Out Today: The Gaslight Anthem
Gaslight AnthemAmerican Slang(SideOneDummy) Like Against Me!’s Tom Gabel, Gaslight Anthem frontman Brian Fallon is a tattooed punk with an affinity for big classic-rocks hooks and the Boss. Both Gabel and Fallon favor ringing arena-sized anthems about suburban working-class folks looking back on lost dreams and forward to better times. And on their third album, New…
Out Today: Arif Mardin
Arif MardinAll My Friends Are Here(NuNoise) When Arif Mardin passed away four years ago, the Grammy-winning producer left a large legacy, having worked with the Bee Gees, Aretha Franklin, and Norah Jones over the course of his 40-year career. He also left an unfinished project that was recently completed by his son Joe. Predictably, All…
What to Do Tonight: Off With Their Heads
Dudes. Hangin’ Off With Their Heads bring balance to pop-punk. Pick any of the Minneapolis group’s songs, and you’ll hear an even mix of smile-inducing pop and rugged, snotty nihilism. The band combines gruff and bass-heavy drunken abandon with sugar-sweet melodies. It’s a simple enough mix, but their songs are an intriguing blend of contradictions.…
What to Do Tonight: Damien Jurado
Surrounded by legends Like all great folk musicians, Damien Jurado creates worlds for his songs to inhabit. The Seattle-based singer-songwriter had been quietly fashioning beautiful and somber dreamscapes long before delivering his 1997 debut album, Waters Ave S. Perhaps it’s the delicate and shy nature of Jurado’s universe — hard-to-reach visions where sparse guitars sparkle…
What to Do Tonight: No Bunny
“Hippity hoppity! Hippity hoppity!” While it’s safe to say that Nobunny is Justin Champlin, the inverse is probably not true. Champlin’s persona is a lot closer to Donnie Darko than Easter, a hare-like evocation of Lux Interior in torn pantyhose and ripped panties, topped off with a ratty half-mask that looks like a demented Muppet…
What to Do Tonight: Phish
Just add water Their first hiatus in the early ’00s was short. Their second, in the mid ’00s, was longer. And we’re guessing Phish lost quite a few of their followers during the breaks. But we’re also guessing that their biggest tour since reforming last year is a cause for celebration among the group’s most…
What t Do Tonight: Constellations
Having a ball “Atlanta is strange,” says Constellations frontman Elijah Jones. “We’re all basically pushed together” — the hip-hop kids, the punks, the indie rockers. And naturally a hybrid emerges. The Constellations’ debut album, Southern Gothic, is stylistically inclusive but creatively focused. The sweetly melancholic “December” is baroque- and Bowie-tinged folk-rock; the strutting “We’re Here…
What to Do Tonight: Hot Club of Detroit
No, you can’t join While often and easily associated with legendary guitarist Django Reinhardt and his singular brand of swing, Hot Club of Detroit have made it a point to stretch beyond mere tribute-band status. They’ll be working even harder this year, since their gigs will inevitably be linked to Reinhardt Centennial celebrations. On their…
What to Do Tonight: The Golden Filter
“Your camera … it’s … blinding … us” Artists always like think that their music is “golden,” but this New York duo lives up to its claims. Formed two years ago, the Golden Filter have steadily released singles and remixes that have buzzed throughout the electronic-music underground. The band’s new album, Voluspa, features shimmering string…
What to Do Tonight: She & Him
“Psst … he’s the him” What do you get when you mix a Hollywood star with one of our generation’s most valuable songwriters? A band of pronouns. Zooey Deschanel (from [500] Days of Summer) and M. Ward (lately of Monsters of Folk) inject She & Him with equal doses of sharp songwriting (she) and a…
What to Do Tonight: BrokeNCYDE
Funny, they don’t look like douchebags No album title has summed up the divide between critics and fans as perfectly as BrokeNCYDE’s 2009 release I’m Not a Fan, but the Kids Like It! Universally scorned by reviewers, this Albuquerque-based “crunkcore” (one-finger synth lines + booty-clap beats + Auto-Tune + death-metal screams) quartet (quintet if you…
