March 3, 20178 yr In my spare time I've been reading every rock music biography I can get my hands on. Mix in John Gorman's "Buzzard" if you haven't read it yet. Will do. Interesting aside, I always heard that Cleveland radio was instrumental in breaking the E Street Band. But in Bruce's book there is no special mention regarding Cleveland. I was surprised, the book is very detailed and probably the best one I've read so far, maybe just ahead of Neil Young. Both excellent.
March 5, 20178 yr The story, and the woman, behind the Cleveland Flea Kaylyn Hlavaty http://www.newsnet5.com/news/local-news/oh-cuyahoga/the-story-and-the-woman-behind-the-cleveland-flea
March 5, 20178 yr In my spare time I've been reading every rock music biography I can get my hands on. Mix in John Gorman's "Buzzard" if you haven't read it yet. Will do. Interesting aside, I always heard that Cleveland radio was instrumental in breaking the E Street Band. But in Bruce's book there is no special mention regarding Cleveland. I was surprised, the book is very detailed and probably the best one I've read so far, maybe just ahead of Neil Young. Both excellent. that is absolutely true and there are plenty of stories, but you will never get anything even slightly controversial out of the boss. that autobiography was so disappointing, i have never read a book where someone talked so much and said so little. i already knew all those stories and he dodged anything that would even challenge his overly managed legacy. if you want a truthful/warts and all rock bio book you have to read trouble boys, the one about the replacements. that took many years to research and write and it is definitely the best i have ever read. woody guthrie a life is another great one. no cleveland in those either, though! bruce trivia -- despite cle being an old hotbed for the guy, his first known performance in ohio was actually at dayton hara arena in 1972 opening for sha na na.
March 6, 20178 yr if you want a truthful/warts and all rock bio book you have to read trouble boys, the one about the replacements. that took many years to research and write and it is definitely the best i have ever read. woody guthrie a life is another great one. no cleveland in those either, though! bruce trivia -- despite cle being an old hotbed for the guy, his first known performance in ohio was actually at dayton hara arena in 1972 opening for sha na na. Replacements are the natural progression from Alex Chilton, I suppose! Oh, remember Bruce did mention getting hit by a battery from a "fan" in Cleveland haha
March 6, 20178 yr if you want a truthful/warts and all rock bio book you have to read trouble boys, the one about the replacements. that took many years to research and write and it is definitely the best i have ever read. woody guthrie a life is another great one. no cleveland in those either, though! bruce trivia -- despite cle being an old hotbed for the guy, his first known performance in ohio was actually at dayton hara arena in 1972 opening for sha na na. Replacements are the natural progression from Alex Chilton, I suppose! Oh, remember Bruce did mention getting hit by a battery from a "fan" in Cleveland haha oh, i love the box tops and of course big star -- so now i have to read the chilton book - thanks lol! of course he makes an appearance in trouble boys, too. bruce was hit near his eye by a firecracker at a new years eve show at richfield. it became a famous bootleg called, naturally, the firecracker incident. great boot - epic show! speaking of bootlegs, imo the very best cle rock boot is the famous led zeppelin destroyer, one of the best boots of their ratty 1977 tour and also from a richfield coliseum show. robert plant says, "i'm so glad to beee.... .... here." it's the funniest thing i have ever heard. totally inspired spinal tap. otherwise, they were on that night though, its a good one.
March 6, 20178 yr 1986 show, they were already well established with several albums and a B movie. ???
March 6, 20178 yr I didn't know where to post this but it was exciting to me and makes me love Cleveland so why not here? Haha. At long last... Heinen's has lit up the Trust Rotunda! Via "Greg_is_downtown" on Instagram. It's a small thing but to me makes a hugggge difference to this key corner.
