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An ancient Apollo statue landed in Cleveland and touched off an international outcry
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Joe Cimperman hopes to tear down his former hero, Dennis Kucinich
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Beat Down
Cleveland teachers swap stories of school violence.
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Everybody Hates Mike
The peril of coaching an icon.
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Secret Valentines Notes from C-Town Celebs
Our I-Team uncovered the private love letters of Cleveland's biggest names. You'll be shocked by what we discovered.
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$100 Bounty on That Kid (19)
Copley-Fairlawn finds a way to keep the impostors out.
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At Indie-Rock Singles Night in Cleveland, an event for hipsters lacks one key ingredient: Hipsters (15)
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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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The Bravery's New World
New-wave revivalists discover the power of three-chord guitar rock.
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Beer, BBQ, industry schmoozing: Rounding up SXSW 2008’s local delegates
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Keep on Truckin'
Jason Isbell finds life after the Drive-By Truckers.
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Years after he gave up on rock music, Bob Mould plugs back in
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An Indians jukebox to melt the snow away before Opening Day
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In Cleveland's Ward 6, a race for a new councilman might decide Martin Sweeney’s future
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No pressure Cleveland State Vikings, but the fate of Cleveland is in your hands against Butler
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Kalliope Stage, in Cleveland Heights, dies, but hopes to soon rise from the grave
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Hello, Cleveland: The Week’s Concert Calendar
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Recent Articles By Michael Gallucci
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A bounty of Bootsy Collins tops this week’s pop-culture picks
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Beer, BBQ, industry schmoozing: Rounding up SXSW 2008’s local delegates
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Black Mountain
With Bon Iver. Thursday, March 6, at the Grog Shop, Cleveland Heights.
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Nellie McKay
Thursday, March 6, at Nighttown, Cleveland Heights.
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Tab the Band
Saturday, March 8, at the Hard Rock Café.
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
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Witchcraft, up to no good.
Subject(s): Black Sabbath, stoner rock, Witchcraft
Sweden's Witchcraft worships at the dark altar of old-school rockers like Black Sabbath. Muddy metal riffs and oblique lyrics about walls of sleep and tempered thoughts permeate its latest album, The Alchemist. Yet singer Magnus Pelander doesn't possess doom rock's usual demon-from-hell growl. In fact, his genial croon — which occasionally stumbles over English phrasings — gives the band a more relaxed vibe than the sludge-drenched music lets on (think '70s stoners Pentagram, with accents). But it all works in Witchcraft's favor. The Alchemist features a bong-worthy mix of heavy drums, heavier guitars, and some super-dense grooves.
