Up-and-Coming Roots Rockers Larkin Poe to Play the Beachland Ballroom Next Week
Singer-guitarist Rebecca Lovell and singer-lap steel guitarist Megan Lovell had some success with their bluegrass band the Lovell Sisters, but when their elder sister Jessica decided to “phase out of music” and leave the group, they had to rethink their strategy. They thought long and hard about whether they wanted to continue to tour and…
Def Leppard and Stevie Nicks Lead the List of Rock Hall Inductees for 2019
The Rock Hall continues to be in correction mode, and the 2019 class generally consists of acts who’ve been eligible for several years. Released today, the list of inductees includes the Cure (finally!), Def Leppard, Janet Jackson, Stevie Nicks, Radiohead, Roxy Music and the Zombies. The 34th annual Induction Ceremony will take place on Friday,…
Oh, the Things Clevelanders Googled the Most in 2018
Just in case you forgot, all of your Google searches are being tracked (yes, they see you typing in things like “Is the weird thing on my back cancerous?”). And the internet search engine has just released this year’s data of the most common words typed into their search bar. Compared to last year’s searchers, here…
Get Out: Everything You Should Be Doing in Cleveland This Week (Dec. 12-18)
WED 12/12 The 10th Annual Ryan Humbert Holiday Extravaganza For the past decade, local singer-songwriter Ryan Humbert has hosted his annual Holiday Extravaganza. This year’s incarnation features a 12-piece band with Humbert and longtime backup singer Emily Bates performing Big Band, jazz and pop standards along with rearranged versions of Humbert’s original tunes. The show…
Cleveland’s Eric Rippert is Not a Painter, but He is
On this particular day there is a moody, contemplative air about Eric Rippert’s studio, ensconced in the westside’s 78th Street Studios complex. As we sit and chat, he looks like the weight of the world is on his shoulders, which isn’t far from the truth. Like many persons of a certain age, he, along with…
The Puppet Show for Adults is Back with ‘Avenue Q’ at Blank Canvas Theatre
We are all Gary Coleman. That child actor, who attained high pop-culture status when he played Arnold on Diff’rent Strokes more than 30 years ago, never quite made a successful transition to adulthood. And his inability to leave childhood behind was further intensified by his height, which stopped at 4-foot-8 due to a medical condition.…
Yorgos Lanthimos’ ‘The Favourite’ is Among 2018’s Weirdest, Best
Yorgos Lanthimos, in only three short years, has become one of the most potent creative forces in Hollywood. On the heels of The Lobster (2015) and last year’s The Killing of a Sacred Deer, he has directed The Favourite, a film that is somehow both more and less weird than his previous two, but equally…
The Uneven ‘Vox Lux’ Explores the Trappings of Pop Stardom
At one point in Vox Lux, which opens on Friday at the Cedar Lee Theatre, Celeste (Natalie Portman) gives her daughter a bit of advice. “It doesn’t matter if you’re Michelangelo or Michael and Angelo from New Brighton,” she says. “All you need is an angle.” That statement seems to sum up the point of…
Band of the Week: p.stoops
MEET THE BAND: Patrick Stoops (turntables, synthesizers, bass, drum machine, percussion) MEET THE BAND: Patrick Stoops (turntables, synthesizers, bass, drum machine, percussion) A CLASSICAL CASE: A former Scene contributor, Stoops started experimenting with electronic music in the late ’90s. “I was really into the turntablists of that time, acts like Mixmaster Mike, RJD2 and the…
Savage Love: Slight Christmas
Straight and married but not boring, and heading to my parents’ house for our first family Christmas since my asshole MAGA brother “stumbled over” the Tumblr blog where the wife and I posted about our sexual adventures. (Pics of MMF threesomes and cross-dressing/pegging sessions, plus some dirty “true enough” stories.) My brother has always been…
People (and a Logo) That Died, 2018
With the nationally broadcast send-off for President George H.W. Bush only just in the rearview mirror, and with the calendar’s impending turnover to 2019 just a few weeks ahead, it’s that time of year when the notable deaths of 2018 will be aggregated and slideshow-ed for consumption on your favorite mobile device. You will read…
Feeding the Cleveland Browns is an Exercise in Volume and Science
A typical weekly shopping list for the Cleveland Browns looks something like this: 700 pounds of chicken, 300 pounds of salmon, 420 pounds of broccoli, 400 pounds of strawberries, 35 pounds of creamy peanut butter, and 195 gallons of water. You might want to grab an extra cart. Each member of the 53-man roster burns between…
