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How Progressive insurance lost what made it progressive
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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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How Progressive insurance lost what made it progressive (27)
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At Indie-Rock Singles Night in Cleveland, an event for hipsters lacks one key ingredient: Hipsters (22)
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$100 Bounty on That Kid (19)
Copley-Fairlawn finds a way to keep the impostors out.
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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 (4)
Cleveland teachers swap stories of school violence.
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Years after he gave up on rock music, Bob Mould plugs back in
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Beer, BBQ, industry schmoozing: Rounding up SXSW 2008’s local delegates
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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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Boozing through St. Patrick’s Day with Bono, Van, and the Pogues
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Summery pop bands brave Cleveland’s harsh weather and reputation
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SXSW: Merge Records, as indie-licious as ever
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SXSW: Attacking, releasing with the Black Keys
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Saving Damon Jones' mohawk: A fight worth fighting
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Picks of the Weekend: Keep running, man. There's beer in your future
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Buy the girl a beer: Kate Voegele is growing up right before South by Southwest's eyes
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Recent Articles By Tamara Palmer
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Bedouin Soundclash
With Beat Union. Friday, February 22, at the Grog Shop, Cleveland Heights.
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The Toasters
With Johnny Red & the Skammunists and the Fear Nuttin Band. Thursday, February 14, at the Grog Shop, Cleveland Heights.
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OneRepublic
Tuesday, December 18, at House of Blues.
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Maroon 5
With the Hives. Friday, October 5, at Quicken Loans Arena.
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Queen Latifah
Friday, October 5, at the Palace Theatre.
National Features
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Phoenix New Times
Canine Crusaders
That drug-sniffing dog up ahead? He may not be your best friend.
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Broward-Palm Beach New Times
The Muscle Men
Thanks to a string of Florida "anti-aging clinics," baseball's steroid scandal isn't limited to superstars.
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Miami New Times
Picked On
Farm workers earn nada in America's green-bean capital.
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Village Voice
"Why I'm No Longer a Brain-Dead Liberal"
An election-season essay from one of America's greatest playwrights.
By David Mamet
Sean Price
With Jedi Mind Tricks and Grayskul. Wednesday, April 4, at the Grog Shop.
By Tamara Palmer
Published: March 28, 2007Sean Price's latest, Jesus Price Superstar, barely cracked the Billboard 200, but Price's influence on hip-hop far exceeds his actual name recognition. In his native New York, he's an underground legend, coming to prominence as a member of Brooklyn's Originoo Gunn Clappaz. OGC is a key component of an eight-member, supergroup-type collective called Boot Camp Clik, which has been to Brooklyn what Wu-Tang Clan has been to Staten Island.
When Brooklyn MCs like Jay-Z and Biggie were starting out, Boot Camp Clik were already setting an example of how to set the borough's harsh realities to beautiful music that doesn't alienate everyone else just for listening.
Price now has a fan base consisting of both older listeners who are familiar with Boot Camp Clik and younger fans who dig his impeccable mic skills, as well as his lack of self-aggrandizement (something rare in this day and age).
