It about two days until the Metrotimes Hamtrmck blowout 12

and i got a reminder on the personal Facebook with some more info

First, Anyone coming from the blowout from Downtown Detroit, Frendale and Royal Oak the Shuttle Bus Service "The Night Move" will pick up people going to the blowout on Friday and Saturday

They will pick up people at the follow location:

Royal Oak (5th and Washington) at 8 PM
Ferndale (E. Troy and Woodward) at 8:10 PM
Detroit (Beaubien and Monroe) at 8:30 PM

Will arrive in Ham town at 8:45 and will take local gig goers
home 1:15am on Thursday, and 2am on Friday and Saturday

Also T-shirt for this year blowout will be on Sale at the K and C
all weekend long at about $ 10
But you want to pick up at the metro Time website [Link]

also some addition to the line up:

The Rap Act RenCen is playing the blowout
they will Opened up the last night at the New Douge Lounge
On Saturday at 10 PM

also Mention on the Blowout blog at the Metroitmes Site
that The Silent Years who will playing Midnight at the K and C Hall Main Room
will have 17 members Five of the Silent Years but there will be a choir and a horns section to the mix.

So this will be a Good Set and not only that the late act on Tuesday will play at midnight, so the silent Years may go on well past 1 AM

Also if you are going to the blowout all four days and if your going to take pictures the Metro Times would like to see them to they would shear them on the web site, so see the site, snap it and send it it will be on the Metro times Flicker Site at This Address:

http://www.flickr.com/groups/blowout2009

And since were Talking about the Metrotimes
The Brand News MetroTimes will be out this Wednesday
With a complete pullout schedule and map for each night of Blowout

So Pick It Up on Wednesday.

The Weekly Outdoor Gig Gudie For Febuary 16th to 22nd

Magic Stick

Tuesday - ASHERS (FEATURING MARK FROM UNSEEN) * SMEAR CAMPAIGN
Thursday - THE SATIN PEACHES * JSB SQUAD * FAREWELL REPUBLIC
Friday - BLITZEN TRAPPER
Saturday - THE CREEPSHOW AND THE KOFFIN KATS

The Crofoot

Monday - THANK YOU and MI AMI plus CHILD BITE (the Pike Room)
Tuesday - GOBLIN COCK with WARSHIP (the Pike Room)
Friday - NIGHT MOVES featuring MOBIL, LENNY STOOFY,GRAND DAD CRUNK, AND ALLAN JAMES & THE COLDWAVE (the Pike Room)
Friday - The Cass Collective Presents JENNIE KNAGGS/THE SURE SHOTS, NOMAN, and THE EMPTY ORCHESTRA at PHONOTROPIC (the Vernors Room)
Saturday - MILLIONS OF BRAZILIANS EP RELEASE (The Pike Room)
Saturday - SPRING BREAK BASH 2009 (the Eagle Theater)

Magic Bag

Saturday - BACK IN SPADES with the Grande Nationals, Class Three Overbite and Mick Bassett & The Marthas

Lager House

Monday - TurboFruits w/The Decks, Kommie Kilpatrick
Thursdays - Human Eye, Heroes & Villains
Friday - Readies w/The Sugarcoats, Scarlet Oaks
Saturday - The Vamps w/The Sundresses, Darling Imperial

Saint Andrews Hall

Thursday - Ben Kweller

Shelter

Saturday - The Bakerton Group with The Reverend Payton's Big Damn Band and Red Fang

Blind Pig (Ann Arbor)

Tuesday - Surrender the Operator w/ 10 Degrees Above Parallel
Wednesday - Brett Dennen w/ Little Ones
Thursday - Count Bass D w/ Dante LaSalle, Hubert Sawyers, DJ Who
Friday - Yoshi CD Release Party w/ Rafael Casal, Tree City, and DJ C4
Saturday - The Von Bondies w/ Nico Vega, and Lightning Love

The Fillmore Detroit (formerly State Theatre)

Thursday - The Green 17 Tour featuring Flogging Molly

Michigan Theater(Ann Arbor)

Wednesday - Ben Folds
Saturday - Lyle Lovett and John Hiatt

The Ark [Ann Arbor]

Tuesday - BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet
Thursday - Steppin' In It & The Wiyos
Friday - Po' Girl
Saturday - RFD Boys w/ Jimmy Gaudreau & Moondi Klein

CANCELLED - Porkbelly Futures - Monday

The Belmont(Hamtramck)

Friday - CAID Fundraiser
Saturday - The Blueflowers (formerly Ether Aura) CD Release with special guests The Volebeats, Jennie Knaggs and the Sure Shots.

Small Bar (Hamtramck)

Friday - Banana Convention, Konniption Fit, The Boy’s Army and Buckra @ Small’s
Saturday - The High Strung, Chase the Radio and Shoe

The Painted Lady (Hamtramck)

Friday - Orange Robot/ bricktown station/ shotgun soul

Northern Light Lounges (New Center Area)

Saturday - The Singles, Philo San

Fox Theatre

Monday - B.B. King and Buddy Guy
Friday - Celtic Woman

BREAKING GIG NEWS

EAGLES OF DEATH METAL
TOMORROW NIGHT (2/16) AT SMALL'S

i have to double check to make sure this is correct
and it is.

There will be a surprise gig tomorrow Night at small
in Hamtramck by the one and only

EAGLES OF DEATH METAL

yes the same eagle of death metal who played small back in Nov of last year
are playing small aging tomorrow night in Hamtown in the last second gig

So here are all the info

The Doors Open at 8 PM Sharp
Ticket are only going to be $10 and will be sold at the door
only
an the opener TBD

There in Milwaukee tonight
and got the night off Tomorrow night
so they did not want to take the night off
so there playing a Detroit gig

and that will be tomorrow night
and if i have any adviced
be there early because the last time
they where at small they sold out the gig
Months in advanced

so be there early.

BREAKING CULTURE NEWS - UPDATE

THE NEW MUSIC SHOW ON WDET
WILL BE ON THE WEEKEND ONLY

here is a update to a story broke last night
on the Detroit news web site and posted on this site last night

it was the story about some sort of music coming back to WDET with
the hire of former WDET-FM DJ Ann Delisi our hope in culture it would be a daily
thing i hate to disappointed you fans

from the Press Released i read she will be on the Weekend only, the show will be called "Ann Delisi's Essential Music." and it will be aired for noon to 4 PM begin February 28th.

the show is what is begin called be GM J. Mikel Ellcessor Ann's new show will be a fun, contemporary and thoroughly hand-picked approach to music that moves Detroit," said Ellcessor. "Ann will guide us through the essential music, both new and familiar, that's shaping our culture and will feature music Made in Detroit every hour

that is the only music show added to the line-up the rest of the change on the weekday line are two new news talk show on that mirror "BBC World have your say" which lasted only a year in 2006 called "On Point" that will aired from 10 AM and a two hours news show called "The Takeaway" which aired for two hour from 8-10 AM meaning "Morning Edition" will aired three hours in stead of four hours.

"Detroit Today" the all local news show will move to a time slot TBA

MY TAKE: after reading the press released you can say i am a little bit disappointed it not a Monday Thu Friday gig, but don't be surprise if this becoming a slow process, hey Ann Delisi is a start for once but how are you going to ask listener to listen to a show on the slowest day of the week which is the weekend.

i think people at DET not getting the message that where all news format with the same news on 20 sourced you hear all day, but have any one seen the rating for the whole all-NPR line-up in the last rating book it a 0.9, and not to get down on the head-up at DET don't forget the weak ecomiced is still a factory.

and one more thing not to knock Ann Delisi, she is a good host who been in the scene for a long time and was really good what she did at WDET.CIDR,and as of late WRCJ and most of us remember her as host of backstage pass one of the best show to air in the 90's, but like i said having her back to do a show on a station so off the beaten path it a start.

Let me know what you think, drop me a line or at my e-mail address on the left side.

And here is the press released from PR Newswire
Click Here.

BREAKING CULTURE NEWS

SOME MUSIC TO RETURN BACK TO WDET

yes you hear me correct, the above is true according to the Detroit News in there on line edition

the paper is reporting on there web site
[Link here]

that the New G.M. J. Mikel Ellcessor have what the paper is reporting changes in programming that will infuse the station with more Detroit music and attitude and not only that one of at DJ who have sing to be a DJ is Ann Delisi.

yes the same Ann Delisi who did DJ at the station from 1983 to 1995

the details will be mention in a Press release tomorrow,

according to the Detroit News Ellcessor said this -

When more of Detroit's radio is coming out of town, WDET is drilling deeper into the city", "At a time when so much of the world is talking about Detroit, and Detroit is absent from that conversation, the people in the city who are being talked about are like props in a play. It's vital to get their voices back up into that national dialogue."

