UPCOMING: Thomas Dolby! 4 April @ ROMT

I see a lot of shows -- a lot of really good shows. But one of the highlights of the past few years was seeing Thomas Dolby at the ROMT; my first time ever. Thomas Dolby (along with Gary Numan, DEVO, and the like) were hugely influential in my formative teenage years. Who my age(ish) can ever forget "She Blinded Me With Science," which seemed to be one of the only four videos MTV had in its fledgling months? That video more than probably anything else cemented -- if not created -- my love of twitchy, nerdish, bespectacled men. These days, of course, Thomas Dolby is to be recognized for much MUCH more than a few extremely radio-friendly early new wave ditties. He's a brilliantly talented musician, inventor, and innovator, as can be seen in his latest work, A Map of the Floating City, which merges interactivity, social networking, and tech, along with his unmistakable musical style, and a voice that makes me light up every single time I hear it.

Oh, and let's not fail to mention, my beloved moppy-haired gangly Brit boy has matured into a squeaky-bald, intense-eyed, grinning technonaut, just when I thought I couldn't love him more.

It's something to say that at that show in Royal Oak, jaded lil'ol'me smashed up to the front, waiting for The Man to begin. Happy, but not carrying a huge burden of expectations, when Dolby hit the first synth notes, my knees buckled, my stomach filled with butterflies, and I bounced off my feet like a 12 year old girl. Squealing and beaming, I apologized to the woman in front of me for losing my shit, while the friend who was with me -- who had known me for a decade -- looked at me with surprised disbelief.

I wonder if lightning can strike me twice. I'd be a fool not to get out there and find out.

(Photo credit: Thomas Dolby by Arthur Mouratidis, courtesy of Wikimedia Commons)

Thomas Dolby: The Time Capsule Tour

Royal Oak Music Theatre

314 W. 4th St., Royal Oak

Wednesday, 4/4/12 7:00PM EDT

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Battle of the Dragons vs Legendary Creatures - Magic Stick Detroit - Fri 1/20

Despite the frigid cold you can feel the heat tonight at the Majestic Complex....Get warmed up with The Battle of the Dragons at the Majestic Theatre and once your hot and bothered check out Legendary Creatures at the Magic Stick

Get all the details here
http://majesticdetroit.com/2011/12/16/battle-of-the-dragons/
http://majesticdetroit.com/2012/01/02/legendary-creatures/

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Opening Reception of Working Towards Invisible - Marygrove College - Sun 1/22/2012 1-4pm

An Exhibition of Installation Artists Premieres on Sunday, January 22nd, 2012 and runs through March 2nd, 2012

Working Towards Invisible

Mark Rumsey Ann Chuchvara Maureen Nollette
Sunday, January 22nd 2012 to Friday, March 2nd, 2012
Opening Reception: January 22, 2012 1 to 4 P.M. The Gallery, 4th Floor

The show includes three Michigan based artists - Ann Chuchvara, Maureen Nollette, and Mark Rumsey presenting collaborative installations throughout The Gallery and The Beyond Words Gallery. Brought together by a commonality of working and conceptual processes, each artist adopts a a form of repetition and pattern to create site-specific installations.  Despite varied motivations to produce; the work is concerned with the action of making as well as the temporary nature of the work itself.

Maureen Nollette
Mark Rumsey
Ann Chuchvara

Marygrove College

Division of Visual and Performing Arts
8425 West McNichols
Detroit, Mi 48221

Four at PCCA - Friday 1/20/2012

                            

Four: Evelyn Bachorski-Bowman, Lynn Galbreath,

Cristin Richard and Sioux Trujillo

January 20 – February 17

Reception Friday, January 20, 7 – 9 pm

 

Paint Creek Center for the Arts presents a group show featuring works by four exceptional artists. Evelyn Bachorski-Bowman, Lynn Galbreath, Cristin Richard and Sioux Trujillo all work in different media, with distinctive, personal approaches to their respective materials.