March 6, 20178 yr if you want a truthful/warts and all rock bio book you have to read trouble boys, the one about the replacements. that took many years to research and write and it is definitely the best i have ever read. woody guthrie a life is another great one. no cleveland in those either, though! bruce trivia -- despite cle being an old hotbed for the guy, his first known performance in ohio was actually at dayton hara arena in 1972 opening for sha na na. Replacements are the natural progression from Alex Chilton, I suppose! Oh, remember Bruce did mention getting hit by a battery from a "fan" in Cleveland haha oh, i love the box tops and of course big star -- so now i have to read the chilton book - thanks lol! of course he makes an appearance in trouble boys, too. bruce was hit near his eye by a firecracker at a new years eve show at richfield. it became a famous bootleg called, naturally, the firecracker incident. great boot - epic show! speaking of bootlegs, imo the very best cle rock boot is the famous led zeppelin destroyer, one of the best boots of their ratty 1977 tour and also from a richfield coliseum show. robert plant says, "i'm so glad to beee.... .... here." it's the funniest thing i have ever heard. totally inspired spinal tap. otherwise, they were on that night though, its a good one. Firecracker...not a battery! I'm halfway through the Chilton book. It's funny, the Box Tops outside of Alex were so expendable that the author really doesn't even get into who the heck they were. Speaking of Richfield, I recently had a really hard time remembering the bar where all the bands hung out after the show. Google was no help. Neither were my idiot friends who kept saying "Tavern of Richfield." NO IT WASN'T TAVERN OF RICHFIELD. It was Barney Googles!
March 6, 20178 yr ^^Heinen's is such a stunning, amazing and useful facility, I fall in love with Cleveland all over again every time I experience the place -- either in person, in print or through photographs.
March 6, 20178 yr if you want a truthful/warts and all rock bio book you have to read trouble boys, the one about the replacements. that took many years to research and write and it is definitely the best i have ever read. woody guthrie a life is another great one. no cleveland in those either, though! bruce trivia -- despite cle being an old hotbed for the guy, his first known performance in ohio was actually at dayton hara arena in 1972 opening for sha na na. Replacements are the natural progression from Alex Chilton, I suppose! Oh, remember Bruce did mention getting hit by a battery from a "fan" in Cleveland haha oh, i love the box tops and of course big star -- so now i have to read the chilton book - thanks lol! of course he makes an appearance in trouble boys, too. bruce was hit near his eye by a firecracker at a new years eve show at richfield. it became a famous bootleg called, naturally, the firecracker incident. great boot - epic show! speaking of bootlegs, imo the very best cle rock boot is the famous led zeppelin destroyer, one of the best boots of their ratty 1977 tour and also from a richfield coliseum show. robert plant says, "i'm so glad to beee.... .... here." it's the funniest thing i have ever heard. totally inspired spinal tap. otherwise, they were on that night though, its a good one. Firecracker...not a battery! I'm halfway through the Chilton book. It's funny, the Box Tops outside of Alex were so expendable that the author really doesn't even get into who the heck they were. Speaking of Richfield, I recently had a really hard time remembering the bar where all the bands hung out after the show. Google was no help. Neither were my idiot friends who kept saying "Tavern of Richfield." NO IT WASN'T TAVERN OF RICHFIELD. It was Barney Googles! Right--at the old Holiday Inn on SR 21?
March 6, 20178 yr Yup! I had a buddy that used to stalk Rush and Van Halen there. One time he had a David Lee Roth shirt on and the band, fronted by Sammy Hagar at the time, gave him a some hilarious good natured abuse. Also he once asked Geddy Lee if he ever received the picture that he drew of the band. Lee said yes, it was the most inspirational art he ever saw. And that they keep all the art from their fans in a big warehouse
March 13, 20178 yr Hot new dining city: Cleveland?! by Monica Eng Chicago Tribune Reporter Michael Ruhlman can come off as such a snob. In his latest book, the world-famous food writer insists that everybody should be using veal stock in their home kitchen. He advises all meat eaters to slaughter and eat their kill once in their lives. And earlier this year, on his influential Web site ruhlman.com, he launched a withering attack on the unsuspecting chicken Caesar salad. http://www.latimes.com/travel/la-trw-trvmain3-wk3-story.html
March 13, 20178 yr I liked the article, but I think its about 8? years old? Michael Symon beat John Besh back in 2008, and this article says it was a few months ago. Also, they praise Lolita :-(
March 13, 20178 yr Hot new dining city: Cleveland?! by Monica Eng Chicago Tribune Reporter Michael Ruhlman can come off as such a snob. In his latest book, the world-famous food writer insists that everybody should be using veal stock in their home kitchen. He advises all meat eaters to slaughter and eat their kill once in their lives. And earlier this year, on his influential Web site ruhlman.com, he launched a withering attack on the unsuspecting chicken Caesar salad. http://www.latimes.com/travel/la-trw-trvmain3-wk3-story.html Im confused by this, as there are numerous dated things here. Paul Minnillo hasnt been associated with Barricelli Inn for a number of years, and it hasnt been called Barriccelli Inn for a number of years, Lolita has been closed for over a year now, and supposedly last year Ruhlman actually left Cleveland to move to NYC after he and his wife split....... Maybe its a recycled story.
