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Monday, January 05, 2009

by Metro Times music staff:
Fist jackers
: Our critics pick the best in music, 2008

by Metro Times news staff:
2008's Most Dubious
: The now ex-mayor, Ted Nugent and the runners-up, from dumb crooks to dumb auto execs

Idiot Boxing by Jim McFarlin:
Boxing gifts
: Our red-eyed TV mad man gazes back on a deceptively 'good' year

by Kelli B. Kavanaugh:
Cash flow
: The Kresge Foundation fends off artist starvation and fuels the creative class

by Metro Times film writers:
My favorite year
: Film '08: The good, the bad and the preposterous

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2008's Most Dubious: The now ex-mayor, Ted Nugent and the runners-up, from dumb crooks to dumb a...  by Metro Times news staff

MORE music

Fist jackers: Our critics pick the best in music, 2008...  by Metro Times music staff

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Cash flow: The Kresge Foundation fends off artist starvation and fuels the creative cl...  by Kelli B. Kavanaugh

MORE culture

Idiot Boxing: Our red-eyed TV mad man gazes back on a deceptively 'good' year...  by Jim McFarlin

MORE film

My favorite year: Film '08: The good, the bad and the preposterous ...  by Metro Times film writers

MORE food

Dining: Downtown Detroit's Book-Cadillac gets a meaty eatery...  by Todd Abrams

 Black Jake and the Carnies

Black Jake and the Carnies

Tuesday, Jan. 6 at The Ark, Ann Arbor,

(Music » Rock/Pop » Bluegrass)

Ypsilanti's foot stompin', whiskey swillin' and banjo pluckin' "kings of crabgrass" celebrate the squalling, bloody birth of 2009 with one of their typically raucous live shows. Their backwoods-meets-concrete sound melds old-timey strings with fa...[MORE]

Monday, Jan. 5 at PJ's Lager House, Detroit

Johnny Mundane and the Sweet Spots

Thursday, Jan. 8 at Memphis Smoke, Royal Oak

Volebeats

Friday, Jan. 9 at Corktown Tavern, Detroit

Wild Years

Saturday, Jan. 10 at Izzy's Raw Art Gallery, Detroit

Bacchanal Closing Party

Saturday, Jan. 10 at Masonic Temple, Detroit

Detroit Derby Girls

VELVET ROPE

by Lindsey Muliolis
Are you MT's next Velvet Rope photographer? Can you snap up metro Detroit nightlife in all its vanity and insanity? Send samples or (better yet) links to VelvetRopeSearch@metrotimes.com.

REMEMBERING KENN COX, CULTURAL WARRIOR

by: W. Kim Heron on 12/30/2008

CHRISTMAS IN THE MITTEN...

by: Bill Holdship on 12/24/2008

GOODBYE, CONNIE CALLOWAY

by: Sandra Svoboda on 12/19/2008

Most Read Stories of 2008
1. Just go - 2/27/2008
2. Invincibility - 8/6/2008
3. Celebrity skin - 7/16/2008
4. Pay dirt -  2/6/2008
5. CREEMed - 1/23/2008
6. The big burn - 4/2/2008
7. Sour CREEM - 1/16/2008
8. Best of Detroit 2008 - 10/15/2008
9. Tale of two Kwames - 9/10/2008
10. Discovering Connie Calloway - 6/18/2008

2008's Most Dubious

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Review: Record - The '59 Sound

Bill Holdship said, "I think if Adam didn't want the listener to m... "

Review: Record - The '59 Sound

Bar-bq said, "I think Counting Crows are a great band, and ... "

A defining year

EastsideAlan said, "At a time when most Detroiters would like a m... "

A defining year

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