 

Evelyn Bachorski-Bowman (Milford, MI) earned her Master of Fine Arts degree at Wayne State University. Over the course of her career, she has taught figurative sculpture, worked as a medical sculptor and as an automotive Chief Designer at Ford Motor Company. She now focuses full time on her studio art. Her sculpture series "Portraits of a Soul" is a group of emotive sculptures that uses raw, textured plaster and encaustic to depict the emotional state of her subject.

 

Lynn Galbreath (Bloomfield Hills, MI) teaches painting, drawing and design at Oakland University. She earned her Master of Fine Arts degree at Wayne State University. Lynn has been awarded a number of grants and awards, including a Creative Artist Grant from the Arts Foundation of Michigan and an Individual Artist Grant from Michigan Council for the Arts. She has exhibited her work nationally and internationally. For this show, Lynn will present drawings from two bodies of work. "Eccentric Objects" is an ongoing series of mixed media drawings on mylar, set within three dimensional constructions. "Talk" is a series that utilizes graphite, gold leaf and metallic markers on paper, with associated found objects. Both series reference humanitarian and social issues the artist is concerned with.

 

Cristin Richard (Detroit, MI) is a graduate of the College for Creative Studies. She recently completed a residency and solo show at La Découpe in Paris, France. She has exhibited her work extensively in solo and group shows. Cristin was nominated as a Kresge Eminent Artist in 2008. She works primarily with hog and sheep casings, creating wearable sculptures and installations that draw on her interest in fashion and the body. Her translucent dress sculptures manage a fine balance between tough and ethereal, eerie and graceful. In discussing her work, she says "the skin-like medium becomes a loaded metaphor which speaks to the human condition, while creating an underlying narrative on materialism and over indulgence."

 

Sioux Trujillo (Detroit, MI) earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the College for Creative Studies. She has worked in the Detroit art community for 13 years, as an artist and administrator. Sioux has received numerous awards and grants for her mixed media works, and was awarded the Joyce Fellowship for Emerging Leaders of Color. She is a 2009 Kresge Artist Fellow and the recipient of a Michigan Educational Grant. Sioux has exhibited her work nationally and internationally and is instrumental in bringing artists and communities together through her work as Assistant Director of community + public arts: Detroit. Her work for this show is a fiber based installation that incorporates multi-colored threads, felt, and fiber objects.

 

Please join us in celebrating these four accomplished artists at an opening reception on Friday, January 20^th, 7:00 – 9:00 pm.

Admission to the opening and the exhibit are free and open to the public.

www.pccart.org

 

 

This Saturday: Detroit Derby Girls at The Masonic Temple

The Detroit Derby Girls' Fourth Bout of the Season

Saturday, January 21

Detroit Pistoffs vs. The Pistolwhippers.

Doors open at 6 p.m., bout starts at 7.

All tickets $15, up to two children under 12 admitted free with each adult admission.

Advance tickets can be bought at Brown Paper Tickets

NEXT MONTH: Cinematic Titanic @ ROMT

I can't recommend this show enough, or enough times -- I've probably written more Cinematic Titanic posts than for any other single event, including one full-bore DC-in-Detroit column. When you go to the show, bring your favorite memorabilia -- or buy some there -- and meet the guys for autographs after the show. They love their fans and will make sure to meet every one of 'em.

Cinematic Titanic

featuring

The Original Cast of Mystery Science Theater 3000
Royal Oak Music Theater
318 West 4th Street, Royal Oak, MI

Saturday Feb 25

Two Shows, Two Movies!

Astral Factor (7pm) & Doomsday Machine (10pm)
BUY TIX HERE

CINEMATIC TITANIC is the feature-length movie riffing show from the creator and original cast of MYSTERY SCIENCE THEATER 3000. Like MST3K, the show was created by JOEL HODGSON and features the same team that first brought the Peabody award winning cult-classic series to life: TRACE BEAULIEU (Crow, Dr. Forrester), J. ELVIS WEINSTEIN (Tom Servo, Dr. Erhardt), FRANK CONNIFF (TV's Frank), and MARY JO PEHL (Pearl Forrester). Cinematic Titanic continues the tradition of riffing on 'the unfathomable', 'the horribly great', and the just plain 'cheesy' movies from the past.

