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A tale of two Saturday nights
I have three main claims to fame, such as they are:
1) Jeff Beck, the English superstar guitar player, once sought me out and hugged me on his tour bus after a local show because of a scathing Kenny G review I wrote many moons ago. He even read…
1) Jeff Beck, the English superstar guitar player, once sought me out and hugged me on his tour bus after a local show because of a scathing Kenny G review I wrote many moons ago. He even read…
// Opinion
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Take Five with Adrian Jusdanis of the APES
The APES formed by mistake four years ago at a Gallery Hop in Columbus. Now, every APES show becomes a frenzied dance party. Fusing the sounds of violin and piano with a world-class rhythm section, the genre-less quartet sounds…
// Opinion
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The Intoxilyzer 8000, the state's flawed tool in the battle against drunk driving
One in seven Ohioans has one – a life-long legal scar that has become the voodoo of our generation(s). According to the Ohio Department of Safety, more than 1.3 million licensed drivers in the state have at least one “DUI” conviction. This eye-…
// News
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Four still dead in Ohio
Back when “tin soldiers and Nixon” were “cutting us down” in 1970, a group of Ohio State University students and campus activists started an underground newspaper in Columbus. Driven mostly by the murder of four students at Kent State – Allison…
// News, Opinion