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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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This Just In: Cleveland Concert Announcements
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An Indians jukebox to melt the snow away before Opening Day
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'Return of the Cuyahoga': The Film Fest doc that gets at the fiery heart of our oh-so-foul river
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The next big thing: Will Moroccan argan oil find its way to Cleveland?
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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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Recent Articles By Justin F. Farrar
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It took them 10 years, but the Sadies finally craft a country-rock classic
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Blossom Toes
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Weener
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Widespread Panic
Saturday, March 31, at Playhouse Square Center.
By Justin F. Farrar
Published: March 28, 2007>In several issues of the now-defunct Arthur, ads announcing "The Black Crowes Love You" appeared -- ads that, incidentally, were knockoffs of the first Jefferson Airplane ads from '67. The Crowes weren't pushing anything in particular; they just wanted a piece of the freak-folk pie -- which made total sense. What's the big diff between indie kids turned hippie, hair-metal dudes turned hippie, and hardcore brutes turned hippie? Nothing save baggage, really.
The same can be said of Widespread Panic, a group from Athens, Georgia, that has wasted away in jam-band hell for nearly three decades now. Of course, that's partially the band's fault; along with Phish, Blues Traveler, and the Spin Doctors, they hitched a ride on the H.O.R.D.E. express, a scene that was anything but hippie. The Panic, however, has always been better than that. Starting with Space Wrangler, the group's debut from 1988, Widespread Panic has dedicated itself to fluid and at times heady southern-fried improv -- kinda like a lo-cal Allman Brothers Band or a jazzed-up Suntanama (depending on your baggage).
That's not only a compliment, but something that I wish more of these indie-hippie bands strove for . . . if only they had the chops.