Founded in late 2007, Cinematic Titanic is an artist-funded, and artist-owned and operated venture. With eleven feature-length DVDs (available in our store) and an ever-growing schedule of live shows, the CT crew is reconnecting with MSTies around the world as well as bringing new fans to the comedy art form first introduced by this group 20 years ago on television.

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THIS WKEND: Epic Confusion

Epic ConFusion
January 20-22, 2012
Detroit Marriott-Troy
200 W. Big Beaver
Troy, MI 48084

ConFusion is a fan-run science fiction and fantasy convention held annually in the Detroit area.

By day we have panel discussions, presentations, concerts, and lots of really interesting people to hang out and chat with. By night we have parties, costumes, a dance, and lots of really interesting people to hang out and chat with. Sound like your cup of tea?

Registration will be available at the door!

Check the schedule of events!

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UPCOMING: Motor City Nightmares 2012; 27-29 April

Motor City Nightmares
Detroit Horror Convention
April 27 - 29, 2012

Sheraton Detroit Novi

21111 Haggerty Road
Novi, MI 48375

CONTACT
motorcitynightmares@gmail.com

Join us April 27 - 29, 2012, at the Sheraton in Novi, Michigan for the Motor City Nightmares Weekend, brought to you by Skull House Pictures. You may not have heard of Skull House Pictures (but you know their work from past great films and events); they are the team of moviemakers from Detroit that have given you the ANNUAL Fright Night Double Features (partnered with Emagine Theaters), the films Exit 33, Born Of Earth, The Remake, The Lurking Terror, Mr. Jingles, Biker Zombies From Detroit, and Writer’s Block. Their films Little Red Devil, They Must Eat, Jingles the Clown, and The Evil Offspring are now available on Amazon.com.

Skull House Pictures is once again bringing you Detroit's ONLY horror / independent film convention.

Skull House Pictures has a passion for everything that is dark and subversive and this conference will be no different. They have tons of events, presentations and guests available to the die-hard horror fans. We look forward to seeing you at the Motor City Nightmares Weekend of Horrors in April.

For more on the producers, visit http://www.skullhousepictures.com   

SCHEDULED GUESTS INCLUDE

DOUG BRADLEY
Hellraiser, Nightbreed, Book of Blood

SID HAIG
House of 1000 Corpses, Devil's Rejects, Creature, Spider Baby

JONATHAN BRECK
Jeepers Creepers, Jeepers Creepers 2

KANE HODDER
Friday the 13th Sequels, Hatchet, Hatchet 2

WILLIAM FORSYTHE
The Devil's Rejects, Rob Zombie's Halloween, The Rock

FELISSA ROSE
Sleepaway Camp

DEBBIE ROCHON
Scream Queen Royalty

TIFFANY SHEPIS
Scream Queen Royalty

KYRA SCHON
Night of the Living Dead

DEE WALLACE
The Howling, The Frighteners

TONY TODD
Candyman, Hatchet, Final Destination

JOHN RUSSO
Night of the Living Dead, Return of the Living Dead

GEORGE KOSANA
Night of the Living Dead

The Ded Dave Show

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UPCOMING: KOFFIN KATS "Our Way & The Highway" CD Release Show- Sat. Jan. 21 at Woodruff's

KOFFIN KATS "Our Way & The Highway" CD Release Show hits Woodruff's in Ypsilanti on Saturday, January 21

The lineup for this show is:

KOFFIN KATS


THE GODDAMN GALLOWS


ARROGANT BASTARDS


ROCK AND RUMMAGE


Woodruff's is located at
36 East Cross Street, Ypsilanti, MI 48198

Doors at 9PM
Music starts at 10PM
This show is 18+
$10.00 at the door

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"Green Day's American Idiot" Review by Peter Schorn

Any lingering doubts that bratty punky rockers Green Day had totally "sold out" were erased when word that their 2004 album American Idiot had been turned into a Broadway musical in 2010. Sure, The Clash had an album called Live on Broadway, but this was GREEN DAY having their songs performed on Broadway. Winner of two Tony Awards (for lighting and scenic design) and nominated for Best Musical, it marked the end of a long journey from Gilman Street to the Great White Way. Now it's at the Detroit Opera House (culture!) from January 17-22, 2012. Would you be an idiot to miss it or brainwashed by the new media if you see it? Read on...

