8-Wood Blog

September 27, 2015

3 themes at the DIY Street Fair and a day in the life of a middle-aged Ferndalien

All of Ferndale is partying up at the DIY Street Fest tonight and I’ve got some serious boots-and-pants jamz pulsing...

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September 18, 2015

Welcome to Michigan, a basket case full of news

Michigan has long had an outsize presence in the national and even global news digest. That’s due mostly to Detroit;...

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September 13, 2015

In Ilitch arena district, a new round of development versus historic preservation

As construction on the Ilitchville Detroit Red Wings arena district-formerly-know-as-the-Cass-Corridor continues apace, now comes word that more vacant, historic buildings...

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September 5, 2015

Gird yourself for the change of seasons with Low’s new album, ‘Ones and Sixes’

I arrived late to the Low party — though that’s a terrible analogy, considering the band has been peddling its...

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September 4, 2015

Demolished former Pizza Hut in Ferndale will become retail building

After noticing heavy equipment onsite at the vacant Pizza Hut building on Woodward Avenue in Ferndale the night before, crews...

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August 28, 2015

Late summer: A reflection on the changing season

It’s been too chilly the last few nights to sit on the front porch, my cherished nightly pastime these past...

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August 20, 2015

Today in dubious trend pieces: Hazel Park is hip?

From The Detroit News today comes surprising word that Hazel Park — a dreary inner-ring suburb best known for a...

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August 15, 2015

Here is the latest indictment of lazy mass consumerism: Custom s’more-ready marshmallows

I’ve been out of town for the past week for a lakeside vacation, and while engaging in one of the...

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August 6, 2015

D.C. punk doc ‘Salad Days’ illuminates a vital corner of 1980s underground culture

For a musical genre that ironically came to be defined by its straitjacketed sameness, the 1980s hardcore punk scene in...

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July 31, 2015

In praise of good urban design: Detroit’s new Townhouse restaurant

Detroit doesn’t always feel like the big city it is — or at least was. Whether that’s because it essentially...

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