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coming soon concert calendar: 3/7 – frisky whisky - whiskey,
burlesque, craft beer & live art 21+
3/8 – zoso - a tribute to led zeppelin 18+ 3/9 – moneybagg yo 3/11 – kodie shane @ the shelter w/ baby goth
apr. 27 honne 18+ st. andrew’s
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3/12 – bones 3/14 – born of osiris
w/ chelsea grin, make them suffer, kingdom of giants
3/15 – the black queen @ the shelter 18+
3/16 – haywyre @ the shelter 18+ 3/17 – sabrina carpenter w/ maggie lindem
3/18 – children of bodom may 21
the shelter
fever 333
june 13 a r i z o n a st. andrew’s
w/ swallow the sun & wolfheart
3/19 – as i lay dying
w/ frost koffin, phinehas & currents low ticket alert
3/21 – sticky fingers
@ the shelter w/ tommy newport low ticket alert
3/23 – trevor hall w/ dirtwire 3/24 – leikeli47 @ the shelter w/ young baby tate
june 26 catfish and the st. andrew’s bottlemen
aug. 16 neurosis the shelter
w/ bell witch & deaf kids
3/25 – tobe nwigwe @ the shelter low ticket alert
3/26 – extreme midget wrestling
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NEWS & VIEWS Feedback We received some comments on our cover story about Autorama enlisting Debbie Sanchez to host its first-ever lowrider invitational. Dolores313: Congratulations Debbie! Thank you for sharing your lowrider story from a women’s perspective. Much love and respect as you represent Southwest Detroit. You are a leader in the community; a voice to promote lowrider culture. Documenting the history and educating future generations ensures the legacy you started continues. God bless.
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Frank Podsadlo: In the Feb. 20 issue, Dave Hornstein complained that the editors did not inform the readers about changes at Metro Times. I agree. In the old days when I wanted to find out about films I used to be able to count on Metro Times for ads and reviews. I cannot do that anymore. And when Metro Times merged with Real Detroit Weekly there should have been an item about that fact in Metro Times. There was not. Heard. We’ promise to do a better job of keeping you updated. — Editor Have an opinion? Of course you do! Send feedback to letters@metrotimes.com.
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NEWS & VIEWS Informed Dissent
The red scare e re
Close your eyes and imagine
a modern Republican uttering these words: “Because I am a businessman … the doctrinaires of the opposition have attacked me as an opponent of liberalism. But I was a liberal before many of these men had heard the word. … I believe that the forces of free enterprise must be regulated. I am opposed to business monopolies. I believe in collective bargaining, by representatives of labor’s own free choice, without any interference and in full protection of those obvious rights. I believe in the maintenance of minimum standards for wages and of maximum standards for hours. I believe that such standards should constantly improve. I believe in the federal regulation of interstate utilities, of securities markets, and of banking. I believe in federal pensions, n ade uate old a e benefits and n unemployment allowances.” That was indeed a Republican, though not a modern one: Wendell Willkie, the GOP’s presidential candidate n and t e fi st ol t al na to win a major party’s nomination. He shares some DNA with Donald Trump,
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perience an Achilles’ heel. The second was that there wasn’t much daylight between the men, either on the German menace (though both turned, somewhat disingenuously, toward noninterventionism as the election neared) or on the New Deal’s social programs. Willkie simply claimed he could run t ose o ams mo e e e t el e o e ed mo e o an e o t an a o e It wasn’t a convincing argument. Here’s the point: Willkie, the conservative in an election 80 years ago, was an avowed liberal who backed unions, so al se u t unem lo ment benefits and regulating banks and big business. Or, in the contemporary GOP vernacular, a radical socialist. Sure, the parties have changed since then. Democrats lost Southern segregationists and social conservatives; Republicans made them their base. Republicans lost Northern liberals, urban intellectuals, and minorities; Democrats made them their base. Our national politics have changed, too. Barry Goldwater dragged the Republicans rightward. Ronald Reagan’s success did the same for the Democrats. It was only in the wake of the Great Recession that
Both Willkie and Trump were philandering, egotistical former Democrats. But that’s where the similarities end. na o ot e e ell no n businessmen running amid a lackluster economic recovery. Both were philandering, egotistical former Democrats. But that’s where the similarities end. Willkie, for starters, opposed racial and religious bigotry and welcomed immigrants. He also thought the country too reliant on one man — President Franklin Roosevelt — rather than boast n t at e alone ould fi t e nation’s ills. For two reasons, Willkie never had a an e a a nst e fi st o course, was the budding war in Europe, which made his foreign policy inex-
leftists began to regain a foothold in Democratic politics. I thought about Willkie’s speech while watching Trump’s long, rambling address to the CPAC conference on da n e u ed a a alled the investigations into his campaign bulls t mo ed e ess ons a ent talked about meeting a general named “Raisin Cain,” and said that Central American parents were loading up their daughters with “massive amounts of birth control” because they’d be raped b uman t a es e no s t at s not how birth control works, right?) More important, Trump also cast
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1940 Republican nominee Wendell Willkie: Radical socialist!
himself as the only thing standing between America and an on-the-march “socialist nightmare,” parroting days of ominous fulminations from conservatives about how Alexandria OcasioCortez and the Green New Deal are coming for your cars and your cows and your freedom. This is an old playbook, of course. Republicans called Barack Obama a socialist, and Hillary Clinton a socialist, and every Democrat to the left of Herbert Hoover a socialist. It became an everyday epithet over a quarter-century and lost its luster. But with a few prominent Democrats claiming that mantle — and many older Americans on at n demo at so al sm and Soviet-style communism — the GOP sees an opening to bring it back. s s at t e ne t mont s will look like, no matter whom the Democrats nominate. Trump is not popular. He never will be. He can’t in; polls show that only four in 10 voters sa t e ll defin tel o obabl ote for him. No, he needs the other guy to ose. So he’ll drag them into his gutter, make them as reviled as he is. Whether he faces Bernie Sanders or Joe Biden, Kamala Harris or Amy Klobuchar — whether that candidate wants Medicare for All or merely to preserve the o dable a e t to m lement t e Green New Deal or simply treat climate change like the existential threat it is — is irrelevant. In Trump’s telling, they’ll become
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an avatar for the “radical left,” for open borders and anti-cop riots, for a socialist takeover of the free market on behalf of the environment, for literal infanticide and handouts to (co h black co h) layabouts. And they’ll all have some childhood taunt of a nickname, a la “Pocahontas.” That’s all Trump knows how to do. This should be freeing: Democrats can pick the candidate who inspires them, who best speaks to their values, who can take a punch and return one in kind, and not worry about gaming the politics. It’ll be ugly no matter what. This, too, should be freeing: As hard as Trump will work to paint Democrats as the second coming of Marx, Republicans are actually on the fringe. According to a new NBC News/ a Street o rna poll, 56 percent of registered voters said Democrats were in the mainstream on climate change and health care policy, and 51 percent on abo t on o e ubl ans ust percent, 41 percent, and 38 percent, respectively. In other words, even with Bernie and AOC and Elizabeth Warren making headlines for aggressively progressive positions, and even with pundits furiously chin-stroking about whether the Democrats are going too far left, most Americans think the Republicans are the extremists. As it turns out, the American public n s mu mo e l e endell Willkie than Donald Trump.
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NEWS & VIEWS Mopping up corruption
More than 40 public and private officials charged in federal investigations By Steve Neavling
Fifteen cops. Five suburban
trustees. A former state senator. Millionaire moguls. They’re among more than 40 public and ate o als a ed as a t o a long-running and expanding federal investigation into public corruption in metro Detroit. The charges range from extortion and money laundering to bribery and conspiracy to distribute drugs. Some defendants have been sentenced; others are awaiting trial or cooperating with authorities. And this could just be the beginning. There’s Mayor Mike Duggan’s demolition program, which has been the subject of a wide-ranging grand jury investigation into the handling of more than $200 million of federal funds to knock down vacant homes. The allegations run the spectrum, from bid-rigging and fraud to conspiracy and fabricating records. So far, subpoenas have targeted the Detroit Land Bank, Building Authority, and the Mayor’s o e Duggan’s friend and key campaign supporter, Dennis Archer Jr., is also under investigation in connection with downtown property and alleged bribes involving City Councilman Gabe Leland, who was indicted in October 2018. In the latest raid last month, the FBI searched Taylor City Hall and the ome o e and alet o a o Sollars. Agents also raided the home
and o e o ealt ans t on o ne Shady Awad, a real estate mogul with contracts in at least 15 other metro Detroit communities. Sollar’s chief of sta obe t e son es ned a te the FBI interviewed him during the raid. Taylor Police Corporal Matthew Minard was also suspended. Then there’s the “target subjects” named in federal records that were accidentally unsealed in December 2017. e n lude a ne ount e Benny Napoleon, Wayne County Circuit Judge Vonda Evans, resigned state e an an s et ed state e Albert Tinsley-Talabi, former Macomb County Public Works Commissioner Anthony Marrocco, ex-Detroit cop Morris Joseph, and more than a handful of private contractors. All of this happened after disgraced, former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick was sentenced to 28 years in prison for racketeering, bribery, extortion, and tax crimes in October 2013. “Public corruption erodes the trust that our citizens have in our governments, so it’s important that we invest ate all o t ese alle at ons e e Downey, assistant special agent in a e o t e I s et o t o e tells Metro Times. “We spend a considerable amount of time and resources investigating public corruption.” Bombarded with allegations of corruption in 2012, the FBI assembled the Detroit Area Public Corruption Task Force, a team composed of local, state
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and federal law enforcement. At the time, Andrew G. Arena, the then-special agent in charge of the FBI’s et o t o e de la ed a on o u tion, saying it had become a “generational, systemic part of the culture” of southeast Michigan. “Those who betray that trust must be brought to justice and such actions cannot be tolerated,” Arena said in 2012. The task force didn’t mess around, fi st ta et n a omb ount Central to the investigation were t as t tan u o and to n mogul Gasper Fiore, both of whom were sentenced to prison for bribing ubl o als In e an e o a mo e lenient sentence, both men wore a wire to el t e eds ensna e ubl o als In the past year, the investigation ended in prison sentences for former l nton o ns ustee ean e nolds, former Macomb Township Trustee l o d e tas este field o ns Supervisor Michael Lovelock, and New Haven trustees Christopher Craigmiles and Brett Harris. Engineering contractors Paulin Modi and James Pistilli also were sentenced to prison for bribing ubl o als In Detroit, then-Deputy Police Chief Celia Washington was charged with accepting bribes from two towers, including Fiore, to get more business. Washington also accepted $2,400 in repairs on her personal car and $800 for drinks at her birthday party at a Granite City restaurant.
Six Detroit cops — Charles Wills, Jamil Martin, Deonne Dotson, James obe tson a t n utt and nt on Careathers — were charged with accepting bribes in exchange for referring cars to collision shops and writing false police reports. Five of them were sentenced to between one and two years in prison, and Dotson is awaiting trial. One of those collision shops, Livernois Collision in Detroit, is owned by Daniel Dabish, who is accused of bribery, defrauding auto and insurance companies. In an unrelated case in October, Det o t ol e e sto e tanton is accused of helping a group of drug ta e s d st bute e o n entan l and cocaine. He is awaiting trial on charges of conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance and making a false statement. In a case that originated from the multi-agency task force, seven current and o me ol e o e s n met o et o t a e a used o s n n o on mo e than 100 Secretary of State documents that falsely indicated salvage cars were ns e ted and e t fied Last year, federal authorities told reporters that Oakland and Wayne counties are the next targets in bribery schemes. The FBI declined to comment on current cases but said the public corruption investigation will remain “a top priority.”
