The calm before the storm: General Motors & Detroit

After one week in the belly of the beast, I’ve returned to the hustle and bustle of New York City, 600 miles away from Detroit, but it might as well be one million. The sleepless city is hustle and bustle with the last rush of spring before it gives away to summer. People are shopping, albeit with coupons, but they are on the make. What a contrast to Detroit and it’s ancillary suburbs, where everyday life is in a frantic shuffle. Sunday brunch noon at the once popular... Read More

Detroit school children clear the record on Shrek

In case you missed this Detroit News Youtube airing of Monica Conyers’s response to DPS students, who checked her with considerable class, please review. This segment was filmed while former Mayor Kenneth Cockrel was still on Detroit City Council. Tweet This Post Read More

Moving Detroit

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New York CIty Motorcycle Federation

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Lindsey Lohan has a matte black Phantom! Nice.

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Lutz on Letterman

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Postcard from Detroit: Sweet Homecomings

As my plane touched down this morning on a bright, sunny dry patch of runway at DTW in the McNamara terminal the familiar swell of homecoming filled me. Yet, as soon as I stepped on solid ground, I realized that this trip already feels different. Was I imagining it? Gone from people’s faces was the characteristic friendliness, the slow local amble was replaced by dullness, tight grimaces and flashes of trepidation. At the airport in New York, the lines were pushing and... Read More

Eminem loves Detroit auto workers

Unemployed Detroit auto workers have found more friends in late night television. Rapper Eminem and talk show host Jimmy Kimmel plan to fly 200 of the jobless workers to Hollywood for “Jimmy Kimmel Live.” “The auto workers, many of whom live and work in the Detroit area and are affected by the auto industry crisis, will come to Los Angeles to enjoy a rare talk and musical performance by Eminem,” ABC said in a statement. This follows comedian Jay Leno’s... Read More

BMW Vice President Jack Pitney’s Dream Car

We spoke with BMW Vice President Jack Pitney about his car preferences:”It would be a convertible, a manual transmission. The world needs a bit more joy right now. It would be a more avante garde color and a leather interior package. In a convertible all of your worries are blowing out into the air; it’s liberating, really. And manual; there’s artistry in driving a car and driving it well.” Pitney spoke to the climate of car buying in these times. “You... Read More

Erykah Badu’s School House Rock

“The influence of blues is in my cells. It’s a big part of who I am,” said Eyrkah Badu to a group of Texas youth. “I am the blues. Fifth graders attending the International House of Blues Foundation (IHOBF) Blues SchoolHouse Program in Dallas had their own private Badu concert on Wednesday. They also learned how blues influence’s Badu’s outlook and music, as Badu wove her personal story within the lineage of this critical art form as it emerged... Read More