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PLANNER PROJECT (PP) 2016 ... WE ARE ! AT LEAST OVER 90 ‘WE ARE DEVO’ RELATED ITEMS IN PLANNER PROJECT 2016!

1/1 After rocking to the ‘Eric Carmen Band’ at the Agora on the 30th (with 5 encores); ‘’ & ‘Frankenstein’ bring in the new year at the Viking Saloon, 2005 Chester, 1976

1/14 “I’ll open somewhere,” manager Dick Korn tells the Plain Dealer, after fire on January 7th causes $25,000 damage to the Viking Saloon rock house at 2005 Chester, 1976

1/20 As 43-year-old John F. Kennedy is sworn in as President, stating, “Ask not what your country can do for you - ask what you can do for your country;” hot singles include: The Miracles’ ‘Shop Around;’ Neil Sedaka’s ‘Calendar Girl;’ Elvis Presley’s ‘Are You Lonesome Tonight;’ The Drifters’ ‘I Count the Tears’ & ‘Ruby’ by Ray Charles, 1961

1/11 “Once we played that (‘Ziggy Stardust’), it over. People fell in love with in ,” notes former WMMS-FM disc jockey and program director Billy Bass, remembering the rock superstar upon his passing today at age 69, 2016

1/21 “We put pride back into Cleveland,’ states WMMS-FM’s Kid Leo after Cleveland tops the USA Today Rock Hall site poll with 110,315 votes-103,047 over Memphis, 1986

1/26 While downstairs, Jimmy Ley & his Coosa River Band rock the Mistake both nights, making her first trip here, opens the first of two soldout nights with Tom Rapp at the Agora on E. 24th (Jane Scott calls her “the bad girl of rock ‘n’ roll.” Patti tells Jane after the show, “I felt like I was home.”- plays bass the 27th), 1976

1/28 ISLAND OF LOST SOULS After cruising to see the 3rd-place Cleveland Barons beat Rochester, 5-3, at the Arena (Fred & Howie Glover 2 goals each), in a red/black interior 2-dr. ‘65 GTO w/3 deuces ($2,395- Edgewater Chevy), & see Charles Laughton as Dr. Moreau & Bela Lugosi in ‘Island of Lost Souls’ on Ghoulardi; tomorrow, the Ramsey Lewis Trio plays Leo’s Casino, as Joe Williams plays the Versaille Motor Inn with the Fats Heard Trio, 1966

1/29 Cruising with U2’s ‘Night and Day’ on the stereo in a stainless steel ‘81 Delorean w/auto, AC; after selling out their December 28th show, Trent Reznor & ‘’ return to the Phantasy Theater in Lakewood with ‘Die Warsaw’ ($16), 1991

1/30 Supporting ‘Ragged Glory,’ his latest album, and Crazy Horse rock the Coliseum tomorrow with openers ‘Social Distortion’ and ‘Sonic Youth’ ($20); while at Peabody’s DownUnder, it’s the Cleveland Music Group with Five Band Jam, 1991

2/1 After cruising last night with Norm N. Nite’s ‘Honor Roll of Hits’ show on WGAR in a ‘68 Chevy Bel Air station wagon w/AC, V-8, power steering ($1,788); & hearing Patti Smith on Murray Saul’s ‘Jabberwocky’ show this morning at 8 a.m. on WMMS; Al Kooper, the Brethren & Glenn Schwartz rock 3,000 during an United Farm Workers benefit at CWRU’s Emerson Gym with WIXY’s Chuck Knapp ($3.50-$4.50-$5), 1971

2/16 “Neither rain, nor sleet, nor sound board, nor snow can stop rock ‘n’ roll in Cleveland,” declares emcee Kid Leo during the 1st WMMS-FM Appreciation Night, as soldout Public Hall rocks with ‘Night Ranger,’ local native MTV DJ Nina Blackwood, and ‘Beau Coup,’ who introduced its hit, ‘Born and Raised on Rock ‘n’ Roll,’ 1986

2/23 DR. STRANGELOVE Cruising in a maroon ‘65 Corvette Stingray convertible w/ 4-spd., am-fm, discs ($3,695), while Johnny Nash plays Leo’s Casino, Westwood Art Theatre shows ‘Dr. Strangelove’ as part of an ‘international’ film series with the Continental & Heights art theatres, 1966 (pre-Cleveland International film festival) 2

2/24 After seeing Kim Novak live on the 22nd as ‘Picnic’ opens at the Hippodrome, while Music Hall hosts ‘Birdland’ stars Sarah Vaughan, Count Basie (w/John Williams), Al Hibbler, Lester Young & Bud Powell ($2-$3.75); tonight, Connie Francis plays the Cabin Club; the Loop Lounge hosts the Charlie Mingus Workshop; Tony Scott plays the Cotton Club; and it’s dancing to Paul Burton at the Aragon Ballroom, 1956

2/27 DAVID BOWIE After cruising in a silver/black interior ‘73 Camaro Z-28 w/auto, spoiler, factory mags ($3,188), to dine at Diamond Jim’s in the Flats (buy one-get one dinner); next stop is singing ‘Suffragette City’ with David Bowie at Public Hall (Jane Scott writes, “...he was not only better than ever. He was brilliant”- encore ‘Jean Genie’- $6.50-$8.50), 1976

2/27 While watching ‘Crystal Dawn’ at the Agora, in the lobby you’ll find 80 rock photos by nationally known local photographers Janet Macoska & Anastasia Pantsios, 1981

3/6 As Eric Carmen’s hit single ‘All By Myself’ rests at No. 2 on Billboard’s Hot 100 chart, cruising to the Picadilly on Euclid, ‘Cock Robin’ played last night, ‘Haji’ tonight; as ‘Inferno’ rocks the Corral; & & the Wolves play the Bottleworks, 1976

3/9 Area concerts include ‘Kid Rock’ at CSU’s Convocation Center tonight ($17); ‘OTown’ tomorrow ($19.50), & Jeff Beck the 14th ($25-$37), at Lakewood Civic Auditorium; and Crystal Gayle at Mentor’s Performing Arts Center the 19th ($25), as Sonny Rollins headlines Jazz on the Circle at Severance Hall’s Reinberger Hall ($20-$47), 2001

3/13 As ‘Loverboy’ & ‘The Hooters’ rock the Coliseum ($15); the ‘Golden Palominos’ (, , , , Lisa Herman, , Peter Blegved, ), rock Peabody’s DownUnder (Numbers Band opens-$7), 1986

3/15 As ‘City Lights’ with Charlie Chaplin opens at Loew’s Stillman, the RKO Hippodrome presents ‘Dracula’ with Bela Lugosi ‘the new Lon Chaney’ in its 2nd big week (“I think you’ll like the terrors it offers,” notes the Plain Dealer’s W. Ward Marsh”), 1931

3/21 In the quest to win the Rock Hall, it’s ‘Rock ‘n’ Roll Day’ with ‘Moondog Coronation Ball II’ at Tower City Center starring , Eric Carmen (‘The Rock Stops Here’) & the ‘Innocent;’ a Rock ‘n’ Roll Birthday Bash at the Palace starring Chubby Checker; ‘Brooklyn Bandstand’ at Brooklyn High; & two Chubby Checker concerts at Maxwell’s; as Public Hall hosts heavy rockers ‘Black Sabbath’ & ‘W.A.S.P.’ ($13), 1986

3/24 Tonight, Miles Davis & his All-Stars play the Loop Lounge on Prospect, as Julian ‘Cannonball’ Adderly plays the Cotton Club w/brother Nat on trumpet; on the 26th, it’s vibe man Bud Wattles at the Cotton Club, Lester Young at the Loop Lounge, 1956

3/28 Cruising in your new Rosewood ‘71 Pontiac GTO w/extra-wide fiberglass whitewalls, auto, rally wheels, accent stripes ($3,699-Feder Pontiac), you’ll find ‘Rastus,’ ‘Funky People Part II,’ ‘Featherwood,’ ‘Stonehenge’ & ‘Tobin Palm’ rocking the WHK Auditorium, 5000 Euclid Avenue, with WCUY’s Hal Kerling ($3.50 at the door), 1971

3/30 “Gunman Wounds Reagan,” reports The Plain Dealer’s special front page the next day, after young gunman John W. Hinckley, Jr. fires shots that hit President Reagan, before being knocked to the ground by Garfield Hts. resident Alfred Antenucci, 1981

3/31 After AC/DC opens a 2-night stand tonight with the ‘Poor’ at the Gund ($24.95); the Agora Theatre hosts the Foo Fighters, ‘Amps’ & ‘That Dog’ Apr. 2nd (soldout); while Apr. 4th, Wilbert’s Bar & Grille welcomes Clarence ‘Gatemouth’ Brown’ ($10), 1996

