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Concert Review: White Stripes @ Masonic Temple, Detroit

At the Masonic Temple, on a cold cold night in downtown Detroit, the White Stripes were set to play the second show of two sold out homecoming gigs.

In an effort to entertain people before the bands came on stage, old time cartoons where played on a big movie screen at the front of the house. When Felix the Cat was done doing his thing, The Paybacks took the stage and kicked things off with the song "Scotch Love". The band sounded great, playing songs off of their album "Knock Loud". At one point singer Wendy Case encouraged everyone to come down to the stage, and much of the crowd took her advice. The band closed the show by inviting thier original guitar player, Marco Delicato, to join them on "Tie Me In A Knot".

The crowd erupted as Meg White took the stage first, looking amazing in a white shirt with red leather pants. Jack then came out escorted by Tracee Miller, of Blanche fame, who was dressed as a nurse - symbolic of the fact this was Jack's first home show since his accident.

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I love to eat turkey in my big brown shoes.........

Hello candy cane children... oh wait that's someone else's line.

So this is the so called "biggest bar night of the year" or as some call it "amateur night". The lineup of shows tonight is great and I'm sure every other bar in town will be jammed so have fun, be careful and get there early.

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The Free Press takes a look at The Muggs. If you haven't seem them yet do so immediately.

Rachel May gives us some news on Chad Smith playing with his old band.

Here is everything you need to know about the Thanksgiving Parade.Keep your eyes open for me along the parade route slamming beers before the Lions game.

It looks as if the casinos will finally be able to move to their permanent spots.

The News writes about my favorite Piston, Rip Hamilton and how he has become a big contributer to the community.

Chicago Tribune rock scribe Greg Kot reminds us that Detroit rocks.

Ok back to work.

Benefit For Bootsey X

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You can bet that all of Detroit's true garage rockers will be at Jacoby's on Thursday night for a benefit for local underground legend Bootsey X. Bootsey, aka Bobby Beyond, has been a staple of the Detroit rock scene since his early days a drummer for the Ramrods. More recently, he's known as the infamous frontman of the Lovemasters.

A few weeks back, his apartment was destroyed by a fire. On Thursday at Jacoby's, the Detroit rock family will show their support for Bootsey with a show including The Fondas, The Shanks, The Cocktail Shake, The Earworms, The Polish Muslims, The Ex-Mutants and Danny & Margaret Dollrod. Metrotimes rock critic Brian Smith will DJ and various bands will donate CDs to be sold for the cause.

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NY Post Postes About The White Stripes

Was That Snow I Saw? 65 one day, snow the next, the joys of Michigan.....

The NY Post has all the Jack White news today and this comes to us from the New York Post.

One-man army: At Thursday's White Stripes show at Roseland, Jack White stopped in the middle of "Look Me Over Closely," to yell at two guys in the crowd: "Take it outside! For God's sake - this is a Marlene Dietrich song and you guys are punching each other! I can taste the testosterone from here

LOOKS like things are rekindling between Renée Zellweger and White Stripes frontman Jack White. Our spies spotted Zellweger at the group's sold-out show at Roseland Thursday night, weeks after their romance reportedly cooled - which occurred after Zellweger packed on some pounds for "Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason." Other celebs infesting the band's three-night stand were Jude Law, Joan Jett, Liv Tyler, Jim Jarmusch, Mos Def, Juliette Lewis and Spike Jonze.

Great news, Nick Lachey is going to be in the Thanksgiving Day Parade!!!!!!!!!

The Nail from the Uniroyal Tire is now on tour, make sure you catch it in your town.

Congrats to both the Lions and Pistons for blowing games yesterday.

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Concert Review: 19 Wheels @ Magic Bag

19 wheels cd release party

On Saturday night, the 19 Wheels took the stage at a packed Magic Bag. The band showed up sporting new haircuts, new guitars and a batch of new songs. Having been absent from a Detroit area stage for well over a year, the 19 Wheels seemed very happy to be back playing in town.

The band kicked off their hour-long set with "Rabies", a song from their 2000 release Sugareen. The group also played cuts off of their forthcoming album Jawbreaker. New songs such as "Reactor", "Erasable", "Juliet" and "Really Stupid Girl" had more of a hard edge than previous work. Although these songs have yet to be released, a surprising number of people sang along with the lyrics. Lead singer Chris Johnston fought his way through a bad cold and had to hold back in some spots in order to make it through the show. In some spots the band was a little rusty, but they sounded good overall. They closed the set with "Colorado", the only song played off the band’s debut record 6 Ways from Sunday.

The night was kicked off by the Answer Machines and The Grande Nationals, who proudly displayed the home town of each band member, in the form of a T-shirt. --Matt Caruana

THEE LUCKY STIFFS @ the lager house

FRIDAY LOOKS GOOD TO ME

Here is some info on Jack White's musical contribution to the movie "Cold Mountain"

As the MCR crew bummed around town last night we noticed that Detroit Rock City had become Detroit Punk City. Hitting the Lager we saw The Lucky Stiffs kick some major ass. Although we didn't end up in a Miller Lite spot a good time was had. Then apparently the Garden Bowl has something called Garage Rock Free Thursdays which in turns means old punk.

While I was driving home I flipped on the enchanting Liz Copeland over on WDET and she had Cas and Gene from PasCal in the studio. They played songs off of their forthcoming ep "Oh Honey We're Ridiculous" and chatted about the band's song writing and recording process among other topics. The band said they have already begun work on their 3rd EP. You can catch Pascal this Saturday at the Magic Stick as well as at their record release show/ holiday party which will take place December 20th at the Lager House.

The News profiles local artist Jim Pallas who is having an art exhibit next week.

