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An ancient Apollo statue landed in Cleveland and touched off an international outcry
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Everybody Hates Mike
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Secret Valentines Notes from C-Town Celebs
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Dennis Kucinich’s brave talk about working and fighting — from the safety of the officer’s tent (10)
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Beat Down (3)
Cleveland teachers swap stories of school violence.
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An ancient Apollo statue landed in Cleveland and touched off an international outcry (3)
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Crazy Talk
Miranda Lambert is a lot like any other girl with a soft spot for guns and setting exes on fire.
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Beer, BBQ, industry schmoozing: Rounding up SXSW 2008’s local delegates
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The Bravery's New World
New-wave revivalists discover the power of three-chord guitar rock.
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Years after he gave up on rock music, Bob Mould plugs back in
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Keep on Truckin'
Jason Isbell finds life after the Drive-By Truckers.
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Review: Jonathon Richman at the Grog Shop
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Copley-Fairlawn schools hire private eyes, lobby state lawmakers to root out illegal students
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Recent Articles By Michael Alan Goldberg
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Shonen Knife
Wednesday, November 28, at the Grog Shop.
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The Roches
Friday, October 19, at the Kent Stage, Kent.
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The Moody Blues
Sunday, July 22, at the Plain Dealer Pavilion at Nautica.
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Def Leppard
With Styx. Friday, July 13, at Blossom, Cuyahoga Falls.
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Les Claypool
With Two Gallants. Tuesday, May 29, at House of Blues.
National Features
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Houston Press
"It Was Like an Armageddon Movie"
For days after Hurricane Rita, a Texas prison was hell on earth.
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SF Weekly
The Candidate
Our columnist knows Ralph Nader's running mate all too well.
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The Pitch
How Not To Be a Rap Star
First of all, lay off the Ecstasy.
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Village Voice
Project Runaway
What becomes a gossip columnist most?
By Michael Musto
Porcupine Tree
With 3. Monday, October 22, at House of Blues.
By Michael Alan Goldberg
Published: October 17, 2007
Falling somewhere between Coldplay-like swoon rock and the Alan Parsons Project (with a dash of Muse-style prog-metal for good measure) is Fear of a Blank Planet, the latest album from Britain's Porcupine Tree.
Of course, PT has been around a lot longer than both Coldplay and Muse. Concocting a fake history and discography, mainman Steven Wilson started working under the PT moniker as a sort of imaginary band in 1987, but the music he was recording as a goof was good enough to warrant further exploration. Wilson, a full-on freak for Pink Floyd, poured his love of psychedelia, prog, and electronic music into meticulously crafted compositions. He eventually drafted some fellow musicians, turning Porcupine Tree into a proper group in the early '90s.
Since then, Wilson and company have been prolific and wildly experimental, delving into various forms of art pop, ambient music, conventional rock, and metal. Though PT has always been more successful in Europe than America, their live show, replete with multimedia goodies, is always worth catching.
Blank Planet features guest spots from prog-rock giants Alex Lifeson (Rush) and Robert Fripp (King Crimson). While neither is expected to show up, expect enough instrumental proficiency and complexity to satisfy your inner prog child.
