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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!
“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.
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…
Here’s my entire collection of Speak In Tongues photos, clippings & stories
The legendary Cleveland D.I.Y. venue was a crossroads for great musicians & artists—see artifacts that have never been online until now!
I was the Easter Bunny for GSMF & the craziest Speak In Tongues show ever
Easter Sunday, April 23, 2000, will live in punk rock infamy. Now revised for 2021 with more photos & scandalous details…
Capturing the Cleveland scene: An interview with Ryedood
Meet Ryan “Rye” Kennedy—he was at all the rad Cleveland underground concerts with his video camera. Watch his videos and read his story…
“You Are The Yeti”: 9 Shocks Terror at the Euclid Tavern, 1999
Cleveland Punk Fest was THE summer concert for Cleveland counterculture types like myself. So let’s go back there, shall we?
100,000 Years Of Sean & Ian album listening party at The Invisible City"/>
100,000 Years Of Sean & Ian album listening party at The Invisible City
At the time, we used our newly-arrived CDs as—you guessed it!—yet another excuse to have a bon voyage party…
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…
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!
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…
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!