Cover Story
Robbing the Banksy
Four years after he and more than a dozen other artists removed a Banksy from the Packard Plant, Carl Goines now admits he hadn’t the slightest idea what he was getting into. “I don’t know if I’ve said that publicly, but, yeah. There was no plan.” In May 2010, the day after Mother’s Day, Goines…
Jason Huvaere and Sam Fotias of Paxahau
Jason Huvaere and Sam Fotias are sitting at a round high-top at Dino’s in Ferndale looking like two regular dudes when we meet up with them on a windy Thursday. No one would know from looking at these gentlemen that they’re the masterminds behind the city’s beloved electronic music festival. The tucked-in plaid shirts and…
WDET explores Hamtramck’s Bangladeshi clothing shops
The city of Hamtramck is only about 2.1 square miles, but within that space is a rapidly changing demographic. What was once a predominantly Polish town has seen an influx of different ethnic groups in recent years, with Bangladeshis being among the most visible. A stretch of Conant Street has even earned the nickname “Bangladesh…
Restaurant Review: Bistro 82
Bistro 82 401 S. Lafayette Ave., Royal Oak 248-542-0082 Snacks: $3-7 Appetizers, soups, salads, oysters: $6-$34 Entrées: $18-$36 Open: 4-10 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday, 4-11 p.m. Thursday, 4 p.m.-midnight Friday-Saturday, 4-9 p.m. Sunday. “Ability takes you to the top. Character keeps you there,” boasts the Bistro 82 website. It’s a good motto, and it sets a…
Detroit Denim Basic Tote
This all-purpose tote from Detroit Denim products is handmade from start to finish inside the company’s production studio at Ponyride in Corktown. Crafted with heavyweight U.S.-made denim, cover-stitched and belt-looped handles, and a 9-ounce leather patch, you can lug this puppy around day after day and it will only get better with age — like…
Rachel’s Place Vintage Clothing & Accessories
Rachel’s Place Vintage Clothing & Accessories | 2124 Pine St., Detroit • 313-964-9008 • Open noon to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday. Rachel Leggs, the proprietor of Rachel’s Place Vintage Clothing & Accessories, is as interesting as her shop. Full of personality, style, and sass, she’s quick to punctuate our discussion with a snap in…
MD 20/20 breaks down his mad style
MD 20/20 is a field researcher at the Atomic Gyration Institute. By night, a singer in two Detroit rock groups: Haf/Life and LSV, this guy loves everything to do with music, from writing, stealing, mixing, and creating. He also enjoys dangerous sports with engines, fixing old machines to go faster, and setting fires. He collects…
Tarantino visits Detroit, Nick Monaco throws PJ party
Tarantino in the D — a Pulp Fact Detroiters almost broke the Internet last weekend, posting about sightings of the master of cult classics, Quentin Tarantino. Tarantino is a longtime fan and supporter of Detroit. His 1993 film True Romance begins in the city and, during his cameo in Pulp Fiction, he’s seen sporting an…
MT readers weigh in on Carl Oxley, 555 Gallery
EVERYONE’S A CRITIC We received a number of strident responses to Michael Jackman’s May 14 cover story on the Packard Banksy: The most disturbing aspect of Michael Jackman’s otherwise excellent article “Robbing the Banksy” was the portrayal of Carl Oxley as some kind of artistic purist and expert on street art. Calling this poseur an…
The Best of Philip Seymour Hoffman
What with God’s Pocket being the final piece of work from Philip Seymour Hoffman (we assume), we thought this would be a good time to look back on some of the greatest moments in the great career of a truly great actor. He will be missed. Boogie Nights While the movie focuses on the up-and-down…
Gregory Beyer of After Dark Amusement Park
Gregory Beyer starts writing a few songs in the middle of this interview. His fingers drum the table to a 5/8 beat and then he air-guitars the fingerings for the melodies he’s humming with his high, hazy singing voice. This isn’t provoked; ditties just sort of pop out amid his exposition because of his meandering…
Five questions with Mushroomhead’s J Mann