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NEWS & VIEWS Detroit man sues three white women who called police on him for ‘gardening while black’ By Tom Perkins
A black Detroit man is suing
three white women who repeatedly fabricated charges against him in calls to the Detroit Police Department. Marc Peeples and attorney Robert Burton-Harris claim the women made up increasingly serious but bogus stories throughout 2017 and early 2018 as he built out an urban garden in Hunt Park near the State Fairgrounds. The omen d d so as a t o an e o t to have Peeples removed from the park, Peeples alleges. In the complaint, he states that the women had their own plans for Hunt Park and wanted to “take control” of it. Aside from the garden, Peeples had boarded up neighboring abandoned houses and made other improvements to the park. He previously told Metro Times he was arrested for “gardening while black.” In May 2018, DPD charged Peeples with three counts of stalking, but a Wayne County Circuit Court judge dismissed the case. She called the women’s charges “fabricated,” said they lied under oath, and said they “should be sitting at the defendant’s table for stalking and harassment charges, not Mr. Peeples.” In police body camera footage obtained by Burton-Harris, an o e es ond n to one o t e calls can be heard calling the women’s charges “B.S.” e om la nt filed last ee n cuit Court alleges the women worked “concertedly to cause Marc economic harm and emotional distress” and engaged in “targeted harassment of [Peeples] for more than nine months.” In the complaint, Peeples calls the women’s actions “extreme, malicious, wanton, and outrageous,” and alleges “the conspiracy was to get Marc incarcerated or seriously injured by law enforcement.” He’s asking for $300,000 in damages. “I was arrested in front of children, and even after I was arrested my name was still being slandered, people were
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Peeples was a pedophile who wasn’t supposed to be around children. However, that was untrue, as Peeples has never been accused of or charged with such crimes. Burton-Harris wrote in the lawsuit complaint that the charge was “totally invented and completely baseless.” Butron-Harris notes in the complaint that the three women sought permission from the city to adopt Hunt Park and “implement their own projects” after Peeples was arrested and ordered to stay away from the park. They also removed or covered Peeples’ work. “At all times, Deborah, Martha, and Jennifer, collectively and individually, acted PHOTO COURTESY OF LIBERATED FARMS with the ulterior purpose of Marc Peeples working with children on Liberated Farms. obtaining control over Hunt Park,” Burton-Harris wrote. “They cal violence against them. Nash also still saying things about me that wasn’t made false police reports and accused claimed that the pan-African colors true,” Peeples says. “I wanted to hold Marc of various crimes that they knew Peeples painted on vacant houses and people accountable. I was locked up, he did not commit.” trees were “gang colors.” I had to face trial, and I had to put my Peeples is planning to return to Nash alleged in 2018 that Peeples life back together.” Hunt Park to build out the garden — threatened to burn down her house Burton-Harris tells Metro Times now called Liberated Farms — this and repeatedly threatened to kill her. there’s strong evidence that the women season. It will be a part of several local That was followed by allegations that lied to police and lied under oath. schools’ STEM curriculum, and he he participated in a drive-by shooting “We want some consequences,” says he’s planning to add playground on her home, and blocked the streets Burton-Harris says. “We waited to see equipment, as well. A GoFundMe page so she couldn’t get to her house. o ose uto s o e ould set up for Peeples in October raised In March 2018, Nash called DPD investigate the women, and that didn’t about $53,000, which Peeples says while Peeples worked in the park and happen, so that’s part of the reason we is helping fund the new farm, and told o e s e ad a un as decided to move forward.” helped him buy a house for him and unt ue en s o e s a ed at t e The three women — Deborah Nash, his mother. park, they found Peeples raking leaves. Martha Callahan, and Jennifer MorHe says he isn’t worried about further When that didn’t succeed in getting ris — are named as defendants. They confrontations with the women. Peeples removed from Hunt, Nash and live across from or near the park and “I have to do for my people and that’s her neighbors waited until Peeples couldn’t be reached for comment. my concern — rebuilding the neighAmong other allegations, the women had a group of children working in the borhood back up,” Peeples says. garden, called police, and told them said Peeples made threats of physi-
Noted baseball fan Jack White donates $10k to restore Hamtramck Stadium By Lee DeVito A campaign to raise funds to restore the historic Hamtramck Stadium got a big boost Monday thanks to a $10,000 donation from Jack White. Led by the Piast Institute and the Friends of Historic Hamtramck Stadium and hosted by Patronicity, the crowdfunding campaign is trying to raise $50,000 to restore Hamtramck Stadium for baseball and soccer games. The campaign will also raise funds to enhance the existing cricket pitch and install signage onsite and throughout
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Hamtramck, in addition to a separately planned restoration of the site’s grandstand. The stadium, built in 1930, was the former home of the Detroit Stars in 1930-1931 and 1933 and is one of the few remaining Negro League ballparks in America. But its grandstand has been in disrepair and closed to the public since the 1990s. It’s the latest baseball-related headline for White. Starting in 2008, White donated nearly $170,00 to revamp Clark Park, the Southwest Detroit park where he played baseball growing up. In 2017, White and Detroit Tigers second baseman Ian Kinsler invested in baseball bat company Warstic. Last year, a Warstic bat used by White was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. The Michigan Economic Development Corporation will match donations to the campaign up to $50,000.
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NEWS & VIEWS Visiting View
DTE’s rate increases punish the region’s poorest customers By Jackson Koeppel
During the record-breaking cold weather earlier this year,
DTE Energy told Michiganders to cut back on our energy use to avert grid failure. I did it, along with many Michiganders, to prevent harm to my community. We all thought of the greater good. But the same cannot be said of DTE. DTE is about to hit poorer communities and those who use less energy with whopping rate increases. We need to demand justice when it comes to energy costs, and we need to make DTE and the Michigan Public Service Commission hear our demands. Dialing back your thermostat is supposed to keep the bill down. But DTE is pushing for a rate increase of 45 percent on their lowest-income, lowestusage residential customers, compared to the already oppressive 19 percent being levied on the average residential customer. In short: DTE is penalizing us for doing in advance what they frantically implored us to do during the polar vortex — conserving energy. By DTE’s own admission, these rates are regressive. To demand conservation during a crisis and punish it in their ates s t e defin t on o o s DTE claims they need these hundreds of millions of dollars to invest in safety and reliability. But their spending plan is based on utility cost savings and helping communities that are im-
Radio personality Craig Fahle sentenced for drunken driving and possession of cocaine By Steve Neavling
Craig Fahle, a longtime radio personality who resigned as the spokesman of the Detroit Land Bank last year, was sentenced to one year of probation and community service after he was busted driving drunk with a small baggie of cocaine in his pocket. The 51-year-old’s blood-alcohol
proving economically, rather than helping the communities that need it most. An MPSC report found there were twice as many deaths in Detroit due to downed wires and aging infrastructure than in the rest of their service territory. The premise of DTE’s request — that their most impacted customers should pay the highest increase for DTE’s failure to maintain infrastructure — is unjust. And they are not building infrastructure for distributing clean energy — they are building it for two giant gas plants, whose life cycle emissions will continue to create the climate change responsible for the polar vortex and other wild weather patterns. DTE also plans to cut back in-person and phone customer service, investing millions in digitally automated systems. This is a terrible blow to the hundreds of thousands of low-income customers who lack internet access and to people who prefer to talk to another human being when they experience problems. Research from the University of Michigan showed t at ene e en o ams do not reach DTE’s lowest-income customers, and our cross-examination revealed that DTE’s low-income programs are poorly managed, and impact is insuffi entl t a ed omb ned t oo infrastructure maintenance in low-income communities and the regressive rate hike, this amounts to a massive
shakedown on the most vulnerable and the elimination of services they rely on to survive. DTE is asking for a guaranteed 10.5 e ent ofit on t ese n estments Before raising rates on poor communities, DTE should be required to account for their historic failure to serve those communities by cutting back their ofit ma ns The Michigan Public Service Commission denied a request for public
level was nearly three times the legal limit to drive when he was pulled over for speeding and tailgating a police car in Grosse Pointe Park shortly before midnight on Nov. 9, according to court records. While booking Fahle, police found a small baggie in his pocket that tested positive for cocaine. He spent three days in jail before being charged with drunken-driving and a felony count of cocaine possession. Fahle could have been sentenced to up to 180 days in jail under the state’s “super drunk” statute because his
blood-alcohol level — 0.221 percent — was above 0.17. As part of a plea deal, prosecutors reduced his drug charge from a felony to a misdemeanor. On Feb. 20, Judge Carl F. Jarboe of 3B Municipal Court handed down the probation sentence. “I’m sorry. I made a massive mistake, and I am incredibly embarrassed by it,” Fahle tells Metro Times. “I’m very thankful that it didn’t turn out to be something worse, and I vow that it will never happen again.” After resigning from his $120,000-a-
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(DTE’s rate hike) amounts to a massive shakedown on the most vulnerable and elimination of services they rely upon to survive. hearings to get direct input from those who will be impacted by this oppressive increase. But they can still do the right thing by rejecting DTE’s proposal and sending DTE back to the drawing board to create a rate structure that is fair, just, and equitable to all of Michigan’s people. Jackson Koeppel is the executive director of Soulardarity, an activist group in Highland Park.
year Land Bank job last year, Fahle hosted a podcast called “The Craig Fahle Show,” which now airs on Deadline Detroit, an online news site. The conviction won’t impact his job with Deadline Detroit, according to the site’s co-founder and editor, Allan Lengel. “It’s an unfortunate set of circumstances,” Lengel tells Metro Times. “And he’s paying the price for it. That being said, Craig’s a very talented guy and we look forward to him continuing to contribute to Deadline Detroit.”
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When Jenny Met Jackie Meet the Detroit songwriting duo ahead of the Hamtramck Music Fest
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David: ea e e one I la ed mus t be o e I as s a no [laughs I l e o man mo e a t o and s nt bands t e e a e o eat e o me s and en e bust n omen a t sts a e ett n mo e o t e lo e and attent on t e dese e I lo e en e bend n b lls ett n ou old ends to sta t ne bands I ant mo e ouse s o s and ne I s a es I t n t e b est om n o a e lesson s to a e ate s a es be ause t e an be tem o a a e an n uen e sounds and o ds and eat t so mu and define a moment n t me Jenny & Jackie perform at 10:15 p.m. on Saturday, March 9 at the Painted Lady Lounge; 2930 Jacob St., Hamtramck; 313-874-2991; see hamtramckmusicfest.com for full fschedule; Tickets are $15 for wristbands for the full festival schedule, March 7-9.
