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By Sage Satori

Here on the North Coast we have a tremendous live music scene all year long but from April through September an abundance of live music kicks into high gear and reaches another plateau. The following is a brief com-pilation of some of the events to look forward to in the next couple of months. Mark your calendars and plan ahead!

The Fine Arts Coffeehouse Series is an eclectic mix of musicians and music sure to make audiences of all ages sing! Java, munchies, good music and YOU... the perfect blend. All of the Coffeehouse concertsare Free Admission. Drop in for a couple sets or stay for the entire evening. The atmosphere is casual and fun. Refreshments are available for purchase from Bear Creek Coffee. The Fine Arts Association is located at 38660 Mentor Ave. in Willoughby for a schedule of players and dates visit fi neartsassociation.org

NELSON LEDGES QUARRY PARKEarly Bird April 20th- 23rdInto the Blue brings their Grateful Dead re-vival show for the early birds to Quarry Park. The beautiful and soul-ful Tarra Layne will perform at set breaks. Tara has a little Grace Potter, Joss Stone, and Aretha mixed into a fi ery redhead with her own style. She alone is worth the price of admission. If you’ve not had the pleasure of an intro-

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Spring Hookah May 4th-6th Cinco de Mayo Celebration! Two nights with Ekoostik Hookah! Other performers for the celebration include WaterBand, The Recipe, Front Porch Revival, Desperation String Band with Cliff Starbuck! Jones for Revival, Elephants in Mud, Carlos Jones, Broccoli Samurai, Aliver Hall, Muckle-bucks, Ohio Burn Unit, and Bees TreesPre-Sale $50 on sale NOW!!!E-mail questions or comments to [email protected] call 9am-7pm (440) 548-2716. 12001 Rt. 282, Nelson Ledge Rd. Nelson township/Garrettsville, Ohio

HESSLER STREET FAIR(Admission is Free) When: May 19 & 20, 2012 from 11 am to dusk, rain or shine. Location: 11326 Hessler Road in Cleveland, Phone: 216-556-3716Web: www.hessler.org The Hessler Street Fair is a FREE annual community arts and music festival, celebrating

its 43rd year on historic Hessler Road in Cleve-land’s Univer-sity Circle. It is a family-friendly event, showcas-

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ROCK NEWSCrosby, Stills & Nash on Summer Tour - Stop in Cleveland Sunday June 10th

Crosby, Stills & Nash (CSN) have announced an extensive U.S. summer tour, be-ginning early June and continuing through the end of September. The U.S.itinerary starts on June 7 at the Tower Theatre in Philadelphia, PA, and concludes on the West Coast. CSN website members will have access to pre-sale tickets. The players accompanying Crosby, Stills & Nash on the 2012 tour are: Todd Caldwell (organ), Shane Fontayne (guitar), Steve DiStanislao (drums), Kevin McCormick (bass), and James Raymond (keyboards). More than four decades since CSN fi rst harmonized in Laurel Canyon, and played their fi rst-ever concert as a trio at the legend-ary Woodstock festival, its members continue a creative partnership that is one of the most infl uential and enduring in music. David Crosby, Stephen Stills, and Graham Nash have each been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame two times—once with Crosby, Stills & Nash, and a second time with The Byrds, Buffalo Springfi eld, and The Hollies, respectively. They have also been inducted into the Songwriter’s Hall of Fame, with the honor recognizing both CSN as a group, and each member as individual solo artists. CSN’s music fi rst became a cornerstone of rock ‘n roll with the self-titled 1969 debut LP, one of Rolling Stone’s “500 Greatest Albums of All Time.” Ever since—through changing times, various confi gurations, and acclaimed solo careers—Crosby, Stills & Nash have continued to tour and record as “three together.” The CSN U.S. Summer Tour comes on the heels of their Australia/New Zealand and South American tours. CSN will be donating $1 from each ticket sold on the U.S. Summer Tour to charity. In addition, special benefi t seats will be available for purchase through The Guacamole Fund (www.guacfund.org). VIP packages are also available at www.crosbystillsnash.com. Reserved Seating Starting at $55 General Admission Bleacher Seating: $32.50 Tickets go on sale Friday, March 30th at 10:00am and will be available at www.livenation.com, all Ticketmaster locations, and charge by phone (800)745-3000.

THE ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME ANNOUNCEd PRESENTERS FOR THE 2012 INDUCTION CER-EMONY Today, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame announces the presenters who will induct the 2012 honorees. The 27th annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony will

take place on Saturday, April 14th in Cleveland and premiere on HBO on Saturday, May 5th (9:00-11:30 p.m. EST/PST). The presenters for this year’s show will include the following artists: Beastie Boys will be inducted by Chuck DDonovan will be induct-ed by John Mellencamp

Small Faces/The Faces will be inducted by Stevie Van ZandtRed Hot Chili Peppers will be inducted by Chris RockLaura Nyro will be inducted by Bette MidlerFreddie King will be inducted by Billy Gib-bons and Dusty HillDon Kirshner will be inducted by Carole KingCosimo Matassa, Tom Dowd, Glyn Johns will be inducted by Robbie RobertsonThe Blue Caps, the Comets, the Crickets, the Famous Flames, the Midnighters and the Mir-acles will be inducted by Smokey Robinson Leading up to the April 14th ceremony, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame will host more than a week of special events, including the grand opening of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s new Library and Archives, tours of the newly-redesigned museum interior space, the unveiling of a new Grateful Dead exhibi-tion, the Rock My Soul gospel tribute, a free concert for Cleveland and a special series of education programs designed to teach students across the nation about the history and impact of rock and roll. As previously announced, the perform-ers to be inducted are Beastie Boys, Donovan, Guns N’ Roses, Laura Nyro, Red Hot Chili Peppers Small Faces/the Faces, the Blue Caps, the Comets, the Crickets, the Famous Flames, the Midnighters and the Miracles The Early Infl uence inductee will be Freddie King; the Ahmet Ertegun (nonperformer) Award will be given to Don Kirshner; The Awards for Musi-cal Excellence will be presented to Cosimo Matassa, Tom Dowd and Glyn Johns.


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Take Along Layered Beef Salad1-1/2 lbs. lean cooked beef, cut into ¼ inch thick slices, marinated overnight in a favorite red Ohio wineone bag prepared mixed greens from the grocery shelf½ onion, very thinly sliced1 can very thinly sliced water chestnuts1 cup shredded carrots8 oz. low fat yogurt¼ c. low calorie mayo1 T. chopped fresh basis2 T. chopped fresh parsley

½ thinly sliced cucumber In a 3 quart bowl, layer, in order mixed greens,onion, beef, chestnuts and ½ of the carrots; combine yogurt, mayo, ½ of basil and ½ of parsley and spread over top of salad, covering the salad completely. Sprinkle remainder of carrots, basil and parsley over the top of the salad. Decorate edges with cucumber slices. Serve with the same red wine in which the beef was marinated.

Savory Bread Sticks1 loaf homestyle wheat bread with crusts removed½ c. olive oil1 t. each, garlic salt and onion salt½ c. grated Parmesan cheese2 t. fresh dill chopped very fi nePlace trimmed bread on cookie sheet. Baste with olive oil. Sprinkle on garlic and onion salt, cheese and dill. Bake each batch for 10 minutes in pre headed 350º F. oven. Remove from oven and quickly cut into strips. Return to oven for another few minutes until all strips are golden brown. Repeat until the entire loaf is prepared. Cool completely and store in sealed airtight containers.

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Cleveland Blues Society News In case you missed it, here are the results of the International Blues Challenge held in Memphis in February: Austin “Walkin Cane” - Solo/Duo did not make it to the Semi Finals, and he sure did do us proud. Austin is the consummate bluesman, hands down. The winner of the solo/duo competition was: Ray Bonneville (Ozark Blues Society of Northwest Arkansas). Solo/Duo-2nd Place: Dr. Don’s Double Dose (Sydney Blues Society). Ron Yarosz and The Vehicle did make it to the Semi Finals but that’s where they stopped. The winner of the band category - The WIRED! Band (Washington Blues Society). The other winners are: Band-2nd place: The Bart Walker Band (Nashville Blues Society); Band-3rd Place: Paula Harris, (The Golden Gate Blues Society). Blue Lunch’s Saxophone Shoot Out II made it to the top 5 fi nalists for the Best Self Produced CD. Did not win though; the Best Self-Produced CD was judged to be: Where I’m Coming From... Dave Keller. Also, the Gibson Guitarist Award went to: Bart Walker, and the Lee Oskar Top Harmonica Player was awarded to: Randy McQuay (Cape Fear Blues

Society). And last but not least, the 29th International Blues Challenge is set to begin Tuesday, January 29, 2103 and conclude on Saturday February 2, 1013. The Blues Society also recently elected new board members. The newly elected board members held their fi rst board meeting in February. Election results are as follows:President – John J. AdamsVice President – Teri PealerSecretary – Kathy Zenk QuinnTreasurer – Steve DavisBoard Members: Rosalie Daley, Bob DeVries, Bill Koteles, Todd Starr The Cleveland Blues Society is search-ing for a host venue for the 2012 International Blues Challenge, to be held next October. They are also looking for committee members for all committees. The Blues Society holds a meeting/jam session on the second Monday of every month at a different venue around the greater Cleveland area. They are always open to new host venues and host bands for these jams. If interested, please contact Teri Pealer or Ro Daley at clevelandblues.org

Beachland Ballroom Presents Bootsy Collins

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Friday, April 6th Duck Brand Duct Tape, in conjunction with the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, presents Bootsy Collins and the Funk Unity Band at the Beachland Ballroom on Friday, April 6th. The Cleveland-based company is thrilled to sponsor a performance by famed bassist Bootsy Collins during the Rock and Hall of Fame Induction Week.

Collins rose to prominence with James Brown during the late sixties and with Parliament/Funkadelic in the seventies. This sponsorship links the Cleveland Rock Hall’s biggest annual event with ShurTech Brands – the maker of Duck Brand Duct Tape, a family-owned business located in Avon on Cleveland’s west side. Duck Brand has been involved with many community functions and charities, donating money to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation, and spon-soring contests for best Halloween costume or prom outfi ts made from duct tape. They even hold an annual Avon Heritage Duct Tape Fes-tival over Father’s Day weekend, which every year has a different theme, complete with far-out fashions, sculptures, and festival fare. Bootsy Collins and his wife, Patti, have publicly shown their love for Duck Tape, especially when they surprised their audience with outfi ts made of duct tape at an event at the famous Apollo Theater in New York City last year. William “Bootsy” Collins is known for his star-shaped sunglasses, crazy outfi ts, glittery “space bass” and outrageous stage presence. Collins was originally from Cinncinnatti,

Ohio, and with his el-der brother Phelps “Catfi sh” Collins, Kash Waddy, and Phillippe Wynn, formed a funk band called the Pacemak-ers in 1968. While traveling through town, James


Brown caught their act in a bar in Cinncin-natti. Shortly afterward, in March 1970, most of the members of Brown’s band quit over a pay dispute, and the legendary performer called on The Pacemakers. They were hired as Brown’s backing band and became known as The J.B.s. Although they worked for Brown for only eleven months, Collins played on some of Brown’s most intense funk record-ings, including “Sex Machine”, and “Super Bad”, and “Soul Power”. After parting ways with James Brown, Bootsy returned to Cincinnati and formed House Guests. Collins next moved to Detroit, following the advice of singer and future Parliament member Mallia Frank-lin, who introduced both Collins brothers to George Clinton. 1972 saw both of the Col-lins brothers, along with Waddy, join Funk-adelic. Bootsy played bass on most of Funk-adelic and Parliament’s albums through 1980, garnering several songwriting credits as well. Like Clinton, Bootsy took on sev-eral alter egos, from Casper the Funky Ghost to Bootzilla, “the world’s only rhinestone rockstar monster of a doll”, as parts of the evolving character of an alien rock star who grew gradually more bizarre as time went on. He also adopted his trademark “space bass” around this time. During the eighties and nine-ties, Collins collaborated on various projects with Talking Heads, Deee-Lite, Buddy Miles, bluegrass legends Del McCroury, Doc Watson and Max Wiseman, Fatboy Slim, and Buck-ethead. Bootsy was featured in the 2002 fi lm Standing in the Shadows of Motown. In 2004 he appeared on Snoop Dogg’s Rhythm

& Gangsta album. In recent years, he has worked with fellow bassist Victor Wooten, adding vocals to Wooten’s album Soul Circus and appeared with Madonna, Iggy Pop, little Richard, and Questlove, in an American TV commercial for the Motorola ROKR phone. In October 2005, Collins co-wrote a song celebrating the resurgence of his home-town team, the Cinncinnatti Bengals called “Fear Da Tiger” which features “raps” written and performed by several Bengals players, including defensive end Duane Clemons, offensive tackle Stacy Andrews, and center Ben Wilkerson. An edited version of the song was made into a music video which features cameos by many other Bengals players. It has garnered tremendous local airplay and is view-able on Bengals.com. Collins also appeared with Little Richard, and other notable musi-cians as the band playing with Hank Williams, Jr. for the Monday Night Football opening during the 2006 and 2007 seasons. For his new concert tour, Collins has assembled P-Funk alumni Bernie Worrell, Frankie Kash Waddy, and Blackbyrd McK-night as well as Razor Sharp Johnson and T.M. Stevens to form the Funk Unity Band. His 2012 tour is in support of his new album, The Funk Capital of the World. Duck Brand Duct Tape is proud to partner with Bootsy Collins on not only a night of great funk, but in a great showing of the creativity that comes from Cleveland, the home of rock and roll. (Tickets $35 General Admission / Showtime 8:30.)

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Winchester Music Hall Award-winning rhythm and blues vocalist Janiva Magness will grace the stage at the Winchester Music Hall, 12112 Madison Av-enue in Lakewood, on Saturday night, March 31st. Janiva Magness is among the premier female blues singers in the world today. Her voice possesses an earthy, raw honesty and beauty born from her life experience. A charismatic performer known for her electrifying live shows, Mag-ness is a gutsy and dynamic musical powerhouse. The stunning life story of Janiva Magness will stay with you for a long time. This talented artist has been singing the blues for more than 30 years. Her simmer-ing, powerful vocals, gritty live performances, and seven

soulful albums have made her a favorite of fans and critics alike. Behind the raw, emo-tional authenticity that Janiva’s fans adore, is an inspirational tale of redemption. She was born into a working-class family just outside of Detroit. It was a tough childhood as both parents battled alcoholism, her mother was depressive and Janiva suffered molestation by age six. Shortly after her thir-teenth birthday, she lost her mother to suicide. Within a year of that tragedy, she ran away

from home to Berkeley, California where she endured homelessness, substance abuse and isolation. After what she calls a “moment of clarity,” Janiva escaped life on the streets and headed to Minneapolis to stay with a family friend. By the age of 14, she had attempted suicide multiple times. Over the next two years, she would experience three psy-chiatric hospitalizations and would live in twelve different foster homes, including a group home for girls with mental

retardation. She began hanging around local blues clubs where she discovered the distinctive sounds of legendary blues guitarist Otis Rush. She says the music made her want to “hang on to life.” Although this musical awakening would become an essential part of her future success, the trials of her young life would

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By Helen Marketti

The Paul Pope Band!(Remember Molkie Cole?)

On Saturday, April 21, The Paul Pope Band will be doing a reunion show at The Winchester in Lakewood. Rock to the great memories of songs such as Midnight Moses, Broken Hearts and many, many more…

Paul Pope’s music history with Cleve-land, Buffalo, and beyond, spans several de-cades with Molkie Cole and various incarna-tions of The Paul Pope Band. He has been in the Cleveland music scene since 1979 and has kept rockin’ for more than thirty years. “I always knew I wanted to be a musician by the time I was eight years old,” said Paul. “It seems as early as I can remember my parents had bought me a toy guitar of some sort at Christmas. I had an uncle who played guitar in the Marine Corps Band. I think seeing my uncle play made me want to learn to play. I never thought about playing another instrument. I kept focused on the guitar and have been playing since second grade.” “I remember listening to Hank Williams and Elvis Presley as a kid. I used to think I was Elvis Presley (laughs). I also thought Les Paul, Chet Atkins and BB King were spectacular. I would listen to their records and play along with them as much as I could. While my brothers were playing board games and playing outside, I was playing my guitar instead. I remember playing guitar at least fi ve hours a day.” Paul continues, “Back then, I could only play the fi rst three strings because my hands were too small to reach the bottom strings. The fi rst song I learned to play was Red River Valley. In grade school, I had a three-piece band and we played House of the Rising Sun at a talent show. I also played in folk masses every Sunday at church. I even taught a couple of nuns how to play guitar. I was also an altar boy. I guess you could say I was a goody-two-shoes…boy did that change!”

(laughs) Molkie Cole was a band that was together for seven years. They opened for national acts such as Kansas, Meat Loaf, Cheap Trick, Ted Nugent, Dr. Hook and more.

The group disbanded when Paul became ill even though he wishes they had kept going. “We had a big show scheduled at Navy Pier in Chicago. We were to open for ELO, Seals & Crofts and a few other big names. We could have had the Chicago market which would have launched things for us,” said Paul. “At the time I had a hernia and mono. I still wanted to play but it didn’t work out.” “Molkie Cole was geared more towards being a stage show,” explains Paul. “I wore the makeup.

