Detroit Metro Times

Lead Stories

Ready, steady. Pop.

Cover Story: High Strung have paid their dues in full-and it's payoff time!. By Jeff Milo 5/9/2012

Verse chorus verse

City Slang: Lassoing up newer Mitten releases. By Brett Callwood 5/9/2012

Mess of suppression

News Hits: Why voter ID laws are solutions to a problem that doesn’t exist. By Curt Guyette 5/9/2012

Ode to a café

Canvassing The Hood: Reprised stage play honors the spirit of a Detroit classic. By Jackie Rollin 5/9/2012

Senate dumbs down

Politics & Prejudices: The faulty belief that tax cuts are more important than producing more qualified graduates. By Jack Lessenberry 5/9/2012

News+Views

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The Whole truth

Politics & Prejudices: That $5 million spent luring Whole Foods drives city’s independent grocers crazy. By Jack Lessenberry 5/16/2012

Walking on

News Hits: Remembering Ethel Schwartz and honoring her legacy. By Curt Guyette 5/16/2012

Marijuana mea culpa

Higher Ground: Last week, we got some stuff wrong — but here’s the straight dope. By Larry Gabriel 5/16/2012

Crash course

News Hits: Event shows Detroiters that there’s no painless path out of this mess. By Curt Guyette 5/16/2012

Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor: MT readers have their say. By Metro Times readers 5/16/2012

Senate dumbs down

Politics & Prejudices: The faulty belief that tax cuts are more important than producing more qualified graduates. By Jack Lessenberry 5/9/2012

Optimism in the hood?

Stir It Up: In one part of Detroit, new neighbors, consciousness-raising, signal welcome change afoot. By Larry Gabriel 5/9/2012

Mess of suppression Why voter ID laws are solutions to a problem that doesn’t exist | 5/9/2012
Court ruling hasn’t cleared the air Controversy over interpretation of ruling on medical marijuana and driving | 5/2/2012
Postcards from the ruins Rush of referendums is bad news for representative government | 5/2/2012

Music

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$Advance Base - A Shut-In\$

Advance Base - A Shut-In's Prayer (Orindal Records)

Spun: Owen Ashworth’s exquisite, haunting new record trades in estrangement. By Nathan Phillips 5/16/2012

Rick Springfield - Beginnings (Real Gone/Capitol)

Backwash: Before the soaps, there was a kid from Australia learning the ropes. By Brian Smith 5/16/2012

Stevie Wonder - Innervisions (Audio Fidelity)

Backwash: What? This record again? But wait: It never sounded better!. By Brian Smith 5/16/2012

Ane Brun - It All Starts With One (PIAS America)

Spun: Who’d keep pop-folk alive and kicking? This Norwegian would.. By Chris Parker 5/16/2012

Cornershop - Urban Turban (Ample Play/Darla)

Spun: Eighth LP is packed with pop hooks, dance grooves and hip-hop beats . By Michael Gallucci 5/16/2012

$Clear Soul Forces\$

Clear Soul Forces' breakout potential

City Slang: Red Bull doc, debut disc, group chemistry fuel ascent. By Brett Callwood 5/16/2012

Ready, steady. Pop. High Strung have paid their dues in full-and it's payoff time! | 5/9/2012
Josh Malerman's top five authors and recordings The High Strung member gives us his favorites | 5/9/2012
Grateful Dead - All the Years Combine: The DVD Collection 2012 (Shout Factory) Bring out your dead - Finally, a good clutch of Grateful Dead DVDs all in one release | 5/9/2012
Dr. John - Locked Down (Nonesuch Records) Dr. John, because good music never goes bad | 5/9/2012

Culture

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Motown revival

Cover Story: Remembering the Marvelettes and the hit factory's beginnings. By Travis R. Wright 5/16/2012

Marijuana mea culpa

Higher Ground: Last week, we got some stuff wrong — but here’s the straight dope. By Larry Gabriel 5/16/2012

Fifty Shades of annoyance

Savage Love: At 19 years of marriage, novel stirs up her libido, what about his?. By Dan Savage 5/16/2012

Malcolm X — still controversial

Feature: A recent biography stirs debate as the iconic black nationalist is honored in Detroit. By W. Kim Heron 5/16/2012

Screwin' the pooch Sometimes, you don’t need advice, just the realization that you blew it | 5/9/2012
Court ruling hasn’t cleared the air Controversy over interpretation of ruling on medical marijuana and driving | 5/2/2012
The devil inside The people who attend this church swear they see miracles. Who's to argue? | 5/2/2012
When you're busted Man loves having his balls stomped on — but only by dudes | 5/2/2012

Screens

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Headhunters

Screens: Head first - A frolicsome mix of Hitchcock, Elmore Leonard and Coen brothers that's actually good. By Jeff Meyers 5/16/2012

Peaked

Feature: Sherilyn Fenn: A sort of homecoming. By Paul D. Knoll 5/16/2012

The Dictator

Screens: International despot - A satire involving abduction, some torture, rape and terrorist-themed video games. By Corey Hall 5/16/2012

Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

Screens: Welcome to Jaipur! - Loneliness, depression, homesickness, lost loves and chemically enhanced horniness. By Corey Hall 5/11/2012

Dark Shadows

Screens: Shadow boxing - Sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll hedonism of the '70s as saucy accessory to fun-fright glam. By Jeff Meyers 5/10/2012

The Avengers: Critic vs. Critic

Screens: MT critics Meyers and Hall get all Avengers on each other. By Corey Hall & Jeff Meyers 5/4/2012

The Avengers Super sizin' - This company of heroes wows with All-American flair | 5/4/2012
Damsels in Distress Love stinks - Whit Stillman continues to chronicle the neurotic and narcissistic psyches of affluent youth | 5/2/2012
The Five-Year Engagement A2 is setting, but flick is a letdown - Segel and Blunt have chemistry, if only they had a story | 5/2/2012
The Pirates! Band of Misfits Come sail away! - Damn the anachronisms, this 3-D cartoon comedy goes full speed ahead | 4/27/2012

Food+Drink

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Food Stuff Milford’s growing farmers’ market, art and dining, more for Mom, and more | 5/9/2012
Start the day right Selected places serving breakfast and brunch in metro Detroit | 5/9/2012
Rich pours Zin Wine Bar & Restaurant | 5/2/2012
Food Stuff Maifest at Dakota Inn, Vinotecca’s makeover and more for Mother’s Day | 5/2/2012
Food Stuff Green Dot gets a green light and more | 4/18/2012
Fresh perspectives The folks at Cacao Tree on raw and vegan fare, and how processed foods harm us | 4/18/2012
Meat and drink Ypsilanti’s Wurst Bar mixes craft sausage and beer for an epic pairing | 4/18/2012

Ready, steady. Pop.

Verse chorus verse

Mess of suppression

Ode to a café

Senate dumbs down

The Whole truth

Walking on

Marijuana mea culpa

Crash course

Letters to the Editor

Senate dumbs down

Optimism in the hood?

Advance Base - A Shut-In's Prayer (Orindal Records)

Rick Springfield - Beginnings (Real Gone/Capitol)

Stevie Wonder - Innervisions (Audio Fidelity)

Ane Brun - It All Starts With One (PIAS America)

Cornershop - Urban Turban (Ample Play/Darla)

Clear Soul Forces' breakout potential

Motown revival

Marijuana mea culpa

Fifty Shades of annoyance

Malcolm X — still controversial

Headhunters

Peaked

The Dictator

Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

Dark Shadows

The Avengers: Critic vs. Critic

Food Stuff

True east

Roll with it

Editorial

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