Motown mural by @mrcliffnote at Northland Mall. Southfield, Michigan. April 2015.

Motown mural by @mrcliffnote at Northland Mall. Southfield, Michigan. April 2015.

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EXTENDED: Sylvia Plachy, “Jean-Michel Basquiat,” 1986, from @bklynlibrary’s “It happened in New York” retrospective of the longtime Village Voice photographer, now held over (across two floors) til 5/25 at BPL Central Li
Remembering Detroit electronic music DJ/producer/educator/mentor Mike Huckaby, who died of COVID complications four years ago today. Image: Huck spinning on the Made In Detroit stage at @movementdetroit, Hart Plaza, 5/25/14.
Italian, Cuban, Serbian, French, Australian, UK, & US posters for Ken Loach’s 1971 drama FAMILY LIFE (released as WEDNESDAY’S CHILD in the US), starring Sandy Ratcliff, part of @filmforumnyc’s Loach retrospective.
Detroit authors @AaronKFoley & Tracie McMillan discuss @tmmcmillan’s fascinating new book THE WHITE BONUS, an examination of the true financial benefits accrued through white privilege, in the Rare Book Room at @strandbookstore, Greenwich V
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED: Polish (by Jan Młodozėniec), German, Czech, Japanese, Danish, Serbian, French, UK, & US posters for Ken Loach’s 1967 feature directorial debut POOR COW, an adaptation of Nell Dunn’s novel starring Carol White, Tere
Matt Mottel Trio—Cooper-Moore on diddley bow/percussion, 🎤/💻 @jean__carla__rodea, & 🪕/keytar @talibamnyc—live on the third night of Mottel’s four-night residency at the Stone, Greenwich Village.
Happy birthday to James Newell Osterberg, aka Iggy Stooge, aka Iggy Pop, born 77 years ago today in Muskegon, Michigan. Image: Jerry Dreva & Robert Lambert, “Untitled (‘Les Petites Bons-Bons Present the Iggy Pop School of Teenage Rebe
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED: 1992 live stage recording of Ron Vawter’s performance of his Obie Award-winning one-man show ROY COHN/JACK SMITH, directed by Greg Mehrten (with the Cohn section written by Gary Indiana & the Smith section culled from th
Karl Wirsum, “Skullpture #4,” 1968, acrylic on paper mâché, at @derekellergallery’s Wirsum retrospective “Eye Adjustment 1963-2020” of works by the member of Chicago’s The Hairy Who, Lower East Side.
Matt Mottel’s Large Ensemble—🎹/keytarist @talibamnyc, bassist @erniebrooks1949, 🎷 @pg_lolo, 🥁 @cenicola_outtakes, 🪘 Angel Lau,, 🎸 @car_ter_ton_ton, 🎺 @aquilespty, 🎺 @davis_shmavis, & trombonist @smoota—on the second night
Thirty years ago I interviewed British filmmaker for the @VillageVoice (on the release of his 1994 drama LADYBIRD, LADYBIRD). Today @filmforumnyc begins a 21-film Loach retrospective, including some of my favorites, & I highly recommend seizing t
Hungarian, Japanese, German, Spanish, Italian, Belgian, & French posters for Jean-Pierre Melville’s final film, the 1972 policier UN FLIC starring Alain Delon, Richard Crenna, & Catherine Deneuve, part of @filmforumnyc’s Delon ret