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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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At Indie-Rock Singles Night in Cleveland, an event for hipsters lacks one key ingredient: Hipsters
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How Progressive insurance lost what made it progressive (33)
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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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An ancient Apollo statue landed in Cleveland and touched off an international outcry (4)
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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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Avril Lavigne has had a bitch of a year, but she hopes a new tour will bring back the fun
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Get country with Lawless at Brooklyn's Hall of Fame tonight
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Countdown to Opening Day: An alarmingly long interview with Tom Hamilton, voice of the Indians and guy we’re sorta obsessed with
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WTF?: 20 years later, Sam Miller finally gets his wish
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Rover explains Morning Glory's move to WMMS
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R&B songstress Conya Doss to promote record on WVIZ’s Applause, at Borders and the Beachland
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Recent Articles By Michael D. Ayers
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Be Your Own Pet
Get Awkward (Universal)
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The Teenagers
Reality Check (XL)
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Goldfrapp
Seventh Tree (Mute)
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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.
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
Subject(s): Howlin Rain, jam band, Black Crowes
It's easy to hear why Rick Rubin signed Ethan Miller's side project. And it's not because the music impresario is a fan of Comets on Fire, the band Miller usually fronts. He probably just misses the Black Crowes, who used to record for Rubin's American label. But the seven long-winded jams on Howlin Rain's second album have more than Allman Brothers-style noodling in store: "Lord Have Mercy" is a slow, drippy organ-fueled tune that sounds like 1960s Bay Area psychedelia, while "El Rey" follows the Grateful Dead's old stylebook. Howlin Rain even gets its Meters on in the super-funky "Goodbye Ruby." Shake your moneymaker indeed.