What to Do Tonight: Kris Kristofferson
More badass than you’ll ever be It’s hard to remember a time when Kris Kristofferson wasn’t an icon — a terrific singer-songwriter who parlayed his fame into a prolific if somewhat scattershot acting career. But as his movie and TV work devoured more of his attention, the songs he conceived in the most turbulent part…
MMPI Gets 100% Sales Tax Break
It’s a sad sign of the times when we old school media types fail to connect the dots. Too overworked or busy hunting open PR gigs on Monster.com, probably. Anyway, thanks to Cleveland’s precious few New Media outlets, such slip-ups are fair game for the sharp eyes of readers willing to spot inconsistencies in the…
This Just In: Concert Announcements
Justin Bieber: She’s coming to the Wolstein Center J-BEEB! SQUEEEE! Plus, all of 1994’s hottest headliners are back again. —D.X. Ferris SOLD OUT Interpol: Fri., Jul 2. House of Blues. CANCELED Elizabeth Shepherd Trio: Sat., June 12. Nighttown. THIS JUST IN Anal Cunt/Apt. 213/Wreak Havoc/Gomorrahizer: Mon., Jun 21. Now That’s Class. Authority Zero/Lionize: Wed., July…
Listen to Gaslight Anthem’s Excellent New Album
One of the year’s best albums, the Gaslight Anthem’s American Slang, is streaming for free on NPR. The album comes out next Tuesday. You can read my review then, but I’m gonna tell you, this is one of the top records of the year. So listen now, and go out and buy it next week.…
Akron Man Launches “9-oil-11” Side Business In Response to BP Oil Spill
Trucker hats: The preferred medium of hipster protesters. What good is an international disaster if you can’t make a buck off it? Akron businessman David Keller has launched an online store in response to BP’s dark comedy unfolding off the coast of Louisiana. The site — www.9oil11.com — is dedicated to hawking shirts and hats…
Blood Ban Action Protests FDA’s Ban on Donations From Gay and Bisexual Men
Cleveland’s Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Community Center and the AIDS Taskforce teamed up last week for “Blood Ban Action,” a demonstration against the Food and Drug Administration’s 27-year-old ban on blood donations from gay and bisexual men. In the intervening years, Magic Johnson has inexplicably continued to hold down an NBA analyst gig and scientists…
Plain Dealer Workforce Accepts Contracts Concessions For One More Year
The happiest place on Earth, besides Disney Land. Two labor unions representing the majority of The Plain Dealer’s workforce have voted to extend contract concessions for another year. In exchange for their sacrifice, management has kindly agreed not to lop any more heads in that time. The original pact, which dates to June of last…
Stuart Garson, the New Jimmy Dimora, Just As Elusive As the Old Jimmy Dimora
A holographic representation of what Stuart Garson looks like. The road back from corruption to general incompetence is not without its potholes. The Cuyahoga County Democratic Party is learning this as its central committee prepares to elect a new party chair on June 16.Attorney and Democratic fund-raiser Stuart Garson, the leading candidate to replace embattled…
Out Today: Hanson
HansonShout It Out(3CG) In the dozen-plus years since their breakthrough song, the three Hanson brothers have been trying to both live up to and live down “MMMBop.” Their eighth album reaches a compromise. After spending the past decade proving their chops with R&B-style workouts, Isaac, Taylor, and Zac return to the pop that made them…
Bissinger: It’s Irresistible To Make Fun of Cleveland
Yeah, please let this guy talk more. Please. From Richard Deitsch’s latest media column: “It’s irresistible to make fun of Cleveland,” Bissinger said. “They do lead the league in defensiveness. I’m sorry; it is irresistible to make fun of them. I don’t mean to be a provocateur on LeBron, but I have had some experience…
How’s Cleveland’s Human Capital?
