Vol. 39, No. 3
The NHL Goal of the Year, Cleveland Gladiator Cheerleaders, and Brian Windhorst: a Friday Sports Round-Up
By Joe Tone
Should the Browns change their uniforms?
By Pete Kotz
Reader: Retired NFL Players Were Men. Today's Guys, Not So Much
LeBron's New Shoe Tips Hat to Yankees. But So What?
Diversion of the Day: LeBron James Crams on DJ
Against Cleveland State, One Diebler Brother is Just Like the Other
Money's getting tight at The Plain Dealer
Video of Joe Cimperman’s stunt at Kucinich’s office
Ask Susan Goldberg: Are the changes at The Plain Dealer working?
Brigade Tees on Sale for $30! (No, really, that’s a relative bargain.)
Homeless guys leave strip joint homeless
New York Times Descends on Ohio, Discovers Job Loss and Poverty
Dennis Kucinich: He’s a pesky little varmint, isn’t he?
Homeland Security thwarts Polensek's plot for North Collinwood
O'Brien Factor: Jackson's lawsuit against banks is a barker
Triozzi: Why Cleveland didn’t sue KeyBank and National City
You guys ever heard of spell check?
Case Western prof attacks the hyping of Alzheimer’s
Closed After Shooting, Spy Bar Fights For Its Liquor License
Diversion of the Day: Opening Day With the 1963 Browns
Forgotten Forefathers
NFL players like Leroy Kelly are left crippled and broke — and abandoned by their own union.
By Gus Garcia-Roberts
The Notre Dame College predator pleads guilty
Hollywood celebs: Please don’t encourage Kucinich
Suit Against American Apparel's Chief Perv Goes to Trial
In Race to Top Kucinich, Jason Werner Shoots Off Mouth, Hits Foot
Won't someone protect county defenders from the psychos?
Readers Debate R.A. Vernon, the Word Church, and the Sanctity of a Kick-Ass B-day Party!
Meat from cloned pigs, coming to a store near you
Public Square: A word from a pissed-off smoker
For those about to rock... you best sell some tickets first
Got (genetically engineered) milk? The Beacon Journal believes you should
Please, Not Mark Dottore!
The savior of Myers University makes one bad step.
A Report From the Front Lines
Tales from the suddenly scary Shaker Heights.
By Derf
Horse Opera
Letters published January 16, 2008
Money Where Your Mouth Is: Pussyfoot Girls’ Jump In the Sac Party
Radiohead's London Show Ready for Download. And Don't Worry, They're Coming to Cleveland
Picks of the Week: Saltimbanco, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, and the Guerilla Carnival Tour
Concert Cheat Sheet: White Williams
Free Music Monday: Mick Boogie, Benzi, and Fatman Scoop's Pre-Fab Party mix
Dead Boys DVD, Halloween '86: A Sneak Preview
C-Notes' Picks of the Weekend: the Bitchfits, Hot Sauce Gravy, and Some Mega Mimosas
Money Where Your Mouth Is: Masters of Luxury
Mic Check: Wyclef Jean at HOB Tuesday
This Just In: Cleveland Concerts, Served Fresh Weekly
Money Where Your Mouth Is: Bitchfits
Kiss Fan Expo Hits Cleveland
Finger Eleven's Way Free Concert: Don't Say We Didn't Warn You
Amy Winehouse Caught Smoking Crack. What Took So Long?
Decibel Magazine Spotlights Akron's Shifty Records
This Just In: Cleveland Concert Annoucements
White Heat
Clevelander makes an electro-pop racket; hipsters across the country rejoice.
By Michael Gallucci
Nathaniel Mayer
Friday, January 18, at the Beachland Ballroom.
By Duane Verh
The Magnetic Fields
Distortion (Nonesuch)
By Michael D. Ayers
Barton Carroll
The Lost One (Empty Bucket)
By Hannah Levin
'Clef Hangers
Who needs the Fugees when music's top collaborator has plenty of other pals?
By Dan LeRoy
G. Love & Special Sauce
With the Wood Brothers. Saturday, January 19, at the Agora Theatre.
By Chris Parker
Camp Lo
Saturday, January 19, at the Grog Shop, Cleveland Heights.
