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2/25/11

Sketch Session - Scarab CLub Detroit - Saturdays 10am

10am – 1pm

The Scarab Club
217 Farnsworth
Detroit, MI 48202
313.831.1250

Popularly known at the club as “sketch classes”, these non-instructional, drop-in opportunities for artists to draw and paint from live models welcome all artists. Drop in and join us!

Materials:

Bring a pad of drawing paper or stretched canvas

and your favorite drawing and/or painting supplies.

Costume Model
Free to members &
students with current ID.
Non-members $7

Model: Delphine

MORE FREE TICKETS: Aaron Lewis Solo Acoustic Tour - SOUNDBOARD Motorcity Casino - 3/3/2011

man we love fridays here at MCB - we come in late and leave early and almost always have a great ticket giveaway for you before we split for the weekend

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SoundBoard has a number of interesting show on the horizon including

The Ultimate Girls Night Out which we will be hooking up the ladies on soon

Aaron Lewis
Thursday, March 03, 2011
8:00 PM

Sound Board
Motorcity Casino

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LIMITED TIME OFFER - $10 OFF Aaron Lewis Tickets!

Follow the ticket link and use code word "Lewis"

2/24/11

DWMC [Detroit Winter Music Conference] - March 25 - 28

The Detroit Winter Music Conference is a three day event being held at the White Star Night Club in Hamtramck March 25th-27th.

Still considering spending hundreds of dollars to go to Ultra? Consider no further! Why spend $200-$500 plus travel expenses to hear good music when you can stay local and do the same? Can't afford Ultra? We got your need to party covered! Stay ...local and check out Detroit's own Winter Music Conference! Just as much fun and a fraction of the cost of Ultra! With a sick line up and an amazing venue, D.W.M.C. is guaranteed to satisfy your EDM needs covering an eclectic spectrum of genres such as Fidget House, Jungle, Dubstep, DnB, Electro, Techno, IDM, Trip Hop, Industrial, Experimental, Nu Disco, Classic House, Drumstep, Trance, & all other forms of electronic music!

Advance 3 day $20.00 Presales avalible at Detroit Threads , Zoologic, Rob Messerschmidt, Toad & Doc Colony! Limited time only!

Presented By: DAT SLIK, PLURfect, Division X Records, Sucker Punch, & AV Entertainment.

100% Legit Venue with 2 full bars and proper permits and licenses.

3 nights, 2 Rooms, & 60 DJ's & Live acts! Lasers, Lights, & Video graphics!

3 DAY PASS:
$25.00 18+

CLICK HERE FOR 3 DAY TICKET PRESALE!!

Also at Threads Detroit & Record Time Roseville (Available Soon)

1 DAY PASS:
$10.00 18+

Do not miss this festival!

◄◄◄ Line Up ►►►

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Electro / Ghettotech / Techno
CROBOT MUZIK
BANG TECH 12
SPACE FUNK REC
STREET SOUNDS
DATABASS
TWILIGHT 76
PUZZLEBOX
DRIVECOM
SUBSONIC DEVICE

Hailing from Zagreb, Croatia is the world's leading force in Electro. Born in 1981 in a small town named Osijek, Bojan Jascur aka N-ter has been producing hit after hit since 1999 and is a true Electro Activist. His debut release "Egoboo Bits" was the first record of its type to come out of Croatia and led to the creation of the Crobot Crew. Originally formed with his partner DJ Xed, the Crobot Crew and Crobot Muzik were founded by N-ter to promote the Electro and Ghettotech sounds throughout Eastern Europe.

Crobot Muzik found immediate success through their critically acclaimed releases and garnered the attention of the Heavyweights in the industry who continuously play and chart their music. Since then, N-ter has released his original music on some of the world's leading record labels. From his A.U.X. 88 remixes on Puzzlebox Records to his original selections on Twilight 76, Databass, Diggarama, Sonic Walker, Drivecom and Subsonic Device, N-ter's production work is in high demand. He has done remixes for A.U.X.88, DJ Godfather, Exzact, Paul Blackford and the Autonomous Bassheads to name a few. His latest release "This is my Life" is one of the feature tracks on the world renown Street Sounds Record label out of the UK and has been topping the Electro Charts as the number one Electro song on the airwaves.