If you don’t know what the term ‘Human Capital’ means or how it relates to big cities, don’t worry, nor did I until recently. Basically, it’s the concentration of educated people in one area. This is important because a large concentration of highly-educated people all living in one area tends to improve that area and…
Progressive’s Flo is Pretty Popular, Successor to the Geico Gecko
I’m really not annoying. Really. Let me talk you through the logic. there is no brand spokesperson more grating than Flo, the cherry-lipped sing-songy character who Progressive has been using for a couple of years, but she’s hit a nerve. Apparently, the people have spoken, and the people love Flo. Including people leaving comments on…
Tribe Assistant Clubhouse Manager, Budding Lego Artist
Assistant clubhouse manager Wayne Peltz should get some extra cash from the Indians for all the decorating he’s doing. According to the New York Times, the visiting clubhouse walls at Jacob’s Field were decorated for years with baseball posters. Now, they’re decorated by Peltz’s personal Lego art creations. Yes, Peltz is making a little extra…
Mark Shapiro’s Self-Proclaimed Biggest Mistake: That Robbie Alomar for Matt Lawton Deal
In a short interview with the Plain Dealer, Shapiro was asked what the biggest mistake he’s made as a boss was: The worst one is the one I learned the most from. When I first took over, I traded Roberto Alomar to the Mets. It wasn’t so much that we traded Roberto Alomar. We made…
More Lame Tribe Giveaways and a Note About Motherfu@*$!# Snakes at the Motherfu@*$!# Ballpark
Some thoughts from a recent trip to the ballpark… Thumbs Down: The old Batter’s Eye Bar in center field has been renamed after new sponsor Ridgid Jobsite. While details of Ridgid’s sponsorship are not available, it’s widely believed Ridgid paid $17.25 and a Winking Lizard coupon for the naming rights. The Tribe runs a cornhole…
Kids Offer LeBron Sleepover To Sign in New York
And then they do a modified version of “Pants on the Ground.” Follow me on Twitter: @vincethepolack.
Morning Brew: Cops Visually Estimating Your Speed, Deadly Tornado, the Fulton Road Bridge, and Weeds
This is not the LeBron car that will be auctioned. Fools. Good morning, Cleveland. Here’s some stuff to read while you scrounge up $100 to try and win LeBron’s 2009 MVP SUV. — The Fulton Road bridge is still not done and won’t be until July. That’s only a year late, which in terms of…
Win LeBron’s 2009 MVP SUV
Did you know that Kia’s sponsorship with the NBA specifies that the MVP can’t give away the prize SUV for one year after the award? Really. That’s not the point here, but amazing nonetheless. The point is that LeBron’s MVP SUV from last year is being raffled off, so if you always wanted a Kia…
Concert Review: Pains of Being Pure at Heart/Surfer Blood at Beachland Ballroom
“Why does she always get to wear the awesome hat?” For shoegazers, the Pains of Being Pure at Heart sure looked up an awful lot during their set at the Beachland Ballroom last night. At the Tavern last year, the indie-poppers brought the fuzz chords and youthful exuberance but failed to legitimize their startlingly great…
She & Him Ticket Giveaway
You still have one day to enter our She & Him ticket giveaway. What are you waiting for?
Lack of chemistry cripples Killers
At the onset of Killers, Jen (Katherine Heigl) is on a trip to France with her parents (Tom Selleck and Catherine O’Hara) when she meets Spencer Aimes (Ashton Kutcher) on the hotel elevator. Shirtless and ripped, the guy isn’t ashamed to show off his fabulous abs, and Jen falls for him. Quickly. It’s not long…
“Metal on Metal” Pays Tribute to Late Venomin James Drummer
Koston Host Bill Peters will pay tribute to drummer Jared Koston of local metal band Venomin James on his weekly WJCU 88.7 FM show, Metal on Metal, at 6:30 tonight. Peters will feature live performances and new studio material by the band, whose second album, Crowe Valley Blues, will be released on Peters’ Auburn label…
Bieber Fever Hits Cleveland
We imagine lots of little Cleveland girls will be getting Bieber fever over the next five months. The seven-year-old heartthrob (he is seven, right?) will be playing Cleveland State University’s Wolstein Center on November 11. His awesome hair will be there too. Tickets go on sale Saturday, June 12, through Ticketmaster. They cost $33-$53. If…
Now That’s Class Slinging Ten Cent Beer For 36th Anniversary of Ten Cent Beer Night
They did it last year for the 35th anniversary, and they’re doing it again. Now That’s Class in Lakewood will tap kegs of Strohs tonight at 6pm and serve drafts for ten cents in honor of that infamous day back in June 1974. Details are on their Facebook event page where you will also find…
Ohio Man Named Jim Joyce Fielding Angry Vulgar Phone Calls Meant for Umpire Jim Joyce
This is not the Jim Joyce you want, Tigers fans. While pretty much everyone involved in the Jim Joyce/Armando Gallaraga nonperfecto gaffe comported themselves with grace and compassion, there were obviously a few Tigers fans who were pretty pissed off, enough so to try to get in touch with Joyce to let him know how…
Even by kiddie movie standards, Marmaduke is a real dog
The one-joke newspaper comic Marmaduke, about a willful Great Dane and his beleaguered family, has been lampooned many times in its 56-year history, most recently in the “Comics Curmudgeon” blog, which imagines Marmaduke as a bloodthirsty hellhound — a much funnier concept than the one employed by Tim Rasmussen and his co-screenwriters, who portray Marmaduke…
WKNR Has Discovered YouTube, Kenny Roda Uses It to Whine
The technophobes over at WKNR have launched a YouTube page, obviously having not heeded the age-old saying about faces for radio, or something like that. Having discovered Twitter only recently, it was mildly surprising to see them leap onto the YouTube bandwagon so soon, but here we are. While the @ESPNCleveland Twitter account is mainly…
Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’, Rock Hall?
