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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 (18)
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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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Criminal records be damned, Ward 6 council candidates take shots at Cleveland Clinic
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O'Brien Factor: Kevin wonders, If Global Warming's real, why did I spend the weekend shoveling?
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Cavs guard Eric Snow out 4-6 weeks with arthritis. No, seriously.
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Swing State: The Film Fest doc that's got Lt. Governor Lee Fisher shirtless, and so much more
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Dear Public Radio: We love your stuff and really want it to keep going. But what's with the Pledge Drive?
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Recent Articles By Michael Gallucci
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The Whigs
Mission Control (ATO)
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Jeffrey Lewis
12 Crass Songs (Rough Trade)
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ASG
With Fu Manchu. Friday, March 14, at Peabody's.
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Jeff Black
Thursday, March 13, at Wilbert's.
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Boozing through St. Patrick’s Day with Bono, Van, and the Pogues
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?
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Black Mountain
With Bon Iver. Thursday, March 6, at the Grog Shop, Cleveland Heights.
By Michael Gallucci
Published: March 5, 2008-
You wouldn't guess by looking at them, but Black Mountain's members will probably be stoned when they play the Grog Shop.
Subject(s): Black Sabbath, stoner-rock, Black Mountain
Black Mountain is an anomaly among Canadian bands. For one thing, it has only five members. And they don't play highfalutin chamber-pop that requires the assistance of at least two dozen instrumentalists onstage. You can practically smell the weed of inspiration burning throughout In the Future, the British Columbian band's terrific second album — which juggles riff-crunching stoner-rock (the appropriately titled "Stormy High"), goat-petting folk ("Stay Free"), and proggy epics (the 16-plus-minute "Bright Lights"). Black Mountain rocks as hard as Sabbath one minute, turns as translucent as Nick Drake the next. That versatility is another thing that sets them apart from their glockenspiel-playing countrymen.
