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Last Updated: August 30. 2011 3:27PM Shirt honors Detroit techno writer Dan Sicko Adam Graham/ Detroit News Pop Music Writer A T-shirt honoring late Detroit author Dan Sicko is being made available through the website of Ann Arbor-based electronic music label Ghostly International. Sicko, author of 1999's Detroit techno book "Techno Rebels," died Sunday of ocular melanoma, a form of eye cancer. He was 42. The T-shirt, available for pre-order at www.theghostlystore.com, carries the phrase "Detroit Renegade of Electronic Funk," a play off the "Techno Rebels'" subtitle, "the renegades of electronic funk." The shirt was designed by Sicko's friend, John Stoll. "It's something that we thought Detroit techno fans would want to wear," says Sam Valenti IV, founder of Ghostly International. "It's a symbol of pride, and we thought it was something that hopefully Dan would like." The shirt was printed with the approval of Sicko's family, and profits from its sales will go toward a fund to help pay Sicko's medical expenses and his daughter's education. Shirts are $25 and are expected to be delivered in late September. "Techno Rebels" is well regarded as the defining text of Detroit techno's storied history, and focuses on the origins of the scene in the 1980s. The book was reissued in an expanded second edition in 2010. A visitation for Sicko will be held from 2 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at Spaulding & Curtin Funeral Directors, 500 W. Nine Mile Road in Ferndale. Sicko's funeral will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at St. James Catholic Church, 241 Pearson St. in Ferndale.