Pop music converted into musical fare is nothing new. Mamma Mia recast the songs of ABBA into a charming tale (avoid the movie at all costs, though!); Movin' Out combined the music of Billy Joel with the dance of Twyla Tharp; and the upcoming Rock of Ages (soon to be a movie with Tom Cruise) is a parade of hair metal tunes. But unlike those "jukebox musicals" which picked and chose from entire catalogs, American Idiot hews closely to its pseudeo-concept album roots and sticks to that album with a handful of additional material from the band's 2009 album, 21st Century Breakdown. While the tight focus could be viewed as a strength, it actually undercuts the overall effect.

There is very little in the way of story or characters in the show, preferring to just kick out one jam after another with interstitial bits of profane banter from main man/Billie Joe Armstrong avatar, Johnny. He and his pals, Will and Tunny, are bored of their empty life in Jingletown, USA (a fictitious suburb, I suspect) and decide to strike out into the world. When Will's girlfriend comes up pregnant, he stays with her while Johnny and Tunny leave town only to end up in their own respective worlds of hurt. Without spoiling what little "story" there is, suffice to say that having an imaginary heroin friend named St. Jimmy and joining the military during the George W. Bush years don't work out so well. (In case you miss the point, they flash lots of unflattering images of Bush, Cheney and Rumsfeld on the three dozen video screens tiling the back of the set. Thanks for clearing that up for us, guys.)

Where American Idiot as a show falls short is that it's not really a musical with a narrative to string along the songs. As a result, we don't really get to know about and thus care for the trio. Yeah, life kinda sucks, but it's all superficial. The women in Johnny and Tully's lives are such abstract shadows, they don't merit proper names - they're called Whatsername and Extraordinary Girl; the former performed by Gabrielle McClinton with fire and earthy sexiness. It also merits mention that the cast has a realistic physical look in that they're shorter and heavier than the usual genetic freaks of perfection you see in shows.

In breaking the lead vocals across multiple characters, the focus of the songs suffers as well. While Williams may have created a workable song cycle, the thin book (co-written by him and director Michael Mayer) means that American Idiot comes off more like a stage interpretation of an album than a story told in song. It's too bad that they chose to not dip into Green Day's ocean-deep back catalog of material; when Will is wasting his life at home on the couch drinking bong water, wouldn't "Longview" have been perfect accompaniment? I think so, too.

What does work - and surprisingly well - are the songs in their blown-up Broadway arrangements. Adding a genre twist can be risky - ladies and gentlemen of the jury, I give you that album Metallica did with Michael Kamen's orchestral Cheez-Whiz poured all over it - but instead of sounding goofy like an Up With People show, the harmonies build on Williams' rock-solid tunes to lend them a rich scope. The title track (see the video below), "21 Guns", and "Wake Me When September Ends" are just a few of the standouts. If you've got Spotify, definitely give the cast album a spin.

While the spirited cast performs with exuberance and the music is terrific, ultimately it's hard to recommend plunking down the $45-$75 per ticket American Idiot is charging. It's only 95 minutes long and while there are moments when it literally soars on wires into the rafters, there's just not quite enough there there to shell out that much, other than perhaps for hardcore Green Day fans.

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Show Preview - Paper Diamond Saturday, iLounge

Paper Diamond is electronic musician and producer Alex B. The music he makes is a moving mix of driving beats and bass. His music is also original, not following any of the latest fads, he paves uncharted territory incorporating synths, catchy melodies and throbbing bass lines. He's currently part of the Pretty Lights Music roster and you can download his latest ep there "Leviate" for free. I downloaded it a couple days ago and it's stuck on repeat on my ipod.
Paper Diamond is currently on tour across the US and is making his way for an up close and personal show at the iLounge, located in Clutch Cargo's in Pontiac this Saturday.

