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Monthly Archives: March 2008

Why? Try, and the Best Birthday Party I Wasn’t Actually Invited To, or My weekend report from Detroit

By Scotter | Published: March 30, 2008
To those of you reading outside of the confines of the southeast side of the fine state of Michigan, I must preface this sad tale of traveling travail with an explanation about the Detroit “metropolitan” area. The difference between the Detroit music fan versus the Chicago/New York/San Francisco/Seattle fan is that we are one of [...]
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The Velvet Underground’s ‘Squeeze’: Not as bad as you’d think

By Todd | Published: March 28, 2008
[Audio clip: view full post to listen] Lou Reed – Interview (from American Poet) [Audio clip: view full post to listen] The Velvet Underground – “Crash” [Audio clip: view full post to listen] The Velvet Underground – “Caroline” [Audio clip: view full post to listen] The Velvet Underground – “Wordless” [Audio clip: view full post [...]
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Review: Destroyer – Trouble in Dreams

By Scotter | Published: March 20, 2008
Dark Leaves Form a Thread [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Foam Hands [Audio clip: view full post to listen] From Trouble in Dreams In an attempt to be original and awesome, I was thinking of writing an entire review of Destroyer’s newest, Trouble in Dreams, without mentioning any of the lyrics. I was [...]
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Here comes the sun

By Todd | Published: March 20, 2008
[Audio clip: view full post to listen] Nina Simone – “Here Comes the Sun” (from The Essential Nina Simone, Vol. 2) Spring’s right around the corner, and no, the Post-Rockist is not dead. We’ve just been in hibernation mode, holed up in some poorly insulated cottage in Oceana county, sipping godawful coffee out of a [...]
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Metro Times Blowout – Finale

By Scotter | Published: March 9, 2008
Whalebomb, from an email at 1:15pm: Tired. I’m not remembering much right now due to my confused state of mind resulting from the chaotic previous four days. It’s even hard typing in complete sentences. Scotter was asleep at 1:15pm when this email was sent, and read it at 2pm. Scotter was still up at 4am, [...]
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Metro Times Blowout – Friday

By Scotter | Published: March 8, 2008
Whalebomb and Scotter continue their adventures in Detroit Rock Radness at the Metro Times Blowout… Child Bite (K of C Main Hall), to Blair (Whiskey in the Jar), to Black Jake and the Carnies Whalebomb: I started the night out very tiredly at The Record Graveyard. We stayed long enough for me to drink a [...]
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Metro Times Blowout – Day 2 (or is it Day 1? Well, I guess it depends on whether you consider the opening party day one, but it is an “opening party,” not a day, but it certainly feels like it was a day, well, a night, but last night was a night too, not a day, okay then “Thursday”).

By Scotter | Published: March 7, 2008
Ever realize how many bars in Hamtramck proudly display myriad trophies won over the years by their bar/club-sponsored bowling, softball, and youth basketball teams? Ever notice that most of these trophies hark back to the 70s, 80s, and early 90s? It’s kind of weird. Are these simply relics of the past–a reminder of the communities [...]
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