Molkie Cole was more like a rock and roll cir-cus, which is kind of portrayed on the album cover. Many people do not know that a guy named Neon Park did our album cover. He did album covers for Frank Zappa, too.” Turning his focus on The Paul Pope Band, Paul has kept moving forward with his band, projects and now the reunion show. “We will pretty much be covering the history of all the years I have been doing this. It will incorporate Molkie Cole favorites and The Paul Pope Band.” “I was actually shunned by major record labels because they said I sounded “too Beatle-ish”. Funny too, that was around the same time The Rembrandts came

out and they were more Beatle-ish than I was,” said Paul. “I think The Paul Pope Band’s music is a clash of Joe Walsh, The Beatles, Tom Petty and a little of Alex Harvey mixed in there, too. I think if I had to pick an all time hero it would probably be Joe Walsh. He was with the James Gang when their fi rst album came out. I used to go see them all the time. I was very captivated by what was going on. Ironically, as I was watching them, Tom Kriss was the bass player and he ended up playing with me for four years.” “I have had several different versions of The Paul Pope Band. It has been ongoing since 1979 or so. It’s nice when Billy Sullivan is able to play with us. He had been with me for years. He is now with Peter Noone and Herman’s Hermits. It’s nice that he and I can get together every couple of years and play together. Billy had some dates open and sug-gested we do some reunion gigs so I made a few calls and everyone seemed receptive.” Paul continues, “What I had wanted to do for the reunion gig was to remix my fi rst solo album because it was pretty much both Billy and I on that album. I’ve got most of the old mastered tapes for it but it’s in a weird format and the machines I had ordered from e-bay were destroyed when they were delivered to

me so there went that idea for now,” explains Paul. “I still intend on getting that done at some point. We also plan to cover material that people haven’t heard in years as well. We will also be covering Billy’s original material.” Paul still keeps working on new material when time allows. “I do plan on putting out at least one more CD or two. I have got notepads fi lled with song ideas. It’s just a matter of following through with it. It’s always been fun writing with Billy Sullivan. Actually, I enjoy writing with other people more than being by myself. When you work

with others, you can get a song idea and take it in so many different directions. I like to do the music before the lyrics.” “I’m fi nally fi nishing up the studio in my house,” said Paul. “You know, it’s funny be-cause I have had several public studios. I had a studio when I was out in Los Angeles and produced many bands. I have produced about 60 albums for other people. None of which re-ally made it big but never the less it was a lot of fun. I still have my ole 16-track machine. I have since updated to the 32-track. I have done a great deal of engineering and produc-ing for other people.” For the April 21 reunion show at The Winchester, the lineup will be Paul Pope, Billy Sullivan, Don Krueger and Bill March. “Our rehearsals are going great,” said Paul. “I’m really looking forward to this. For our fans that have followed us and stayed with us all these years, we are not going to let them down. It’s going to make for quite an expanded night. It’s going to be a full evening, just like the old days.”

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The Na-tional Museum of American His-tory, a division of the Smithson-ian, operates the world’s most comprehensive set of jazz pro-grams. It collects jazz artifacts, documents, recordings, oral histories and curates exhibi-tions. The museum also publishes books and recordings on jazz, offers concerts, education-al workshops, masters classes, lectures and seminars. It even has its very own “orchestra-in-residence”; the Smithsonian Jazz Master-works Orchestra, In 2001, with the help of Quincy Jones, the Smithsonian launched the very fi rst ever, Jazz Appreciation Month, with the intention of drawing public attention to the glories of jazz, both as a historical, and a living treasure. The idea is to encourage musicians, concert halls, schools, colleges, museums, librar-ies, and public broadcasters to offer special programs on jazz every April. Here are a few suggested ways to help raise jazz awareness in your home, your com-munity and in your schools.

Attend a concert by your local high school or college jazz band.Read a good book on jazz.Listen to a jazz CD that is new to you.Visit a jazz website that is new to you. Listen to a radio station that plays genuine jazz.Subscribe to a jazz magazine.Host a jazz listening session in your home.Buy a jazz poster and display it in your home.View a jazz documentary, such as “Satchmo” or “Straight No Chaser”.Host a jazz-themed party to celebrate a favor-ite musician, or jazz in general.Give a musical instrument to your local middle or high school jazz band.Donate to your local public radio or TV sta-tion in support of jazz programming. Visit www.smithsonianjazz.org to learn more about JAM, and the nation-wide effort to promote and preserve this truly American art form. While the Smithsonian does offer an

explanation for the choice of April, as Jazz Appreciation Month, I believe it to be quite possible, that the founders of JAM had spent at least one April in Cleve-land! Now in its 33rd year with a simply amazing line-up of events, artists and performances, the Tri-C JazzFest comes to Cleveland, April 19-29, at venues throughout the city. The line-up will include legendary art-ists, rising stars and three generations of great women. Check out the schedule below, mark your calendar and be sure

to visit www.tricpresents.com to reserve your tickets today!

APRIL 16Paul Samuels 4 and The Tri-C Trio+Brothers Lounge, 8 pmAPRIL 19Esperanza SpaldingTri-C Metro Auditorium, 8 pmAPRIL 20Smooth Jazz All-Stars: with Brian Simpson, Peter White, Maysa, Norman Brown, Gerald Albright, Walter BeasleyState Theatre, PlayhouseSquare. 8 pmAPRIL 21Women in Jazz: A Tribute to Nina Simone with Kellylee Evans and Ki AllenFree Show! Olivet Institutional Baptist Church. 1 pmAn Evening with Aretha FranklinState Theatre, PlayhouseSquare. 8 pm(Sponsored by American Greetings)APRIL 22Ben Williams and Sound EffectEast Cleveland Public Library, 4 pmMarcus StricklandBlack Box Theatre, Tri-C Metro. 7 pmAPRIL 23JazzFest Education DaysTri-C Metro Campus, 9 am to 4 pmDown Beat Invitational: featuring The Tri-C JazzFest Alumni Big Band with special guests Matt Wilson, Robert Hurst, Terell StaffordMain Stage Theatre, Tri-C Metro. 7 pmAPRIL 24JazzFest Education DaysTri-C Metro Campus, 9 am to 4 pmThunder from the Heartland: Ernie Krivda, Renell Gonsalves, Bobby Floyd, Brad Goode, Jeff Grubbs, Bobby BroomThe Hermit Club, 7 pm

APRIL 25“Swing Kids” with Dominick Farinacci and Tri-C Jazz Studies AlumniFree Show! Showtime at High Noon, State Theatre| 12pmMatt Wilson’s Arts & CraftsBlack Box Theatre, Tri-C Metro. 8 pmAPRIL 26The Jack DeJohnette GroupTri-C Metro Auditorium, 8 pm(Sponsored by JazzMasters)APRIL 27David Sanborn Trio, Trombone Shorty & Orleans AvenueState Theatre, PlayhouseSquare. 8 pmAPRIL 28Diana KrallState Theatre, PlayhouseSquare. 8 pm(Sponsored by KeyBank)APRIL 29Tri-C JazzFest SoundWorksNighttown, 7 pm & 9 pm

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Cleveland Rocks on Ian Hunter ‘Rock-palast’ DVD Ian Hunter returned to the North Coast last October to rock a sold-out Beachland Ballroom. After a ninety-minute set featuring stellar tributes to John Lennon (“Isolation”), Ben E. King (“Stand By Me”), and Lou Reed (“Sweet Jane”), the sun-glassed English songsmith encored not once but twice, his Rant Band affi rming what we always knew: “Cleveland Rocks.” Our fair city couldn’t want for a better anthem, really. Hailing from Hunter’s album You’re Never Alone With a Schizophrenic, the irresistibly upbeat cut celebrated the impor-tance of music to “all the little kids growing up on the skids” and packed such “crude attitude” that many as-sumed it was a concert recording. Kid Leo’s WMMS played it every Friday night at 6:00 pm upon its 1979 release. Cleveland sports teams adopted it as a victory song. Then-mayor Dennis Kucinich gave Hunter a key to the city…which the Brit apparently used to help Steve Popovich un-lock Cleveland International Records, launch-ing (or furthering) the careers of Meatloaf, Southside Johnny, and The Rovers. Columbia Records refused to issue “Cleveland Rocks” as a single, citing the regional appeal of its now-familiar refrain. Not a little annoyed, Hunter offered “England Rocks” up for marketability in his native Britain. But the Cleveland edition is the one Hunter still performs today in clubs the world over; German, French, and Japanese-speaking fans know the chorus by heart even if they couldn’t fi nd our town on a map. The Drew Carey Show used an updated “Cleveland Rocks” (by Presidents of the United States) as its theme in the 90s; Hunter even guested on the sitcom. More recently, hair-metal goofballs Steel Panther covered the song. Trans-Siberian orchestra routinely wraps up its C-town gigs with a pyrotechnics-enhanced version. Plenty of You Tube clips show Hunter performing the guitars-and-synth driven shout-out to his adopted home, includ-ing some incendiary (if grainy) footage taken from the old Agora Ballroom in ’79. But a new DVD from Made-in-Ger-many Music will render such Super-8 reels

obsolete for all intents and purposes (save historical curiosity). Shot live in 1980 for WDR television, Ian Hunter: Live at Rock-palast Featuring Mick Ronson is 74 minutes of classic rock eye (and ear) candy that showcases the shaggy-maned Mott the Hoople

alumnus at his creative crest, jamming onstage and shoulder-to-shoulder with collaborator-friend (and former Mott/Bowie guitar-ist) Ronson. Indeed, it’s Ronson who fi rst engages the audience—rocking out on Shadows instrumental “FBI” with his Gibson Les Paul Custom and fi ve band mates—before Hunter even appears. The main set is a survey of left-hook Hunter hits and Hoople uppercuts spanning the decade from 1969-80. Touring behind Ian’s then-new Welcome to the Club LP, the band makes good on bawdy barroom numbers like “Bastard” and “All the Way From Memphis” while accommodating solo spots for Hunter—who plays