This Post by Mikel O.D. of

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UPCOMING: WHO’S BAD (The Ultimate Michael Jackson Tribute) Friday,January 20 at the Magic Bag

The King Of Pop lives on !

Friday,January 20

WHO’S BAD (The Ultimate Michael Jackson Tribute)
with The Infatuations

at the Magic Bag
22920 Woodward Avenue in Ferndale

Doors 8 p.m.
$15.00

http://www.whosbadmusic.com/

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TOMORROW: Around the World in 12 Days - No. VI Chophouse - Wed 1/18 6pm

Looking to impress that wine lover in your life?

Check this ongoing event series from MPRG

 

Matt Prentice Restaurant Group Special Dinner & Wine Event

An Evening with Anne Charlotte Melia-Bachas,

Owner and Winemaker of Chateau de la Font de Loup from Chateauneuf-du-Pape

 

When:

Wednesday, January 18, 2012

 

Where:

No.VI Chophouse in Crowne Plaza Hotel


27000 Sheraton
Novi, MI 48377





Time:

6:00PM

 

The Matt Prentice Restaurant Group continues its wine series "Around the World in 12 Days" with a dinner and wine event with special guest Anne Charlotte Melia-Bachas.

 

Owner and remarkable winemaker Anne-Charlotte will join guests for a formal dinner featuring the amazing wines of Chateau de la Font de Loup from Chateauneuf-du-Pape, whose vineyards border the famed Domaine du Vieuw Telegraphe in France. Learn about powerful yet elegant wines of Chateauneuf-du-Pape, where guests will enjoy her aromatic and austere blanc, as well as four different vintages of her powerfully refined Grenache and Syrah based reds – all lending a true perspective to the classically made wines of the region.

 

Executive Chef Jeremy Kalmus will prepare a delicious five-course dinner that is sure to be a perfect complement to the wines.

 

Reservations are recommended and can be made

by calling No.VI. Chophouse at (248) 305-5210.

 

Cost: $70 person, not including tax and gratuity.

 

* Due to the special nature of this event, we will not be able to accept groupon or other discounts and promotions.

 

Please visit www.mattprenticerg.com  for more information.

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Forbidden Panet - The Redford Theatre - Fri/Sat Jan 20th & 21st

January 20th & 21st 2012

THE REDFORD THEATRE PRESENTS

"FORBIDDEN PLANET"
+ CARTOON: "DUCK DODGERS IN THE 24 ½ CENTURY"

Live Piano and Organ 

General Admission Tickets: $4.00

Show times:
January 20 at 8pm    doors open at 7pm     live organ 7:30pm
January 21at  2pm    doors open at 1pm     live organ 1:30pm
January 21 at 8pm    doors open at 7pm     live organ 7:30pm

Free Supervised Parking

Friday, January 20th, and Saturday, January 21st, The Redford Theatre
presents Forbidden Planet (35mm print, MGM 1956-Eastmancolor/Cinemascope)
starring Walter Pidgeon, Anne Francis, and Leslie Nielson. The most highly
regarded sci-fi film of the 1950's featuring Robby the Robot, Best Oscar
for Special Effects. 

17360 Lahser Rd. (corner of Grand River and Lahser)
Detroit, Mi. 48219

Website:  www.RedfordTheatre.com

Tomorrow: Mitten Movie Project at the Main Art Theater

1/17/12 MITTEN MOVIE PROJECT – INDEPENDENT SHORTS – PROGRAM NOTES

Main Art Theatre, Royal Oak, MI - 7:30 p.m.
Pre-sale tickets $8 by e-mailing mangilc@yahoo.com, Door $10

The Mitten Movie Project is a monthly film festival dedicated to screening independent films the first Tuesday of every month at the Main Art Theatre in Royal Oak. Presale tickets are available for $8 by e-mailing mangilc@yahoo.com. Tickets at the door are $10 (cash only). A pre-screening reception starts at 6:30 p.m. in the Main Art 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 theatre. An afterglow party will be held at Mr. B’s (215 S. Main Street) -- walking distance from the Main Art Theatre -- to end the night’s activities. To submit a film for consideration in the festival, visit facebook.com/mittenmovieproject for submission and technical guidelines. Submission is free. Screeners may be sent by DVD or online link. The Main Art Theatre is located at 118 N. Main Street, Royal Oak, MI.

