RDW Newsletter
Dizzee Rascal
The day I spoke with Dizzee Rascal it was already tomorrow. While I was seated at my desk at 4:15 in the afternoon, the sun high in the sky ...

El-P
Former Company Flow rhyme-slayer El-P runs N.Y. indie-rap label Definitive Jux (Aesop Rock, Dizzee Rascal, Del tha Funkee Homosapien, etc.), produces ...

Duran Duran
There’s a family video of me at about two-years-old dancing in my crib to Duran Duran’s “The Reflex.” Since then, I’ve become quite the fan and really ...

Loftfest
For rock ‘n’ roll veteran Dana Forrester, branching out of Detroit was never an option. Her friends and family are here. Her tattoo parlor, Lucky Monkey ...

Bill Bondsmen
Punk rock has become acceptable. It’s a fact. The Buzzcocks are in car commercials, Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines hock Iggy Pop’s heroin ...

Scarlet Oaks
Someone once said that Detroit is a Southern city misplaced in the North. With our penchant for the blues, a stellar working class attitude and the fact ...

10 Great Outdoor Dining Spots
Finally the gods are smiling on us — the grass is green again, the birds back and the sun, for the most part, is shining. That could only mean one thing ...

Seasonal Cocktails
It’s spring time, baby! Break out the fruity drinks and kick those hearty chocolate martinis and honey-laden glasses to the curb. It’s the first ...

Wolfgang Puck
The celebrity chef phenomenon (that has come to a boil in recent years) is unprecedented. What with book publishing deals, network TV ...

Michael Mina + Don Yamauchi
With innovative imagination and awe-inspiring style, two chefs, Michael Mina and Don Yamaguchi, realized great success early on in their careers ...

M.I.A.
I had 15 minutes on the phone with M.I.A. and I turned it into 50. There were tons of questions and notes jotted down in front of me. We talked about ...

Erykah Badu
Two things I know about Erykah Badu: she has an awesome afro (that’s actually a wig) and made perhaps the best song ever about putting your man ...

The Kills
Allison Mosshart of The Kills is perplexed by my question. Not perplexed, but perhaps troubled by what she thinks my journalistic intentions are. “A lot ...

Black Kids
It only takes one great (or horrible) song to go down in history. With a terrific four-track demo, Wizard Of Ahhhs, Jacksonville, Florida five-piece Black ...

Ill Bill
When Ill Bill spits, his rhymes could burn the flesh off your skin. He has one of the most lethal voices in the game and although the mainstream ...

Dead Meadow
Murky, smoky steamroller rock, Dead Meadow hits you hard and fast and then squeezes you with pulsing feedback and thunderous rhythms. They're ...

The New Green
This starts three years ago, when singer/guitarist Steve Clausnitzer chokes up while listening to Timothy Monger’s solo album in the car with (then ...

DJ Assault
I don’t know about you, but the fact that the ten-year anniversary of DJ Assault’s club orgy anthem, one that’d prove to be Caligula’s definite fave ...

Miguel Migs
When the impulsive beats and smooth melodies of Miguel Migs’ cultured electronic jams transcend across the dance floor, hovering above the ...

Red Bull Air Race
Detroit, true to its Motor City moniker, is a town obsessed with speed and hungry for horsepower. The automotive capital of the world is home ...