Ms. Melody talks with singer, songwriter, producer, etc Inohs Sivad about her new cd and her upcoming cd release show. which will take place tonight at Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History.

Thanks to the 3 big newspapers in this town for letting me down this morning.

I'M GOING TO BE THE NEXT BACHELOR!!!

Congrats to Hemigod because they have just inked a deal with Atlantic Records. The band will have a radio single out in February and a full length album is set for March which will be mixed by Kid Rock. The band is set to record at least 2 albums with Atlantic.

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Tonight the pride of Ferndale, Bachelor Bob, will make his final decision tonight about which girl he will choose. Bob also has a cd coming out on November 25th entitled "3 Sides". If you go to Amazon.com today, Bob is the celebrity of the day and has his picks for Christmas listed and one of them happens to be the 19 Wheels cd "Sugareen".

In other Bachelor news, if you head over to the Post Bar in Novi tonight, producers from The Bachelor will be there conducting interviews with the first 300 men and women who show up. You must be 21, single with no children and be present for your interview when called. This could be your big chance to not only find a future spouse but become a star. If anyone needs me tonight I will be at The Post.

The Free Press talks with artist Matt Busch, who will be having an art sale at the Emerald this Thursday which will also feature performances from Broadzilla, Arizing, Mindcandy and Rib. If you have never seen Matt's work I highly suggest checking it out.

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Although we all thought it was only "Pabst Time" at the Lager House, Miller will be filming for a commercial there this Thursday night. The perk for all of us... you can get in free before 10 and see The Lucky Stiffs (with John Speck of the Fags). Thanks to Coaxme.org for pointing this out.

Top 40 Is Cool Again

At least the Top 40 listed at Information Leafblower, that is. Bloggers pick the top 40 bands in the U.S. today. Among the list are a few of our favorite Detroiters: Eminem, the Sights and the White Stripes.

PEACEJAM, another documentary from the makers of Detroit Punks, will be the opening night selection for the Universal Studios-sponsored Global Peace Film Fest in Orlando, Florida on December 9. The film will be introduced by former Costa Rica President and Nobel Peace Laureate Dr. Oscar Arias. If you're not already famaliar with the PeaceJam program, you should be.

New Dirtbombs Album, Von Bondies Video

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Words of praise for the Dirtbombs' Dangerous Magical Noise from All Music Guide. They also just played a couple of big shows in NYC along with their pals The Sights.


The Von Bondies have launched a swanky new website. It includes the video for their first single ("C'mon On C'mon") on the new album.

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Polish your resumés...

Electric Six is looking for a professional van cleaner after their 6-show-a-week-27-state-us tour. Only the fearless shall apply. They say:
"Now we need someone to clean out the van. We offer a competitive salary and comprehensive benefit packages. Applicants should be unafraid to possibly die. Ability to work with discarded Mountain Dew bottles a plus."

CONTINUE... there trully is no rest for the wicked. The E6 pick up their world tour on Nov. 15 with dates in Japan & Spain, then back to the UK. tour dates >

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CREEM RE-LAUNCH
billboard brings us some more details

Billboard spoke with new Creem publisher Robert Matheu and dug up some more details of the Creem revival. Matheu says a decision has not been made on where Creem will call home, but Detroit is a possibility.

Hey Brendan Benson fans...

... we missed getting this in MCR news, so we've got to tell you about it now. BB's long out-of-print debut, One Mississippi, has been reissued on the StarTime label! Released on October 21, the album includes some nice bonuses inlcuding the hard to find Well Fed Boy EP plus some additional tracks from the Japanese release.

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Concert Review: Electric Six @ MSU

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electric sixOur dance heroes have returned from the Old World. Electric Six set up a pseudo disco in a Michigan State University lecture hall on November 8. Playing to a packed crowd of dancing MSU students, it was clear that word of Dick the Dictator and his flamboyant crew has spread across the Atlantic. Clad in homemade t-shirts reading "Fire in the Disco" and "Danger Danger," the Spartans proved they were ready to get down with the E6's disco-rock anthems.






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The Detroit City Council warmed the crowd up to danceable Detroit rock. Next, Dick Valentine joined Junior Senior onstage as they played their last tune as opening act on the Electric Six national tour. The show was packed with all the famaliar delights of the E6 including a shoutout to WJLB, Eminem song dedication, Queen reference and of course, a romp at the "Gay Bar" for a second encore.

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THE DETROIT COBRAS

magic stick, 11.7.03

Detroit Cobras

Detroit Cobras

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Get your Rock and Roll and a side of fries

The new Hard Rock Cafe is set to open monday which will be located downtown inside the new Compuware buliding. The restaurant claims to have more local memorabilia than any other Hard Rock. No word yet if they have Bobby Harlow's eyebrows.

where's yer brows bobby?



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IGGY: NEW DVD OF DETROIT SHOW, NEW STOOGES ALBUM PRODUCED BY JACK WHITE?

Chatting with 89X radio, Iggy Pop revealed that there will be a DVD release of footage from the Stooges reunion show in Detroit. He also mentioned that he's hoping to make a full-length with the Stooges. Possible producers... he named Jack White and Rick Rubin.

ALL IN THE FAMILY
the dirtbombs team up with the romantics

The Romantics have announced that they have just finished recording a record with younger motor city brethen The Dirtbombs. The Romantics cover the Dirtbombs' "Can't Stop Thinking About It" while the Dirtbombs cover the Romantics' "Mystified". The record will be released on the Dirtbombs label, In The Red Records.

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CREEM

Here is a story that you heard about many months ago from MCR.

French Pop From Detroit City


That's right. Bisou Bisou, the first band to take the stage at Hamtramck's new Belmont Bar.
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