Vol. 31, No. 30
'Detroit 1-8-7' Killed, Six Other Shows Out at ABC
By Jim McFarlin
Into the chasm of the Lafferites
By W. Kim Heron
Mulenga's tinfoil hat
Harangua goes green, dons foil and wants Osama's death certificate
By Larry Gabriel
Plugola
Film looks at the life of a newsman named Hank Greenspun.
By News Hits staff
Letters to the Editor
Our readers sound off on Lessenberry, the arts, the bridge and derby girls
By Metro Times readers
Smoke and mirrors
Why the accounting for the incinerator is lost in a haze
True colors in Lansing
Amid crisis, our legislators still want to stick it to gays and the environment
By Jack Lessenberry
Tired of hearing 'Woe is queer me'
Yes, many gays are better off today, but here's why we need to keep on pushing
By Dan Savage
J. Peterman calling
John O'Hurley talks Seinfeld, Billy Flynn, Broadway and that silly Family Feud show
Bridesmaids
Are chicks as raunchy as dudes? Uh, yaw ...
By Corey Hall
Jumping the Broom
A jump above Tyler Perry dregs, but still ...
Hesher
Darkly funny, refreshingly blunt, raising the middle finger to conventionality
Too cool for school
Burton Theatre co-founder Nathan Faustyn talks of the wild, short life — and afterlife — of the downtown art house cinema
Everything Must Go
A Raymond Carver short gets mainstreamed and bastardized - with OK results>
By Jeff Meyers
There Be Dragons
A stab at the epic period films that once dominated Oscar Award ceremonies
Feeling al fresco
Notable spots where you can dine outdoors
By Metro Times editorial staff
Top of the world
Iridescence graces Detroit with more than a stellar view
By Jane Slaughter
Food Stuff
Maifest at the Dakota Inn, hog butchering and more
Duly noted
Street-fighting coney worker Mayo lays 'em out in southwest Detroit
By Michael Jackman
Motor City Five
Derrick Miller of Sleigh Bells talks Motown, pro sports and the new stuff
By Travis R. Wright
Back from the dad
A road trip with State, (very) grown men who, after 30 years, conceal zero punk rock illusions
By Eric Gallippo
The Cars - Move Like This
After 24 years, the band's approach still runs smoothly
By Bill Holdship
Thurston Moore - Demolished Thoughts
A Sonic Youth album is rarely this dull
By Michael Gallucci
Sam Roberts - Collider
Meandering Montreal rocker Sam Roberts' dad rock aches with in-denial loss
By Nathan Phillips
Salt of the Earth
Chris Bathgate made one of the best records of the year. So why's he fighting for relevance?
Crank
Reviews for the easily distracted
Spun
Paging Golden Throats: She wanted you to come up and rock with her sometime
Sunday fundraiser to help P-Funk's Belita Woods
Download Mayer Hawthorne's New Covers EP
By Jonathan Cunningham
Happy Birthday Stevie Wonder
Baker's Keyboard swings into a new era
That hippie sacrament
On believing in personal freedom and living outside the social mainstream
By John Sinclair
