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SonyBMG hit us up to cover the Scary Kids Scaring Kids show at St Andrews Hall
MCB's Scott Strelecki was on the move to hook it up in no time - great shots above
You can check more from SS (his new handle) below
Photographer Scott Strelecki
http://www.badlandphotography.com/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/photosaucer
Aug 29 2008
8:00P
Yesterday’s (w/ Lo Pan & Treasure Cat)
Wheeling, West Virginia
Aug 30 2008
8:00P
Ravari Room - w/ Lo-Pan & Rebreather
Columbus, Ohio
Aug 31 2008
10:00P
Small’s (Post-Hamtramck Fest w/ Lo Pan & Wastelander)
Hamtramck, Michigan
Ice Cube is coming back to Detroit to support his new record "Raw Footage"
MCB has always been a fan of Ice Cube - We met him WAY back in the day when a friend of ours came out to LA and bought the 64 green impala in some of the Dre video's - that car was shipped back to Detroit and sold (still here in the city if I am not mistaken)
Looks like IC is scheduling In-Store Meet & Greets so check here for updates
anyway - Tuesday September 16th he is playing over in Mt Clemens at The Emerald Theatre - we are working on getting a press pass for this one but in the meantime the 1st reader to hit us up for a pair of tickets gets them - we need a full name for will call list.
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BLUE BLACK HOURS / THE NEW DEBUTANTES
Here is today's blog - Bill
Bill Kettelhut provides the "blog" to this anti-blog
He has a radio program on WXOU out of Oakland University
Wild At Heart
Labor Day Weekend Extravaganza
Not sure how excited I am about Labor Day since I have been unemployed for
almost a year, but this is a big weekend with a lot of fun stuff going on.
Labor Day is a federal holiday observed on the first Monday in September
since its start in 1882 as the Central Labor Union sought to create "a day
off for the working citizens". Now some might joke that a lot of today’s
labor force already takes enough time off but I’ll play nice (i.e. – get
back to work and read this blog during your lunch break).
Besides being a day of rest, Labor Day means different thing to different people.
For some it signals the end of summer and for others the start of the NFL and NCAA
Football seasons (I’m sure fans of the Lions, Spartans and Wolverines have
there stomachs tied in knots since all three programs have a rough start
which might show what there season might look like and it might not be
pretty).
Locally, there is the Mackinac Bridge where people may walk the length of the Mackinac Bridge. Whatever Labor Day means to you, just have a good weekend and be safe so you can get back to work on Tuesday in one piece. If you haven’t decided on what to do this weekend, let me make some suggestions.
Starting off is the 11th Annual Arts Beats & Eats in downtown Pontiac. Musically, it is a very sound festival with a lot of great local and national acts. Friday is a strong night for local artists including blues artist Harmonica Shah, Monkey Jacket,Hard Lessons, Twistin Tarantulas
and the Howling Diablos. You will also have performances by national acts Blues Traveler and Rusted Root so if you really want to rock out, this seems to be the best night for that. Also, the Crofoot will be hosting a “Metromix presents Encore” opening night after party with complimentary drinks provided until 10 p.m. courtesy of the Detroit Sports Club and live music by the Hard Lessons, Millions of Brazilians, Prussia and Our Brother the Megazord plus others. Saturday seems to be the day for country and jazz fans with artists such asThornetta Davis, Billy Currington, Boney James (a two-time Grammy nominee who is a saxophonist who popularized urban jazz - an updated version of contemporary jazz that contains elements of hip-hop). Sunday is kind of a mixed bag for me but despite 80’s rockers Loverboy, you do have a performance but funk and soul legend Chaka Khan. Local artists of note include Manna & Quail, Emily Rose, Robin Horlock Band, Broadzilla and the Muggs. There are a lot of other great local bands which
probably shows the biggest diversity of great local talent at the festival. Things wind down on Monday with national act Puddle of Mudd and local artists such as Jill Jack and the Ragbirds. Other reasons to go to Downtown Pontiac for this festival include the Guitar Hero Championships (sign up on www.artsbeatseats.com), numerous art vendors, a lot of fun things for the kids and ways to help yourself become more environmentally friendly.
This should be a great festival and I hope to see you down there. Of course, maybe you are looking to be a little more mellow atmosphere which would lead you to the Detroit Jazz Festival down at Hart Plaza and Campus Martius. This year the focus seems to be on more traditional jazz opening on Friday night with four-time Grammy Award winning jazz vocalist Dianne
Reeves.
This year’s line- up does have some uniqueness with “Mashed Potato Time” singer Dee Dee Sharp, The Derek Trucks Band (coming off a great performance at Rothbury) and jam band Stratospheerius. However, you will mostly hear just some great traditional jazz with artists like Pat Martino Quartet, Roy Hargrove Quintet, Count Basie Orchestra, DSO Civic Jazz
Orchestra and the Dizzy Gillespie All-Star Big Band. This is usually a nice
event to stroll around and take in the various stages if the weather stays
nice (only some showers on Saturday at this point look to hassle the weekend
so far).
Complete schedule at www.detroitjazzfest.com
Lastly, there is the 2008 Belle Isle Grand Prix. Like last year, Friday is
FREE admission day where you can watch some of the qualifying rounds and
check out some of the Meijer Family Fun Zone events. There will be some big
name musical acts at the races with performances by Sugar Ray on Saturday
and Everclear on Sunday. There are three races happening this weekend
including the IndyCar Series, the American Le Mans Series and the SPEED
world challenge.
For more information and full racing and entertainment schedules, go to www.detroitgp.com
Also, I just heard that Paxahau is putting on a special event this weekend to promote it’s 10th year anniversary. Since 1998 Paxahau has promoted electronic music and has grown to include a web archive, booking agency, record label and an event production company which puts on numerous events in the Detroit area including the popular Movement Festival.
The events include a pre-party on Thursday, August 28, 2008 at Exodus (located in Greektown) with music from DJ’s Chuck Flask, Rich Korach and John Johr, Saturday, August 30, 2008 at Oslowith Zip and Chuck Flask, Sunday, August 31, 2008 at Z’s Villafeaturing DJ’s Richie Hawtin, Magda, Rich Korach and Dan Bain and lastly Sunday, August 31, 2008at Northern Lights Loungewith Cassy and John Johr.
Full details can be found on their updated website, www.paxahau.com
If you are looking for some movie to check out, here is one that might interest you. Hollywood loves remakes since they feel the audience will be comfortable with the product and be more likely to plunk down the cost of a ticket over some new property. In this case, we are looking at the remake Death Race (originally released as Death Race 2000 which was directed by
John Carpenter and starred Sylvester Stallone and John Carradine). The original is a cross country race where pedestrians are run down for points (creating a wonderful pastime for real drivers) and a secret group is trying to bring an end to the race. Transplant the race into a future where the race is now a pay-per-view event for a prison (the winner of 5 races gets
parole). Ex-NASCAR champion Jensen Ames (Jason Statham) gets framed for killing his wife and sent to prison where he is supposed to race in place of the newly killed Frankenstein (who wore a mask so nobody knows his true identity). The warden is totally vicious and played nicely by Joan Allen but that is all the praise I can really give for the film. As the warden is trying to make sure nobody survives this race, Jensen tries to find a way to get revenge on his wife’s killer (who is in the prison) and to find a way to escape. The film has some nice moments but none of the overall fun of the original which I think to confine it into a traditional prison movie. I would suggest renting the original and seeing this update only if you really are a Stratham fan (though this doesn’t have a lot of his trademark fighting of the Transporter films which would have helped). Grade C-.
Alice Cooper rocked the State Fair last night, effectively ending the best of their concert schedule but you can still go to check out the wonderful Miracle Of Life exhibit, the half-snake/half snake lady (you just got to love a fair with freaks), a display by the Michigan Sports Hall Of fame,
fishing on the pond, the world’s largest stove, seeing the best livestock Michigan has to offer and of course the best artery hardening food we have to offer. I spent three nights down there and enjoyed just wondering around.
I also spent some time at the Next Shot Golf Center which is a permanent fixture of the buildings down there but they were offering demos during the fair. I tried some of the holes on the Pebble Beach course which was kind of neat for those gold fans who don’t like golfing in the snow. This is a nice way to keep your game sharp. Check them out if you get down there.
I hope everyone has a great weekend and that I see you at some of these
wonderful Labor Day events. Take care and talk to you again on Tuesday since
Monday is Labor Day and I’ll be busy. Peace Out.
Land of Talk will be playing Grand Rapids on October 8th - "Some are Lakes" MP3
East Village Opera Company!
Audrye Sessions are a new Oakland quartet who just finished recording with Andrew Scheps (U2, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Johnny Cash) and Matt Radosevich (The Hives, Taking Back Sunday) to create their remarkable self-titled debut album for Black Seal,
available everywhere digitally September 30th.
First single "Turn Me Off" MP3
First Single “I’d Rather Be With You” from Joshua Radin
We got a few copies coming of the new release from Seabird who are playing a show in Orion MI on October 10th - more details soon - WE WILL HAVE SOME FREEBIES SOON!
MUSSELL BEACH MUSIC FESTIVAL
Fri/Sat/Sun Aug 29th/30th/31st 2008
The Cadiuex Cafe
4300 Cadieux
Detroit MI
Aug 29 2008
The Somethings 9pm
D’Carlo 10pm
Mega Weedge 11pm
Aug 30 2008
The T-Radicals 9pm
The Potty Mouthed Sissys 10pm
The Crooks 11pm
Aug 31 2008
The Weathervane Cocks 9pm
Vox Maui 10pm
Simplicity 11pm
Jesse Passage & The Lodge
Friday August, 29 2008
Jacoby’s 313
624 Brush Street
Detroit, Michigan
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THE ONE & ONLY “POLKA FLOYD”
RETURNS TO DETROIT TO ROCK THE HAMTRAMCK LABOR DAY FESTIVAL!
After a rousing performance at The Hamtramck Festival last year, Toledo’s own The POLKA FLOYD show, “Pink Floyd done Polka style” tribute band makes a return appearance to the stage on Sunday, September 1 at the Hamtramck Labor Day Festival.
The POLKA FLOYD show pays tribute to Pink Floyd in their own way, featuring classic material from throughout the band’s history from the early Syd Barrett period to the epic “The Wall”, including “Comfortably Numb” the first song they covered together as a band. They have also performed the seminal “Dark Side of the Moon” album in its entirety.
What started out as a fun band rehearsal has taken on a life of i ts own. Along with their many headlining performances, the Polka Floyd show has also opened for notable acts including Unknown Hinson and ? & The Mysterians. They were also invited to play music festivals: The Shamybash in Columbus, Detroit Cityfest and the Hamtramck Festival’s “Polka Palooza.”
