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RIP Judy Tenuta, ‘Love Goddess’ & Queer Edge star
Exclusive video! I had the pleasure of working with Judy on The Queer Edge, the pioneering LGBT talk show. The experience changed my life…
STUNTDRIVER’s iconic ‘Red Road’ to redemption
Kym Priess welds majestic soaring metallic arcs to the late night bump ‘n grind of the shaggiest Electro. Musical heaven. Don’t miss the show!
CatCon 2022: It’s paw-some to be back
Meet the catfluencers! This was the purrfect comeback after two years of Covid cancellations. Embrace the meow-ment…
Happy 30th! Here’s every Grog Shop photo from my files
Were you at any of these classic shows during the Grog’s first decade? Congratulations to Kathy & all Grog people on the major milestone!
René Kladzyk unleashes Ziemba, her ‘Tender Monster’
Unsubtle Magic. Power ballads. FEELINGS. Post-Covid, that’s all we really need, right? Ziemba is the gold at the end of the rainbow…
All-star line-up October 14th at Oracle—get the Carnage fall schedule!
The best of the underground is back with Sean Carnage Fridays. I hope you’ll turn out & support these excellent performers!
…And we’re back! ‘Friends & Family Reunion’ photos from Fridays at Oracle Tavern
Thank you so much for our first concert since 2016! See photos of Chaki, Dawn Of Sequins, Dicso Bunny, DJ Kyle Mabson, Fagenstein & more…
Get frocked up with ‘Drag monster’ Fagenstein
Fagenstein, aka Mark Gallegos, appears TONIGHT at Oracle Tavern with Chaki, Dawn of Sequins, Dicso Bunny & DJ Kyle Mabson. See you there?
Vince Deliberato’s SUB-CLE is a Cleveland-centric podcast for music & culture fanatics
SUB-CLE is focussed on the real Northeast Ohio raconteurs. The doers, the rebels—and the foodmakers!
Friendship bracelets are back! Richmond Tan explains their origin
Get your bracelet at Oracle Tavern. Superstars Chaki, Dawn of Sequins, Dicso Bunny, DJ Kyle Mabson & more perform!
I’m booking shows again! ‘Friends & Family Reunion’ September 16 at Oracle Tavern
It’s a pleasure to be back doing what I love the most: promoting challenging music and performance. See you at the first show?
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I’m selling the Peter Steele nude Playgirl to help pay for our new home
I never thought I’d give up this rare piece of ’90s erotic memorabilia, but I’ve married my partner & we are buying a home…
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RIP Pat: Here’s every Pat’s in the Flats photo from the U.S. Rocker archive
This is my tribute to Pat Hanych, proprietor of my favorite Cleveland dive bar, who passed last month. Tons of unpublished photos inside!
“Trying to convey an acid trip with mere words”: Speak In Tongues lives again in a wild new book
Author Eric Sandy & publisher Joe Biel take us behind the scenes of the deluxe oral history of Cleveland’s beloved punk DIY venue.
Noise Rock shows its Pride: Japanther, Early Humans & Black Eyes in DC, 2002
20 years ago, New Lou Reeds’ Stephe DK, Coffinberry’s Nick Cross & I set out from Cleveland to see the best bands ever play Gay Pride…
Rest in power: Douglas Halbert—iconic BIRTH! performer, class act & friend
Here’s a remembrance of a great friend & performer gone way too soon. Updated with Doug’s memorial photos from L.A. & Denver.
9 Shocks Terror’s SoCal tour with Tony Erba & Jim Konya changed my life
Twenty years ago I roadied for perhaps the greatest thrash / hardcore band this planet has ever known, 9 Shocks Terror…
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Rupaul’s Dragcon 2022 recap: This is the way America is supposed to werk
When people come together for something they love—10 gazillion drag queens!—to love what they love together, it’s really powerful.
An oral history of Junking Theory, one of 1999’s greatest bands
In this debut “Noise Rock Nugget” we examine a classic Speak In Tongues band featuring Bobby, Raphi, Danny and Dave…
Experimental folk singer Brian Straw talks new music, sobriety & Speak In Tongues
Brian Straw’s revelatory “Baby Stars / Dead Languages” channels the rebellion and slop of youth into a spare and supernatural new form.