD Saturday, July 18
Get ready for your favorite Detroit musical holiday, Noise Camp!
Turning Detroit into Brooklyn will be ‘terrible for Detroiters’
It sounds like it’s going to be an angry, fire-and-brimstone essay, but it’s actually pretty smart and based on facts and experience.
Detroit Savior Report: Today’s saviors include food and Michael Bolton
Today’s unlikely crop of saviors include a classic (food) and a new twist (a mulleted 1980s crooner).
Lunch wire: Panera coming to Ren Cen this winter
Your Ren Cen lunch options will soon be expanded.
The Detroit People Mover in Five Vines
Former Twitter employee and metro Detroiter Greg Myrick completed a mini Vine series showcasing the routes of Detroit’s People Mover back in April and uploaded them several social sharing sites. “[Vine] was something I enjoyed using and Detroit was somewhere I enjoyed working,” he told MT via Twitter. “The People Mover allowed me to showcase both.”…
Shaggy 2 Dope under investigation by IRS
Shaggy 2 Dope’s finances are currently under investigation.
Film fest celebrates music videos with local artists
See the music for yourself at Tangent Gallery.
Dale Earnhardt Jr Jr changes name to… JR JR!
Drop everything and read all about this riveting development.
High in July fest this weekend in Hamtramck promises BBQ, tacos and bands
Not sure what to do this weekend? Here’s another option.
Art world takes note of new Eastern Market art space
A piece from Artnet News notes a soon-to-open gallery and art space in Eastern Market.
Grosse Pointe Park keeps building walls along the Detroit border
“It’s dividing the two districts. I don’t think that it’s a good idea because you can’t easily access Grosse Pointe from this side of Detroit,” said a woman who has been living in the area for ten years.
Potential coffee wars to brew this fall in tiny Capitol Park
Does Capitol Park need a second coffee shop?
Eminem drew a picture of Tupac and gave it to Tupac’s mom
A letter and drawing created by Eminem addressed to Tupac’s mother Afeni Shakur have been making the rounds on the internet.
How Detroit came to love barbecue and how we’d build our ideal menu
It’s time for our annual Barbecue Issue, and it’s amazing to think how normal that has become. Had we done this a decade ago, it would have turned heads. “A barbecue issue?” some might have inquired, “Like about the BoneYard?” But barbecue has come a long way since then, as a generation of restaurants has…
Politics and Prejudices: Take back the power!
Nearly everyone was so dazzled by the U.S. Supreme Court’s rulings last month legalizing same-sex marriage and saving Obamacare that they overlooked another vitally important decision. The Supremes gave us here in Michigan a chance to take our democracy back … if we are willing to work hard enough for it. As you know if…
Metro Times’ and Woodward Avenue Brewers’ Pig & Whiskey returns
A yearly tradition that takes over downtown Ferndale during the second week of July, Metro Times’ and Woodward Avenue Brewers’ Pig & Whiskey is set to return to the space between the WAB and the Emory this weekend. Here’s a preview of things to come. Booze Over 50 whiskeys are set to be featured at…
16 upcoming shows in and around Detroit
Tickets are now on sale for these events. New this week: Aug. 19, Failure, Queen Kwong at Saint Andrew’s Hall; saintandrewsdetroit.com; $20. Aug. 26, Lionfight, My Enemies and I at the Shelter; saintandrewsdetroit.com; $10. Sept. 18, Melanie Martinez at the Shelter; saintandrewsdetroit.com; $15. Sept. 29, Revocation, Cannabis Corpse, at the Shelter; saintandrewsdetroit.com; $15. Nov. 11,…
Detroit’s ‘Grill King’ keeps adding to his skills, and sharing his wisdom
There has always been good barbecue in Detroit. While the magic of marketing it with upscale trappings and killer beer menus is a decade young in these parts, barbecue stretches back in our history much longer than that. It only makes sense in a city where a significant chunk of the population considers the South…
Psych-folk trio Pigeons brings their sound to Trinosophes
Martians in the swift-changing landscape of buzz bands, video premieres, and Pitchfork culture, experimental dream-pop band Pigeons quietly released their seventh album, The Bower, via the small, London-based label MIE. Their blissful reclusiveness (literally: the band lives and records in the thicket of New York’s Hudson Valley) is frustrating on some level because they’ve gone…
How Scotty Owens built a lineup of award-winning sauces
Scotty “O’Hotty” Owens, 38, spent more than a decade as a toolmaker and engineer before finding his real vocation: hot sauce entrepreneur. It’s a husband-and-wife business that Scotty and wife Suzi Owens, 35, have been in for more than three years now. Last year, the couple sold 2,500 cases, at 12 5-ounce bottles each. In…
How to be a discerning barbecue maven
A million years ago, back in 2005, Slows Bar-B-Q opened. Since then, we’ve seen dozens of barbecue contenders enter the dining scene. Of course, not all of them have been equal. The temptation to present a product in a hot market is such that not all of them are going to be authentic. Then again,…
How did whiskey come from behind to end up on every tongue?