They have since taken the show on the road to enthusiastic audiences from Cleveland to Fargo.
In 2008, Static Records released their self-titled debut album that gives a unique spin on seven classic Pink Floyd tracks from six different albums that span three decades
The show is Sunday, September 1 at 3:30pm on the North Stage at the annual Hamtramck Labor Day Festival located on Jos Campau between Caniff and Carpenter in Hamtramck’s business district. The festival which runs all weekend is free and open to all ages.
www.polkafloyd.com
www.myspace.com/polkafloyd
For more information on this event please email info@staticrecords.com
Don Caballero in the Pike Room
Prussia and Zoos of Berlin in The Vernors Room
Ann Arbor Dub Project at The Eagle Theatre
And you thought Arts Beats and Eats was the place to be - check out the line up at The Crofoot Complex (the shows above are all on Friday!!!)
Check out www.thecrofoot.com for all the details
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Since they are skipping Detroit on the way to Chicago we figured to offer a copy of the latest up for grabs - 1st reader to email us - GONE
FREE MP3
"Love and Lust" Free Download
"I'm Not The Man You Think I am" Video on Pitchfork TV
Although their story is probably new to most North Americans, both Theobaldo and Pires have long been accomplished in their own rights overseas, with and outside of their work in Telepathique. Pires’ solo work as a vocalist is steeped in African and Brazilian music traditions, and Theobaldos remix of “Dadinho” on the ‘City Of God” soundtrack became a smash hit (he also produced Brazilian artists Otto and BiD, to wide acclaim.)
Vital and immediate throughout, the record’s range of influences is stunning and the integration of those elements is enthralling, urban and provocative. “Sex, Drugs And Funk & Roll” mixes raw pop guitar with the gritty carioca of their cities’ ghettos, “UR A Joke” pairs simple throbbing techno synth with Pires’ conversational vocals—she tells the listener that she belongs to them, then coldly throws dismissive insults: equal parts turn on and fuck off; a perfect alchemy for dance tension. “Love and Lust” draws on European electro-pop, delivering a groove with a mechanically German coolness.
“Telefunk” and “Wild”, clocking in at six and a half and seven and a half minutes each, respectively, show Telepathique’s expert ability to be both expansive and progressively beat-heavy. Amazingly, Last Time On Earth was intimately recorded and produced by the duo using only a laptop, a couple of microphones, synths, a guitar, Pires’ voice, and the pair’s genius beat instincts.
www.myspace.com/telepathique
http://www.controlgroupco.com/
U.S. "Knowle West Boy" Tour With Tricky
Sept. 4: New York, NY @ The Filmore at Irving Plaza
Sept. 5: Philadelphia, PA @ The Trocadero
Sept. 6: Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club
Sept. 8: Chicago, IL @ House Of Blues (its only 4 hr drive)
Jazz Cafe at Music Hall presents:
The After Jazz Fest Jam Session(s)
Friday, Saturday and Sunday, August 29, 30 & 31, at 10 PM and will be the
defacto Jazz hot spot to be, and play ,after the lights go down at The Detroit Jazz Fest. Musicians are encouraged to bop on over after the Jazz Fest closes on Friday through Saturday, and for a paltry $5, jam with fellow Jazz Fest performers as well as other local musicians for an
inspired late night of impromptu creativity.
Each night will have a designated musical ringleader:
Friday- R.J. Spangler
Saturday- Carl Cafagna
Sunday- Patrick Prouty
The After Jazz Fest Jam Sessions give jazz musicians of all genres an opportunity to play in the intimate art-deco atmosphere of Jazz Cafe at the Music Hall. All sets start at 10pm.
Non-musicians are also welcome.
Admission is $5
Phone 313 887 8532 or visit jazzcafe@musichall.org
www.myspace.com/jazzcafedetroit for more details.
After Jazz Fest Jam Session
August 29, 30, 31
10pm
$5 cover
Jazz Cafe at Music Hall
350 Madison Avenue
Detroit, MI 48226
jazzcafe@musichall.org
313.887.8532
MCB's Amy Palomar was the final presenter at Detroit's 1st Pecha Kucha Night held at The Atwater Brewery on JosCampau and Jefferson in Detroit
Sponsered by AIA-Detroit and Detroit Synergy - this event brings emerging professionals together for image presentations on design and form
check out www.pecha-kucha.org for more info
The next Pecha Kucha Detroit will be on November 25th 2008
Kirk, Here is today's blog - Bill
"Wild Bill" Kettelhut provides the "blog" to this anti-blog
He has a radio program on WXOU out of Oakland University
Wild At Heart
You know your city has a bad rap when the lead guitarist of a Christian band
(Third Day) takes a cheap shot at you during a performance. On Thursday, he
joked that he was a bit afraid of playing a USO show in Iraq for the troops
when he was reminded that they had played Detroit before.
Yeah it’s funny, but you wish it wasn’t so.
The Olympics is finally over and I must admit that I enjoyed watching them
this year, esp beach volleyball, team volleyball, BMX (did you see some of
the wipe outs – Ouch!), women’s basketball and events with Phelps and Bolt.
For most track, gymnastics and swimming events, I hate watching the
qualifiers but I like to see the final events. I still can’t get into Equestrian or floor exercises (maybe because looking at cute girls in those form fitting outfits whom you know are underage makes me feel creepy). I missed the closing ceremony but I thought the opening was spectacular (and I don’t care about what might have been faked with regards to the fireworks)
proving that there are some talented film people in China such as Zhang Yimou, the director of such wonderful films as Raise the Red Lantern, Hero and House Of Flying Daggers.
While his work on the Olympics is amazing, I can’t help but think about some of the hardships he encounters in his youth due to his parents involvement with the Nationalist
party when he was forced to give up his studies and spent time as a farm laborer and as a cotton textile mill. At the age of 27, he had to write a personal appeal to the Ministry of Culture.
Luckily for us and the Chinese government, the authorities relented and admitted him into the Department of Cinematography.
Speaking of politics, I had the opportunity to talk with James Brown last week.
This is not the Godfather of Soul, but the drummer of UB40 who was in town last Friday. UB40 is one of the biggest recording acts in England having around 50 top 40 hits and they put on a wonderful show. They got their start by claiming unemployment (using the UB40 form or Unemployment Benefit, Form 40) and they used their first check to help promote their
first gigs.
There current album, "TwentyFourSeven", is the last to feature Ali Campbell who left for solo work after 30 years with the band and replaced by his brother Duncan. Brown said the album is their most political in a long time and a lot of their early work touched on themes of
unemployment and racism, though when I asked about the politics of Briton, he was more interested in the US. He said that the British are very interested in our election (probably more so that most Americans) and said that most are hoping that Obama gets elected and brings a change to our policies. He feels Obama represents something which is hard to pin down but
similar to past presidents like Kennedy and Reagan. I had to miss their show for the Commodores, though I had seen them last year and hope they come back
around again.
Speaking of drummers, I went to see Def Leppard and enjoyed watching Rick Allen, the drummer who lost his arm but has managed to retool his drum kit to allow him to play using his one good arm and both his feet using an electronic kit.
Incredible! The guy rocks and the rest of the band aren’t that bad either. Also, the movie The Rocker is officially out. This is the story of a failed drummer (must be a theme this week) who is given a second chance at fame. Robert "Fish" Fishman (the Office's Rainn Wilson) is an extremely passionate drummer for the eighties hair band Vesuvius, who is living the rock n' roll
dream in Cleveland until he is kicked out of the band.
Twenty years later with crushed dreams and working in an office, he hears that his nephew's
high school rock band A.D.D. is looking for a new drummer.
They reluctantly make him the newest member of the band to play for the prom. After an
embarrassing finish to the set, he gets kicked out. He feels awful and tries to make good by getting them a real gig. A viral video of a nude "Fishman" drumming catapults them to success and the band goes on tour, culminating at a gig where they open for Vesuvius with hilarious results. I thought this was a very funny movie showing Wilson can carry a
movie and he is supported very nicely by Teddy Geiger (from my hometown of
Rochester, NY), Emma Stone and Josh Gad, who could actually play a real gig.
Christina Applegate plays the love interest in the movie and William Arnett
as Vesuvius’ lead singer. There are a few head-shaking moments but overall,
it is enjoyable to watch esp for the Beatles parallels (look for a cameo by
Pete Best). Grade: B.
Yesterday was a very 80’s day for me at the Regeneration tour. Naked Eyes
started the show with a nice set including "Always Something There To Remind
Me" and "Promises, Promises". A Flock Of Seagulls are hard for me to watch
nowadays but most of the audience enjoyed such hits as "I Ran" and "Space
Age Love Song". ABC came out and rocked the place with some new songs as
well as hits like "Poison Arrow" and "Be Near Me". Belinda Carlisle put on a
set of her solo hits and some Go-Go’s favorites. She is looking really good
these days. The stars of the night were Human League who I wished could have
played a longer set, but this was one of my favorite shows of the year.
This also sets up Friday’s show at the Royal Oak Music Theatre up nicely when
Squeeze and Aimee Mann take the stage. Tune in to Wild At Heart on WXOU
88.3FM (or online at http://www.blogger.com/www.wxou.org) between 8-10AM Thursday morning to win tickets to the show.
There is a lot going on this week starting with the Michigan State Fair, first held in 1849. From a music point of view, there is not much action this year with only a few name acts on the line up and most of them generic or aimed at kids such as Corbin Bleu of High School The Musical fame tonight and ex-Cheetah Girl Raven Symone on Tues.
We can purge ourselves on Wed when Alice Cooper returns for a rocking show. Despite the anemic lineup, I always enjoy hanging out at the fishing pond and trying out the bow target
shooting. I will hopefully run into some of you there and will post a special blog on Thursday talking more about the fair along with movie reviews of ‘Lakeview Terrace’ and ‘Death Race’. Also, I’ll look at line-up at Arts Beats and Eats and the Belle Isle Grand Prix.
Have a good week and see you all later and look at www.myspace.com/wildatheart_13 for more info about what’s happening.
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August 19, 2008 - Innerpartysystem brought their unique blend of pop, electronic and punk to the Crofoot in Pontiac MI as a part of the Hope for the Hopeless Tour w/ Kill Hannah, Medic Droid and The White Tie Affair.
