Synthesized beats and sounds will abound downtown this Memorial Day weekend in modernist Hart Plaza for the 123^rd^ annual Movement Festival, the yearly mecca for EDM/techno/house/tekno fans from Detroit…aAnNdD bBeEyYoOnNdDdDdDdDd…...
All fifteen automakers, except Tesla, have actively advocated against at least one policy promoting electric vehicles. Ten of the fifteen showed a particularly high intensity of negative engagement and scored a final grade of D or D+ by InfluenceMap’s methodology....
Like many of us are equally guilty, she let dogma get in the way. No excuses. This nation of cowboys and the philosophically cowardly just couldn’t handle the little Irish woman with the voice five times her size—not even that 20^th^ century “cultural icon,” Madonna Ciccone—and Sinéad (or her management) just didn’t...
May 17 is Mr Stevie Wonder’s birthday and to celebrate, with Mrs Tomeeka by his side, he became officially citizen of the Republic of Ghana, something the artist has spoke of doing since 1972!...
From crack reporter Jon King over at MichiganAdvance, Another Day, Another Election Interference: more voting obfuscation for the ever-unstable GOP…...
Ciao, comic book fans! Late to the game with this one, but you probably already knew…it’s the inaccurately-named 2024 Motor City Comic Con in far-from-the-Motor-City Novi all geekend weekend long! Lots of movie/TV celebs there selling autographs (and not cheap either!), merch, swag, memorabilia and even some stuff that...
Who could have forseen this? 🤦♂️ From our friends over at BridgeMichigan, journalist Gabrielle Nelson reports on the pants-around-the-ankles situation in EV land…...
Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick is doubling down on his contention that he doesn’t owe any money to the federal government stemming from his public corruption conviction. […] In his latest court filing on this contentious issue, Kilpatrick states that he is “formally requesting” a hearing on the matter, wants the...
The car [christened the Seagull], launched last year by Chinese automaker BYD, sells for around $12,000 in China, but drives well and is put together with craftsmanship that rivals U.S.-made electric vehicles that cost three times as much....
Michigan farmworker is 2nd known human case of bird flu in nation this year (www.bridgemi.com)
Rule #1: Don’t panic....
DUM-kssh! DUM-kssh! DUM-kssh! DUM-kssh! It's time for the 2024 Movement Festival! (movementfestival.com)
Synthesized beats and sounds will abound downtown this Memorial Day weekend in modernist Hart Plaza for the 123^rd^ annual Movement Festival, the yearly mecca for EDM/techno/house/tekno fans from Detroit…aAnNdD bBeEyYoOnNdDdDdDdDd…...
An estimated annual $19.6 billion in uncompensated Michigan caregiving (michiganadvance.com)
From ace reporter Anna Liz Nichols at MichiganAdvance…...
Suggs - I Am (invidious.lunar.icu)
Remember…Parma spelled backwards is AMRAP!...
The Detroit Cobras - Hey Sailor (yewtu.be)
Misadventure-In-New-Orleans BONUS:...
5 things to know about $184M Grand Rapids amphitheater (www.mlive.com)
Reporter Brian McVicar at mlive.com covers the big news about the coming outdoor covered arena in Grand Rapids…...
World’s largest automakers putting global climate targets at risk (influencemap.org)
All fifteen automakers, except Tesla, have actively advocated against at least one policy promoting electric vehicles. Ten of the fifteen showed a particularly high intensity of negative engagement and scored a final grade of D or D+ by InfluenceMap’s methodology....
Amy Winehouse - Stronger Than Me (yt.artemislena.eu)
Laissez les bons temps rouler!...
Mitch Albom: Public discourse by lawmakers is now a notch above food fight (www.freep.com)
Attention: non-metroDetroit™-specific content. I’ll still respect you in the morning....
Sinéad O'Connor - Take Me To Church (iv.datura.network)
Like many of us are equally guilty, she let dogma get in the way. No excuses. This nation of cowboys and the philosophically cowardly just couldn’t handle the little Irish woman with the voice five times her size—not even that 20^th^ century “cultural icon,” Madonna Ciccone—and Sinéad (or her management) just didn’t...
Bomfunk MC's - Freestyler (yt.artemislena.eu)
Caught get don’t but…walls climb, blue turn, glass scratch, sick stay!...
GHANA SPECIAL EDITION: music legend Stevie Wonder makes good on 50+ year threat! 🇬🇭 (eu.detroitnews.com)
May 17 is Mr Stevie Wonder’s birthday and to celebrate, with Mrs Tomeeka by his side, he became officially citizen of the Republic of Ghana, something the artist has spoke of doing since 1972!...
GOP Delta County Board of Canvassers refuse to certify recall results (michiganadvance.com)
From crack reporter Jon King over at MichiganAdvance, Another Day, Another Election Interference: more voting obfuscation for the ever-unstable GOP…...
Detroit sees population growth for first time since 1957 (www.cbsnews.com)
From CBS News…...
2024 Motor City Comic Con (motorcitycomiccon.com)
Ciao, comic book fans! Late to the game with this one, but you probably already knew…it’s the inaccurately-named 2024 Motor City Comic Con in far-from-the-Motor-City Novi all geekend weekend long! Lots of movie/TV celebs there selling autographs (and not cheap either!), merch, swag, memorabilia and even some stuff that...
John Cameron Mitchell, Stephen Trask, et al - Midnight Radio (yewtu.be)
From the film, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hedwig_and_the_Angry_Inch_(film) (J.C. Mitchell, 2001)....
Day Late, Dollar Short: Copper shortage could imperil Michigan’s EV future (www.bridgemi.com)
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The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Little Wing (iv.melmac.space)
Dead-Men-Tell-No-Tales BONUS:...
Kilpatrick: I don't owe the government any money (www.freep.com)
Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick is doubling down on his contention that he doesn’t owe any money to the federal government stemming from his public corruption conviction. […] In his latest court filing on this contentious issue, Kilpatrick states that he is “formally requesting” a hearing on the matter, wants the...
**HONG KONG SPECIAL EDITION:** YouTube blocks "Glory to Hong Kong" (apnews.com)
From the AP article…...
Keep On Rockin' In The Free World (apnews.com)
The world will not let me rest today, dear music lovers…...
Merz - Many Weathers Apart (yt.artemislena.eu)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ten-Point_Program_(Black_Panther_Party)...
Chinese EVs “could end up being an extinction-level event for the U.S. auto sector.” (apnews.com)
The car [christened the Seagull], launched last year by Chinese automaker BYD, sells for around $12,000 in China, but drives well and is put together with craftsmanship that rivals U.S.-made electric vehicles that cost three times as much....
Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66 - Mas Que Nada (invidious.nerdvpn.de)
Stay sick, scratch glass, turn blue, climb walls…but don’t get caught!...