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NEW YEAR'S LIST MANIA

Gore Gore Girls get a shoutout from LA Weekly as a Best Live Moment of 2003.

More bests from Rob Theakston over at Chrome Decay (via Whatevs)

MCR wishes congrats to The Grizz & Mandypants.

MISS MODERNAGE offers her top ten abums of 2003.

Jack supporters rush to the tee shirt factory. Link via Coaxme.org

GOTTA HAVE GORE!!

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The Gore Gore Girls put on a rockin' night at the Magic Stick on December 27th. Casey Dawson (The Riots) made her debut on bass with the GGG's. A fully healed Jason Von Bondie was on hand to check out the new GGG lineup.

WE STAND CORRECTED... that was NOT Jason Von Bondie, but his brother Eric from the Elevations. We are told that Jason is still home recovering

Here are some additional shows for the weekend

Clutch Cargo's-Friday- Mystik, Last Days Space Nelson, Mad Mordian, 7 Letters and the Dead.

Edison's-Birmingham-Friday and Saturday- Brother's Groove 9:30

5th Avenue Royal Oak-Friday Bloom- Saturday- The Twilight Babies.

Boulders-Plymouth- Saturday 10 pm- Sista Otis and the Wholly Rollers.

313. Jac -9pm Saturday- Long Black Sedan, the Bomb Pops, Smokin' Moses.

George and Harry's Blues Cafe- Friday 7:30-Detroit Music Awards Blues Showcase featuring The Bugs Beddow Band, Sweet Claudette, Pete Fetters and many more.

Motor City Rocks would like to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays.

The Free Press profiles The Riots

Jack White Sporting Pinstripe

JACK WHITE MUGSHOT via The Smoking Gun.

More on the booking from The Freep.

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Danger Danger.....2 Days Left to Shop........

Here's some news from around the "D" from the past few days.

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The Oakland Press profiles rocker moms the Candy Band.

The Free Press gives us a quick recap of the Detroit Sounds and Spirits Old-Fashioned Holiday Spectacular, but really just tells us more about the Jack/Jason story.

A new music festival in Detroit will be starting up in 2005 and looks to be a great idea. The festival is replacing the Jazz festival and will now feature all types of music. The festival is planned for 4 days at multiple downtown locations.

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Rachel May gives us the details on the closing of Music Menu in Greektown along with some news on the Twistin' Tarantula's.

8 Mile road now has it's own monument which of all places happens to be in Northville.

Detroit is now the most dangerous city in America, ranks #1 in pedestrian deaths(whatever that means) and will no longer be in the top 10 most populated cities, but guess what, Detroit serves the best public school lunches and that's something to be proud of. The Free Press lets us know where Detroit ranks nationally in all sorts of categories.

The Ren Cen is set to get a new cabaret style movie theater by June of 2004 which I think will be the only first run movie theater in the city.

The News talks with The Muggs.

Jack White Charged

The Freep reports that Jack White was charged with aggravated assault.

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HI CANDY CANE CHILDREN

Marcie Von Bondie came clad in candy cane red & white to the "Detroit Sounds & Spirits Old-Fashioned Holiday Spectacular" at the Magic Stick on Friday, December 19. In the above shot, she and Detroit rap sensation Esquire, along with some help from Night Moves, do a rendition of Justin Timberlake's "Rock Your Body".


On that other story we've been following all week... The Smoking Gun provides the police report from the last time this occurred.

UNCLE GRAMBO is one step away from making into Webster's Dictionary of the English Language. buzz.

OVER AT CREEM...
Ric Siegel remembers the MC5 with a little help from the documentary A True Testimonial.

Ben Blackwell: "Goin' Cracker with Black Jesus"

It's about time to get something else on our minds so here is some news we've missed over the past few days.

Apparently Plymouth is now considered a "cool city", at least the Detroit News thinks so. I've lived in and around Plymouth for a long time and I sure can't seem to find anything cool about it.

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The Funk Brothers will be receiving a Lifetime Achievement Award at the Grammies this February.

The City of Detroit is offering 2 hours of free parking at meters from now through December 31st in an effort to boost shopping in Detroit. The only thing they need now is some stores.

If you are in the market for a house, Detroit's oldest brick home is now up for sale.

Watch out, Northville and Canton cops now have stun guns.

