SE MICHIGAN BLAH BLAH BLOGS
(in no particular order)
URBAN OASIS (Ann Arbor)
Smartly observed, passionately written weblog on architecture, history, preservation, planning, and urbanism.
The author describes his site as "an attempt to bring the discourse of history, architecture, and planning, to a broader public."
And sometimes that public retaliates with some scathing comments.
DEEP SAID WHAT (Dearborn)
Authored by Detroit News journalist Said Deep, this site is about all things Dearborn. Analysis of and commentary on the city and its stories, Deep is not afraid to ruffle feathers.
DETROIT ARTS (Detroit)
Detroit. Fine Arts. Blog. Pretty much sums it up. BUT blogger/artist Ann Gordon recently gave her fond adieu to the Motor City before taking off for Europe. End of blog? Maybe, maybe not.
Stay tuned for further developments, check out her Euro artistic experiences at http://leblogvoyage.blogspot.com/ or enjoy Detroit Arts' archive for its insight, wit and fabulous taste.
For a virtual relationship with art in the D, check out: DETROIT ARTWORKS.
YET ANOTHER COMICS BLOG (Ann Arbor)
Intelligent commentary on all things directly and tangentially related to comic books by an A2 librarian.
SUBURBAN BLISS (Royal Oak)
Suburban living. Mommydom. Spousespeak. Funny, personal, engaging and always worth a read.
IT CAME FROM CULTURE CITY (Detroit)
The indie and underground culture scene. Bad spelling and all...
HISTORY DETROIT (Detroit)
A true labor of love, this work in progress aims to be a comprehensive database of Detroit history. Great photos, stories and little known facts.
VACUUM (Ann Arbor)
Ed Vielmetti is Ann Arbor's pied piper of Web 2.0 new urbanist geek culture and all round swell guy. A relentless networker and vital strand in the social and high tech spiderweb of A2 start ups and up starts, his blog is really more of a free-for-all of interesting links and informational tidbits. For short attention spans and expansive minds.
CLEWS (Suburban Detroit)
Crime historian Laura James sees true crime literature as a testament to history, journalism, and law. Genre news, reviews, and a relentless interest in murder most foul.
KITCHEN CHICK (Ann Arbor)
Edibles extraordinaire, Lisa Leutheuser's (aka the Kitchen Chick) savory blog is laden with inventive recipes, travel and tasting notes, and musings on an array of culinary delights. She appeared in mode's story Michigan's Foodie Nation.
MICHIGAN INDIAN COMMUNITY BLOG and MI MANTRA (state wide)
Michigan has Indians. The kind Christopher Columbus thought he ran into (but didn't). Actually, Indian immigrants represent the third largest immigrant population in the U.S. and are over 30K strong in the Mitten State. The local community also has a blog or two. These are it. No more words. Check it out.
DETROIT FUNK (Detroit)
A ever-growing photo tour of Detroit in all its decaying, eccentric, beauty. Personal reflections occassionally intrude.
DETROIT BLOG (Detroit)
"This is about all things Detroit: things to do, places to see, people to know, from the East Side to West Side, and from downtown to the little neighborhoods. I love Detroit, even the old Detroit of blight, waste and emptiness. Hockeytown. Motown. I grew up here, had my best times here. It’s my home."
DETROPTIC (Detroit)
A chronicle of Detroit in arresting photographs.
INFORMED COMMENT (Ann Arbor)
The Website of professor Juan Cole, commentator on Middle Eastern affairs. He has appeared in print and on television, and testified before the United States Senate. He has also published several books on the state of modern Middle East and is a translator of both Arabic and Persian. Needless to say, his views can be politically charged given the current state of affairs in that part of the world.
MOTOR CITY ROCKS (Metro Detroit)
Voted in the
Metro Times as the "Best Local Music Blog".
MOTOR CITY BLOG (Detroit)
Arts, culture, music and cool happenings in "the second most dangerous city in the U.S.."
Ever expanding their scope, the blog will soon boast "video interviews with artists, musicians and motorcity venues to help promote detroit based talent."
MICHIGAN IS AMAZING
Really. It is. Stories and anecdotes about our fair state. Not just for optimists.
WEIRD MICHIGAN
The dark underbelly of Michigan's back roads and byways. From the giant fiberglass ski guy to the Michigan Dog Man, this wolverine state Website offers a virtual road trip through the offbeat and outré.
Jeff Meyers is the managing editor of metromode and a film critic for the Metro Times.
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