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Friday Fix: Mount Eerie and the music of Twin Peaks

By Todd | Published: September 4, 2009
“She’s filled with secrets. Where we’re from, the birds sing a pretty song and there’s always music in the air.” — The Man From Another Place [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Mount Eerie – “Between Two Mysteries” (from Wind’s Poem) Phil Elverum’s decision to craft an album indebted to black metal and the [...]
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Friday Fix: PHONOTROPIC’S WICKED AWESOME BARBEQUED MUSICAL SAFARI…YESSS!!!

By Scotter | Published: July 30, 2009
This week’s Friday Fix features tracks from some of our favorite Detroit bands who are playing PHONOTROPIC’S WICKED AWESOME BARBEQUEDMUSICAL SAFARI…YESSS!!! show this weekend at The Crofoot. The PHONOTROPIC’S WICKED AWESOME BARBEQUEDMUSICAL SAFARI…YESSS!!! promises to be an amazing event with more than 15 musical performances and DJ sets as well as some great art from [...]
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Friday Fix–Das Racist: that sarcastic slacker asshole in high school who sat at the back of the class and was secretly smarter than the valedictorian

By Scotter | Published: July 24, 2009
While on an early evening bike ride yesterday I happened into a public park where several of the local senior citizenry were gathered to hear a Big Band play hits from the 30s and 40s (“back when music was really music!” so I can hear them say when attempting to put words in their mouths). [...]
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Friday Fix: Done Gone Up North

By Scotter | Published: July 17, 2009
That’s me on the left “Up north” is something that Michiganians in particular understand. Sure, other states have “up north” equivalents. But people from Michigan in particular refer to any lazy excursion out of the city and normal life to a sylvan, nature-based area for the purpose of simply relaxing “up north.” I’ve personally been [...]
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Friday Fix: Corn on the Macabre for your Summer BBQ Death Fix

By Scotter | Published: July 10, 2009
What a news cycle we have had these past couple of weeks! Palin resigns. Franken is a senator. Obama visits Russia. And a lot of famous people died. The ubiquitous Michael Jackson coverage has taken over the attention of the entire country, and no matter what his sins may or may not have been, there [...]
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Friday Fix: Star-Spangled Lou

By Todd | Published: July 3, 2009
[Audio clip: view full post to listen] Lou Reed – “America (Star-Spangled Banner)” (from Between Thought and Expression: The Lou Reed Anthology) This weekend, as you’re grilling veggie dogs over an open flame and sipping on a few too many imported brews in the backyard with your loved ones, be sure to take a moment [...]
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Friday Fix: The Metal Years: !T.O.O.H.!, Trap Them, Intestine Baalism

By Andrew | Published: June 19, 2009
As a result of my recent trip to Maryland Deathfest, I’ve been listening to mostly metal, with an occasional break to research the next topic of Andrew and Liz Discuss the Hits.  Below are a few songs that have excited me recently. !T.O.O.H.! (that stands for Total Obliteration of Humanity, naturally) was an experimental grind band from [...]
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