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FEATURE It’s a cold February evening and downtown Detroit’s Anchor Bar is quiet. A handful of patrons converse a half a decibel above a murmur as top 40 hits from yesteryear play from the speakers mounted high on the wall. Detroit-born rapper and producer Leaf Erikson knows this area well; he spent 22 years not too far away at the Detroit Free Press. But right now he’s combing the menu of lagers with his index fin e loo n o one t at s b e ed in Michigan. Somewhere in between the Rolling Stones’ “Satisfaction” and Bon Jovi’s “Livin on a Prayer,” a friendly dark-complected waitress walks to his table to take an order. Erikson asks about local beers (preferably Bell’s) but the waitress isn’t too sure. While trying
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Why Leaf Erikson just can’t quit not to show frustration Leaf settles for a New Belgium Fat Tire. “Ninety percent of the time, I drink local,” he says. The interaction is symbolic of how Leaf lives his life; he prefers to support “local” every chance he gets. Leaf has been a mainstay on Detroit’s music scene for 20 years. He’s been rapping since his preteens and got serious during his days attending Cass Tech high school. “We have a joke online that the best emcees went to Cass,” he says with a laugh. He’s grinded out 10 projects since 1997, each one being a combination of strong lyrics, relevant content, and diverse musical moods. Late ’90s Erikson partnered with Dakim to form the group Advanced Prep and released the album Underground Lair. In 2006 he released his fi st solo album The Great Big Nothing, and joined Jay Connery in 2010 to form the group Smash Television, who went on to release the abstract Idiot Bocks. The ’90s-inspired melodic Hidden Gems dropped in 2015 and on 2017’s Monumentum, he teamed up with Dakim again. He was more than ready to retire, but fatherhood has kept him going. “My 16-year-old son, who’s an aspiring artist, doesn’t want to me to stop,” he says. “He’s my hero and my inspiration. I would’ve quit all of this several years ago if he didn’t personally tell me that I had to keep doing it.” Although Erikson’s music and talent have always been undeniable,
Detroit rapper says his son won’t let him retire
BY KAHN SANTORI DAVISON he’s stayed in the comfortable space he carved for himself locally due to a willingness not to compromise himself. “Honestly, I never wanted to be famous,” he says. “I just wanted to make good music, network, and travel. I wanted to be able to make good money without all that celebrity nonsense. I’ve had several opportunities to take things to the next level. But I wasn’t willing to sell myself to do so.” Erikson has stayed current with today’s hip-hop scene, but he’s still nostalogic about his journey starting out in the ’90s. “Back then it was more of the essence,” he says. “Since there wasn’t social media, you had physical merchandise, and it felt like you were connecting with the arts more. We have rich history, but people don’t know it. As much as I love Slum Village, people think that’s the Detroit sound, but when I grew up it was AWOL, Awesome Dre, and Slum took it to another level, which is dope. I wanted to marriage the two, and I hope I did a good job because if it wasn’t for them I wouldn’t be here.”
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Erikson dropped the single “Foreclosu e o s album A Canvas of Hope last month. It’s an aggressively political track that tackles Detroit’s current ent fi at on and eb and n I ad never done a project about Detroit,” he says. “Any project I’ve ever done would be littered with references about Detroit, but I told my lady a few years ago that I wanted to do two to three projects dedicated Detroit.” On the song he raps: “Sex, lies, and videotapes and handshakes/ all became a factor in the downtown landscape/ Not before property value fell to a low/ to recoup time to build they escrow/ They let the building collect dust, an eyesore/ Strategize, so they didn’t have to pay more/ taxes on the backend while we became casualties/ in deals orchestrated by the Ilitch family.” “I feel like I have a responsibility,” he says. “ You see all these nice things in Midtown, downtown, and Corktown and in the neighborhoods; yeah, you knock a few houses down but what’s the plan going forward?” he asks. “I know someone that bought a house
and improved it but the city said it wasn’t up to code, which it was, but it was because some millionaire whose name I’m not going to mention right now wanted that property. The playing level is not fair.” Erikson feels Canvas of Hope is one of his most complete and diverse projects. The 11-track album was entirely produced by Meftah and mixed by Eddie Logix. It features guest appearances by Jah Connery, Smoke, and Wu Tang songstress Blue Raspberry. “Blue Raspberry did the hook on ‘H20’; it’s an emotional track about Flint. She did the hook, and we were about to start crying.” Along with making new music, Leaf has also taken a leadership role in the hip-hop community. He keeps tabs on Detroit’s newer hip-hop artists and is always willing give a tip when needed. “I love what they do,” he says. “It feels good when they call and ask me questions or want to have a conversation. I’m about the scene and about the community. Baatin took me to the studio and out of town back in the day, so I try to pass that energy down.” Erikson performs at 11:15 p.m. on Saturday March 9 at the Hamtramck Music Fest at the Polish Sea League; 2601 Edwin St, Hamtramck; 313-872-8772; see hamtramckmusicfest.com for full schedule; tickets are $15 for wristbands for the full festival, March 7-9.
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Jibs Brown.
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The Best of the Rest of the Fest
6 other can’t-miss acts at Hamtramck Music Festival
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It is hard to believe Pro Audio and Lighting has been around for almost 25 years. Depending on your age you may remember them as Disc Jockey Supply, but this brick and mortar store is still servicing the metro area and beyond. It provides the best in sound, lighting, and video options for the musician, DJ, producer and hobbyist. Their services include sales, rental, service of gear, plus they have installations in many of Detroit’s hot spots, schools and places of worship. From what I have seen, they carry pretty much everything a performer or hobbyist needs except instruments. They have a crazy lighting room that is interactive and all working. I lost count of how many lights they had on display, but it was pretty cool and I was told it was the only display like it in Michigan. I talked to the sales staff and found that most of them work in the industry to keep up with the latest trends. Listening to them talk to customers, they know their stuff. Owner Robert Kuron said, “when I look back at the years and think of how many artists, DJ’s and musicians that we have provided gear for it’s kinda crazy.” He continues to say, “most don’t realize our gear was used in movies like Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Superman vs. Batman: Dawn of Justice. You can also find our gear in an Eminem video and a Pepsi commercial.” I found out they also rent a lot of gear for parties and corporate events,
this seems convenient for those that don’t want to own a lot of gear they may only use once or twice. They offer a wide range of assistance to customers, from a turnkey install to guidance for the do it yourselfer that wants to save money and do the work themselves.
Check out their store at 2400 E 14 Mile Rd, on the web www.proaal.com or give them a call at 586-582-0871 to find out what they can do for you.
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Corridor sausage.
Clubbin’ By Jane Slaughter
Anyone who’s attended
a Detroit City Football Club game knows that fans of Le Rouge are, shall we say, fanatic. It made sense to give them a further place to experience their love, by opening a restaurant, the lub ouse n t e team s field ouse downtown. So the fan base of the Clubhouse includes those who live and breathe the maroon and gold of DCFC, members of the many soccer (and lacrosse) teams o use t e ndoo field n endl and competitive leagues, and their parents. Before and after their own games, they can watch the action warm and dry from above, through the Clubhouse’s oo to e l n ndo s dult and kid leagues play pretty much every weeknight, and weekends see the more competitive play of the Super Liga. I at ed a o ed blo out and elt t e o an e s ted oal e s an u s n real time. e field ouse oes ba at s bbon utt n t e e last tobe Mayor Mike Duggan reminisced about playing tennis there as a kid. The Red Wings once used it for practice, and Wayne State used it for hockey. Today a ma oon banne t blo n u otos
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o on ma es om s fi st e ea s s d a ed abo e t e field For the Clubhouse, manager Sean en e see s an a o dable am l friendly, English pub vibe. The pub sits n bet een t e t o fields and at t mes t s filled t oun eo le en o n a pint after (or maybe before) their matches. Traditional meat pies are the mainstay of the menu. For the pies, en e uses a t an ula e an u as try that, he says, “solved some techni cal issues around dough” and that I endo se as a a and tast mo sel whatever its innards. e t ee e at t at s ou best bet t s n le es at a vorite was the cheddar and onion with both sautéed and raw onions, good and sharp. The classic English beef pie with root vegetables and gravy was also adm able o o otato t ed dar is high on cumin and served with salsa etnamese en sausa e e ad l ttle a o be ond t e ust though. There’s also a vegetarian pie with spinach, mushrooms and roasted butternut squash and almonds, and an apple turnover with vanilla ice cream and maybe some caramel in there somewhere. u n n to amt am based a e (DCFC plays at Keyworth Stadium there), I waxed enthusiastic about my elbasa om am l o ned ode s I love that elastic pop when you bite o an end and t e u s u s o t e
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meat. The Clubhouse serves it with lots of cooked cabbage on a bun that’s quickly soaked. Fortunately, lots of e t a na ns e e o e ed Not quite as stellar — less spicy, less pop to the casing — but worth order ing was Corridor bacon Swiss sausage, made n aste n a et t da a ed ss and ell s mbe le It s served with lots of green and red peppers, mushrooms and onions and melted cheese. ou s an e da l I ound a en noodle ett bland ood o t e u nior team, perhaps. Better were meaty, s n s t at an ome t u alo st le sau e o s eet ot a sau e When it’s low on ingredients, the Clubhouse will make do. I wanted to try the charcuterie board, but when it wasn’t available I asked for the veggie board: olives, lightly pickled cukes, cau l o e and beets some a a ots and a bland hummus. Heavily buttered toasted baguette was excellent but did not ma e u o om sed a d bo led eggs and aioli that did not appear. bout a lo ent obb salad t e less said the better, and let’s assume the lar de ad an o n t It onta ned none of the advertised blue cheese, bacon, o een on ons ust a ea el n o the dreaded shredded orange cheese. There’s a Caesar, too, and the inevitable “Northern” with candied walnuts, dried cherries, and maple vinaigrette. nt at n t at ustome s a e not
The Clubhouse 3401 E. Lafayette, Detroit 313-656-2480 detcityfc.com/clubhouse Wheelchair accessible 7 a.m.-2 a.m. Saturday, 7 a.m.-8 p.m. Sunday, 11 a.m.-11 p.m. MondayThursday, 11 a.m.-2 a.m. Friday Starters $5-$10, meat pies $5
visiting in ones and twos, the Club house sells beer by the bucket: the Dad t e ea est at t e at uo e an a at on t e t lete s u et not ua anteed to m o e e o man e bargain Le Rouge cocktail is vodka and anbe u e o nes a e a o d able too at and u te a e table olle eatu e o t e lub ouse des te t e am l endl et os t e e as a oddle all o on e Year’s Eve), is its own whiskey inspired b smo n ts n t e an s de blea ers. Made by Detroit City Distillery for t e lub ba el a ed t old en ce says, is a very light corn whiskey, some e e bet een t e a o lessness o moons ne and t e eat a o of whiskey.” e t o at es a e t at t osts a bottle and that you can consume it only on the premises (your bottle is la beled and kept on hand for you). In less than two months, 90 bottles had been sold to magnanimous fans.
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THIS WEEK What’s Going On
A week’s worth of things to do and places to do them FRIDAY, 3/8 Mariah Carey @ Fox Theatre
MUSIC Christmas came early this year because “Heartbreaker” and bestselling female recording artist of all time Mariah Carey is headed our way. The Glitter star who practically invented whistle notes also unknowingly graced the world with the most pivotal moments in divadom on an infamous episode of MTV Cribs — during which she took a bath, worked a Stairmaster in stilettos, and refused to show the general public her bedroom because that’s “where the magic happens.” Despite e ent u te n al d ult es (someone please check our girl’s in-ear monitors for fuck’s sake!) is riding the wave of her latest record, Caution. Doors open at 8 p.m.; 2211 Woodward Ave., Detroit; 313-471-3200; 313presents.com; Tickets are $49.50.
FRIDAY, 3/8 Art-A-Thon for Ron Zakrin
dra Kubat and DJ sets from John Ryan, and ll en e eo e a ue Doors open at 8 p.m.; 715 E. Milwaukee St., Detroit; 313-873-2955; tangentgallery. com; $5 suggested minimum donation.
