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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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Justice Maureen O’Connor says campaign money doesn’t affect her
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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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Boozing through St. Patrick’s Day with Bono, Van, and the Pogues
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Beer, BBQ, industry schmoozing: Rounding up SXSW 2008’s local delegates
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Summery pop bands brave Cleveland’s harsh weather and reputation
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It took them 10 years, but the Sadies finally craft a country-rock classic
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For March Madness lovers, the Boss Button is a gift from on high
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Mic Check: The Cribs at the Grog Shop on Sunday
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Recent Articles By D.X. Ferris
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Akron’s Matinee club starts Cleveland outpost
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The 1900s
With British Sea Power and Pale Hollow (formerly the Black Amps). 9 p.m. Wednesday, March 26. $12 ADV/$14 DOS, all ages. The Grog Shop, 2785 Euclid Hts. Blvd., 216-321-5588.
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Hot Rails
To Hell With the Hot Rails (MySpace.com/HotRailsMusic)
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Vietnam Werewolf
Ohio's City (www.VietnamWerewolf.com)
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Musicians band together to fight pay-to-play
National Features
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Village Voice
A Long Way Wrong?
Another celebrated memoir threatens to blow into a million little pieces.
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LA Weekly
Hoop Dawg
Billionaire Donald T. Sterling owns the L.A. Clippers and loves the ladies. And those are just two of his problems.
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The Pitch
Children of the Porn
Elvin Boone's sex-shop empire crumbles as his offspring feud.
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Westword
The Good Soldier
When the Army tried to take down Andrew Pogany, they messed with the wrong coward.
By Joel Warner
BoomBox
With Broke by Monday and Modquad. 9 p.m. Friday, March 21, $12 ADV/$15 DOS, all ages. The Jigsaw Saloon and Stage, 5324 State Rd., Parma, 216-351-3869.
By D.X. Ferris
Published: March 19, 2008
Subject(s): BoomBox, Grateful Dead, DJs
The producer/DJ-guitarist/singer combo BoomBox is like an all-out big-room DJ show that's actually fun. The duo's all-encompassing groove is in demand, and live shows sell out all over the country. It's a trance-like experience that's finding a crossover crowd of techo heads and jam-band fans, and for good reason: Zion Rock Godchaux, the live musician half of the group, is the son of the Grateful Dead's Keith Godchaux — but don't hold that against him.
