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“Dancing with People’s Food from a Dog’s Point of View”: the sounds of Cereal Banter this Friday @ Mahalls 20 Lanes

“Dancing with People’s Food from a Dog’s Point of View”: the sounds of Cereal Banter this Friday @ Mahalls 20 Lanes

The thing I love most about Cleveland is you could be out anywhere and within ten feet are amazing musicians that have been creating some of the most futuristically, mind-blowingly complex (and fucking awesome!) music out there. Lucky enough for me I happened to be…

Teddy Boys’ “Sullivan / Bad Panther” on bandcamp, full-length album Social Club due out this Spring

Teddy Boys’ “Sullivan / Bad Panther” on bandcamp, full-length album Social Club due out this Spring

The Teddy Boys have been takin’ the city of Cleveland by storm since their debut show at The Phantasy, performance with He-Chaw-Funk at Euclid Tavern, and most recently at the Agora Theatre’s Cleveland Rendezvous dance party. And now we can *finally* have a taste of the Boys…

Let’s face it: robots are smarter. And funnier.

Let’s face it: robots are smarter. And funnier.

OK maybe not funnier, but in Wired‘s “Better Than Human” article in this month’s issue, there’s really a lot to think about here as far as robots are concerned as we enter the year 2013. It used to be a thing where people would joke…

“Beast it! Beast it! Beast it!”: Benh Zeitlin’s Beasts of the Southern Wild creates its own mythological world as seen thru the eyes of Hushpuppy

“Beast it! Beast it! Beast it!”: Benh Zeitlin’s Beasts of the Southern Wild creates its own mythological world as seen thru the eyes of Hushpuppy

“In a million years, when kids go to school, they’re gonna know once there was a Hushpuppy, and she lived with her daddy in The Bathtub.” We could all learn a thing or two from the Hushpuppies of the world—the survivors, the beasts—living day-to-day by…

Les Misérables: the 150 year-old novel resurrects yet again in Tom Hooper’s musical

Les Misérables: the 150 year-old novel resurrects yet again in Tom Hooper’s musical

“At the end of the day you get nothing for nothing/Sitting flat on your butt doesn’t buy any bread!” Alright, I know what you’re thinking: How could another adaptation of a 150 year-old book that’s already been done every single way imaginable—plays, ballets, movies—still be…

14 power ballads to get you through Christmas

What do power ballads and Christmas have in common? They’re both secretly terrible but enjoyable nevertheless. And if you’re sick of hearing Mariah whine about “all she wanted” and think you’ve seen so much red and green while out and about your mind is on…

The Library of Congress to induct 25 new movies into the National Film Registry

Every year the Library of Congress selects movies with significant cultural relevance to be inducted into the National Film Registry. This year’s list features some pretty heavy hitters, including the seasonally appropriate Christmastime favorite A Christmas Story (which, the tongue-stuck-to-the-pole scene is reason enough to be on…

Ommegang Brewery’s “Iron Throne Blonde Ale”: The Game of Thrones-themed brew that’s perfectly smug

Ommegang Brewery’s “Iron Throne Blonde Ale”: The Game of Thrones-themed brew that’s perfectly smug

“Everythings better with some [beer] in the belly.” —Tyrion Lannister Remember the Game of Thrones drinking game where you drink every time someone says, “Winter is coming,” or Daenerys says, “Khaleesi”—even better, when Tyrion says something sexual? Well, that was all very enjoyable whilst sipping on…

A Nielsen rating…for Twitter!

Over the past couple of years live tweeting our favorite TV shows has sorda become a “thing” (what would watching Homeland even mean if it weren’t for all the funny tweets happening?). And well, it’s all pretty fun and exciting. But the way tweeting is…

The Hobbit-themed “Green Dragon Pub” is reason enough to book a ticket to New Zealand

The Hobbit-themed “Green Dragon Pub” is reason enough to book a ticket to New Zealand

“There is more in you of good than you know, child of the kindly West. Some courage and some wisdom, blended in measure. If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.” —J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit…