January 30, 2016
Paul Kantner was a founding member of Jefferson Airplane — and an unrepentant freak
It’s strange to keep writing tribute posts to my favorite fallen rock legends, but here we are: The old guard...
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January 23, 2016
Time for a deep-winter visit to Detroit’s Belle Isle (with photo slideshow)
It’s late January and my kids are starting to go crazy from cabin fever, bouncing off the walls and relentlessly...
January 17, 2016
Flint water crisis, Detroit schools a major reckoning for a once-proud state
In case you didn’t notice, the lead poisoning water crisis that is right now engulfing Flint is playing out in...
January 11, 2016
A tribute to the brilliant sound and vision of David Bowie
David Bowie spent the past year or so working on his 25th album, Blackstar, which he released Friday, the day...
January 7, 2016
A few words about the aging pipeline carrying oil underneath the Straits of Mackinac
It’s hard to overstate what the Great Lakes mean to those of us who live in Michigan. The freshwater seas...
December 30, 2015
5 songs that aren’t ‘Ace of Spades’ to play loud to honor Lemmy
Nearly five years ago, my very pregnant wife and I went to a midweek brew-and-view screening of Lemmy, the documentary...
December 20, 2015
First underpass art project is installed in Detroit’s New Center (photos)
A recent drive home took me underneath the Cass Avenue railroad viaduct, which has been dramatically re-imagined as a brighter,...
December 15, 2015
8-Wood’s favorite albums of 2015
Full disclosure: I am not a formal rock critic (i.e. no one sends me free CDs to review). But I...
December 9, 2015
Here’s a glimpse of the ‘speedfactory’ concept adidas wants to bring to Detroit
Global footwear manufacturer Adidas has released a video touting the “speedfactory” concept it has said it would like to establish...
December 7, 2015
Detroit now touts greening strategies to improve quality of life, economy
More signs that post-bankruptcy Detroit is turning to new ideas and away from the failed models of the past. From...
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