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| DMA 2003 Part One: Lost Again In Detroit |
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 Instead of stressing myself out with a marathon writing and editing session, struggling over every detail like an anal-retentive dork, I decided to write about my 2003 Detriot Music Awards experience as it comes to me, when I feel like it, and as I please. I encourage you to do the same, but I won't hold my breath. It seems self-promotion and forums are the extent of participation on local music websites (without begging, anyway). It took us a whole year to learn that lesson and I suppose we should have known, really ( I mean, who has the time?). But I'm still daft enough to keep it up for the time being. With that in mind, here's part one of DMA 2003, "Lost Again in Detroit".
by Mitch Phillips
Lost Again In Detroit
Due to my laziness and Ticketmaster's "convenience" and "handling", I end up paying $138.00 for four tickets to attend the 2003 Detroit Music Awards (Ouch! Is it any wonder why I don't go to concerts anymore?). Since I didn't bother getting a press pass this year that oversight nearly empties our paltry expense account. But I figure I'll take Napoleon K (aka Distortion Dave) to the show for his birthday and Webmaster Rick can take whomever he wants. We decide to meet downtown and divvy up the tickets at the will-call window.
K and I take the Jeffries Freeway and listen to tracks off our latest favorite local CD's. I turn him onto The Beggars new ep and he turns me on to Liz Larin's "The Story of o-miz." (she takes six DMA's including Outstanding Rock/Pop Recording). Her new disc is pretty amazing. K says he's going to produce a "City Beat" of her performance pretty soon, a production that would cost over three grand if you had to pay for it yourself. Thankfully, the City of Royal Oak will be picking up the tab for the mobile video production. Unfortunately, they won't cover K's copy of Larin's disc. That'll be $15 thank you very much.
The tunes make for a great freeway vibe in the gorgeous spring weather. This is gonna be a good night.
I must have run into Liz Larin a half-dozen times over the past year; she and Outstanding Jazz Composer Robert Tye are like musical hit-men (ok, hit-persons...whatever); they show up at the last minute with soft-shell guitar cases strapped to their backs, discharge their weapons like the seasoned pros they are, then disappear into the night. They're a mysterious couple with magical musical powers - so magical, in fact, Robert Tye wins the 2003 DMA for Outstanding Jazz Recording with "Virtues of The Well" (according to the DMA's 2003 winners list). But according to SPUN.com, the CD was recorded at The Tempermill and The Boneyard in December of 1998 and released in April of 1999. Now that's musical mojo (did I miss something in the rules?).
K and I have to stop at a McDonald's on the way down to ask how to get to Woodward from where we are (Yeah, I know, we're lame suburban boys who don't spend enough time in the city). We usually take 696 from his place with no misadventures, but according to our map we're about to head past our destination. Not wanting to end up in an inescapable nest of diagonal one-way streets yet again, we ask a local friendly to help us out; 'take the G.R. past Warren, do a Michigan "Yooey", turn right and then right again on Woodward.' The directions go down easy and greasy, just like the fries. We're on our way; thank you nice lady, wherever you are.
At this point, K starts reminiscing about his late grandfather who used to live in the area. He fondly recalls childhood trips to the big city. While the memories bubble up from his sub-conscious, It occurs to me that "Lost Again in Detroit" would make a fine title for a song about "burbies in distress" (hey, now, there's another good one).
We arrive at The State Theater to discover that Webmaster Rick and his DMA date Roni Collins are nowhere to be found. They should have been here half an hour ago. I try to call him but my !@#$%^& cell phone "crashes" when I try to retrieve my messages. It won't do anything until I pull it apart, un-plug and re-plug the stupid battery (FYI: that would be A Sony Ericsson T62U with Cingular sevice as portrayed with the hammer to your right ). When I finally contact Webmaster Rick, he explains he's not feeling well and they're on their way back to Flint! Bummer, our party just got smaller.
We stand in line and I wonder what I should do with the extra tickets. The doorman suggests we head into the bar and pick up a couple of girls who really want to see the show. Sounds like trouble to me. Tempting, but trouble. In a former life I would have thought of that myself. But we're already late and decide on music over maidens.
What the hell is wrong with us?
To be continued....
- Mitch
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