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This week in RAD

What a grab bag of Rad and awesome this week.

Detroit's Motown Winter Blast is going on starting today.  Tonight I am going ice skating in Clark Park!





UConn 3rd string quarterback, Johnny McEntee releases trick shot video... then Cam Newton has to release his "workout" video.  Come on Cam, we know you're jealous.






Cam...




This weekend the Frontiers, the Journey Tribute Band, will be playing the Magic Bag in Ferndale.  I went to see them last year and all people could talk about was how they thought the Magic Bag had a live recording of Journey playing while these guys were on stage because they replicated their sound so well.  I will tell you this, go see them at least once!  Even if you don't like Journey you will appreciate how close these guys come to sounding just like them.  I hope the keyboard player is able to make it this time!









On Rollingstone.com you can listen to a lot of music for free.  Just go to www.rollingstone.com/albums and you can hear new full albums and new singles for free while you read the reviews.  I was blown away by how much free new stuff you can listen to!

Better Made for the Big Game

In my quest to promote for free anything made in Detroit I have friended a lot of Detroit Metro area businesses on Facebook and try to follow them on Twitter.


I saw this the other day and thought it was a cool idea from Better Made Snack Foods.  They are giving away a Super Bowl Party for 25 people with food from National Coney Island, Better Made Snack Foods,  Detroit Popcorn Company and Ackroyd's Scottish Bakery.

All you have to do is email them with your information then post a picture of you with Better Made Snack Foods on Facebook or Twitter @bettermade.  Go get some chips today and post those pics.  If I win I will definitely invite you all over!

Germack's at Western Market in Ferndale

I was shopping last Friday at The Western Market on 9 mile in Ferndale and saw some trail mix made by the Germack Pistachio Company from Detroit.  

I picked up some Rainbow's End American Trail Mix and it was tasty.  I proceeded to check out Germack's website and they have a TON of nuts, chocolates, snack mixes and other stuff.  I'll definitely be going back to Western Market for more and possibly order some of their stuff online, since I've already finished the bag.  Their Germack Mix looks rad.

Gifts for your Geek

What do you get your husband, boyfriend, wife, girlfriend, mother, father, sister, brother or best friend that may be just a tad geeky or appreciate unique and thoughtful gifts?  Well now you have a go to website to cure all those shopping woes.  ThinkGeek.com has tons of hilarious and thoughtful gifts for all those people you want to buy gifts for but feel like you're not smart enough to try.  Check out their website next time you are in a bind.  I would love to be a resident Geek with this company.  Here are a few ideas I have for new gifts on ThinkGeek.com.

1. Yoga Mat - Front door mat that says Yoga on it (totally hilarious)

2.  Babysitter Halloween Costume - 90's style fashion outfit with baby attached to bum so when you sit... get it?

3. Wedding Ring bottle opener - Why not?

ThinkGeek.com if you see this post call me... or just leave a comment.

Don't Call it A Come Back

It's 2011 and don't call it a come back.  I plan to start posting again about Food, Drink, Arts, Entertainment and anything else around the Detroit Metro Area and all around Michigan and even the universe.  Thank you all for following and please leave a comment!

Down with Detroit T Shirts

Down with Detroit is awesome for Detroit T shirts.  They recently had a Facebook contest to see who could come up with the best idea for their new T shirt.  This was the winner and you can buy it here

Got a car complaint?

Recently the transmission on my RAV4 started acting up out of nowhere.  I have taken it to two transmission garages and they both quoted me at least $2500 to fix the problem.  So I did what people do these days and got online.

First to search for RAV4 transmissions from salvage yards.  Then I mistakenly posted it for sale on craigslist.  Finally, I found this site, www.carcomplaints.com, where I found out that this is a common problem with RAV4's of this year and that Toyota has recently been forced to reimburse customers who have paid to have the same problem fixed.

I will not go into the details but I thought this site was kinda rad because you can search for any car and see what kind of problems people have been having with it.  They even have a little gauge that tells you how terribly awful your specific problem is.

So right now my car is at the dealership waiting to be inspected and then hopefully they will tell me there is something wrong with the ECM and the transmission and then I will bust in with the documentation that I printed out last night saying Toyota is going to pick up the bill!



Anyone looking for a RAV4 with a brand new transmission???  Mine is the same but dark green.

Memphis!

This is us in Memphis.... crazy

Pretzel M&M's

I happen to enjoy the sweet and salty snack that I first heard about on 97.1 the ticket during the midday show.  Thanks Karsch and Anderson for recommending this tasty snack!  And wouldn't you know it that my local convenient stores do NOT stock it!