As a DJ, Bojan's skills on the turntables are unmatched and have risen him to international status. Since 2003, N-ter has had toured Europe and Asia continuously while still finding time to Headline major Events in Detroit and Miami as both a DJ and as a Live Act performing his distinct sound on stage for all to see. To expand on future projects, N-ter has created the Electro duoTellefunk as well as starting the new record label Elecrtro bass. These 2 projects give him an even larger ability to focus on Electro music and his mission of spreading Electro to all four corners of the planet.
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Jimmy Edgar / !K7 / WARP

Jimmy Edgar's music is like the aural equivalent of those mid-'80s "sexy robot" airbrushed pop art posters by Hajime Sorayama -- the sound of a sleek digital future when machines have the same erotic desires as human beings. A postmodern polymath who also built a successful career as a graphic artist, photographer, and fashion designer, Edgar was born on August 10, 1983 in Detroit and manifested a love for music at an early age, learning to play saxophone and drums, gigging in local bands, and experimenting with making electronic music. His elder brother was a music promoter, and at the tender age of 15 he found himself DJing in strip clubs and "whorehouses" alongside techno legends Juan Atkins, Kevin Saunderson, and Derrick May. His first track was released by the respected German label Poker Flat in 2002, when he was just 19 years old.
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Cozmic Spore (LIVE) / Cozmic Spore Records

The Cozmic Spore alter ego was created in 1996 and a new dimension in techno began. Evil frequencies were born and bred by the Cozmic Spore on the famous Seismic Records Detroit record label in 1998 to the year 2007 but is now no longer alive and kicking.
So starts a new era. With the creation of Cozmic Spore Records in 2008, alien soundwaves will once again grace this planet.
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T.Linder / DTM/ Bang tech 12

A veteran DJ with more than ten years of experience under his belt; Detroit native, T.Linder has done his homework and paid his dues.

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Dan Guzman / DonJuanDaBoogie

Sub_Urban feat. The Nyhylist (LIVE) / Division X Records

Donald Whan / 313 Hardcore

Gusto (LIVE/DJ) / NightSneak / Division X Records

Hady Basha / Spin Detroit

C Phear / Dubatomic / Detroitdubstep.com

Jehf Banks / Hijacked Records/Cultured Citizens/LP Events

Jesse James / NightSneak

Zoologic DAT SLIK / Division X Records / PLURfect

RED PILL BLUE PILL (Live) DUG RECORDINGS / Division X Records

S.P.Chase ( Grand Rapids )

Satta Don Dada / Snake Pillage Records

Vince Piascik / LP Events

3ggh3ad Hardcore 313 / Tear Drop Productions

A Plain White Wrapper (LIVE) / Division X Records

Audible / PLURfect

Beat Bakery (LIVE) / Division X Records

Brian Grimes / Illicit Detroit

Impulse / AV Entertainment

Brian Scott / DUG RECORDINGS

Danny K / Hardcore 313

Schizometric / Monster Club Records / Division X Records

DJ Beaver / PLURfect

John B / Detroit Exposure

DUB Lee (GRAND RAPIDS) / PLURfect

Ekem / SuckerPunch! Productions / DDP

Enjoi / SuckerPunch! Productions / DDP

EPROM Colony (LIVE) / Division X Records

Ethan Stevens / PLURfect

Fauxtron / DAT SLIK/ DEADISKO FACTORY

Frizzil / Sonic Synergy Productions (Battle Creek)

Function 13 (LIVE) / Division X Records

Gh0sT / AV Entertainment / Detroit House Collective

House Bears / DAT SLIK

Hypnothesis (LIVE) / Division X Records

ImOnAsid / Way Too Tangy Productions

StyluSoul (Soul:R Sound System - Akron, OH) - DnB

INDSCY4 (LIVE) / Division X Records / Cozmic Spore Records

Item9 / Illegal Subs (Lansing)

Jay Biggs / Cultured Citizens

Messerschmidt (LIVE) / Division X Records

Mikodin DAT SLIK / Bullet Proof DJs

Minor State / Dirty Beatz Productions (GRAND RAPIDS)

Mirash Gojcaj & Ross Regits / Spin Detroit

Mr. Shed (Kalamazoo Destruct / Bumpcafe)

Nunca Duerma (K-Zoo)