Cleveland industrial metal band Mushroomhead has been around since ’93, but the recent The Righteous & the Butterfly album is the first with vocalist J Mann since 2003’s XIII. The band is rolling into Detroit to play Harpo’s on Friday, so we grabbed Mann to find out how it feels to be back after a…
Chris Campbell’s ‘Progressive Underground’
WDET’s Chris Campbell, host of The Progressive Underground, is one suave dude. When we arrive at the station for this interview, he’s just finished a day’s work with the city of Southfield, his regular job, and he’s decked out in a sharp suit complete with trilby hat. “I don’t normally like people to see me…
Black History 101 Mobile Museum debuts
Detroit’s Fisher building is buzzing with the afternoon’s murmur: security guard footsteps, couples with coffee, and a class of high-schoolers taking notes and photos of the building’s art deco structures. They point, they click, and they chit-chat as a gray-haired woman with glasses riding the tip of her nose facilitates. “That’s how history is kept…
Welcome to the Dyke House
This one-and-a-half-story bungalow at 17521 Russell St. (though the door is marked 19251 in black marker) has caused quite a stir, having been tagged by a street artist who presumably goes by the handle “Dyke.” The giant block letters take up the entire side of the house. It’s obvious that, in order to paint the…
Record Review: Conor Oberst — Upside Down Mountain
Conor Oberst Upside Down Mountain Saddle Creek It’s been a long time since Conor Oberst first began making angst-ridden teens weep in their black-cloaked bedrooms, pining for release from unrequited love and the pains of adolescence to tunes like “Something Vague” and “A Perfect Sonnet.” Upside Down Mountain is his latest project, and it’s lush…
Record Review: The Black Keys — Turn Blue
The Black Keys Turn Blue Nonesuch Maybe it’s that old artists’ curse: Ten years ago, this Akron, Ohio, duo was a hip, even slightly subversive choice for the discerning rock ‘n’ roller. But even though the Keys have been more or less doing the same take on the biker blues bar thing (albeit with much…
Record Review: Gordon Goodwin’s Big Phat Band
Gordon Goodwin’s Big Phat Band Life in the Bubble Concord Music When Gordon Goodwin called his group the Big Phat Band, he wasn’t kidding; There are at least 20 people in there. Goodwin knows what he’s doing though — the Grammy-winning pianist-saxophonist-bandleader has commanded the respect of some of contemporary jazz’s big-hitters since emerging during…
Ferndale’s Naka to Close
Found on Nine Mile in Ferndale for the past nine years, the gift store and lifestyle boutique Naka is set to close its doors this June. Owner and operator Kelly Pettibone announced Friday that the store will host a closing sale May 19 through June 8, with discounts escalating from 30 percent off the first week…
‘Yooper’ officially added to the dictionary
#157536265 / gettyimages.com A couple of months ago we wrote about how the word “Yooper” was going to be added to the Merriam-Webster dictionary. Well, folks, it’s happened. The moniker for residents of the Lake Superior region has officially been added to the Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary and the company’s free online database:
Listen to new releases from Walck, The Handgrenades, and more
“Ride” is the latest single by Walck featuring Codi, a project which, as the name suggests, sees Swedish tech-house producer Walck team up with Detroit’s Codi (Cody Sheldon from the 2009 season of American Idol). It’s a beautiful piece of work — pounding synthwork and ethereal vocals interweaving into something dreamy and atmospheric. Erik Lyrik’s…
Jeremy Mackinder
I play bass for Jennifer Westwood & the Handsome Devils, Ryan Dillaha & the Miracle Men, Jackie Stahl & the White Russians, and sometimes fill in for Honky Tonk Saturday Night. I do a lot of the booking for the bands, and there’s some intertwining of band members, so our schedules to this point haven’t…
The etiquette of the mosh pit, explained
Pit etiquette: To the untrained eye, a mosh pit looks like a bunch of morons running into and fighting one another. Its purpose, however, is not to injure, but rather to release frustrations and celebrate music. Every pit is different. These differences depend on the type of music played at the show, as well as…
