Busy Weekend in Detroit

I started the weekend off with a fun night at New Center Park in Detroit. Michael Geiger and Mike Huckaby were playing. It was a free event from 8pm-midnight. I was happy for the early evening since I had big plans for the next day... I'll tell you in a minute. It was cold too, but that didn't bother me much. I danced enough to fog up my glasses a few times. Speaking of dancing, Gehrik Mohr and friends were there dancing some greatness. Gehrik is a fantastic dancer, known all over Detroit as one of the originators of Detroit's freestyle house dancing. A few other dancers who fit this label include Thaddius Reed, Vince Haliburton, Chris Jones, and Tammie Walters. I don't know all Detroit's house dancers. There are some younger dancers that I see around, but I don't know who you are ... so just know that we see you and love you.

The music was fun. Huck played this



So serious.

And if you don't know who Michael Geiger is, just click here and listen, it's great.

http://www.myspace.com/geigermichael

The next day, I itched and anxiously awaited 4pm, the magic hour of babysitter arrival and Ma and Pa's departure to Detroit for the We Like Music festival.

And yes, that means I missed Kevin Reynold's live set with a Yamaha and an 808. That is terrible, I felt pain. But 4pm it was. We arrived in time to hear some hot beats from DJ Dez. Dez/Andres is definitely someone I'm excited about. He's been producing and djing for a while now. His Untitled 12 inches on KDJ are incredible and his most recent II on Mahogani Music melts me.



Yeah, that's Minx. Not sure how to type what I think/feel when I hear this. Just breathe and love it. Dez was playing inside at the Old Miami, and I could have easily spent my next 45 minutes there, but Kyle Hall was playing outside and I wanted to check him out too. I definitely wish they had not been scheduled at the same time. But I get it, scheduling can be challenging for a festival. I'm glad I went outside. It turned out to be the best set I've heard Kyle play yet. Lots of fun, excellent transitions and selection, good dancing tunes. And on a side note, I like to watch DJs move as they play. Not, oh yeah I'm hot shit it's a party kind of moving. But just how they feel the music and dance slightly. Kyle has a really distinct head groove. Theo Parrish gets all bouncy. Rick Wilhite gets all spiritual, head to the heavens. Carlos Souffront moves like a soft librarian who will house you. What the hell am I even talking about anymore. Those last three dudes weren't even at the festival. Focus.

On our way out to Cass Cafe for some food, we checked out Madis One who have a new release on Blank Artists. They sounded good and interesting. Experimental instrument usage is always exciting. After a lovely meal (Artichoke pesto melt and Motor City Brew Works Pale Ale), we got back in time almost at the start of James T. Cotton's set. That's Tadd Mullinix. Tadd is a fantastic producer. Please listen to one of the greatest songs ever:



His set was really great. I stood and listened for most of it, partly because I had just had a meal, but also because sometimes it's nice to just listen. I repeatedly had a smile on my face at varying moments of his set. And, although I can't be sure of how much time exactly, I lose track of things when I'm dancing, a little bit, but the last quarter of his set was exquisite. I'll say it again, exquisite. From the super fantastic Italo song through to the end, I was dancing. I woke up thinking about it the next morning. It's really lovely to listen to someone select music that is not simply to get hips bumping, but is also intellectual, educational, inspired by something bigger than tits and beer. I love parties, you know I do. But I also love to be moved. And you know he's drawing from an incredible archive of house records. I've spent some quality time with the "Tadd Recommends" sections at Encore Recordings in Ann Arbor. There's almost always a copy of Vanity 6.



Usually some Mobb Deep in there too. Good thing having Tadd at Encore. Good thing having Encore in SE Michigan.

And finally, nospectacle ended the good music portion of my evening.





Nospectacle, Old Miami, 9/18/10, Photos by James M. Rotz

Nospectacle consists of Walter Wasacz, Jennifer Paul, and Chris McNamara. They were really interesting and fun to watch. It's always great to hear serious noise while the musicians are bouncing around, dancing, fist pumping, and smiling. They weren't going crazy by any means, but they were pleasantly boisterous. Here's a descriptor from their twitter page: hi-fidelity dream-based written word and live performance electronics. There was some interesting video installation going on around them, although I didn't catch who that particular artist was. The festival featured art by a number of artists. The range of sounds was really exciting. The bench we were sitting on was vibrating us. They started their set out with some nebulous droning tones. Oh, and I'll admit right now that my capacity for describing experimental music is limited at this point. But I'll just keep at it, reading and writing, and it will get better. Gradually, they got more regular with rhythms, verging on some electro style sounds at times. My feet were definitely tapping the whole time.

We left Old Miami at about 10:30 intending to get some dessert somewhere and then head over to the Magic Stick thinking that we would catch Jimmy Edgar and Mux Mool. Unfortunately that did not happen. But I didn't know the set times. As it turned out, we missed both. Elliot Lipp was unremarkable, the sound was really quiet, and we didn't stick around for glitch mob kraddy. So we headed home early and I tried to salvage my night by listening to this on the way home, but you can bet it did nothing for James ... too annoying cheese for him. I tortured him anyway.

Movement Festival, 2010, Happiness

This was a really happy festival for me. Just joyous. And not because every single sound or set was fabulous, but the whole weekend, both inside, and especially outside of Hart Plaza, was filled with great things.

I'll start you with this message from Peaches. Not the pink electro fuck Peaches.



Outkast Peaches.



I have loved this album since high school and this intro expresses how I feel about Detroit and this whole May weekend. You know what I'm talking about, I know you do.

So, for starters, Friday night. We began our weekend with 2010: A Detroit Odyssey hosted by Carl Craig, Planet E, and the Detroit Techno Foundation.


The films were excellent. The event was free. It was such a creative, educational, inspiring, and exciting event. I hope these kinds of events happen every year! Cycles of the Mental Machine was an interesting film. I'll definitely use that when I teach in the future! Mike Banks was interviewed for the film with his back to the camera in front of a photograph of Jeff Mills' hands. It was lovely. I had seen Metropolis before, but never with Jeff Mills' score. Well, I partially slept through Metropolis before. I was very pregnant and it was a quiet, dark theater! This time around, there was no sleeping, I was enthralled. Suite for Ma Dukes was inspiring - particularly the visual aspects. Nice to see lots of Detroit faces in the film performing. And The Drive Home was a film documenting the first year of the Detroit Electronic Music Festival. Definitely fun and interesting to watch. Particularly paired with RA's oral history of the festival. Carl Craig introduced each film. And the filmmakers of both Suite for Ma Dukes and The Drive Home were present to speak before their films. Derrick May rose to conclude the film portion of the night and prepared the audience for Timeline. Finally, Timeline played featuring Mike Banks, DJ Sicari, Jon Dixon, and De'Sean Jones. It was really exciting to see Mike Banks playing in Detroit! They were all having a great time, and everything sounded great.

It was really moving to be at this event. The crowd grew slowly, but by the time Suite for Ma Dukes began, the Detroit Music Hall was pretty full. The week prior to the Movement Festival, Carl Craig held music workshops for high school students at Detroit School for the Arts, from which Kyle Hall graduated just last year. One of these workshops was hosted by Jason Huvaere, president of Paxahau, on event planning. I was so impressed to learn about these workshops. I truly hope that these kinds of events happen every year during the festival. Free events that have the potential to reach Detroit residents, but also to educate visitors from out of town. Kenny Dixon Jr.'s Soulskate definitely accomplishes this. Maybe next year, there could be a block party outside of Submerge, or somewhere around Techno Boulevard - 1486-1492 Gratiot. Theses addresses housed the studios of Juan Atkins' Metroplex Records, Derrick May's Transmat Records, and Kevin Saunderson's KMS Studios. The party could be off Gratiot somewhere around there. The Heidelberg Project is a few steps from there too.



