Spring Break
The city of Cleveland is as diverse as any other major city in America, and no area of Cleveland reflects this more than the Ohio City neighborhood. Located on Cleveland's West Side, the Ohio City neighborhood is home to 15 ethnic groups and more than 10,000 people.
Inexpensive beers such as Budweiser and Natural Light usually rule the university party scene, as most college-aged drinkers are out for the quick buzz and not for taste and quality. But for those who like to enjoy beer for reasons other than getting trashed, Cleveland's Great Lakes Brewing Company offers a wide variety of specialty beers with an environmentally conscious attitude.
There's a disturbing trend in film distribution these days that's really starting to take its toll - the slow rollout of the over-hyped indie film. Opening up a movie in "select cities" before unleashing it on mainstream America is a formula that has worked in building up buzz for sleeper hits such as The Blair Witch Project and this year's Brokeback Mountain.
There are two types of people who will see The Benchwarmers - those who expect the usual jokes associated with a movie produced by Adam Sandler and those who think it will contain something of redeeming value. This movie is for the former. For those of you who are turned off by jokes about bodily functions and getting hit in the nuts - this movie is not for you.
Most of the band might be siblings, but Akron-based Blush is not the Partridge Family. There is no Keith, Danny, Shirley, Laurie, Christopher or Tracy in Blush, and its music, influenced by Queens of the Stone Age, the Foo Fighters and the Smashing Pumpkins, is much heavier.
A collective groan went up from the ranks of Kent-based rhythm and blues group 1959. Guitarist Dustin Green leaned in a bit closer to the microphone. "I'll tell the story," said Green, junior art education major. "I have a good friend who battles drug addiction, and she's one of the biggest fans of the band.
Whether you realize it or not, you have probably heard a Massive Attack song in your lifetime. Packing 15 years of career-spanning sound, ranging from hints of reggae to pure electronica, Massive Attack has painted the mood for a number of mediums you might recognize without imagining it all came from the same creative minds.
The Yeah Yeah Yeahs' musical pathway is a lot like those double-sided sponges in everyone's kitchen - you've got the flat, navy blue side with months of dirt and grime tracked into the pores, and you've got the puffy amber soft material on the reverse side, still almost as new as the day you bought the thing.
Since the dawn of video games, movie adaptations have always had trouble translating from the silver screen to the console. These titles range from Atari's version of Gremlins, where you tried to stop the villains from eating hamburgers, to the recent horrible adaptation of Fight Club that featured Limp Bizkit's Fred Durst.
"The O.C." Fox, Thursdays at 9 "The O.C." is officially dead to me. It used to have at least five or six quotable lines for every episode; now viewers are lucky to get one funny line every three episodes. It used to perfectly juggle its large diverse cast of characters, both adult and child.