"There will be music from somebody living and working and making music in Detroit every single hour that she is on the air," Ellcessor said. "That's a promise."

there have been no mention about this on the WDET web site it self as of 2:30 AM

the other changes at the station according to the Detroit News include a new program that will allow nonprofit arts organizations to get their news on the air, and a switch of some of the current NPR content to programs that will allow more live interaction with Detroit listeners.

but Ann Delisi will be the only DJ for now Ellcessor did said it is not turning the clock back on the all music format that was there almost five years ago, the station plans a mix of music and news that he feels is forward-looking and suited to Detroit

and why Ann Delisi well from the press released "Ann has changed and evolved over the years, as we all have," Ellcessor said. "She's coming back to WDET because we're going to create opportunities to both guide people through today's contemporary music and to get more people engaged in the WDET conversation."

To return to a partly music programs could be a help because it you have been reading the blog site in the last three years you know since most of the music program was dump by then GM Michael Coleman a lot of bands and you know a lot of bands have skip detroit Big time

the changes will go into effect Feburday 23 that two weeks away
stay to later in the day on this breaking news story in the culture city
and if you need a interview you can contact me at address on the left

Live Local Twitter - The Grammys - ON Right Now

www.twitter.com/culturecitynews

I am on Live Right Now on My Culture City Twitter Sight
Micro blogging Music Biggest Night or Music Most boring night
the 51st annual Grammys Awards begin with the pre-show before the TV show
at 4 PM

if you want to leave any commet just twitter me
@Culturecitynews

it going to be good or Bad

Culture City Grammy preview

You can say it the grammy according to me

i know that this is what the ads called it or at least to CBS is Music biggest night
but in the last few years with sale of CD down and music on radio and on TV gotten less and less avbalive and the same time the music have going more sucker and sucker and the real music getting pass over like a family by passing a really cool amusman park on the highway for a much crapper state park down the road.

So tonight in LA for the 51st time the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences also know as the grammy people will hand out the grammys in a time where the music bussness is begin runin by music that begin judge by looks than the real music, big time acts in big time event [swaring in day, and the super bowl]lip syncing it, and reallty show asking kids to do really bad Krayoe to a star to make more really bad music.

to help you prepare for the bad boring night adhead to give you my opinion
on who will win and who should win in some select catigory now remember there about almost 112 awards hand it out every year and since there doing live for three hours they only hand it out only between 13 to 16 awards for the crap will see.

So let see the four main awards in the four main awards

Record Of The Year
(Award to the Artist and to the Producer(s), Recording Engineer(s) and/or Mixer(s), if other than the artist.)

* Chasing Pavements - Adele
19 [XL Recordings/Columbia]

* Viva La Vida - Coldplay
Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends[Capitol Records]

* Bleeding Love - Leona Lewis
[J Records/SYCO Music]

* Paper Planes - M.I.A
Kala [Interscope]

* Please Read The Letter - Robert Plant & Alison Krauss
Raising Sand [Rounder]

SHOULD WIN: it would like to see M.I.A. win, but the main problem she may be too poltico for networe TV and not only that is a 2007 Song.

WILL WIN: Coldplay, The song is that good form a real good album for a good band.

Album of the Year

"Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends"-- Coldplay
"Tha Carter III"-- Lil Wayne
"Year Of The Gentleman"-- Ne-Yo
"Raising Sand"-- Robert Plant & Alison Krauss
"In Rainbows"-- Radiohead

SHOULD WIN: Radiohead, they put out a great about and at the same time reworte the rules of how music should be put out.

WILL WIN: Coldplay but dont be surprize if radio head or one of the other act may put off a big upset.

Song of the year

"American Boy" - Estelle Featuring Kanye West
"Chasing Pavements" - Adele
"I'm Yours" - Jason Mraz
"Love Song" - Sara Bareilles
"Viva La Vida" - Coldplay

Ok can i say it it a toss up between "Viva La Vida" by Coldplay or "American Boy" by Estelle Featuring Kanye West, "Chasing Pavements" by Adele maybe upset potental the other two song forget about it

Best new artist

Adele
Duffy
Jonas Brothers
Lady Antebellum
Jazmine Sullivan

SHOULD AND WILL WIN: For the love of god please let it be the Jonas Brothers so in five years they will never beheard of aging.