piano for “Irene Wilde”—and Ronson, who’s “Slaughter on 10th Avenue” closes the show. And while his ever-present shades become a sort of prophylactic against any intimate connection with the crowd, Hunter (clad in jacket and tie) is nonetheless engaging and in control. The feather-haired Ronson is content to let hang back and let his fret board fi ngers do the talking. But Mick’s serious demeanor ebbs while bashing through “Cleveland Rocks,” smiles breaking over the Spider From Mars guitarist as his partner in crime urges the those in attendance at Grugahalle to sing along. Hunter plays a mean harmonica on “Angeline.” Later, during “Wish I Was Your Mother,” he noodles on 12-string guitar to complement Ronson’s electric mandolin motif. Jailhouse barnburner “Just Another Night” segues into an urgent “We Gotta Get Out of Here,” whose bass throb and quirky keyboards veer perilously close to disco territory before Ronson rescues it with his fuzzy Les Paul tone. Then of course there’s “Once Bitten Twice Shy,” the bluesy coming-of-age teaser that would be revisited later by Great White for the MTV generation. Other highlights include Bowie-penned Hoople hit “All the Young Dudes” and a twist on Sonny Bono backtrack “Laugh at Me” that fi nds a Stratocaster-strumming Hunter sharing his mic

with Mick. Other musicians featured are Eric Parker (drums), Tom Morrongiello (guitar), Tom Mindel (keys), George Meyer (keys and sax), and Martin “Salt in My Tears” Briley (bass). The disc lacks bonus material, save a few trailers plugging other WDR-produced Rockpalast concerts (by Michael Schenker, UFO, John Cale, etc.). That’s alright, given that the sound and picture quality for the main event are crisp and clear, surpassing one’s expectations of surviving music-orientated TV production from that era. Shot from at least a half-dozen camera angles, the Hunter / Ronson concert is a stellar example of what no-frills rock and roll is all about. www.ianhunter.com www.mvdb2b.com

Now on DVD: Mr. Bean Goes 007 for Johnny English Reborn British funnyman Rowan Atkinson returns as the titular intelligence-challenged superspy in JOHNNY ENGLISH REBORN, a follow-up to the 2003 Studio Canal / Working Title James Bond parody. The royal crown’s answer to Inspector Jacques Clou-seau of the French Surete (PINK PANTHER) or Frank Drebin of America’s Police Squad (THE NA-KED GUN), English is a determined but catastroph-ically clumsy crime-fi ghter whose sleuthing successes are typically manifested by way of accident or third-party intervention. The sequel is packed with more nods to iconic stunts and gizmo-gadgets from the celebrated Albert Broccoli 007 series: English spars with a villain while dangling from a cable car tram, a la MOONRAKER. He parachute jumps from a snowy promontory, paying homage to Roger Moore’s opening gambit from THE SPY WHO LOVED ME. And Johnny’s principal antagonist owns a well-guarded mountaintop fortress, a la ON HER MAJESTY’S SECRET SERVICE. There’s also a boat pursuit, an unorthodox helicopter fl ight, a camera whose lens launches missiles, and a voice-activated Rolls Royce. Trouble is, the target audience for direc-tor Oliver Parker’s lighthearted espionage imitation isn’t old enough to appreciate the 007 allusions—and teens who are will fi nd that the laughs aren’t quite frequent or funny enough. You don’t have to have seen GOLD-

FINGER and FOR YOUR EYES ONLY to appreciate the gags, but it helps; AIRPLANE’s funnier if you’ve already seen AIRPORT and its follow-ups. It’s been fi ve years since English botched an assignment in Mozambique, where an African offi cial was killed on his watch. Guilt-ridden, he’s exiled himself to a Tibetan monastery for some mind-and-body reconditioning under the tutelage of a martial arts sage. But our reclusive hero is pressed back into service when the Chinese premier is targeted by an international bad-guy consor-tium called Vortex. It’s a shot at redemption for Johnny—and possibly payback. A shave, haircut, and tuxedo-fi tting later, and he’s back on duty. English displays remarkable poise during the fi rst half, besting a foe in hand-to-hand combat on a pier and evading a lethal (if elderly) hit-woman whose arsenal includes a machine-gun vacuum cleaner. He’s even charged with mentoring young agent Tucker (Daniel Kaluuya), a by-the-numbers rookie

who lives with his mum and technically isn’t old enough to enter the casino they must scope. But Johnny and Tucker are booted from the investigation by frus-trated lady boss Pamela “Pegasus” Thornton (THE X-FILE’s Gil-lian Anderson) after a couple embarrassing mishaps. Fortunately, sexy behavioral psy-chologist Kate Sumner has a soft spot for Eng-lish—and she’s played by someone with actual Bond Girl experience (Rosamund Pike from DIE ANOTHER DAY). Sumner helps the boys ferret the baddies, who have moles in the KGB,

CIA and MI7—and who may have been the real culprits in Mozambique. Atkinson makes ENGLISH’s 100 minutes tolerable with his malleable face and physical slapstick. He’s athletic, possessed of great comic timing for his 56 years, and can give as well as he takes when it comes to groin kicks. Johnny maintains composure even when knocking a cat from a window ledge, attackinghis employer’s family with a dinner tray, or eluding the authorities on a tricked-out, motor-ized wheelchair. Indeed, the accident-prone agent is best when he’s over-the-top, which will tickle tots—who should be knighted if they manage to keep track of the multiple vil-lains, double-agents, and their agendas.


Drumplay Celebrates 20 Years! Daniel Thompson was a member of Drumplay since its inception. They are celebrating their 20th year as a working group; and will take this occasion to honor Daniel’s memory on April 1, 2012 at the Beachland Ballroom (in the Tavern Room) with Ernie Krivda, saxophones. All of the funds go to the Cleveland Street Chronicle, to which Daniel was a frequent contributor. Drumplay recorded a number of albums with Daniel - some of which were taken from performances in Europe. They are planning a big celebration on April 1, 2012, to mark 20 years since forming in 1992 as a world/jazz percussion ensemble with spoken word. Daniel Thompson was named as Cuyahoga County Poet Laureate on April 1, 1992. He often joked that it was an April Fools prank. He passed in May 2004 due to leukemia. He was 69 years old. Drumplay wants to honor Daniel with this event as well as support the street newspaper movement in Cleveland via Northeast Ohio Coalition for the Homeless. The fundraiser will be held at the Beach-land Tavern on April 1, 2012, with special guest Ernie Krivda on saxophones. Ernie recorded an album with Daniel found as an insert to the back of his book of poems en-titled “Even The Broken Letters Of The Heart Spell Earth”, published by Bottom Dog Press. There will be a free-will donation at the door; but CDs, cassettes, posters and books contain-ing Daniel’s poems will be available for sale - the proceeds of which will go to NEOCH and Street Chronicle. The event starts at 8:00 p.m. on Sunday night, April 1; and will feature some of the best poets in Greater Cleveland including Ray McNiece, Bill Kennedy and Maj Ragain

- the latter being a colleague of Daniel’s who compiled “The Big Book Of Daniel”, also published by Bottom Dog Press in 2011.

Rock 4 Russell • April 22nd Russell was a victim on that tragic day in Chardon, February 27, 2012. A celebra-tion of his life and a fundraiser will take place Sunday April 22, 2012 from 1-8 p.m. at the American Croa-tian Club 34900 Lake Shore Blvd Eastlake, OHFood * 7 Bands * 50/50 Raffl e * Reverse Raffl e * Chinese & Silent Auction * Advance order T-shirts * Bracelets and more at rock-4russell.com All money goes to support the King family & to fund the Russell King Jr. Scholarship Fund.Music Music Music! Look at the great band lineup:1.) OCD (Ohio Celler Dwellars)2.) Party Crasherz3.) R & R Express4.) Chubby and the Turnpikes5.) Abbey Rodeo6.) Dave’s Planet7.) Burnt RiverPre-sale Tickets: $12 Adult and $6 Children (12 and under) [email protected] Tickets: $15 Adult and $8 Children (12 and under) Ticket Locations: Arrowhead Music @ 8571 Mentor Ave. Mentor on the LakeCal’s Marathon @ 7777 Lakeshore Blvd. ClaridonMarathon @ Rte. 322 & Aquila Rd. EastlakeHandle Bar II @ 34471 Vine St. Jeanne’s @ 36091 Vine St.

HOUSE OF BLUES CONCERT ANNOUNCE-MENTSNovember Rain – The Ultimate Guns N’ Roses TributeSaturday, April 7 * doors at 8:00 PM Tickets: $10 in Advance * $4-Packs: $32 On Sale Now!

