AltWeeklies Wire
Don Cherry Quintet Asserts Its Skills on Live Albumnew
Ornette Coleman may have started the free jazz thing, circa 1960, but trumpeter Don Cherry was the Johnny Appleseed of Ornetteology, sharing and extending his boss's ideas on both sides of the Atlantic.
Metro Times |
W. Kim Heron |
09-11-2007 |
Reviews
Nikki Sixx's Memoir has a Soundtracknew
The Heroin Diaries Soundtrack is a companion to Sixx's memoir, due out in September, but the music and the book each stands on its own.
Metro Times |
Janiss Garza |
09-11-2007 |
Reviews
Akron/Family Just Wants to Have Funnew
The Brooklyn-based psych-folk quartet can't help it if sometimes it seems like the inmates are running the asylum when they play. After all, they get bored easily.
Metro Times |
Chris Parker |
09-11-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Akron/Family, Love is Simple
Stevie Wonder Hits the Roadnew
The Motown icon explains why he's heading out on his first scheduled tour since 1995.
Metro Times |
Dave Schulps |
09-11-2007 |
Music
Tags: Stevie Wonder
Two Decades On, Fredrick Freeman Argues His Innocencenew
When he was arrested for murder nearly 21 years ago, Port Huron police didn't give Freeman the polygraph test he requested; he didn't testify at his trial; and none of his appeals in the state courts have included his testimony except in written affidavits. Last week he finally made his case.
Metro Times |
Sandra Svoboda |
09-11-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Marilynn Rosenthal Wanted Us to Understand 9/11new
The 9/11 book she worked on for more than five years, a combined biography of her son Josh and 23-year-old jihadist Marwan al-Shehhi, remains unpublished after her death earlier this month, but her daughter hopes to change that.
Metro Times |
Curt Guyette |
09-04-2007 |
War
Tags: 9/11, war & peace
Why Does Michigan Want to Move its Primary Up So Early?new
As of last weekend, state Democrats and Republicans were close to a deal to hold a joint presidential primary Jan. 15 -- that would be before New Hampshire, at least as things now stand, and the day after Iowa's caucuses.
Metro Times |
Jack Lessenberry |
09-04-2007 |
Politics
Michael Vick is (Sadly) a Man of the Timesnew
Forget the excuse that claims dog fighting is acceptable among rural, Southern blacks -- Vick knew very clearly that he was running a criminal enterprise.
Metro Times |
Larry Gabriel |
09-04-2007 |
Sports
More Michigan Prisoners Seek Clemencynew
Since its formation in February, the Executive Clemency Advisory Council has helped inspire an unprecedented number of requests for clemency.
Metro Times |
Sandra Svoboda |
08-28-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: clemency, crime & justice
Pharoahe Monch's Deep 'Desire'new
He returns rejuvenated with a new album fortified by some hot Detroit producers.
Metro Times |
Chris Parker |
08-28-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Desire, Pharoahe Monch
Fred Upton's Glow Jobnew
The Michigan congressman wants billions for nukes.
Metro Times |
Staff |
08-28-2007 |
Politics
Al Gore: The Man Who Has Them Nailednew
The Assault on Reason is more profoundly important than I realized when it was first published (and I myself did a quick review of it).
Metro Times |
Jack Lessenberry |
08-21-2007 |
Commentary
Now's the Timenew
A ripe moment to push for single-payer health care.
Metro Times |
Larry Gabriel |
08-21-2007 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Opposition to Ethanol is Growingnew
As Michigan rushes ahead to build new plants that will turn corn into fuel for our cars, trucks and SUVs, an unusual assortment of opponents is trying to douse what critics call a "frenzy" for this alternative to gasoline.
Metro Times |
Curt Guyette |
08-21-2007 |
Environment
Literary Dreamers Find Homes at Tiny DIY Pressesnew
Whatever's overly cloying gets edited, marketed and sold by the NYC publishing industry -- anything else often gets a great big "It's a go!" from a chipper editor, but gets redlined once it reaches the marketing department. Here's what independent publishers can do.
Metro Times |
Rebecca Mazzei |
08-21-2007 |
Books