This guy won’t be attending the Rock Hall’s Michael Jackson Weekend The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum has a Michael Jackson Weekend starting on June 25 (the first anniversary of his death) and running through June 27. There’s lots going on, including movie screenings, dance instructions, lectures, and a performance by R&B…
At Least The Tribe Has Figured Out How to Make Shin-Soo Choo Bobbleheads Actually Look Like Shin-Soo Choo
There are not many ways in which you can say the Indians have improved since last year, but there’s at least one. And there may be only one, but you have to give them credit where credit is due. Last year the Tribe gave out Shin-Soo Choo bobbleheads on June 13. Unfortunately, there seemed to…
‘Hot in Cleveland’ Sneak Peak
Only appropriate on the day that Rue McClanahan passes away that we get a tease for Betty White’s new sitcom on TV land. Rest in peace, Blanche. We’ll pass on giving our thoughts on White’s new show for the moment and instead just remember the greatness of the Golden Girls and those four women. We’re…
Noncommital Free Agency Dance Great For LeBron’s Q Score
It might piss me, you, and every basketball fan on this planet off, but LeBron’s song and dance is good for his awareness rating, and thus endorsement dollars according to one expert. From AdAge, who talked with Darin David, an account director of the sports division of Omnicom Group. Indeed, Mr. David notes, the greatest…
Cleveland Shut Out of Rock Cities List
Way cooler than you, AskMen.com Seriously — can’t we catch a break? We have the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in our backyard, and there isn’t even a spot for Cleveland in a Top 10 Rock Cities list? AskMen.com — which features in-depth articles like “Turn Your Cellphone Into a Wingman Tonight” and “Scarlett…
Smashing Pumpkins Open Tour in Cleveland — Do You Care?
Billy Corgan and his new bass player The Smashing Pumpkins have a new tour this summer. They’re calling it an “intimate U.S. tour,” because they’re playing venues smaller than the arenas they used to pack back when they mattered. They’re opening the 14-date tour in Cleveland on July 6 at House of Blues. But does…
A Couple New Concert Announcements
Two new concert announcements. Agnostic Front gets the video clip ‘cuz Cracker’s record label doesn’t let us embed. Plus, they’re more badass. —D.X. Ferris Cracker: Sat., July 3. 9 p.m., $20. Musica. Tickets on sale Saturday, 10 a.m. via Ticketweb. Agnostic Front: Sun., Oct. 3. 8 p.m. Now That’s Class.
Celebrate the Most Kick-Ass Day of the Year
“Aaarrrrggghhhh!!!” Now here’s a holiday we can really get behind: the fourth annual International Day of Slayer (IDoS). In honor of IDoS on Sunday, fans around the world will be staging “Slay-Outs,” in which they will listen to Slayer songs at full volume wherever they happen to be. “DO NOT use headphones!” advises the website.…
Sean Carnage’s “Heavy Metal Funeral” Vid
Sean Carnage (nee Carney) is a former Clevelander, WRUW DJ, and editor/publisher of U.S. Rocker. Now living in L.A., he filmed a short documentary at Ronnie James Dio’s funeral over the weekend. It’s called Heavy Metal Funeral, in homage to Jeff Krulik’s Heavy Metal Parking Lot. Carnage posted it on his blog today, and it’s…
Video of the Day: Broken Bells
We’re totally into Christina Hendricks. We’re totally into Broken Bells. So the new video for Broken Bells’ “The Ghost Inside” is a no-brainer, since Hendricks stars in it. She plays an alien. Or a robot. Whatever it is, it’s totally hot. —Michael Gallucci (follow me on Twitter @mgallucci)
Are Immigrants the Solution to Cleveland Population Problems?
