April 2, 2021
Re-examining Neil Young’s 1980s canon: Was it really that bad?
We all need a pandemic project, and this is mine: an in-depth evaluation of the recording legacy of Neil Young...
8-Wood Blog
April 13, 2020
For better or worse, the coronavirus will change us
Nearly 25 years ago, I taught myself how to run by focusing on my breathing. It was a very different...
December 24, 2019
8-Wood’s favorite albums of 2019
What a weird era we’re living in, friends. I’m not yet sure how we’ll look back upon the music being...
November 24, 2019
Let’s go to Minsk, comrades — a beautiful but complicated city
It’s been far too long since I last updated this blog — life has a way of intervening — and...
June 21, 2019
LISTEN: How the Detroit suburb of Oak Park is sprucing itself up
For years, Oak Park was seen as an unassuming and tired inner-ring Detroit suburb. Its biggest claim to fame was...
May 10, 2019
Packard Plant redevelopment explored in latest video segment with Detroit Public Television
In our latest Daily Detroit collaboration with Detroit Public Television’s show “One Detroit,” Jer and I explore what’s happening at...
March 18, 2019
In Ferndale, 2 new shipping container homes are listing for at least $400,000
Real estate in Ferndale appears poised to ascend to a new realm of hyperspace, with two brand-new homes made of...
March 2, 2019
Kick off your shoes and relax at The Beach, Detroit’s newest art installation
The site that previously housed Rainbow City Roller Rink is now The Beach Detroit, an interactive art installation in part...
February 2, 2019
Planners pick Geary Park as location for Ferndale’s skatepark
Planners working on Ferndale’s much-awaited outdoor skatepark have settled on Geary Park as the preferred location, with construction set to...
January 25, 2019
Map envisions 1919 Detroit subway plan, and we’re left to wonder: What if?
Now this is interesting. A friend found this on the r/Detroit Reddit, a graphic imagining the city’s 1918 subway plan,...
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