Record Store Day 2013
Records – you either get them or you don’t. You either spend late nights engaged in bidding wars over limited pressings of beloved albums or you would rather listen to music on your phone. If you are a...
View ArticleDavid Sedaris at Hill Auditorium
David Sedaris is a thoroughly modern man, making his way in a style more befitting a well-known personality about 100 years ago. Sedaris has become a household name by writing books rather than tweets...
View Article42nd Annual Hash Bash
Cultural norms change as tradition maintains Pasadena has the Tournament of Roses Parade, New Orleans has Mardi Gras and Ann Arbor has Hash Bash. Legend says that it started as an April Fool’s prank....
View ArticleSonic Lunch | New Menu, Same Great Taste
Serendipity is a beautiful thing, dear readers. So you can imagine my delight when looking hungrily over this year’s Sonic Lunch lineup that I saw Martha Reeves and the Vandellas would be opening the...
View ArticleYpsiarboroo 2013
Every year in early June, like the swallows of Capistrano, so descends the profound craziness that is Ypsiarboroo. This annual bacchanal is coincident with organizer/gadabout Christopher “Chewy”...
View ArticlePathetic Sounds of Detroit
The camaraderie is undeniable. Bands working together and supporting each other – there’s such a strong sense of community. I know you’ve heard that touchy-feely refrain in lots of write-ups in zines...
View ArticleCinema Comes Alive at the Cinetopia International Film Festival
If you’re anything like me when it comes to “art house” cinema, you’ll peruse the film ‘zines during your normal daily routine: your /film, Pajiba, FirstShowing, THR, Box Office Mojos of the world and...
View ArticleAnn Arbor Summer Festival + Artist Interviews
In the summertime the city of Ann Arbor seems to be awash in festivals. Where once was a desolate land with only the occasional cool show for sustenance now thrives a riot of music, art, food and fun....
View ArticleRock, Reading and Writing – S’Mittenfest!
20 bands, three stages, one great cause More people needed to experience Mittenfest. Last year’s annual end-of-year music festival spanned five days and stirred a surge of good cheer and charity. The...
View ArticleThe Ann Arbor Summer Art Fair
The streets of Ann Arbor seem to sweat art in the month of July. Many locals I know claim to despise Art Fair in the same way that we despise Hash Bash for bringing out masses of non-Ann Arborites. But...
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