FRIDAY, 3/8 Body/Head
SATURDAY, 3/9 WWE Live @ Little Caesars Arena
WRESTLING If the words “Jackknife o e bomb mean an t n to ou t en you might want to step away from your television sets — a smackdown is going do n n eal l e e esents t e Road to WrestleMania, during which AJ t les ll ta e on an el an and ofi Kingston for the WWE championship and Asuka will take on Mandy Rose for the Smackdown Women’s Championship. Rey Mysterio, Randy Orton, Kevin Owens, and Naomi will also smash, smack, and throw down in the ring.
@ MOCAD
MUSIC Sure one’s body and one’s head are connected, but what if they refused to communicate or cooperate with one another? What if they went their separate ways? If that were to happen, it might sound something like the discordant revery of Body/Head. The experimental noise project comprised of the patron saint of cool, Kim Gordon and longtime friend and collaborator Bill Nance. Formed in 2012, Body/Head released t e debut a o atel t tled Coming Apart, the following year. The result? Combative guitars, jarring static, and Gordon’s signature wailing and vocal badassery. Performance begins at 7 p.m.; 4454 Woodward Ave., Detroit; 313-832-6622; mocadetroit.org; Tickets are $22.
Doors open at 7:30 p.m.; 2645 Woodward Ave., Detroit; 313-471-7000; 313presents. com; Tickets are $20.
SAT., 3/9 AND SUN., 3/10 CatVideoFest @ Detroit Film Theatre
CATS Where were you when “Charlie Schmidt’s Keyboard Cat” went viral? The 2007 video ripped from 1984 VHS footage o atso t e at I too t e nte net by storm, and it was then that “Cat” be ame an uno al en e eleb at ing that very genre is the CatVideoFest, which is exactly what it sounds like. Eighty minutes of curated cat video gold, the CatVideoFest not only donates
@ Tangent Gallery
Vince Staples, Royal Oak Music Theatre, March 10. COURTESY OF DEF JAM RECORDINGS
ART + FUNDRAISER Frida Kahlo once said, “I am happy to be alive as long as I can paint.” The same can be said for local painter and musician Ron a n o su e ed an a dent last year that has left him paralyzed from the waist down. Though Zakrin’s road to rehabilitation appears to be a long one, the Detroit artist community has rallied together for an event to make his life a little easier. The Art-AThon will auction works from 25 local artists to support his expenses associated with making his home ADA-compliant, including ramps, widening doorways, as well as medical and household expenses. Jerry Vile, Julie Fournier, Gwen Joy, Michelle Tanguay, and Brian Rozman are among the artists auctioning original works and the evening will host performances by Au-
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Mariah Carey, Fox Theatre, March 8.
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Art-A-Thon for Ron Zakrin, Tangent Gallery, March 8. Example of Ron Zakrin’s work.
proceeds to animal welfare organizations but also in-purr-trates packed theaters across the country with classic clips, new releases, and exclusive snippets. From Grumpy Cat and Lil’ BUB to cats’ many misadventures with kids and felines’ ell do umented a e t on o no ing inanimate objects to the ground, the verdict’s in: cats rule, dogs drool. Screenings begin at 12:30 p.m., 3 p.m., and 5 p.m. on Saturday, March 9 and 12:30 p.m. and 3 p.m. on Sunday, March 10; 5200 Woodward Ave., Detroit; dia.org; 313-833-7900; Tickets are $7.50-$9.50.
SUNDAY, 3/10 61st Annual Detroit St. Patrick’s Parade @ Corktown
FUN Once a year, the streets of Det o t s sto o to n a e ooded with upwards of 80,000 shamrockwielding, green beer-drinking folks who want nothing more than to celebrate the arrival of Christianity in Ireland and the holiday’s namesake, Saint Patrick. The 61st Annual Detroit St. Patrick’s Parade is on pace to be one of the largest gatherings in the country. e est t es ll o at m nea
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Sixth Street and Michigan Avenue and will move west with hordes of marching bands oats olo ua ds and lo ns For those looking to avoid the drunken bu oone ons de t s ea s ese ed Family Fun Zone.
Doors open at 7 p.m.; 318 W. Fourth St., Royal Oak; 248-399-2980; royaloakmusictheatre.com; Tickets are $29.50+.
Parade begins at 1 p.m.; Sixth Street and Michigan Avenue, Detroit; detroitstpatricksparade.com; Event is free and open to the public.
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SUNDAY, 3/10 Vince Staples @ Royal Oak Music Theatre
MUSIC et o n e ta les d e the request of the 25-year-old Compton rapper, who has a penchant for speaking the truth, no matter how uncomfortable it might make his publicist. In a recent interview, Staples calls making music a “scam,” sympathizes with Empire actor Jussie Smollett’s allegedly self-induced predicament, and refers to pizza as “disgusting.” But where Staples is at his best s be nd t e m and mo e s e fi all on last year’s FM! — a love letter to the West Coast on which Staples packs each bar with enviable dexterity. JPEGMAFIA and Katori Walker are also on the bill.
SUNDAY, 3/10 @ Sound Board
COMEDY The 37-year-old comedian, actress, activist, and queen of the clapback might be one of the busiest women in the business. Having cut her teeth early on as a Nickelodeon child star, later be om n an and as a tou n member R&B group Floetry, Seales now juggles “Small Doses,” a weekly podcast where she spotlights “potent truths for everyday use.” But most notably, Seales s no n as an ubo s on s acclaimed series Insecure. She also went viral once after eloquently schooling Caitlyn Jenner during a live-streamed dinner hosted by Katy Perry after Jenner expressed misguided love of Trump’s America. Doors open at 7:30 p.m.; 2901 Grand River Ave., Detroit; 313-309-4614; soundboaraddetroit.com; Tickets are $23.50.
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THIS WEEK MUSIC Wednesday, March 6 The Aces 7 p.m.; El Club, 4114 W. Vernor Hwy., Detroit; $15.
Pig, 208 S. First St., Ann Arbor; $20-$22. SISPENSION 10 p.m.; Deluxx Fluxx, 1274 Library St., Detroit; No cover. Wicca Phase Springs Eternal 7 p.m.; The Loving Touch, 22634 Woodward Ave., Ferndale; $18.
The Earls of Leicester 8 p.m.; The Ark, 316 S. Main St., Ann Arbor; $40.
Thursday, March 7
Gibbz 8 p.m.; Otus Supply, 345 E. Nine Mile Rd., Ferndale; $10-$12.
Andy Frasco & the U.N. 9 p.m.; Otus Supply, 345 E. Nine Mile Rd., Ferndale; $12-$15.
Hadassah Greensky m l Bell’s, 2030 Park Ave., Detroit; $10. Lily & Madeleine 7 p.m.; Pike Room, 1 S. Saginaw, Pontiac; $12.
The Emmet Cohen Trio: A Handful of Keys 8 p.m.; Kerrytown Concert House, 415 N. Fourth Ave., Ann Arbor; $10-$25.
Mike Doughty plays Soul Coughing’s “Ruby Vroom”: 8 p.m.; Blind
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pau Ave, Hamtramck; $15. In Flames, All That Remains 6:30 p.m.; The Crofoot Ballroom, 1 S. Saginaw St., Pontiac; $30. Michael Hu Quartet m l Bell’s, 2030 Park Ave., Detroit; $10. Sonny Landreth, Marcia Ball 8 p.m.; The Ark, 316 S. Main St., Ann Arbor; $40. Teenage Fanclub 8 p.m.; El Club, 4114 W. Vernor Hwy., Detroit; $25.
Friday, March 8 47SOUL 8 p.m.; Arab American National Museum, 13624 Michigan Ave., Dearborn; $10-$15. Body/Head Friday, March 8, 7 p.m.; Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit (MOCAD), 4454 Woodward Ave., Detroit; $22. Choir! Choir! Choir! 8 p.m.; The Ark, 316 S. Main St., Ann Arbor; $20. Detroit, the House of Techno XV 9 p.m.; Marble Bar, 1501 Holden St., Detroit; $5. Flogging Molly 7 p.m.; The Fillmore, 2115 Woodward Ave., Detroit; $30-$59.50. Cold Tone Harvest 8 p.m.; Farmington Civic Theater, 33332 Grand River Ave., Farmington; $15. Friday Night Live! Ensemble Melange: Shuffle Concert 7 & 8:30 p.m.; Detroit Institute of Arts, 5200 Woodward Ave., Detroit; Free. Hamtramck Music Festival ; The City of Hamtramck, 10238 Joseph Campau Ave, Hamtramck; $15. Lucas Kadish TUNDRA m Bell’s, 2030 Park Ave., Detroit; $10.
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Mariah Carey 8 p.m.; Fox Theatre, 2211 Woodward Ave., Detroit; $64.95. Natalie MacMaster 8 p.m.; The Capitol Theatre, 140 E. Second St., Flint; $20-$35. nobigdyl. 7 p.m.; El Club, 4114 W. Vernor Hwy., Detroit; $12. Pajamas 9:30 p.m.; Otus Supply, 345 E. Nine Mile Rd., Ferndale; $10-$12. WET 7 p.m.; Majestic Theatre, 4140 Woodward Ave., Detroit; $29.50-$35. William Ryan Key, Selfish Things, Cory Wells 7 p.m.; Pike Room, 1 S. Saginaw, Pontiac; $14. Zoso: A Tribute to Led Zeppelin 8:30 p.m.; Saint Andrew’s Hall, 431 E. Congress St., Detroit; $15.
Saturday, March 9 Ariana Strahl, Michael Kelly, and Kathleen Kelly 4 p.m.; Kerrytown Concert House, 415 N. Fourth Ave., Ann Arbor; $10-$30. Ascend To the Kingdom, Novara,
61st St. Patrick’s Day Parade, Corktown, March 10.
Eyes On Damascus, Anastaci 7 p.m.; Pike Room, 1 S. Saginaw, Pontiac; $10.
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The RFD Boys 7:30 p.m.; The Ark, 316 S. Main St., Ann Arbor; $11.
Daughters 8 p.m.; The Loving Touch, 22634 Woodward Ave., Ferndale; $18.
Tenors Unlimited: An Evening with the Rat Pack of Opera 8-10 p.m.; The Berman Center for the Performing Arts, 6600 W. Maple Rd., West loomfield
Deadicated, Trembling Earth, and Mega Weedge 9 p.m.; Blind Pig, 208 S. First St., Ann Arbor; $10-$15.
The Wooks, Old Salt Union 9:30 p.m.; Otus Supply, 345 E. Nine Mile Rd., Ferndale; $15-$20.
Hamtramck Music Festival ; The City of Hamtramck, 10238 Joseph Campau Ave, Hamtramck; $15.
WSO – Mozart’s Requiem 8 p.m.; Capitol Theatre Windsor, 121 University Ave. W., Windsor, ON, Windsor; $35-$65.
Meek Mill 8 p.m.; Fox Theatre, 2211 Woodward Ave., Detroit; $350+.
Young Roc 7 p.m.; El Club, 4114 W. Vernor Hwy., Detroit; $12-$20.
Moneybagg Yo 7 p.m.; Saint Andrew’s Hall, 431 E. Congress St., Detroit; $25.
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Curtis Taylor m l 2030 Park Ave., Detroit; $10.
