(25 Days untill TasteFest)

And i am not waiting outside IKDA Store

So the week end was a good but quite one, I did Not go to the Nice Device Show on Friday (thenicedevice.com or www.myspace.com/thenicedevice) because it was in Frendale, But my good mole who was at the show say despie the sound being Not that good the show was good as they release there Debut Full-lenght and i think there lead singer Alicia Gbur look nice as always (I think but dont quet me on that, i was not at the show. If she did look nice let me know at culturecitynewstips@yahoo.com)

But on Saturday Night I made the trip to skiping the Debut of Mick Collins Nite Train show on WDET-FM to go to the lager house(lagerhouse.com) on Michigan Ave. because i was drag there by the bartender at the Belmont Laura to here her band she front call the black lincolns (myspace.com/theblacklincolns) who was very good with her singing and Marty gitars work and i also met there simley Bass player her name Eliza who is very nice and it was as always, They been around for almost a full year(debut at the Belmont after one of the dates after taste fest)It was crowed as alway at the stick they opend for a band who i saw for the 1st time after a long time sit out to see this band but i saw this band it call Ghost City(ghostcitydetroit.com or www.myspace.com/ghostcity).

The Line up feather Chris Tait (Electir Six) on Keyboard and vocal, STEPHEN PALMER(Ex- Back in spades, and also in 5th perdios fever) on Guitars and vocals as well, Leann Metro(and also play in the sirers) who play bass and look good as well and BRANDON who accoring to the web sight play Stix, Threads, Er...Goth Stuff (i think play drums) They sound really good 1st time out i mind opion sound real good and real well and they look so nice just like there press pic they sound real good.

So it was a good night overall, so on sunday i posted this week gig gudie (Shrool Down to see the full list of gigs and music act below) and listen to last week underground Gardea and thursday Steve Lamacq show on 6 music(www.bbc.co.uk/6music/shows/steve_lamacq) and stay home last night and listen to one of the over 230 bands i like on My space on Check one two on Indie 103.1(www.indie1031.com) where the Monsters Are Waiting......(monstersarewaiting.com or www.myspace.com/monstersarewaiting) they did a live set on the last half hour as there Debut CD "fascination" (Leftwing Records) is release tomorrow (I dont know if is release in LA only or nationwide, i let you know on New Music Tuesday) the set was good.

So now is any thing is going on in culture city as the Myspace IM is finaly working because i am tinking of a new segment a short segment for my blog sight, But i cant tell you yet what is yet

And no i am not rushing out to stand in line for the opening of the IDKA store in canton

But there a good local news upcoming, So here is is

Tomorrow Night if you have nothing to do if your on the PC or at small in hamtramck and listen to Detroit Local 101 where Tait will be subing for Melodey (Who is toring with the sirers in Serbia) with that loveable furball Suzy Cole, it on 10 to midnight on riff2 on hd radio WRIF 101.1 2, of riff2.com of at Small at 10339 Conat in Hamtramck.

There is a new picture book out by Photographer Stefan Peterson it call "IN A WOUNDED STATE - The Demise of Ann Arbor's Music Underground" it a 88 pages with over 100 Black anfd white pictures or the underground secen form 1994 and 2002 it include band from Short Dead Dudes, Mazinga, Nadsat Nation, Chore, Easy Action and The Baby Killers (later know as the Von Bondies) You can order a copy of the Book at this sight:www.cafepress.com/rockactionphoto.

And i got the E-mail From Jonny Headband Keyboard Carey Gustafson told me about a benfit on June 15th at the stick it the KARMA KICK-BACK A Benefit For A Friend, The Story is that our good friend Eugene Strobe had his appendix remove back last December and on top of that he was involed in a car crash that tolat his car and the hopisal bill pile up and like the most of the Musican in this have no health insurance, so let help a guy who gave so much for the detroit Music Scene where giving back.

The bill include P.A. (publikaddress.com or www.myspace.com/publicaddress), The Decks (www.myspace.com/thedecks), Ghost City, Troy Gregory & The Step Sisters (www.stepsistersassemble.com or www.myspace.com/troygregoryandthestepsisters), Girls Gone Mild (Featuring Loretta Lucas & TheLarkspurs), Na$hinal Debt Featuring John Nash from ElectricSix and former stepsister Noelle Christine (frist Local gig www.myspace.com/nashinaldebt), Special Acoustic Sets By: Faith Gazic & Molly Jean, and DJ by Dan W-Vibe, George & Willy Wilson (Former WDET DJ and fill in host on WEMU-FM).

It on June 15th at 8PM and it a $10 cover to get in and it shoud be good.

And over the weekend WXYT-AM have sing on to carried the "The Opie and Anthony Show" on the all sport sation from 6-9 AM whoped!

And Now let go out side the 313 to see the best music news outside the 313

When the Scottiet band Franz Ferdinand wan in town recenley the band took a pit stop to Benton Harbor, Michigan to do what else recorded a new version of the song ode to his girlfriend Fiery Furnace Eleanor Friedberger (who is in town this week on thursday at St.Andy)the band made new versoin of the song from "You Could Have It So Much Better" as well as two b side i will be out on July 10 in the UK get it on import, the band have string of festiavl over the summer including the T in the park, Fuji Rock, and the reading and leeds festival.

The Raconteurs have Extend there tour in surport of there debut CD Broken Boy Soldiers into September 14 to 30 from Houston, TX to Montreal, Quebec there only local date is Auguest 5th in Ann Arbor - Michigan Theatre

(And from my most trush sorced pitchforkmedia.com)

In a message to their fan email list last week, the Decemberists announced the first details of their forthcoming Capitol Records debut. It's called The Crane Wife and it's coming out October 3. And there was much rejoicing.
The band is currently working on the album in their hometown of Portland, Oregon, honing an LP out of the 22 songs they've written, some of which are over 10 (!) minutes long. "This one's going to be really good, though," the email stated. "Undoubtedly the best thing we've done to date. And while that might smack of hyperbole ('didn't they say that about the last record?,' you well may be thinking...), we can guarantee that it, at the very least, will be decidedly above average."

That's comforting to hear.

A fall tour is also planned. For now, the Decemberists only have two live dates scheduled. The first will take place June 16 at the Telluride Bluegrass Festival in Telluride, Colorado. Neko Case, Drive-By Truckers, Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings, John Prine, Bonnie Raitt, and Barenaked Ladies will also appear, along with bluegrass titans like Jerry Douglas, Tony Rice, Del McCoury, and Bela Fleck. A jam session involving the Decemberists and other festival participants is in the works.

In an email to a festival organizer, Decemberist Chris Funk wrote, "I'm a big fat bluegrass geek stuck inside a rock band, help!!!...The real reason we're coming is so that I can get Jerry Douglas to sign my square neck [guitar] which I play, as he is one of my heroes!!!"

The second show happens August 23 at the Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle as part of their ZooTunes series. The Decemberists at a zoo! How cool is that?

Funk also mentioned that he's expecting his first child this summer. The wee Funky one already has a built-in playmate, as frontman Colin Meloy and his girlfriend, longtime Decemberists illustrator Carson Ellis, welcomed Henry Ellis Meloy into the world back in February.

And it you think the WUOM-FM fundrasing Scandal which involed the Program dirtore and two other was bad it child play to what going on in NJ (From CMJ.COM)Essex County prosecutors in New Jersey announced that Michael A. Collazo, the former director of Seton Hall University's WSOU 89.5 FM Pirate Radio, was arrested for embezzling more than $550,000 from the university between 1985 and 2004, when he was fired. Collazo's alleged scheme involved embezzling more than $236,000 of underwriting money and also included the unauthorized leasing of WSOU's two radio subfrequencies. Collazo allegedly deposited this stolen money into two of his business accounts and used it to pay for personal expenses.According to the case's lead assistant prosecutor, Gail Gallagher, Collazo entered into a lease agreement in 1991 with Radio Verite, allowing Radio Verite to utilize one of WSOU's two subfrequencies. In 1999, Collazo leased the second subfrequency to EIES of New Jersey, an organization that provides radio broadcasts for the blind. The lease payments generated from the two agreements totaled more than $342,000. Seton Hall never received any of that lease income.Collazo, 58, of Hampton, New Jersey was arrested by the New Jersey State Police on Thursday morning. He has been charged with first-degree money laundering and three counts of second-degree theft by deception. He is currently employed as a flight attendant with Continental Airlines.

And now this week top ten movie of the week

And if you think a bad movie would not be No.1 this week and if you think the X-men Last stand would be No.1 aging your wrong.

The Break-up a movie that was pan by almost ever movie critict incluing the News and the free Press was No.1 with a take of $38.1 million, it just beat X-Men: The Last Stand," by less of four millions but it was not the highest gross pre screen it goes to the Al Gore documentary "An Inconvenient Truth", it was in wider relesed with a gross of $17,292 good enghoe for 9th place and more screen to come and it will start showing in screen in Detroit on friday
and now here the list:

1. "The Break-Up," $38.1 million.
2. "X-Men: The Last Stand," $34.35 million.
(Total Gross:$175.7 million over a week and a half)
3. "Over the Hedge," $20.6 million.
(the surpried hit of the summer)
4. "The Da Vinci Code," $19.3 million.
(US Gross $172.7 million, Worldwide $581 million)
5. "Mission: Impossible III," $4.67 million.
6. "Poseidon," $3.4 million.
(and slowing sinking)
7. "RV," $3.3 million.
8. "See No Evil," $2 million.
9. "An Inconvenient Truth," $1.33 million.
(the beginning of the comeback)
10. "Just My Luck," $825,000.
(Just lucky to be on the list)

And i know it been a long week end and the dream for the pistons is over there entry to win a anoder title was denied with a 95-78 loss and now the quseton begin now what will be stay here, who to keep and who will go, it going to be a long off season.

and updating a trek the start a couple of weeks ago one of my fave act the Ditty bops (thedittybops.com or www.myspace.com/dittybops) are doing some that is so cool wheld promoing there senond CD "Moon over Freeway" There tour the country and playing tunes from the frist two CD, but there doing it on bicycle from LA to the east coast Davis,CA Near Sacramento and thing are going great here is a entry from their blog on this trip:

we got to climb on the crazy playground dome where we met 8 years ago. this morning we went to the horse barn where abby once worked. amanda got shocked by the electric fence surrounding the pens. abby saw a Burberry pony that was her favorite. we met a great guy at the barber shop on G street, jeff, who told us about the Delta of Venus and that's how we ended up playing there. he rides a tall bamboo bicycle made by a bike artist in San Diego. We ate some popsicles and soy cream from the Davis Food Co-Op and we stocked up on non perishable goods for our trip in the mountains.

Now you can read more of this on there blog sight of you can log on to the bike tour blog sight at : www.thedittybopsbiketour.blogspot.com

you can also see video of there tour like this on where they aviod traffic.


Get this video and more at MySpace.com


and one more thing before i go you proble here about the rise in about people keeping there TV on for long to get some sleep like watch some thing boring like C-SPAN expert in the field of going to sleep say a very well lit nightlite will do the trick ever time but there is some bad things happend to good people for thous who dont put on the nightlight so Edison have made this very well put together video on how night light could advoid a bad situation they colud go wrose and how night light can be helpful.




Dont forget it going be warm and sunny and 85* tomorrow
and the tigers have the satge all alone for the 1st time in 12 years
untill next time
GOOD NIGHT AND GOOD LUCK!