Wonder Woman is filming scenes for Batman Vs. Superman in Birmingham
If you’re an Amazonian superhero, a princess capable of wooing Superman away from Lois Lane and extracting the truth via a magical whip, then where in Metro Detroit are you going to hang out? Birmingham, of course. ComicBookMovies.com posted a first look at Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman outside the Google office in downtown Birmingham,…
City Slang: Sweet Willie Tea at Eastern Market
Saturday morning, Eastern Market in Detroit. The crowds are difficult to negotiate, especially when pulling a two-year-old in a wagon, but the bumps and constant apologies are worth it because the hustle-bustle buzz is so otherwise enjoyable. The following day, Sunday, will likely be crazier because of the big flower show. My family and I…
Film Review: God’s Pocket
God’s Pocket | B- A stellar cast is all too eager to get down and roll around in the gutter in God’s Pocket, a grimy worm’s eye view of a swiftly deteriorating blue collar neighborhood. This chaotic clustering of drably painted row houses is rough even by south Philly standards; a place where teamsters, degenerate gamblers,…
Film Review: Million Dollar Arm
Million Dollar Arm | C- The appeal of sports lies in its constant surprises. Despite all the glitz, hoopla, and mountains of cash, on any given night, even a palooka has a puncher’s chance of victory. Hollywood, on the other hand, abhors authenticity, preferring to rig the game at all costs and never deigning to…
AIGA hosts Drink & Draw
Doodlebugs — It turns out design professionals are a fun bunch. Why do we say that? Because there’s a monthly event hosted by the Detroit chapter of the professional association for design, the 100-year-old AIGA. Sound fusty? It’s not. It’s called “Drink & Draw,” a monthly post-work event to socialize, unwind from the day, and…
Dabble in the Farms brings ‘craft tasting experience’
Dabble, do you? — Heralded as a “craft tasting experience,” the Dabble in the Farms looks like a pretty fun food event. It features notable local restaurants, gourmet food trucks, and 15 beverage samples from Michigan breweries, wineries, and distilleries, as well as live music. It’s a fundraiser for the Grosse Pointe Animal Adoption Society,…
Ferndale’s Assaggi to host outdoor wine tasting
Wine outside — As discriminating oenophiles know, wine can taste different outdoors than it does indoors. Perhaps it’s the play of sunlight or the soothing breezes, but the experience of drinking wine outdoors isn’t just different, it’s so often better. Especially after our sun-starved winter! The good people at Ferndale’s Assaggi have come up with…
Cliff Bell’s Matthew Baldridge hosts pop-up dinner
What’s popping — We hear that Dinner Club is hosting a pop-up dinner featuring a four-course meal from the executive chef at Cliff Bell’s, Matthew Baldridge. The dishes will include poached bay scallops, Faygo root beer-braised pork belly, and more. No hard liquor allowed, but wines are not only permitted but certain varieties are recommended…
Tacos, Turntables and Tequila
Limelight and limes — As warm weather returns to our fair city, there’s a way to complement it with a bit of Baja breeze right inside the Boulevard: It’s called Tacos, Turntables and Tequila, and it happens every Tuesday at Detroit’s Great Lakes Coffee Roasting. Expect food from nearby Alley Taco, cocktails made with Blue…
Zack Sklar to guest chef at Revolver
Revolution! — Chef Zack Sklar has raised the bar for upscale comfort food since opening Birmingham’s Social Kitchen & Bar a few years ago. Now his fans have a chance to see him in a grittier locale: He’ll be the guest chef at Hamtramck’s Revolver. Enjoy a four-course meal (sorry, no vegetarian options), with four seatings,…
Herman Weber turns 100
Marking 100 — Congratulations to Herman Weber. This week, the founder of Weber’s Restaurant and Boutique Hotel, turns 100 years old! Weber opened the eatery in 1937, serving hamburgers and beer, eventually evolving into the white tablecloth establishment and lodging facility it is today. Our best to Herman, who created an Ann Arbor classic, at…
Slows BBQ honored for best bacon burger in the U.S.
