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How one man’s fight for his Detroit neighborhood went viralnew
Standing up for Brightmoor.
Metro Times |
Michael Jackman |
01-14-2016 |
Housing & Development
A Lane of Their Ownnew
How the National Negro Bowling Association fought segregation in Detroit.
Metro Times |
Michael Jackman |
05-28-2014 |
Race & Class
Robbing the Banksynew
When 555 Gallery cut a Banksy out of the old Packard Plant in Detroit, they said it was to "preserve" the street art. Now, strapped for cash, the gallery intends to sell it, raising all sorts of questions: What are the rules of street art? Who really painted it? And how much is it worth?
Metro Times |
Michael Jackman |
05-14-2014 |
Art
Special Report: Detroit in Bankruptcynew
How the media has shaped the story of Detroit's slow unwinding.
Metro Times |
Bryan Gottlieb, Curt Guyette and Michael Jackman |
07-31-2013 |
Media
Back in Blacknew
Michael Jackman interviews Keith Morris on the eve of his appearance with Flag at the Orion Music + More festival on Belle Isle. Morris discusses why he left Black Flag, his time with the Circle Jerks and what he has been up to now, as a middle-aged man.
Metro Times |
Michael Jackman |
06-06-2013 |
Profiles & Interviews
Dan Savage: All Americannew
Dan Savage has slipped the sultry bonds of sex advice to become something more, a sort of ethicist for the growing progressive wing of American culture.
Metro Times |
Michael Jackman |
11-30-2012 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Noise of Summer: How 1990s summer jams made us dumberernew
In the days before earbuds, they were the anthems you knew by heart from just walking around town. And they were catchy and smart. But something happened in the 1990s: Summer jams started getting so subnormal, so tweaked to appeal to below-average intellect, that they'd rightly earn their place as sports anthems or become culturally appropriated by Disney.
Metro Times |
Michael Jackman |
08-27-2012 |
Music
Powerslave!new
How one dude went from tubby taco guy to shredded metal-head.
Metro Times |
Michael Jackman |
07-13-2012 |
Nonfiction
Tags: Lüc Carl, The Drunk Diet
The Books Issue 2012new
Excerpts from Mitch Ryder's memoirs, poetry from Terry Blackhawk, a Q&A with co-author Steve Babson on a biography of attorney Ernie Goodman, pulp fiction from the mean streets of Detroit and suburban Ferndale, and more.
Metro Times |
Mitch Ryder, W. Kim Heron, Michael Jackman, Christa Buchanan and Dan Merritt |
03-21-2012 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
MSM Slow to Pick Up on Occupy Wall Streetnew
If you’ve been watching mainstream TV news or reading mainstream newspapers, chances are you’re not aware that protesters in New York have been marching, speaking and waving signs against Wall Street. Dubbed “Occupy Wall Street,” the action has drawn about 1,000 people, who are occupying a park in lower Manhattan.
Metro Times |
Michael Jackman |
09-27-2011 |
#OCCUPY
How Girl Talk Helped Me Get Over the Classic Rock Bluesnew
Girl Talk is the great musical bridge-builder of our time, and a hell of a lot of fun.
Metro Times |
Michael Jackman |
02-23-2011 |
Reviews
Tags: Girl Talk
Teenage wastelandnew
Long a curious footnote of American punk, Detroit hardcore (think Negative Approach, Necros) finally gets its due, thanks to two handsome books showing the Detroit hardcore scene for what it was: fast, angry and, finally, self-imploding.
Metro Times |
Michael Jackman |
07-28-2010 |
Nonfiction
Meet Detroit's New Breed of Chef: They're Tattooed and Hang Like Rockstarsnew
The 26-year-old Dan Maurer is, um, quite a character. When he's excited, he weaves together sentences densely laced with so much swaggering profanity it sounds like a monologue from Ricky of the Trailer Park Boys.
Metro Times |
Michael Jackman |
03-23-2010 |
Food+Drink
An Idiotic Guide to Basketballnew
Every spring, millions of Americans start obsessing over March Madness. But if you're swept up in the March Madness at a busy sports bar you don't want to spoil everybody's fun with your ignorance of the sport. That's why we recommend you bluff your way through the Final Four with this guide...
Metro Times |
Michael Jackman |
04-07-2009 |
Sports
Zines Never Died, They Just Got Craftiernew
The conventional wisdom is that the "zine explosion" of 10 years ago ended with a whimper. But if zines are dead, why do we still get dozens of them sent to our office each year?
Metro Times |
Michael Jackman |
12-04-2007 |
Media
Tags: media