Back in the day, when there were steel mills aplenty and busy docks to be worked, this city was a destination of sorts for hardworking immigrants. Good work, safe streets, good pay, a decent house — these were reason enough to move to the shores of Lake Erie. It seems everyone has a Polish or…
Aliens Discovered in Ohio — In 1977?
Wow, indeed. I knew there was always a reason to be scared of the No. 6. If you thought proof of extraterrestrial life would come in the form of a photograph of an alien, perhaps verified footage of a UFO, or Lindsay Lohan tearing off her skin after a coke binge to reveal her true…
Venomin James Drummer Passes Away
RIP Jared Koston, drummer for local metal band Venomin James, passed away yesterday at the age of 40, following a long battle with cancer. Koston died at his Madison home in the care of his wife Michele. He was first diagnosed with melanoma several years ago; earlier this year it was found to have returned…
Ten Less Viable Reasons Cleveland’s Better Off Without LeBron
I make no claims on the humor contained within the words that follow. A few of these popped up in the brainstorming session for this piece — “Let Him Go: The Reason Cleveland Would Be Better If LeBron James Left” — and some of them made me chuckle. 1. We don’t have to pretend to…
Let Him Go — The Reason Cleveland Would Be Better Off If LeBron James Left
The Chosen One might not choose Cleveland, and the suffering that would ensue has been dissected everywhere. The wise man doesn’t argue that there won’t be severe fallout from a palace without a King. Subtract LeBron James, the reigning back-to-back MVP — the guy who just stacked up two of the most statistically outlandish seasons…
Letters
GET USED TO THE BODIES Damian Guevara’s story “What’s Next? Cleveland Police dig their way out of another PR nightmare” [May 12, 2010] was right on, addressing many of the Cleveland police department’s irresponsible oversights and abuses of power. As a professor of women’s studies, I can attest to the fact that many women (across…
Six Appeal
If you don’t think that big-name chefs influence a restaurant’s development, consider the case of menu6. While planning his Larchmere Boulevard project, owner Said Ouaddaadaa envisioned a hip neighborhood steakhouse. His intention was to plug the chophouse gap that exists between Beachwood and Public Square. But he also wanted a partner in the kitchen with…
Bites
The Flying Fig (2523 Market Ave., 216-241-4243, theflyingfig.com) is getting a new neighbor by mid-June: The Market at the Fig. Owner Karen Small says she had been exploring potential sites for a gourmet retail market when a light went off in her head. “I thought, I have this other room with a separate entrance that…
Fatalist Attraction
Ask your average music fan to name the most important and influential group to ever come out of Sweden and the answer will be Abba. Ask a metalhead the same question, and he’ll tell you about Entombed. Daniel Ekeroth — author of the obsessive, passionate, and personal genre history Swedish Death Metal — says, “The…
Hot Licks
Talking about Marilyn Minter’s pictures makes them sound straight-up sexy: super close-ups of turgid lips, licking tongues, sultry eyes … Her 2009 video Green Pink Caviar is made up of eight minutes of models’ mouths sucking and licking Jell-O and candy, shot up-close. But that video, as well as Minter’s photos and large enamel-on-aluminum paintings,…
Film Capsules
Opening Get Him to the Greek See feature in this issue. The Killers Jen (Katherine Heigl) is on a trip to France with her parents (Tom Selleck and Catherine O’Hara) when she meets Spencer Aimes (Ashton Kutcher) on the hotel elevator. Shirtless and ripped, the guy isn’t ashamed to show off his fabulous abs, and…
Stay In!