March 13, 20178 yr Hot new dining city: Cleveland?! by Monica Eng Chicago Tribune Reporter Michael Ruhlman can come off as such a snob. In his latest book, the world-famous food writer insists that everybody should be using veal stock in their home kitchen. He advises all meat eaters to slaughter and eat their kill once in their lives. And earlier this year, on his influential Web site ruhlman.com, he launched a withering attack on the unsuspecting chicken Caesar salad. http://www.latimes.com/travel/la-trw-trvmain3-wk3-story.html Im confused by this, as there are numerous dated things here. Paul Minnillo hasnt been associated with Barricelli Inn for a number of years, and it hasnt been called Barriccelli Inn for a number of years, Lolita has been closed for over a year now, and supposedly last year Ruhlman actually left Cleveland to move to NYC after him and he and his wife split....... Maybe its a recycled story. Ten years old, Symon's IC win was 2007.
March 13, 20178 yr ... they didn't even mention Symon is co-host of "The Chew." This maybe a recycled article. Apologies.
March 13, 20178 yr The article is from 2007: By the time I hit Cleveland for the grand culinary tour, Ruhlman had the routine down. Earlier in the year, his chef/writer pal Anthony Bourdain had filmed a whole episode of his Travel Channel show "No Reservations" in Cleveland. Ruhlman acted as his main guide, along with Cleveland icon Harvey Pekar and chef Symon.
March 13, 20178 yr ... they didn't even mention Symon is co-host of "The Chew." This maybe a recycled article. Apologies. SHAME!!! Hahaha
March 14, 20178 yr ^Well look at it this way, if a Chicago Trib writer wrote this piece (picked up by the LA Times) raving about the CLE foodie scene a decade ago, consider Cleveland's perception in food circles today.
March 16, 20178 yr i told my bro and cuz to get the gang together, fire up the mystery machine and solve this case: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/bottles-steak-sauce-randomly-appearing-ohio-library-article-1.3000206
March 16, 20178 yr Unearthed recordings shine a light on the Rust Belt's art-rock era http://www.economist.com/blogs/prospero/2017/03/cleveland-rocks
March 17, 20178 yr #Cleveland: The city where it’s perfectly acceptable to wear orange to the #StPatricksDay parade as long as you also wear brown.
March 18, 20178 yr Cool KIA/LeBron James commercial has some great shots of Cleveland (including a geographically impossible but still cool final scene).... https://t.co/Zcmovx7kog "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
March 21, 20178 yr ^Terminal Tower (in colors), Lorain-Carnegie bridge (featuring the Guardians of Transportation), Red Line rapid shots (2 of them), Flats overhead shots... very moody, poetic feel... well done.
March 22, 20178 yr ^Terminal Tower (in colors), Lorain-Carnegie bridge (featuring the Guardians of Transportation), Red Line rapid shots (2 of them), Flats overhead shots... very moody, poetic feel... well done. BP/200 Public Square too. But......
March 22, 20178 yr Wow that last shot of the LC Bridge and the Guardians is so cool! I see how that would be impossible but cool nonethelesss :-D
March 23, 20178 yr Holy wow I love that comercial. Reminds me of a photographer's comments around the time of the convention, saying something like Cleveland has a dazzling noir quality to it.
March 23, 20178 yr It really does. That's the kind of authenticity money can't buy, and it's the reason preservation is so important to our future.
March 23, 20178 yr Watching the Cleveland shots in that commercial instantly made me think of Gotham City...in a good way. Absolutely beautiful.
