"[Local radio is] what made Detroiters different from Clevelanders or Bostonians."

"The old way is over. Gone. Extinct. Swept away. Shattered into a million little pieces. The Digital Age has brought us an incomprehensible number of choices and has parked us into our own, self-defined worlds. To the extent we share it, we might be in synch with someone in, say, Cleveland or Boston."

"With podcasts, with iPhone libraries, with satellite radio, the Golden Age of Audio has replaced the Golden Age of Radio."

This is an interesting piece on local radio in Detroit. It touches on something I've thought about before — the social graph created by audio has shifted from local networks created by local radio to nationally and even internationally connected ones created by a mix of streaming services, satellite radio, and podcasts (among other things). That's amazing from a consumer choice point of view (you can find content on anything!), but the shared local experience, and the local identity that flows from that, is being slowly muffled in the process.

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posted by matt in Saturday, May 3, 2025

Neither Renee or I had been to Ford Field before tonight, so it was nice to soak in some of the details of the stadium. The location is great, sitting in a in a "district" setup with Comerica Park. There's some nice vintage Lions imagery around the concourse at the main interest, including this fantastic neon sign.

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photo posted by matt in Wednesday, April 30, 2025

Great win for the Lions.

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posted by matt in Sunday, November 13, 2022

Lions led by a point with about two minutes left in the game. Surely they were set up to follow the script, I thought. But no! They finished strong, killing the would-be game winning drive by sacking Justin Fields, ending his otherwise brilliant performance on the day. Totally off script for the Lions. Great win.

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postposted by matt in Sunday, November 13, 2022

Ah, the Detroit Lions did it again. Victory was seemingly in hand...until it wasn't. In the last minute I mentally prepared for overtime, assuming they would hold the Vikings to a game-tying field goal.

Nope. A defensive breakdown left a recover wide open in end zone to give Minnesota, with the extra point, a four point lead with forty-five seconds left.

So there's a chance, right? Yes, there was, indeed, a chance. The Lions even seemed to start a March down the field, but then it sputtered. And then it died when quarterback Jared Goff inexplicably pulled the trigger on the Hail Mary on third down, with time left on the clock for another play. Needless to say his pass was intercepted at the goal line, killing any chance the Lions had at winning.

Ah, yes, the Lions did it again.

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postposted by matt in Sunday, September 25, 2022