Nyarlathotep (LIVE) / Division X Records / Placenta Recordings

Pontoon Joe / LP Events

POPSH!T (K-Zoo)

DJ A sharp/Jase 1 (Tag Set) 313 VINYL TECHNICIANS

Richrock DAT SLIK / Bullet Proof DJs

Ryan Village / DDP

Tony Lamar ( Hardcore 313/ Sucker punch)

Zak Alcodray / Spin Detroit

Abrol / lMINTEC/Livio Radio

Sierra/ Night Sneak
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Additional Sound/Lasers/Lighting: DAT SLIK, Division X Records

Cupcake Photography will Be capturing all the Greatness

Live Recording By: Division X Records

Time Slots:

Friday – Room 1
8 PM – Audible
9 PM – House Bears
10 PM – Vince Piascik
11 PM – Gusto
12 AM – Jimmy Edgar
1 AM – Satta Don Dada
2 AM – Donald Whan
3 AM – Schizometric

Friday – Room 2
8 PM – Fauxtron
9 PM – DJ Beaver
10 PM – Minor State
11 PM – DJ A Sharp/Jase 1
12 AM – Brian Scott
1 AM – Jesse James
2 AM- Danny K.
3 AM – C Phear

Saturday – Room 1
12 PM – Function 13
1 PM – INDSCY4
2 PM – Nyarlathotep
3 PM – Gh0sT
4 PM – Ekem
5 PM – Mikodin
6 PM – S.P. Chase
7 PM – Enjoi
8 PM – Jehf Banks
9 PM – Messerschmidt
10 PM – Sub_Urban feat. The Nyhylist
11 PM – T. Linder
12 AM – N-Ter
1 AM – Zoologic
2 AM – StyluSoul
3 AM – Tony Lamar

Saturday – Room 2
12 PM – Hypnothesis
1 PM – A Plain White Wrapper
2 PM – Jay Biggs
3 PM – Zak Alcodray
4 PM – Mirash Gojcaj & Ross Regits
5 PM – Ethan Stevens
6 PM – ImOnAsid
7 PM – Frizzil
8 PM – Richrock
9 PM – POPSHIT
10 PM – Nunca Duerma
11 PM – Mr. Shed
12 AM – Dan Guzman
1 AM – Item9
2 AM – Impulse
3 AM – Hady Basha

Sunday – Room 1
2 PM – Open ½ Hour Set
3 PM – Open ½ Hour Set
4 PM – Open ½ Hour Set
5 PM – Open ½ Hour Set
6 PM – Rob Lloyd
7 PM - EPROM Colony
8 PM – Joe Gize
9 PM – John B.
10 PM – RED PILL BLUE PILL
11 AM – Cozmic Spore
12 AM – Abrol
1 AM – Pontoon Joe

Sunday – Room 2
2 PM – Open ½ Hour Set
3 PM – Open ½ Hour Set
4 PM – Open ½ Hour Set
5 PM – Zoologic
6 PM – Dr. Disko Dust
7 PM – Beat Bakery
8 PM – 3ggh3ad
9 PM – Ryan Village
10 PM – Sierra
11 AM – Dj RaWWave - Disko Raw
12 AM – Dublee
1 AM - Brian Grimes

DO NOT MISS THIS!!

Detroit Artists Market Annual Scholarship and Exhibition Program - Friday 3/4/2011

Detroit Artists Market announces its Annual Scholarship and Exhibition Program, this year honoring Cranbrook Academy of Art graduate students.

The exhibition will present works by nine finalists, three of which will receive scholarship awards. Along with the student finalists, the exhibit will feature artwork by select alumni.

Members Preview: Friday, March 4, 2011 6pm – 7pm

Public Reception: Friday, March 4, 2011 7pm – 10pm

Scholarship Exhibition will run through Saturday, April 9, 2011

Gallery Talk: Saturday, April 9, 2pm – 4pm

Gallery Hours: Tues. – Sat., 11am – 6pm

Student Finalists:

Celia Butler

Sara Holweda

Younghee Hong

Jae Yun Hwang

Eui Kyung Lee

June Lee

Rustin McCann

Shanna Merola

James Payne

Detroit Artists Market

4719 Woodward Ave.

Detroit, MI 48201

313.832.8540

www.detroitartistsmarket.org

You missed the FREE VINYL from The Witches? Catch them Live at Smalls Hamtramck tomorrow Friday 2/25/2011

The Witches

wsg/ Hi Speed Dubbing & The Make

Friday Feb 25th 2011

Smalls Bar

10339 Conant

Hamtramck USA

Get to this show and pick up a copy of the just released new yellow vinyl

Check DeepCutz for a juicy writeup

Glenn Barr Art Opening at Flip, Saturday 2/26/2011

Flip Salon in Ferndale is hosting an exhibition of selected works by Glenn Barr this Saturday. They've promised to serve wine and tidbits for the occasion. Whatever tidbits are...

7-10 P.M.
251 W. 9 Mile Rd.
Ferndale MI 48220

Ferndale Library Reopens

After being closed since a flood on Thanksgiving weekend, the Ferndale Public Library finally reopened this week.

I don't say this because I think that Ferndale is the capital of all that is hip in Michigan. This is noteworthy because the Ferndale Public Library has the best collection of local music that I know of. What other library would have The Silent Years, The Hard Lessons, Great Lakes Myth Society, Lightning Love, The Oscillating Fan Club, Old Empire, Darling Imperial, Deastro, and Zoos of Berlin?

In related news, they're offering a general amnesty for any overdue material until March 7. So now would be a good time to return that copy of Clockwork Orange that you failed to bring back when you were 15.

Nicole Atkins & The Black Sea, Sunday 2/27/2011, at the Magic Stick

Another touring act has been nice enough to not neglect Detroit. Nicole Atkins & The Black Sea play the Magic Stick this Sunday. Cotton Jones opens.

$10 in advance, $12 at the door. Doors open at 8. All ages.

(She really starts to belt it out at 1:05)

The Way It Is - Nicole Atkins

PUNK ROCK@THE RITZ 2/25/2011

For just $5 a whole night of Punk Rock fun. If you're not there, you'll be missing out.

The Ritz in Warren

23000 Hoover rd.

Just South of 10 mile

Warren, MI

586-756-6140

2/23/11

FREE TICKETS: Glassjaw - Majestic Theatre Detroit - 3/5

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Glassjaw
Tidal Arms & These People
Saturday, March 5, 2011
Majestic Theatre Detroit
8PM * $20/25 * AA

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THIS WKEND: Motor City Tattoo Expo

16th Annual Motor City Tattoo Expo
Feburary 25th - 27th 2011
Detroit Marriott at the Renaissance Center
Renaissance Center Downtown Detroit Mi. 48265
Phone 313 568-8000 for room reservations
Web address: eternaltattoos.com
more info: eternaltattoos@aol.com

Hours of Convention
Friday: Noon - 11:00pm
Saturday 11:00AM - 11:00PM
Sunday 11:00AM - 7:00PM

Admission
1 day pass - $20
2 day pass - $30
weekend pass - $40
kids 14 and younger no charge

Welcome to the 16th Annual Motor City Tattoo Expo.This year if you haven't already checked out our artists list please do and you will see once again we have brought in the best of the best tattoo artists in the industry. Also by clicking on the artists names you will be hyperlinked to their web site so you can view there work and also get a contact number or email address if you would like to contact them to pre book an appointment with them. We also have a special guest artist attending this years convention. Corey Miller formely from LA Ink will be attending and working this years convention so be sure to stop by Corey's booth and check him out. We hope all of you attending our convention enjoy it and find the right artist you are looking for and thank all of you for attending and making the Motor City Tattoo Expo one of the best tattoo conventions in the USA.

Any comments or questions please send to eternaltattoos@aol.com

Check the website for guest artists, seminar info and more.

Haste The Day - Magic Stick Detroit - Sat 2/26 ALL AGES SHOW

2/22/11

Dum Dum Girls at the Magic Stick, Friday 2/25/2011 with Minks and Dirty Beaches

The Dum Dum Girls chose not to believe what everyone says about Detroit, and they've made it a part of their current tour.

Named in honor of the Vaselines' album Dum-Dum, and the Iggy Pop song Dum Dum Boys. They're currently signed with Sub Pop.

Opening for them are Minks and Dirty Beaches.

Friday, 02/25/2011 at the Magic Stick. Doors at 8. $10 advance, $12 at the door. All ages.

Finnish Metal! by DC-in-Detroit

DC is a longtime contributor to the MCB.

She can be reached at DC.in.Detroit [at] gmail.com

Finnish Metal Tour 2011

20 February 2011

Blondies Detroit

When I saw the lineup for the Finnish Metal Tour, I knew I wanted in. I admit I don't know much about metal in general, and even less about the Finnish subgenre, but the way I see it, when Finntroll invites you to a party, you GO.

The show was relatively early, 6pm on a Sunday, and I was occupied in the house all day anyway, knowing I'd have plenty of time to get there. And then it happened. At about 2.30 in the afternoon, the snow started falling. And it just. Never. Stopped. By the time I stepped outside at 7, I went *poof* up to my knees.

My MCB photog of choice had already informed me that he wouldn't be making the trek – and I didn't blame him! – so I gamely packed up my slow old digital camera to attempt to break into a new career. Oh yeah, that went really well.

My camera was in no way prepared for this experience. I have about 200 shots that all look something like this.

At the same time, I was getting phone calls from both sides of town with a similar message: "Don't go out there, that's crazy!" But they fell on deaf (possibly frozen) ears.

After all, I may be a slave to fashion, and I'm definitely a slave to love, but I refuse to be a slave to the weather. Besides, these bands were from the original land of ice and snow; I had to represent for the midwest.

Seventy minutes later, I'd driven the 15 miles to Blondies. My last experience there wasn't that great, but I had higher hopes since it wasn't 95F outside. The attendant at their on-site (paid) parking lot had me nose the tank right up to the building, so maybe I WAS looking kinda cute, even though I'd decided against wearing my troll ears. (No no, I really don't have troll ears. As far as you know.)

I popped inside at about 8.15 and told the fella at the door that I was on Finntroll's list. "List? What list?" He got the attention of another guy working there. "Do we have a list?" "I think there was one around here somewhere, if it didn't blow away..." Now I'm just laughing, because it's comical how often this happens. He asked me who put me on the list, and I gave him the name of Finntroll's tour manager – or at least I tried to, his name has a remarkable number of vowels in it and I'm glad he wasn't there to hear it brutalized with his own ears. Door guy grinned and said, "Yeah, that'd be him. I believe ya," and sent me upstairs.

Blondies is an interesting room; small, with no real division of space. The first thing I noticed when I had fully entered the room is that I'd forgotten my ear plugs. Again. And I'd gotten them out and everything! I set them on the table while I was doing something else, and there they sat until I came home. I swear I need to just hang them around my neck and leave them there permanently.

By the time I got there, I'd already missed the two local bands that were warming up for the Finns. In a strange moment of serendipity, I ran into one of the local band members in the ladies' room (for she were a lady) and gave her my info, so I anticipate being able to see them play at a later date. Maybe I'll know something about metal by then.

A carefully-framed shot to make it appear that there were more than 15 people at the show.

When the first of the touring bands (Barren Earth) hit the stage, the crowd was, I'd guess, quarter-capacity. I'd heard that they'd presold more tickets than attendance suggested, so at least the bands still get paid. I took in the young, white, male crowd, and noticed that they could largely be divided into two camps: The long-hairs and the bald-heads. If you know me, you'd know in which camp I'd be pitching my tent.

Sidestepped over to the bar, hoping the bartenders were good at lipreading, because dognose there was no way they were hearing me. "Vodka cranberry?" she mouthed back to me, exaggeratedly. Bingo. At least I knew this part of my night was going to go well.

Just watching this gave me whiplash.

I watched all four bands, with all my attention. It's hard enough to tell what's being sung/growled/screamed in your average metal tune, and that's when they're in English. When the lyrics are, presumably, in Finnish, it actually... improves it somewhat. More often than not, I don't want to know what dudes are singing about. Since I can't really competently speak to the music or the lyrics, I'll just share with you what my notes were for each band:

Barren Earth: Oh I guess it's too early for moshing.
Rotten Sound: This band makes me feel like I should start a fight.
Ensiferum: Hmm, nice legs. Come ON, Detroit! Don't just STAND there looking lethargic!
Finntroll: OMG it's Skwisgaar and Toki!

Finally, halfway through Finntroll's set, the (small) pit set in. To be fair, it was a sparse crowd, and moshing with, like, three people tends to look a lot like skipping around in a circle. But me, oh, for whatever reason, I wanted to make a good impression on the Finns, so I was throwing long-haired boys into the fray left and right. I guess I felt like I needed to make up for the impression that we're afraid of snow. I mean, two feet of snow? Pfff, that's a spring day in, erm, Rovaniemi. Lest you think otherwise, I got mine in the pit, too, and I've got a couple of nice juicy thigh bruises to prove it.

This one is apparently when I set the people in front of me aflame.

Ultimately, this was a lot of sound in one long night. I think next time, if I have the chance, I'd love to see this kind of lineup in an outdoor festival. You just know these guys would be in heaven, surrounded by fresh air and sunshine. Or, you know, mud and thunderstorms. But next time, I'm definitely wearing my troll ears.

Easy Action, Mazinga, JWPP, Scotch Bonnet and Rock & Rummage - Woodruff's Ypsi - Sat 2/26/11

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Saturday, February 26th 2011

EASY ACTION (John Brannon from Negative Approach/Laughing Hyenas)

MAZINGA (Long standing maximum cosmic punk)

JEHOVAH'S WITNESS PROTECTION PROGRAM (It's Rock And Roll and it's loud)

SCOTCH BONNET (Scotty Karate rocks yer pantsoff)

ROCK AND RUMMAGE (Traveling Rock And Roll inspired flea market)

$5.00 Cover
Doors @ 9:00
Music @ 10:00

Woodruff's

35 East Cross Street

Ypsilanti, MI USA

2/21/11

Wild At Heart

Wild Bill Ketelhut provides the "blog" to this anti-blog

Wild At Heart

Wild At Heart

Sci-fi fans - 1, Mayor Bing – 0. While Robocop is not the first major film set in Detroit (Beverly Hills Cop holds that distinction), it is probably the most famous depiction of Detroit on the big screen. Coming from upstate New York, we felt that this might be a pretty accurate depiction of the city (of course that changed once I moved here). Despite that, Robocop was one of my favorite movies during that time period. How can you not love an armor-wearing cop? And what about that scene where the guy is melting as he gets hit by a car? And that last scene where Jones gets fired from OCP by the President so Robocop can shoot him? Talk about a tear jerk ending when at the end he replies to being asked his name with just his name, “Murphy”. This is definitely one of the best sci-fi/action films ever though we will try and forget the sequels.

After Bing rejected a request for a Robocop statue, probably because he doesn’t think it will represent a positive image, a group of local artists and fans of the 1987 cult classic exceeded the fund-raising goal of $50,000 to build a larger-than-life sculpture of the crime-fighting cyborg. If you would like to be a part of the process, you too can make a donation at www.detroitneedsrobocop.com as the group plans to continue raising money until the March 29 deadline. While I do agree it might not be exactly in line with the image that Detroit proper wants people to see as they look at Detroit, this is exactly the type of things that would get someone like me to come to the city and check out. That being the same type of person that travels to Detroit to see ICP, or the Movement Festival (or whatever it is calling itself this year), a Kid Rock concert and the like.

I hope this gets made and gets put in an area were people can get to it easily to see and with a small as possible chance of vandalism. I also hope that Dave Bing would come to the unveiling and make a short speech. My hat goes off to the fun people who are making this happen. Maybe you can get the DIA, or someone, to sell mini-Robocop statues to tourists. Long Live Detroit!!!

This Sunday marks the 83rd Annual Academy Awards and I usually put out a Top 10 movies of the year but I still haven’t seen a lot of last year’s top movies so a list is out of the question but I will talk about three films that should be on your radar. Jackie Weaver got the only nod for “Animal Kingdom”, an Australian crime film about a young boy whose mother dies of an overdose and he goes to live with his criminal family and things go downhill for him from there. This film won best film at the Australian equivalent of the Oscars and is a very powerful film for those that love crime dramas. Not to be confused with the live action film, “The Illusionist” is a French animated film (by the same team that did Triplets Of Belleville) which revolves around a struggling illusionist who visits an isolated community in Scotland and meets a young lady who is convinced that he is a real magician. The story is basically a father/daughter relationship story and is very touching in respects to the portrayal of their unique friendship. The documentary “Exit Through The Gift Shop” is one of those it might be real or it might not be. It depends on whether you take street artist Banksy at his word. Whether real or not, it is a fun film to watch as a fan of street art starts to make a documentary about the art form and after meeting the mysterious Banksy, decides to try and be a street artist himself by the name of “Mr Brainwash”. The film does a good job at looking at what is art and what isn’t. Some of the stuff you see looks like crap but sells for thousands of dollars. So is that truly art because of the price? Watch this film and make the decision for yourself. I also think that “Kick-Ass” is the one must see film of the year so if you missed it, get to your library, video store, retail store or Netflix and get a copy.

For those looking for a concert this week, here are my picks for the week:

Tuesday (2/22) – Fishbone @ Magic Bag

Wednesday (2/23)- Motorhead @ Royal Oak Music Theatre

Thursday (2/24) - Dropkick Murphys @ Fillmore Theatre

Friday (2/25) - Pistol Day Parade and 60 Second Crush @ Motorcity Soundboard, Atavan (last show) @ Pike Room, funk brother Dennis Coffey @ Majestic Cafe

Saturday (2/26) - CJ Chenier and Red Hot Louisiana Band @ Dream (Ann Arbor), Ke$ha @ Fillmore, Melissa Etheridge and Serena Ryder @ Caesar's Windsor, Plain White T’s w/Parachute @ Clutch Cargos, Super 70’s Soul Jam (featuring Stylistics, the Dramatics, the Manhattans and Harold Melvin's Bluenotes) @ Fox Theatre

Sunday (2/27) - Scissor Sisters @ Royal Oak Music Theatre

Have a good weekend.

The Pretty Reckless - Pike Room - Thursday 2/24

THE PRETTY RECKLESS
Pike Room Crofoot
1 S Saginaw St
Pontiac USA

THURSDAY FEBRUARY 24th 2011
7pm

http://www.theprettyreckless.com/

The 24th Erotic Poetry & Music Festival - Corktown Tavern - 2/26

Static Network presents…

THE
24th EROTIC POETRY & MUSIC FESTIVAL

"An eclectic celebration of the erotic arts!"

The infamous event known as the "Erotic Poetry & Music Festival" is one of
the oldest community arts festivals in Detroit. The festival is "An eclectic
celebration of the erotic arts!" It features provocative poetry, dirty
spoken word, erotic art, music and dance performances by some of the city's
top performers. It promises to be an evening you won't forget!

The date is: SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 9 pm, 21 & over are welcome. Admission
is $8. Partial proceeds benefit the Michigan based non-profit organization
"Paws with a Cause," who provide and train leader dogs for the disabled. The
event will be held at THE CORKTOWN TAVERN located at 1716 Michigan Avenue in
Corktown. (313.964.5103)

This year we are pleased to have Detroit's premier performance artist,
Satori Circus. Other highlights will be Dizzy Dames Burlesque, Hayley Jane
and Audra Kubat, poetry by Blue Dogma Poet-Dena Luckett and more. A special
out of town guest is erotic talk show host, author and founder of
www.Libidacoria.com , Kristie LeVangie. The visual art portion of the show
will feature artists Chopper Peshkepia and Julie Fournier who will exhibit
their works.

Poetry & Music performances by:
Satori Circus
Hayley Jane
Audra Kubat
Dizzy Dames Burlesque & Varietease
Jimmy Doom
Blue Dogma Poet-Dena Luckett
Lisa Vicious & Steffie Loveless
Abida Blaze & Blazing Belly Dance
Kristie LeVangie
Tara Lazaroff
Chris Dellas
Scott Boman
Jaye Thomas

Art by: Chopper Peshkepia-Julie Fournier
Hosted by: The Impaler & Peter Schorn
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FREE TICKETS: MOBSTEEL Annual Autorama Afterparty - Soundboard Motorcity Casino - Fri 2/25/11 9pm

Ok - so you finally dug your car out from that white wintery blanket of fresh snow and you are thinking "what a shite way to start your week"....well how about a pair of tickets to check out the killer rides from MOBSTEEL who will be throwing another Autorama afterparty over at SoundBoard MCC this Friday night...just email motorcityblog@earthlink.net for your chance to win a pair of guest list spots

2011 MOBSTEEL Annual Autorama After Party
Friday, February 25, 2011
9:00 PM
Sound Board
Motorcity Casino
Detroit USA

The featured band will be Detroit’s’ own Pistol Day Parade.

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