TOP PICK Spartacus: 50th Anniversary Edition (Universal) This Spartacus doesn’t have nearly as much blood or as many boobs as the post-300 TV update, but the 1960 epic (now on Blu-ray) has better performances — especially Peter Ustinov, who won an Oscar. Director Stanley Kubrick plays mostly by Hollywood’s rules here. Bonuses include the infamous…
REALLY Weird Science
In the mid-’90s, a true story about a biological experiment that involved the grafting of a human ear onto a mouse made headlines. It piqued the interest of writer-director Vincenzo Natali (Paris je t’aime, Cube), who began developing a screenplay about the dangers of such genetic engineering. “It was such a shocking image,” says Natali.…
At The Arthouse
Mid-August Lunch Gianni (played by writer and director Gianni Di Gregorio) is having a rough go of it. A middle-aged man living with his loving if demanding mother (Valeria De Franciscis) in an airy condominium complex in Rome, Gianni is a bit under-employed — well, unemployed to be exact. He hasn’t paid the electric bill…
Northeast Ohio Music Releases
Deadbeat Poets Circus Town (Pop Detective) myspace.com/deadbeatpoets Led by singer-bassist Frank Secich (from Blue Ash) and singer-guitarist Terry Hartman (Backdoor Men), this Youngstown super group also includes two former Infidels — guitarist Pete Drivere and drummer John Koury, both capable singers. The songs on Circus Town run the gamut: “Madras Man”‘s narrative is structured a…
Spin Doctor
DJ Raz launches Northside Nights — Cleveland Music Night at Tremont’s Duck Island (2102 Freeman Ave., 216-621-7676) at 9 p.m. on Thursday, June 3. The abundantly enthusiastic DJ began spinning “funk and rare-groove” at clubs in Athens in the mid-’90s. He started publishing the webzine WFNK there before spending three years on the road with…
Greek Out
When we last saw British rocker Aldous Snow (Russell Brand) in 2008’s Forgetting Sarah Marshall, he was a recovering addict dating TV actress Sarah Marshall and incessantly irritating her ex-boyfriend Peter Bretter (Jason Segel). It’s a few years later, and in the beginning of Get Him to the Greek, he’s fallen off the wagon and…
DE-EVOLUTIONARY THEORY
For the past 14 years, the circular lime-green building on Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles has belonged to Mark Mothersbaugh, Devo frontman and founder of Mutato Muzika, a production company devoted to TV and film soundtrack music. Sandwiched between late-night eateries and nearly dwarfed by a giant billboard for the 2011 Jaguar XG, it’s a…
Ghosts Story
Toronto synth-pop dramatists Stars will release their fifth album, The Five Ghosts, later this month on their newly created record label Soft Revolution. For singer-guitarist Amy Millan, the album marks her third release in a matter of months, following her sophomore solo record (Masters of the Burial) and Broken Social Scene’s Forgiveness Rock Record. At…
Livewire
Whitey Morgan & the 78’s Though they hail from Flint, Michigan, Whitey Morgan and his band are closer to the old-fashioned heart of Nashville than most of what passes for country these days. Their hardheaded honky-tonk twang is pure outlaw, channeling a rebellious spirit that’s as true to their name-checked predecessors (Johnny Cash, Merle Haggard,…
Let Him Go
The Chosen One might not choose Cleveland, and the suffering that would ensue has been dissected everywhere. The wise man doesn’t argue that there won’t be severe fallout from a palace without a King. Subtract LeBron James, the reigning back-to-back MVP — the guy who just stacked up two of the most statistically outlandish seasons…
Playback
Hawthorne Heights Skeletons (Wind-Up) It hasn’t been an easy ride for Hawthorne Heights. Three years ago the Dayton band sued the record company that made it famous. Not long after, their guitarist died from an accidental prescription-drug combo. The remaining members soldiered on as a quartet and memorialized their bandmate on 2008’s Fragile Future. For…
GONE, NOT FORGOTTEN
The sign on the door of St. Casimir’s says PRIVATE PROPERTY, NO TRESPASSING. The chain-link fence that surrounds the Catholic church once protected its brown bricks from graffiti artists who menace the Superior/St. Clair neighborhood. Now it keeps out the faithful, who can no longer get in but refuse to go away. The Diocese of…
Where the Grass Isn’t Greener
Pepper Pike councilwoman Jill Miller Zimon doesn’t sound angry so much as disappointed. She’s recounting how she and her colleagues learned that Mayor Bruce Akers had withdrawn Pepper Pike from a multi-city grant application that would have consolidated services and saved millions. For the long-prosperous East Side suburb, it meant an end to plans that…
Hide Your Wallets And Stay Indoors: Serial Scammer Rod Bowling Is Back
What? You musta got the wrong Rod Bowling, sir. In 2005, Scene exposed a long line of bogus claims and jilted employees connected to Bowling’s attempt to produce a reality TV show here in Cleveland. [“Reality Bites” December 21, 2005] He promised young hopefuls a shot at fame with local versions of America’s Next Top…
