A review of Lived in Ayre, by Brothers Radio Walking down the street, skipping over cracks in the sidewalk, Lived in Ayre shines through my headphones.  I trudge along with my hands in my pockets, thinking about this springtime we are so loving here in Kalamazoo.  I think about the birds and the flowers and [...]

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It was January 16, 2010, and eight of the roughly 17 channels I receive on my 13-inch TV/VCR combo were tuned to Kid Rock (Alright Detroit!) mouthing a rendition of “One Love.” Four days prior, a titanic 7.0 magnitude earthquake rumbled outside Port au Prince, Haiti, leaving hundreds of thousands dead, millions homeless, scores wounded, [...]

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The first thing, really, that matters to any legal action is standing. For the sake of this article: I have none. I was born and raised in rural (no, I mean really rural) Michigan; I’ve never flown a confederate flag, although some of my high school classmates thought it went well on a pick-up truck. [...]

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