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Alice Cooper on the greatest music city in the world — and coexisting with the most dangerous man in rock ’n’ roll
As planned, Alice Cooper looks absolutely insane during a 1973 performance at the Sam Houston Coliseum in Houston, Texas. He’s wearing a thin, tattered, and mostly disgusting white cotton leotard with thigh-high platform leopard-print boots, his signature dead clown eye makeup, and something clipped to his bulge, which is unapologetically displayed with no discernible support…
6 BEST Painting Companies in San Jose: Top Painting Contractors Bay Area (2023)
Whether you’re looking for a simple paint touch-up on your home or a full-on commercial paint job, there are several great options out there. If you’re located in the San Jose Bay Area, there is no shortage of top-quality painting companies available to you. Take a look at this list to find the right painting…
Best Liver Protection For Steroids & Why It’s Important To Use
Anabolic-androgenic steroids (AAS) work as potent performance enhancers. Bodybuilders and other athletes mainly use them to help them maximize their performance. Despite being highly effective at enhancing muscle mass, strength, and endurance, they put your organs under an enormous amount of pressure. One organ that goes through a rough time when you’re taking AAS is…
Mayor Duggan says Detroit bandshell, threatened by Amazon development, will be saved
A viral letter published by Metro Times last year had a huge impact — and even managed to stop the mighty retail juggernaut Amazon in its tracks. In his State of the City address on Tuesday, Mayor Mike Duggan said Detroit’s abandoned State Fairgrounds bandshell, previously slated for demolition by Amazon to make way for…
How to Run a Background Check on Yourself? Simple Guide
If you’re currently applying for a new job, looking for a rental, or starting an educational program, you’re likely in for a few background checks. While background checks can certainly be anxiety-inducing, there are few ways to ease your worries. In this article, we’ll talk about how you can run a background check on yourself,…
National Geographic’s Aretha Franklin series to premiere at Detroit’s drive-in theatre with free screening on 313 Day
National Geographic’s forthcoming Aretha Franklin biopic is set for a multi-city world premiere this week, and of course it would be remiss to not include Franklin’s hometown. National Geographic’s Genius: Aretha will premiere in Detroit at the Bedrock’s Monroe Street Drive-In Powered by Emagine with a private screening on Thursday, March 11, to coincide with…
Detroit’s Mo Pop Festival is once again canceled, and it hurts so bad
Ughhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. That’s the sound of yet another year without Mo Pop Festival, which, according to a formal announcement from organizers released Tuesday, is exactly what 2021 is shaping up to be. Vaccinate us, daddy. The two-day boutique indie festival, which has hosted performances by Tame Impala, Lizzo, Run the Jewels, Tyler the Creator, Father John…
Former Hazel Park Coney Island is now a Shango cannabis dispensary
Hazel Park’s former Coney Craver’s Diner will start a new life as a marijuana dispensary this week. The Shango Cannabis dispensary is slated for a soft opening on Thursday. General manager Spencer Faycurry says he believes the restaurant was closed for about a year before Shango moved in. The company is a multi-state operator with…
Michigan cop charged after shooting a passenger during a high-speed chase
The Michigan Attorney General’s Office filed charges Monday against a Lowell police officer who is accused of shooting at a moving car during a high-speed chase and striking a passenger in the head. Officer Jason Diaz, 40, was arraigned in Ionia County District Court on Tuesday on charges of assault with intent to do great…
Child infected with Michigan’s first known case of COVID-19 variant that may resist vaccines
A more-contagious coronavirus variant first identified in South Africa has been confirmed in Michigan for the first time, infecting a child in Jackson County. The state’s first case of the B.1.351 variant was detected Monday by the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) Bureau of Laboratories. The new variant is worrisome because new…
Clinton Township-based Goblin Sushi Bar is moving into Mexicantown’s shuttered Peso Bar
There’s some good news for Detroit sushi lovers and bad news for margarita drinkers: A Macomb County sushi spot is moving into the recently shuttered Peso Bar space in Detroit’s Mexicantown, Eater Detroit reports. Peso Bar co-owner Jose Maldonado confirmed Peso’s permanent closure, saying they chose not to reopen after closing in November because of “complications”…
