Current musical obsessions of Ono cofounder P. Michael and Lamont “Bim” Thomas of Obnox
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Brand-new Ohio-meets-Texas supergroup Blaxxx unleashes bluesy punk stomper ‘Let Me Hold Your Hand’
The new band features members of Obnox and OBN IIIs.
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Covering the rust belt for readers who don’t like to think they’re part of it
A website for the rust belt turns one.
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Who’s ultimately responsible for the Ray Rice disgrace?
The media look for the ultimate power—and scapegoat—in the NFL’s latest scandal.
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LeBron James set a great example
A nice moment in the chronicles of the restless human species
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Reader’s Agenda Thu 3/27: The Jesus Lizard Book, Earth and Mark McGuire, and whisk(e)y
What’s on the Reader‘s Agenda for Thursday, March 27
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Amid calls for drug policy reforms, Chicago-to-Iowa heroin dealer gets stiff sentence
New sentencing guidelines from the Obama administration didn’t help former Chicagoan Dwayne Appling.
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The Secret History of Chicago Music: Arbee Stidham
Despite a big hit in 1948 and a career renaissance in the 60s, bluesman Arbee Stidham is all but forgotten today.
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The Chicago connection
How heroin—and dealers—moved from Chicago to eastern Iowa
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12 O’Clock Track: “Not Over” is excellent new wavey goth from Cleveland’s Pleasure Leftists
Pleasure Leftists from Cleveland perfectly channel Siouxsie Sioux’s new wave goth style.
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You don’t mean a thing if you ain’t in a swing (state)
The race for the White House is tight. But how much will your vote matter?
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12 O’Clock Track: Obnox, “Without a Soul”
“Without a Soul,” a brand-new song from Obnox, aka Cleveland garage-punk institution Lamont “Bim” Thomas
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Obama in town this evening for the usual reason
The nation’s fund-raiser-in-chief visits Chicago
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Kill the Irishman
The Midwest Independent Film Festival offers an advance screening of “Kill the Irishman,” about Cleveland mobster Danny Greene, Tuesday 3/1 at Landmark Century Centre.