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Date: 2017-08-12 Tags: Journal, Music, Concert Permalink: /blog/2017/08/12/2017-08-12-mew-in-detroit/ Mew has been one of my favorite bands for close to ten years. Like a lot of people, I first heard “Zookeepers Boy” and the whole “And the Glass Handed Kites” album. They are, I believe, the best
To whom it may concern, We’re days away from the trade deadline and my favorite baseball team the Detroit Tigers are likely to be selling. Now you may not be a baseball fan, so I’d like to explain why I might suddenly erupt in fits of rage and
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King Crimson ruins everything. I saw them twice this summer on tour, in Chicago and Minneapolis. The two shows blew my mind. The “eight-headed beast” – with three drummers up front – played the loudest, and most quiet show I’ve ever seen. Songs that I had heard thousands of times sounded
So I'm not one for publishing my theories, but it's so extraordinary that new Twin Peaks will air tonight I thought I'd share some of my thoughts for posterity. I haven't read or listened to any theory or predictions. They are a
I was beyond excited to see that Patti Smith was playing Detroit again. I saw her 5 or 6 years ago in St Andrews Hall in Detroit. I found out a couple days before that she would be playing "Horses" live in its entirety. I was beyond excited:
This is a curious case of photography, small iPads and the mysterious puzzle of Apple's optimized storage.The other month, I found an amazing deal on an iPad Mini 2 -- $125 for a 32gb model -- more than 60 percent off the retail price. I've
The Michigan flag has flown over our Capitol and across our two peninsulas for more than 100 years: through two world wars, the growth of the automobile industry and several economic depressions. It's represented Michigan longer than any of us have been alive. So there should be no
UPDATE: Just after publishing, checked my bank account and saw that I've been charged the monthly fee. For a website that's down. And may not be coming back... UPDATE 2, May 12: The site is back up, no idea of photos can be downloaded. I'
So I bought some lottery tickets. I normally don’t. Growing up, my parents never played the lottery or gambled at all. I remember my dad saying “Why should I spend money on that? I could just give that money to you and you’d actually do something with it.
What a great honor to be interviewed by Melody Kramer for Poynter about my work in digital journalism. Great questions. It was a lot of fun. [Link]
I grew up listening to NPR. During the day, our local station WMUK had a classical music program and my mother always had it on. When I turned 16 and inherited the family minivan, the dial was already set to 102.1 FM. As I started staying out at night,
9to5 Mac published an interesting image from Apple's jobs website of potential Apple Watch packaging. What's most interesting? Is all the employees pictured are using pens, pencils and paper to take notes (See full image here). As much as Apple promotes using iPads for work, it&