Enjoy this animation about the legend of Detroit’s Nain Rouge by Artnuttz
While Detroit’s annual Marche du Nain Rouge parade is once again canceled due to the ongoing pandemic, Detroit artist Thomas “Nutty” Ingram III, aka Artnuttz, has created an entertaining animation retelling the folkloric tale of the Motor City’s mischievous red dwarf. Ingram makes and sells edgy art as part of the mobile “Shoot Dope Spot”…
Fully vaccinated people can now rage indoors together without masks, CDC says
Scream, swap spit, and unmask your deepest desires, because the time has come for fully vaccinated folks to be able to hold and attend indoor gatherings with fellow fully vaxxed people without masks. That’s right — fully vaccinated people (meaning people who have waited two weeks after having received both doses of the Pfizer or…
Michigan Democrats renew push to protect LGBTQ residents from discrimination
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and Democratic lawmakers are renewing their call to expand the state’s civil rights law to include a ban on discrimination against LGBTQ residents. Michigan’s Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act prohibits discrimination in housing and hiring based on religion, race, color, national origin, age, sex, height, weight, familial status, and marital status. But it…
Michigan musicians cover Aretha Franklin’s ‘Respect’ in honor of International Women’s Day
When the Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin, recorded her groundbreaking anthem of equality, empowerment, and solidarity in 1967, women were prohibited from getting a credit card in their name, safely complaining about sexual harassment in the workplace, could not legally deny their husband sex, and, if pregnant, could legally be fired from their jobs ……
Whitmer supports independent probe into ‘very serious’ claims against NY’s Cuomo
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said she supports an independent investigation into the “very serious” sexual harassment allegations against New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo. “The allegations here are very serious and need to be taken seriously, and I think that an impartial, thorough, independent investigation is merited and appropriate,” Whitmer told CNN’s Jake Tapper on Sunday. Whitmer,…
Celebrating its 50th year, Ann Arbor’s Hash Bash goes digital (again)
The Hash Bash — Ann Arbor’s annual celebration of all things weed — is once again canceled in physical form, but that’s not stopping organizers from arranging what’s shaping up to be a big 50th anniversary event. Like last year, this year’s Hash Bash will go digital, in the form of a free “variety-show-style production”…
Why NBA vet Al Harrington invested in cannabis in Detroit
Retired pro basketball player Al Harrington figures he’ll make more money in the marijuana business than he made playing ball. “I can be more successful in the cannabis space than I was 16 years in the NBA,” he says. He’s gotten pretty busy with it since he left the league in 2014, with cannabis related…
Michigan trooper charged after siccing K-9 on suspect for minutes after he surrendered
A Michigan State Police canine handler was charged Friday with felonious assault for siccing his dog on a suspect for several minutes after he had already surrendered in Lansing. Trooper Parker Surbrook has been suspended without pay and was charged in 54-A District Court in Lansing. He faces up to four years in prison. The…
Sen. Shirkey lies about COVID-19 science, defends Texas’ decision to fully reopen
Michigan Senate Majority Leader Mike Shirkey on Thursday falsely claimed there’s no evidence that COVID-19 restrictions are effective and defended Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s decision to allow businesses to fully open and lift the state’s face mask mandate. In a radio interview on WKHM, the Clarklake Republican said if he were the governor of Michigan,…
Michigan House bills would subject governor, lawmakers to FOIA, but don’t count on it
State House lawmakers say they’re trying to revive a push to make the governor and Legislature subject to the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). But don’t hold your breath. Nearly every year since 2016, lawmakers have made similar pledges only to let the measures die. The latest push comes three days after advocates of government…
Southwest Detroit’s Hygrade Deli is for sale — and it has nothing to do with the pandemic
Don’t panic, Detroit, but your favorite sandwich shop is up for sale for an undisclosed amount of cheddar. Earlier this week, Southwest Detroit’s Hygrade Deli was put on the market without an asking price, Detour Detroit reports. Known for massive corned beef sandwiches, the 2,471 square-foot delicatessen located at 3640 Michigan Ave., celebrated its 49th-anniversary…
