Behind the Scenes with Mike Clark, written by Diviniti, art by Blair French. :::: It’s funny how you think you know someone. You talk with them, party and laugh with them — and you think you know them. Sometimes, if you’re really lucky, you’ll discover that you don’t know a thing. Knowing what makes…
Steven Reaume, by Vince Patricola. Photos by Robert Guzman:::DEQ9-2016/17 :::: How many of your heroes are musicians or had something to do with music? For me, it’s a majority. As I flipped through the channels on my journey from out east back to Detroit, I heard so many of them. From James Brown to the…
Come see/hear Jon Francois spin Weds Nov 20 at Two James Spirits in Corktown 7:30-11 ******** Jon Francois is one of the lucky folks who gets to work at Peoples Records. You can regularly find him where the music is good and the lights are low. A dedicated believer in the magic of music, frequent…
Thelonius Bone article written by Christopher Taylor, aura photo by Eileen Lee of Grey Area Thelonius Bone aka T-Bone is a burnoutsider artist living in Southwest Detroit. You may have seen him behind the bar at the Bronx or might have spotted his artwork on the FIT records release by OL. The subject matter…
Quick Catch Up #4 With DJ extraordinaire Josh Dunn DEQ: You were/are a part of a deep record digging group of people back in the late 90s (Jeremy Kallio, Brad Hales, Scott Zacharias, etc)… tell us about that time in Detroit history JD: Yes, but more accurately early 2000s. I moved to Detroit in 99,…
Texture article and Photos by Walter Wasacz (published May, 2019) DEQ issue 16 :::: What comes to mind when you see or hear the word texture? It could mean what’s on the surface, like threads or strands of fabric. Or it might be something deeper, below the surface, a blending of sounds, senses and human…
I caught up with Detroit art publishing group 1X RUN’s Chief Operating Officer Roula David last week as she and their team are making final preparations for their 5th edition of Murals In The Market. To be considered by the Smithsonian as one of the top 5 Mural Festivals in the world is no small feat…
written by Mike Rubin. Photos by Tafari Stevenson-Howard. Cover/magazine design Blair French (May, 2019) John “Jammin” Collins is one of the Detroit electronic music community’s most familiar faces, and not simply because of his very public role as tour guide at Submerge’s Exhibit 3000, the world’s only techno museum. For nearly four decades he’s been…
I caught up with DJ/Producer/teacher/promoter Stacey “Hotwaxx” Hale as she is getting ready for her Sheometry festival happening at Marble Bar on Saturday, August 10th (2019) at Marble Bar. Hale, if you did not already know, has been in the electronic music scene since the very beginning and has played events all over the world.…
With the excitement for this year’s Charivari Festival building, we caught up with one of the founders Todd Johnson! Read up!! (photo by Brent Scudder) What set the Charivari parties of the past apart from other parties being given at that time? What set the original high school social club Charivari of the 80s apart…