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All About the Trio 2 p.m.; Kerrytown Concert House, 415 N. Fourth Ave., Ann Arbor; $10-$30. Cabaret Nights with the Vocal
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THIS WEEK Arts Ensemble: By the Numbers 5 p.m.; The Ark, 316 S. Main St., Ann Arbor; $60. Cypress Hill 6:30 p.m.; The Fillmore, 2115 Woodward Ave., Detroit; $30+. Local H 8 p.m.; Blind Pig, 208 S. First St., Ann Arbor; $15-$18. Mike Tramp and John Corabi 7 p.m.; The Machine Shop, 3539 S. Dort Hwy., Flint; $18. DJ Sky Jetta 10 p.m.; Deluxx Fluxx, 1274 Library St., Detroit; Free. Silent Night, Deadly Night featuring Dead Silent, Dead Planet 5 p.m.; Pike Room, 1 S. Saginaw, Pontiac; $10. Turkuaz 7 p.m.; El Club, 4114 W. Vernor Hwy., Detroit; $16-$20. Vince Staples 7 p.m.; Royal Oak Music Theatre, 318 W. Fourth St., Royal Oak; $29.50+.
Monday, March 11 Kodie Shane 6 p.m.; Saint Andrew’s Hall, 431 E. Congress St., Detroit; $15.
Tuesday, March 12 Bones 7:30 p.m.; Saint Andrew’s Hall, 431 E. Congress St., Detroit; $25. Dennis Coffey 8 p.m.; Northern Lights Lounge, 660 W. Baltimore St., Detroit; Free. The Flesh Eaters 9 p.m.; El Club, 4114 W. Vernor Hwy., Detroit; $20-$25. The Happy Fits 7 p.m.; PJ’s Lager House, 1254 Michigan Ave., Detroit; TBA. The Monkees 7 p.m.; Royal Oak Music Theatre, 318 W. Fourth St., Royal Oak; $45.
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Candide Saturday, March 9, 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, 2:30 p.m.; Macomb Center o t e e o mn ts a field Rd., Clinton Township; $25+. Death of a Salesman Mondays, Fridays-Sundays, 8 p.m.; Ringwald Theatre, 22742 Woodward Ave., Ferndale; $10-$20. Finding Neverland Saturday March 9, 2 & 8 p.m. and Sunday 2 p.m.; The Whiting, 1241 E. Kearsley St., Flint; $33. Hamilton Through April 12; Fisher Theatre, 3011 W. Grand Blvd., Detroit; $184+. Never Not Once Wednesdays-Sundays.; Purple Rose Theatre, 137 Park St., Chelsea; $16+. Rebecca Rosen: Connecting with the Spirit Wednesday, March 6, 7:30 p.m.; The Berman Center for the Performing Arts, 6600 W. Maple Rd., est loomfield Shen Yun Through March 10; Detroit Opera House, 1526 Broadway St., Detroit; $80+. The House on Poe Street Thursday March 7, Friday March 8, Saturday March 9 and Sunday; Detroit Repertory Theatre, 13103 Woodrow Wilson St., Detroit; $17$20. The Lightning Thief Wednesday, March 6 & 7:30 p.m., Thursday, March 7, 1 & 7:30 p.m., Friday, March 8 & 7:30 p.m. and Saturday March 9, 2 & 7:30 p.m.; Fisher Theatre, 3011 W. Grand Blvd., Detroit; $59.50+.
COMEDY All-Star Showdown Fridays, Saturdays, 8 & 10 p.m.; Go Comedy! Improv Theater, 261 E. Nine Mile Rd., Ferndale; $20.
Amanda Seales Sunday, 7:30 p.m.; Sound Board, 2901 Grand River Ave., Detroit; $23-$35. Comedy Open Mic Tuesdays, 9 p.m.; Trixie’s Bar, 2656 Carpenter Avenue, Hamtramck; No cover. Dave Stone Saturday March 9, 9 p.m.; Cellarmen’s, 24310 John R Road, Hazel Park; $10. Fresh Sauce Sundays, 9 p.m.; Go Comedy! Improv Theater, 261 E. Nine Mile Rd., Ferndale; Free. Open Mic Wednesdays, 7:30 p.m.; Mark Ridley’s Comedy Castle, 310 S. Troy St., Royal Oak; $5. Preacher Lawson Thursday, March 7, 7:30 p.m., Friday, March 8, 7:15 & 9:45 p.m. and Saturday, March 9, 7 & 9:30 p.m.; Mark Ridley’s Comedy Castle, 310 S. Troy St., Royal Oak; $20. Sunday Buffet Sundays, 7 p.m.; Go Comedy! Improv Theater, 261 E. Nine Mile Rd., Ferndale; $10. Who? Weekly Friday March 8, 8 p.m.; Magic Bag, 22920 Woodward Ave., Ferndale; $25.
FILM Brew and View — Airplane Thursday March 7, 8 p.m.; Emerald Theatre, 31 N. Walnut St., Mount Clemens; $5. Detroit 48202: Conversations Along a Postal Route Saturday March 9, 3 p.m. and Sunday, March 10, 3 pm.; Detroit Historical Museum, 5401 Woodward Ave., Detroit; Free. CatVideoFest 2019 Saturday, March 9, 12:30, 3 & 5 p.m. and Sunday, March 10 12:30 & 3 p.m.; Detroit Film Theatre, 5200 Woodward Ave., Detroit; $7.50-$9.50. Mexican Movies for Families Saturdays, 2 p.m.; Campbell Branch Library, 8733 West Vernor Highway Detroit, MI 48209, Detroit; Free. Never Look Away Friday, March 8, 7 p.m., Saturday, March 9, 7 p.m. and Sunday, March 10, 5 p.m.; Detroit Film Theatre, 5200 Woodward Ave., Detroit; $7.50-$9.50.
ART Annual Scholarship Awards and Exhibition Opening Reception Friday, March 8, 6 p.m., through April 13; Detroit Artists Market, 4719 Woodward Ave., Detroit; Free. Art in the Age of the Internet: 1989 to Today Mondays-Sundays.; UMMA, 525 S. State St., Ann Arbor; Free. CatVideoFest, Detroit Film Theatre, March 9-10.
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Art-A-Thon for Ron Zakrin Friday,
Body/Head, MOCAD, March 8.
March 8, 8 p.m.-1 am; Tangent Gallery & Hastings Street Ballroom, 715 E. Milwaukee Ave., Detroit; $5 minimum donatio. Distilled: Senghor Reid Through March 9; M Contemporary Gallery, 205 E. Nine Mile Rd., Ferndale; Free. Drawing in the Galleries Fridays, 6 p.m., Saturdays, noon and Sundays, noon; Detroit Institute of Arts, 5200 Woodward Ave., Detroit; Free. Drop-In Workshop: Celebration Masks Friday March 8, 6 p.m., Saturday March 9, noon and Sunday noon; Detroit Institute of Arts, 5200 Woodward Ave., Detroit; Museum admission. Engaging African Art: Highlights from the Horn Collection Through May 26; Flint Institute of Arts, 1120 E. Kearsley St., Flint; $10 donation. Extraordinary Eye, Extraordinary Gift: The Legacy of Margaret Herz Demant Mondays-Sundays.; Detroit Institute of Arts, 5200 Woodward Ave., Detroit; Free with museum admission. Fractured Beauty Through March 23. Tuesdays-Sundays, 6 p.m.; David Klein Gallery Detroit, 1520 Washington Blvd., Detroit; Free. From Camelot to Kent State: Pop Art 1960-1975 Tuesdays-Sundays.; Detroit Institute of Arts, 5200 Woodward Ave., Detroit; Museum admission. Global Glass: A Survey of Form and Function Mondays-Wednesdays, Fridays, 9 am-5 p.m. and Thursdays, 9 am-7 p.m.; Alfred Berkowitz Gallery, U of M-Dearborn, Dearborn; Free. Ruben & Isabel Toledo: Labor of Love Mondays-Sundays.; Detroit Institute of Arts, 5200 Woodward Ave., Detroit; Free with museum admission. The 13th Annual Members’ Exhibition Mondays-Sundays.; Northville
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Art House, 215 W. Cady St., Northville; Free. The Big Picture Guided Tour Tuesdays-Sundays, 1 p.m., Fridays, 6 p.m. and Saturdays, Sundays, 3 p.m.; Detroit Institute of Arts, 5200 Woodward Ave., Detroit; Free. The Far Shore: Navigating Homelands Mondays-Sundays.; Arab American National Museum, 13624 Michigan Ave., Dearborn; $10-$15. Thursdays at the Museum: Highlights of the Permanent Collection Thursdays, 1 p.m.; Detroit Institute of Arts, 5200 Woodward Ave., Detroit; Free. Unfurled: Supports/Surfaces 1966-1976 Tuesdays-Sundays.; Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit (MOCAD), 4454 Woodward Ave., Detroit; $5 suggested donation. Wang Quingsong/Detroit/Beijing Mondays-Sundays through May 26; University of Michigan Museum of Art, 525 S. State St., Ann Arbor; Free.
HOLIDAY 61st Annual Detroit St. Patrick’s Parade Sunday, March 10; Starts at 1 p.m. at Sixth Street and Michigan Aveneue in Corktown, Detroit; Free.
SPORTS Motor City Madness: Horizon League Monday, March 11 and Tuesday, March 12; Little Caesars Arena, 2645 Woodward Ave., Detroit; $15+. U-M vs. MSU Basketball Watch Party Saturday March 9, 6 p.m.; Beacon Park, 1901 Grand River Ave, Detroit; Free. WWE Live Road to WrestleMania Saturday, March 9, 7:30 p.m.; Little Caesars Arena, 2645 Woodward Ave., Detroit; $20+.
