BATTLE
OF THE BANDS!
City
Pulse is having a Battle of the Bands Oct. 4, Oct. 11, Oct.
18 and Oct. 25 at Club Paradise downtown.
If
you are in a band that’s in the Lansing area, this is a
chance to have your band heard and get your band’s name
out there. Even if your band’s been playing the scene for
a while, here’s a chance to really rock ‘em dead.
Find out more here.
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This
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Illustration by Steve Mihalik.
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A new jazz score for the timeless clash of Body & Soul
By Lawrence Cosentino
There
is a frightening amount of music bottled up inside the foursquare frame
of Wycliffe Gordon. Through all the soulful and explosive performances
the MSU trombone master has given us in recent years, not once has he
been caught lounging suavely on stage while waiting to take a solo.
Instead, Wycliffe’s way of “dealing with it” (his favorite
phrase) is to stand stiffly and seethe like a big-shouldered volcano,
until such time as he is able to vent his blast-furnace imagination
into the nearest large tube — trombone, tuba, didgeridoo, or anything
else that pushes out an expressive column of air.
More...
Calling
up the coolest music people
Is
MSU’s Director of American Studies, Stephen Rachman, really on
to something with his cleverly pluralized “Music and American Cultures”
Festival this week? Or did he just get on his cell phone and call up
the coolest music people he could think of, line up the most amazing
and diverse range of performances he could cram into this weekend, hire
some eggheads to give talks in between, and call it a “cross-disciplinary
conference” so that some academics with elbow patches would foot
the bill?
More...
Eastside neighbors divided on Sparrow proposal
The vocal opposition of some eastside Lansing residents to Sparrow Hospital’s
proposal to construct a temporary parking lot for 588 vehicles on green
space at the southeast corner of Marshall and Saginaw streets is overshadowing
the views of other eastside residents who favor the project.
More...
Journal shortchanges its readers,
Part II
Last week, we ran a story how the Lansing State Journal tried
to force its readers to pay for a special section on 9/11 by employing
an old, consumer fraud ploy called negative optioning. We praised Journal
columnist John Schneider for exposing the Journal’s attempt to
charge readers 15 cents for the section if they did not call in to say
they didn’t want to pay it. The story quoted a front-page announcement
the Journal had made on the two Mondays before the section appeared
readers would be charged 15 cents and that the “proceeds”
would go to charity.
More...
North Lansing residents invited
to ‘summit’
Lansing City Councilman Harold Leeman has invited residents of
North Lansing to a “Northside Summit” 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday,
Oct. 5, at Gier Community Center, 2400 Hall St.
More...
LCC trustees, gay group differ on Council candidates’ records
Stepping into the Lansing City Council contest, three Lansing
Community College board members have sent a letter to Lansing’s
gay community commending Brian Jeffries for his record on gay rights.
But leaders of Lansing’s gay rights organization dispute their
position, saying Jeffries’ opponent, Kathy Pelleran, is the true
friend of the gay community.
More...
Real news is DeWeese’s effort to make inroads with minorities
The news coming out of last week’s announcement
that eight African-American ministers supported Rep. Paul DeWeese (R-Williamston)
for the 23rd Senate District seat over Rep. Virg Bernero (D-Lansing)
wasn’t necessarily the endorsement itself. In the grand scheme
of things, eight out of Lansing area’s 50 or so African-American
ministers isn’t a lot, especially since the odds are that Bernero
will ultimately win the support of most (if not all) of the other 42.
More...
Health
& Environment: Dave
Dempsey
Beware Rogers’ ‘handshake’
on environmental issues
Around the Town:
See
whats happening.
Live & Local:
Your guide to live entertainment in Lansing and the surrounding
area!
Art:
‘Flight in Pain’
shows us pain, hope
Books:
Book lovers unite! Go
to Lansing Center
Music:
Anonymous
Eye: Back-up movin’ up
Matt Carlson isn’t
going to stop
Energy’s
right Thursdays at Espresso Royale
Night
at symphony hints at glories to come
Theater:
Director, cast work magic in
‘Fuddy Meers’
‘Fools’ debuts new
stand-up comedy act
BoarsHead opener will make us
think beyond gender issues
Public gets one chance to see
‘Oxygen’ at MSU
Don’t forget LCP
On Video:
‘CQ’
Advice Goddess: Amy
Alkon
Don’t live in fear, accept
that he might leave you
Restaurant Guide:
Previous
restaurant reviews
Letters to the Editor
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