4/6 UBU/ Cruising in a ‘67 Corvette convertible w/ 327 V8, 4-spd., am-fm tape deck ($4,400); WMMS Nights Out at the Agora continue with Weather Report, & Course of the Electric Messenger ($4-$5); as Pere Ubu, & Tin Huey (Harvey Gold, Mark Price, Stewart Bustin, 3

Michael Aylward, ) play the Mistake tomorrow (Jane Scott notes, it’s “vocalist Crocus’s favorite group”-Ubu plays Max’s Kansas City the 13th), 1976 4/14 Clevelanders hot in N. Y., the Ayler Bros. play La Cave (Albert-sax/Don-trumpet), 1966

4/18 Cruising to the Agora, ‘Souvenir’ rocks the house tonight; while on April 20th, Irish rockers ‘U2’ on the 4th leg of its Boy Tour, play the Agora with ‘Bitch’ from Chicago (Jane Scott notes, “U2’s melodic but hard rock received a hot response at the Agora”), 1981

4/21 Cruising on the 23rd, it’s the Ramones & ‘D Generation’ at the Odeon ($23.50); while Bill Noftsinger joins trumpet master Maynard Ferguson at JB’s in Kent ($15), 1996

5/7 After cruising in a sunkissed orange/black interior-roof ‘72 Cutlass Supreme convertible ($2,895- N. Walker), to see Bob Marley & the Wailers at Music Hall ($6.50); tomorrow, Karen & Richard Carpenter play the Coliseum for CWRU’s 150th ($5-$10), 1976

5/8 Cruising in a sunburst orange/black interior ‘69 Corvette Stingray 427 4-spd. Coupe w/side pipes ($3,488); tonight, it’s ‘Glass Harp’ (Keaggy, Sferra, Pecchio), & Rain at Cyrus Erie West ($2.50); tomorrow, it’s ‘Damnation of Adam Blessing’ (Benich, Schwark, Quinn, Kalamasz, Constable), & ‘Hessler Court’ rockin’ free at CWRU, 1971

5/10 As & Lords of the New Church rock the Phantasy with ‘American Girls’ & the ‘Infidels;’ British super group, ‘The Firm’ (Jimmy Paige, Paul Rodgers, Chris Slade, Tony Franklin), plays with Mason Ruffner ($15), 1986

5/11 Cruising tonight with Dick ‘The Childe’ Kemp on WMMS in a fire engine red/black bucket seat ‘69 Firebird Sports Coupe w/350, auto ($1,995-LaRiche), the Agora rocks with Chuck Berry, the ‘Raspberries’ & Brownsville Station at 7 & 10 ($3-$3.50), 1971

5/18 PERE UBU It’s ‘World’s in Collision’ as Pere Ubu & ‘13 Engines’ play Babylon A Go-Go ($10), 1991

5/19 HIT TUNES Top tunes include: Rainy Day Women 12& 35; ‘A Groovy Kind of Love;’ ‘Monday, Monday;’ ‘Secret Agent Man;’ ‘Sloop John B;’ ‘Eight Miles High;’ & ‘Gloria,’ 1966

5/20 After cruising to Leo’s Casino with ‘Paint It Black’ on WHK in a black/red bucket seat ‘64 Ford Falcon Sprint convertible w/V-8, whitewalls, power steering ($1,495-Jim Hern), to see the O’Jays vs. Temptations when the Mamas & the Papas skip their Music Hall gig (Mama Cass ill); on Ghoulardi, ‘Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein,’ 1966

5/25 Chuck Berry, the Charlie Daniels Band, the ‘Cowslingers,’ ‘Jericho Turnpike’ & Donnie Iris & the Cruisers rock the Great American Rib Cook-off at Burke Lakefront ($7), 1996

5/29 Cruising to the Memphis Drive-In in a red, white port hole top ‘57 T-Bird w/auto, power steering/brakes, skirts ($14,500), it’s John & Dan in ‘The Blues Brothers,’ 1981