FINAL LINEUP. Total running time: 1 hour, 24 minutes. In order of screening:

AFTER THE FACTORY [documentary trailer] – Detroit Lives! (01:36) (Michigan/Poland) (2012) “After the Factory” presents solutions for the revival of post-industrial cities told through two such landmark places: Detroit, Michigan, and Lodz, Poland. Directed by Philip Lauri. http://afterthefactoryfilm.com/

MR. HENDERSON [narrative trailer] – Uranium Films (01:37) (Michigan) (2011) A single father trapped by debt attempts a giant score to make ends meet and learns the depths to which desperation can make one sink. A new American tragedy written and directed by Joseph Johnston, produced and photographed by Peter Johnston, and starring Jason Schultz, Matt Groves and Brian Papendick. http://uraniumcityfilms.com/Films.html

ORACLE [narrative trailer] - Written and Directed by Joseph D. Johnson (02:00) (Michigan) (2011) A woman is introduced to a Ouija board at a Halloween party and becomes obsessed with it, allowing it to affect her life and her marriage. Based on actual events. Starring Kate Sharp, Sebastian Sarkissian, and Lucy Ament.

OPPRESSION [animation] - Electric Otto’s Funk Factory (00:58) (Michigan) (2011) Are you being bullied? Are you oppressed? Pump yo fist if you tired of that mess!! www.electricottosfunkfactory.com

COX BLOCKERS [narrative] – Directed by Marcus Davis (15:24) (Michigan) (2011) Holden Cox goes on a murderous rampage with the use of his trusty frying pan. Starring Jeff Priskorn.

“ALL THESE THINGS” by Hounds Below [music video] – Directed by Marc Ruiz (02:50) (Michigan) (2011) Music video for Detroit band, Hounds Below. Featuring Jason Stollsteimer. Music produced by Jason Stollsteimer and Jim Diamond. http://thehoundsbelow.bandcamp.com/, www.ghettorecorders.com

HOLIDAY SWAPPING [narrative] – 2SeeDelight Film Productions (09:38) (Michigan) (2012) Office parties can be such a drag you need something to spice it up. These ladies put a twist on Yankee Swap that is sure to get co-worker tongues wagging. It's not about the gifts under the tree, but what you find in your stockings! Starring Tam Heaton and Esther Nevarez. Written and directed by Hugh Holesome.

THE HARDWOOD DIARIES [narrative] – Directed by Greg Smith (21:49) (Michigan) (2011) Gruff, no nonsense, and self-important, Coach Craig Savage must take charge of a coed YMCA basketball team of misfits, including his athletically incapable son. A mockumentary pilot starring Luc Robert Poirier, Bradley Jones, and Jonathan Davidson. Written by Courtney Fletcher. Winner of the University of Michigan Winter 2011 Lightworks Film Festival Awards for Best TV Sitcom and Best Actor (Bradley Jones).

“SILENT NIGHT” by Zelda and the Unibrows [music video] – Directed by Jeff Jimison (Michigan) (2012) This video explores the inherent problems of the immortality of Santa Claus. Starring Rick Maynard. www.facebook.com/unibrows, www.unibrows.com

THE HAYWIRE EFFECT: STAR TREK V – THE FINAL FRONTIER [review show] – Lightcraft Entertainmet (20:45) (Michigan) (2011) Things are gonna get crazy. Finally, the long awaited--or perhaps just long overdue--review of one of science fiction's most reviled movie sequels. Watch our host subject himself to William Shatner's ego-fueled opus of pseudo-spiritual star Dreck. www.lightcraftentertainment.com


The 2011 Short of the Year Awards/art pieces will be presented to filmmakers from "The Zombie Factor" and "Amendment" at the beginning of the night. Angel Busque designed the "Amendment" Short of the Year Award. Jacx Schanes designed the "The Zombie Factor" Short of the Year Award.