Rufus Wainwright
Rufus Does Judy at Carnegie Hall (Geffen)
Reunited, and It Pays So Good
A bunch of old farts got back together last year. And they made gazillions.
Boxing Match
Record companies get greedy with repackaging overkill.
By Keith Laidlaw
Vertigo USA
Saturday, January 19, at House of Blues.
Amy Winehouse
Frank (Universal Republic)
Mahjongg
Tuesday, January 22, at the Beachland Tavern.
Various Artists
Pop Ambient 2008 (Kompakt)
By Chris Toenes
Mundell Lowe
Wednesday, January 23, and Thursday, January 24, at Nighttown, Cleveland Heights.
By Ernest Barteldes
The Bitchfits
With Hostile Omish, the Nick Wolff Band, Detroit 442, and Punk Rods, 9 p.m. Friday, January 18, at the Jigsaw Saloon and Stage, 5324 State Rd., Parma, 216-351-3869.
By D.X. Ferris
Mr. Big
Death Cab engineer mixes rawk duo's debut.
Below Jupiter
Step Into Home (MySpace.com/BelowJupiter)
Amplexus
Deus Ex Machina (MySpace.com/AmplexusRock)
By Eddie Fleisher
Sonic Temple
With Truage (Tool tribute). 9:30 p.m. Saturday, January 19, at the Jigsaw Saloon and Stage, 5324 State Rd., Parma, 216-351-3869.
Lukewarm Gun
Unreal Tournament III blasts new holes in old terrain.
By Gary Hodges
Welcome to the Jungle
A tree-swingin' monkey lover tops this week's pop-culture picks.
Chick Flick, Two Ways
In Keaton vs. Heigl, girl power (Mad Money) trumps bridesmaid fashion (27 Dresses).
By Robert Wilonsky
Down Town
In Woody Allen's London, life (still) sucks.
By Scott Foundas
Wookiee Mistake
By Robert Wilonsky and Jordan Harper
Our top DVD picks scheduled for release this week:
The Flying Fig for Free? On Tuesdays, the Answer Could Be Yes
Akron Farmers' Market, Winter-Style, This Saturday
Rude Rules: Are polite diners ruining our restaurants?
Farther East
By Elaine T. Cicora
Milling Near Masterful
A Gates Mills beauty dishes up charm. But what about the chow?
American Gladiator Siren Meets Fans in Cleveland Tonight
The Cloverfield Monster: We've Got a Picture
Diversion of the Day: The Indiest Indie-Movie Song of All Time
Michael Farley American Idol Blog Returns
Oprah's fitness guru comes to Brunswick
Diversion of the Day: Clinton, Obama ... Aw, Screw it. Crank Dat Slater!
Genocide of One
The Rwandan tragedy, as seen through one woman's horror.
By Christine Howey
Capsule reviews of current area theater presentations.
Their Cheatin' Hurts
Two families are wrecked on the rocks of adultery in Orange Flower Water.
Capsule reviews of current area art exhibitions.
Don't Just Stand There . . .
Busting moves at the WVIZ studios.
By Vince Grzegorek
MLK Shake
Choirs rattle Severance Hall for the slain civil-rights icon's birthday.
I Shy
Timid techno-poptress finds her voice in a 'puter.
By Cris Glaser
Toddlin' Trannies
Home Is Where the Art Is
Herstory
Black Storytellers honor African song-and-chant tradition.
Labor of Love
Exhibit shows the baby bumps and lady lumps of pregnancy.
Space Embrace
NASA leads a galactic boot camp about Mercury and Venus.
Rocky Mountain Why?
Teen actors re-enact a senseless killing in Wyoming.
Spell Check
Bucyrus comic teaches the ABCs of hypnosis.
Remember the Sun?
Hot lights brighten moods in the dead of winter.
Viva the Vidalia!
Lyle by Jury
See what talent-show judges saw in "Nashvegas" country singer.
Critter Bugs
Popular preschool tales slither into Playhouse Square.
Medicine Ball
Cleveland Heights artist has fun — at your expense — with hospital paraphernalia.
By Marge Perko
Chicken Wit
By P.F. Wilson
Doctor's Orders
Feel half your age with more exercise, better diet.
The Tillers, Cory Grinder & Anthony Papaleo (Duo)
@ Beachland Tavern
Tue., April 23, 8 p.m.
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