Real Detroit Weekly

Man On A Ledge

Nicole Rupersburg — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500

by Nicole Rupersburg ★★ 1/2 Starring Sam Worthington, Elizabeth Banks, Jamie Bell and Ed Harris.…

Where Did All the Glam Rock Go?

Adam O'Connor — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500

The Darkness Returns by Adam O'Connor Even if you only know The Darkness from their 2003 mega-hit "I Believe in a Thing Called Love," you've likely had some sort of reaction to the band as a whole – whether it be a fondness for lead singer and guitarist Justin Hawkins' soaring falsetto or a more averse reaction to their throwback glam rock style. Either way, you've taken notice.…

What Beer To Bring

Patrick Dunn & Adam O'Connor — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500

(And What it Says About You) by Patrick Dunn & Adam O'Connor What the hell, it's Christmas time already? It seems like only yesterday that we marched into the new year with the promise of a yearly line-up of big games to keep us busy all year.…

All Dolled Up

Julie Joppich — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500

by Julie Joppich Lina Abdo Found perusing the halls of Twelve Oaks Mall, Lina isn't fashionably inspired by a certain designer or style.…

Gridiron Gridlock

Daniel Yowell — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500

The Playable Super Bowl XLVI Simulation by Daniel Yowell What the hell, it's Christmas time already? It seems like only yesterday that we marched into the new year with the promise of a yearly line-up of big games to keep us busy all year.…

Real Recommends

RDW Staff — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500

by RDW Staff Above and Beyond 2/1 • Necto Having set the bar so high with the 2004 Essential Mix on BBC Radio 1, it was unexpected that Above and Beyond would ever top it, let alone spark a career that has gone upward ever since.…

Fine Tuning Funk

Patrick Dunn — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500

Third Coast Kings by Patrick Dunn The members of Third Coast Kings take their funk music pretty damn seriously. "If you want to be a funk band, you have to really like funk music," says drummer and de facto bandleader James Keovongsak.…

Stage & Canvas

Robert del Valle — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500

by Robert del Valle A Dream Comes To Life Cirque du Soleil is the most accomplished and astonishing ensemble of talent on the face of the earth.…

Horoscopes

Cal Garrison — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500

by Cal Garrison AQUARIUS: January 21 – February 20 You're at a high water mark, under a tremendous amount of pressure, and wondering if anything is what it's cracked up to be.…

D-Days

RDW Staff — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500

by RDW Staff It's Funk Time in Detroit So, it was that time of the month again. No...not the one you're probably thinking of.…

Fifth Avenue

Ashley Zlatopolsky — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500

by Ashley Zlatopolsky Hot staff, hot bar, hot crowd. The new Fifth Avenue in Royal Oak has it all.…

City Beat

Patrick Dunn — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500

by Patrick Dunn Christopher Roddy is a doorman in downtown Detroit. He's hardly the kind of guy you'd expect to have groupies pouncing on him.…

Get Up & Goods

Adam O'Connor — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500

by Adam O'Connor Pronto Corner Store 608 Washington Ave., Royal Oak • 248.544.7900 • prontorestaurant.com • Hours: Monday-Saturday, 9 a.m.-6 p.m.…

Big Beaver Tavern

Adam O'Connor — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500

by Adam O'Connor Big Beaver Tavern has only been up and running for just under three years, but when you look at the big picture, Marc Larco (yes, of Larco's Italian Chophouse) has been doing this for a while. The good news about that?…

Throwing a Super Bowl Party

Joe Hakim — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500

by Joe Hakim So you're planning a Super Bowl party. This should not be taken lightly.…

Drink Up

Roderick Usher — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500

by Roderick Usher Bud Light It's golden, it's fizzy – it pretty much has "Super Bowl" written all over it.…

Haywire

Patrick Dunn — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 12:00:00 -0500

by Patrick Dunn ★★★★ Starring Gina Carano, Ewan McGregor, Channing Tatum and Michael Fassbender.…

Petal Shop

RDW Staff — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0500

by RDW Staff Throw-back folk music has been in abundance throughout modern music, a nod to simpler times and an appreciation for finely-crafted music. Few, however, are capable of pulling off the sounds of dusty Americana from the '30s and '40s.…

Underworld: Awakening

Nicole Rupersburg — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0500

by Nicole Rupersburg ★★★ 1/2 Starring Kate Beckinsale, Theo James, Michael Ealy, India Eisley.…

D-Days

RDW Staff — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0500

by RDW Staff They hope you had the time of your life ...and they sing so at the very end of Green Day's American Idiot, which was playing at the ever-amazing Detroit Opera House last week.…

Joe Cocker

Patrick Dunn — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0500

Hard Knocks by Patrick Dunn Joe Cocker is beloved for his gritty, powerful blues-rock vocal style, and at age 67 he's certainly still got it on his new record Hard Knocks. Unfortunately, he's saddled with a set of unbearably overdone pop arrangements, the most heinous being string- and piano-laden schmaltz assaults like "Unforgiven" or "Thankful."…

All Dolled Up

Julie Joppich — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0500

by Julie Joppich Marin Giardini A native of Grand Rapids, Marin Giardini paid the east side of the state a visit to see her cousin return home from Iraq.…

The Past, Present & Future of Brewing in Michigan

Travis Fritts — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0500

by Travis Fritts While there is undoubtedly a thriving and dynamic craft beer industry in Michigan, it is important to talk about Michigan's place in America's brewing history as well. Bernhard Stroh, the son of a European brewer, founded the Lion's Head Brewery in Detroit in 1850.…

Horoscopes

Cal Garrison — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0500

by Cal Garrison AQUARIUS: January 21 – February 20 It would take a five-star therapist to figure out how to manage this one and here you are, doing a beautiful job with it.…

Red Tails

Paul Biondi — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0500

by Paul Biondi ★★ Starring Cuba Gooding Jr., Gerald McRaney, David Oyelowo, Ne-Yo and Terrence Howard.…