FOUR MORE PIECES OF THE PUZZLE

Metrotimes on Jack

Jason on brawling (via Whatevs)

W.S. spokesperson on the incident

Detroit Free Press with photos

Jason Von Bondie Speaks Out

He provides the following statement, which appears on the Von Bondies official site:

While attending a show at the Magic Stick nightclub in Detroit with his wife
and the two female members of his band, The Von Bondies, on Saturday December
13, 2003 singer-songwriter Jason Stollsteimer was violently attacked by Jack
White of The White Stripes, without warning or provocation. White approached
Stollsteimer during the concert, physically forcing him against the speakers
and began shouting. Stollsteimer attempted to turn his head and face White, but
refused to engage in conversation. Visibly angered by Stollsteimer’s
unwillingness to argue or fight, White spat into Stollsteimer’s face and punched him
in the head and face repeatedly. White then forced Stollsteimer to the ground
and continued his attack until White was restrained by several crowd members.
Stollsteimer was rushed by ambulance to Detroit Receiving Emergency Center
for treatment. Stollsteimer has been released and is recovering from the attack
at home. No further details are available at this time.

Stay tuned to motorcityrocks.com for updates.

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Jack White Brawl Update

UPDATE complete with a scan of the police report courtesy of The Smoking Gun.

Meanwhile... 89X finds a way to keep the fight going on the airwaves by pairing the Von Bondies vs. the White Stripes on the People's Choice. Apparently they couldn't find a local site to link to (if you don't like us, please check the "Networthy" section for some of our esteemed local colleagues).

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Concert Review: Blanche CD Relase Party

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Blanche held a CD release party at the Magic Stick on December 13, 2003. The new album, If We Can't Trust The Doctors... will hit stores in January. Owning this record is not optional, if you like music at all, you have to find a copy. Here are some snapshots.


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Dan Miller is joined by Brendan Benson on this tune.


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For the second encore, Blanche was joined by Joe & Joe of the Joe Shawl Trio

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Jack White and Jason Von Bondie Brawl at The Magic Stick

While Brendan Benson was opening a record release show for Blanche, a brawl broke out between Jack White and Jason Von Bondie.

Jason, along with bandmates Marcie Bolen and Carrie Smith, was watching the show in the front row. Jack was also at the front of the stage, near the Von Bondies clan and Saturday Looks Good To Me singer, Fred Thomas. Jack left after a few songs, then came storming back to the front of the stage - back to Jason Von Bondie. Those standing close enough could feel Jack's spit - aimed at Jason - hit their faces. Jack then proceeded to yell something, very loudly, into Jason's ear. Seconds later, Jack landed a solid punch on Jason - most likely breaking his nose. Blood splattered over the floor and covered the back of Carrie Smith's shirt. The fight carried on for a few minutes - Jack pinning Jason to the floor in front of the speakers. It took several men to pull them apart, and Jason, who was having difficultly getting up, was helped backstage by Marcie and Carrie. Brendan Benson left the stage after only four songs, and the show reached a halt. Meanwhile Meg White sat on a speaker sipping a cocktail throughout the incident, and its aftermath.

The show was a record release party for Blanche, who's full length debut will soon be released on Ben Blackwell's Cass Records. Despite the chaos, Blanche played an incredible show to a sold out crowd.

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ryan adams at the michigan theater

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and on the mean streets of ann arbor

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Free Music

Apparently, the Von Bondies are all for the downloading & re-distribution of copyrighted materials over the internet. Feel free to download their album as soon as it appears on your file sharing service of choice.

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Why track terrorists when you can harass Eminem and outlaw free speech?

Are you interested in jumping in the Detroit River for a good cause.

The News takes a look at Whit Hill and the Postcards out of Ann Arbor. If you are really into Whit Hill, guess who else did a profile of her, if you said the Free Prees then you would be correct.

Les Miz and The Producers are in town the next few weeks, so you theatre fans better head downtown.

If you are a fan of art galleries then you may want to check out the Winter Gallery Tour which takes place downtown.

The Free Press talks with Ethan Daniel Davidson about his Alaskan Shack, his IPod and his new cd. You can cath Ethan at Small's tonight.

46TH Annual Grammy Nomination

The 46TH Annual Grammy Nominations came out today and actually seem to be more relevant than usual. The White Stripes are nominated for 3 awards, Album of the Year, Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal, Best Alternative Music Album. Jack was also nominated for Best Rock Song, which is a songwriter award. Rapper Eminem was nominated for 5 awards. Check out the full list of nominess

NME lets us know that Jack White almost joined The Stooges

If you're not busy Friday evening head over to Great Lakes crossing and meet singing great Michael Bolton.

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sneak preview
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featuring 5 tracks by jack.

DANGER DANGER

Public radio station 101.9 WDET is having an SOS pledge drive because it is in danger of losing some of it's programming. The station actually plays local music and music of all genres you won't here anywhere else. If you would like to help them out, check out the station's site for all the details

Alice Cooper now has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
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