Cherie Stangis scored an exclusive interview with Jared Piccone, drummer and vocalist for the group plus nailed a nice set of photos for MCB
"With guitarist and synthesist Kris Barman supplying the concert goers with a rampant beat of pop and electronic mixes in the background, drummer Jared Piccone took a few minutes before their show talk the group. Hailing from Mohnton, PA (population approx. 2,000), innerpartysystem is comprised of Patrick Nissley (vocals), Jared Piccone (drums and vocals), Kris Barman (Guitar, Synth and Vocals) and Jesse Cronnan (Synth, Samples and Vocals).
According to Jared, he and Kris and Patrick and Jesse have friendships dating back to public school. They jammed with a variety of bands in the Mohton area before coming together and forming innerpartysystem. Down to earth and imminently likable, Jared shared what he believes to be the secret of innerpartysystem’s success, making music that inspires and excites their audience, while staying true to themselves.
The recording of their first EP, The Download EP took nearly two years. During most of that time, the group members lived in Jared’s home, a dwelling about the size of a one bedroom apartment. The Download EP was released in November of 2007 and the band began touring in early 2008, with a lengthy stint in the UK.
When asked about inspiration, Jared noted that lead singer Patrick Nissley writes most of lyrics for their songs and reported that they are “stories about things in his (Patrick’s) life.” Stories, said Jared, familiar to all the members of the group, due to their long standing relationships, “I’ll hear them and remember the event because I was there or heard about it.”
While admitting to laying down a “pop” sound in the studio, Jared revealed that their live performances tend to be edgy, aggressive and raw. After hearing them live, it’s easy to spot the “verse, chorus, verse” ode to pop and rock with a big nod to punk and electronica.
Awaiting the drop of their full length recording in September of 2008, Jared doesn’t see an end in sight to touring, at least until 2009 “I was told that most groups, after they drop their first album, are on the road for two years.” He looks forward to heading back to the UK because “we really took off there” to the point that they will be headlining their shows."
Check out their music, videos, tour dates and more:
http://www.innerpartysystem.com
http://www.myspace.com/innerpartysystem
See more photos from MCB's Cherie Stangis
http://flickr.com/cstangis
If you are a new reader of MCB you are probably wondering how we get all this stuff to give away to on the website...well its complicated - we buy somestuff (usually local bands or artists at a show we hit up) or the bands themselves contact us to offer freebies and then the PR companies and record labels are all over us to provide "coverage" for their artist while in detroit
We all always ask for freebies for the readers and then hook you up!
Here is a good one from our good friends over at Bloodshot Records
FREE CD: DON'T TELL COLUMBUS from Graham Parker
to the 1st reader to email us GONE
Graham Parker Live
Friday September 5th 2008 at Callahan's in Auburn Hills
"You can tell he was inspired in writing these 12 new songs, because they serve up verse after verse, each one sharper than the last, and the bare-bones pub-rock arrangements provide plenty of room for Parker to unleash some of the finest rock and soul singing of his career."
Sometimes an artist is anointed a “legend.” Sometimes this artist’s body of work is so consistently lauded, of such ongoing interest and creativity, the audience might be tempted to take the level of craft for granted. Sometimes such an artist, after a time of flying beneath the radar, emerges with a run of stunning material ascending beyond time and genre. Sometimes this artist casts a shadow large enough they are known by just their initials.
Graham Parker is such an artist and this is his time. Thirty years into a storied career in rock ‘n’ roll that began with his band The Rumour (pre-saging new wave, pub rock and punk) Graham Parker finds himself at the absolute top of his game and in the midst of a extended creative hot streak. Hot on the heels of the Bloodshot releases Your Country (2004), Songs of No Consequence (2005), the seething digital-only single about Iraq—the now sadly outdated "2000 Funerals" - and the blistering live album 103 Degrees in June (2006), Don’t Tell Columbus crackles with desperation and redemption sung with rich, passionate power. And hooks. Lots and lots of effortless hooks. Yes, the new millennium has thus far been very good to GP and music fans reap the rewards. Suffused with the heft of the epic, Don’t Tell Columbus’s lyrical and emotional resonance straddles the Atlantic and evinces GP’s stature as one of the most gifted writers in rock ‘n’ roll.
From the personal and metaphorically grand “The Other Side of the Reservoir” to the overtly political and swinging “Stick to the Plan,” this album ripples with tension between the melancholic, the urgent and the hopeful. Parker’s biting social commentary is in full force here; only GP can have you happily humming along to songs swaddled in desperate loneliness and internal mayhem. It is unhealthy, perhaps even obscene, that someone should be able to come up with an album this good this far into their career."
Friday, September 5th at Callahan's
2105 South Blvd. – Auburn Hills, MI
Tickets $20 ADV - $25 DOS
Showtime 8:30pm
We got a copy of the DEBUT ALBUM "COME BACK TO LOUISIANA" OUT NOW ON ALLONS RECORDS for the 1st reader who hits up up with a mailing address -
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Michael Hurtt and his Haunted Hearts Play Inaugural Dates in Detroit
w/Bones Maki, Jennie Knaggs & the Sure Shots, The Homeville Circle
Two Shows = Two Chances:
Saturday August 30th See The Hearts at Hamtramck Labor Day Festival at 4pm
and then later that evening @ PJ's Lager House at 11pm
Formed in 2004 with the singular goal of resurrecting New Orleans' once-rich, now nearly invisible hillbilly music heritage, in Come Back To Louisiana, Michael Hurtt and his Haunted Hearts remind listeners once again that soul singer Ernie K-Doe hit the nail squarely on the head when he memorably stated, "I'm not sure, but I think, all music came from New Orleans.
"That would include music of the rarified and rural string band variety. Whether you call it hillbilly, country, honky-tonk or rockabilly; its place in Crescent City history can't be denied: from western swing forerunners Al Bernard and Clarence Williams to Jody Leavins—whose original 1952 country rendition of "Mardi Gras Mambo" paved the way for the Hawkettes' perennial favorite—it was a strain that seemed to disappear into the Confederate mist around the time WWL's pioneering all-night trucker radio broadcast The Road Gang pulled up stakes, hauling its once-proud proclamation of "Originating From New Orleans" with it.
Exploding onto the Crescent City scene with R&B iconoclasts the Royal Pendletons in the early '90s, Michael Hurtt had long dreamed of a versatile string band that conjured the country music's hidden history; one rooted in the swamplands of the Gulf Coast that sidestepped the all-too-common curse of New Orleans provincialism to salute long-disregarded hillbilly strongholds like Detroit, Cincinnati, Memphis and all points--rural and urban--in between.Armed with a box of scratchy 45s, an acoustic guitar, and a clutch of backwoods numbers that he'd penned during a barnstorming European tour with Tav Falco's Panther Burns, Hurtt hooked up with like-minded guitarist J.D. Mark, multi-instrumentalist Mitch "Wichita Falls" Palmer—a triple threat on banjo, steel and take-off electric guitar—and upright bass master John "Bacon Grease" Trahey. Shifting gears effortlessly from Deep South rockers to Bayou ballads to true-blue hillbilly swing, the Haunted Hearts' first show forecast a star-crossed future.
Debuting in September 2004 as a hurricane roared towards New Orleans, the band plied their Dixie-fried trade throughout the Gulf Coast and Mid-South, making fans as varied as gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson, Black Oak Arkansas singer Jim Dandy and renegade record producer Kim Fowley, who envisioned a documentary about the band's exploits entitled Gumbo Confidential.But no one could envision the outcome of the docudrama brought about by the federal levee failures in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, a short year later.
Scattered to the winds while their homes lay in peril; not allowed back into the city to even assess the damage, the Hearts gathered at Memphis's Electraphonic Studio to record what would become as much an aural snapshot of this strange twilight period of suspended animation as it would their contribution to country music's deep catalog legacy.
Engineered live-in-the-studio by Bo-Keys bassist Scott Bomar (musical director for the recent films Hustle and Flow and Black Snake Moan) the session kicked off with Jay Chevalier's 1963 "Come Back to Louisiana," recently named the state's official recovery song, but the Hearts' opening theme since day one. Fittingly, it came to an end with the haunting "Trouble on the Road," a tale of hurricane exile sparked by Chevalier and Trahey in those first dark days of uncertainty.In between, the band dusted off timelessly relevant ancientry like Whitey Knight's "Another Brew, Bartender," Tommy Scott's "Juke Joint Girl" and Ford Nix's "Ain't No Sign I Wouldn't If I Could." They lived up to their name with foreboding, minor-keyed obscurities like Devora Brown's "You Can't Stop Me From Loving You" and the Country Dudes' "Have A Ball." They even threw in a little double-entendre auto-erotica in the form of Tommy Odom's "She Won't Turn Over For Me," since featured in the opening sequences of NPR's Car Talk.
Cherry-picking from their own discography, they mined half a dozen originals that range from the straight-ahead ("I Can't Say I'm Sorry For Being Myself") to the swinging ("I'm On My Last Go 'Round," "I'm Not Going Down With The Ship"); the sinister ("Mean, Mean Moon," "Hey Little Tornado") to the ethereal ("I Dreamed By Starlight").
The result is a rock-a-bayou testament that transcends mere genres and shatters much revisionist history, echoing the rough-and-ready sounds of white-hot hillbilly jazz erupting into rock 'n' roll.Self-released in 2006 to limited distribution, Come Back to Louisiana recently received the promotion it's long deserved courtesy of New Orleans' Allons Records, who have expanded the release to include not-to-be-missed liner notes courtesy of local historian and Hearts aficionado Patrick "The Lakeview Kid" Davis.
A long-awaited vinyl edition is set for release later this year.
Check them out - http://www.myspace.com/hauntedhearts
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MCB's newest contributor Jessica Smith was over at The Summer Smash on Friday night and produced these eye poppers of Sons of the Gun, Hotness, Beggars and Oblisk.
Check out more of her stuff at http://www.flickr.com/gemjess/
This coming weekend is The 28th Annual Hamtramck Labor Day Festival and on Sunday just after the infamous perogi eating contest - Swamp Sisters will be playing a short set of about 20-30 minutes. The girls don't really get out and play shows to often but recorded a song for The Ghouls Delight Record from Bellyache Records and most recently contributed their talents to Nightmare Sinema and Wolfman Mac.
MCB will be onsite to get a video interview and footage for you but don't use that as an excuse for not getting to the show to check them out - Swamp Sisters are truly a detroit original that should not be missed when you have the chance.
As for Nightmare Sinema - in case you didn't hear the kids from The School of Rock in Royal Oak have teamed up with Wolfman Mac himself and will be providing the music to the shows and performing in costume as well. MCB has an video interview lined up for Sept 11 on the set so stay tuned for that one real soon - it should be fun.
Check this video out when we caught up with Mac Kelly over at Detroit Comics
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yep - you read it right - we got a free pair of passes to this kick-ass show
1st emailer at GONE - way GONE gets added to the will-call list for the detroit show
ADDED BONUS: I am offering up my personal Cheech-y-Chong Los Conchinos mint condition LP as shown above to anyone that can tell me what will be the 1st song played at this concert at The Fillmore Detroit - its a stretch but I don't want to really give up this record.
Cheech & Chong Light Up America
Saturday, September 20, 2008
The Fillmore Detroit (formerly State Theatre)
Doors: 6:00 pm Show: 7:30 pm
2115 Woodward
Detroit, MI 48201
MCB's Amy Palomar hooked us up with a brief video from The Chopper Show Detroit last weekend where she fed the homeless - captured a rainbow over the desimated Tiger Stadium - Rocked out to the meltdowns
www.thechoppershowdetroit.com for info on next years show
free copy of "Under Summer Sun" from Matt Wertz to the 1st reader who asks for it and includes a mailing address - GONE
Matt Wertz "Under The Summer Sun" Coming 9/16
"5:19" Free Download
Matt Wertz is from Liberty, Missouri, but has called Nashville, Tennessee, home for the last seven years. It seems fitting that he would be writing his own biography on the cusp of his first major label release, just as he did eight years ago before releasing his first independent album. This time, though, he's not trying to play it off like he didn't write it. Matt goes on to say "The record that will be released on Universal Republic is called "Under Summer Sun" and it is a combination of my favorite songs from my first few independent releases, like "5:19" and "Everything's Right," as well as four new songs. Among the new tracks are "Waiting," an introspective bedroom song that deals with the fear that I'm "growing old but not quite growing up," and "Summer Sun," my best effort at a nostalgic summer love song in the vein of Stevie Wonder musically and Don Henley emotionally. And the rest of the songs will strike a chord with anyone who enjoys soulful, carefree, singer-songwriter pop music."
Catch Matt Wertz On Tour and here in Detroit at Clutch Cargos on Sept 1st
With Gavin Degraw
Aug. 21 Rochester, NY Nola's
Aug. 23 Wantagh, NY Mulchany's
Aug. 24 Wilmington, DE Grand Opera House
Aug. 26 Asheville, NC Orange Peel
Aug. 27 Knoxville, TN Tenessee Theater
Aug. 28 Nashville, TN City Hall
Aug. 29 Memphis, TN Memphis Agricenter
Sept. 01 Pontiac, MI Clutch Cargo's
Sept. 03 New York, NY Terminal 5
Sept. 04 Boston, MA Wilbur Theater
Sept. 07 Dewey Beach, DE Bottle & Cork
Sept. 08 Baltimore, MD Ram's Head Live
MCB is planning a NYC trip to visit MOTORCITYBAR at the end of October and part of the plan is to check these guys out who seriously take it town and then some - no detroit dates but maybe we can talk them into a show for our MOTORCITYBLOG party in December??
TK WEBB AND THE VISIONS
FREE MP3 download: "Teen Is Still Shaking"
Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/tkwebbandthevisions
August 29 - Spark - Syracuse, NY
September 1 - The Czar Bar - Kansas City, MO
September 4 - El Corazon - Seattle, WA *
September 5 - Dantes - Portland, OR $
September 6 - The Great American Music Hall - San Francisco, CA *
September 7 - The Echo - Los Angeles, CA #
September 8 - The Clubhouse - Phoenix, AZ *
September 10 - Red 7 - Austin, TX *
September 11 - Rudyards - Houston, TX *
September 12 - One Eyed Jacks - New Orleans, LA *
September 13 - Drunken Unicorn - Atlanta, GA *
September 14 - Local 506 - Chapel Hill, NC *
September 15 - Rock and Roll Hotel - Washington, DC *
September 16 - Johnny Brenda's - Philadelphia, PA *
September 17 - Bowery Ballroom - New York, NY **
w/ Witchcraft & Graveyard$
w/ Witchcraft, Danava, Akimbo, Graveyard#
w/ Earthless, Witch, The Warlocks, Graveyard, Ancestors, Night Horse, Assemble Head In Sunburst Sound
1st reader to email us - GONER gets a copy of this great motorcity music from Jody Raffoul
JODY RAFFOUL SETS THE STAGE FOR FIRST-EVER U.S. ALBUM RELEASE
"BIG SKY" IN-STORES SEPTEMBER 16, 2008
"There are not many musicians that can say their music appeals equally to fans of Kid Rock, Nickelback, Collective Soul, Joe Cocker, Blues Traveler, Richard Marx, and the Allman Brothers. JODY RAFFOUL is not your average artist. Not only has he shared the stage with all of these aforementioned acts, JODY was also the National winner of Bon Jovi’s 2006 “Have a Nice Gig” contest, in which he was hand-picked and announced personally by Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora. JODY went on to open a sold out show at Giant’s Stadium in Bon Jovi’s home state of New Jersey. BIG SKY – which is JODY RAFFOUL’s first national U.S. album release, via Fontana/Universal on September 16 - is poised to be his big breakthrough.
Originally hailing from a small town in Southern Ontario, Canada, RAFFOUL relocated to Detroit, Michigan where he perfected an equal parts roots rock and pop sound that easily appeals to fans of both musical styles. JODY is a confirmed road dog, averaging over 200 shows per year. Previous albums include 2000’s Simple Life and 2004’s Like A Star; which have sold collectively in excess of 25,000 from live show sales alone and has set the stage for BIG SKY’s U.S. album release. BIG SKY is over an hour long, loaded with melodic and memorable tunes, including the album’s leadoff single, “Stay (with me),” a track which combines an infectious beat with lyrics that deal with newfound love, the beautiful ballad “Little Black Car,” and the rhythmic album opener, “Chasing Paper.”
JODY RAFFOUL’s profile is increasing rapidly. He will be the featured “Artist On The Rise” for the month of September on Windows Media.com. The Ecast Network providing digital music to over 10,000 bars and nightclubs across the country will also be supporting JODY nationwide. Fans will get their first listen of BIG SKY when the album is added as a “Featured Pre-Release” to the Network starting August 20th.
The new video for “Stay (with me)” features a special guest appearance from drummer Ryan Hoyle of Collective Soul and was produced/directed/edited by Robin Davey (Buckcherry, Drowning Pool, The Bastard Fairies, The Canary Effect).
The early accolades for BIG SKY have already begun to pour in. “BIG SKY is the long forgotten sound of a great rock record. What a pleasure to listen to, let alone mix,” says the album senior mix engineer Al Sutton (Kid Rock and Sheryl Crow). “BIG SKY is rock in its purest form - uncut, un-stepped on, with sincerity, power and tremendous skill,” adds the album senior mastering engineer Greg Calbi (John Mayer, U2, Bob Dylan, Once Soundtrack, and Flight of the Conchords).
On Tuesday, September 23rd at 6:30pm, JODY RAFFOUL will be making an in-store appearance at the FYE in the Macomb Mall Shopping Center (located at 32233 Gratiot Avenue, Roseville, MI 48066-1147), where he will be signing BIG SKY and performing live. A few night later, the official BIG SKY CD release party will be held on Thursday, September 25th at 7:00pm at Fifth Avenue in Royal Oak, MI. Admission to this show is by purchasing a copy of BIG SKY at any one of nine participating FYE stores in the local Detroit metro area. A special ‘ticket’ will be printed on the receipt with purchase.
It’s apparent that JODY’s career is about to take off. Any true music lover will not be disappointed with BIG SKY. It’s an album worth the price.
http://jodyraffoul.com/
http://www.myspace.com/jodyraffoul
AUDIO STREAMS: Jody Raffoul “Stay (With Me)”
Windows Media: http://streaming.bitmax.net/iemarketing/stay.asx
Real Player: http://streaming.bitmax.net/iemarketing/stay.smil
The Annuals will be in town October 19 and we should have some tickets and CDs for giveaway and of course great photos and video interview with the band.
In the meantime check out this video and stay tuned for more details soon
Check out Amie Miriello
"I Came Around" available Sept. 2nd, 2008
FREE DOWNLOAD:
**Amie covering Smashing Pumpkins’ ‘Disarm’
***the focus of MCB for the most part is to provide info on local shows - things to do around town etc....we don't really do reviews (we leave that up to you to decide if a band sucks or an artist is great - are they any better/worse if someone writes a glowing or horrific review)
We like to pursue the elusive press pass for our photographers and video peeps
I could provide some additional insight but its sounding very bloggy so the point I am getting at here is we give away a bunch of freebies (probably more than any other website around town) and those relationships require a certain back scratching so....without any other explanation we offer up a few non-detroit related posts here or there so we can get more free tickets and CDs to give away....ahh..you know...who cares - here is some free shit to check out from a hot chick with a great voice
The folks at NECTO Ann Arbor hit us up about the deadmau5 World Tour coming up in a few weeks...and have offered up a few pairs of passes for you - the MCB readers
email us at motorcityblog@earthlink.net if you want to get into the event on Wednesday September 3rd to check out SYNDYBLU & SAXTAXI running the tables
need more info?:
Necto Night Club the: General Information Ann Arbor
E Liberty St
Ann Arbor, MI 48104
(734) 994-5436
http://www.thenecto.com/
This is more of a news item than we usually would post but check back here soon for a video interview with Gary and PJ as they talk about this month long set of shows that are a must see for any hard core detroit music fan.
Locals NOMO play with Julian Marley and The Uprising Band + HOT SAUCE in the summers final installment of Concert in the Park at Campus Martius
Starts Friday @ 11:30am and runs through 11pm or so
August 22nd 2008
The Greencards
Wednesday August 20th 2008
The Ark
316 S. Main St.
Ann Arbor, MI 48104
(734) 761-1818
WSG/Jedd Hughes
Show starts at 8 pm
Doors open at 7:30 pm
Bluegrass/Newgrass, Americana/Alt-Country, English/Canadian/Australian
"A breakthrough acoustic Americana trio--from overseas!"
The Greencards--one English fiddler and two Australian singer-instrumentalists--push the boundaries of Americana and bluegrass music, creating a sound that's all their own.
Formed in Austin in 2004, they've toured with Bob Dylan and Willie Nelson. Fiddler Eamon McLoughlin, vocalist Carol Young, and mandolinist Kym Warner are amazing virtuoso talents, but the trio is equally adept at sad, inward-looking numbers that draw from alternative country and folk styles.
"If you like Nickel Creek and the Dixie Chicks--bands that can really play and sing--then you’ll love The Greencards," says Kevin Connor of Austin's KGSR-FM radio.
Fresh from an appearance at the giant Bonnaroo festival in Tennessee, The Greencards have made the transition from newcomers to major talents of the Americana scene.