Or a picnic on Belle Isle, on Sunday, with a serious sound system blaring old Mojo radio shows.

There's much more that I have to tell you about, but my boys, they run me ragged...because they're so damn awesome. You'll have to wait until tomorrow...

I'm Done...With That.

Ethnomusicologist, Jaap Kunst

Last night I finished transcribing my final interview! I'm elated, although nowhere near done. I've still got the whole thing to write, you know! I've been devoting so much time to transcribing, I almost feel like I'm not sure what do to now, sitting down at my desk. I know what to do, and I'll dig into it as soon as I finish this little update. I have a bit more thematic coding of my blog writing (see this post) and of my beautiful interview transcripts. That should be pretty quick and simple. Additionally, I have yet to share most of the audio files of the interviews with the folks I interviewed. Not for stinginess, just because there's a bunch of stuff to do, and I haven't gotten to it yet. So that's what I'll be sifting through over the next week or so.

I've got 80+ hours of audio recordings from interviews and 25 hours of video from various events in Detroit. I often get asked who I've interviewed, so here's a list. It's not going to grow much over the next while, but after I get my dissertation completed, there will definitely be more interviewing in preparation for the book.

Aaron-Carl
Adam Francesconi
Adriel Thornton
Alan Oldham
Angie Schwendenman
Andrew Babson
AUX88 - Keith Tucker and Tommy Hamilton
John Bileebob Williams
Bill Stacey (DJ Seoul)
Brendan M. Gillen
Brian Gillespie
Bruce Bailey
Carlos Souffront
Cornelius Harris
Erika Sherman
Felton Howard
Gehrik Mohr
Jason Huvare
John Johr
Kelli Hand
Kyle Hall
Marcellus Pittman
Mike Banks
Mike Clark
Minx
Pirahnahead
Rick Wilhite
Scheherazade Parrish
Stacey Hale
Theo Parrish
Todd Osborn
Terri McQueen
Zana Smith

All right, I'll be back in a minute...

Moodymann RBMA Interview

Photo by James M Rotz
House Music Picnic, Belle Isle, Detroit, MI
August 2008

Moodymann did an interview for this year's Red Bull Music Academy in London. He has been releasing music since the early 1990s, and has done three interviews to date, that I know of. The first was for Real Detroit Weekly in preparation for the first Soul Skate party during the Movement Festival weekend in 2007. It's the May 23-29, 2007 issue, page 28. It's not online anymore, sorry. It's a very short interview, most of the interview questions have more words than his responses!

The second interview was with Gilles Peterson for his BBC radio show. Nice interview...

But my favorite by a long shot, no contest, totally powerful and enlightening and moving is his recent interview with Benji B for RBMA.



He did the interview with a group of four women, including Traci, manager for Mahogani Music. He spent the first bit getting his hair done while chatting about Detroit. I know this presentation of his persona can turn people off a bit, just from reading comments on a few blogs. But it's clearly his representation of his Detroit. I'm not offended by this persona, nor am I wooed by it. I accept his version of Detroit and appreciate what he is going for by bringing it to London. What is way more significant to me are his words and ideas.

He spoke at length about identity and image in Detroit electronic music; specifically about Detroit artists tending toward invisibility, or masked identities. He first tributed this tendency to the Electrifying Mojo, Charles Johnson, Detroit radio DJ during the 1970s, 80s, and 90s. Mojo is heralded by most of the artists I have interviewed, and by most Detroiters who grew up during those years and were into music, as a defining institution in the history of Detroit techno and house music, but also for Detroit music more generally. Mojo kept his identity hidden. He did not do appearances, shows, or parties. He was on the air doing his thing and that was it.

