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We love Danny Brown so much he made our cover twice in one year. He was our 2011 Artist of the Year, and he co-headlined our Blowout fest back in March.  It’s all ’cause we know the emcee is immensely gifted, absolutely fearless and funnier than you could ever hope to be. Brown is...
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Part of our story-finding gig down here at MT HQ is to explore all roads, low and high, of Detroit culture. Sometimes we find glory and sometimes shits and giggles. When it comes to porn, there’s lots of it in the old Motor City, and not just what’s wired into your homes.  It’s also...
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Let us offer up a toast of cheap red wine to the Sights for earning the respect of thespian rock star Jack Black after some Hollywood shows the band did several years ago in which singer Eddie Baranek called it like he saw it with chords and words. (Baranek’s a proper rock ’n’ roller,...
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Somehow I missed this film the first time around. But If you give a shit about music at all, you need to watch it.  I Need That Record! is an incredibly well-done feature doc about the death of the record store, but also how the music industry and radio ruined music for so long...
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MT fave rapper Danny Brown, who appeared on our cover twice, was our Artist of the Year for 2011, will be on NBC’s “Last Call with Carson Daly” tonight at 1:35 a.m. for an interview and performance. WATCH IT. You’ll note that Brown is also appearing at the J Dilla Day at the Fillmore...
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To be sure, the crap economy kills boundaries, human or otherwise. And it’s easy to “hate everyone on an empty stomach.” Proof? Here’s an email sent in-house here at MT headquarters today: to staff I left a wonderful roast beef sandwich in the refrigerator last night from Honeybee la Colmena. Today, it is gone....
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And it’s fairly on the badass side considering the beauty here, and the no-luxury of our lovely little city. And Em’s actually driving a car. http://youtu.be/N3EI7m6rs7A
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Motor City rapper/clothier/shoe salesman Ro Spit says his car got nicked the other night off of Gratiot in Detroit. Our condolences, man. That sucks. We hate it when that happens. Anyway, his car contained 20 promo copies of his soon-to-be-released album Glass Ceiling Project, his third full-length, which features many hometown rap godheads, including...
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It’s pretty obvious that Jack White is a master of celebrity. Hell, even old Alice Cooper‘s got nothin’ on him there. And what better platform to sustain said celeb status than on the one erected by our very own Insane Clown Posse on the backs of a million dedicated and well-mannered Juggalos? See, White brought...
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            The top 10 selling albums last week at Dearborn Music. 1. REM - Life’s Rich Pageant 2. Howling Diablos – Ultra Sonic Gas Can 3. Three Doors Down – Time of My Life 4. Amy Winehouse – Frank 5. Alkaline Trio – Damnesia 6. America – Back Pages...
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