November Rain began with the thought of fi lling the huge vacuum that still remains years after GNR’s breakup. With no GNR trib-ute bands on the East Coast, in late 2004, Jerry contacted drummer George Giordano, the one man he knew could bring the power, energy and muscle to anchor this proj-ect. When the call for bass players went out, George quickly recruited Steve Ger-raputa to help him recreate the powerful rhythm section

that is at the heart of GNR. After an exhaustive 6 month search, Brian Andersen walked into the audition studio and easily handled the role of lead vocals. Kevin Bryan, rhythm guitar and backing vocals, was the last piece of the puzzle. November Rain has been rockin’ to sold out shows ever since. November Rain meticulously recreates every visual and musical nuance of the Guns N’ Roses Experience. Each and every

November Rain show is a sensory overload of the music, power and energy ofGuns N’ Roses. www.novemberraintribute.com

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The tour is billed as “An Evening With Collective Soul”, and the band plans to make each night unforgettable. In addition to Dos-age, they will perform other songs from a catalog that has sold over 10 million albums worldwide and produced seven #1 radio hits during their nearly 20-year career. Those in at-tendance can expect to hear “Shine”, “Decem-ber”, “The World I Know”, “Where The River Flows”, and many others. www.collectivesoul.com


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ing local artists, food, musicians and poets. The fair is one Cleveland’s most successful, attracting thousands of visitors each year. Running from 11 am to dusk Saturday and Sunday, it features a diverse mixture of musical styles and venues, and is a non-profi t, volunteer-run weekend, focusing on celebrat-ing community, arts and culture. The Hessler Street Fair promotes a spirit of togetherness and carefree fun in a homegrown and family-friendly atmosphere. Saturday, May 19th11am - Fair offi cially opens12pm - Jah Messengers (Reggae)1pm - Charlie Mosbrook (Acoustic Singer/Songwriter)2pm - Jazzkour3pm – Gusti (Folk)4pm - Councilman Conwell and the Footprints (Blues)5pm - Matt Harmon (Acoustic Singer/Song-writer)6pm - Hessler Blues All-Stars7pm - Morticia’s Chair (Rock)8pm - Into the BlueSunday, May 20th11am Fair opens12pm - Cats On Holiday (Roots/Cajun/Blues)1pm - Eve & Stephen (Folk/Pop)2pm - Square Dance with One Dollar Hat3pm - George Foley and His Rhythm (Jazz)4pm - JiMiller Band (Americana/old rock/improv jam)5pm - Katty Whomp Us (Afro beat/Punk/Ska)6pm - Revolution Brass Band (Funk/Roots Rock/Western Swing)7pm - Silver Branches (Rock)8pm - Carlos Jones & the P.L.U.S. Band (Reg-gae) The Hessler Street Fair is also the primary fund-raiser for the Hessler Neighborhood Association (HNA). The HNA was founded in 1969 as a non-profi t corporation engaged in activities to enhance the social and architec-tural quality of the neighborhood. The funds the HNA has generated from the Hessler Street Fair since 1969 have been used to restore, preserve and maintain resi-dences in the Hessler Neighborhood Associa-tion. Through the dedicated efforts of Hessler Road residents, Hessler Road and Hessler Court were dedicated as Cleveland’s fi rst local landmark district in 1975. Jacobs Pavilion and Nautica Enter-tainment Complex in the Flats to Host Annual BBQ Bash and More! Live Nation is proud to announce that its annual summer celebration, the 21st Annual Marc�s Great American Rib Cook Off & Music Festival will return to Jacobs Pavilion and the Nautica Entertainment Complex on the West Bank of the Flats. The landmark

venue situated along the Cuyahoga River adjacent to The Powerhouse and the all-new Greater Cleveland Aquarium will host a full summer concert schedule including the 3rd annual Z107.9 Summer Jam and a new food and music festival, 93.1 WZAK�s Stone Soul Picnic in addition to the Marc�s Great Ameri-can Rib Cook Off this summer.

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SIC FESTIVALMay 25-28, 2012 Memorial Day WeekendMemorial Day weekend 2012 marks the 21st anniversary of the Marc�s Great American Rib Cook Off. Live Nation is celebrating this festive feast on Cleveland�s west bank of the Flats where the ribs are sweeter and the bands are hotter! During its tenure, the four-day grill-ing showdown and music festival has become a traditional community staple. For those who call Greater Cleveland home, the Rib Cook Off ushers in the start of summer and offi cially kicks-off grilling season in Northeast Ohio. Without a doubt, competition is at the heart of this annual barbecue bash. Ten profes-sional grilling teams from across the country will engage in a fi erce battle for “Great-est Ribs in America,” “Butch Lupinetti Greatest Sauce in America” and Tim Lally Chevrolet “People’s Choice” awards. The sauce slinging really heats up Saturday, May 26 when six handpicked rookie barbecue chefs participate in the annual Marc’s Amateur Grilling Competition.Want some rock to go with your ribs? The Bud Light Main Stage entertainment lineup for the 21st Anniversary celebration will feature daily headliners including The B-52�s, on Friday, May 25, Todd Rundgren Saturday, May 26, Staind on Sunday, May 27, and Mi-chael Stanley and The Resonators will close the weekend�s music festivities on Memorial Day Monday, May 28. A complete entertain-ment schedule with additional bands and performance times will be announced soon. A limited number of Front-of-Stage General Admission “BBQ PIT” tickets for Staind and prime reserved seats for The B-52’s, Todd Rundgren and Michael Stan-ley and The Resonators, which also include admission to the Rib Cook Off, are on sale Friday, April 13, 10am at www.livenation.com, all Ticketmaster locations and charge-by-phone 800-745-3000. Visit the festival’s NEW WEBSITE at www.fox8.com/rib or call the Jacobs Pavilion Box Offi ce during event hours at 216.622.6557.

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“...Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our close rooms...the game of ball is glorious.” ~Walt Whitman

By Chad Felton

“….Time begins on Opening Day.” Thomas Boswell was right. Well, for baseball fans, anyway. The new season has arrived and it’s time to put last year’s short-comings aside and focus on new goals. The Indians were competitive last year….until August, overachieving in many eyes, only to fade out and be overtaken by the late-surging and eventual American League Central Champion Detroit Tigers. A palpable vibe still fl ows, however, that the Cleveland Indians are moving towards a light, not retreating from one, that something of an established foundation has been erected. And it honestly didn’t take as long as this fan thought, what, after the designed razing of the one-game-from-the-World Series squad just back in 2007. (Not to put too fi ne a point on it, but the team hasn’t fi nished with a .500 or above record since 2008, though they were two games shy of the mark in 2011. Still, your assigned correspondent can’t help but to summon Bunk Moreland’s quote: “Makes me sick, motherfucker, how far we done fell.”) Thanks, Dolans! When Hall of Fame pitcher Bob Lemon said, “Baseball was made for kids, and grownups only screw it up,” he sure as hell wasn’t kidding. Despite the justifi ed petulance, baseball is excellent. Reminiscing, I was never really a sports enthusiast growing up. I found my-self isolated because of this. The neighbor-hood kids viewed this unenviable position as astoundingly odd. They gawked at me, pity in their eyes (there but for the grace of God go I), as if I were affl icted with an obscure malady. I would later learn that this was not pity, exactly, rather low-grade dread, as I was usually persuaded to participate. Some prepubescent athlete was going to end up having my inept ass on his team which didn’t bode well. As the rabble turned from their activi-ties to the applause of the neighborhood—screams, cheers, demands that their mothers wash their uniforms—anecdotes would be shared and the mysteries of the next contest pondered. Timmy went 2 for 4, but I would kill the atmosphere by bringing up “Animal Farm,” much to the disdain of the superstar tykes.

Sports, the big three anyway, grew on me, especially football (Yes, New York Gi-ants) and baseball. For some reason, I felt a puzzling rapport with baseball. Maybe it was the fi rst sport I thought of when thinking of America. It was the perfect metaphor not only for this nation but also for life, and, like the late Bart Giamatti believed, no other sport was so perfectly designed to break your heart. It seemed more reachable, more global. As I got more into baseball through its storied history, the game’s biggest luminaries stood out, and Jackie Robinson led the pack, not only for his superlative ability, but also because he possessed the spirit of a champion. He took on an institution, THE institution, and this was enough to inspire anyone. He commanded the game, strolling down its path with honor and precision. Although I was generations removed from his era, and had no athletic ability/instinct whatsoever, I immediately con-nected with everything he embodied. I didn’t give a damn about other kids’ games, so I took my burgeoning interest and my baseball books and jumped straight to the local pro team, although their play was often horrendous. Even before I was a fan, I had heard of the notoriety sur-rounding the Cleveland Indians, and how most of their recent history was nothing if not a perennial wash. I knew of the egregious logo; I knew of the cavernous, anachronistic dungeon they played in; mostly, I knew of their seemingly cursed history, the alba-tross hanging around the organization’s collective neck. Many of the in-cidents, old school and modern, seemed unreal. I began to feel something not of this earth was involved. I’d sit there wondering if some sadistic poltergeist in a clandestine quasi-science fi ction control booth peering down from the cosmos was making all of this happen: let the beanball thrown by Carl Mays strike Ray Chapman in

