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T he second official meeting of the Crazy Marvin were on hand, as well as Cleveland Blues Society began on a Kristine Jackson, whose father, Ron sad note, as Bob Frank made mention Jackson, played the keys all night for of the passing of Maurice Reedus Sr., the jam session that ensued long-time sax player for Robert Jr. immediately after the meeting. The Lockwood. Mr. Reedus, age seventy- players were too numerous to mention, A eight, lost his battle with cancer on but “Big Daddy” Gary Craft made sure Monday, August 18th. A native everyone got their time in the By Cat Lilly Clevelander, he grew up in the spotlight. projects, graduated from Central High, The highlight for of the jam for this and served in the Army in the early reporter was Kristine Jackson, with 1950s. His first sax was a Christmas her electrifying a capella rendition of gift when he was fifteen, and he took Nina Simone’s “Be My Husband.” Later lessons at Cleveland Music School she put her own mark on Grand Funk Settlement. Railroad’s “Some Kind of Wonderful,” In his earlier career, Reedus with Craig Lee on bass and Eric worked with many of the greats, Massimino, from New York, on j including organist Jimmy Smith, baritone . Jackson was truly born Sonny Stitt, Nancy Wilson, Della with an old soul; her affinity for Reese, Billy Eckstein, and Lou Rawls. traditional blues is amazing, and when In addition, Reedus played tenor she covers a tune, she makes it entirely saxophone in Lockwood’s All-Star her own. This young lady also writes BRICKHOUSE BLUES BAND Band for thirty-five years. He some of her own material, and her performed with Lockwood on all newest effort, “Mary Belle,” can be MANTUA POTATO FESTIVAL albums, including “Last of the Great heard at www.kjblues.com Sun. Sept. 7th • 4-7pm Mississippi Delta Bluesmen,” which The Blues Society recruited almost Village Park, Mantua won a Grammy last February. forty new members at Wilbert’s, and BEACHLAND BALLROOM The Blues Society meeting was held the next meeting takes place on Fri. Sept. 12th • 8pm at Wilbert’s, one of Cleveland’s Monday, September 15, at the premier blues clubs, and many friends Winchester Tavern, located at 12112 Info: Call Ron Carroll of the legendary horn player were in Madison Avenue, Lakewood/Cleveland. (440)352-9685 or (440)223-4360 attendance. Wallace Coleman, Mr. (Phone 216-226- 5681. www.thebrickhousebluesband.com Stress, Alan Greene, Slim, and www.thewinchester.net ) The Society needs members, volunteers, sponsors, and help in building the website ( www.clevelandblues.org ) The purpose OPEN of holding the Blues Society meetings All Roads & Trails Lead to the DAILY at a different venue each month is to Patio Open with INCLUDING enlighten members on the various HOLIDAYS! locations around the city where live Corn Hole Games! GRAND RIVER blues can be heard. With emphasis on supporting our Owners Roz & Bob Poff are local blues clubs, we would like to pleased to offer MANOR salute Linda Kalley of the House of Swing for all she has done for the blues 1153 Mechanicsville Rd. • Geneva • 440-466-9229 community. Linda and husband Lou Perfect for Kalley, a huge jazz aficionado, opened Watch Indians & Nascar with Us! the Swing in 1977, to provide a venue f Hot Summer where jazz music could be enjoyed. Days! Sadly, Lou passed away in 1995, leaving behind wife Linda to carry the Thursdays are BBQ BIKE NITE torch. The House of Swing now celebrates over thirty years of keeping the music alive, “still swinging after all Roasted Corn-on-the Cob 6:00 • Drink Specials, Live Entertainment these years.” Friday and Saturday nights are reserved for live Corn Dogs • Sausage entertainment, featuring some of the Pulled Pork • Hot Dogs best blues, jazz, and swing bands in the area. On Thursdays an Open Fresh Cut French Fries Musician’s Jam is hosted by the Reid Nachos Project, featuring Miss Butterscotch. On Tuesdays and Wednesdays, a special treat you can’t find anywhere else - Lou’s son Harry spins LPs from his father’s collection of over 15,000 vintage albums, which reside in a glass-enclosed room at the north end of the bar. Walking into the House of Swing is BBQ Ribs, Pulled Pork, Chicken & MORE! like taking a stroll down memory lane. Virtually every square inch of wall Tues: 30¢ JUMBO Wings! • Friday: Fish Fry & DJ Gregg space is decorated with interesting memorabilia from the days when jazz A and blues ruled. The faces of Count LOCATED ON THE STRIP Check out our Frozen Drinks: Basie, Tommy Dorsey, and Billie ATM Mastercard VISA ® Holiday smile down on mementos of a GENEVA-ON-THE-LAKE RESORT Daiquiris, Margaritas, Martinis & More! ® NETWORK 10 September 3 - 17, 2008 bygone era, include Lou Kalley’s A great singer can only shine when setting, as long as he has a guitar in road promoting his latest CD. Ronnie official Gene Krupa , set up in backed up by solid musicians. ”As good his hands. Baker is the son of blues great Lonnie the stage area, and regularly played by as it gets” on guitar, Fred Barringer is Norman Tischler rounds out the Brooks and grew up watching the visiting musicians. The Swing serves the perfect match to compliment trio with the giant, fat tenor sax tone fieriest guitar players and most soulful up a great classic cocktail, recalling a Annette’s vocal stylings. An adamant that has made him one of the best- singers of a previous era. He spent a time when a drink tasted like a drink, musical nomad, Fred started out known players in northeast Ohio, and dozen years backing his father and and life was perhaps not better, but playing rock as a teenager, switched to earned him the Free Times Music then struck out on his own, with simpler. Located at 4490 Mayfield country in his twenties, and was into Award for Best Horn in 2008. Lonnie’s blessing. On his aptly titled Road, in South Euclid, the Swing is his thirties when he discovered swing, Originally from Brooklyn, New York, third release, “The Torch”, Brooks is open seven nights a week. (phone: 216- which proved to be his musical forte’. Norman arrived in Cleveland thirty carrying the torch from the previous 382-2771) Now in his forties, with over twenty years ago as a VISTA volunteer and generation of soul and blues greats and On a recent excursion to years of performing experience, he is a quickly found himself a gig in the moving the music into the future. the House of Swing, we had “musician’s musician,” a singer and house band for WEWS’s Upbeat Show Brooks’ twist involves the pleasure of catching writer of over 200 songs in various where he backed up dozens of enlightening blues-rock with deep soul A nnette Keys and Road styles. Fred can combine a bluegrass nationally known rock and soul and modern hip-hop vocals and funk Trip, consisting of Fred chorus with a swing bridge, and artists. After the demise of the show, rhythms. Working with Minneapolis Barringer on guitar and this originality of composition and he joined Tiny Alice with whom he producer Jellybean Johnson, he takes Norman Tischler on performance make him a truly toured nationally and recorded for the roots sounds and transforms them into saxophone. Their unique entertainer. Kama Sutra label. something that spans the ages. He repertoire was In addition to guitar, Fred It would be hard to count the bands sings with a soulful fire, plays with a perfect for the plays banjo, mandolin, Norman has played with since that white-hot intensity, and knows how to venue, ukulele, bass, and . His time. To name just a few: draw enthusiastic responses night after performing a musical versatility makes Freewheelin’, Mary Martin, Robert Jr. night. At the Legendary Rhythm & mix of him a first call to fill in for Lockwood, Blue Lunch, DT and the Blues Revue last January, when standards, members of other bands. Shakes, Wild Horses, and the Motion. Brooks took the stage he worked it jazz, and Recently he played banjo Norman has a soft spot in his heart for hard. Running through the crowd and swing tunes with Grapetown the old standards, and interprets a standing on chairs to play, he brought that meshed Strutters, a Dixieland song with great emotion and depth. He the entire audience to their feet. After well with the quintet he put together can swing it with the best, but also all, he learned his lessons nostalgic for a Mardi-Gras party bring a tear to your eye with a soulful from the atmosphere of at Margy’s, Geneva-on- solo on a melancholy ballad. In masters! the room. Their the-Lake. The capable addition to club dates, he has played show had the feel guitarist has weddings, anniversaries, the NBA of an intimate living accompanied several All-Styar Game afterparty, room gathering among female vocalists over the Blossom Music Center, “Sparx in friends, with volume at years, most notably Beth the City”in downtown Cleveland, a comfortable level for Blackmarr, as well as and even a bar mitvah or two! conversation. fronting his own band, the Annette Keys and Road Trip Ms. Keys Juke Joint Junkies. Fred recently performed at Taste of sings most is also Cleveland on the Tri-C Home of the involved in Cookin’ Local Stage and will tunes, but community appear at the 6th Annual “Jazz at all three theater, the Rockefeller Center” on share vocal playing for the Saturday, September 6th. The duty and her bandmates are bi-annual Red Stocking Revue event takes place from noon to 5 showcased for their special talents. presented by the Women’s Service pm at the City of Cleveland’s Their musicality is superb on League of Lake County, and most Rockefeller Park Greenhouse, 750 everything from Nat King Cole’s recently Rabbit Run Theater’s E. 88th St. (top of the hill, off “Route 66” to Louis Jordan’s “Choo- production of “Oklahoma.” His Martin Luther King Drive, just Choo-Ch’boogie” to show tunes like personable onstage presence and south of I-90.) The free concert Cole Porter’s “Let’s Misbehave”/ phenomenal talent make him an begins at 1 pm and ends at 4:30 pm “Anything Goes” medley. Norman attribute to any type of ensemble. featuring the trio, along with the switches to clarinet and really shines Truly a “man for all occasions,” this Jazz Heritage Orchestra Septet, on a Latin-influenced instrumental gifted musician based out of the Black Studies version of “Begin the Beguine,” set to a is at home Program at CSU. Latin rhythm. Not your average bar in any In other blues news, Brickhouse fare. Blues will be the opening act for Annette Keys is a gifted singer Ronnie Baker Brooks at the whose vocal quality reveals a style and Beachland Ballroom on Friday, depth that crosses genres and draws September 12th. The young her audience into the song. She Chicago guitar hero is on the delivers jazz, blues, folk, and country with a voice that, whether light- hearted or passionate, commands her listener’s attention. She can cover an old standard like “Sunny Side of the Street” with ease, segue into the torchy “Fever”, and wrap it up with a dose of humor on Joni Mitchell’s “Twisted”. Her singing style recalls the breathy, conversational style of Peggy Lee or Julie London. This talented chanteuse is also an award-winning songwriter, musician, and solo performer who produced a well-reviewed CD of contemporary folk originals, called “Standing on the Edge.” She spent some time in San Francisco, where she was voted Best Performer and Best Songwriter by the Northern Songwriting A ssociation. Still, her earliest influences of standards, jazz, blues, and swing are what she enjoys singing the most.

