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  • Working For the Weekend – 5 Tips for the Part-Time Musician

    To the aspiring musician, the realities of pursuing art as a career in our post-industrial society can often feel like a catch-22: gigging and recording, even taking on a few students on…

  • The Joys of Useless College Majors Pt. 2 – Post-Secondary Education Blues

    Missed Part One? Click here… The enemy, in this case, was a grizzled old sonuvabitch named Jack who had recently become the head of the university’s jazz department. This guy had seen…

  • Five Tons of Flax

    A non-contemplation on the nature of existence; or, pining for the fnords. [soundcloud params=”auto_play=true&show_comments=true&color=0ac4ff”]https://soundcloud.com/antiquedigital/five-tons-of-flax[/soundcloud]  

  • The Joys of Useless College Majors Pt. 1 – Introduction to the Craft

    Music school for me was a practical inevitability. Since the age of twelve, I had spent every waking moment in the company of my well-worn Fender Stratocaster, a gift meant initially as…

  • One-Eyed Doll Return to Cleveland

    This article originally posted to theclevelandsound.com on November 3rd, 2013. One-Eyed Doll are the definition of a Do-It-Yourself act. From album releases to interviews to their tremendously loyal fanbase, the duo of Kimberly…

  • Anselmo’s Illegals Hop the Ohio Border

    By Jeffrey McClellan         Photography – Carissa Russell Phil Anselmo may be one of the hardest working artists in modern metal. Following the dissolution of Pantera in 2003, Anselmo…

  • Ghost BC and Baroness Haunt Cleveland

    This article originally posted to theclevelandsound.com on August 4th, 2013. Great musical performances come in many varieties. Some groups choose to focus their energies outward, exhorting their audiences and putting a large…

  • Grog Shop Hosts Melvins Thirty-Year Tour

    This article originally posted to theclevelandsound.com on August 1st, 2013. There is no such thing as a “normal” Melvins show. Since 1983, the group have defied description; not so much out of…

  • Brews Go Best With Prose in Ohio City

    This article originally posted to theclevelandsound.com on July 10th, 2013. “Literature goes better with beer.” So goes the motto of Brews & Prose, a monthly reading series which takes place not in…

  • Brews and Prose Celebrate Anniversary

    This article originally posted to theclevelandsound.com on June 25th, 2013. Ohio City has for years now established itself as the epicenter of an explosion of fine food and drink that has taken…