Posts Tagged ‘Ann Arbor’

A Kitschy Gilde

Have I been defending my youthful tastes a little by portraying myself as a sophisticate-in-training with a yen for the challenging hidden within the mundane like a diamond in the rough? Probably. But with this next item, Lawrence Welk’s version of Calcutta, there is absolutely no making that argument. However intelligently constructed, it is musical kitsch, and one has to start with that.

A Stately Roll

Rolling arpeggios, a haunting theme, spectacular effects, Detroit at its swankiest, and my dad …

Rusted Out: Some Personal Glimpses of the Tragedy of Detroit

Detroit had my whole lifetime to get this right: Snapshots of the rise and fall of the automobile industry and its home turf.