Books

Dan Sicko’s second edition to his definitive book about Detroit electronic music is available from Wayne State University Press. It is on sale at the Ghostly Store, also. Read our chat with him in 2002.
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Kerstin Niemann is a research curator from the Van Abbemuseum in the Netherlands. The Abbe and Smart Museum of Art in Chicago have collaborated on an exhibit called “Heartland”, that embraces the works of artists redefining how art is made under the influence of geographical, social and cultural landscapes and how they use that...
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Santa stocked the family bookshelves this year with classic lit by Joseph Heller, Catch-22 history by Elie Wiesel, Night Hank Williams bio, by Paul Hemphill, Lovesick Blues a collection of Rolling Stone Interviews by Jann S. Wenner and Joe Levy music history by Simon Reynolds, Rip It Up And Start Again: Post Punk 1978-1984 The Police 1978-1983 by...
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Strut just released a number of collections that feature different approaches to disco, incuding tracks infused with funk, rock, and experimentation. During the 70s, the Vietnam war ended badly and without much confidence. US citizens were emotionally and financially detached. Economies dropped, along with faith in leadership, as Jimmy Carter came into office in 1976. In...
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A good photograph conveys emotion and is a mental paintbrush across our cerebral canvas. Annie Leibovitz has the ability to take pictures in a way that speak and make you look at the whole picture, evaluating color and texture from subject to border. In Annie Leibovitz At Work, she discusses the equipment used throughout her...
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I’m a sucker for book lists. Newsweek lists 50 Books For Our Times.
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I recently returned from a trip to Haiti. My family adopted a sweet 3 year old girl. My wife and I were in Cap-Haitian for 3 days. It was quite the adventure. Cap-Haitian is in the northern part of the country. We could see the Citidel in the mountains, from the orphanage we stayed...
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Dear Santa, Thanks for…. Canon Printer PIXMA MP 610 Home/SOHO (Photo) All in One – Print, Scan, Copy CD Joy Division, Substance CD Sonny Boy Williamson, 4 disc Collection DVD Respect Yourself: The Stax Records Story (2007) The kid’s got a Wii. I went to miicharacters to learn how to make famous Mii’s. Rock Band has been the must-have gift for...
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New Order and Joy Division have been enjoying new attention as of late. The highly anticipated film, Control, is a darkly elegant tale about the life of Joy Division with lead singer, Ian Curtis. The record store has no shortage of salute’s from bands paying homage to the new wave kings of the ’80s, either. The...
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I had been to the Detroit Public Library once, prior to attending the presentation, Darfur-Darfur: A Photo Essay. The exhibit will be on display until Monday, Nov 19. It is curated by Leslie Thomas and features the works of numerous photographers. The Sudan government supports Muslim militias known as the janjaweed. These armies are terrorizing...
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My fam is adopting a girl from Haiti. She is 2 years old now. My sweetie has been writing about it and I’ve been inhaling books and films about Haiti’s history. Kit’s letting me check out a pretty heavy one called The Black Jacobins.
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Filmmaker Gary Glaser created The Detroit Documentaries. It features studies about the Hudson’s Building, 8 Mile Road and the Train Station that are concise, inspirational and emotional. In 2001, we interviewed Kelli Kavanaugh when she penned, Images of America- Detroit’s Michigan Central Station.
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Discover presents an essential reading list.
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We interviewed Kelli Kavanaugh in 2001. The ‘Images’ series is great! Images of America- Detroit’s Michigan Central Station by Kelli Kavanaugh, $20, ISBN 0-7385-1881-6 Is this your first published work? I wrote for Motormouth and had some stuff published in the Left Bank. But it went the way...
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ISBN# 3-283-00290-8 TECHNO STYLE is a collection of album covers and flyers related to electronic music. The historic timeline at the beginning of the album sized anthology spans our history from 1981 to 1995. Plastikman’s Sheet One is the first album shown. A flyer from VOOM (Detroit’s master promoter team during the mid ’90’s) is...
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Mapplethorpe is an enjoyable and addictive read. It vividly takes you through New York City, stopping off at several venues where artists hung out such as the Chelsea Hotel and Max’s Kansas City which sat on Park Avenue South and 17th Street. Robert Mapplthorpe’s best friend was Patti Smith. She married MC5 guitarist Fred (Sonic)...
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The setting is Paris. Boy meets girl then Boy meets boy. The narrator’s girl goes off to Spain to give their relationship growing room. While in Paris the young voice of the story, David, befriends Giovanni- a bright waiter that falls for him instantly. They become roomamates. But the true strength of their relationship is tested when...
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The journey of life takes us down unpredictable turns through alleys that sometimes we would not ordinarily step without force or circumstance. Stone Reader is a film that documents a man and his voluntary quest for an author of a book that profoundly affected him. This film is a must see for book lovers. With little...
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SIA/ Colour The Small One/ Astralwerks Although hailing from Australia, Sia bears the glissando style of Toronto’s own Esthero and Nelly Furtado, purring with a sleepy whisper. The lyrical 1-2 punch bewilders like a schoolyard crush. She contributed vocals to the group Zero 7. The single, “Breathe Me” was featured on HBO’s “Six Feet Under”....
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100bestnonfiction 100bestnovels 100mostfrequentlybannedbooks Time’s100bookslist2005 E-Books gutenberg.org/ ibiblio.org View & comment on my wish list…
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