Bootsey X Celebration at Mario’s Tomorrow, 4/20

April 19, 2013
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Bootsey X Celebration at Mario’s Tomorrow, 4/20

Despite being a hectic day with Record Store Day, I hope you have the time to stop into Mario’s 1477 Grille tomorrow, April 20th, for the Bootsey X celebration. Bootsey has been fighting medical issues for a few years, and your donation of $7 at the door goes directly to Bootsey to help cover...
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City Slang: Concert of Colors news

April 18, 2013
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City Slang: Concert of Colors news

First of all, by our reckoning, this is City Slang Blog Number 666. We’re not sure what that means, but it sure sounds awesome. Anyway, the Concert of Colors will take place over Independence Weekend this year, on July 4-7. According to a press release, “The Concert of Colors has the whole world in...
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City Slang: All American Boy revisited

April 18, 2013
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City Slang: All American Boy revisited

Congrats to my MT colleagues past and present Curt Guyette, Brian Smith, ML Liebler, John Carlisle, Jack Lessenberry, Justin Rose and W. Kim Heron for such a strong showing at the SPJ Awards last night. I was proud to help represent our newspaper and, just for the hell of it, here’s the piece that...
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Detroit’s ‘Hardcore Pawn’ Celebrates 100 Episodes

April 17, 2013
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Detroit’s ‘Hardcore Pawn’ Celebrates 100 Episodes

Hardcore Pawn, the made-in-Detroit reality series that sparks love-it-or-hate-it reactions from Detroiters like no other, achieved a coveted television milestone this week on truTV: the airing of the show’s 100th original episode. The landmark half-hour, which aired at 9 p.m. Tuesday, April 16, on the cable network, also merited a special invitation-only screening Tuesday...
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City Slang: Jamaican Queens at Trinosophes

April 16, 2013
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City Slang: Jamaican Queens at Trinosophes

Jamaican Queens will host a record release show at Trinosophes this coming Friday, April 12. They say, “They’ve been on tour through SXSW in support of Wormfood, which was deeemed “The Coolest Debut Album of 2013″ by The L Magazine. Ryan Spencer and Adam Pressley (formerly of the band Prussia) teamed up to record...
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City Slang: Weekly music review roundup

April 15, 2013
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City Slang: Weekly music review roundup

Remember – if you send it, it will get reviewed. That’s the City Slang promise. It doesn’t matter what genre the music is – as long as it has a Metro Detroit connection, it’ll get in. Preferably, we’d like to concentrate on new releases but, while we’re getting warmed up here, feel free to...
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