Distribution of Wealth

It has been reported on Yahoo.com that Bill Gates and Warren Buffett are donating billions of dollars and encouraging other billionaires to donate a majority of their wealth to charity.  The Yahoo story said that they are looking for other billionaires to agree to give at least half their wealth to charity.

How about the "Help The Lowe's Pay off Their House Fund" or the "Credit Card Debt for George Relief Fund."  These two charities are grossly underfunded.  Now download Travie McCoy's "Billionaire."  I wonder if he's donating?

Lightning Bolt Jesus

If you have ever travelled down I-75 south through Ohio near the city of Monroe (north of Cincinnati) then you know about "Touchdown Jesus", the 62 feet statue of the torso of Jesus with arms raised like he is signaling a touchdown.  Jesus was struck by lightning late Monday night and the statue has since burned to the ground leaving only the steel structure it was built around.  

Eery connection... The University of Notre Dame also has a touchdown Jesus and has recently been included in talks to join the Big 10.  I think this might be a sign that God does not want Notre Dame in the same conference as MSU or U of M.

 

Notre Dame's Touchdown Jesus in South Bend, IN.

Touchdown Jesus at Solid Rock Church off I-75 in Monroe, OH.

Touchdown Jesus at Solid Rock Church off I-75 in Monroe, OH. on fire!

Dude just go to Yale

This kids name is Yale W. Fan and he's going to Harvard.  What's the matter? Yale wouldn't take you or something?  I love that he's a fan of Yale because of the quality of life of it's students and not some academic program or sports team.  Only in Oregon...

Detroit River Days 2010

Celebrating the friendly relationship that Detroit has with it's Canadian neighbor to the south (Windsor) this year is going to be rad at the Detroit River Days Festival happening June 18th - 21st in downtown Detroit. There are a ton of activities going on downtown from the fun run to the car show.  I have already been to the festival website a few times to double check the live music schedule because of what I saw.

Friday, the kickoff celebration starts with 90's alternative rockers Spin Doctors, who last performed in Detroit October 5th, 1991.  Now I was not much of a fan back in the day but think nostalgia!  I want a Spin Doctors T-shirt.  I had not clue these guys were still performing live.  Good for you Spin Doctors!  I am sure you will rock the waterfront.















Saturday Detroit will have the honor of welcoming to the Michigan Lottery Stage... MC HAMMER!  Last here on May 15th, 2009 at the Fox, I hope Hammer isn't "2 Legit 2 Quit" performing the song, "U Can't Touch This." Ooooohhhh oohhhhhh ooohhhhhh oooohhhh oooh ooh ohhh.  Actually it would be cool to see him do The Adam's Family Theme song from the movie.
















To top it all off, Sunday night, Blues Traveler will perform starting at 8:30pm.  What a tour de force of early nineties music!  No doubt John Popper will rock that harmonic.  I've heard he's lost some weight too (no joke).  Blues Traveler last came through Detroit for the Meadowbrook Music Festival July 24th, 2008.

If you get a chance to go down for one of these iconic artists at the Michigan Lottery Stage, please do not hesitate to send me pics or reviews.

Summer Music in Michigan

There is nothing I enjoy more than camping out for a weekend, heading out for a night, or dropping by for a day at one of Michigan's many summer festivals.  I have always been looking for a site that has it all, or most of it anyway, when it comes to dates, times and websites for all the festivals and I think I have finally found it.  Madmanmike.com is your yearly Michigan festival guide.  It has all the festivals arranged by month and date and includes websites if they are available where you can get updated festival info.

I have only sampled a few of our great state's summer festivals but have never been let down.  Some standouts include Islandfest in Kalamazoo and Wheatland Music Festival in Remus, MI.  Have fun this summer and feel free to let me know what festivals you are going to!

Enjoy a Skinny Dip and save the Colorado River

The New Belgium Brewing Company based in Fort Collins, CO. and the makers of the iconic Fat Tire beer, has partnered with Jon Waterman to help clean up the Colorado River.  Their new beer, Skinny Dip, is one of their seasonal beers celebrating summer and the clean water advocacy of Jonathan Waterman.  Check out their page dedicated to saving the Colorado River.  I first saw this ad in my new Rolling Stone Magazine!

Free Doughnuts for Everyone!

Krispy Kreme is giving out free donuts today, National Doughnut Day!  Dunkin' Donuts is giving away free coffee!  How do you spell Donut/Doughnut?

The rumors are true... The Expendables

I heard about this movie last night and had to check out to see for myself.  The answer is, "Yes, Sylvester Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Dolph Lundgren and Bruce Willis WILL act in a movie together!"  The Expendables comes out August 13th and it can't get here soon enough!  How did this fly under my radar until now?


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