Moodymann and other Detroit artists keep their identities hidden, mask their faces in performance, and participate very little in any kind of media representation; artists like Mad Mike Banks and Underground Resistance, Scan 7, and Gerald Donald in his many groups - Ectomorph, Dopplereffekt, and Drexciya, to name a few. They are generally not doing this from a philosophy of militancy, aggression, or racism. The philosophy, as expressed by Moodymann in this interview, and by Mike Banks in a few select interviews and in a conversation with me, is that the music is of foremost importance, it should be put out there, up front. The music should be out there for people to receive in some way with no human image attached to it. It doesn't matter who the person is that makes it, it's just music and the listener gets what she/he gets from it. And this leads into the concept that music is universal. This is a fundamental idea that fuels the productivity of a lot of Detroit artists. As an ethnomusicologist, I am not inclined to go along with universalism without interogating the concept. But I am willing to embrace it's importance in Detroit's techno and house music culture.

Finally, Moodyman explains that his reluctance to share his identity, ideas, and experiences also hinges on his daily life growing up in Detroit. He says the only white people he saw were the white man coming to turn off the gas, or the white man coming to take his father to jail. Protection of his identity and of his craft fueled his need for privacy. After years of traveling around the world and realizing that white people outside the US are way different from white people as a mass within the US, he has grown to understand and respect the interest that all kinds of people all around the world have for his music, and Detroit's music in general.

I'm glad he doesn't do a lot of interviews, because this is a really meaningful and important interview.

Lost Landscapes of Detroit

I went out to the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit (MOCAD) last night to see a film by the Prelinger Archives titled Lost Landscapes of Detroit. The following is a blurb by archivist Rick Prelinger:

For the past four years I've been putting together bits of archival footage (especially amateur and home movies) that show vanished places, people and events in San Francisco. The past two compilations, sponsored by Long Now Foundation, are free to view here.

Now I've been given the chance to do the show I've always wanted to do: Lost Landscapes of Detroit. It's happening February 10 at Museum of Contemporary Art in Detroit.

This isn't going to be a narrative of urban decline or the "ruins porn" that's become fashionable. Rather, it's a collection of amazing and almost-all-lost footage that celebrates a vibrant, busy and productive Detroit from 1917 through the 1970s. The idea is to bring these images back to Detroiters for their contemplation and use as they rebuild their city for the future.

In that spirit, at the screening I'm going to give out copies of the show so people in Detroit can reshow and remix it, and it'll be online at the Internet Archive after the screening.

Lost Landscapes of Detroit: an eclectic montage of rediscovered and rarely-seen archival film clips exhibiting life; cityscapes, labor and leisure from 'vanishing Detroit', as captured by amateurs, newsreel cameramen and industrial filmmakers from the 1920's to the 1960's. Lost Landscapes aims to offer Detroiters imagery of Detroit's past, free from any sense of nostalgia, in an attempt to provide subject for contemplation as the people of the city build towards a new future. Unlike most film screenings, Lost Landscapes relies on audience participation for the soundtrack - interaction with the films is encouraged, as questions are shouted out, observations are shared and mysterious locations are identified. "How we remember and record the past reveals much about how we address the future" points out archivist Rick Prelinger, who will be on hand to preface the screening with a brief talk on the value of ephemeral films, on the changing nature of historical memory, and what consequences will arise from the emerging massive matrix of personal records. Prelinger began collecting ephemeral films -- advertising, educational, industrial, and amateur works -- in 1983. In 2002, his collection of over 200,000 items was acquired by the Library of Congress; many key films are available online at the Internet Archive. In 2004 Rick and spouse Megan opened the Prelinger Library in downtown San Francisco, which includes over 60,000 pieces of print ephemera, books, periodicals, maps and zines and is open to the public.

This film was fascinating and really wonderful to watch, to experience. I got there just in time, running a bit late as always. They cut off the crowd just one person behind me, it was way more packed than expected, I guess. The museum is a relatively small space, it's kind of like a large gallery.

Pleased to not be missing any of the film yet, I gradually managed to work my way up to the front of the space filled with a large seated audience, a large standing audience, and a smaller crowd seated on black mats at the base of the wall where the film was being projected. Score for me, I got to sit right in front, otherwise shorty me would have been a bit frustrated trying to stand!

