1. Nightwatch | September 26, 2007
The Pete Best Band - Wednesday, October 3, at the Winchester, Lakewood.

"Forget the JFK assassination; the firing of Pete Best is the conspiracy of the decade. Who within the Beatles' camp..."
Other Tags : JFK assassination , The Beatles , The Pete Best Band

2. Music | August 15, 2007
Why the Hype? - The Raspberries are (gulp) overrated.

"Cleveland, you're gonna drink a traitor's blood and barbecue his ribs after reading the next sentence: The Raspberries, those local..."
Other Tags : All Music Guide , Big Star , the Who , Badfinger , Cheap Trick , Ringo , power pop , The Raspberries

3. Music | August 08, 2007
Big, Bad Package - How the package tour is helping to kill hip-hop.

"In 25 years of concert-going, the best hip-hop performance I've seen was just a few years ago. It was December..."
Other Tags : Kinks , Dylan , rock , package tour , T-Pain , T.I. , rap , crunk , Ciara , DJ , hip-hop , Jay-Z , Screamfest ?07

4. Playback | August 08, 2007
Paul McCartney - Memory Almost Full (Hear Music)

"Older artists rarely make pop music that rivals the best of their early works. Paul Simon and Bob Dylan have..."
Other Tags : Bob Dylan , The Beatles , Paul McCartney

5. Letters | July 04, 2007
The Plague Next Door - Letters published 07-04-07

" You can't quarantine this ugly disease: As an educated African American woman, it seems like the more educated I become,..."
Other Tags : the Beatles , crackheads , Rock Hall , white flight

6. Playback | July 04, 2007
Kamijo/Shuttah - Martha / The Image Maker (Shadoks)

"Shadoks specializes in obscure relics from the hippie era -- bands with names like Mystery Meat and Love Depression. Two..."
Other Tags : Kamijo and Shuttah , white-boy funk rock , The Beatles

7. Music | June 13, 2007
Family Fun - Not only does guitarist Patrick Sweany jam the blues -- he also digs go-karts.

"It's just after five on a weekday. The Sluggers & Putters Family Fun Center in Canal Fulton, just outside of..."
Other Tags : roots music , Little Richard , razor cut hairdos , Black Keys , Hound Dog Taylor , Bill Monroe , blues

8. Around Hear | June 13, 2007
Now That's Music - Good beer, loud tunes on the West Side.

""We're not the kind of place that has Bud and Miller," says John Bomba , co-owner of Now That's Class . On..."
Other Tags : Russell Simmons , Alternative Press , Destructor , microbrew , Cheap Tragedies , Lakewood , West Side Cleveland , Now That?s Class , punk

9. Music | May 23, 2007
In-A-Gabba-Da-Vida, Baby - A toddler and her pops road-test a new CD series of rock lullabies.

"Since becoming a parent, I've increasingly believed the following: If a toddler doesn't respond to music, there's a strong..."
Other Tags : iTunes , Mellotrons , Baby Rock Records , F-bombs , The Wall , Radiohead , The Beatles

10. Sound Off | July 05, 2006
My Generation - You can take the country out of the boy, but not his parents.

"A North Carolina kid who loved music, I grew up drawn to modern country. It fascinated me how a singer..."
Other Tags : The Beatles