Hello family, friends and fans….. and any mix therein. Good to link with you as always. So, I am doing something crazy this Saturday. I have decided to fly out to beautiful Napa Valley with members of my old crew from West Philly to run a half-marathon. Now, I’m not a super-fit guy…. and let’s be real, I’m not even a regular-fit guy. Irregardless I have committed and am doing the damn thing. Some may say, “Sean, shouldn’t you be able to run 10 – 13 miles before you fly …

I have a strange and addictive drive to take photographs of movies and shows that I watch on the television. I realized today that I have a substantial photo set collection of a wide and peculiar variety of programs over the years. The whole idea of taking photographs is to freeze a moment in order to relive and appreciate the emotion, beauty and energy of our experiences in life. Movies (moving pictures) are millions of these moments strung together for a similar purpose. The experience of reliving a photographic moment …

Detroit gets a crazy amount of press these days. It has become the visual representation of American urban decay. With the exception of just a few journalists it has been portrayed in a negative light. To my welcome surprise, Johnny Knoxville and Palladium Boots hosts a 4 part video project that turns the spotlight from the dismal blight and illuminates the progress and the people who are driving some of the innovation in art, culture and business. Well done. A must see.

The Motown Sound organized and incorporated into the Motown Record Corporation 40 years ago exporting the work of incredible artists such as Marvin Gaye, Diana Ross, Smokey Robinson, Stevie Wonder (check the drum solo) and Michael Jackson. This sound shaped the audible aesthetic for an entire generation and gave the world an intimate look at life in the American City. It was also critical in the racial integration of our American musical culture. It was the first label owned by an African American (Barry Gordy, Jr.) to push African-American …

There has been a real spike in media coverage detailing the despair that the great City of Detroit has been plagued with. For native Detroiters this coverage has seemed to pander a bit and focus too heavily on the negative and can leave a bitter taste in the mouth knowing how strong and resilient the majority of Detroiters are.

On the last day of our trip home we wanted to check out an open-air art piece called The Heidelberg Project. To put it simply, it is a collection of found items, painted houses and augmented scenery that exists on a few streets in East Detroit created by local resident and artist Tyree Guyton. It was an amazing sight and a must-see for anyone who visits Detroit. The project had made a decent amount of press so I had read quite a bit before visiting and I was expecting a …

A few months ago I saw a photo essay that Time magazine had put together about Detroit and the empty structures that pockmarked the city. There was a photo of a luxurious theater that had closed and was turned into a parking lot in the eighties. I had to find this place and see it for myself.

I grew up in Detroit. Southwest Detroit. I moved to Philly when I was 10 and hadn’t returned to the neighborhood, friends or house that I had left behind. I would visit Detroit a few times a year to visit family but we never went back to the old neighborhood.

Eminem put this together for his (and my own) beloved hometown. He paid for it to run during the Final 4 on CBS. This will make my Mom cry no doubt about it. It really is well done and I am very very thankful for it. It is so spot and hits me dead center every time. Stay up Detroit.

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