AltWeeklies Wire
Joe Cimperman Hopes to Tear Down Dennis Kucinichnew
Eight years ago, downtown Councilman Joe Cimperman was determined to get Kucinich's portrait hung in City Hall. Since then, Cimperman's come to believe that the man he so admired is gone.
Cleveland Scene |
Gus Garcia-Roberts |
02-29-2008 |
Politics
Everybody Hates Mike Brownnew
Despite the best winning percentage of any coach in Cleveland Cavaliers' history, Brown lives a life where Googling himself would unveil endless rants about how he should be fired.
Cleveland Scene |
Joe P. Tone |
02-25-2008 |
Sports
Tags: sports & fitness
A Must-Listen for Wrestling Fansnew
Double Murder Suicide is an unspeakably tasteless concept album about the death of the WWE's Chris Benoit, who killed his wife, son, and himself in June 2007.
Cleveland Scene |
D.X. Ferris |
01-25-2008 |
Reviews
Stop Snitchin'new
The gang responsible for Shawrica Lester's murder made one thing clear: You talk, you die.
Cleveland Scene |
Denise Grollmus |
01-25-2008 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
White Heatnew
Clevelander makes an electro-pop racket; hipsters across the country rejoice.
Cleveland Scene |
Michael Gallucci |
01-18-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: White Williams, Smoke
Below Jupiter is Pogo-Readynew
The Cleveland duo's full-length debut unloads with three minutes of punky, bouncy, unplugged pop that sounds like the Violent Femmes, but with more keyboard and less bass.
Cleveland Scene |
D.X. Ferris |
01-18-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Below Jupiter, Step into Home
The NFL's Forgotten Forefathersnew
Football players like Leroy Kelly are left crippled and broke -- and abandoned by their own union.
Cleveland Scene |
Gus Garcia-Roberts |
01-18-2008 |
Sports
Close to Homenew
A transgendered Clevelander enlists indie-rock icons for autobiographical CD.
Cleveland Scene |
Michael Gallucci |
01-11-2008 |
Music
Tags: Baby Dee, Safe Inside the Day
Animal Abuse, Inc.new
Prosecutors knew Patty Brooks made a living abusing animals. They just couldn't stop her.
Cleveland Scene |
Rebecca Meiser |
01-11-2008 |
Animal Issues
Tags: animal issues
Screwed by the Bulbnew
The downside of green light bulbs: Hundreds of layoffs in Cleveland.
Cleveland Scene |
Lisa Rab |
01-11-2008 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Horrorcore is Like Canned Chicken Soupnew
Horror of '59's second album sounds like circa-'78 Ozzy Osbourne fronting the new Misfits.
Cleveland Scene |
D.X. Ferris |
01-04-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Horror of '59
The Cleveland Clinic Takes the Fifthnew
When it comes to litigation, the hospital gets as noncommunicative as a Mafia don.
Cleveland Scene |
Jared Klaus |
01-04-2008 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
A Cleveland Electrician Picks His Favorite Music of 2007new
Artie the Electrician (Local Union 38) is a bandanna-sporting 43-year-old father of four who's played in a bunch of bands over the years, including the Cheese Farmers, Ass Crack Holiday, and Buddy Holly's Nipple. Here are his picks.
Cleveland Scene |
Michael Gallucci |
12-28-2007 |
Music
The Ghost of Lester Russawnew
A pioneer of Cleveland soul turns to a late career in bank-robbing.
Cleveland Scene |
Jared Klaus |
12-21-2007 |
Music
Will a New Slogan Destroy Oberlin's Hippie Soul?new
The school was a pioneer in admitting blacks and women, and now aims to fight global warming by becoming carbon-neutral, but the 2,800-student college is struggling with an identity crisis these days, created by the ultimate Oberlin enemy: a marketing consultant.
Cleveland Scene |
Lisa Rab |
12-21-2007 |
Education
Tags: Education