Wild At Heart

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

Wild At Heart



Not much going on this week though I hope to have a few surprises coming up in the near future. I’m getting ready to go to an indoor soccer game here in Rochester (go Lancers). I got into indoor soccer watching the Detroit Ignition and covered their finals game against Philadelphia though it looks like the league is in hiatus now. Such a shame because the games were really exciting to watch and reasonably priced.


Anyway, I am going to leave you today with concert picks of the week:



Thursday 1/19 – Martin Sexton @ the Ark


Friday 1/20 – Keb Mo @ Royal Oak Music Theatre, Eric Burdon & the Animals @ Andiamo’s Celebrity Showroon (Warren), Koffin Kats @ Machine Shop


Saturday 1/21 – Verve Pipe @ the Ark


Sunday 1/22 – Foreigner (acoustic show) @ Michigan Theatre


Monday 1/23 - Juliets @ the Ark


I interviewed Martin Sextin a couple of years back when he played a great set at the Royal Oak Music Theatre and he is a wonderful talent. If you get the chance, check him out and I just don’t say that because we are both from upstate NY. Here is a cool song to help make the decision to see him a bit easier.




I’ll be in touch and have a great day. It’s also my birthday tomorrow so I thought I would play you my favorite birthday song.

Bedroxx - FIRE album release party @ Blind Pig 1/20

BEDROXX

"FIRE" – ALBUM RELEASE PARTY

FRIDAY, JANUARY 20

BLIND PIG - ANN ARBOR, MI

 

 

Event Date: Friday, January 20^th, 2012

Bedroxx will be performing at the FIRE album release party on Friday, January 20th at the Blind Pig in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Joining him will be native Ann Arbor emcees Duke Newcomb (who appears on the track "Inter"), Nickie P., Kolorblind, DJ Dick Jones, and the Proving Ground Band. Doors open at 9:30pm (18+) and $8/under 21 $11 will get you in the show and a free retail copy of FIRE.

Artist/Album info:

Michigan rapper, Bedroxx, follows up his debut EP GROW, with his first full-length independent album, aptly titled, FIRE. Hailing from Kalamazoo, Michigan and currently residing in Ann Arbor, the WMU grad has shared the stage with hip-hop notables Eyedea & Abilities, One Be Lo, Binary Star, Killah Priest, Qwel and Maker, and Themselves in venues throughout the Great Lakes state. All the while he has been honing his song writing craft and developing a strong Michigan-based following. 

Constructed with the utmost passion and desire to create something that will shine forever, FIRE speaks to a generation of hip hop fans working endless days and even longer nights in pursuit of illumination. FIRE harkens to the late 90's sound of lyricists sermonizing about what they knew to be true. A style identified more by heart than braggadocio, perfected by the groundbreaking emcees on Rawkus, Definitive Jux, Anitcon, and Rhymesayers Entertainment. In this mode, Bedroxx delivers penetrating lyrics over a grating soundscape, reminiscent of strident trains moving under vividly overcast skies. At once anthemic and driving, then intimate, the songs on FIRE are as diverse as the stable of producers that provide its ardent backdrop. 

The aperture has never been more focused on Michigan hip-hop than it is at the present moment. Much like the state's auto industry, it is a community built on hard work and an undying appreciation for quality. Bedroxx, via his own DIY label, Tuned Mass Damper, unveils his most ambitious and powerful project yet: FIRE. 

http://www.bedroxxmusic.com

Dr Sketchy MotorCity Division - Scarab Club - Thur 1/19 6-9pm

Dr. Sketchy's Anti-Art School Detroit: Featuring Twinkle Toes Megee
Thursday, January 19 - 6pm - 9pm

 

The Scarab Club, 217 Farnsworth Street, Detroit, MI
18 and over, $5 admission plus tips for models

Dr. Sketchy is a figure sketching event held every 3rd Thursday

of the month at the Scarab Club Detroit.

This is one session you will not want to miss out on, Twinkle Toes
provides an array of costuming, expression and overall awesomeness.