Beverley McDonald, Warrior for Justice, 1930-2021
How often do these things describe the same person: a wonderful neighborhood mom when you were growing up; a lifelong comrade in the fight for social justice, across many fronts? There’s only one person in my life like that: Beverley McDonald, who passed away on Feb. 21 at the age of 90, surrounded by her…
Michigan communities with recreational marijuana dispensaries to split $10M in tax revenue
It’s payday for communities in Michigan that allowed recreational marijuana dispensaries to open. The Michigan Department of Treasury is doling out nearly $10 million this week to more than 100 municipalities and counties from excise taxes generated from recreational cannabis sales in the 2020 fiscal year. For each dispensary, a community will receive about $28,000.…
Producer responds to ‘King of Farmington’ with ‘King of Southfield’
At the end of his viral video from the summer, rapper Clooner, the self-proclaimed “King of Farmington,” called for the “Kings” of Detroit’s other suburbs to rise up and rep their cities. Now, that call has been answered in Southfield, “The Center of It All,” by producer Harry Artin, who dropped the video for his…
Major Michigan tool Tim Allen likes that President Trump ‘pissed people off,’ hates paying taxes
As of Wednesday, Michigan-born comedian and notable coke dealer Tim Allen is not dead, despite trending on Twitter where he’s being skewered alive for spewing support for former President Donald Trump’s dangerous divisiveness that led to a deadly insurrection on the nation’s Capitol in January. On the latest episode of WTF with Marc Maron, Allen…
Dan Gilbert is now the world’s 16th richest man after his net worth skyrocketed by $25 billion on Tuesday
Dan Gilbert is now the planet’s 16th-richest human being after his net worth soared by $25 billion Tuesday, fueled by speculative day-trading on the stock market. Bloomberg reported that his single-day increase in wealth represented the biggest daily jump up in the history of their list of wealthiest billionaires alive. Gilbert owns more than 70%…
Environmentalists warn AK Steel of impending lawsuit for exceeding air pollution limits
Two environmental groups took the first steps toward filing a Clean Air Act lawsuit against AK Steel, alleging the company’s Dearborn plant exceeded air pollution limits thousands of times over the past five years. The Sierra Club and Environment Michigan, represented by the Great Lakes Environmental Law Center and National Environmental Law Center, sent a…
County commissioner violated campaign law by wearing Trump hat at public meeting, state rules
The Michigan Bureau of Elections issued a formal warning to a Muskegon County commissioner for wearing a Trump 2020 hat during a public meeting in 2019. The Michigan Campaign Finance Act prohibits public officials from wearing or displaying political campaign material on government property. The Bureau of Elections received a complaint that Commissioner Zach Lahring…
Detroit’s canal-side Coriander Kitchen & Farm restaurant readies for opening
After two years in the works, the Coriander Kitchen & Farm restaurant in Detroit’s Jefferson-Chalmers neighborhood is finally ready to open. Located at the former canal-side Fisherman’s Marina, the restaurant is planning to open for outdoor dining and carryout from 3:30-7:30 p.m. on Saturday, March 6. Chef Alison Heeres and Farmer Gwen Meyer will serve…
Free Will Astrology (March 3-9)
ARIES: March 21 – April 19: In late April of 1969, Cambridhgeshire, UK hosted the first-ever Thriplow Daffodil Weekend: a flower show highlighting 80 varieties of narcissus. In the intervening years, climate change has raised the average temperature 3.24 degrees Fahrenheit. So the flowers have been blooming progressively earlier each year, which has necessitated moving…
Senate Dems represent 56.5% of the country, yet Mitch McConnell and Joe Manchin control their agenda
Let’s stipulate something at the outset: There was no circumstance under which President Joe Biden’s American Rescue Plan would get Republican support. Not if it came in under $1 trillion. Not if it was stripped of funding for the arts or Planned Parenthood. Not if no one whispered the words “minimum wage.” This was fated…
Meet the food activist, chef, and urban farmer helping to keep Indigenous food practices alive in Detroit
I first meet Kirsten Kirby Shoote on the shores of Lake Michigan on a warm, sunny day. Her hands are closed around something, silhouetted against the waves. As she gently unwraps her fingers, I see that it’s a corn cob — crimson and yellow, colors dancing in the gleaming sunlight. She hands the little seeds…