Select Catigory:

POP

Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals

* Viva La Vida - Coldplay
Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends [Capitol Records]

* Waiting In The Weeds - Eagles
Long Road Out Of Eden [Eagles Recording Company II]

* Going On - Gnarls Barkley
The Odd Couple[Downtown/Atlantic]

* Won't Go Home Without You - Maroon 5
It Won't Be Soon Before Long [A&M/Octone]

* Apologize - OneRepublic
Dreaming Out Loud[Mosley Music/Interscope Records]

WILL WIN: Coldplay - and it going to be a big night

DANCE

Best Dance Recording

* Harder Better Faster Stronger - Daft Punk
Alive 2007 [Virgin Records]

* Ready For The Floor - Hot Chip
Made In The Dark [Astralwerks/DFA]

* Just Dance - Lady Gaga
[Streamline/Interscope/Kon Live]

* Give It 2 Me - Madonna
Hard Candy [Warner Bros.]

* Disturbia - Rihanna
Good Girl Gone Bad: Reloaded [Def Jam]

* Black & Gold - Sam Sparro
Sam Sparro [Universal Republic Records]

WILL WIN: my current Guilty pelsure the internation dance girl of msytery Lady Gaga

Best Electronic/Dance Album
(For vocal or instrumental albums. Albums only.)

* New York City - Brazilian Girls [Verve Forecast]
* Alive 2007 - Daft Punk [Virgin Records]
* Bring Ya To The Brink - Cyndi Lauper[Epic]
* X - Kylie Minogue [Capitol/Astralwerks]
* Last Night - Moby [Mute]
* Robyn - Robyn[Konichiwa/Cherrytree/Interscope]

WILL WIN: i dont liste to a lot of dance music i take a wild guess and say Daft Punk will win.

Comdey

Best Comedy Album
(For comedy recordings, spoken or musical)

* Anticipation - Lewis Black[Comedy Central Records]
* Flight Of The Conchords - Flight Of The Conchords[Sub Pop]
* For Your Consideration - Kathy Griffin[Columbia/Music With A Twist]
* It's Bad For Ya - George Carlin[Eardrum Records]
* Songs Of The Bushmen - Harry Shearer[Courgette Records]

SHOULD WIN: because he no longer here George Carlin

WOULD WIN: because all the collage kids love them Flight Of The Conchords

Film/TV/Visual Media

Best Compilation Soundtrack Album For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media

* American Gangster[Def Jam]
* August Rush - [Columbia/Sony Music Soundtrax]
* Juno - [Fox Music/Rhino]
* Mamma Mia! - Meryl Streep[Decca Records]
* Sweeney Todd — The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street [Nonesuch Records]

SHOULD WIN: Juno Love the Movie and the sound track and meet Juno herself [Elen Page]last auguest after a go team show at the stick.

WILL WIN: Sweeney Todd — The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street, so that mean any was worried Mamma Mia! would win best soundtrack dont worried you be safe.


Best Score Soundtrack Album For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media

* The Dark Knight[Warner Sunset/Warner Bros.]
* Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull [Concord Records]
* Iron Man[Lionsgate]
* There Will Be Blood [Nonesuch Records]
* Wall-E [Walt Disney Records/Pixar]

WILL WIN: The Dark Knight, It that good, so that will make Suey Cole happy.

Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical

* Danger Mouse
* Nigel Godrich
* Johnny K
* Rick Rubin
* will.i.am

WILL WIN: From the look at the List it going to be will.i.am

Music Video

Best Short Form Music Video
with You tube link

* Honey - Erykah Badu[Universal Motown]
* Who's Gonna Save My Soul - Gnarls Barkley[Downtown/Atlantic]
* Another Way To Die - Alicia Keys & Jack White [J Records]
* House Of Cards - Radiohead[TBD Records]
* Pork And Beans - Weezer[DGC/Interscope]

SHOULD WIN: Weezer Pork And Beans is so funny

WILL WIN: Radiohead it is So Good

Best Long Form Music Video

* Where The Light Is — Live In Los Angeles - John Mayer[Columbia]
* Runnin' Down A Dream - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers[Warner Bros.]
* Good Girl Gone Bad Live - Rihanna[Def Jam/SRP Records/Mercury Music Group/Universal Music]
* Respect Yourself — The Stax Records Story[Stax/Tremolo Productions/Concord Music Group]
* Amazing Journey: The Story Of The Who - The Who[Universal Home Entertainment]

WILL WIN: Respect Yourself — The Stax Records Story

We have one more select catigory so that have a post of it own it Best Alternative Music Album and it will be above this post

to read almost all of the 110 Catitgory go to http://www.grammy.com/

To read my blow-by-blow of tonight show go at five or six for "Live, Local Twitter" at www.twitter.com/culturecitynews

The Grammy if you are instered will be live at 8 PM On CBS.