5/30 Captivating some 11,000 youth at Public Hall from noon to 11:45 p.m.; a 3-hour WIXY Appreciation Day concert (& 5-person hot pants contest), kicks off the day with the ‘Buoys,’ Sha Na Na, & Delaney (without Bonnie); followed by a Belkin-WNCR-FM event at night with Frank Zappa & the Mothers of Invention (w/former Turtles Jim Pons, Howard Kaylan, Mark Volman), ‘Humble Pie’ & ‘Head Over Heels’ ($4.50), 1971

6/11 Nautica hosts ‘Styx’ tonight; Elvis Costello and ‘The Replacements’ tomorrow ($22.50); and the ‘Indigo Girls’ with the Ellen James Society June 13th ($17.50), 1991 6/16 Bill Randle hosts as Don Cherry, Billy Wells & the Cresents, Chuck Berry, the Diamonds, & Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers headline the Arena’s ‘Giant’ rock revue, 1956 4

6/25 “It was wild man,” notes the PD’s Jane Scott the next day, after 6,000 rock to Mick Jagger & the Rolling Stones during a 2:30 matinee show at Cleveland Arena, with the ‘McCoys,’ the ‘Standells,’ the ‘Ronettes’ & WKYC V.I.P.s ($2.50, $3.50, $4.50), 1966

7/4 On her 80th birthday, Glen Frey of the Eagles stated she never met a band she didn’t like, as PD critic Jane Scott is remembered upon her death at age 92, 2011 7/6 Cruising to the show in a red/black bucket seat 250 hp. 4-spd. ‘66 Corvette hatchback ($3,995- Luby Chevy); the ‘Dave Clark Five’ rock some 2,000 at Music Hall with WKYC V.I.P.s, the ‘Baskerville Hounds,’ the ‘Mods’ and ‘Sounds of 3’ ($3.50-$5.50), 1966

7/9 Cruising tomorrow in a ‘69 Rebel SST 2-dr. hardtop w/V-8, auto, power steering-brakes, vinyl roof ($1,795-Bob Kay); Small Faces (Wood, Stewart, McLagan, Lane, Jones), ‘Deep Purple’ & ‘Matthews Southern Comfort’ rock Public Hall ($5-$6), 1971

7/16 After hosting Stiv Bators with the L.A. band ‘Great Buildings’ on the 8th ($5), the Pop Shop presents the ‘Psychedelic Furs’ tonight, and Kraftwerk making its Agora debut July 28, 1981

7/21 KISS Tonight, Kiss (Simmons, Stanley, Criss, Frehley), reuniting in full makeup for the first time in 13 years, rocks the soldout Gund a 2nd night on the 2nd leg of its North American tour (3-song encore of ‘Detroit Rock City,’ ‘Beth,’ & ‘Rock and Roll All Night’), 1996

7/24 ‘A Friend’ brings ‘It’s a Beautiful Day’ & ‘Soft Machine’ to Musicarnival ($4), 1971

7/25 After catching the ‘’ (Bators, Chrome, Zero, Blitz), the ‘Ramones’ and ‘Television’ tonight at C.B.G.B.’s in New York; flying home tomorrow, the Agora rocks with the ‘Flying Burrito Brothers,’ ‘Asleep at the Wheel’ & John Bassette, 1976

7/26 With Ernie Anderson, Tim Taylor, Joe Finan, Pete (Mad Daddy) Meyers, ‘Emperor Joe’ Mayer, ‘Tall Ted’ Hallaman, Ronnie Barrett & J. R. Nelson among its alumni, WHKAM/1420 starts a month-long celebration marking its 70th birthday, as staffers & Mike Olszewski seek station-related items (nation’s 5th oldest station), 1991

7/26 ‘This Moment in Black History’ opens at the Beachland Ballroom for “rejuvenated” rockers ‘’ ( (of Pere Ubu), & Craig Bell, with Richard Lloyd (for Peter Laughner) and Steve Mehlman ($15), 2006

8/1 MTV Van Halen & the ‘Fools’ play the Coliseum tomorrow ($10), while WHK’S Gary Dee rules local morning radio, with WMMS-FM the top-ranked local station, as MTV debuts today with ‘Video Killed the Radio Star,’ changing the music industry, 1981 8/2 Velvet Underground alum Lou Reed rules the Music Hall stage tomorrow with a 17- song set & 3 encores (mentions playing at La Cave- Ricky Bell plays sax- $14), 1986

8/5 The sold-out ‘Lollapalooza Festival’ at Blossom Music Center was, “the most exciting and varied lineup since the World Series of Rock at the Stadium,” notes Jane Scott, as Jane’s Addiction, Ice-T, Siouxsie & the Banshees, the Henry Rollins Band, Trent Reznor & Nine Inch Nails, Living Colour & Butthole Surfers star at the alt-rock fest ($25), 1991

8/10 FREAK OUT/MOTHERS OF INVENTION After picking up ‘Freak Out,’ the new Mothers of Invention LP at Disc Records Westgate; Zonk;! ‘Batman,’ the movie opens at the Variety with Clevelander Burgess Meredith as the Penguin, 1966

8/12 Only days after John Lennon remarks, “The Beatles are more popular than God;” as area church leaders protest, WIXY-AM’s Norman Wain states he expects 25,000 at tomorrow’s Beatles show as 10,000 tickets go on sale the 14th for the Sunday concert, 1966

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8/13 SEX PISTOLS Tonight, it’s ‘The Filthy Lucre’ reunion show at Nautica Stage with the original ‘Sex Pistols’ (Rotten, Jones, Matlock, Cook), ‘Gravity Kills’ & ‘Goldfinger’ (soldout); tomorrow, Nautica rocks with the ‘Gin Blossoms,’ ‘Goo Goo Dolls’ & ‘Lush’ ($20, $22), 1996

8/14 A damp and chilly evening couldn’t stop 24,646 from seeing The Beatles play a 10-song set at Municipal Stadium, even though the WIXY-sponsored concert was interrupted 33 minutes when the crowd rushed the stage (the Remains, Bobby Hebb, the ‘Cyrcle’ & the ‘Ronettes’ were also on the concert schedule as opening acts), 1966

8/25 After ‘Artful Dodger,’ in its only area appearance, plays the Agora with ‘Wild Giraffes’ (McGinty, Elliot, King, Ivan, Reynolds), on the 23rd ($5.50); tonight, rocks the Agora with ‘The Clocks’ ($5.50), as ‘Herman’s Hermits’ play Pirate’s Cove, 1981

8/30 Jefferson Starship, Jeff Beck & the Jan Hammer Group rock the Coliseum ($6), 1976

9/3 Cruising to see its “All New Bizarre Stage Show” in a yellow/black interior 6-cyl. ’76 AMC Pacer, ‘Kiss’ rocks the Coliseum with special guest ‘Artful Dodger’ ($6.50), 1976

9/5 Selling out all shows, the Grateful Dead play the 2nd of 3 nights with Bruce Hornsby & former Tubes keyboardist Vince Welnick marking his 1st year with the group, 1991

9/23 HIT TUNE Cruising in a yellow/black leather interior ‘66 Mustang convertible w/289 ($2,395); on the radio is ‘,’ ‘Last Train to Clarksville,’ & ‘Ain’t Gonna Lie,’ 1966 10/4 After cruising to the 2nd Pop Shop CLE Magazine benefit to see the ‘Jazz Destroyers,’ ‘Pony Boys,’ ‘Easter Monkeys,’ the ‘Dissidents,’ Joey & the Radisheads & the ‘Flexi-Digits’ on the 2nd; seeing ‘Slick’ with Becky Boyd at Peabody’s on the 3rd; & seeing Dick Goddard during Vermillion’s Woollybear Festival today; the Agora offers ‘Mink Deville’ tomorrow ($5.50), & the ‘Nighthawks’ with the ‘Eves’ on the 6th ($4), 1981

10/9 Cruising in a hugger orange/black bucket seat 4 spd. ‘69 Chevelle SS 396, Public Hall hosts Steve Winwood & Traffic, Fairport Convention & Glass Harp ($3.50 mail), 1971

10/9 NIRVANA Cruising tomorrow with ‘Blowing Kisses in the Wind’ on the stereo in an ‘87 Nissan 300 ZX w/leather, electronics package ($9,390-Bedford Nissan), ‘Nirvana’ with Kurt Cobain plays the Empire on E. 9th St. with ‘Urge Overkill’ (only time here - $7), 1991

10/10 After cruising to Gold Circle in an ‘82 Lancia Zagato ($3,990-West Park Chevy), for a Cabbage Patch Kid ($14.99), Neil Young & Crazy Horse rock the Coliseum ($16), 1986

10/14 After the Agora hosts Jay-Z and friends the 10th ($36), & the ‘Dropkick Murphys’ the 12th ($14); Neil Diamond opens a 2-night stand at Gund Arena ($37.50-$67.50), 2001

10/20 Friday night on TV5 offers ‘Flintstones,’ ‘77 Sunset Strip’ & ‘Quarterback Club; as TV8 airs Rawhide,’ ‘Twilight Zone’ (‘Mirror’ episode w/Peter Falk), & ‘Route 66’ (‘First Class Mouliak’ episode shot locally with Robert Redford as ‘Janosh’), on TV8, 1961

10/23 PETER MAX While Auerbach Gallery at LaPlace hosts Peter Max live and ‘The Private World of Peter Max,’ as Glen Covington and his Orchestra headline the Theatrical; after buying the James Gang’s ‘Live in Concert’ at Higbee’s ($3.94), Maple Hts. High’s homecoming dance rocks with the ‘Raspberries’ ($1.50-appropriate dress required), 1971

10/24 “Haley’s Comets Rock Arena in Noisy, High-Geared Show,” reveals the Plain Dealer headline, after Bill Haley & the Comets, Chuck Berry, The Platters, Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers, Clyde McPhatter & The Clovers play Cleveland Arena ($2-$3), 1956

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10/26 It’s a double treat at Pirate’s Cove with Pere Ubu and Peter Laughner’s ‘Friction,’ 1976

10/29 Blues lovers! Leo’s Casino offers B. B. King, John Lee Hooker and Jimmy Reed, 1966 11/1 After ‘Nazareth’ & the ‘Joe Perry Project’ rock Music Hall tonight ($8); tomorrow is a magical night at the Agora, as blues legend Muddy Waters, performing locally for the last time, shares the stage with local blues master Robt. Lockwood, Jr. ($5.50), 1981

11/6 Cruising to the show in a new ‘67 Maserati Quattro Porte ($5,895), reserved seats are $3.50-$4.50 (available at Record Revolution on Coventry, or CWRU’s Student Union), to see British rockers ‘’ (with light show), at CWRU’s Emerson Gym, 1971

11/7 ANDY WARHOL Featured in Life Magazine, Belkin Productions brought Andy Warhol with his smash New York Scene ‘The Exploding Plastic Inevitable’ to Masonic Auditorium last night, featuring the ‘Velvet Underground’ & ‘’ (students $2-adults $2.50), 1966

11/8 IGGY POP Cruising last night with ‘Typical Male’ on the stereo to see Iggy Pop at the tender age of 39 play the Phantasy Theater in Lakewood with ‘Death of Samantha’ ($10); tomorrow, ‘Honky Tonk Hero’ Roger Martin brings some country to Biggie’s Crooked River Saloon, playing the Flats for the first time in 15 years ($2.50), 1986

11/10 Cruising to the Agora Theatre tonight, you’ll find Chris Cornell and Soundgarden with Sister Double Happiness and Blind Lemon as the opening act ($11.50), 1991 11/16 It’s only rock ‘n’ roll, but 18,764 got plenty of ‘Satisfaction’ from 39-year-old Mick Jagger & the Rolling Stones in the first of two Belkin Productions concerts with special guest Etta James at the Coliseum ($15-mail only) (“a peaceful show”-only 13 arrests), 1981

11/19 While Sat. A.M. TV offers ‘Popeye;’ Capt. Kangaroo; ‘Atom Ant;’ ‘Mighty Mouse;’ ‘Top Cat;’ ‘Bugs Bunny;’ ‘Underdog;’ ‘Magilla Gorilla;’ ‘Jetsons;’ ‘Casper,’ ‘Road Runner’ TV8 offers the local premiere of Elvis Presley in ‘Jailhouse Rock’ at 11:25 p.m., 1966

11/19 After cruising tonight in a bright red-vinyl roof ‘74 Plymouth Satellite Sebring Plus 2-dr. hardtop w/V8, AC ($2,995-Don Jordan), to see Cheech & Chong at the Front Row ($6.75); tomorrow, Frank Zappa rocks Public Hall with ‘I Don’t Care’ ($5.50), 1976

11/20 Regarded as the dean of American rock writers and critics, Plain Dealer reporter Jane Scott, who covered the Beatles here in 1964, is inducted into the Press Club of Cleveland’s Journalism Hall of Fame with former PD sports editor Hal Lebovitz, 1991

11/26 While the 4 Marx Brothers headline the vaudeville slate at the RKO Palace; the Hippodrome’s manager reports 5 fainted at the midnight premiere of ‘Frankenstein’ with Boris Karloff, 1931

12/2 Cruising in an Aztec red ‘65 Impala Sport Coupe w/full power ($2,195-Central Cadillac West), Baldwin-Wallace’s College Union rocks with dancing to the ‘Choir,’ & ‘Jamie & the Domains’ at 9 p.m., & the Yardbirds (Paige, McCarty, Relf, Dreja [sans Beck]), in concert at 11 ($2.50): (tonight’s Ghoulardi flick is ‘The Undead’), 1966

12/8 Cruising on a Tuesday with ‘Young Turks’ on the stereo; after a successful April show, Irish rockers ‘U2’ (Paul (Bono) Hewson, David (the Edge) Evans, Larry Mullen, Jr., Adam Clayton), return to rock the Agora with the ‘Producers’ (October tour-$5), 1981

12/12 After cruising in a brilliant red ‘84 Pontiac Fiero SE w/sunroof ($5,800), to B & B Appliance for a Sony Betamax video tape recorder ($738), with ‘Stand by Me’ on the stereo, next stop is the WNCX Rock ‘n’ Roll Carol Sing-a-Long at Public Square with local groups ‘Beau Coup’ (Frank & Tommy Amato, Dennis Lewin, Bill March, Donald Krueger), ‘Nation of One,’ ‘Champion,’ the ‘Motion,’ ‘American Noise’ & ‘Exotic Birds’ (Tom Freer, Trent Reznor, Andy Kubiszewski, Frank Vale, Mark Best), 1986

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12/13 Cruising on Monday, after picking up the Eagles’ ‘Hotel California’ on sale at Records Unlimited ($3.99 LP, $5.99 8-track); the soldout Agora presents Tom Waits, sharing the stage with Graham Parker & Rumour; while Jimmy Ley plays the Mistake, 1976

12/7 Jimmy Ley & the Coosa River Band serves as host band, as Pepper Ridge Tavern on Coventry hosts Dick Korn’s Viking Saloon reunion reuniting bands & fans including Alan Greene, John Daubenspeck, Al Retay, Wally Gunn, Dale Flanigan, G. G. Greg, Ken Frak, Crash Coffin, David Krauss, Jason Green, & Dan ‘Daffy Dan’ Gray, 1996

12/10 Cruising tonight with ‘Family Affair’ on the stereo in a black-BVT ‘70 Plymouth Road Runner w/383 V8, 4-spd. ($1,600), it’s the Everly Brothers ‘rocking’ Saints & Sinners; as ‘the ‘Raspberries’ and ‘Euphrates’ rock the Chesterland Hullabaloo ($1.75), 1971

12/10 Last night, Rocket from the Tombs & ‘Obnox’ rocked the Beachland Ballroom ($17- $20), tonight, the ‘Numbers Band’ (15-60-75) rocks the Beachland Tavern ($7), 2011

12/14 Big Chuck & Lil’ John fans! After cruising to see recently paroled ‘Godfather of Soul,’ James Brown & ‘Sasha’ at the CSU Convocation Center ($19.50); at 11:30 it’s a trilogy of horror stories with Vincent Price (WEWS offers ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’), 1991

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6/5 Cruising to the game in a $20 blue serge wool suit & a $3.85 pure silk shirt from May Co., the 1st-place Cleveland Indians lose to Boston, 5-0, at League Park behind the solid pitching of left- hander Babe Ruth, who throws a 6-hitter, striking out 4, 1916 ------1/16 Beavis & Butt-Head fans! After buying a Swatch watch at May Co. ($55); tomorrow’s show, vs. ‘Baywatch’ on TV43, is ‘Gang of Two’ written by Akron’s David Giffels, 1996

6/19 Today at May Co. downtown, you’ll find Superman comic creators Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster live from 2 to 4 p.m. in the store’s 7th floor toy department, 1941 ------

8/12 Tickets are $5.50-$6.50-$7.50 at May Co. downtown to see Maurice White & ‘Earth Wind & Fire,’ with Ramsey Lewis and ‘The Emotions’ tonight at Richfield Coliseum, 1976

11/27 After playing Carnegie Hall with the ‘Kinks’ on the 21st, ‘Glass Harp’ ‘rocks’ the big WIXY- May Co. Christmas parade starring Hollywood heart throb James Darren, 1971