Dave Menzo played his creative tunes from his new album Color Wheel at Top of the Park (Summerfest) in Ann Arbor, MI  on July 3, 2014.  Matt Trudeau from WRXZ Rock, 107.1 introduced him and held up a copy of Menzo’s new album.  Some “Cave of Wonders” bandmates of his…

University of Michigan quarterback Devin Gardner stopped by the Brown Jug Sunday evening to pick up some food and then took a picture with a fan who was eating outside on the patio.  Campus is quiet right now, with a few more months before student return to school.  The Brown…

A barker named race attracted customers to Circus on 1st Street Thursday night.  “75 cent drafts, no cover.”

Enorme Johnson’s has become a late-night staple for the bar crowd around Circus, Millennium Club, Gotham City, the Blind Pig, and LIVE.  Customers say good things about the top quality hot dogs and sausages with homemade relishes and sauces like the Two-hearted ale mustard.  

Paul Miles gave a pretty good blues guitar performance to Ann Arborites on Liberty Street for several hours leading up to a BB King concert at Michigan Theater Sunday night.  While Laith Al-Saadi was in the theater opening up for BB, Miles was playing is own opening act – street…

The Veterans Honor Guard of Washtenaw County, local boy scout troops, government officials, and Miss Washtenaw County, all participated in a Memorial Day observance at Arborcrest Memorial Park in Ann Arbor on May 25, 2014.  A trumpet played Amazing Grace.  Representative Adam Zemke, congressman John Dingell, and K.T. Maviglia spoke.    All…

Woodruff’s in Ypsilanti is closing soon, so I stopped in last night to grab a few shots for the record.  Played a few games of Defender, a classic Williams arcade game.  I’ll try to shoot some more “Ypsilanti Nights” when it’s warmer and more people are around.      …

Last Friday night the Ann Arbor music scene was alive on 1st Street.  Dave Menzo had a CD release show at the Blind Pig.  The Vibratrons rocked happy hour at LIVE.  The moon ducked in and out of small patchy clouds as people ate Kielbasa.•• Dave Menzo and the Cave…

Life is good again on Main Street.  Festifools kicked off the festival season in Ann Arbor last Sunday with a huge crowd, happy to see the end of the coldest Michigan winter in a long time.  Thousands of people lined Main Street to watch and interact with the papier-mâché creations.…