Rick Prelinger presented the film with a brief talk introducing himself, his archives, and the film. The Prelinger Archives is in San Francisco. They have a huge library filled with thousands of different materials. Photocopying, scanning, sharing is encouraged with all of their materials, including the films, which are available online at the Internet Archive! Something he mentioned in his talk that stuck with me is the idea that this collection of ephemeral films is neither ruin's porn nor sentimental nostalgia, rather it is a "complex visual history." Prelinger spoke this phrase and it brought to mind precisely what I want to do with my documentation and analysis of Detroit techno and house music. A complex sonic history, or a complex auditory history. But also, I intend to acknowledge complexity in terms of identity, culture, experience, musical production, musical performance, etc. There's certainly not one single picture or perspective of Detroit or of electronic music of Detroit. And central to my entire research project here is emphasizing the importance of that concept of complexity, and diversity, in Detroit techno.

Two disclaimers that he mentioned in his introduction to the film are that there is not enough footage of African Americans nor of working Detroit. He's still searching for footage of Detroit, still collecting. I suppose one reason for the lack of African American's and working class people on film from home movies, industrial films, etc. is money. People with free time and excess money would have been much more likely to own video cameras.

All the footage was so interesting. There was some footage of an African American church procession in Detroit, I missed what denomination it was. Rick Prelinger mentioned it while the film was playing. Some film of Vietnam war protests - large groups of people, Black and white, walking down Woodward Avenue. A Detroit News reporter was interviewing protesters and people watching the protest. An older white man complained to the reporter about the protesters using foul language. The reporter asked him if he thought people shouldn't be allowed to protest. He replied that of course people should be allowed to protest, as long as they know what they are protesting. There was really interesting footage from 1944 of housing developments going up in Detroit - barren land, no grass yet even, just houses, sidewalks and people. This is one year before the end of World War II when the GI bill gave soldiers coming back from the war the opportunity to buy new homes, find new jobs, and start families.

The audience was super vocal and knowledgeable as well. The idea was for the crowd to provide a spoken spontaneous soundtrack for the film, and they did! It was so great because I certainly didn't recognize most of the places in the films, but once I heard someone else shout out what the location was, or what the building was, or might have been, or when it was torn down, or what it is now, I felt like I could really recognize more than I thought I would. It was a wonderful experience seeing this collection of films in Detroit with an active, local audience. There are plans for future films featuring Detroit from the Prelinger Archives. I'll be waiting.

Sweet Shit

I haven't posted any Detroit events in a long time, so here you go...

DISKO-RAW at Vain with Dr. Disko Dust and DJ RAW-WAVE (aka Joe Gize)

Bi-weekly Thursdays at Vain 1500 Woodward Ave., Detroit

Click here to see the flyer. IT'S SO WORTH IT.

And next...




I'm excited about everyone in that lineup, but Judy Adams!? I didn't know who Judy Adams was before seeing this flyer and hearing word of this event. This is why I love Detroit. So many people with so many great creative ideas about how to make worlds collide.

Here's more on the party:

The Blank Artists Five Year Anniversary
February 5th, 2009

with Bands:
Agents of Woe - Memphis/NYC
Innerphonic
Madis One

and DJs:
Josh Dahlberg
Drew Pompa
Matt Abbott - between sets

With an extended set from Detroit radio icon Judy Adams
Catch the Judy Adams' Show 9:00a-10:30a Every Tuesday on 99.1fm CJAM

9:00pm
Park Bar
2040 Park Ave. Detroit, MI
$8 before midnight / 21+

www.blankartists.com

And you can read more about Blank Artists in this Metro Times article by Walter Wasacz.

Next...

Gary Springs Hunting Club USA presents...WET DREAM February 6 at the Bankle

Here's the info from Facebook - and I just have to say this, because it made me laugh; the event "type" on Facebook is "Group Trip." Oh, and, the Gary Springs Hunting Club website is a dot org. You'd better laugh chuckles cause that's fucking funny. I'm still smiling.