the head and kill him; let the team be a jug-gernaut only to be swept in 1954; make Steve Olin and Tim Crews both meet their demise in a boat crash; let Gil McDougald’s sharp liner blast the promising Herb Score, essentially derailing his effectiveness; choose Ray Fosse to be steamrolled by Pete Rose in an All-Star Game and just for extra kicks, let the team keep losing. Forget Lemony Snicket, this was truly A Series of Unfortunate Events. More than aware, I knew I would remain a fan. I remember sitting in general admis-sion ruminating on how long this unfavorable process would take place. I was able to attend the last three games at Municipal Stadium with the team closing out the joint in typical losing style. I knew of the new park awaiting the Indians in April. And it troubled me. My prime objection wasn’t the new park/dawn of a new era; it would be the new “fans” who decided to come along for the ride. All these badwagoneers (not) surprisingly began to show their faces. These are the ones who were nowhere when the team was burning in hell, idle. These fake-ass fans didn’t exist

when the word “inferior” didn’t even apply to the team. Where were these diehards when the Indians were dropping 105 games a year? Where were they, to use the cliché, when every fan had their own vendor? When John McNamara was dozing off in the damn dugout? When baseball gods like Rich Yett, Keith Ather-ton, Oddibe McDowell and Ron Washington weren’t climb-

ing into the record books? By some force of nature, I obtained an Opening Day ticket for April 4th, 1994. Jacobs Field was a sparkling gem, a beautiful comple-

ment to down-town Cleve-land. It exuded a new life and atmosphere in the team and city. And I knew exactly what was going to hap-pen because of it. On one level, the team’s successes have been the true fan’s bane and blessing. All former nonbelievers were seen running along the train acting as if they had been down. These vultures fl ocked to the team and pronounced themselves real. Like one big Opening Day followed by a Game 2 ofthe season, now you see ‘em, now you don’t. It isn’t just the average counterfeit chump meandering around E. 9th in full Indians game-day regalia acting like he’s real, either. There is the other sizeable contingent, which includes the politicians, banal bureau-crats, elitist pigs, etc. These parasites aren’t even fans of the game. It’s “entertainment” to them, a door to a business venture, a seal to a deal. They’re nothing but remoras attached to the shark, little birds feeding off the rhino’s ass. And while these tools drink Rolling Rock with prospective clients, talking mergers and acquisitions, poor lil’ Billy, glove in hand, is in the seats higher than the fuckin’ blimp in hopes to see at least an error. We real fans fi ght for tickets; they sit in loges. We wear hats and dress casually; they pomade their hair and wear $1200 suits. We chomp franks and nachos and swig Cokes; they bite into amuse-bouches in the Terrace Club, smoke Macanudos and sip on Sambuca. This is baseball, not a damn cocktail party. It doesn’t fi t. Like Bogart said, “A hot dog at the ballgame beats a roast beef at the Ritz.” No doubt. Oh, I get it; it’s easier to root for a win-ner. Then why when the team was on its way to the A.L. Central crown in ’07 could one still see rows of empty seats in mid-September? Roger Kahn talked about falling in love with a team through defeat, the time precisely where you’ll not see one of the aforemen-tioned scabs. And that’s the true reality, Indi-ans fans—money does talk, granted, but heart can never be substituted. Keep hope alive, and it’ll get us there again.


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As you read this you have probably already heard the name of Trayvon Martin and are somewhat familiar with his case. Trayvon was a 17-year old teenager in Florida who was shot and killed by a neighborhood watchman who claimed it as self-defense. As more of the story has come to light many believe there was direct intent to murder the young man based upon racism. This is not going to be about that case. This is the public written roasting and bashing of someone who helped report on the case; Geraldo Rivera. Geraldo Rivera recently claimed that he felt part of the reason Trayvon Martin was killed was because he was wear-ing a hoodie and that the youths of America should no longer wear them. Geraldo is a mo-ron and continues to prove so as he somehow carries on in a television career that can only belong to him or a character in a never made Leslie Nielsen fi lm about a television reporter who is an idiot. Now when I call Geraldo an idiot, I certainly don’t mean he’s un-educated as he is in fact quite educated and even has a law degree. I just fi nd it so hard to believe that he works for FoxNews a major Repub-lican when everything that comes out of his mouth makes him look like a com-plete jackass which happens

to be the mascot of Democrats. Clearly, he is best known for his mustache which is so ridiculously conspicuous that even Groucho Marx would have to put on a fake pair of eyeglasses-nose-mustache just to compete! If I were a member of the Hispanic community I would ask him to change his name back to Gerald (his birth name). In fact, the guy is so embarrassing to his name that even the singer Gerardo, of “Rico Suave” fame, wants to change his name simply because people are constantly mixing it up. Now let’s get to the joke of reports that he is famously know for shall we? In 1986 act-ing on information that was more than likely given to him by someone “off the street” (and by that I mean a street that is no more reputable a news source than Sesame Street), Geraldo staged an entire special on the uncov-ering of gangster Al Capone’s “vault.” The show went on for many hours and he even had medical examiners in case he was to fi nd dead bodies (because you know, that’s what guys store in vaults…dead bodies…idiot). However at the end of the show all that was revealed were a few empty and broken glass bottles. Empty, just like the results any media outlet receives when the hire

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context of one-time day talk show host Rosie O’Donnell’s program was less of a joke than the product this guy put out. Alas, it was the eighties and there were a lot of ridiculous daytime talk shows all of which at some point had over the top segments. However, in 1988 Geraldo tangled with some racists on his show and had his nose broken. While I’m not for racism, I’m all for people punching him in the face, but it would’ve been better and more degrading if it had happened from one of the guys who used to dress in lace underwear on his show. It should be obvious to you that your television show is a joke when they ask you to take part in a television show like Seinfeld, you know, as a JOKE! Now we approach closer to the present: it was the early 2000s and Geraldo signed on with FoxNews. The war in Iraq began and guess who was there to cover it? For some reason, someone actually thought it was a good idea to even allow him to travel with the 101st Airborne Division. I’m not going to be so cruel as to say that it was a good idea on paper because if you happened to lose a reporter in battle, why not him, I just don’t believe in wishing that much ill-will upon a person. However, genius-boy was broadcast-ing live for FoxNews one day and decided to tell America (and oh yeah, the world) the exact plans for an upcoming military opera-tion. Not only did he talk about them, but the guy drew them out in the sand! Even Benedict Arnold was rolling around in his grave think-ing, “Seriously? They call what I did treason? How did this asshole even get back into the country?” Finally, we come to present day and the

unfortunate slaying of Trayvon Martin. While on FoxNews and in a written article, Geraldo claims that Trayvon wearing a hoodie was as much to blame for his death as the man who shot him. Here comes the problem, he also claims that when black kids or latino kids wear hoodies people will go to the other side of the street because of the stigma that comes along with it (aka they might be thugs). Except the guy who killed Trayvon didn’t go across the street, nor was the kid even walking toward him, he was walking away and then was running because he was being chased! Yeah, you’re right mustache, it’s the hoodie.Not to mention, this punk is giving the parents of America advice on how to raise their children when he can’t even hold down his own home life. The guy is currently on his 5th marriage! That’s like the sad suckers who listen and call in to Delilah on the radio for advice on relationships when in fact she sucks at them and has had multiple marriages too. I have seen plenty of people of all races wear hoodies and not once have I ever thought, THUG. I mean even Tipper Gore is sitting somewhere wiping the sweat off her forehead fi nally because her outcry against bands like AC/DC as devil-worshippers was less ridicu-lous than telling all of America to stop wear-ing hoodies. Bill Belichick, coach of the New England Patriots, is nicknamed ‘The Hoodie’ because he always wears one on the sidelines and he’s white! All right faithful readers, I’m done vent-ing. I’m all worked up at this point and start-ing to sweat as I sit here wearing my hoodie. I would love to end this as always by plugging some great stand-up comedy throughout the area, but why bother? Nothing you’re going to see is as humorous as what comes out of Geraldo’s suckhole. Where’s a racist to punch him when you need him? Follow me on Twitter @TheSteveGuy or fi nd me on Facebook to see what I’m up to. Email for advice at [email protected]


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THE LAKE ERIE MONSTER COMIC BOOK by artists JOHN G. and JAKE KELLY First Issue Party At Blue Arrow Records Saturday, March 31, 2012 A little over a year ago, local artists John G. and Jake Kelly collaborated on an art show called TEN IMAGINARY MOVIES. For the show Jake created ten full size posters for made up fi lms: z-grade horror fl icks, 70’s sci-fi trash and giant monster movies. John was responsible for creating the phony ephemera that heightened the illusion of reality: movie stills, VHS boxes, action fi gures and comic book adaptations. The fake comic book adaptation was for the Cleveland-set THE LAKE ERIE MON-STER, and once the show was over the pair decided to continue their collaboration and turn this imaginary adaptation of an imaginary fi lm comic into a reality. Jake scripted a toxic waste monster story set in 1970’s era Cleve-land and John created appropriately dark and compelling artwork. They decided to serial-ize the epic tale over fi ve issues, each also containing brand new back-up horror stories by the artists. The result is a Rust-Belt horror anthology, complete with a cackling host (a zombifi ed Commodore Perry) and presented in full, eye-gouging color. To celebrate the release of the fi rst issue, the duo are having a party at BLUE AR-ROW RECORDS (16001 Waterloo Rd.) on Saturday, March 31st from 6-9pm. There will be a limited editon print and other freebies for the fi rst 30 who buy the book as well as John Neely (of “the BIG O” radio show, as heard on 89.3 WCSB) spinning Cleveland and greater Ohio punk rock records. Stone Pony to perform from 10 to 2 at Spa-ghetti Dinner Fundraiser. The event takes place at Glory Daze 30300 Euclid Ave. in Wickliffe this Saturday, March 31st. Tickets are $12....all proceeds to benefi t Chardon Memorial Fund.