UPDATE - 2:36 PM: i did try but as you know because most major music company would aloud video on you tube so i post the Non for Best Alternative Music Album

* Modern Guilt - Beck[DGC Records/XL Recordings/Interscope]
* Narrow Stairs - Death Cab For Cutie[Atlantic]
* The Odd Couple - Gnarls Barkley[Downtown/Atlantic]
* Evil Urges - My Morning Jacket[ATO Records]
* In Rainbows - Radiohead[TBD Records]

WILL WIN: RADIOHEAD

Live Local Twitter - The Grammys [OK it may be boring]

tonight here we go aging

after one of the great night in Detroit rock and roll history
with a great crowd for Jim Shaw benefit

where back down to earth with as you probable know as music biggest night
but to tell you the thurh judging from the line up tonight it may be music boring night

but what a good music fan do but bash it
begin a 5 PM tonight on www.twitter.com/culturecitynews

it Grammy coverage done at about 140 space a post

it the good the bad and the total boring
it a celebrating of not real music

Follow the blow by blow
LIVE tonight begin at 5 PM or 6 PM

It going to fun.

Jim Shaw Benitfit tonight -Info

i Have decied to post this info about a special beinfit
that is happending tonight at the magic stick
for a friend of the detroit rock scene.

As many of you have likely heard, Jim Shaw was recently diagnosed with cancer. What at first seemed like a semi-manageable diagnosis has, unfortunately, become considerably more dire. That being said, both he and his wife Sandy Kramer Shaw are staying positive and they are going to FIGHT. We should too.

On Saturday, Feb. 7 Jim's brothers will host a fundraiser at the Magic Stick (4120 Woodward Ave., Detroit; 313-833-9700) There will great bands and an art auction. Please come and support one of the kindest, most generous souls Detroit has ever known.
Event details include:

Saturday, Feb. 7th
The Magic Stick (4120 Woodward Ave., Detroit; 313-833-9700)
$10 minimum donation at the door

6 p.m. - Doors & Gallery Reception @ CPOP GALLERY (See below for list of participating artists)

8 p.m. - Rare unseen 16 mm short film of THE MC5 and THE STOOGES (shown at Magic Stick). This is a must-see if you are a fan of rock 'n roll.

BANDS
9 p.m. -THE FONDAS
9:20 p.m. -THE GO
9:40 p.m. -THE PIZAZZ
10 p.m. -GARDENS
10:20 p.m. -HUMAN EYE
10:40 p.m. THE SPACE HEATERS
11 p.m. -DRUID PERFUME
11:20p.m. -TYVEK
11:40 p.m. -SMASHED WINDOWS
Mid -GREG CARTWRIGHT
12:40 p.m. -THE DIAL TONES
1 a.m.-DAN KROHA

* Rad RnR Raffle & Sale! *

ART SALE AND AUCTION ~ ~ AT THE CPOP GALLERY!

Silent Auction from 6 - 9 PM
Cash & Carry at Auction's close
Beer from Motor City Brewery
Light refreshements served

Niagara
Steve Shaw
Speedcult
Michael Segal
Kristin Beaver
Glenn Barr
Tim Caldwell
Theresa Kereakes
Brian Victor C.
Mel Schridde
Keith Jackson
Tracee Miller
Glass Action!
Steve Nawara
Gwen Joy
Roe Peterhans
Andy Krieger
Greg Siemasz
Dave Krieger
Doug Coombe
Wendy Case
Aran Ruth
JR / Atomic Customs
SK Young

ONLINE EBAY STORE:

DUE TO THE OVERWHELMING AMOUNT OF MEMORABILIA, EQUIPMENT, COLLECTIBLES THAT HAVE BEEN DONATED, THERE WILL BE AN EBAY STORE SET UP IN JIM'S NAME. DONATIONS INCLUDE SIGNED MEMORABILIA DONATED BY MARY WEISS OF THE SHANGRI-LAS, AND THE DRUM KIT USED IN THE "HARDEST BUTTON TO BUTTON" VIDEO, DONATED BY JACK AND MEG WHITE OF THE WHITE STRIPES.

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