OK, info:

THE GARY SPRINGS HUNTING CLUB SECOND OUTING

AFTER AN INTENSE SESSION OF ORAL SEX, THE GARY SPRINGS HUNTING CLUB WANT YOU TO COME BACK FOR SECONDS. SLOPPY, SLOPPY SECONDS.

+WET DREAM+

DETROIT DEBUT OF
VIETCONG DISCO-LIVE/DJ SET-BROOKLYN
EDDIE MARS + STEGS + MALCOLM LASALLE + CHARLES D + RUSSELL FRAZE + JARED SPAFFORD (lazers, lighting & fog machine. seriously) splooge!

PINK STALLONE (Brooklyn)
myspace.com/pinkstallone
hot lunch!

SECRETS
BLANK ARTISTS / SECRET MIXES FIXES / GSHC
man butter!

REV ROBERT-DAVID JONES
SCRUMMAGE / TOUR DETROIT / GSHC
baby batter!

SEXY VIDEO BY KOOLIK
ARTWORK BY MATT ABBOTT & FRIENDS

10PM
BANKLE BUILDING
2944 WOODWARD, DETROIT

get there early. we will hit capacity.
ENTER THOUGH BACK OF BUILDING

WE SUPPORT ACID FOR ANTELOPES.

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I think I'll end with Acid for Antelopes.

There are so many things that I could go to in the next couple of weeks to hear good music, and yet, I'm having such a good time settling in to my new home, I hardly want to leave! I already missed the Ribs N' Soul Festival at Hart Plaza on August 1st. And then I missed the House Music Picnic on Belle Isle last weekend, August 8th. I missed Rick Wilhite, Jit Wiggins, Aaron Carl, Norm Talley, Buzz Goree, and "plus more," which might mean that Kenny Dixon, Jr. played. He played last year, football and records. He is occasionally listed simply as *special guest* on local party flyers. And you just know what that means depending on who is hosting the party or who some of the other DJs are. *For those who know*, and all variations of that idea, is a common phrase surrounding the presentation of Detroit electronic music. Underground Resistance uses it a lot on flyers or other promotional discourse. Some, many, still consider this underground music, so there's some intentional mystery constructed and imagined around Detroit techno and house music. It's fun to be a part of, it's fun to learn about. I understand that this mystery and eventual mythology that arises out of it transforms into negative excusivity to some. But I choose not to interpret it that way. I think it partially stems from a protective impulse more than a "we're way cooler than you" approach to music. Except some Detroiters are way cooler than me. Check out this series of posts over at mnml ssgs . The link is to the first part. The subsequent posts can be found by going to the *old ssgs* links in the archive section from June 2008. Each author takes an interesting approach to Detroit electronic music, and of course you know I appreciate Tom Cox's piece (Part III). And then Cliff Thomas of Submerge contributed an important post as well. And you know I appreciate that one because it comes from a perspective rooted from within Detroit. It's not that I'm majorly concerned with authenticity as a singular and powerful vantage point. I am not seeking out *The Most Authentic Detroit Authority*, I am interested in the complex multiplicity of perspectives and experiences that have created and circulated musical culture around Detroit and around the world. Consulting with people who live, create, and maintain something is significant to the process of learning about it.

And here are some parties that I may or may not be able to tear myself away from my cozy woods to get out to. Just as a side note: when I let you know about a party here or a particular release, it's not because someone has asked me to, or sent me a link to advertise for them. I post things that I think are interesting. I also don't get the time to post all the flyers for parties that I think sound interesting, and I don't get the time to post all the mixes that float around, or promote particular releases that I get excited about. So if I miss your event or release, it's not because I don't love you, it's because *I got other shit to do too*! Love ya.

Flyers. Parties. Flyers. Parties.