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He has played in bands which is actually the original country can’t be complete without a and been the bandleader much of his music. representation of Hillbilly music, Billy Bob Thornton was raised as a Methodist, growing up in the cities of Alpine, and Malvern , and spent time with his forest ranger grandfather, Otis Thornton, in a shack in the woods. Webster’s dictionary defines Hillbilly as: a person from a backwoods area. Ok, so that makes sense. One could definitely say Billy Bob is the true essence of his music. Britannica dictionary defines Hillbilly music as: a style of 20th–century American popular music that originated among whites in rural areas of the South and West. The term “country and western music” (later shortened to “”) was adopted by the recording industry in 1949 to replace the derogatory label “hillbilly music.” Billy Bob Thornton and The Boxmasters are: W.R. “Bud” Thornton, (drums, lead vocals/background vocals), J.D. Andrew (electric, acoustic guitars, bass, background vocals) and Mike Butler, (electric/acoustic guitars, lap steel, dobro). They have joined forces with Sawmill/Vanguard Records and released a phenomenal debut CD on June 10. The 23 tracks are filled with rich lyrics of human nature, which include 11 classic cover songs, redone, making them raging retro hillbilly fun. “Billy Bob Thornton is 14 September 3 - 17, 2008 making a huge mark in the music Beatles, , Kinks, human nature poetry boxed up in industry with his kick-ass album ‘The and the Animals, fused with Johnny unbridled gritty wit and sensibility. Boxmasters,’ said . Cash, Merle Haggard and Hank “I’m Watching the Game” (Billy Bob The Boxmasters are the brainchild Williams. The Boxmasters’ Thornton, J.D. Andrews), is a clever, of Thornton and Grammy award upbeat rhythms and infectious comical spoof of a man wanting to winning producer and guitarist J.D. arrangements contrast watch a game on TV one afternoon Andrews (winning his Grammy for magnificently with the dark without the interference of his engineering on Kanye West’s, The themes they portray woman: “…. stop telling me stuff, College Drop-In, which won Best Rap lyrically. There’s a tension quit asking me shit , cant give you a Album in 2005.) Butler is a highly between subject matter backrub now…can’t you see I’m sought after engineer who has worked and music, lending itself watching the game.. if the Cards with the Rolling Stones, Reba, and to a truly incredible lose….you’ll be the one to Fleetwood Mac. musical experience. blame…later on you can drive me His national tour was sparked by After hearing this music, insane…but for now, I’m watching the release of the new CD, ‘The I couldn’t agree more. the game.” Thornton’s honest lyrics Boxmasters.’ The tour began July 11, It’s amazing in every make me realize, oops!, I’ve been in Petaluma, CA, and continued to way. “I was raised lower guilty of this before! Colorado Springs, Dallas, Austin, middle class in the “20 Years Ago” (Billy Bob Memphis, Cleveland, New York, South and the original Thornton) is a man’s brutally honest Philadelphia, Chicago, and Los record is really about reflection of his past now that he Angelos. Cleveland’s famed that lifestyle and the has gotten Cancer, “….I’d give Beachland Ballroom was lucky to way it impacts me and anything for 20 years ago/And host his Cleveland appearance on women.” Thornton what I know today about sayin’ August 13. explains to Vanguard no, I’d give anything for 20 years Vanguard Records: “Billy Bob press, ”I tried to be ago “ Thornton and The Boxmasters have equal opportunity. After listening to this 2 disc been called the past, present, and Sometimes in the song set of power packed songs, I love future of hillbilly rock. Thornton grew the man’s the asshole, this raging hillbilly music. Maybe up admiring legends like Frank Zappa, sometimes the women, it’s a cousin three times removed Cream, Traffic, George Jones and Buck sometimes maybe in me. Nevertheless, I now have Owens. He dabbled with rock and both.” This is exactly complete appreciation, respect country, but Thornton feels true some of the simple and reverence for hillbilly music, musical Nirvana with his latest project magic Thornton the real original Country Music. combining the influences of the produces in the CD compilation. It is sheer See y’all.

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September 3 - 17, 2008 15 M usic wasn’t a chosen profession for Travis Meeks. To hear him tell it, it Edited By Sage Satori was never a choice. Music was salvation - an exceptional world much more welcoming to him than the one around him growing up. Balancing the influences of Pantera and Guns n Roses with the exotic tones of The Doors and Dead Can Dance, Travis wrote music as a response to what he saw. In the acoustic guitar Travis found an earthy, percussive sound to match his already powerhouse voice. One of his first songs, “Freak” was composed on the instrument while walking the streets of his Indiana hometown in the dead of night. In those dark hours, a purpose was found and a voice was realized; Days Of The New was born. In 1996 Days Of The New , headed by Travis Meeks,(a mere 16 years of age), were signed to Outpost Recordings, and brought on to Warner Chapels publishing. Their first record was with Scott Litt, (producer of R.E.M. and Nirvana’s “Unplugged” album). In early ‘96 Days Of The New did their first tour with Kenny Wayne Sheppard . During that tour the single “Touch, Peel and Stand” was released, and went to #1 on rock radio and other charts. Days Of The New made two videos for their first album, the self titled double platinum “Days Of The New” and released three single’s which all reached #1 including “Shelf In The Room” and “Downtown”. “Touch, Peel and Stand” won an award for most played video on MTV. “Touch, Peel and Stand” also broke the record for the longest #1 single at rock radio. The Band’s breakout success 16 September 3 - 17, 2008 culminated in a tour with Metallica with drummer Ray Rizzo. and Jerry Cantrell in the summer of The first year of the millennium 1998. Meeks has since criticized this was anything but slow. Bassist Mike billing, stating that, due to their Huettig joined in the spring, making acoustic sound, Days of the New should the band three strong. In June DOTN have toured with a group like Dave contributed “Rough Day” to the Heavy Matthews Band. Metal F.A.A.K.K.2000 soundtrack and As Travis began to grow into a toured for the last half of the year. world/art music direction, he parted Shows with Creed, Def Leppard, Three ways with his band. Meeks returned to Doors Down, and headlining dates his Distillery Studios in Louisville to featuring support from American complete DOTN’s follow up to the Pearl, Diffuser, and Tidewater Grain Orange album. Playing most of the took the band through the New Year. instruments and composing the songs In November, Meeks came full circle and compositions, Travis went on to with his roots, performing “The End” release an additional three albums, with the surviving members of the selling a total of 3 million records. Doors for a VH1 “Storytellers” special. Vest, Whitener, and Taul went on to The show celebrated the release of pursue their own muses, eventually “Stoned Immaculate”, a tribute album forming Tantric with vocalist Hugo that includes a studio recording of the Ferreira. Doors and Travis performing Meeks’ Days Of The New’s Green album arrangement of Morrison’s “Oedipal was released in August of 1999. opus”. Days Of The New also Compared to visionary works by Led contributed a reworking of “L.A. Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, and The Doors, Woman” for the album that features the album was nothing if not epic and Robbie Krieger on guitar. highly personal. Showcasing a musical By June of 2001, recording for Days scope barely hinted at on the Orange Of The New’s Red album was album, the Green album met with mild completed in Louisville. Producer Ron commercial acceptance even as critics Aniello (Lifehouse) came to Distillery recognized it as a “progress report from Studios to put what had been a year’s an artist in the midst of a head- worth of recording into crystal vision. spinning transition.” () The album also included tracks Undaunted, Meeks assembled for produced by Travis and Orange album the road tour an ambitious lineup to alum Bill Klatt. Material on the Red faithfully reproduce the sonic terrain of album ranged from pieces written both albums, along with new material. earlier in the year (“Die Born”, “Hang Returning from tour and smarting On To This”) to some of Meeks’ first from the effects of a complicated compositions (“Words”, “Fighting W/ change in record labels, Meeks began Clay”). The expanse of the Green work on a third album in early 2000 album was still represented in

September 3 - 17, 2008 17 orchestral interludes and the use of solo shows that helped him honor his sitar and strings on songs like “Giving fan base by playing small venues and In” and “Never Drown.” But the Red giving his audience an intimate album also peaked with high voltage glimpse into his musical soul and hints rock that can only come from a band of the upcoming album. The record is A firing on all cylinders. On stage, the said to have a stripped-down sound, unit was four strong with the addition similar to the style found on “Orange. of guitarist Chuck Mingis, a hero in “Fast forwarding to 2004…the past the Louisville music scene. several years had been both No story about Days of the New or challenging and turbulent for Travis, Travis Meeks would be complete experiencing a lack of support from his without mentioning Travis’ battle with former record label, Interscope, and meth. As with many artists, the road battling with personal demons. of fame is riddled with temptation and However, during this time, there has deviation. After the completion of the also been tremendous growth in the 2002 tour, the song writing band went and musical through a compositions period of Travis brings to inactivity, DOTN. D when they Various parted ways artistic themes with are notable Interscope throughout the Records. tenure of Days Several of the New . attempts at Every album recording focuses on a another record particular color remained and usually fruitless, and involves themes touring of small town became rural America. sporadic. The most Travis was obvious visual suffering from hallmark, drug however, is that addiction, and the cover art for after every Days of appearing on the New CDs an episode of features a A&E’s twisted old Intervention , tree. The tree where his has significance family and to Travis which friends he has been convinced him known to to seek help, discuss in Meeks entered interviews. “I’ve rehab. This graphic and touching seen this picture on the wall of a tree, segment is available for viewing on the that many people have seen, but no one band’s myspace page. The brilliant has seen it like I have, I have this contributions of many have been relationship with the tree, it’s gotten prematurely whisked away, but that is me through years, and I got this vision. not to be the case with this “Maestro”, The tree is my emblem; I have a tree he has since proclaimed sobriety. belt. It is my superhero. It was a In the latter half of 2003, Travis painting on the wall that a lot of people went out on the road for a number of

18 September 3 - 17, 2008 had already seen. I had a moment and a vision. Tears were in my eyes. I went into the picture, and I found myself sitting in the picture. Part of A sperger’s [one of several autism spectrum disorders] is associating sound with vision, so I see what I hear. That’s how I write. That’s how I continue to write my records.” Over the years Days Of The New have appeared on the following COVERED soundtracks: Godzilla, Half Baked, The SMOKING PATIO Crow, Varsity Blues, Heavy Metal BAR NOW 2000 (also produced), Black Hawk PATIO Down, and 98 Winter X Games. They OPEN! have also performed on “The David Letterman Show”. On March 4, 2008, Days of the New released their first compilation disc, Days of the New: The Come for the Food ... Stay for the Entertainment Definitive Collection. The next album, known as Purple, SUNDAYS: is well on its way – several dozen Spaghetti Dinners tracks have been recorded in pre- production with just Travis and his CLAMBAKE with Meatball & Salad guitar, highlighting the maturity of his Only $2.99 playing style and evolution of the No Beverage DOTN sound. The task of signing with SAT. SEPT. 27 a new record label still remains, as ONLY $19.99 Purchase Necessary! well as choosing which songs will be on the album. On the current tour Days of the New is bringing the show to the North 4th Annual Coast at The Cove Nite Club in Geneva on the Lake on Thurday Sept. 11th. For more info call 440-466-8888 or visit Golf & Steak Outing myspace.com/coveniteclub.

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Probably intimidate this generation of Boomers, most among that 13 percent are pretty the industry’s core target audience. sure of what they like to drink – and Beyond that we know, their kids, the are comfortable pronouncing difficult Milennials, will be even less impressed wine names while ordering obscure by ‘rules’ and ‘regulations.’ vintages from leather-bound So at last, even most industry restaurant lists. ‘elitists’ recognize the need to make That leaves the rest of us. We ALL wine drinkers comfortable with subscribe to wine magazines, read their personal preferences. ‘The best newspaper columns, visit regional wine is the wine you like best’ has vineyards, invest in coffee table books become part of the industry’s lexicon. on wine, rely on friends who are more So, if you drink sweet – it is ok. ‘knowledgeable’ to order in fancy Odds are one day, just as you started in restaurants, generally avoid college with slow gin fizzes and today pronouncing all the hard words in enjoy a scotch on the rocks, your palate public settings….and say we like ‘dry’ will change and you just might end up wines even if they sometimes taste to as a part of that coveted group of 13 us, if the truth be known, like cough percent, ‘connoisseurs’ who drink – and medicine. truly enjoy – great big complex reds. If the goal is to build a palate that However, know that the most will eventually appreciate a ‘Chianti important thing is to enjoy the journey Classico’ [a great Italian red from most as you establish a sense of personal any vintage year] we need to begin ‘security’ about your individual somewhere. If we get to that point, preferences. It really IS okay to drink fine, if we do not, how much fun we what tastes good: red, white, dry or will have sipping and exploring along sweet. the way. Some anecdotes about our business: For more information: Historically, Americans, have been [email protected] uncomfortable with the whole wine scene. Why else would Gallo, in the seventies, have sold so much ‘Hearty Blush Wine Jelly Burgundy?’ The only things that that INGREDIENTS: very innocuous beverage had in 2 cups White Zinfandel Wine common with a classic French red were 3 cups sugar 1 pouch (3oz) Certo Liquid Fruit Pectin -- its color and a usurped name. 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Focus • R • 92 min First of all the film wouldn’t work at all without Steve Westside I think we need to add a separate Coogan’s manic portrayal of Dana

category to the old genre list, or maybe Marschz, a loveable loser of a Steve just update “Offbeat Comedy” to theater teacher in a less than

“Really frigging offbeat Comedy.” desirable Arizona school. His class is Sept 5, 6, 7 That’s where you put JUNO, made up of insolent and unmotivated Crescent Tavern Patio j SIDEWAYS, LITTLE MISS slackers. “What’s your name?” Put-In-Bay • 1:30 PM SUNSHINE and now from the “Heywood.” Sep 12, 13, 14 SUNSHINE producers, HAMLET 2. “Heywood what?” Put-In-Bay It’s hard to get a handle on these weird “Heywood Jablomee.” New Year!!!!!!!!! flicks; are they over the top cool or over Coogan’s not only very funny but

Saturday 20: the top stupid? Well the other three seems to have assembled every

Dietz's Landing • 9:15 PM made the cut and garnered lots of stereotypical quirk one would expect a

Akron • W.Turkeyfoot Lk. Rd. critical respect, but we’ve yet to see cornball drama teacher to embody, and

(RT. 619) how the critics feel about this one. that well seems bottomless.

Friday 26: I decided to give it a shot due to the The drama dept., sadly enough, is

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Put-In-Bay that it supposedly set some kind of unbearably awful annual stage

record at Sundance. Oh, and I really productions of mediocre motion TAPROOM INSIDE like Elizabeth Shue. pictures. With, or possibly without a 9:00 PM At any rate it really is offbeat; small miracle it appears as though the www.westsidesteve.com nearly to the point of cacophony, but it fat lady is ready for her solo. That’s when Marschz decides to pull out the stops and produce his own “masterpiece”, HAMLET 2, as the very last show to be played by his group of juvenile delinquents. It’s indescribably horrible featuring songs that include Sexy Jesus and Raped in the Face , that make THE PRODUCERS’ Springtime Now Featuring For Hitler seem like Andrew Lloyd Weber. Car-Side Pick-Up: 440-428-1330 The script is in fact so stunningly V vulgar that it sets off a national firestorm of protest, which makes the SUNDAY, SEPT. 21 motley troupe even more determined to press on. Clam Bake at Noon with Ted Riser! 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