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Slim Harpo - The Winonas
Hi-De-Hi - Jawbone
If You Want Me - Goober & the Peas
Don't Cry For Me - Hotwaxx Hale
X2 (Instrumental) - Electric Soul
Don't Leave Me - Insane Who Sane
Good Kiss - Rick Wilhite
Find Out Why - Mystic Siva
Hold Contra - Dryfruit
Polenta - Field Kitchen
Moving People (Techno) - Detroit in Effect, Alden Tyrell
Nostradamus (feat. Danny Brown) - Zelooperz & Black Noi$e
Weather the Storm - Miz Korona, Neco Redd & Na Bonsai
LEG - HEPBURN
bruteforce (smc 241 remix) - caitlin c. harvey
12,000 - The Hum
High Life - Peace Sign Hands
The Cat - Wendell Harrison
Human Nature - Madonna
I'm Feeling You - Amp Fiddler
Sweet Love (M-Beat Nazlin Jungle Mix) - Anita Baker
I Wanna Know If It's Good To You? - Funkadelic
Ramblin' Rose (Live) - MC5
momentum - Thomas Xu
a new heaven on earth - Radius
Baby #2 - babyphotosynthesis
Stomping Gamay - Jahari Massamba Unit
Not Gonna Let You Down - CHECKER
Sidetracked - DUENDE!
Party Rock Anthem 3 - H8 Mile
Detroit is the Name (DJ Godfather Remix) - Orlando Voorn
Spiraling - Nick Burgess
Positivity Percussive Love - otodojo
Uromastyx - Forest Drive West, Patrick Russell
Held in Space - STS
Dreams (Remix Version) - Shawn Pittman
Double 0 and a Half - Agents
Loveless Kisses - Jimmy Williams
We're Satisfied - Earl & Joyce Songer
Everlovin' - The Davis Sisters
Hey! It's Chuck's Boogie - Chuck Oakes
Weeop (DJ Stingray 313 Remix) - Nation
We Still Kill The Old Way - Detroit in Effect, Alden Tyrell
Anger Start (Max Watts Remix) - Drummy
Let The Rhythm (Instrumental) - Delano Smith
Tepache - Multitec
Bassment Dweller - Suburban Knight
Six Thru Nine - Field Kitchen
Scusi (Nita & Servito's Heh Heh Helleaux) - Whitney Weiss
More Work (Lauren Flax Remix [Radio Edit]) - Scotia
Time Modulation-Graviton Pulse - Dopplereffekt
Concave 1 - Borderland
888 in the Groove - Marcellus Pittman
Kimchi - wetdogg
Fluke - Maintenance Man
Mutual Pulse - caitlin c. harvey
Wen Rayeh - Tammy Lakkis
Take Me As I Am (Moodyman Extended Mix) - Dames Brown, Amp Fiddler
Crucified - Aaron Carl
OMG! Did you hear? Motormouth has their latest Spring 2026 zine right HERE
As always, we have free physical copies at our favorite local places (hint: Detroit Threads, Moondog, Mopshop, Gingko/27th Letter Books)
Below we present our full interview with Just Kids poetry collective from our just published Spring zine. We spoke to founders Rae, Rio and Carter about how they initially connected, Patti Smith's Detroit connection, their favorite poem from a Detroiter and more...
Please introduce yourselves and tell us what you do
Hi, we are Rae, Rio, and Carter the creators of Just Kids.
Just Kids is a Poetry Collective based out of Detroit, MI. We host a free Poetry Open Mic the first Sunday of every month from 7-9:00pm @ the Polka Dot Bar in Hamtramck. We also host a free Community Writing Workshop the third Sunday of every month from 2-4:00pm @ Booksuey.
How did you cross paths?
We were all hired at the same restaurant a few months apart. It’s a small space with a tight-knit staff, so you find out very quickly if the environment is going to be sustainable mentally/socially. Lucky for us, we all seemed to see each other right away.
Was there any incident or event that drew you into poetry or creative writing in general?
“All of the people I’ve looked up to ever have been writers, musicians, and cooks.” – Carter
What was the intention behind Just Kids? What inspired you to start the collective?
To give young writers a place to share with no judgement or rules.
Booksuey was the catalyst, really. We love everything they do for the writing community.
Guessing by the name, you are Patti Smith’s fans, is there a specific poem or work that you like from her? Did you guys know about her Detroit connection?
We all love her memoir Just Kids. We are too, of course, familiar with her connection to legendary Detroiter Fred “Sonic” Smith of the MC5. However, we saw her recently in Ann Arbor promoting Bread of Angels and she talked a bit about meeting Fred for the first time at Lafayette Coney Island. Pretty cool.
We love her early-mid 70s poetry a lot:
“jeanne d’arc” “piss factory” “neoboy”
What has been most rewarding about starting this collective? What has been challenging?
The community we’ve helped build in the city, the friendships we’ve made, the consistent faces we see every month. No challenges come to mind. We've been extremely lucky that writers have been very receptive to what we are trying to do.
I’ve been attending your monthly poetry nights at Polka Dot and notice there’s always a theme. What goes behind picking these themes? Is it random or intentionally curated?
Whenever we have a shift together we just spit-ball and it comes together. It's sometimes random, and sometimes very intentional. It’s usually rooted in something one of us is reading at the time. We’ve got a formula now so it's super low stakes and easy to put together.
Since we are a Detroit-based show, do you have a favorite poem about Detroit or a Detroit poet?
Dreaming Moorish by Jim Perkinson.
What are your goals for Just Kids?
Small, affordable publications and to keep our momentum going. The most important thing to us is consistency.
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