And uh, hip hop in Flint, yo. KRS-ONE! I saw him at NYU in 1997 or something, and Dead Prez opened for him. It was such a great show. Free too! He threw copies of a black and white drawing he did of his face out to the crowd. I still have mine. KRS.




And Todd Osborn...Elbow Room...Sundays...Ypsilanti...

LOVE

Interdimensional Transmissions vinyl
Photo by Erika Sherman
the pawn shop years, march 21 2009 @ bankle, detroit

I am so in love with Detroit right now, I am just brimming with delightful happiness for this place, the people I know here, the music I adore here, and it's all courtesy of Brendan M. Gillen of Ectomorph. I met with him last night in his huge historic home in southwestern Detroit. His passion for this place, and it's music and history, is infectious and I appreciate it. He epitomizes the eccentricity, passion, and beauty that thrives in so many artistic circles here. Brendan spoke at length about Detroit's mythologies and the essential role of mystery, anonymity, and mythology in Detroit techno and house music. For some, that gets warped into serious crises of identity, but for others, like Brendan, Mike Banks, and the musicians behind Drexciya and Dopplereffekt, it's a regular everyday approach to music. 'Why do you need to see our faces, just look at your records and then listen to them!'


Drexciya

Lotsa Detroit

Georgia Street Community Garden

Wonderful community garden in Detroit. Residents of the community have given new use to empty lots in the neighborhood. There are plans for a community orchard. This Saturday, May 16th, is a yard sale and bake sale to help fund the Building Project for the community center. And here's a nice post from the Sweet Juniper blog about the garden, and other great things about Detroit as well: http://www.sweet-juniper.com/
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And now some Detroit electronic music greatness leading up to the festival:

Paxahau webcast with Buzz Goree tomorrow evening, Tuesday, May 12th from 7-9pm.

Paxahau webcast

Paxahau has actually been hosting a lot of Detroit artists on their weekly webcasts. And they are doing some interesting Q&A segments on artists who are performing at the festival in a few weeks, many of whom are Detroiters!!

http://www.paxahau.com/movement_blog/
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Here's another upcoming event that I'm excited about, and is also being promoted by Paxahau:

Red Bull Music Academy - Information Session and Afterparty
Wednesday, May 20th
Detroit

Panel Speakers: Mike Huckaby, Todd Osborn, Dj Dick, DJ Doc, Mike Clark, Jeff Risk, BMG (Ectomorph/IT), Brian Gillespie
Afterparty: Todd osborn, Dj Psycho and DJ Doc
Above Niki's Pizza - 735 Beaubien St

Free , 8pm-2am

Part 1. Info session
Host: Brian Gillespie www.redbullmusicacademy.com

Brian's message: "I'm looking for vocalists, DJs, MCs, musicians, studio engineers, or producers of any genre - but above all, lovers of music. Also looking for heads that are immersed in the Detroit music scene, any style - House, Hip Hop, Funk, Techno, Indie or any other electronic related music."

"I'M CALLING OUT ANY DETROIT HOUSE PRODUCER OR TECHNO & HIP HOP PRODUCERS THAT'S BEEN PART OF THE DETROIT MUSIC SCENE OVER 10 YEARS OR LONGER TO BE A PART OF THIS EVENT."

RSVP Brian Gillespie: throw76@hotmail.com

The 2009 Red Bull CD Roms will be available shortly.

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And, very exciting, Ableton Live 8 Demonstration and Clinic w/ Mike Huckaby

Thursday, May 21st
Free, 4pm-7pm

Youthville Detroit
7375 Woodward
Suite 2800
Detroit, MI 48202

Limited giveaways available courtesy of Ableton

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And finally, this Friday, Carlos Souffront and Brendan Gillen are playing at the Bohemian National Home!! Hoorah!

Vote for Detroit's next mayor!

Detroit Free Press article

Registered voters get out and vote for Detroit's next mayor! This city needs strong leadership!

Current Mayor Kenneth Cockrel:



Mayoral candidate Dave Bing: