GIRLS DO ROCK…!
If you missed this weekend’s Detroit Film Theatre presentation, you’d best go to your Netfilx list and add Girls Rock! to your list so you can get it as soon as it hits DVD. The documentary takes you inside the Rock ‘n’ Roll Camp for Girls — which is basically the coolest camp to which…
LET THE SUNSHINE IN…
Forgot to mention in the “This & That” item below that the duo of Sunshine Doray will be celebrating the release of their eponymous debut disc this Sunday, June 29th, at Cliff Bell’s in Detroit (2030 Park St.; 313-961-2543). Comprised of Ferndale residents pianist-vocalist Kate Feeny and drummer-vocalist Deanne Iovan, Sunshine Doray incorporate a wide…
JOE FINALLY DECIPHERED!
Joe Cocker is opening for the Steve Miller Band (always a great show, no matter what your age) at Pine Knob (still refuse to call it DTE) tomorrow night. The only reason we mention this is that after all these years, someone posting on youtube has finally come to our rescue and deciphered exactly what…
THIS & THAT…
It’s been over a month since local faves the Fondas have played — but you can catch them this Saturday, June 28th, along with the Decks, at Northern Lights Lounge, 660 Baltimore, Detroit (313-873-1739). They’ll be playing cuts from their upcoming Off the Clock and Under the Radar CD. The band says this could be…
TATER TITS…BETCHA CAN’T EAT JUST ONE…
Sorry about the lack of posts on here the last several days but it’s been that kind of a week. At any rate, a little late on this — though he’ll never exactly be “old” news — but I was extremely unhappy to hear about the death of George Carlin last Sunday, June 22nd. I…
Poster Artist: The Rev. Craig Michael Horky
The Rev. Craig Michael Horky Works at ad agency, in-house design guru for Bermuda Mohawk Productions and freelance designer, plays guitar for the Cartridge Family and bass in Cavalcade Can you remember the first flier you made? It was for my brother’s first band, the Gomers, back in maybe ’96 or ’97. It was a…
Poster Artist: Dave Graw
Dave Graw Motion graphics artist, in the band Old Tiger Stadium Can you remember the first flier you made? No. Why did you start making fliers or posters? To spread the word. Do you consider this an art form? Sure, I guess. I consider it a necessity. What’s your signature? SPAZ Name an artist, contemporary…
New suspect in controversial case
Five years ago, Ken Wyniemko was released from the Michigan prison system, exonerated after a decade behind bars for a rape that DNA evidence concluded he did not commit. On Wednesday, Clinton Township police confirmed that a match has been made to the DNA collected at the scene of the 1994 Macomb County rape for…
Poster Artist: Davin Brainard
Davin Brainard Art installer at the Detroit Institute of Arts by day, member of TIME STEREO, Wolfman Band, Princess Dragonmom, Metal Dungeon, UFO Factory, etc. by night. Can you remember the first flier or poster you made? I can’t remember the first flier but the first poster I made was for Princess Dragonmom’s "Wrestle Time"…
Greek to us
At first glance, Cyprus’ menu looks like the other Greek eateries on the block. But there are a handful of dishes from Cyprus, their island homeland, which does make dining at their taverna somewhat different. Among the more familiar appetizers, that average around $6, are tzatziki (yogurt, cucumber and garlic), taramosalata (fish-roe spread), grape leaves…
Poster Artist: Shawn Knight
Shawn Knight Senior graphic designer at an agency called Big Communications in Ferndale. In the band Child Bite. Can you remember the first flier you made? Aw, man, I can’t remember my first flier design. I bet it was awesome though! Five bucks says it had a skull on it. I drew lots of skulls…
Someday, someway
Although he’s well-known for a track called “Rockin’ Around in N.Y.C.,” Marshall Crenshaw remains one of this area’s favorite rock ‘n’ roll native sons. Perhaps the closest thing to Buddy Holly that Michigan ever produced, Crenshaw — who recently wrote the title track to Judd Apatow’s Walk Hard as well as contributing a track to…
