6 days ago As big of a pain in the butt the transition process as been to those of us who work in the former Huntington Bank building between Monroe and Ottawa downtown, it is a glorious thing to see these old structures return to their former glory.
2 weeks ago In 1939, color film was rare, and even more so for home film like this, which was shot by a fan in the stands.
4 weeks ago Another great Detroit area arena is shutting its doors, and a concert by Michigan icon Bob Seger will be its swan song.
4 weeks ago If you grew up in Michigan, there are certain experiences we all shared, regardless of what city or town you grew up in.
See how many things you did on our list.
August 11, 2017 Last week I did a post on the history of jukeboxes being made in Grand Rapids, MI. Over 1 million jukeboxes were manufactured in a building over on Cottage Grove SE. That plant has since shut down, and the manufacturing of those devices has moved out of the country...but I was able to locate the very last jukebox that was made in that location!
August 10, 2017 It was a summertime tradition, driving up north to catch a show at 'the Castle' along Lake Charlevoix. I saw some pretty big names there when I was younger, like AC/DC, Cheap Trick and The Scorpions.
Castle Farms is still there, but its rock'n'roll legacy exists only in our memories.
August 7, 2017 'Detroit' isn't an easy movie to watch, but Academy Award winning director Kathryn Bigelow manages to find humanity in one of our state's darkest moments.
August 3, 2017 There was a time when jukeboxes were made in Grand Rapids, Michigan!
August 2, 2017 What if the Grand Rapids Griffins existed in the '80s? What would their uniforms look like?
If you have an idea, you can enter this year's Griffs jersey design contest.
Watch an exclusive clip from the new documentary 'It Was Fifty Years Ago Today! The Beatles: Sgt. Pepper & Beyond.'
July 17, 2017 The Detroit Tigers iconic Old English 'D' has been worn on the team's uniforms well over 100 years, but I always thought if you saw one Old English 'D', you've seen them all.
How wrong I was.
June 27, 2017 In honor of Michigan being named the cheapest place to buy beer in the nation, my listeners and I came up with this list of cheap beers you drank when times were tough.
But let's face it, times are ALWAYS tough. And while many of these brews no longer exist, they live on in our deep, dank memories. Bad, bad memories.
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