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Wu-Tang Clan Michigan Lottery Amphitheatre at Freedom Hill, May 31, 7:30 p.m., $29.50
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Mariah Carey Fox Theatre, March 8, 8 p.m., $64.95+
Tony Bennett Fox Theatre, May 23, 8 p.m., $39.50+
Meek Mill Fox Theatre, March 9, 8 p.m., $351+
Chromatics Majestic Theatre, May 28, 7 p.m., $30.50+
Cypress Hill The Fillmore, March 10, 6:30 p.m., $30+
The Who Little Caesars Arena, May 28, 7:30 p.m., $49.50+
Kiss Little Caesars Arena, March 13, 7 p.m.; $39.50+
Luke Combs DTE Energy Music Theatre, May 30, 7 p.m., $103+
James Bay Royal Oak Music Theatre, March 18, 7 p.m., $43+
Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band DTE Energy Music Theatre, June 6, 8, 12,and 14. 7:30 p.m., $305+
Justin Timberlake Little Caesars Arena, March 25, 7:30 p.m.; $49.50+ Mumford & Sons Little Caesars Arena, March 27, 7:30 p.m., $64.50+ Demetri Martin Royal Oak Music Theatre, March 29, 8 p.m., $39.50 Muse Little Caesars Arena, April 4, 7:30 p.m.; $44.50+ Ariana Grande Little Caesars Arena, April 5, 8 p.m.; $364.95+ Bon Iver Fox Theatre, April 8, 7:30 p.m., $71+ An Evening with President Bill Clinton and Former Secretary Hillary Clinton Fox Theatre, April 12, 7:30 p.m, $69.50+
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Coheed and Cambria, Mastodon Michigan Lottery Amphitheatre at Freedom Hill, June 11, 6:30 p.m., $25+ Jason Isbell, Father John Misty Fox Theatre, June 17, 7:30 p.m., $49.50+ New Kids on the Block Little Caesars Arena, June 18, 7:30 p.m., $79.95+ Hugh Jackman Little Caesars Arena, June 24, 7 p.m., $127+ The Lonely Island Fox Theatre, June 26, 8 p.m., $65+ Weird Al Yankovic Meadow Brook Amphitheatre, July 5, 8 p.m., $30+ Dave Matthews Band DTE Energy Music Theatre, July 9, 8 p.m., $45.50+
Trevor Noah Fox Theatre, April 26, 7:30 p.m., 10 p.m. $35+
Jeff Lynne’s ELO Little Caesars Arena, July 20, 8 p.m., $49.50+
Ali Wong The Fillmore, May 4, 7 p.m., 9:30 p.m., $130+
Adam Lambert + Queen Little Caesars Arena, July 27, 8 p.m.; $980+
Patton Oswalt The Fillmore, May 18, 8 p.m.; $37.50+
John Mayer Little Caesars Arena, Aug. 2, 7:30 p.m., $59.50+
Slayer DTE Energy Music Theatre, May 19, 6 p.m., $29.50+
Beck, Cage the Elephant DTE Energy Theatre, Aug. 3, 6 p.m., $29.50+
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MUSIC Heart and soul
Palestinian-Jordanian group 47Soul makes global connections By Brian J. Bowe
In January, music group
47Soul played a homecoming show at the Portico Resto-Pub in the trendy Jabal Al Weibdeh neighborhood in Amman, Jordan. Fresh from their first U.S. tour, the politically tinged Palestinian-Jordanian group played three sold-out shows over two nights. The audiences included parents with toddlers and teens, sweaty pockets of dabke dancers, and hip young adults twirling prayer beads or black-andwhite checkered keffiyeh scarves. Back on familiar turf after an extended absence, these triumphant gigs had the air of a party — or, more accurately, of a family reunion. But that familial vibe seems to follow 47Soul wherever they play, says Ryah Aqel, curator of education and public programming at Dearborn’s Arab-American National Museum, where 47Soul will perform on Friday, March 8. “I’ve seen videos of their concerts in Palestinian communities,” Aqel says. “It’s like the crowd is dancing at their own wedding. That’s how excited people are about them.” 47Soul guitarist Hamza Arnaout says the group’s shows all over the world serve as a magnet for members of Palestinian diaspora who seek connection. “It’s like a piece of home when you play for these communities,” Arnaout says. “It’s always overwhelming to go places around the world and discover that you’re meeting a third- or a fourthgeneration Palestinian Chilean that you’ve never heard of, and building all these connections. It’s definitely a big part of our shows.” 47Soul plays an infectious style they call shamstep — a shout-out to Bilad al-Sham, the Arabic name for the Levant. The music combines dabke and dancehall beats, with percussionists Tareq Abu Kwaik and Walaa Sbeit providing propulsion. Arnaout plays slashing counterpoint to synth player Ramzy Suleiman’s frenzied electro-mijwiz freakouts. The group’s bilingual Arabic-English lyrics place their strong political stance in the foreground. 47Soul’s music deals with the aspirations of displaced people — Palestinians and others — as well as a broader message of freedom and human rights.
Arnaout says the political content in 47Soul’s music is a natural response to the group’s quotidian existence, in which their very Palestinian identity is controversial. “It’s just a reflection of our daily reality that we live as Palestinians or Arabs, Arab youth living in the Arab world,” Arnaout says. “It is definitely something that you cannot just look away from if you want to express yourself, lyrically and musically, to the fullest.” But if having a strong political consciousness is an inescapable part of being part of the Palestinian diaspora, one of the strengths of 47Soul’s music is that their political themes are usually part of the context, rather than the subject of overt preaching. “I’m not sure I’m a big fan of the idea of separating politics from music, because politics is just like a mirror for your daily life and what’s happening,” 47Soul Arnaout says. “It doesn’t mean that you are reflecting about artists like 47Soul to the AANM, which the parliament or a certain institution in serves many communities struggling with your country. It could be something way estrangement from their original homes. bigger than that. Maybe you’re discussing “I think many people in diasporic the education of the youth. Maybe you’re communities spend much of their time discussing women’s rights. Maybe you’re feeling alien in the space that they exist discussing a lot of other issues.” in, and that is no small thing,” Aqel says. It might verge on cliché to point out This makes it all the more important for that the personal is the political, but Abu members of those communities to see Kwaik says it’s all intertwined. these ancestral homes represented in the “I use politics for political reasons, and AANM’s programming. I use them for very human reasons,” Abu 47Soul arose from Amman’s alt-music Kwaik says. “And I do human things that scene in 2013. Arnaout was a founding I don’t call politics, that end up being member of Autostrad, while Abu Kwaik called politics.” was in El Morabba3 — two of the betterUltimately, Abu Kwaik acknowledges, known groups on the Amman scene. All “I do admit I’ve failed to make a very four are Palestinian, but grew up in differpersonal song.” ent places. Arnaout and Abu Kwaik have Aqel says it would be hard for a group like 47Soul to separate the music from the Jordanian nationality; Sbeit carries an Israeli passport; Suleiman is an American message. citizen, born in Washington, D.C. “When you have marginalized comThe group relocated to London several munities who are essentially struggling years ago — a move that inspired some to exist, all of their cultural production is themes on 2018’s Balfron Promise. While going to have an element of the political the move was originally a solution to the in it,” Aqel says. Aqel stresses the importance of bringing logistical problems of working together,
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they now consider London home. “We’re not in London now because we can’t be somewhere else. We’re in London now because it’s special to us,” Arnaout says. “We’re a Palestinian-Jordanian band that was nurtured in London. In January, 47Soul played their first U.S. dates on the East Coast, after scrapping a 2016 tour when Sbeit’s visa was denied. The band’s January performance at New York’s Globalfest earned enthusiastic plaudits in Rolling Stone and The New York Times. The AANM show is part of a seven-date U.S. tour that also includes a gig on a Creem magazine showcase at SXSW in Austin, Texas. 47Soul performs with special guest Tammy Lakkis on Friday, March 8 at the Arab-American National Museum, 13624 Michigan Ave., Dearborn; 313-5822266; arabamericanmuseum.org; Doors at 8 p.m.; Tickets are $10 for museum members, $12 students and seniors, and $15 for the general public.
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CULTURE
Wendell Watkins in Pam Sporn’s documentary Detroit 48202: Conversations Along a Postal Route.
Mr. Postman
What a postal route can teach us about Detroit By Lee DeVito
In her film Detroit 48202: Conversations Along a Postal Route, Bronxbased director and producer Pam Sporn takes a street-level view of the Motor t e film ollo s endell at ns a former Cass Tech classmate of Sporn’s who has spent the past 30 years working postal routes in Detroit’s New Cente es o e t o n to lea n mo e about t e film ll be s eened at the Detroit Historical Museum this weekend. Metro Times: How did this project come about? Pam Sporn: I grew up in Detroit in the mid-’60s to the mid-’70s. I left Detroit to go to college in New York City and became a high school teacher, and my parents remained in the Detroit area till the late ’90s. So I hadn’t visited the area for about 10 ea s en I ent ba o t e ll ed Media Conference in 2009, I was visit-
ing friends and went around and saw my old neighborhoods in Highland Park and on the northwest side, and of course was stunned by the conditions t at I sa n t e t nd so I ad a lot of questions, and I reached out to m end endell at ns o I ad maintained contact with. MT: o d d ou no at ns Sporn: He and I went to high school at Cass Tech together, and we were high school student activists back ba n t e da t t at o nt e ad been a mail carrier in the New Cente a ea o ea s nd I t ou t t would be a really interesting view of the city and the changes if I followed endell a ound and s oute and nd of listened in to his observations and his conversations with the people he had developed ties with. So he totally a eed nd e d d t at n t e summe of 2011.
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MT: How long did it take you to ma e t e film Sporn: t fi st I t ou t t m t be a s o t film but t en I u l eal ed that to really look deeply into the issues that the city faces and what had happened, I needed to do more research and have more context and dig deeper. nd so t at s t too s and a al years to do — to talk to more people on the route and then talk to other local activists and journalists, investigative journalists like Curt Guyette and historians like June Manning Thomas at the University of Michigan, and historian Thomas Sugrue, who wrote a very important book, Origins of the Urban Crisis nd so t a e mo e de t and complexity to the project. ut endell s t e tou u de I m d ging into the history that the people on his route talk about that they’ve been involved in. So for example, Gloria Owens, who was the manager of (an apart-
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ment on) Seward, had been a teenager when the Sojourner Truth Projects were opened up to black families during o ld a II nd so as a ea old she experienced the white mobs that were protesting against the opening of one o t e fi st ous n o e ts at t e time, and she experienced the racist violence against the folks moving in and also troops that were protecting them. So it was that personal story that endell as able to s a e be ause e had developed a relationship over the ea s t s ens nd t en as a filmma e I as able to um o nto archival photographs that brought that story to life. MT: at as s oute Sporn: It goes from Pallister to u l d and bet een ood a d and t e Lodge. It’s part of 48202, but not the ole nd t ould an e o e the years, where they might take away a few blocks or add another couple of blocks as the population declined, and he ended up having to cover more geographical space to deliver the same amount of mail. But he did come to eall lo e t e oute nd at ou see n t e film s t e e a d t e eo le
along that route held him in, because he’s now retired. I de ded to film unt l e et ed so that would be kind of a good narrative arc. But then I continued for close to two years after that because he actually left Detroit as part of the story. His children moved to California with his exwife when they were teenagers. And so that tension of being far from his family
class man, a collector of stories and with deep ties to the city, but his house was one of the many underwater mortgages. So he lost that personal wealth. He leaves with no personal wealth that you hope you would have from homeownership MT: Detroit has changed a lot since ou sta ted film n n o t e
Wendell’s the tour guide. I’m digging into the history that the people on his route talk about that they’ve been involved in. was always deeply felt. And so once he retired and was able to resolve the issues with his house, he moved to California, where he is near his kids now. MT: What happened with his house? Sporn: That became a second kind of a climax. We see him being impacted by the devastated real estate market in Detroit in the neighborhoods, which is contrasted to the corporate revitalization downtown and rising real estate values. But here’s this native working-
ne sto s n e ente at ole area will be changing soon. Sporn: His route is right on the bo de l ne bet een dto n and e Center, and the QLine ends right there on Grand Boulevard. What will happen to that area? It’s really a question. The [Little Caesars Arena] was not even started when I began the project and of course by the end, it’s done. MT: The Washington Post wrote that at ns o e s an nt mate l m se
of a world too often reduced to fatalistic headlines and lurid sound bites.” Did you encounter any crimes while o n on t e film Sporn: Well, Wendell told me things about the area. He worked that route for many years and so at one point there were a number of drugs, and he mentioned some murders that had happened along the route. But that happens in any city where there is poverty. So I wasn’t focusing on that. My main interest was talking to people. When I fi st sta ted t e o e t t e e e e a e documentaries and news articles that were coming out around that time. And they seemed to emphasize abandoned buildings, a kind of a fascination with devastation and not too much about eo le o n m film ou do see t e blocks that he’s going up and down, and you see other parts of the city where there could be a block with one house left. So you see that there’s no denying the devastation. But I was interested in getting people’s stories as opposed to concentrating on the Packard Plant or the train station and, you know, kind of ogling at that. I wanted to understand the process of the decline in the city with the history of decentralization and then deindustrialization and the impact of
systematic racial segregation, the housn ol t at ent ba to t e s and how that laid the basis for a crisis, and then in that way, getting that larger context. We don’t rely on more simplistic, lurid explanations like, you know, “black people rioted, white people left, and corrupt black politicians took over and didn’t know how to run a city.” You know, that there was a process that [had] policy decisions behind it. They placed business priorities above people. On one hand, there’ve been people who’ve never left. They never left and they stayed and they fought it and tried the best they could to maintain it under e e d ult umstan es nd by looking for more complex answers and the history, we can shift the blame away from the people who in fact have been the most impacted by looking at a history of public policy that has not been fair. Sporn and Watkins will be present for a Q&A after a screening of Detroit at a “Bring Your Block Club” at 3 p.m. on Saturday, March 9 at the Detroit Historical Museum, 5401 Woodward Ave., Detroit, 313-833-1805, etroithistorica or he fi i a so get screened at 3 p.m. on Sunday, March 10. Admission to both is free.