Poster Artist: Trevor Naud
Trevor Naud Copywriter at a web agency, in the band Zoos of Berlin Can you remember the first flier you made? I made my first flier in high school. It was for a theater party (with bands). Why did you start making fliers or posters? During my sophomore year of high school, I worked as…
Mongol
The scenery is magnificent, the battles impressive and Japanese film star Tadanobu Asano is ferocious and sympathetic in equal doses as the young Khan. As a grand glimpse into a bygone time, well, they just don’t make ’em like this anymore. Unfortunately, as an insightful or illuminating examination of what makes a world-class conqueror, Mongol,…
Rip it down
When Detroiters think about rock ‘n’ roll poster artists, we immediately jump back to another time. Gary Grimshaw, the former poster child for the MC5 and Iggy, comes to mind, as does Carl Lundgren’s stuff for the Grande Ballroom. Then there’s Glenn Barr, Derek Hess, Chris Girard, Mark Dancey, Mark Arminski and the skilled crew…
Jeffrey Morgan’s Media Blackout
You’re my Jeffrey Morgan’s Media Blackout #177! SIZZLING PLATTER OF THE YEAR: Ian McLagan & the Bump Band — Never Say Never (Maniac) :: Strength can manifest itself in many ways, but spiritual strength is the hardest and humblest strength of all to master — which is why Mac is a far better man than…
Roman de Gare
The film’s title’s the French equivalent to “airport novel,” those pulpy potboilers you devour between connecting flights and trips to the bathroom. And so we are quickly introduced to a trio of stories that may or may not be connected. The first concerns famous novelist Judith Ralitzer (Fanny Ardant), who, while celebrating the critical success…
Poster Artist: Tim Lampinen
Tim Lampinen, you can call me Timmy Musician who’s been in Kosby Kids, the Epileptix, Clone Defects, Human Eye and Reptile Forcefield Why did you start making fliers or posters? I like making art that I know will be seen by a lot of people! So fliers and posters ended up being perfect I guess.…
Goodbye, Chrysler
Will it be the first of the Big Three to cruise into the sunset?
Get Smart
Steve Carell has adopted the role of Maxwell Smart, created by the late Don Adams, a dimwitted intelligence officer whose confidence exceeds his abilities. Max works for the hyper-secret agency CONTROL, forever at war with the global criminal empire of KAOS. Carell has able support from the ageless Alan Arkin as “The Chief” and from…
Couch Trip
The Furies Criterion For its first Anthony Mann release, Criterion has chosen the undervalued 1950 Barbara Stanwyck vehicle The Furies, more melodrama and less Western than anything from the director’s cycle of James Stewart films that’d define his decade and ultimately his legacy. Scorching nonetheless, Furies is about the struggle for power between a New…
Sketches of maturity
Sometimes it’s best to catch Detroit’s most talented musicians outside the city to get a real sense of how universally appreciated their artistry is.That was the case for Detroit-based soul singer Dwele (born Andwele Gardner), who was recently in Miami, working out the kinks for his upcoming tour. As he performed, the vibe inside the…
The Love Guru
Mike Myers plays a Deepak Chopra devotee wants to use laughter as a path to enlightenment. The mischievous Guru Pitka espouses a pastiche of Eastern religious practices, self-help techniques, New Age aphorisms and pointed wordplay. He’s hired by Jane Bullard (Jessica Alba), beleaguered owner of the Toronto Maple Leafs, to help star player Darren Roanoke…
Conflation station
I support gay marriage, but …
Motor City Rides
Duminie DePorres’ black Ford 2006 F-150 pickup.
Nouns
Bands labeling themselves “noise rock” have to decide which word to put the emphasis on, and, in the case of this Los Angeles duo, the answer is on the latter, but only by a fraction. Building an underground rep by releasing several indie singles that were then combined into 2007’s Weirdo Rippers, No Age now…
The fish whisperer
Peter Markus to read from his new book.
