There have been numerous reports of Web 2.0 company RockYou getting funding from Japanese Internet company SoftBank and opening an office in Detroit. While it would be obvious for any company in the music industry, especially the rock music industry, to open an office and do business in Detroit, what with its large and […]
Last week Representative Thaddeus McCotter of Livonia spoke passionately about the real needs for preventing the collapse of the auto industry but we still failed to pass anything to help the auto industry. Now, if you read back through this blog you’ll know that I don’t have any particular love for cars or the […]
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On November 19, Thaddeus McCotter, Republican Michigan Representative from Livonia spoke at the Financial Services Committee hearing about a “bailout” for the domestic auto industry, using 25 billion of the $700 billion being given to Wall Street as a bridge loan to the auto industry. […]
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Nasir Jones deliberately chose not to give his CD a precise title. When he first announced his intentions to call it ” Nigger”, the outstanding rap artist was very much conscious of the controversy it would raise all around the world. However- not the N word is the real […]
When most people hear about the D, they immediately refer to Eminem. No wonder: Eminem is probably the most popular emcee on the planet and he’s from Detroit. However- to the real conoisseur- Eminem is only the visible part of the bubbly, murderous, grimy, Detroit scene iceberg. D12’s deepest, more consistent work has to be […]
There’s been a lot of talk about Michigan’s tax break on filmmakers moving production to the state of Michigan, what features added incentives to film in Detroit in particular. It’s been a big hit with major productions increasing from only three last year to over 60 features so far this year including “Butterfly Effect: […]
Within the United States violent crime isn’t something particularly unique to the city of Detroit but around the developed world it is a problem that particularly affects our country. Europe, Japan and other modern Asian countries, and even our neighbor to the north, Canada, don’t have the level of violent crime that we do […]