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I’m sure while your reading this you have already experienced the summer like weather we had last week. All of the fl owers are blooming and people are out cutting grass like crazy. It’s a little weird , but I can’t com-plain because Spring is my all time favorite season of the year. This year, as in years past, I start getting things ready to go to do a few music festivals. I set up my 10x10 tent canopy and a few tables and drag out my cool luthier tools that I have either built or acquired through the years and try to show the public what it is that I do. This year I’m going to add a few workshops into the mix and actually try my hand at teaching people about some of the processes that it takes to build a guitar. The fi rst festival that is on the schedule for this year is going to be “The Riverside Inn Music Festival” on April 20, 21, 22. It is held at the Riv-erside Inn in Cambridge Springs P.A. (right outside of Edinboro) This is a great festival that has been running consecutively for well over 15 yrs. My wife and I have been going for at least 10 yrs. It started out being mostly “old timey bluegrass” but it seems to have changed a bit over the yrs. Each year the festival brings in a new surprise. Last year the Hotel was pur-chased by some new owners and they brought some new energy to the festival. The music was a little bit more diverse, with younger performers and they even added a “Home Brewery” competition to the event. A little home brew never hurt anyone, right? It still had all of the events that we have been used to in the past. There are musicians everywhere, inside of the hotel. When the weather is nice (and it often is) there will be groups of people all over the outside porch that wraps around the whole front and one side of the hotel. And before I forget to mention it, the whole event is Free to the public. I do suggest you contact

the hotel soon www.theriversideinn.com if you plan to stay. The rooms fi ll up quickly. One cool thing about the hotel is that it has been a operating hotel since 1880 something and it still is decorated with a lot of the original style furniture and it has a great history of being a very fancy resort style hotel that boasted of its mineral spring waters that people would fl ock to for the powerful healing properties that it possessed. It is truly a great place to see

and hosts many different dinner theater events through the spring, summer and fall seasons. This year will be the fi rst year that I will actually be setting up a booth and perform-ing a couple of workshops on Sat 4/21 of the event. At 2:00 I will be showing and explain-ing how I bend sides for the guitar. Some of the demonstration will be done with a slide show picture format and some will be done on an old fashion “hot pipe”. At 2:30 I will explain the procedures I take to build bone nuts for guitars and other stringed instruments. I would love to extend a personal invitation to all of the readers of the Voice to come out and join the festivities (my workshops and others) and join in on all of the great music and hospi-tality that the Riverside Inn has to offer. There is a whole list of the scheduled performers

listed on the website mentioned above. Please check it out when you have time. I will also be doing a workshop at a new Folk Festival called the BlueSky Folk Festi-val. This will be the 2nd Annual festival host-ed at the East Shore Unitarian Universalist Church in Kirtland Ohio (Rt. 306 ¼ mi. south of Rt.6) Sat, May 19th. It is packed with fun events for the kids and jam sessions, good food, good entertainment, and of course I will

be there with my tent and my wares. Also my good friend Bob Yocum and his new bride to be, Miss Lenora Tewksbary www.spoontoosoon.com will be hosting an “open mic” and doing a workshop on playing the “Spoons” If you haven’t seen their performances you are in for a treat! I’ve got a really good feeling about all of the people involved in running this event. After being graciously invited to a couple of meetings, I’m very impressed with the level of commitment that everyone displays. All the committee mem-bers spend many hours on every aspect of the event. From advertising

budget, food preparations, parking logistics, event planning for children, vendor applica-tions, booth locations, music scheduling and to just making sure that everyone that is going to attend is going to have a good time!! Every-one is dedicated to the success of the event. Their commitment lies in sharing the love that music creates in the souls of all who hears it. And I say God bless them for that! With all of that good energy behind this festival it would be very diffi cult to not have a good time there. Hope to see you all there. Until then, please Stay in Tune!

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Keith Moody in Cleveland on April 7th at Wilbert’s Food & Music If you like music then you will love Keith’s original brand of alternative roots rock where classic rock, blues and country cross paths. The mixes of many musical infl u-ences are expressed through his lyrics, vocals and bluesy guitar style. As the lead singer, guitarist and writer Keith is an Independent Artist building his career from the ground up. As a singer-songwriter and with his three piece band he has taken to the road touring and making friends wherever he goes. Moody’s infl uences range from the

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21 Jump StreetSony R 109 min So here is my disclaimer. I’ve never even seen an episode of 21 Jump Street. Without bothering to research I think that’s the vehicle that launched Johnny Depp’s career, right? At any rate I don’t have the emotional baggage of worrying whether or not the movies producers strayed from the original soul of the show. I mean it’s not like somebody’s screwing around with the TWILIGHT ZONE,....Anyway this is one of those cases involving the newest and biggest selling movie avail-able at deadline as opposed to something anticipated or important. This one is neither. It’s a run of the mill action comedy starring a slimmed down Jonah Hill who appears to be making good use of his 15 minutes of fame. I’m guessing the setup is pretty much the same as the television series. A handful of recent police academy graduates still look young enough to pass for high school students. Unlike an offi cer who looks more like, say, Charles Durning these cops can fi t in and get to the bottom of some high school criminal activity. In this case, as usual, it’s drug dealers. Sure, that’s a fairly common antagonist in the movies but these guys are made even worse since the drug in question is killing people.Now back in real high school Schmidt (Hill) is smart but not very popular or athletic. He is nemesis Jenco (Channing Tatum) is tough popular and handsome but alas too stupid to pass very many classes. Of course these are the two who will be paired up to solve the poison dope mystery. Well there aren’t a lot of surprises here but one is that this is not as bad as one might expect and the mystery itself and action inherent to it are above average for the genre.The things that aren’t any surprise at all are whether the two misfi ts redeem themselves and crack the case to everyone’s surprise. Yeah you knew that.Basically it’s just what you expect and better than most.

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The Hunger GamesLionsgate PG13 142 min

Subject: First of all, there have been comparisons drawn between THE HUNGER GAMES and the TWILIGHT SAGA. The only valid simi-larities I see are these, The books and fi lms are wildly popular with young women, and the protagonists are female.

In the case of the hunger games I have actually read the books and, well, didn’t like them. It seems to me that there was not nearly enough story to fi ll up 14 or so hours of read-ing. Fortunately there is plenty to fi ll up a

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couple hours of movie time. THE HUNGER GAMES is a post-apocalyptic action thriller (as opposed to a gothic teen vampire romance) that owes much to Norman Jewison’s ROLLERBALL. “It was never meant to be a game!!” Many years ago the citizens of Panem rose up against, and were subsequently crushed by the tyrannical government.The hunger games themselves are put in place not only as punishment but also to constantly remind the people of the futility of revolt. Ev-ery year two children, a boy and a girl, are se-lected at random from each of the 12 districts. After training and many media showcases in the glamorous capital city the participants are transported to a controlled wilderness battleground where they will fi ght to the last

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survivor. The natural and unnatural pitfalls of the arena are just as deadly as the opponents and are all manipulated by the government gamekeepers. Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence) lived with her mother and young sister in the impoverished district 12. Her skills with bow and arrow and knowledge of the wild allow her to poach a little meat from the restricted area and barter for a few necessities. When her 12 year old sister is selected for the games Katniss volunteers to go in her stead. These games are more than just a com-petition; they are the number one rated TV show across the country and especially in the opulent pampered capital. Katniss and Peeta (Josh Hutchinson) the baker’s son will also need to compete for the favor of the sponsors who may send gifts of tools, medicine, or food to the battle ground. Helping them prepare for this is a PR mentor Haymitch (Woody Harrellson) the former district 12 champion and now embit-tered drunk. From here it’s action and intrigue with a side of romance and just a dash of anti-estab-lishment morality. It all works even better with the fat of the original work trimmed away. The few ele-

ments glossed over for expedience sake aren’t necessary to the story as a whole. Oh and one big difference from TWI-LIGHT?The acting here is pretty damn good with even Harrellson turning in a fi ne and well-cast performance. I actually thought the books went down-hill from the fi rst volume so it will be interest-ing to see how the next couple installments translate to screen.Stay tuned.