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BARS OF GOLD - Magic Stick Detroit - Fri 1/19/12

http://majesticdetroit.com/2011/12/16/the-anonymous/

UPCOMING: Grid List - Detroit! opening Jan. 27th 2012 - College for Creative Studies



Grid List

Center Galleries

College for Creative Studies

301 Frederick Douglass

Detroit, MI  48202 USA

T: 313-664-7806

www.collegeforcreativestudies.edu/center_galleries

Jan. 27- Mar. 3, 2012

Opening reception: Fri. Jan. 27, 6-8pm

Artists included:  Patrick Morrissey,  Hanz Hancock,  Mick Frangou, 
Francis Farmer, William Hughes, 


Paul Corio, 
Karen Schifano, 
Mark Sengbusch, 
 Stacy Fisher, Jeffrey Mathews,  Nate Ethier, 
Allie Rex, 


David E. Peterson, 
Joseph Bernard, 
Linda Francis, 
Tracy Thomason, 
Ian Swanson.

The grid is the mother of all things terrestrial – birthed from outer space.

Gravity = Vertical.  Land = Horizontal. 

The two combined form a right angle.  Multiply to form a grid.

This natural geometry existed billions of years before man.

Man stands upright in defiance of gravity, though is grounded by it.

He realized the equation "vertical + horizontal equals a right angle"

and applied it to everything from architecture to fashion.

Grid List presents 16 artists, 13 working in geometric abstraction, and three working quite "gridless"

(Can the grid be active behind the image?). Their conceptual fodder ranges from sports, math, science,

film, graphic design and video games.

The grid has been passed down from early man: from cave walls to stone tablets to Papyrus -

from agriculture, architecture and weaving to the roadways and computers of today. We feel it

directly as well, gravity still drops a vertical line – rain, apples and basketballs all fall to meet

the horizontal land. The right angle is alive and well today as it was at the earth's birth.

The artist draws from the imbedded and inherent grid.

    Grid List explores the influence of the grid on artists. We trace back the source of geometric abstraction

past Albers and LeWitt to a more personal and direct place. Nature, music and sports are just a few of the

square wellsprings these artists draw their right angles from.

     The Exhibition was conceived in January 2011 when Patrick Morrissey contacted me via Facebook.

We became fast friends and the Grid List grew naturally.  Four artists are from London, one from Atlanta,

one from Detroit and ten from New York City. Four of the artists have shown at Minus Space Gallery

(Schifano, Francis, Ethier, Peterson) and four hold MFAs from Cranbrook's Painting Dept. (Mathews, Rex,

Thomason, Sengbusch).  Peterson, Mathews, and Sengbusch met in 1997 at the College for Creative Studies

in Detroit where they studied under Joseph Bernard.

     Thus the threads of the Grid List entwine. We hope to present a new take on Geometric Abstraction with

a focus on the individual artist's idiosyncratic relationship with the Grid.

     In addition to the Artists in the show there will be "Non-Art" examples of the grid. (i.e. A live spider and

its web, a loom, a Nintendo (Tetris), Photos of the grid in Cave Art (Lascaux) and a stone or crystal.  

There are non-circuitous correlations between the grid in Nature, pre-history, technology and the artist's mind.

     Grid List will travel to New York City after Detroit. Allegra LaViola, in Manhattan's Lower East Side will host

Grid List NYC in their project space opening March 14.

About the Co-organizers:

Mark Sengbusch received his MFA in Painting from the Cranbrook Academy of Art in 2008.  His work has been

equally influenced by early video games like Tetris and ancient Peruvian weavings. From 1997-2007 Sengbusch

was an active member of the Detroit Art scene and curated numerous shows. Sengbusch lives and works in New York City.

Patrick Morrissey is a reductive artist working in London as part of a two man collective with Hanz Hancock.

Together they have curated an ongoing series of Exhibitions focusing on their genre. Saturation Point forms an

International survey of contemporary Reductive art.  Morrissey attended Goldsmiths College in South London where

he achieved an Honours Degree in Fine Art. He was born in South London and grew up there. Whilst at Goldsmiths,

he developed an interest in sculpture and installation work. Film also played a role in his practice at that time.

His interest in film as object originated from his childhood fascination with film and the phenomenon of projected

imagery and light.