Blogs: Reckless Eyeballing

Presidential Debate Drinking Game: Your Very Own Political Shitshow! Last night, at the presidential debate, President Obama and former Gov. Mitt Romney spent nearly 25 of the first 15 minutes hashing out the variations in their respective policies. By the middle of the second segment, it was apparent that points had been exhausted, facts...
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Friday 28th Dwight Adams From Fred Wesley to James Carter, Common to Stevie Wonder, bandleaders and their record producers keep Dwight Adams’ phone number on speed dial. And for good reason. The trumpeter, who played extensively…  GHOSTS OF AUGUST We’ve heard of The Guns of August and The Whales of August. But what...
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Friday 21st ArtPrize: Grand Rapids International art contest giving away $560,000 in total prizes. Forty locations throughout Grand Rapids. Round 1 lasts 11 days, from Sept. 19 to 29, culminating in a Top Ten announcement 1-2 p.m. Sunday…  MATT AUSTIN Matt Austin got himself a bit of attention around town as the guitarist...
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Friday 14th Max Vangeli Elektricity is fast becoming the venue to see the world’s best electronic music artists in metro Detroit. House music chap Max Vangeli was described by MTV as “One of the most promising artists for…  DIY Street Fair The DIY Street Fair is a free 2-day, 3-night event in Ferndale,...
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Friday 7th Geoff Johns Signing The DC Comics Universe (which includes Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman et al. for the uninitiated) has undergone many changes (or crises, for the initiated), but one constant for years has been writer…  Dirty Dozen Brass Band Last weekend’s jazz fest celebrated traditional jazz out of New Orleans and...
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The Moth Storytelling sessions sponsored by WDET and held at Cliff Bell’s have been one of the most successful additions to the cultural landscape hereabouts these last few years. Translation: It caught on almost immediately and keeps going strong. Don’t even try to get a seat if you’re not willing to stand in line...
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Friday 31st Arts, Beats & Eats Now in its 15th year, Arts, Beats & Eats takes place in Downtown Royal Oak. The festival will offer more than 200 performances on ten stages, a highly ranked Juried Fine Arts Show, local restaurants…  33rd Annual Detroit Jazz Festival presented by Chrysler The 33rd annual Detroit...
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Friday 24th The Gipsy Kings The world music explosion of the 1980s — the term wasn’t even much used before — may have opened American ears for all manner of sounds from abroad, but it also made an opening for a handful of…  Kathy Kosins You ought to have a sense of your...
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Friday 17th Ypsilanti Heritage Festival Depot Town, Riverside Park: Celebrating Ypsilanti’s heritage with historic exhibits and tours, as well as a parade, vendors, kids’ activities, music, food and more.  Monty and the Boozehound A presentation from an art group known as “the Superior Bugout” brings a traveling duo of street artists to Detroit...
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Little noted today, it is the 200th anniversary of a seminal moment in Detroit history. On Aug. 16, 1812, British forces invaded the town of Detroit after the surrender of U.S. forces by Brig. Gen. William Hull. After a day of British and American forces exchanging cannon fire across the Detroit river on Aug....
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