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It’s probably unfair to mingle re-views of the latest albums by surviving Fab Four members Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr. Unlike Mr. Starkey’s rock-oriented Ringo 2012, Sir Paul’s Kisses on the Bottom is a collection of new spins on old jazz standards. So rather than compare apples with oranges, let’s survey the highlights of each ex-Beatle offering by contrasting the two. Macca’s Kisses is an easy-listening throwback disc that celebrates the music of his parents’ generation by respect-fully reimagining samples for a younger audience. Produced with Cleveland native Tommy LiPuma (who co-headed the infl uential Blue Thumb Records jazz

label back in the Eisenhower era) Paul’s fi fteenth studio release boasts some satisfy-ing moments despite the low-key approach. We’re treated to slow shuffl es (like the Harold Spina / Johnny Burke classic “My Very Good Friend the Milkman”) whimsi-cal ballads (Harold Arlen / Billy Rose standby “It’s Only a Paper Moon”) and lighthearted kiddy fare (Frank Loesser’s “Inch Worm”) that feature Paul’s deli-cate, seasoned voice and sparse arrange-ments conducted by Eddie Karsem and Johnny Mandel. My grandmother would approve of McCartney’s airy tasteful take on Irving Berlin’s “Always.” But my seven year-old son (who was introduced to Beatles music via video games like Rock

Band) will instead fi ll his iShuffl e with Ringo rockers like “”Slow Down.” The boy already gravitates toward Ringo-sung Beatles material anyway, and the tracks on the septuagenarian’s

latest for Hip-O / U-Me will make suitable playlist neighbors alongside “Yellow Subma-

rine,” “Octopus’s Garden,” and “Act Natu-rally.” He loves Lennon / McCartney songs as much as his old man, mind you—but would probably nod off ten minutes into Paul’s hour-long Kisses. Conversely, his attention span will endure (if not be invigorated by) Ringo’s peppy 29-minute escapade. Moreover, Paul’s subject matter skews to a decidedly older crowd. The cute Beatle still hasn’t had enough of those silly love songs, apparently. He revisits puppy-eyed ballads like Henry Haywood’s “Get Yourself Another Fool” and Loesser’s “More I Cannot Wish You” with the heart of someone who’s enjoyed both the zeniths and nadirs of romance. Indeed, one of two original Macca songs on Kisses—the plaintive “My Valentine”—was penned for his latest wife, Nancy Shevell, and is effective thanks to some beautiful Strat magic by Eric Clapton. And while teens and twenty-somethings are hardly immune to Cu-pid’s arrows, they don’t typically couch their

amorous stirrings (or emotional an-guish) in quite the same terms as Billy Rose or Johnny Mercer. It’s not as easy to wax nostalgic about summer fl ings and park bench rendezvous when, frankly, you haven’t been around long enough to warrant such sentimentalism. So if McCartney’s smooth (but sometimes somnambulant) string quartet doesn’t repel Kelly Clark-son fans, his unapologetically rosy perspective might. Ringo already went the stan-dards route, covering Cole Porter (“Night and Day”) and Hoagy Carmichael (“Stardust”) on his fi rst post-Beatles LP, Sentimental Journey. In fact, he visited “Bye, Bye Blackbird” on that 1970 disc, whereas Paul is just now get-ting around to the Mort Dixon.

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so his seventeenth solo effort might actually take root with new listeners. 2012’s foot-tap-ping, change-the-world opener “Anthem” was co-written by go-to hit maker Glen Ballard (Michael Jackson, Alanis Morissette), a studio guru with a proven ear. “Samba” sizzles with sparks from (Beach Boys affi liate) Van Dyke Parks’ squeezebox. And where Paul inserts two original cuts on Kisses, Ringo decorates his six fresh tracks with covers of not just Buddy Holly (“Think It Over”) and John Lomax (prison song “Rock Island Line”), but himself. Reggae-tinged “Step Lightly” is a remake of a more loping version found on Ringo’s eponymous 1973 album, while the equally Bob Marley-infl uenced “Wings” pits the horns of its 1977 analogue against chinka-chinka rhythm guitar. McCartney—who plays no instruments on Kisses save acoustic guitar on three tracks—is backed by a cadre of virtuoso musi-cians, including (wife of pal Elvis Costello) Grammy win-ning pianist and Juno Award recipient Diana Krall, who ap-pears on almost every track. String-pickers Anthony Wilson and (brothers) John and Bucky Pizzarelli join bassists Christian McBride, Robert Hurst, Chuck Berghoffer, and John Clayton in laying the billowy bedrock, while concertmasters Ro-man Simovic and Assa Drori supervise their musical execution. Violinist Andy Stern and vibraphone expert Mike Mainieri are featured guests, sprinkling melodies over tasteful beats by Karriem Riggins and Jeff Hamilton. Ringo handles drums and percussion throughout 2012 and is rejoined by many of the same rockers who appeared on 2010’s Y Not. Some of the players—including Edgar Winter and Richard Page (Mr. Mister)—are alumni of Ringo’s touring All-Starr Band and, unlike Paul’s more academic crew, seem like

the kind of down-to-earth souls you’d borrow a lawnmower from or watch the game with. Fender guitarists Joe Walsh and Kenny Wayne Shepherd bring buzzy chords and bluesy licks to the wistful “Wonderful” and the inappropri-ately-titled lead-out “Slow Down.” Euryth-mics member Dave Stewart contributes guitar and keys to mop-top remembrance song “In Liverpool,” while Don Was and Charlie Haden share bass duties with Page. Amy Keys and Kelly Moneymaker add background vocals. Kisses showcases a children’s choir on one tune and the London Symphony Orchestra on another. McCartney’s farewell track, “Only Our Hearts,” is sweetened by a harmonica solo courtesy Stevie Wonder, who collabo-rated with Paul on number one hit “Ebony and Ivory” thirty years ago. Forced to choose between Kisses and

2012 for our desert island library, we’d side with Ringo in a fl ash (and suspect John Lennon would, too). Despite having three years on his Hof-ner-thumping Rock Hall peer, Ringo wins the upper hand here (not that it’s a contest). The drummer sounds healthy; like he’s actually living instead of dying. The bearded star of 200 Motels and Caveman is still making fresh memories, whereas the baby-faced author of Give My Regards to Broad-street, bless him, continues to reminisce, and in a voice that sadly grows more fragile with every project. Valentine’s Day sees the release of a deluxe package Kisses on the Bottom, which will include two bonus tracks and video footage of Sir Paul

trying to explain himself. No word yet on whether he’ll tour the disc. Ringo, on the other hand, has no use for dangling digital carrot sticks. He’s already scheduled 2012 dates with a new All-Star Band (Todd Rungren, Steve Lukather, Gregg Rolie) beginning this June.

Don’t pass Cleveland by, Ringo. Don’t make us blue.

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~ Rick Ray

It was brought to my attention that I have been participating in a n-n-n-normal hu-man practice that for all intents and purposes can be very annoying, and even though I pride myself in being annoying, this practice is r-e-a-l-l-y annoying even for me! I was told I whine a lot and not from just one person either! Hmm… now I’ve got to fi nd out if I do in fact… whine! The fi rst thing I must know is what really is whining? I know that dogs whine, kids whine, and ex-wives whine in fact most n-n-n-normal people whine at some point but in case you’ve forgotten… I… am not n-n-n-normal! During my research on whiners I found that society for the most part does not take too kindly to whiners and complainers. In fact most comments I found were very rude and ruthlessly insulting! It’s like a whole other world that is as despised and detested as a festering use-less miserable can of rotten spam! How can people be so insensitive? How is it that I fi nd myself in such a wretched state hated by society? For someone to tell me I whine a lot can only mean one thing… I’ve slipped into… ‘The Whinelight Zone’! “You’re traveling through another dimension, a dimension not only of sight and sound but of mind. A journey into a wondrous land whose boundaries are that of imagination. At the signpost up ahead your next stop is … The Whinelight Zone!” In ‘The Whinelight Zone’ reside all kinds of whiners, complainers, moaners, groaners, nitpickers, crybabies, drama queens, excessive talkers, gossipers, woe-is-me-ers and fault fi nders… LIFE SUCKING ZOM-

BIES! Some have called them “energy sucking vampires” but most vampires have a person-ality and can outwit you in several different ways. Zombies are slow witted, usually rot-ting from the inside out and they are never anymore intelligent than brainless rodents! So the chronic whiners, complainers, moaners, groaners, nitpickers, crybabies, drama queens, excessive talkers, gossip-ers, woe-is-me-ers and fault fi nders are too busy complaining or whining to be witty and because their problems are never going to go away they sit and fester within them and start rotting their minds from the inside out. ZOMBIES!

They must have sought me out to spew their infestation of decaying mind matter on me and by taking bites out of my intellect tried to turn me into a slow witted brainless rotting rodent also! Hmm… this is starting to make sense! Being victimized I’d start venting and spewing my own “Gee, sure do wish things were different for me!” thoughts upon other unwary humans and then be stuck in my own newly formed pessimistic rotted mind-less world that is so dreadful now that I begin to seek others to whine and complain to!

So, if no one had intervened, the life sucking zombie herd mentality would have kicked in and I’d be mindlessly wandering the earth complaining about whiners, moan-ing about groaners, nitpicking about crying crybabies, excessively talking about drama queens, gossiping and fi nding fault with woe-is-me-ers! I’d be forever salivating as a hideous demented rotting homicidal zombie, drooling and oozing disease ridden festering sludge in search of the new sniveling cursed whining prey found roaming in the streets of… ‘The Whinelight Zone’

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