- Issue Archive for
- Feb 29 - Mar 6, 2012
- Vol. 13, No. 49
Columns
Features
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Best Music
The boys in Wilson may party and play like rock stars, but there's not an ounce of diva in the winners of RDW's 2012 Best Band crown. "At the end of a day, a band can have success from the critics and the industry beast, and all that acknowledgment rules," says frontman Chad Nicefield.
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Best Live Venues
You can't deny that the Magic Bag has got plenty of character. First there's the charm of the actual venue itself: the old-timey movie-theater marquee out front, and the cozy, intimate ambience of the interior.
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Best Sports
It's one thing to appreciate the most valuable player on your own team, but it's entirely another thing to have the reigning MVP of the league on your squad. JV has been dominant like no other pitcher in the big leagues since Roger Clemens in the mid-'80s.
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Best Arts
America's got talent. Detroit is in America. Ergo, Detroit has talent – and a great deal of the city's talent is directed straight at the funny bone. That's a syllogism (a pretty good one too!) and it's also the formula Mark Ridley follows every week.
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Best Drinks
When we asked you to single out one local microbrewery, your votes tallied up nicely in favor of Rochester Mills.
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Best Media
A Huel Perkins newscast is something like watching a beloved family member do the news. The Fox 2 anchor's big smile, warm personality and charisma will draw you back in nightly.
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Best Adult Services
Sometimes you're at the strip club and you just wind up drooling. (Yeah, don't pretend; we've seen you and it was gross.) But usually the salivation is for the lovely ladies on stage and not the food.
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Best Bet
Why spend all that money flying out to Vegas when you can just head for our own MGM Grand? The weekend crowds at MGM speak for themselves: this is the place to go for an excellent casino experience in the D (games, drinks, food and entertainment!).
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Best Pampering
Much like the way Jeph Wright spells his name, there's not much that's typical about this hair stylist.
Food
Rosie O'Gradys
Best Bar
Slows Bar-B-Q
Best Restaurant
Music
Film
Art/Theater
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