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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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It took them 10 years, but the Sadies finally craft a country-rock classic
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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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Carl Monday’s back, and he’s not better than ever, which makes us sad
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A gentle proposal to Cleveland sports fans: Quit bitching and enjoy it
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Recent Articles By Michael D. Ayers
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American Music Club
The Golden Age (Merge)
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The Lemonheads
With Racoon. Monday, December 17, at the Grog Shop, Cleveland Heights.
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Celebration
With Dragons of Zynth. Sunday, November 25, at the Beachland Tavern.
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Liars
Liars (Mute)
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
Subject(s): Goldfrapp, electro-pop, Air
Starbucks, your parents, and people who make car commercials will lap up the new direction Goldfrapp takes on its fourth album. The British electronic dance duo has traded its kinda-cheesy club jams for a more lush and sensual sound, recalling ambience-loving Frenchmen Air at times. Alison Goldfrapp's voice is well suited to the switch, rifling through a Victoria's Secret-stuffed closet of moods in the process: sultry in the electro-folky "A&E," playful in the psych-poppy "Happiness," and sexy in the orchestral "Cologne Cerrone Houdini." Goldfrapp reinvents itself throughout the CD, slowing down tempos and willingly revealing traces of humanity. While earlier albums came off a bit sterile, Seventh Tree's layered melodies subtly and captivatingly make a sweeping reintroduction.
