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Reckless Entertainment and Blackstain Productions are proud to present FlintFest 2007, Saturday, August 11th at Kearsley Park in Flint. The show features 19 local bands who will perform throughout the day and evening. Sixteen bands will perform from noon until 10pm with an after party at the Corunna Rd. Bar. We have Flint's own Ozzy Osbourne impersonator as our official MC, Banana 101.5 FM live broadcast, Flint Gear Grinders American Iron Car Show series finals, the Flint women's roller derby team the Flint River Floaters, vendors, food. Something for everyone!! 
Fox 2 Detroit just announced the winner of their My Fox Rocks battle of the bands. The Matt Austin Band has been chosen to open up for Def Leppard and Styx at DTE on Tuesday, July 24th. Austin beat out hundreds of local bands from the metro Detroit area including some of our favorites. Coincidentally (or not), it was also announced that The Matt Austin Band was chosen to compete in Simon Cowell's new Fox franchise "The Next Great American Band" - which leads this cynic to question the validity of the contest. I know there will probably be some "sour grapes" comments from the lucky winners, the Fox producers and even Austin's fans (we're certainly not saying they don't deserve the shot - sounds like a decent band), but do you believe the results of this particular contest were pre-determined as a local promotional vehicle for The Next Great American Band? Does it matter? 
The Motor City Music Foundation/Detroit Music Awards proudly announces the 1st Annual World Music Showcase at Memphis Smoke in Royal Oak, MI on Sunday July 22nd from 7pm-11pm. Special guest performers include Sheila Landis and Rick Matle with Renell Gonsalves featuring a Latin Jazz set. McCabes Ladies will perform Celtic Music set. Michigan Songwriting Contest Finalist Natalie Myziuk will perform on acoustic and Steel Drum artist Steve Lawhorne and Third Coast Steel will also perform. Click "read more" below for all the relevant links.
In 2005, members from two of our favorite bands merged to form Radar Pilot. John Piasentin from the progressive group Space Nelson and Art Peitsh from Super Model-T found themselves bandless in 2005 and kicked around the idea of writing together. By early 2006 they'd penned almost a dozen new tracks and didn't have to look very far for a willing rhythm section; former bandmates Jeff Golzynski (Super Model-T) and Eric "Fish" Fischer (Space Nelson) were happy to oblige on bass and drums respectively. The result was, well, best described as two-parts Space Nelson and two-parts Super Model-T. We caught up with Art & John by e-mail a week before their upcoming gig at Smalls in Hamtramck. Click "read more" below for our interview.
FLOPHOUSE has just been added on to Eric Clapton's Crossroads Festival at Toyota Park in Chicago, IL on Saturday, July 28th. This is the real deal folks. The band has been hand-selected as the Featured Guitar Center winner of Ernie Ball's Battle of the Bands contest. The band just got the call from Brian Ball himself and Flophouse will be opening the show! If anyone is interested in attending the Crossroads Festival in Chicago, I know that it is "Sold out" but there are still a TON of tickets circulating on eBay for almost face value ($100). We'd love to see you all there!! 
The second annual "Back Deck Acoustic Music Fest" will take place Sunday, July 29, from 2-10pm at the Driftwood Bar & Grill in Croton Township, Newaygo, Michigan.
The Detroit band OVERLOADED got some of their gear STOLEN from the BAKERS DOZEN GIG LAST NIGHT. Missing items include a black canvass gig bag with a pedal board containing a Boss pedal tuner, Sansamp Bass DI and MXR Phaser 90 and a sliver plastic flight case with two 30' Blues Airman cords, a 25' Monster cable and various repair gear. 
Not cool enough for the Detroit music scene? Can't get invited to all the right parties or get to play at all the right clubs? Having difficulty getting those well-insulated Detroit rags to write about you or even take you seriously? Well you're in good company bandheads. Inspired by yet another night of playing to the backs of a crowd of uninterested musicians and bar staff, acoustic rootsman Luke Sayers penned a funky little number called, "They Don't Want Me" which is currently available for a free download at his website. 
Though few of you commented on our survey, "Have The Wars In Iraq / Afghanistan Affected Your Music?", I'd like to bring to your attention somebody who has not only been directly affected by those wars, but who wrote a song for his son who is now serving his fourth combat tour in Iraq. He is retired military veteran David Carver and the name of his song is, "Bring Us Home". 