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Zain Al Rafeea and Boluwatife Treasure Bankole in Capernaum.
Child’s play By George Elkind
A good child actor is hard to
find but n Capernaum d e to ad ne aba as m obabl ound a t ou e o t em It s a a e t n to al out o a mo e t n n a ea old bab s a antast a to but t s t ue e e onas olu at e easu e an ole one o t e mo e s standout e o me s t ou man a e ood not onl o s on n n l on ue e on s stentl d s la s a ull and o ound emot onal an e en as e st u les to al s bod lan ua e e esses elat on u os t and u set abo e and be ond at s e u ed ma n s stam na and ons sten a eal s t In ed bl e mana es to o e do n d bab o mula du n a ate s o t a e t at ta es la e ons een t out n o mo n about t amon ot e eats mo e t an most adults ould l el mana e nd e s ust one o man s lend d e o me s lu so o ten t e sole ons een mode o ld a to s see most ad entu e mo es om t e s o a d also man e ent nd es s
e e onte tual ed b a dee l elt a a eness o Capernaum s sett n and m l eu ne ess tate d o es o t at same t a t et mostl n t e s a e tenements ma ets and s de st eets o se e al a ts o ebanon Capernaum finds a n o s ou l o n o e t me ondu t n all so ts o st eet ustles be o e unn n a a due to t ouble n s o e o ded ome ou es a a m n d as e st and ombat e as e s s eet and e ess e e d s la s lu not ust as some utes s t nstead t s o m a nd o lea ned es l en e essen t al to su al et e e s a n u t u e and o o ds n t e st eet t s man s bl n s o tell n s elde s to u o o to eat s fist a ns e sona s al a s ent el ed ble e s a t ons t s bot dee l elt o m as an nd dual bot as a e son and e o me le be n ound and oned a a nst t e m oss bl ou umstan es e s mme sed n e s as s ooled b umstan e as e s b e am le abso b n t e a d ed ed
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Capernaum Rated: R Run-time: 126 minutes
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tal and demeano o t ose a ound m nto t e a e ondu ts m sel en e s a used o stabb n someone e bel e e t but st ll a e o m s n last ea s Shoplifters t e deeds o Capernaum s ent al a a te s a e a el ondemned eleb ated o e used e l tl t e o ld s t eated e en andedl and t e o ms o me abuse and ne le t a n and s am l a e d en to omm t seem less t e odu t o ee o e t an b ute eal t es o ett n b n an un a o ld ome ot e oo ed eo le o e to e on t e m s o tunes o e e and aba t eats t em less entl n undo umented d ose a ents an t onfi m s a e o b t da a n and s am l es de nea t e absolute bot tom o t e e onom ladde and ea membe s mo al al ulus s s a ed b t e mmed ate eal t es ou t e mo e t eats t ese ett t o ou l t s amed b a se es o ou t oom s enes and las es a se n t e on t n e s and bounda es at s most abso b n n Capernaum are the l el deta ls t at un t ou out mon t em t e asual n ent e ness o t e a a te s as t e o about t e o da s t e e n a ntl e a ted l t t at uts t ou t e
mo e s u ban alle a s t e beaut ma a l an undo umented t o an e u ee and anot e ste l n e o me d a s on e a e da l to e ade a tu e It s t e t at a n finds msel ass n s da s a te ee n ome and des te t e d e en e n a e t e st e an a eement n e nann es onas e n ant son as s e oes to o ea da s t e mo e o esses t e essu es on a n n t s ole o mmensel and t e film s se ond al sees m ustl n unde t e outs ed bu dens o be n bot a eta e and b ead nne at an m oss bl oun a e a n and onas elat ons s at on e on n n l a ted and la nl alo ed t e film s most omant and st n t ead It s teased out too t ou bot st an e and mo e on ent onal de es n one o t e mo e s e an ul tou es a n e eatedl en ounte s an old man d essed n a no o de an ostume e sa s e s t e a a te s ous n o oa an In at as to be a del be ate st o e t e aded ed and blue ostume s e te ated n t e olo s o mu o t e mo e o a n and onas da l d ess e m l at on s lea t e film e a ds t e t ee as e oes o a e ta n nd oss bl e o t e o n sto es all n attent on to t e ema able natu e o t e su al and t e s e ed natu e o t e s a ed o ld s n s The Florida Project Capernaum s a s e eal t es a e lea ened t ou out b umo and a s n ula ene albe t t less sent mental t and e e antast al tou es e u ban eal sm seen e e s t oubl n abso b n and t ans o t n enou al ead ma n Capernaum s d amat l ma eel l e a e ot e se uen es o e s o ed and o e lon e mo e s enou n eel n t out mo n to la u sent ment and ts most a e t n o t ons seem to o u u te natu all as a a te s o m t l to loo a te ea ot e at s la n n t e tu ned u l ma s also Capernaum s finest eatu e ts sense o da l ness ts ab l t to on n n l de t asuall and t l ttle e tense t e t ms o ts da to da ts natu e as fi t on t an t de t t e eal t t at t e est o t e mo e no s so ell t at at s ema able to us s o t e a a te s out ne doesn t ma e t o at s been a om l s ed e e an less o an a e e ment o a st u le
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Citing ‘inefficiencies,’ Gov. Whitmer disbanded Michigan’s inept marijuana licensing board By Larry Gabriel
This really seems to be a huge change in attitude toward marijuana from the state government. Last week’s executive order by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer to create the Marijuana Regulatory Agency — and get rid of the Medical Marihuana Licensing Board — showed that her support for Prop. 1 and other issues related to marijuana legalization during the campaign wasn’t just lip service. Whitmer has moved quickly and directly on marijuana regulation s n e ta n o e n anua e fi st pressed the MMLB to extend the time allowed for provisioning centers to obtain supplies from caregivers to ease up the shortage. Now she’s shaking up the entire approach to licensing. Whitmer said the move was to “eliminate ineffi en es t at a e made t d ult to meet the needs of Michigan’s medical marijuana patients.” lot o t e s ne en es were brought on by MMLB chair Rick o nson and membe onald a le a o me state ol e o e o seems to be fi t n a ea ua d a t on n t e war on drugs. There was a long article ofil n a le n Bridge magazine just a few weeks ago in which he extensively stated his case. One quote expresses his attitude pretty well: “I never met a crackhead who didn’t start with marijuana. Zero. Every single one of them.” A statement like that shows why that board needed to be pushed aside. a le s fi st mo e on t e boa d as to call for all operating provisioning centers to immediately shut down. It’s the absolute wrong attitude for someone tasked with creating access to medical ma uana o at ents In nds t that article may have represented a lastd t e o t b a le to ee s o nt of view in play as Whitmer’s changes were pushing him out. Chad Morrow is an activist who was arrested by Bailey in 2016 when Morrow owned the Cloud 45 dispensary in Gaylord. Last week he claimed to be on “cloud nine” after hearing about Whitmer’s executive order. “The only thing
better would have been to be there to see a le s a e en e ot t e ne s sa s o o o leaded u lt to t o counts of delivery of marijuana in 2017. o a nobod a tuall no s at the new rules are going to be in the new a en but e e tat ons a e e o de doesn t ta e e e t unt l l and both legislative houses could potent all et n ol ed n t s so t s not a done deal. Although a spokesperson o enate a o t eade e e sa s e su o ts tme s move. There is still a looming question of what happens in March 21 and April 25 MMLB meetings with the board still holding authority. The deadline for provisioning centers to stop getting su l es om a e e s s a a month before the MRA takes over. In t e meant me med al ma uana at ents a e a a n oat n n limbo with regard to where to get their medications. They still don’t have the best a ess and no e e ut e o de an suddenly make it all right. It’s hard to see how the big picture in this situation doesn’t strengthen the underground market. But just to have the governor recognize the situation and take positive action is gratifying. Whitmer has blown a breath of fresh air into the mix; that is almost as s n fi ant as ass n t e la n t e fi st place — because it looks like the law will actually be implemented in good faith. Marijuana business applicants have borne a tremendous burden in the application process that seemed to be more about screening for potential criminals. They seem to have been terrorized by the MMLB for the past year and a half. Applicants feared to publicly say anything about the licensing process or the board. I hope the days of ea a e o e but a l ants and t ose appealing their decisions don’t know what their fates will be either. It looks like the MRA will employ an ongoing license evaluation process rather than waiting for monthly meetings. Every-
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Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.
body’s waiting to see. e e e t o ele t n tme seems timely for marijuana supporters. Her executive order most immediately m a ts t e med al ma uana s stem but t also seems t e e ll be an e o t to really implement the adult-use law. “Choices made in November are payn o b t me sa s eb a oun a board member of the 2016 MI Legalize e o t t at d dn t ma e t to t e ballot Choices made at the ballot box do have consequences. Which swings us to impending politics: Last year’s was t e fi st ele t on n an and ot e states su as Ill no s s ons n and Minnesota — in which winning gubernatorial candidates were openly friendly toward marijuana. As we loo at e e de la ed emocratic presidential candidate supports decriminalization or legalization. The most e entl de la ed and date o a Inslee s om as n ton state where recreational marijuana is legal. and date and e e se en o Booker has introduced the Marijuana ust e t e e and date n t e enate su o ts e a t ould an e t e s edule lass fi ation for marijuana and expunge thousands of federal possession convictions. es edul n ma uana s t e ol Grail of marijuana supporters. That single act would remove the biggest impediment to the marijuana industry. Maybe we’ll see something on the national scene akin to what we saw in Michigan 2018 as regards marijuana. It on t be t e ma n ssue but t loo s like it will be a very interesting sidelight.
Vanderbilt initiative
The Vanderbilt Village Council re-
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entl oted to d a t an o d nan e to opt out of allowing adult-use marijuana businesses in the small community north of Higgins Lake. This was an a ont to t e e ent o ande b lt s ote s o su o ted o nt e last election. They will be heard from again. A group of Vanderbilt residents has put together a petition to force a voter referendum on the subject. They needed fi e e ent o t e ote s n the last election and have already suceeded n olle t n some s natu es well over the 10 necessary to put the issue on the Aug. 6 ballot.
THC more intense
e o d ustl n to ma e the face of medical marijuana has hit a bit of a slowdown. “The Association between Cannabis Product Characterist s and m tom el e a stud om t e n e st o e e o ound that THC was generally associated with mo e ntense s m tom el e o a n although there were strong positive and ne at e s de e e ts ese find n s ust t e mmed ate de s edul n o all t es o annab s n add t on to em so t at annab s with THC can be more widely accessible for pharmaceutical use by the ene al ubl sa s esea e a ob Miguel Vigil. This is counter to the public stamede to a d t e non s oa t e n e ent ea s a t ula l be ause t as been s o n to be e e e t e n controlling seizures in some childhood epilepsy patients and for multiple sclerosis patients. But let’s not toss out the n t e us to a d e ea e some annab no ds n ma uana and e ma find t at man o t em a e very useful.