Photo courtesy of Rmiastk , Flickr Creative Commons Chefs have been tossing fat, thick slabs of bacon onto burgers for years, making the topping one of the most popular burger add ons in the country. But recently, the folks from Food and Wine magazine scoured the U.S. for the best bacon burgers they could find…
Invite artists to Detroit to fill potholes
When the Detroit Beautification Project brought dozens of street artists to Detroit to decorate walls with murals, almost everybody was overjoyed by the artistic results. Yet, there were a few, unfamiliar with the burgeoning art form, who weren’t pleased by the work. (We’re particularly thinking of some of Hamtramck’s philistines who objected to a particular work by…
Techweek comes to Detroit
Robots at Techweek Miami. Techweek Detroit kicks off Monday, a week-long entrepreneurial conference at the Federal Reserve Building, 160 W. Fort St. The events will range from a trade show open to the general ticket-buyers featuring more than 50 companies, a tech startup competition where business owners can compete for a $50,000 cash prize to pour into their brainchild, a hiring…
Film Review: Godzilla
Godzilla | B Once again proving that competent storytelling isn’t top priority for summer action blockbusters, director Gareth Edwards’ Godzilla is dramatically uneven, with a clunky narrative spine and characters that are maddeningly opaque. But as a series of big-budget action sequences, this monster-sized reboot is visually exhilarating, gorgeously composed, and, sometimes, too clever for…
City Slang: Tyvek touring through May and June
Detroit band Tyvek is touring across the United States, kicking off in California and ending in Chicago on June 29. “Tyvek is a brand of flashspun high-density polyethylene fibers from Detroit, Michigan. Formed in 2004 when Kevin Boyer, Larry Williams, and Matt Ziolkowski, three friends and music fans fed up with the redundant garage rock…
Detroit City vs. Michigan Stars on Friday
Detroit City FC will play against the Michigan Stars on Friday, May 16 at their home ground of Cass Tech High School. Here’s the info: Be one of the first 250 people in the gate and receive a limited edition T-shirt, brought to you by McShane’s Pub & Whiskey Bar. The festivities get started at…
State lawmakers call on EAA to return money spent on chauffeurs, gas
“Full tank, Mr. Convington?”(Source: Wikimedia Commons) Well, this doesn’t seem to be going away just yet. Detroit — A top House Democrat is calling on Education Achievement Authority Chancellor John Covington to return state money spent on a car used to chauffeur him and other top administrators. … “The Education Achievement Authority is not only failing…
When the word was ‘Bird’: Mark Fidrych makes his big-league debut
THIS DAY IN HISTORY May 15, 1976 Detroit Tigers rookie sensation Mark “The Bird” Fidrych makes his major-league debut at Tiger Stadium against the Cleveland Indians, tossing a no-hitter for the first six innings. In his first start, Fidrych goes the distance, surrendering just two hits and a walk to the Tribe and earning himself…
U-M report suggests Michigan drivers pay a mileage fee to fix road funding
“Mileage fees…MILEAGE FEES?…NOOOOO” (source: Wikimedia Commons) A report released today by the University of Michigan offers a novel solution for Michigan’s dilapidated roads: the state should adopt a mileage fee to boost infrastructure funding. Mileage fees … are distance-based fees levied on motorists for use of a defined network of roadways. In other…
City Slang: This week at Trinosophes
This Thursday, May 15, Trinosophes hosts Keir Nueringer, Skeeter Shelton/Shelby Murphy Duo, and the James Cornish/Eric Schweizer Duo. They say, “Although he’s performed our series numerous times in various iterations on saxophone, Farfisa organ, vocals and percussion, Keir Nueringer’s new album is a solo sax releases that focuses on his excellent circular-breathing technique. In support…
Report: Michigan’s $51 billion in tax cuts the “wrong path to prosperity”
Since 1994, Michigan has conducted a $51 billion tax-slashing experiment, one that has ultimately “failed,” says a new report on the state’s tax policies. The report, titled “Michigan’s Tax Policies: Wrong Turns on the Path to Prosperity,” offers an in-depth look at Michigan’s tax policies dating back to the passage of Proposal A, the package…
City Slang: ICP put out infomercial for Gathering
The Insane Clown Posse has put out an infomercial for the forthcoming Gathering of the Juggalos Festival, which will take place at Legend Valley Concert Venue in Thornville, Ohio from July 23 to 27, 2014. They say, “Now in its 15th year, the Gathering of the Juggalos has become one of America’s most exciting and…
Horoscopes (May 14 — 20)
ARIES (March 21-April 20): The worst thing that can happen to someone like you is to have anyone or anything come along and “put out your light.” With that in mind, at this point you need to align yourself with people and things that allow you to shine. Stepping out is a theme; so is…
The Matrix brings anarchist philosopher ‘Emma’ to Detroit
STAGE: Emma Anarchist political philosopher, women’s activist, Russian-Jewish immigrant, and American dissident Emma Goldman was way ahead of her time back in the early 1900s. She was imprisoned, deported, and vilified, but was a prevailing orator and pensive essayist. Goldman’s dramatized life that helped shape the civil rights movement is told in historian Howard Zinn’s…
Restaurant Review: MamO Burger Bar
MamO Burger Bar 1515 Ottawa St., Windsor 519-973-1234 mamoburgerbar.com Handicap accessible Burgers and sandwiches: $12-$14 Open 11 a.m.-10 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday, noon-8 p.m. Sunday I love everything Ryan Odette does, at least everything having to do with meat. I loved his original tiny fine-dining establishment (MamO), declared his Smoke & Spice Southern Barbecue the best I’d…
‘Detroit Resurgent’ out now on MSU Press
‘I think the sense that you have in Detroit is that it’s the end of something and the beginning of something new. It’s very rare that someone lives at that time, at that place, where something’s disappearing, vanishing into the past, and something new is emerging. That’s very inspiring, to be at that particular time.’…
Tracks from Young Shoes, National Threat, Ilya, and more
Young Shoes Spring Breaks Vol. 2 These nine choice tracks from the self-proclaimed screw-sludge hip-hop group are soulful and melodic. Each song is short but very sweet, and it’s easy to imagine them warming up one of the spring breaks the group is celebrating. National Threat National Threat says that their name makes parents uncomfortable,…
How to kill your lawn
When Michelle Obama converted part of her lawn into a garden six years ago, she made it look easy. And lawn killing can certainly be easy, depending on your game plan. Or it can be a difficult, frustrating failure. The First Lady’s method was detailed in a recent story in The Atlantic, written by the…
Record Review: KLOGR — Black Snow
KLOGR Black Snow Zetafactory One of the unlikeliest sentences you’ll ever find on a press release is “Italian alt-prog metal band to release environmental awareness concept album,” but that’s exactly how Black Snow is being promoted. Fair enough. So the lyrics are all about the shit that humans do to the planet, the mess that…
Olivia Millerschin — Over the Weather
Olivia Millerschin Over the Weather Self-released Recently up for a couple of Detroit Music Awards, Olivia Millerschin, 18, already has a full-length album under her belt (which includes the single that won her a John Lennon Songwriting Contest Award: “Screw Valentine’s Day”). Over the Weather, her follow-up EP, is a great addition to her fledgling…
The intergalactic Nick Monaco
Nick Monaco wants to give his fans an intergalactic pajama party experience, complete with footed onesies, bathrobes, or lingerie (if you’re feeling daring). He wants to take you on a musical journey to the cosmos, before being grounded back on Earth by his stellar live set. And he wants to do all this without actually…
Record Review: Lykke Li — I Never Learn
Lykke Li I Never Learn LL Recordings Wow, this record is a downer. That shouldn’t come as a surprise, though — Li has made a career for herself so far by celebrating sorrow. But where 2008’s Youth Novels was slick and pop-oriented, and 2011’s Wounded Rhymes livened things up with blithe, garage-goth production, I Never…
Meet Jheremie Jaque of Zombie Jesus and the Chocolate Sunshine Band
“My time is divided between playing guitar in Zombie Jesus and the Chocolate Sunshine Band, and playing bass in Lizerrd and [in] Disinformants. Occasionally, I also still play bass in Blood Sledge Electric Death Chickens. I think I am able to sleep as little as possible and spend about 75 percent of my waking hours…
Chad Rochkind and Garret Koehler
Garret Koehler, 27, was one of the masterminds behind last year’s bid to bring the X-Games to Detroit along with his partner Kevin Krease. Although the effort ultimately failed, Koehler and Krease wanted to capitalize on the excitement the initiative had generated around town. So, they brought in Chad Rochkind, 29, and started ASSEMBLE, a group that now…
Rusted Root’s Patrick Norman
For 24 years, Rusted Root has been expanding the minds of alt-music fans by incorporating musical styles from all over the world to create a surprisingly accessible fusion sound. African, Latin American, and Native American music, to name but a few, meet seamlessly in a synthesis that encourages — nay, forces — the listeners to…
Orr to Lansing: ‘Show me the money’ for Detroit grand bargain
(File art) Detroit retirees could face cuts to monthly pension checks as high as 40 percent if the state Legislature fails to approve a $195 million one-time infusion of cash for Detroit, the city’s emergency manager said today. Orr was in Lansing this morning to address a newly formed state House committee, Detroit’s Recovery and Michigan…
Dan helps an autistic dude pick up social cues
Q: I’m a 21-year-old straight male, and I’m mildly autistic. This means that I have difficulty picking up on social cues. I’ve learned to manage my disability in most areas of my life, but I’ve recently become concerned about how it pertains to hooking up. My approach to hooking up is how I imagine most other…
Autumn Wolf
Music will never die, according to Alex Kaye. The local songwriter-producer records and performs as Autumn Wolf, and we’re inclined to believe the St. Clair Shores native since he received a degree in music business from Wayne State. He works as an engineer at Rustbelt Studios in Royal Oak and has experience interning for an…
William Shatner explores strange new worlds in Detroit
Like many Canadians of his era, when William Shatner was a younger man, graduating from McGill University in his hometown of Montreal and starting his acting career at the Canadian National Repertory Theatre, we looked pretty good to him. “Having been to Windsor, I looked with great awe and wonder across the river at Detroit,”…
Film Review: Locke
Locke | B+ What kind of person are you? What kind of person do you want to be? For Ivan Locke (Tom Hardy), those two questions are the defining features of his life. As his name implies, Locke has carefully maintained a sense of order and control. A loving husband and father and respected construction…
City Slang: King 810 signed to Roadrunner, releasing Proem EP
Flint’s King 810, the latest addition to the Roadrunner Records roster, have released an EP called Proem. According to the press release, “The EP is currently streaming in its entirety on RoadrunnerRecords.com and you can stream and download the track “Fat Around The Heart” now at KING810.com. This collection preludes the band’s full-length debut slated…
Detroit cycling round-up
Spring is here, and that means it’s time to push those pedals. Fortunately, despite the whole car thing, Detroit has plenty to offer the cycling enthusiast. Here’s a roundup of places to bike, places to be, and some shops to take a look at. Places to Bike Dorais Velodrome Mound Road and Outer Drive…
The beginner’s guide to Motor City Comic Con
Truth be told, we’re sort of novices when it comes to comic books and the conventions that celebrate their existence. We like Christian Bale and Andrew Garfield (Batman and Spider-Man, respectively), so we suppose we’re fans by default. But we’ve long found the idea of comic book conventions both compelling and intriguing. A slight misnomer,…
Café Muse
Café Muse 418 S. Washington Ave. Royal Oak 248.544.4749 cafemuseroyaloak.com Breakfast and lunch 7:30 a.m.-3 p.m. Monday-Sunday, dinner 5-10 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday When the Greeks sought inspiration, they appealed to the Muses to unlock their creativity evading them. Café Muse is aptly named, because in a landscape of too many “Mexican” restaurants and some longtime staples,…
Joe Kupiec lives the rock ‘n’ roll lifestyle
We recently spotted rock ‘n’ roller Joe Kupiec, the Ann Arbor-based musician from both Wild Savages and Blue Snaggletooth, at Woodruff’s Bar in Ypsilanti. The bass player is also a cook at Casey Tavern and a bartender at Blue Tractor BBQ, but his paramount loves are music, performing, playing pool, and living the rock ’n’…
Beard Balm
Are hipster beards over? (Do only hipsters spend their time worrying if things are “over?”) A recent study by the University of New South Wales in Australia determined that the more men out there sporting beards, the less women find them attractive. Bummer! But before you shave off that beard that you’ve been growing since…
Painted Lady Trashions
Painted Lady Trashions | Rust Belt Market 22801 Woodward Ave., Ferndale 734.934.3568 rustbeltmarket.com facebook.com/paintedladytrashions Open 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Saturday and 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Sunday What is an oddities shop and what does it sell? To say it sells “curiosities” is too vague, but to say it sells things like, old medical instruments, anatomical models…
Redefining eminent domain
Nearly half of Detroit’s homeowners are still drowning. That’s the assessment from a lengthy report released last week by the Haas Institute for a Fair and Inclusive Society, a hub of researchers based out of the University of California-Berkeley. The report, titled “Underwater America: How the So-Called ‘Recovery’ is Bypassing Many American Communities,” analyzed negative…
Watch this 2-minute time-lapse video of Detroit
The folks over at Oliver Schrott Kommunication, a New York City-based marketing and communications agency, recently produced a lovely two- minute time-lapse video of Detroit titled “Always on the Road: Witnessing Rays of Hope in Detroit.” “As a former resident of the area, I was proud to have a hand in this and hope that…
The future of climate change
“Every day, I walk my neighborhood near Seven Mile and Gratiot and pick up trash — Cheetos bags, blunt wrappers, liquor bottles,” says Charity Hicks, policy director for the East Michigan Environmental Action Council (EMEAC). “Every time I pick up litter, I think about our people throwing it down. I feel sorry for the environment,…
Game of bridges
First of all, the new bridge over the Detroit River is now virtually certain to become reality. Forget whatever lies Matty Moroun and his paid lackeys and sycophants continue to spout. Moroun will continue to file nuisance suits and try to make mischief through the state legislators he’s bought with thinly disguised bribes labeled campaign…
Against Me! record Detroit show, we throw a ‘house’ party
FUCKMYLIFE666 It’s been eight years and three studio albums since Against Me!’s last live album, Americans Abroad!!! Against Me!!! Live in London!!!, which, judging by all the exclamation points, they were pretty damn pumped about. Hopefully they’ll be just as enthusiastic about their next one, since some of it will have been recorded at St.…
City Slang: Music review roundup
Send CDs, vinyl, cassettes, demos and 8-tracks to Brett Callwood, Metro Times, 1200 Woodward Heights, Ferndale MI 48220. Email MP3s and streaming links to bcallwood@metrotimes.com. Billy Brandt and the Sugaree’s The Time is Now (Drumdancer) is the latest record from the prolific singer-songwriter, a man who seems to have a new record out pretty much…
MT readers weigh in on arena deal, Conyers, and more
ARENA CHATTER We received numerous responses to Ryan Felton’s May 7 cover story on the new Detroit Red Wings arena and the sweetheart deal the Ilitch organization received: I appreciated your in-depth coverage of the hockey arena deal, but I don’t see why you had to hedge on Rep. Rashida Tlaib’s accusations of…