Letters to the Editor
Up in smoke Detroit’s decision to incinerate its garbage costs too much. Residents are paying for this decision in cash, in air quality, in quality of life, and in jobs. City Council has taken an important step passing the recycling resolution, but what follows is critical. Removing the need to feed the incinerator means big…
Electric Aborigines
Holy shit! Ann Arbor represents — and then heads to Bushwick, Brooklyn, to do it all over again! Awesome Color is the awesome ace-deuce trio that can channel the ghosts of the Stooges and MC5 without sounding like big-muffed necrophiliacs. On the opener, “Eyes of Light,” singer Derek Stanton, bassist Michael Troutman and drummer allison…
Night and Day
THURSDAY-SUNDAY • 26-29 FIRST ANNUAL MOTOR CITY TAP FEST TAP THIS WAY It’s true — Detroit lacks a thriving tap dancing community. This uniquely American art form is often overlooked and disregarded by even the most indiscriminate art patrons, but now, thanks to the First Annual Motor City Tap Fest, a community will be born…
Powered up
A newly formed group called the End Users Coalition, made up of businesses connected to the steam grid supplied by Detroit’s municipal waste incinerator, held a meeting last week featuring two proponents of waste-to-energy facilities. Until now, most of the news regarding the incinerator has been generated by opponents of the facility — primarily a…
OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies
Spoofing both the Cold War mindset and the spy movies it spawned, the French film OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies is a cinematic bonbon with a crunchy nut at its center. Hubert Bonisseur de la Bath, aka Agent 117 in the Office of Strategic Services, is part James Bond, part Maxwell Smart, arrogant and…
On the Download
Like a record store without the records.
Nightmare’s twist
Mortgage fraud dragnet sweeps up somebody familiar.
Distaff riffin’
As exhilarating, complicated, and nervy as the girls it portrays, Shane King and Arne Johnson’s documentary about the Rock ’n’ Roll Camp for Girls packs so much into 90 minutes it’s easy to forget that it only covers five days in the lives of its subjects. But those days are immensely significant for the girls…
Roll film
Inaugural Detroit Windsor International Film Festival hits town.
No Freeman freedom
Outlook bleak for man who claims he was falsely convicted.
Major Tom revisited
Not unlike the mysterious pillar suddenly appearing before the apes in Stanley Kubrick’s 2001, the Detroit-based Oblisk is at once unknowable and undeniably present. Sounding like an even more disaffected Dean Wareham, lead singer-guitarist Asim Akhtar intones distance over ghostly organ and skittish drums, while guitars pick out delicate melodies or cyclic, oblong riffs. More…
Poster Artist: The Silent Giants
The Silent Giants The Silent Giants is graphic designers Christopher Everhart, Edward Knight, Eric Mortensen, Brian Larson Can you remember the first flier or poster you made? As a collective, the first poster we did was for the National show at Crofoot. Individually, Chris did a poster for Manna and Quail with the Great Fiction,…
Kiss for Cox
State AG scores one for the press.
Poster Artist: Alec Peterhans
Alec Peterhans Graphic designer Can you remember the first flier you made? Probably something for my old band, the Valet. Why did you start making fliers or posters? Hoping someone would show up to one of our shows. Do you consider this an art form? I consider it a form of communicating information artfully. What’s…
Food Stuff
Full plates for local foodies.
Poster Artists: Brad and Vaughn Taormina
Brad and Vaughn Taormina Doodlers, members of TIME STEREO. Vaughn is Count MACULA. Do you consider this an art form? If you use scissors and glue. What’s your signature? We leave the faucets on everywhere we go. What’s your style like? Goofy footed. If you could create the flier for any band or gig in…
Comics
The Boiling Point – by Mikhaela Reid
