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    November 1, 2007

    Busywork, Detroit Bar, October 31, 2007

    Muscles from Melbourne: kinda weak. Halloween: It's really more for adults than for kids, isn't it? It astounds me how much effort grownups put into their costumes, simply to have ridiculous amounts of fun getting wasted as they take mini-vacations from their own personae. The overflow gathering ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 14, 2008

    A Bloggy Valentine: 20 Songs About Love

    By Jeff Shaw at our sister paper, Citypages. Love is a many-splendored thing and all, but it's also dependent upon a relationship's context -- and so is the associated music. You don't want Al Green's "Let's Get Married" to stream through the car speakers during your third date, you don't want your ... More >>

  • Features

    January 2, 2003

    2002: Diary of a Mad Year

    By Jeff Shaw at our sister paper, Citypages. Love is a many-splendored thing and all, but it's also dependent upon a relationship's context -- and so is the associated music. You don't want Al Green's "Let's Get Married" to stream through the car speakers during your third date, you don't want your ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 5, 2008

    On-Sale Saturday: LL Cool J, Bone Thugs, More

    Not a ton of stuff this week--but we've already had Britney Spears and Snoop, so what more do you want? There are some good new ones: the ridiculously ripped LL Cool J, for instance. Find 'em after the jump!

  • Blogs

    January 28, 2009

    Old School Hip-Hop: Back from the Dead

    I've been a Sirius Satellite subscriber (hello alliteration) since the night before Howard Stern broadcast his first censorship-free show. But in that time, I've come to love certain aspects of the other channels and have recommended this product to everyone from friends to my parents.Sirius and XM, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 9, 2009

    TONIGHT: Not a Whole Lot, It Seems

    I've been scouring these Internets of ours looking for a cool show to recommend tonight, and I can't find...anything. Well, anything other than the Free Moral Agents Monday night February residency at Detroit Bar that we wrote about it last week. That's a good show. But other than that?Nothing at th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 12, 2009

    To Do Tonight - 2/12

    Rock Paper Scissors Tourney, 7 p.m.The thrilling competition in which any child could partake, only gets better when you're a drunk adult.Taco Beach Cantina, 211 Pine Ave., Long Beach, CA; 562-983-1337Meet the Artist: Philip Burke, 7 p.m.Meet legendary artist and Rolling Stone political illustrator ... More >>

  • Calendar

    February 5, 2009

    Doin' It Well

    LL Cool J

  • Music

    June 26, 2008
  • Culture

    August 14, 2003

    Its a Mans World

    Raise your phalli for Spike TV

  • Music

    April 19, 2007
  • Film

    April 12, 2007

    New Reviews

    Lonely Hearts; Pathfinder; Perfect Stranger; Slow Burn

  • Music

    April 5, 2007

    Highs, Lows & Heavenly Blows

    More than three decades on, Sly & the Family Stone stand fresh

  • Music

    December 21, 2006

    Style Wars

    Supernatural sets world records

  • Film

    July 27, 2006

    Show Me the Mommy

    Cuba Gooding Jr. spars with Helen Mirren in Shadowboxer

  • Music

    November 4, 2004

    Beat Vinyl & Life

    Cuba Gooding Jr. spars with Helen Mirren in Shadowboxer

  • Music

    July 29, 2004

    Live Previews

    Cuba Gooding Jr. spars with Helen Mirren in Shadowboxer

  • Music

    December 25, 2003

    Winter Formal

    Cuba Gooding Jr. spars with Helen Mirren in Shadowboxer

  • Columns

    August 22, 2002

    Diary of a Mad County

    Cuba Gooding Jr. spars with Helen Mirren in Shadowboxer

  • News

    June 29, 2000

    The Shock is Off

    Up in Smoke asks and answers: What happens to rap when its hard edge is draped with a little glitz?

  • Blogs

    September 3, 2009

    New Detroit Bar DJ Night a Lot Like Old Detroit Bar DJ Night

    ​Busywork, the old no-cover weekly Wednesday dance night at Detroit Bar, has been replaced by Pistol, the new no-cover weekly Wednesday dance night at Detroit Bar. The similarities don't end there.

  • Music

    September 10, 2009

    [Sound Guy] Everything Sort of Old Is Kind of New Again

    ​Busywork, the old no-cover weekly Wednesday dance night at Detroit Bar, has been replaced by Pistol, the new no-cover weekly Wednesday dance night at Detroit Bar. The similarities don't end there.

  • Blogs

    September 17, 2009

    Travis Barker: More Hip Hop than Hip Hop

    ​Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker has had plenty of side gigs over the years. Box Car Racer and 44 both featured other Blink members, while a duo called TRV$DJAM included his friend Adam Goldstein. Known as DJ AM, Goldstein, of course, was with Barker in a Learjet crash that killed four people in ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 13, 2009

    Playlist: Songs about Southern California

    ​The sun finally reappeared today and I decided to play tourist. I've been promising my family pictures of where I live for the past two weeks. I'm from Florida. My parents have never been to California. Only one of my three younger siblings has visited the state. So, I got on my bicycle and clic ... More >>

  • Film

    May 13, 2010

    'Just Wright' Is Just Wrong

    Here's hoping another movie might one day find better use for the easygoing vibe between Queen Latifah and Common

  • Blogs

    August 23, 2010

    Wyclef Jean Can't Run for President, But Can Look Back at His Bid with Nostalgia

    www.myspace.com/wyclefjeanDenied!​On Friday, the Haitian Electoral Council ruled that Wyclef Jean can't run for president of Haiti since he hadn't lived there for five years. Jean had argued that his appointment as "ambassador at large" since 2007 qualified him for the presidency, and his lawyers ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 21, 2010

    "Merry Christmas, Motherfuckers!": Seven Favorite Hip-Hop Holiday Songs

    ​While it doesn't happen too much anymore these days, the hip-hop world has been known to put out a holiday album or two--and sometimes the  too-bright cheerfulness of Christmas carols pairs up extra nicely with the often humorous and/or the sometimes, uh, adult content of the lyrics.After th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 4, 2011

    Celebrity New Year's Resolutions in 2011

    myspace.com​​New Year's resolutions are usually either corny or totally boring. However, it's always interesting to read resolutions from celebrities, even if they are pretty much the same corny or boring ones we no-names makes for ourselves. With that in mind, let's take a look at some of the p ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 7, 2011

    Mike Brown, Lakers Coach, Won't Let Traffic From Anaheim Hills Delay His Game

    ​As you might have heard, new Lakers coach Mike Brown and his wife Carolyn purchased a home in Anaheim Hills.That might sound like a rookie mistake given it's 44 miles to the Lakers practice facility and what seems like three days inching across the freeways if you're headed to the Staples Center ... More >>

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