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Dan Sava e
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Let’s say my kink is edging and I edge myself for a few days leading up to a date. Is it my responsibility to tell my potential partner? There are a few variables here that are important to note his is a first in er ate an it s st a co ee ate she an have talked about our expectations and there will likely be a physical aspect in whatever potential relationship may ensue. I understand that it’s never cool to involve someone in your kink without their consent b t hat are the r es here n one han i on t iv e this in or ation co see ho production of an unexpectedly large a o nt o e ac ate co be settin e en in on the circ stances activit t on the other han at east so e a o nt o co e is e ecte ri ht I randomly had massive loads every sin e ti e thro h no e ort o o n would I be responsible for letting a partner know? Perhaps it would be the polite thing to do. I guess I’d feel comfortable sa in e b the a ro ce ver ar e oa s i se as i inent t when you add the kink factor into the i thin so ethin i e that sho be ta e abo t be ore se is i inent So hat res onsibi it o have to divulge this information? And if I do have a res onsibi it to iv e this when would be the appropriate time to bring it up? I feel like it could be sexy to be so o en abo t a taboo iven that we’ve already discussed the desire for a h sica as ect to the re ationshi t at hat oint bet een se bein not o - i its an arts are oin to be interacting with your parts as soon as o r c othes are o is the ri ht o ent to disclose my kink? —What Ought One Do?
A : Let’s say… you blow that load. I
can’t imagine your new friend will be shocked. Blowing loads, after all, is what men do* with their penises**, WOOD, and most people who are attracted to men are aware of this fact. And anyone who’s slept with two or more men is aware that some men blow bigger loads than others. Volume varies. Volumes vary between men, and the volume of an individual man’s loads can vary naturally or as the direct result of an intentional intervention, like edging. Backing up for a second: Edging entails bringing yourself or being brought to the edge of coming over and over again. It’s about getting yourself or someone else as close as you can to the “point of orgasmic inevitability” without going over. Draw out the buildup to a single orgasm for hours or days —
by edging yourself or being edged by someone else — and the resulting load will be larger than normal for the edged individual. But even so, an edged dude’s load can still be smaller than the load of a guy who just naturally produces more ejaculate. And in answer to your question, WOOD, no, I don’t think there’s a pressing need to disclose your kink to your date. If it gets sexual, she’s going to expect you to produce ejaculate at some point. And even if the load you wind up blowing is enormous, you’re not going to drown her or wash out her IUD. Frankly, WOOD, your letter reads like you got baked out of your mind and sat up half the night trying to come up with an excuse to tell this woman about your not-that-kinky kink and “I should tell her as a courtesy” was the best you could do. If you want to tell her, go ahead and tell her. But since there’s no need to tell her that you sometimes like to stroke for a bit without climaxing, there’s a strong chance she’ll react negatively to your “courtesy” disclosure. Even if she’s made it clear there could be “a physical aspect in whatever potential relationship may ensue” — even if that’s not just dickful thinking on your part — she’s going to be scrutinizing you for signs that you aren’t someone she wants to get naked with. She’ll be looking o ed a s at ou fi st a e to a e meeting, and if you come across like a creep with piss-poor judgment — and a needless conversation about how much
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ejaculate you produce and why you produ e so mu e a ulate ll defin tel come across as creepy — then she may decide not to ensue with you.
Q : I’m a queer man who usually tops
ith en ba first tr at receivin anal at age 16 led me to not bottom for years. After seeing the looks of delight on artners aces eci e to ive bottoming another go. I followed your a vice ots o be an re a ation a itt e ee an trie ots o i erent ositions an ic sizes t no atter hat never see to et ast the ain and into the pleasure zone. I enjoy being fin ere an sin a rostate assa er so no rostate is in there o many times should I try bottoming before I decide it’s not for me? ent so ethin nto tes a o ave r as s sti se here
A : There’s no set number of times
a queer person has to try bottoming before deciding it’s not for them, TIGHTHOLE. A person — queer or straight — can make that call without ever having tried bottoming. An exclusive top who isn’t afraid of his own hole, i.e., a queer guy who enjoys being fin e ed and us n a ostate massa e doesn’t have a hang-up; he’s just a guy who knows what works for his hole and what doesn’t. And that’s more than most people know.
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e a s a o so eone bro e into ho se ver thin o va e as taken — including my two dogs — but
they left my clothes an st o that nat re ast ni ht my boyfriend and I were getting ready to c an ent to the drawer I keep all o r se to s in an they were all gone. I’m not only upset because hundreds of dollars of toys were ta en a so ee violated. This person has not only violated me by coming into my home and taking thin s b t b ta in something so personal and intimate. I survived rape and molestation by a family member who is in jail for his actions so sa know what it feels SHUTTERSTOCK.COM like to be violated. And this has brought that violation back and makes me feel like that same v nerab e he ess chi as so an years ago. My boyfriend is being suportive b t st ee so horrib e an do not know how to cope with this. hie as h e a i ra a
A : I’m so sorry this was done to you,
THEFT, and it’s perfectly understandable t at t s final olat on t e t e t of your sex toys on top of the theft of your other belongings and your dogs (!!!) — would dredge up painful memories of past sexual violations. I can’t o e ou mu be ond m a no ledgment of how awful this is and my sympathy. But if you’re having trouble coping, if you’re reeling from this, schedule a few sessions with a good therapist, someone who can help you process those feelings. I also think you should consider moving to a place that won’t be haunted by this violation, if possible, and your boyfriend should — when you’re ready — take you out and treat you to a few brand-new sex toys. * Not all men have penises, not all penises have men, not all men blow loads, not all loads are blown by men, etc. ** Not the only thing men do with their penises, some men don’t do that thing with their penises, some penishavers don’t do that thing as men, etc. n the ovecast e ot n e isten at savagelovecast.com. Questions? mail@savagelove.net. Impeach the other c er a rea or
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Horoscopes By Cal Garrison
ARIES: March 21 – April 20 In the middle of a “pregnant pause” the issue of where to go from here is one of those things that your will can’t be forced upon. If it’s driving you crazy, I understand. In your world, the need to take action can be overwhelming. So maybe there’s a lesson to be learned, and something new to consider. In the emptiness of waiting, there is a huge amount of creativity. t no t s ou ob to fi u e out what that looks like and give yourself t e o o tun t to find t e ans e to your question in the nothingness that fills e e t n ta ool e at ent Your next move is a few weeks away.
LEO: July 21 – August 20 Nobody expected this to be easy. Every time we get involved with one or more people, things get complicated. If your visions of perfection, or the idea that things ought to go in a straight line, are out of synch with your experience, it’s because you’ve forgotten how m o tant t s to o t t e o The straight line that you envision has nothing to do with the lessons that are on your plate at the moment. In any crisis, the best approach often turns out to be the one that tells us to become like water. Stop beating your head against t e o s lea n o to o a ound them.
SAGITTARIUS: Nov. 21 – Dec. 20 With so much ready to come to fruition, you’d do well to keep your head on straight. When life lays the red carpet out in front of us, it’s easy to get o e n ated and all e to t e e o and its tricks. Faced with two choices, one involves a lot of fanfare and the chance to hob-nob with some fancydancy types; the other would hook you up with a chance to get down to business and do your own thing. Either choice will work. This is where the ego could trip you up. Your ability to tell the truth about “why” you choose one thing over another matters more than anything right now.
TAURUS: April 21 – May 20 Everything is over the top. How you handle things is up to you, but this is one of those times when you need to o t e e e s a b d e en e bet een mundane stu and matte s o life and death. Others play a big role in these decisions. What you are looking forward to may have to be canceled or put aside for the time being. The prospect of a move is all over this. Settle down long enough to ground yourself and get centered in whatever the truth involves. When the stakes are high, and the sword of Damocles is hanging over your head, there is no room for weakness.
VIRGO: August 21 – Sept. 20 ou an t fi t n s t at ell a a t a long time ago, overnight. As much as you see the error of your ways and would love to make amends, it takes two to tango. For now things will work out better if you hold this wish in your heart and give everyone involved as much time as they need to let go of the past. In the meantime, keep your focus on t n s t at u l t ou s t and find ways to forgive yourself for whatever didn’t go right. What we learn from our mistakes changes us. Rome wasn’t built in a day. Keep the love alive; sooner or later it will rise up high enough to turn the tide.
CAPRICORN: Dec. 21 – Jan. 20 I don’t need to tell you that you’re in the crosshairs of a big change. If whatever is going to happen would fall into place sooner, rather than later, that would be preferable. At this point, what has been going on for far too long is starting to wear thin. Nevertheless, there is a message in this madness and it has something to do with losing the need to keep everything neat and tidy, and loosening up enough to just do what you love. Others keep raising a ruckus that makes this hard to accomplish. Learn to live with this. It is part of the lesson. Little by little, it will begin to make sense.
GEMINI: May 21 – June 20 You can count your lucky stars because you’ve got a ton of what I call “Angelic backup” keeping an explosive situation from boiling over. High levels of protection at a time when you need it most will see you come out of your present trials smelling like a rose. If you wonder about this, review the events of the last month or so and ask yourself why you’re still standing. The next few weeks are pivotal, so keep your nose to the grindstone and don’t sink into overonfiden e e ates a e on ou s de and ready to help you weave your way through a very challenging time.
LIBRA: Sept. 21 – Oct. 20 When things change, everything that was held in place prior to that moment has to go along with the program, or fall away. Your current situation is loaded with themes that have you wondering why the landscape keeps rearranging itself. Things that you never thought you would have to deal with have brought you to the point where leaps of faith and a willingness to trust people and things that are new and d e ent ll o m t e um n o place for what comes next. At times like this it’s safe to ask yourself “What have you got to lose?” so just drop the reins and let go.
AQUARIUS: Jan. 21 – Feb. 20 You have too much going on to get caught up with other people’s dramas. Stay focused and avoid anyone who comes around wanting to drag you into their psychological turmoil. It sounds harsh, I know, but let them face their own demons and trust the fact that by the time you are in the mood to listen to their tale of woe, their issues will have blo n o e do n s a e bubbl n u in your work area. With so much hanging over your head, you’d be wise to hold steady and be as circumspect as you can in the face of lesser mortals who are totally lacking in integrity.
CANCER: June 21 – July 20 You know exactly what needs to happen, but you’re not sure how to get it to work. It’s always good to sweep t e oo be o e ou sta t an t n new, so settle up with whoever or whatever you haven’t dealt with, and lay a strong foundation. The better part of getting anything done lies in the doing of it. Too much talk and too many plans delay things that evolve out of what the work at hand involves. Once you understand that your next project has a life of its own, you’ll be able to step aside and let the deeper part of your being allow it to come into manifestation.
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SCORPIO: Oct. 21 – Nov. 20 You are laughing at yourself for wondering if this was the right idea; look at what you’ve created! With nothing but a good sense of intuition, you’ve been able to remove yourself from a situation just in the nick of time. If you’d waited even a day longer, you’d be stuck with something that you couldn’t get out of. Now that you’re free and clear, do you wonder what made you see the light? What we call “luck” is really just the ability to trust your inner voice 100% of the time. You’ve seen what can be done. Keep listening to that voice; it’s never wrong.
PISCES: Feb. 21 – March 20 Something just clicked and you have come to terms with the fact that it’s time to stop playing games and move on. This epiphany could relate to a relationship, or to any situation that has seen better days. These things are always hard to come to terms with. We hassle ourselves for not “sticking to it,” forgetting that everything has a life span, and “nothing gold can stay.” Some of you have something to go back to. Others are teetering on the edge of uncertainty. Either way, you’re closing the book on what seemed like a good idea at the time so that the next chapter can begin.
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