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Legend John Sinclair Returns to Ann Arbor for the 41st Annual Hash Bash

Sinclair // Legendary poet and activist, John Sinclair is known as the man who guided the rock-and-revolutionary MC5 to fame and as a political prisoner in the early days of the “War on Drugs.” He was sentenced to 10 years ...

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Gotye // Somebody That We’re Getting to Know

Gotye is a somewhat scraggly Australian pop artist (emphasis on the artist part), but kind-looking, with a name that’s easy for us Americans to Google but near impossible to pronounce correctly. He’s long since made that na...

by Paul Kitti

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Acting a Fool at FestiFools

FestiFools’ website gives the following “urgent health warning,” warning that those who suffer from “irritability, lethargy, phantom-limb pain, werewolf-limb pain, enuresis, senor wences, fever, persistent cough, dyslex...

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Danny Brown

A fun, gritty mix of hood gone hipster Have you heard the song “Monopoly” by Danny Brown? Maybe I’m getting ahead of myself… Have you heard of Danny Brown? I hadn’t until sometime this past summer when I read a piece ...

by Paul Kitti

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Retyi, Set, Go: St. Patrick’s Day – More Than Vomiting Green Beer

Fat, drunk and stupid with green vomit dribbling down your chin is no way to go through life, son. Do you think Saint Patrick brought Christianity to Ireland so you could stand in line at a bar waiting to be served green beer a...

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Talking rhymes with Ann Arbor native and Prhyme Rhyme Boss, Trent Davis

Taking only a quick glance is something you can’t do with Trent Davis, Ann Arbor’s own Prhyme Rhyme Boss. His latest mixtape, “Golden,” just dropped a few months ago and this mic master is already starting to make more ...

by Ian Cruz

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Yelawolf

Southern-rooted rapper, actor and skater extraordinaire Yelawolf has actually been around for a while. Before Eminem reached out and yanked him into the international spotlight, the now thirty-two-year-old Michael Atha had been...

by Paul Kitti

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4th Annual Ford Lake Frozen Leap

In 2009, the Lake Shore Apartments and Pakmode Media + Marketing (publishers of iSPY Magazine) teamed up to create this “cool” event. With over 50 jumpers, and $4,000 raised in their first year and over $10,000 the past 3, ...

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An Ancient Art Hits The Ark

The Ark’s 25th Annual Storytelling Festival Each year for the past quarter-century, raconteurs from far and wide have converged on The Ark in Ann Arbor to entertain and inspire through the primal art of storytelling. In col...

by David Nassar

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Orpheum Bell

Have you heard… Orpheum Bell is a breakout group of musicians that consists of Aaron Klein, Henrik Karapetyan, Katie Lee, Michael Billmire and Serge van der Voo. The group is among the elite segment of musicians that both per...

by Amanda Slater

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