The Comedy of Billy West
Thursday - Saturday August 21st-23rd 2008
Ann Arbor Comedy Showcase
314 E. Liberty
Ann Arbor, Michigan 48103
If you have never "heard of" Billy West you have at least "heard" some of his 120+ voice overs in various cartoons and movies. His characters and impressions are classic.
Whether it be the voices of Ren & Stimpy, Futurama or the characters from The Howard Stern show this guy has created some of the funniest of them all - plus he is from Detroit.
Get on over to see him in Ann Arbor all weekend if you can for only $10
Hi Kirk - Here is today's blog - Wild Bill
Bill Kettelhut provides the "blog" to this anti-blog
He has a radio program on WXOU out of Oakland University
Wild At Heart
Did an extra long show today on WXOU 88.3FM (www.wxou.org for those out of
range) and was just sitting around the station trying to get in the mood to
write today’s blog when I realized I better hurry since my Judas
Priest/Motorhead show has an early 4:30PM start time.
I am really looking forward to seeing Motorhead tonight, who are a British metal band started by ex-Hawkwind bassist Lemmy after he got kicked out of the band in 1975. The
band is named after a song Lemmy wrote for Hawkwind, simply entitled
“Motorhead”. The band had a lot of British success with a bunch of great
songs such as “Ace Of Spades”, “No Class” and “Overkill” and has been
getting recent US exposure by doing Triple H’s theme music. Rock On!!!
This will also purge me from going to see the Jordan Sparks/Jesse McCartney
show at the Royal Oak Music Theatre. After this show, along with the Cute Is
What We Aim For and Paramore, I’m starting to feel like I’m auditioning for
‘How To Catch A Predator’, esp with the abundance of young teenage girls. To
be 16 again! Sigh! I’m still also trying to figure out if Jesse’s background
band singing Springfield’s “Jesse’s Girl” is really great marketing or just
plain creepy. I’m siding towards creepy!
Besides hitting a number of concerts, I did do some historical sightseeing.
I have always loved going to the Cranbrook Educational Community, esp the
Science Center, but I have never toured the House on the grounds which I
made the effort to do it this past week. Built in 1908, it is the oldest of
the area’s tourable mansions and was designed by the world famous architect
Albert Kahn. In this area, Kahn designed the Henry Ford’s Bob-Lo Island
dance hall, massive Ford River Rouge Plant, theFisher Building, the Edsel &
Eleanor Ford House, Battle Creek Post Office, The Detroit Newsand numerous
building on the U of M campus (10 of his buildings are recognized by
official Michigan historical markers). The Cranbrook House stands out
because despite Kahn’s unique stylistic voice, George Gough Booth was a
designer in his own right and helped put a little bit of his touch in the
building (such as a stained glass window of him with a fly on his
nose and a phantom George Washington with a fly swatter overhead). Booth
was an avid student of the Arts and Crafts movement and, together, brothers
Ralph and George Booth were major benefactors of the Detroit Institute of
Arts and worked with Scripps to publish the Detroit News. This is a very
beautiful house though one can only tour the main floor. The library itself
makes it worth touring so make sure to take some time before October to tour
it (don’t forget you can get free passes at your local library thanks to
Macy’s). You would like to go on a nice day so you can tour the gardens at a
leisurely pace. Go to www.cranbrook.edu for more information.
I also took a few moments to check out the Natatorium which has swim classes
open to the public and walked around the William Massie house, the first in
a series of ten prefabricated houses designed and constructed by him, which
harkens back to the home designs of the 1950’s. I can’t wait until it opens
for tours later this fall.
WXOU has been doing some events at the Parisian store at the Mall At
Partridge Creek which is still pretty new. While the events are fun, I never
walked the mall before so I did that this past weekend and found a few
surprises. The mall is open-air and has live music in the mall center on
weekends. There is also 2 bocce ball courts, an outdoor play area for the
kids and a MJR theatre. Customers are also allowed to bring their dogs into
the shopping center of which I saw every size and breed. They are "comfort
stations", with water and sanitation supplies for dog owners and some of the
stores will even have treats out for your canine buddies. Make sure to take
them to the Three Dog Bakery which caters to selling treats for their dogs.
The business was started by a guy who had a dog who couldn’t digest a lot of
foods and would make special treats for him which then started evolving to
giving them to friends and neighbors and of course
the rest is history. The treats are also human edible and esp great for
diabetics. The shops are tailored for a bunch of great clothing stores and
some nice restaurants. Fans of Swarovski crystal should check out this store
which has a limited edition crystal rhino (1 of only 8 in the country) and
can be won in a lottery by someone who joins their exclusive club. For more
info, go to http://www.shoppartridgecreek.com.
I also stopped out front at the Nino Salvaggio's grocery store which is a
higher end chain but had some nice samples out, included the new
Margarittaville Lime Flavored Tortilla Chips. They basically tasted like
lime flavored fruit loops so that is an interesting taste sensation. Not
sure what flavored salsa I would recommend!
That’s all for now so feel free to stop by my website
http://www.myspace.com/wildatheart_13 and tune in Thursday for another chance to win
tickets to the Aimee Mann/Squeeze show at Royal Oak Music Theatre on the
29th.
MCB's Cherie Stangis was over at The Artist Village of Detroit and had this to say about the Poets 4 Change '08 Event
"Poets 4 Change ’08 is a grass roots movement that the Ohio Spoken Word Poetry Community put together to promote political change and voter registration. Several states participated in this movement and the Artist Village Detroit did their part for the state of Michigan by holding an open mic night on Friday, August 15, 2008, sponsored by Oral Funk Poetry Productions. Hosted by Men-Tal, this even featured readings by several local poets. Backed by a blend of blues, jazz and hip hop, these poets spoke about matters near and dear to them.
The Artist Village of Detroit , also known as the Public Art Workz (PAWZ) http://www.publicartworkz.org is a non-profit organization striving to use murals as a way to force change and promote positive thinking within the community.
The Artist Village Detroit also holds an open mic poetry night every Saturday evening from 9 p.m. until 2 a.m. featuring poetry, hip-hop, jazz, singing and live bands."
See more photography from Cherie Stangis
at http://www.flickr.com/cstangis
The Graduate played this past Friday at The Magic Stick
MCB's Brett Lawrence was there and snapped these killer shots
See more from Brett at http://www.flickr.com/lawrencecreative
Hatch is currently accepting submissions for its next exhibit:
"WSG:Fake Flyers for Fake Gigs"
Starting Sunday, August 24 and throughout the month of September,Hamtramck's Cafe 1923 will be playing bulletin board to a growingcollection of outlandish concert flyers, posters, and handbills; andwe want YOUR designs!
Submit as many designs as you want. The flyer must promote an imaginary event.
Imaginary acts and venues are preferred; please don't use this exhibit to promote your own or upcoming show (besides,we know you have a great idea for band name -- here's your chance touse it).
Concert flyers are our focus, but all sorts of flyers (yardsales, lost pet, etc.) will be accepted, as long as they RAWK.Size/Format: 11" X 17" or smaller.
Printouts and photocopies preferred: send originals at your own risk, they will not be returned.
We will be treating these like actual flyers. They will be subject to tearing, staple damage, or may be partially covered over as the weeks go on.
How to submit:
On Sunday, August 24, 10 am - noon, bring submissionsin person to Cafe 1923, 2287 Holbrook Street, Hamtramck. We will be hanging on that day.
Hatch can print out black-and-white work, 8.5" x11" or smaller.
We'll be having an opening on Friday, August 29, 7-9pm.
Bring your own musical instrument and form a fake band with fellow attendees!
Come for the opening and then head uptown for the Hamtramck Labor DayFestival, where Hatch will have a booth.
In case you didnt make it down to the dream cruise
here are some shots from MCB's Paul Hitz
Check out TRON on the big screen at The Main Art this weekend
Rumor has it that TRON2 is on the way soon
8/14/08 Thursday's View- James Rotz
555 Gallery
4884 Grand River Ave
Detroit, Michigan 48208
(313) 894-4202
First Floor Gallery
A photographer born and raised in Northwest Indiana, he has photographed the landscape of the region to depict the contrast of its industrial might and nature that remains in its midst.
Artist Statement:
Netherfriends (08/11/08)
JehovahĘĽs Witness Protection Program (08/11/08)
The Whales (08/11/08)
Netherfriends on the way later tonight
ALL PHOTOS FROM MCB'S ROSS SANDELIUS
Want to hear some good ol' motorcity physcobilly music?
Head on over to the Stonehouse Bar of 8mile and Ralston
(just south of the state fair grounds)
Don't show up on Friday - the bar is closed for a "private event"
Graveside Manner
Saturday August 16th 2008
Doors at Noon - Music at 9pm
The Stonehouse Bar
19803 Ralston Street
Detroit, Michigan 48203
$5
w/ Swingin' Demons & The Somethings
MCB's GP caught up to the MDP a few weeks ago and snagged some cool detroit photos
On The ROCKs
Friday Aug 29, 2008 - 1:00 PM
Rustbelt Studios
118 E. Seventh St.
Royal Oak, 48067
Rustbelt Studios Open House on Friday, August 29th 1-6pm
Food, Drinks, Great Music (of course) and more!
Please RSVP to this event
OTRD is helping Rustbelt Studios throw a party on Friday August 29th from 1p-6p, and Detroit Bands are invited to experience the studio where albums by Kid Rock, Don Caballero, Pop Evil, The Sights, Detroit Cobras, The Muggs, Whitey Morgan, The Hentchmen, Jody Raffoul, D12, Sponge, Uncle Kracker, Electric Six and many more have been recorded and mixed!
Food, drinks, studio tours, great music (of course) - and a special appearance by Relapse Records' Don Caballero, who recorded their new cd 'Punkgasm' at Rustbelt and will be appearing at the Crofoot that night. We'll have 20 free tix to the show to give away!!!
RSVP by sending On the Rocks a message with band name, contact email & phone, and number of people attending. Bands who book 2+ days of studio time w/a $50 deposit will receive a free day of studio time! See you there!!!
Sponsored by: Zumbas, Vitamin H20, Bastone Brewery
UFO FACTORY / TIME STEREO presents:
NOIZE CAMP @ CAID
Saturday August 16th 2008
7:00 PM
THE CAID
5141 ROSA PARKS
NEW DETROIT, Michigan 48208
PRINCESS DRAGON-MOM
KELLY JEAN CALDWELL
DEMONS
THE UPROARS
COTTON MUSEUM
OWL RAGA
WINDY
NURSES
HOT DOGS
OUTSIDE
KIDS
CAMP FIRE
CHIPPY CHIP
CRAFT TABLE
ELECTRIC BEAR
ELECTRIC WATERMELON
ETC.
Detroit's 1st ever Pecha Kucha Night will be held Thursday Aug 21st 2008What is Pecha Kucha Night?
Each presenter is allowed 20 images, each shown for 20 seconds each - giving 6 minutes 40 seconds of fame before the next presenter is up. This keeps presentations concise, the interest level up, and gives more people the chance to show.
MCB's own Amy Palomar is one of the chosen participants for this event
Amy Palomar - Amy Pal Omar - Amy Palomar Photography
www.myspace.com/cherrybrooklyn /
Bio: Amy Palomar has been to Paris and New York and came back to Detroit. "I love our culture, there are things you can only find here and I want to share that with the world." In her first year pursuing Photography as a full time career Amy has been able to do just that.
Through her work with MOTORCITYBLOG.NET covering Detroit Nightlife and Fashion Amy was contacted by VISION, China's youth culture magazine, and was one of two featured Photographers for it's "Detroit Land of Hope" spread this past May. "I feel like I am finally doing what I am supposed to be doing."
Amy has been in eight shows in eight months with three more set for this fall. Four of those show have been with Exposure.Detroit. "It really is a great community of Photographers that want to help each other succeed. That's unusual and I think it's great."
By the time Pecha Kucha Night happens Amy Palomar will have just finished covering Dream Cruise with GM. Look for her photography to be published in Detroit Synergy 2009 Calendar. Amy Palomar is a Metro Detroit based Freelance Photographer available worldwide.
Detroit Volume #1
at Atwater Block Brewery
237 Joseph Campau, Detroit, Michigan 48207
United States
(313) 877-9205
http://www.atwaterbeer.com/
Thursday 21st August 2008
START 20:20
END 22:00
DOOR Free
Counting Crows is coming to Detroit August 29th out at DTE
Click on the widget above to get some of the goods from CC
Check back here soon to get free tickets to the show (we are working on it)
In the meantime - download a few free MP3's from CC here
Here are the tour details:
COUNTING CROWS ON TOUR WITH MAROON 5
August 12 - Saratoga Performing Arts Center - Saratoga Springs, NY*
August 13 - Bethel Woods Center for The Arts - Bethel, NY*
August 15 - New England Dodge Music Center - Hartford, CT*
August 16 - Nissan Pavilion - Washington, DC*
August 18 - Darien Lake Performing Arts Center - Buffalo, NY*
August 19 - Molson Amphitheatre - Toronto, ON*
August 21 - Post-Gazette Pavilion - Pittsburgh, PA*
August 22 - First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre - Chicago, IL*
August 23 - Marcus Amphitheater - Milwaukee, WI*
August 28 - Verizon Wireless Music Center Indianapolis - Indianapolis, IN+
August 29 - DTE Energy Music Theatre - Detroit, MI+
August 30 - Riverbend Music Center - Cincinnati, OH+
September 5 - Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion - Houston, TX+
September 6 - Superpages.com Center - Dallas, TX+
September 9 - Journal Pavilion - Albuquerque, NM+
September 10 - Cricket Wireless Pavilion - Phoenix, AZ+
September 12 - Verizon Wireless Amphitheater - Irvine, CA+
September 13 - Coors Amphitheatre - San Diego, CA+
September 17 - Shoreline Amphitheatre at Mountain View - Mountain View, CA+
September 18 - Sleep Train Pavilion - Concord, CA+
September 20 - Amphitheater at Clark County - Ridgefield, WA+
September 21 - White River Amphitheatre - Seattle, WA+
September 24 - Coors Amphitheatre at Fiddler's Green - Denver, CO+
September 26 - Starlight Theatre - Kansas City, MO+
September 27 - Verizon Wireless Amphitheater St. Louis - St. Louis, MO+
September 30 - Verizon Wireless Music Center Birmingham - Birmingham, AL+
October 1 - Lakewood Amphitheatre - Atlanta, GA+
October 3 - Ford Amphitheatre - Tampa, FL+
October 4 - Cruzan Amphitheatre - W. Palm Beach, FL+
* lineup includes Sara Bareilles+lineup includes Augustana
DATES WITH BEN FOLDS/THE HOLD STEADY/MELEE
Dec 2 - Newcastle Arena (w/ Ben Folds & Melee)
Dec 4 - Nottingham Arena (w/ Ben Folds & Melee)
Dec 5 - Wembley Arena - London (w/ Ben Folds & Melee)
Dec 7 - Manchester Arena (w/ Ben Folds & Melee)
Dec 8 - Cardiff Arena (w/ Ben Folds & Melee)
Dec 10 - BIC - Bournemouth
Dec 11- Brighton Centre (w/ Ben Folds & Melee)
Dec 13 - NEC Arena - Birmingham (w/ Ben Folds & Melee)
Dec 14 - Sheffield Arena (w/ Ben Folds & Melee)
Dec 16 - Brabanthallen - Den Bosch, Holland (w/ The Hold Steady & Melee)
Dec 20 - The O2 - Dublin, Ireland (w/ The Hold Steady & Melee)
Dec 21 - Odyssey Arena - Belfast, Ireland (w/ The Hold Steady & Melee)
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Free tickets AND cd from The Graduate who play the Magic Stick this coming Friday with a few other bands (SECONDHAND SERENADE * MY AMERICAN HEART * PLAYRADIOPLAY *THE GRADUATE * $14/$16 * ALL AGES...Secondhand Serenade is the Acoustic rock solo project of John Vesely from Menlo Park, California, USA.)
1st email to hit us WITH A MAILING ADDRESS gets the tickets on will call and the CD
these are gone man
(DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY OF YOU ARE 1ST TO HIT US UP BUT DONT INCLUDE A MAILING ADDRESS - "you lose sir - good day!")
Hi Kirk - Here is today's blog - Wild Bill
Bill Kettelhut provides the "blog" to this anti-blog
He has a radio program on WXOU out of Oakland University
Wild At Heart
RIP – to both Bernie Mac and Isaac Hayes. Bernie, best known for his TV series “The Bernie Mac Show”, died of complications of his respiratory disease at the age of 50. A great stand-up, who appeared in such movies as Bad Santa and the Ocean’s 11 series, recently told Letterman that he was thinking of retiring so he could enjoy his life a little bit. Just goes to prove you need to live life to the fullest because you never know what will happen. Isaac passed on a mere 10 days before his birthday at the age of 65. He grew up in the cotton fields of Covington but was singing in church at the tender age of 5. He learned to play piano, flute and sax and started recording in 1967 with Stax Records. He is perhaps best known for his Academy Award nominated soundtrack for Shaft (the single “Theme From Shaft” won for best song along with 3 Grammys), of which he also had a cameo as a bartender in the film. He put out a number of
great records during these years and had continued to be active in recent years (he played the chef in “South Park” along with appearances in Stargate SG-1 and “Hustle & Flow”). It makes you think why these great people pass away when people like Castro and Charles Manson seem to live forever.
I found out Hayes had passed away when I stumbled into the 7th Annual River Raisin Jazz Festival. The headliner was Detroit native Ray Parker Jr and his band made the announcement and broke into an unrehearsed version of Shaft which rocked. Ray put on a great show of jazz, R&B and rock including such hits as “Jack And Jill”, “The Other Woman” and for the kids, “Ghostbusters”. I hadn’t realized he was so proficient, having 12 Top 40 Hits as well as writing songs and doing session work for Chaka Khan, New Edition, Diana Ross and Stevie Wonder. Despite the horrors of Detroit driving, I’m glad I made the trip.
While in Monroe, MI, I did partake of some of the local history. The city itself is named after our 5th President, James Monroe who visited the area in 1817. Along with being the home of La-Z-Boy, it is best down as Monroeis known for its ties to General George Armstrong Custer who spent much of his boyhood there with his half-sister and his brother-in-law. At St Mary’s Park where the festival was held, they have a giant bronze statue of Custer and they have a great exhibit dedicated to him at the Monroe County Historical Museum. The museum houses a nice display of artifacts from the 18th and 19th centuries that pertain to Southeast Michigan and has a new exhibit dedicated to sewing. Through a grant, they are replicating up to 40 War of 1812 era women's garments along with 15 Native American women's trade clothing, and they are using the sewing equipment of that era to do this. Definitely worth a stop if you are in the area. Go to
www.co.monroe.mi.us for more information. Make sure to ask the staff at the front desk about the history of the area as they are all very knowledgeable. You can start asking about the history of the Yellow Ribbons (popularized by the John Wayne movie and the song by Tony Orlando and Dawn).
I also spent some time at the Monroe County Labor History Museum which is right around the corner. Not overly impressive though the current exhibit on child labor is important. The museum is more educational in function than having actual exhibits. If you would like more info, go to www.monroelabor.orgwhich does have some nice online exhibits.
This morning, I had singer Tori Sparks on the show who will be performing with the awesomely cool Emily Rose at the Lager House on Tuesday Aug 12th. It should be a great show, so go to www.torisparks.comand check out her songs, videos, etc. For those who can’t make that show, she will be doing an in store performance and signing at Border’s in Dearborn. She is touring the Midwest by herself, so help support this wonderful singer and check her out.
Some upcoming cool shows include Paramore @ Freedom Hill on 12th, Steely Dan @ Pine Knob (DTE) on 15th, Cute Is What We Aim For @ Magic Stick on 16th and the O’Jays will be headlining the African World Festival down at Heart Plaza this upcoming weekend (esp if you want to stay away from the Woodward Dream Cruise traffic). Also, Weezer just announced tour dates for the Palace.
That is all for now. Keep listening to Wild Bill on www.wxou.org or check out my myspace page at myspace.com/wildatheart_13.
Big thanks to Sue Static for shooting this our way
MCB's newest photographer was over at Bark in the Park in Stoney Creek last saturday before he headed downtown to the lager house - we knew we made the right choice hiring this guy..
Photographer Scott Strelecki
www.scottmediaarts.com
FREE pair of tickets to see Innerpartysystem who open for Kill Hannah at The Crofoot next week - ready set go! MCB will be onsite to interview the bands/photos
Hot Topic Presents:
THE HOPE FOR THE HOPELESS TOUR featuring KILL HANNAH at The Crofoot Ballroom
TUESDAY AUGUST 19 2008
doors at 6pm
tickets: $13 in advance; $15 day of show (buy tickets)
Hot Topic Presents: THE HOPE FOR THE HOPELESS TOUR featuring KILL HANNAH with THE MEDIC DROID, INNERPARTYSYSTEM and THE WHITE TIE AFFAIR
We sent our newest photographer Scott Strelecki over to PJ's LAger House this past Saturday night to shoot grab some shots of the bands playing corktowns favorite watering hole ...
Scott Strelecki
www.scottmediaarts.com
FREE Vinyl to the 1st emailer - motorcityblog@earthlink.net
Netherfriends are playing tonight at Corktown Tavern and have contacted MCB to give away a free copy of their album "Feathers & Dots" - check them out tonight!
Netherfriends
Monday August 11th 2008
Corktown Tavern
1716 Michigan Avenue
Detroit, Michigan 48216
W/ Jehovah’s Witness Protection Program / Red China / The Whales
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These shots were taken by http://www.photowithmonkey.com/
1 of the newest contributors to MCB
Some great shots from MCB's Paul Hitz
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Great work from MCB's newest shooter - Cherie Stangis
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cstangis/
THE CHOPPER SHOW-DETROIT
BBQ
BOOZE
GIRLS
ART
MUSIC
MAYHEM
Saturday August 9th 2008
GATES OPEN @ 3pm
Corktown Tavern
1716 Michigan Ave.
Detroit MI
Detroit Industrial Projects Presents:
"Image Meets Text"
A mixed-media art installation by Detroit artists, CamieLee Frasher, Dan Frasher, Amy Probst; Chicago artist, Jerry Anderson; Toledo artists, Jacob Baker, Chris Everett and Mike Strezinski.
Exhibition, August 9th - August 23rd, 2008
Opening Reception, Saturday, August 9th, 6pm-11pm
Musical performance by The Sugar People, 10pm
Detroit Industrial Projects
Russell Industrial Center
1610 Clay Avenue
Second Building
Detroit, MI 48211
248.840.5117
www.detroitindustrialprojects.wordpress.com
Hours: Saturday 1pm-5pm
Detroit Industrial Projects presents "Image Meets Text", a mixed-media art installation by Detroit artists, CamieLee Frasher, Dan Frasher, Amy Probst; Chicago Artist, Jerry Anderson; Toledo artists, Jacob Baker, Chris Everett, Mike Strezinski; and music/video performance by The Sugar People. This unique group of emerging writers, artists and musicians collaborate in one space to create a show that explores the relationship between image, text and the controversies and meanings in life that exist between the two.
The Sugar People embark on a cerebral departure from traditional guitar, bass and drums, delivering a message enhancing all five senses. Forming an ambient sound through atmospheric tones influenced by the tough economy, life's everyday challenges, and true life stories from the group's vocalists, The Sugar People create music best described by fusing rock, funk, soul, pop and country.
For more information or for an interview with the band, please contact Heather Wisniewski at 734.612.8635 or heather@greenlightgopublicity.com, or visit The Sugar People Media Page at the Green Light Go website.
1st emailer gets a fresh off the press copy of the self-titled debut from Low vs Diamond who you may have caught on Letterman last week if you were lucky - motorcityblog@earthlink.net
(need a name + shipping address included in the email or we move on to the next email)
Brand new tour dates with Carolina Liar starting August 8th - they are playing Frankie's down in Toledo next week - if someone wants free tickets email and we will try to hook it up for you
8/8 Milwaukee, WI The Eagles Club
8/10 Des Moines, IA House of Bricks
8/11 Kansas City, MO The Record Bar
8/12 Chicago, IL House of Blues
8/13 Grand Rapids, MI Intersection Lounge
8/14 St. Louis, MO The Duck Room
8/15 Toledo, OH Frankies
8/16 Columbus, OH The Basement
8/17 Cincinnati, OH The Madhatter
8/18 Rochester, NY Water Street Music
8/19 Albany, NY Valentines
8/20 Boston, MA [TBA]
8/22 Hartford, CT Webster Theatre
8/23 New York, NY [TBA]
8/24 Hoboken, NJ Maxwell's
1st emailer who includes a shipping address gets this collectors item FREE from MOTORCITYBLOG (we just ordered it from bellyache ourselves)
GONER
"Detroit's very own, THE HENTCHMEN have returned with their first release in nearly 4 years! And guess what? BELLYACHE RECORDS has just issued the first of four new 7 Inch singles (the next 3 will be on record labels TBA). Once all 4 are released, you will be able to put the covers together to form a nice 14.5" x 14.5" collage of the band, designed by Detroit Artist, T.J. GRECH.
On the Bellyache Records release, there are 4 brand new songs: "Iron Pimp", "Moonlight & The TV Glow" b/w "Wild Wild Lover" & "Picture Of Dorian Gray".
These tracks capture all of the styles that influence the bands unique sound.
This single is a must for any collector of Garage Rock or Detroit vinyl!
Not too mention, each pressing is only 300 copies, so get em before they're all gone!
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If you're not familar with The Hentchmen CLICK HERE & Listen to "Iron Pimp" here!"
BARK IN THE PARK @ STONEY CREEK METRO PARK
Come join the fun this weekend at the 10th Annual Bark in the Park.
Saturday / Sunday August 9 & 10th
Stony Creek Metropark
4300 Main Park Road
Shelby Twp. 48316
586-781-4242
Hours Sat 9am -4pm
Sun 10 -4pm rain or shine
Show features: Splash Dogs, Rock n Roll K-9s Dogs got talent show, barking babes shows, costume contests, cooling tent, pet pavilion, adoptions from many rescues, doggie vendors and much more.
look for a set of free tickets closer to the show date and of course a video interview and photos from MCB - you know how we roll....tickets go on sale August 9th for the October 6th show at Royal Oak Music Theatre
RAY LAMONTAGNE ANNOUNCES NORTH AMERICAN TOUR DATES;
Tour In Support of Gossip In The Grain Now Due Out October 14 On RCA Records
Ray LaMontagne, one of the most distinct and recognizable voices in music, announced his first North American tour in support of his new album Gossip In The Grain due out October 14 on RCA Records. The six week tour starts September 30 in Indianapolis.
October 14 is the new release date for the album as LaMontagne, struck by inspiration, went back into the studio last week to record additional material. The new album can be pre-ordered at www.raylamontagne.com
1. You Are The Best Thing
2. Let It Be Me
3. Sarah
4. I Still Care For You
5. Winter Birds
6. Meg White
7. Hey Me, Hey Mama
8. Henry Nearly Killed Me (It’s A Shame)
9. A Falling Through
10. Gossip In The Grain
Recorded with returning producer, Ethan Johns in Box, England, and touching upon a range of styles and musical settings– spanning pastoral folk, railroad blues, front porch country, and plangent balladry – Gossip In The Grain proves to be his most creative and emotionally expansive collection to date.
Whereas LaMontagne’s two previous albums, Trouble and Till The Sun Turns Black, were largely solo affairs, with Johns serving as multi-tasking instrumentalist, Gossip In The Grain sees him joined by members of his touring band, bassist Jennifer Condos and guitarist Eric Heywood (with Johns largely handling drum duties). Along with his band members, LaMontagne is also joined on two tracks – “A Falling Through” and “I Still Care For You” – by singer/songwriter Leona Naess.
"Thirty Tigers is proud to present another AAA singer/songwriter, Matthew Perryman Jones. Think Bono meets Coldplay meets Pete Yorn. Matthew’s music has already been recognized in LA as perfect material for TV (he’s already had placements on Kyle XY, Private Practice, Eli Stone and The Hills...with more to come this fall), and his fan base is rapidly growing with each placement. The song “Save You” is sure to get Coldplay/U2 fans in the spirit. Check it out... The radio version of “Save You” was mixed by F. Reid Shippen (Matt Kearney, Death Cab) and early response has been great.
To get the word out about his new album, MPJ is giving away his last record, Throwing Punches in the Dark via Noisetrade (www.noisetrade.com).
This widget allows folks to download his last record for 3 email addresses or by naming their own price (starting at $1)."
Detroit Dreampop Event:
Atmosphere + DJ MikeyLoves 40th bday
This Thursday, August 7th, Auralgasms presents Atmosphere - a monthly night of Ethereal Dreampop, Britpop, Triphop, Shoegaze and Electronica featuring DJ's Mikeylove, Zumby and teletran.one.
The night also celebrates the 40th birthday of DJ MikeyLove, and he would like nothing better then to share it with you with some music, drinks, and yes....CAKE!
Take advantage of this opportunity to hear shimmering, blissful music with a growing community of music lovers. You can expect to hear the best mix of classic sonic tunes and the latest new releases. You'll never hear the same set twice!
Past artists include: Bjork, Portishead, Radiohead, Depeche Mode, I AM X, Flunk, DJ Tiesto, The Mary Onettes, Ocean Blue, The Smiths, The Supreme Beings Of Leisure, Wolfsheim, Ladytron, New Order, The Autumns and much more.
We have also featured Detroit artists Ethos, Ether Aura, Au Revoir Borealis and 800 Beloved and in fact, the members of these bands are known to pop in and share a drink with us!
Please help spread the word about this new and exciting alternative to cookie-cutter club music.Drink Specials: $2 off all martinis!
Atmosphere occurs at the Proof Martini Lounge located at 2001 Woodward in Detroit - just across from Comerica Park in the lovely Fox Theater district
check out the boys from MP&TNV over at Noir Leather's "Take Back Tuesday" in store events tonight from 7:30pm-10pm??
Marco Polio & The New Vaccines w/Imaginatron
Here is today's blog - Bill
Bill Kettelhut provides the "blog" to this anti-blog
He has a radio program on WXOU out of Oakland University
Wild At Heart
I am still recovering from my busy weekend so pardon myself for turning in my weekly Monday blog on Tuesday.
I had a great musical weekend, starting off with Neil Diamond on Thursday who is proving that he is a great crowd pleasing entertainer. He played a few songs off his new album (Home Before Dark) which is his first #1 album which is amazing considering his career of 37 hit songs since 1966. I was excited to hear some of my favorite songs (Cherry Cherry, I Thank the Lord for the Night Time, Brother Love's Traveling Salvation Show, Kentucky Woman) and the fact that he didn’t play some of my least favorite songs (sorry Heartlight). It is also nice seeing that most of his band has been with him since the 70’s.
I changed gears on Friday for the H2O/Rancid show which rocked Clutch Cargos. Local punk band the Red Shift started the night off in fine form. I spent most of the night talking to some punk fans from Cleveland who drove all the way here to see the show and they were telling me that the punk scene in Cleveland sucks nowadays and they end up going to places like Chicago or Buffalo to see any of the cool punk bands (makes me learn to appreciate the scene here a little more).
I went to a couple of oldies show after that with Hippifest and the Golden Boys. I mainly went to Hippifest to see Badfinger (which only played their 4 hits before leaving the stage) and legendary Cream guitarist Jack Bruce (who actually put on a wonderful set of Cream favorites like I Feel Free). It is a fun show to people watch and wonder which people are dressing up and which ones really still dress that way. The Golden Boys was a show to see three legendary performers before they pass away. I still don’t get the appeal of Fabian, but Frankie Avalon put on an enjoyable set (even playing his song from the musical Grease). It was Bobby Rydell who really tore things up. Rydell is a performer who put up a number of hit songs like “Volare” and “Forget Him” (19 in all) and still has the vocal ability to pull it off. The guys also have a great banter between them which just makes one nostalgic.
Last night I went to see We Are Scientists who are wonderful guys. I got a very scattered interview in their normal, not sure what we can serious, style. That interview will air on WXOU 88.3FM (live streaming on http://www.wxou.org/) on Thursday morning between 8-10AM.
Before the show, I was wishing a had a video camera because I could of got some cool youtube worthy video of a couple of Detroit bums fighting. The cops showed up and broke it up. However, after they left they went at it again. At one point one of them went into a store. The other one followed and immediately got thrown out about five feet. It was better than an episode of cops!
This week I am looking forward to Rod Stewart/Bryan Adams at Pine Knob (I just can’t say DTE) and Idina Menzel at the GEM on Thursday (theatre star who played the wicked witch in Wicked).
The Concours d’Elegance went over well on Sunday. The weather held up well and I met a lot of nice people. As soon as I figure out how to download the pictures from my new digital camera to the computer, I will put some of them up on this blog site and my homepage, www.myspace.com/wildatheart_13
The show this year had a ton of unbelievable cars of which I really enjoyed the Mitchell concept cars, the Aerocar and a gorgeous yellow Duesenberg racing car. Fingers crossed that the pictures came out OK.EXTREME and KING’s X @ Emerald Theatre on Aug 8th.
If you would like to win a pair of tickets to go see this show on Friday, send me an email to doramu13@yahoo.com with the header EXTREME and you could get lucky.
The first email before midnight on Wednesday will get a pair of tickets to the show. Extreme was rock band from the late 80’s that had a #1 hit in 1991 with the ballad “More Than Words”. Heck the show is worth it for the opportunity to see a great indie hard rock band like King’s X.
I’ll be waiting.
Hopefully, next week I’ll be back on track and have a good weekend.
FREE PAIR OF TICKETS TO THE 1st reader who asks for them
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The 8/5 Mitten Movie Project
DETROIT HISTORICAL MUSEUM
5401 Woodward Avenue, Detroit, MI 48202
(across from the Detroit Institute of Arts on Woodward Avenue )
The museum has an excellent digital projector and theatre style screening room.
An added bonus is that moviegoers can bring food and drinks (even ALCOHOL!) to the screening. Yes, it's BYOB at the MMP for those that would like to put down a few during the shorts. Or put back a few shots . . . .
The afterparty will be held at the BRONX BAR
www.myspace.com/mittenmovieproject
8/5 MITTEN MOVIE PROJECT – PROGRAM NOTES
Tuesday August 5th 2008 - 7:30 p.m.
Door $10
The Mitten Movie Project is a monthly film night dedicated to screening independent films the first Tuesday of every month.
Free parking is available in the museum parking lot off Kirby Street between Woodward Avenue and Cass Avenue (push the white button on the parking lot callbox to be let in the lot).
Presale tickets are available for $8 at www.myspace.com/mittenmovieproject. Tickets at the door are $10. A pre-screening reception starts at 6:30 p.m. in the lobby where moviegoers can mingle with the directors, industry professionals, and film enthusiasts.
After the screening, a Q&A session will be conducted with the filmmakers in the auditorium.
An afterglow party will be held at the Bronx Bar (4476 Second Avenue, Detroit 48201) where moviegoers can discuss the night’s films, play tunes from the best juke box in Detroit, and have a drink with local filmmakers.
Total running time: 1 hr, 30 mins.
In order of screening:
KITTY – Directed by Michael Pfaendtner (00:15) (Michigan) Winner of the 2004 East Lansing Film Festival’s “Turn Your Cell Phone Off Trailer Competition.”
DAUGHTER? [trailer] – SuperHouse (01:42) (Michigan) Christina is trying to juggle work, school and her social life, which are all contrasting against each other and the relationship with her abusive mother. As things get even tougher will she give up, get even or overcome the madness that suffocated her life? http://www.superhouse.org/
BRIEF: THE STORY OF BLOODBOIL – Directed by Frank Geist (11:30) (Michigan) A mockumentary about the death metal band, BloodBoil. This short highlights the highs and lows of a rock band and shows how musical personalities can clash.
TWO TRACKS – Directed by Rob St. Mary (11:42) (Michigan) Silent black and white short by local filmmaker, Rob St. Mary. Warning: Contains brief male frontal nudity. http://www.knowsaint.com/
RYE STREET EPISODE 5: "FULL GUN FALLOUT" (05:41) (California) Created and written by Adam Schomer and Mike Corkle. Directed by Mike Corkle. Jay calls the INS on his boss and Kenny is back at it with Full Gun Metal II. http://www.ryest.com/
RYE STREET EPISODE 6: - "SCENE PARTNER " (03:39) (California) Kenny's scene partner could be scared off . . . unless Jay can save the day! A high action 24 style finale to the first installment of Rye Street. http://www.ryest.com/
I AM LEGEND . . . MOCK – Whitewood Films (08:26) (Michigan) A spoof vid of the recent Will Smith film, “I Am Legend.” Starring Noah Sife and Tommie Green. www.myspace.com/whitewoodfilms
nEVERMIND – Firelight Theatrical (11:25) (Michigan) A mad scientist learns that even with brain swapped clone-type minions at his command, true love is still hard to find. http://www.americanfirelight.com/ (MCB's newest contributor Ben's project)
STUDENT ORGANIC – Directed by Brent Krzystan (07:45) (Michigan) Our world is becoming increasingly artificial – and the food we eat is no exception. The agendas of large corporations have a heavy say in what we eat, but there is a group of students in East Lansing – the Student Organic Farm -- trying to supply a remedy. This short documentary shows their story.
SOCK PUPPET SAFARI – Directed by Taryn Shick (07:39) (Michigan) A sock puppet couple are enjoying their 10-year anniversary in Africa – until they receive a visit from an unwelcome guest. Warning: this one is not for kids. Adult language and situations. www.myspace.com/sockpuppetmaster
TIGERSHARK - Vendetta Studios and David Lehre Productions (02:33) (Michigan) Follow FBI Agent Lee as he goes undercover to bust a counterfeiting scheme. Just remember the code word: “Tigershark.” http://www.davidlehre.com/
THE BUTCHER’S DAUGHTER [trailer] – Six Crows Productions (00:35) (California) Rural Indiana, 1933. When two Chicago-Irish rumrunners arrive at her doorstep demanding protection from her father, Sarah Beaumont’s life is forever changed by the violence that descends upon her home. Directed by Daniel Casey and production designed by John Lord Booth III, both of whom are AFI graduates and Michigan natives.
LIVING IN THE SHADOW OF THE MOON-DOG: A SOUTH POLE DIARY – Directed by Paul Daniels (16:45) (Antarctica) Moon-Dog captures the winter over the life of 15 scientists and 35 crew members at the U.S. Antarctic research station “South Pole,” located on the harshest continent on the planet. A combination of -100F temperatures, fierce storms, hypoxia, stress and the unexpected illness of the station’s doctor all conspire to push people to their limits. www.myspace.com/moondogmovie
Kenny Florence may not yet be of legal age to buy beer, but he has a clear musical vision that he portrays in his musical project Sunfold.
Toy Tugboats is the culmination of years of musical exploration and experience, resulting in a diverse blend of jazz, folk, pop, and rock.
LISTEN & DOWNLOAD: "SARA THE AMERICAN WINTER"
Sharing the same members as North Carolina’s Annuals, and being the fifth release on the collective’s Terpsikhore label, Sunfold utilize a collective approach to achieve an impressive level of comfort within each realm it chooses to invade.
While Annuals is praised for frontman Adam Baker's uncanny pop sensibility combined with his boundless sonic ambition, Florence's approach through Sunfold is more of a controlled and formulaic thought process, deliberately applied to different musical styles.
Sunfold has been captivating audiences across North Carolina and plans are underway to do the same around the US this summer.
www.terpsikhore.com/sunfold.php
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Saturday August 9, 2008
Tour of The Fillmore Theater (formerly State Theater)
$40 per person
"Join us behind the scenes for an exclusive look inside seven historic venues that comprise one of America’s most important collections of early 20th Century theaters. As Preservation Wayne’s biggest walking tour of the year, the annual Theater District tour showcases the amazing architecture of downtown theaters in Detroit’s premier entertainment district.
Now in its 20th year, the tour has helped promote the entertainment district and has seen six theaters, including the Fox and the Century, restored since it began. Led by theater history buffs who enjoy sharing their knowledge of the buildings, business and anecdotes, the tour illuminates the importance of preserving our historic architecture. While the Madison, the Adams and the United Artists are no longer accessible to the public, the remnants of the magnificent Michigan Theatre are still visible above the 3-story parking deck where scenes from movies like "8 Mile" and "The Island" were filmed.
Tour groups are limited in size and depart every half hour from 9:00 AM to 11:30 AM. Registration and tours begin in the lobby of the State Theater on Woodward Avenue, one block south of the Fox. Parking is available at the Fox Garage, located just north of the Fox Theater, on Montcalm, directly west of Hockeytown Café. Please arrive at least 15 minutes before your scheduled departure time.
Tickets: $40 per person; Payment by cash, check, and MasterCard or Visa is accepted. Tickets include a boxed lunch at the Detroit Opera House. Reservations are required.
Please note: Tours usually last between four and four and one half hours. Tours depart rain or shine, so please check ahead and dress appropriately. Call us at (313) 577-7674 us for more information."
If you haven't seen a show over at The Royal Oak Music Theatre lately you should - the historic theatre just celebrated its 80th birthday and the list of upcoming shows is awesome
Right now - free pair of tickets to the 1st lucky reader to email us for Squeeze wsg Aimee Mann.
TICKETS ARE GONE
MCB is on press pass for this one so check for great photos from MCB's Brett Lawrence
This weekend the MCB travel bus was all over the state including Port Huron where we stopped in to eat over at the Krystal Bar for Chicken in the Rough and then caught a show at The Huron....its pretty cool up there and turns out there is some other cool Port Huron shit happening right here in the D
Check out 12 Chances who play the Painted Lady this Friday August 8th 2008 with Pewter Club and Modern Primitives - should be a great show.
Painted Lady
2930 Jacob St.
Hamtown MI