March 23, 20178 yr Watching the Cleveland shots in that commercial instantly made me think of Gotham City...in a good way. Absolutely beautiful. The tv show Gotham actually borrows a few CLE buildings for their skyline shots
April 10, 20178 yr rip glenn o'brien, the arbiter of everything cool in the 1970s-80s, from warhol's interview magazine to cable tv's zany tv party and much more. glenn o'brien's beat was the window on what was up and who was who: http://evgrieve.com/2017/04/remembering-glenn-obrien.html?m=1
April 12, 20178 yr more on the influential glenn o'brien - from fab five freddy in the village voice: Fab 5 Freddy Remembers Glenn O'Brien, Downtown Icon http://www.villagevoice.com/runninscared/2017/04/10/fab-5-freddy-remembers-glenn-obrien-downtown-icon
May 4, 20178 yr Frontman Carlos Jones serves up reggae and coffee: My Cleveland (photos, video) Carlos: Cleveland stands up there with the best of them. We've got the beautiful lake. We've got a lot of greenspace. There's a lot of good going on here, a lot of art, culture, food. The Cavs won the championship, and last year the Indians were no slouches. Cleveland's got its problems, but all in all Cleveland's a beautiful place to live. http://www.cleveland.com/mycleveland/index.ssf/2017/05/frontman_carlos_jones_serves_up_reggae_and_coffee_my_cleveland_photos_video.html#incart_river_home
May 7, 20178 yr Frontman Carlos Jones serves up reggae and coffee: My Cleveland (photos, video) Carlos: Cleveland stands up there with the best of them. We've got the beautiful lake. We've got a lot of greenspace. There's a lot of good going on here, a lot of art, culture, food. The Cavs won the championship, and last year the Indians were no slouches. Cleveland's got its problems, but all in all Cleveland's a beautiful place to live. http://www.cleveland.com/mycleveland/index.ssf/2017/05/frontman_carlos_jones_serves_up_reggae_and_coffee_my_cleveland_photos_video.html#incart_river_home Another Maple grad.
May 8, 20178 yr A few nice shoutouts: A Classy Lady's Guide To Cleveland Amber Gibson , CONTRIBUTOR Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. In the past year, Cleveland's sports teams have given the city a new mentality too – that of winners. LeBron James led the Cleveland Cavaliers to their first NBA Championship last year and are steamrolling through the Eastern Conference again this year. Plus, the Cleveland Indians put on a valiant showing in the seven game World Series against my Chicago Cubs. Forbes even called Cleveland America's hottest city. On my first trip, to visit an old friend who had moved home from Chicago, I was surprised by the city's sophisticated side. https://www.forbes.com/sites/ambergibson/2017/05/08/a-classy-ladys-guide-to-cleveland/#2b2ea95a208f
May 10, 20178 yr Cleveland is such an emotionally-engaged city. If you think that by witnessing the emotions invested in the Cavs and Indians these past few years, wait till you get a load of the City when the Browns make a run at it. You ain't seen nothing until you've seen Browns Town in its evening gown
May 10, 20178 yr I think a lot of that Browns emotion has been beaten out of us and a large number of Clevelanders under the age of 35 couldn't care less about the Browns. But those of us were old enough to remember what Cleveland was like in the 1980s during the Browns' multiple playoff runs can remember how commerce in the city shut down on Sunday afternoons, families gathered together for large Browns-watching parties, a dozen Browns songs played on the radio, and famous statues were dressed in Browns gear. There's been nothing like it since although the Indians of the nineties and the Cavs last two championship runs were pretty close. "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
May 10, 20178 yr I'm pretty sure I still have that Sports Illustrated issue with Bernie on the cover. I also still have the game day program from the 1986 AFC Championship "The Drive" game. That was the worst I'd ever felt leaving a game. The Rapid ride back to Green Road was like a crowded train going from/to a funeral. That night I was on a train out of Canton to New York City and Washington DC. By the time I got home from that trip, all the Browns songs, dressed-up statues, Browns flags, etc. were all gone from the landscape. It was like that magical 1986 season had been washed clean away -- until training camp started again in the summer of 1987! "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
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