Hey, everybody. We here at Scene are putting together a series of conversations and interviews about Speak In Tongues, the legendary underground music venue in Ohio City that closed abruptly after a final show on Dec. 31, 2001. 

So far, we’ve reached out to and spoken with many of the people closely involved with the collective that more or less ran the place over the years. But we know there’s more to the story.

Did you attend a show at Speak In Tongues? Many shows? Did you perform there? Did you you stop by once, catch some weird poetry onstage, and then never return? Did you work as a police officer back then and field calls from 4311 Lorain Ave. with an annoyed but slightly excitable glint in your eye? Got a weird/funny/amazing story? Have unpublished photos or video of shows?

Yes? Then you should get in touch!

Drop me a line at esandy@clevescene.com or call 216-802-7231 to lay out your personal experiences with this unique chapter in Cleveland cultural history.

This article appears in Jun 8-14, 2016.

Eric Sandy is an award-winning Cleveland-based journalist. For a while, he was the managing editor of Scene. He now contributes jam band features every now and then.

2 replies on “Did You Hang Out at Speak In Tongues? We’d Love to Talk to You”

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  2. The cops hardly ever came at all. They would tell us not to stand in the street and would mostly just drive by and wave. We were the first wave of “gentrification” even though none of us wanted to be portrayed this way. There is a great story about our neighbor and the cops – shot guns, dogs, and the ever famous quote “… (Fill in the owners name) always shoot the intruder, the paper work is easier” .. No lie

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