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21 wild photos from the inaugural Motor City Showdown

By on Tue, Sep 26, 2017 at 2:46 pm

Start your engines folks! Motor City Showdown took place at the City Airport where legal drag racing actually happened. From the looks of it, the event was a complete success. Photos by T. Carlita.

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What’s going on in metro Detroit this week (April 16-22)

Select events happening in metro Detroit this week. Be sure to check venue websites before all events for the latest information. See…

By Lee DeVito

Overlord Scooch Overlord Scooch is a west side native and an original member of the legendary hip-hop group Doughboyz Cashout. He’s penned eight solo albums that have become staples in Detroit’s street and club scenes along with his heavy contributions to Doughboyz Cashout’s lengthy discography. Scooch has also collaborated musically with some of his city’s brightest stars such as Boldy James, Babyface Ray, Payroll Giovanni, Mack Nickels, Allstar JR, and Peezy just to name a few. Above all, Scooch is known for being a true hip-hop head that can drop a hot 16 on any kind of beat. Last year he released two albums, one in which was a collaboration with Allstar JR and a solo project titled End Of The Summer. He brings this experience and history to El Club on Wednesday. Starts at 8 p.m. on Wednesday; El Club, 4144 Vernor Hwy., Detroit; elclubdetroit.com. Tickets are $54.39.
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April indie movie roundup

There are a ton of low-budget, international, and just plain off-the-radar films coming out over the next few weeks, most of which…

By Jared Rasic, Last Word Features

Freaky Tales This passes the vibe check. A batshit-crazy anthology of interconnected stories (set in 1987 Oakland!!) following a goofily animated green lightning that shapes the fates of several disparate Californians. If you’re like me, this movie has it all: punks vs. Nazis, rap battles, narration by Too $hort, fake cigarette burns to give the film that old-school theatrical texture, a deep love of 1980s Oakland and Bay Area hip-hop culture, a deep obsession with genre movies, the Golden State Warriors, kung-fu, cartoonish violence, Pedro Pascal, sword fights, and so very much more. Filmmakers Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck take all the tricks they’ve learned in 20 years as writer-directors (including their toe-dipping into studio blockbusters with 2019’s Captain Marvel) and made what feels like a deeply personal and goofball love letter to their youth and the things that make them happy. It’s not perfect, but what is? At the end of the closing credits, there’s a brief moment where the statement “This movie was made in its entirety by human beings” appears. Just a group of people making a movie about Oakland in the 1980s with sword fights and rap music. Humanity at its best. Freaky Tales Grade: B
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Everything we saw at Astronomicon 8 in Ypsi [PHOTOS]

Pop culture fans packed the Ann Arbor Marriott Ypsilanti at Eagle Crest for Astronomicon 8. Twiztid and Majik Ninja Entertainment hosted a…

By Josh Justice

Image: Everything we saw at Astronomicon 8 in Ypsi [PHOTOS]
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Estate sale of Noir Leather founder Keith Howarth releases more erotic artifacts [PHOTOS]

The estate sale of Keith Howarth has released even more objects from the collection of the Noir Leather founder, who ran the…

By Lee DeVito

Image: Estate sale of Noir Leather founder Keith Howarth expands with more erotic artifacts [PHOTOS]
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Superb ‘Sinners’ is so much more than a horror film

By Jared Rasic, Last Word Features

In Sinners, Michael B. Jordan gives the performance of his (still early) career.

‘Strawberry — What Party’ missed the opportunity to humanize Tamara Greene

By Randiah Camille Green

Roosevelt Johnson plays ex-Detroit mayor Kwame Kilpatrick in Strawberry — What Party.

‘One to One: John & Yoko’ keeps the spirit of revolution alive

By Kara Frank

John Lennon and Yoko Ono in New York during the 1970s.
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