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Now That’s Class turned out magnificently, thanks to DJ Beckett, Clan of the Cave Bear, Ownweatherone, Stephe DK, Paul…
FRIDAY NIGHT: SEAN CARNAGE BIRTHDAY SHOW IN CLEVELAND, OHIO! ALL-STAR LINE-UP… WOW!!!
DON’T MISS THIS AMAZING FRIDAY SHOW… I WILL BE TRAVELLING TO OHIO WITH RICHMOND AND BRET ANAVAN TO PRESENT THE BEST OF THE UNDERGROUND,…
TWO AMAZING SHOWS THIS WEEK: TONITE, L.A…. FRIDAY, CLEVELAND!!!
DON’T MISS TONITE’S EXTRAVAGANZA!!!
October 29 **TOTALLY GAY HALLOWEEN!!!**
Totally Gay night returns with…
Anavan
Casy and Brian…
MORE SEAN CARNAGE IN CLEVELAND!!!
The 40 BANDS 80 MINUTES! screening in Cleveland last week was also an opportunity for me to reconnect with my old friends, although, obvi…
Cleveland rocks out to 40 BANDS 80 MINUTES!, Prole Art Threat, Tony Erba & Clan Of The Cave Bear!!!
Holy Shit! I just had an amazing time in my old hometown, Cleveland, Ohio.
Just this last Thursday, March 2nd, I screened 40 BAND…
IF YOU ARE IN BROOKLYN, NY OR CLEVELAND, OHIO, DON’T MISS THESE PREMIERES OF 40 BANDS 80 MINUTES!
40 BANDS 80 MINUTES! IS COMING TO GALAPAGOS IN BROOKLYN *TOMORROW* & PARISH HALL IN CLEVELAND *THURSDAY*… DON’T MISS THESE SCREENINGS!!…
Under the bridge, Cleveland-style, with Brian Straw at Hart Crane Park; Or, how I learned to let loose in the middle of the Zika epidemic
This was a special event—an unsanctioned outdoor concert in a public space. I’m all for that kind of shit. NOW, STAY AWAY BUGS!
F**k the Pit: Coffinberry, Brian Straw, Ted Flynn & more at Pat’s In The Flats
Pat’s backyard was pretty magical when Brian Straw, Ted Flynn & Rob Sirovica took the stage with a noise-informed, rock-styled performance…
Electroclash in the Flats: The Foreign Exchange Students with The Cassettes at Pat’s
I was feeling suffocated by the gnarly dude-wall of folded arms at every fucking show. Enough! I needed to live. And dance.
Baptized as a bondage bottom by Misty Martinez at Pat’s In The Flats
This was THE disruptive, change-your-thinking concert no one—least of all me—ever expected it to be. Photos never before online!
Oblongata destroys Chris’ Warped Records
Oblongata were prescient—they called out the 21st Century before it had a chance to bum us all out. This post now fortified with new photos & info direct from the band!
Dig my new look: Chargers Street Gang at Pat’s In The Flats
Due to the addition of Matt Fish on drums, the Chargers fulfilled their destiny as one of Cleveland, Ohio’s greatest rock ‘n roll bands…
Weird times at the old Grog Shop: A Festival of Seans, one Black Key & Har Mar Superstar
Sean Tillmann, the Black Keys’ Pat Carney, Robert “The Kid Stays In The Picture” Evans, Ron Jeremy—they’re all in this tale of Sean-sanity!
New singer, same Rar: My Name Is Rar-Rar play Pat’s with Sean & Ian, Plus Ultra
Rar-Rar returns with a new singer (Greg from Xerobot) plus Sean & Ian and Plus Ultra at our first post-Speak In Tongues production…
Beckett & Finky Binks’ hot collab, Whales, open for The Moldy Peaches & The Cassettes at Beachland Ballroom
2002 begins and Speak In Tongues is no more. Eeek! The great (and ongoing) diaspora begins. Unfortunately Williamsburg won, and Cleveland lost…
The second to last Speak In Tongues show was the best Christmas of all time
One week before Cleveland’s beloved DIY collective ceased to exist we had the ultimate party with a wild cast of characters old and new…
Speak In Tongues photos: Flying Luttenbachers, Allergic to Whores, Ex-Models
It’s a Speak In Tongues free jazz jamboree with Weasel Walter and a venue packed with friends. This is what DIY music is all about…
Speak In Tongues photos: My Name Is Rar-Rar, Lozenge, Begit N Frenz, Mind No Mind, Scam Carnage vs. Spilt Milk
Classic Cleveland geniuses and errant Luttenbachers co-mingle in one of the greatest DIY shows of the 21st century at ol’ Speak In Tongues…
Watch: Razak Solar System’s final show at the old Grog Shop
We’d been through a lot in eighteen months. We were like King Crimson for latchkey kids. Yes for thrash addicts. Now it was time to bow out.
“Speak In Tongues on the Eastside”: Oblongata, Razak Solar System & Beckett take the Grog Shop
Could we create a Speak In Tongues package show and tour it around our hometown? I’m happy to tell you it worked!
Razak Solar System goes green for the Green Party at Speak In Tongues in 2000
The Green Party Of Ohio asked Razak Solar System, Viva Caramel, Brian Straw & a band aptly named “Bullshit” to play a Ralph Nader benefit…
Men’s Recovery Project with Razak Solar System, Mind No Mind & more at Speak In Tongues
Our idol Sam McPheeters played & we went all-out with a new venue in the basement (‘The Ashtray’) & a 12-page program—see it here!
Rare video! Lightning Bolt, Numbskull, Razak Solar System at Speak In Tongues
Lightning Bolt & Numbskull were bands that we understood and got us as well. And the crowd—so generous & excellent!
Speak In Tongues supergroup Walls Of Malm—plus Thrones, Lit-Ex & Warlocks in May 2000
This was one-night-only, no rehearsals Speak In Tongues supergroup Walls Of Malm playing an ambitious three-part composition by Brian Straw.
Speak In Tongues mystery solved: GSMF, Puncture Wound, Begit N Frenz & some huge stars!
Help! I went through great effort and expense ($hooting with Polaroid) to document this excellent concert, but then wrote down no details…
Banging our heads on the keyboard of life: Razak Solar System at the Beachland Ballroom, circa Y2K
Razak Solar System were Speak In Tongues refugees on the wrong side of town, playing to an empty room in the year 2000…
Y2K—okay!? Dr. Zombie MD at Speak In Tongues with Zeek Sheck, Begit N Frenz, more
“Medical renegade Klaus von Zombie has reanimated the dead and enslaved them to be his backup band!” Re-live the horror!
Go behind the curtain of Razak Solar System’s ultimate Speak In Tongues performance
Post-Grunge audiences hungered for shock, you see. But only lard-butted, hard rock laggards trashed their instruments in the year 2000…
White knuckle shroomin’, The Basketball & Speak In Tongues, 1999
It was nearing the close of 1999 and I had yet to party. You know, really party. Magic mushroom therapy had to be the solution!
NOT the “Jim Clevo Stage”! The Divine Invasion at Speak In Tongues
I’m so proud to have played with this group: Bob from blue…MAX, Mike from Primitive / Sheilbound, Chris Young and myself…