A decade ago, in these parts, whiskey was often kept down near the back of the liquor cabinet, maybe for a visit from Uncle Ned or something. Women were drinking rita-tinis, vodka crans, and cloyingly sweet concoctions from menus cluttered with trademark symbols. Men were just beginning to discover craft beer. But the vanguard of…
Horoscopes (July 15 – 21)
This week’s Horoscopes are coming out under an “old” Gemini moon. In the wee hours of the morning on July 14, the moon will move out of its old phase and approach newness as it enters the sign of the crab. Cancer is a deeply layered and all-encompassing archetype, one that is hard to pin…
This guy has been taking nude photos in the middle of Ann Arbor Art Fair for 21 years
Harvey Drouillard took his first public nude photo on April 2, 1994, during the debauchery that is Ann Arbor’s infamous Hash Bash. Since then he’s made it a tradition shooting each year in the middle of the hustle and bustle of Ann Arbor Art Fairs. For Drouillard, the art is in the stunt — he…
Ask a Juggalo: Is it a sin to listen to ICP?
Q:Whoop-whoop! What up, homies? I’m Ryda Ceazer. I’m a Christian Juggalo who goes to church, but I get sort of picked on for it with the whole cussing in the lyrics thing. They say, “Because the Bible says do not speak unclean that me listening to ICP is a sin.” What do you think of…
Drink Up
Jack Daniel’s Old No. 7 40% ABV | 80 proof What is it that makes Jack Daniel’s Old No. 7 so special? Maybe it’s that the folks behind this iconic brand don’t follow an exact recipe. By its scent, it’s color, and it’s flavor, they just know when a barrel is ready to be bottled. That’s…
A crossroad of flavors: Casablanca, Michigan’s only Moroccan restaurant
“Oh. It’s in the old Taco Bell, right?” “Yep, that’s the spot.” So went a half-dozen conversations when I told friends familiar with the Ypsilanti/Ann Arbor area about the new Moroccan restaurant — and the only in the state, according to its owners — I would be checking out on Washtenaw Avenue in Ypsilanti Township.…
Feedback: Notes on Aramark, Slipknot, and the Rolling Stones
Kinda gonzo Last week our cover story on Aramark and the eating conditions inside Oakland County Jail resonated with some readers. One even sent our weekly political columnist Jack Lessenberry a letter about it: Dear Jack, I have been reading you off and on for many years. I enjoyed your recent article. I am…
Zarkpa’s Purses & Accessories is for the Detroiter with big dreams
For as long as it’s been around, people have been toying with the idea of the “American Dream.” Is it really possible, the rags-to-riches ascension that can only occur in a land of limitless opportunities? To some, that notion has run its course. But for local boutique owner Tracy Garley, the dream is alive and…
Noise Camp returns to MOCAD
What is Noise Camp? How did it start? Why did it start? When did visual artist/musician Davin Brainard and musician/producer Warren Defever start it? We sat down at the Brooklyn Street Local in Corktown for breakfast during lunch time with Noise Camp’s founders to get to the heart of it all. Metro Times: Alright, tell…
Stir It Up: Donald Trump, Dylann Roof, and the power of a word
The idea and fear of rape is being used to stoke the fires of hatred in modern American politics. It’s always been an important theme, but recent developments have brought it to the forefront. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, with his billion-dollar comb-over and combative speaking style, made his claim while announcing his candidacy for…
Duane the Brand New Dog is back with a fresh style, an upcoming album
An old television painted yellow. A pink lounge chair. A spray-painted umbrella. A full length mirror. These are a few of the items used onstage at a recent Duane the Brand New Dog performance at the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit — and they were all incorporated into the performance. This was Duane’s first solo…
Savage Love: Quick hits
Q: I have been happily married for 12 years. I’m deeply in love with my wife —she’s amazing, very sexy, and gorgeous. I used to be jealous, but about six years ago, I lost my feelings of jealousy. In their place, I developed a strong desire to share my wife with other men. It’s my…
Film Review of the Week: Trainwreck
Trainwreck Rated R, 128 minutes LeBron James has taken his talents to the silver screen, and though he’s only in a handful of scenes in Trainwreck, the Judd Apatow-directed, Amy Schumer-written rom-com out everywhere this weekend, he’s still a bit of a scene stealer. Both co-star Bill Hader and Apatow himself, at the film’s Akron,…
Raise the Bar: Cocktail Corner at Pig & Whiskey
Each year, Metro Times and Woodward Avenue Brewers put on a three-day festival that celebrates our love for all things pork (and generally anything that can be barbecued) and that sweet elixir known as the water of life. This year at Pig & Whiskey a tradition known as Cocktail Corner will return, bringing with it…
