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Front Row: Drive A

Los Angeles rockers peel in to the Attic Club in Kettering With tours supporting everyone from the Used to Alkaline Trio and HIM in their rearview mirror, radical Los Angeles punk quartet Drive A are revving up their engines for a headlining run they’re calling the “Let’s Get Wrecked” tour that brings them to the [...]

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In the eyes of tiger

Elbow grease and imagination yield award-winning motorcycles By Tim Anderl In 1978, the Misfits, a band widely recognized for their unyielding approach to punk rock recorded “We Are 138.” For unconventional motorcycle designer and fabricator, Cole Rogers, “138” became the moniker and mantra for a 2-year-old custom cycle fabrication business that has been widely recognized [...]

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Spin It: Part Chimp / Torche

Part Chimp / Torche Split [Chunklet Industries] To celebrate their November U.S. tour together, sludgy English rock band Part Chimp teamed with Florida metal maestros Torche for a limited-edition (500 copies pressed), split 12” record.  For their half of the split, Torche deliver their take on three classics from Dayton hometown heroes Guided By Voices. [...]

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From the pavement to the gallery

Skate culture and art collide in the work of Don Pendleton By Tim Anderl Active in skate art for over a decade, Dayton-based artist Don Pendleton creates cubist folk art that incorporates insects, animals and ambiguous characters to create a tense narrative about how creatures cohabitate in the same space.  As a full-time, in-house artist [...]

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Get your freak on

Costumed partygoers invade Oregon District for Annual Hauntfest on Fifth by Tim Anderl Thousands of sexy and spooky partygoers will converge on downtown Dayton to celebrate all that goes bump in the night at the annual Hauntfest on Fifth celebration. In its 26th year, Hauntfest on Fifth takes place in Dayton’s Oregon District on East [...]

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Front Row: Russian Circles

This isn’t a drill Russian Circles come to Newport and Columbus Chicago prog metal maestros, Russian Circles, who delivered their new album Empros via Sargent House Oct. 25, are gearing up for a November tour. Formed in 2004, the band has already delivered four full-length albums, an EP and a handful of splits and singles. [...]

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Front Row: Season of the witch

Skeletonwitch comes to Newport and Columbus With four full-length studio albums, a pair of EPs and numerous national and international tours under their belts, southeastern Ohio head-bangers, Skeletonwitch, have been making huge waves in the modern metal scene. In 2008, the band earned a support slot for Danzig’s “The Blackest of the Black” tour, their [...]

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Spotlight

High Fructose Corn Syrup By Megan Garrison The FDA recently rejected a bid to officially change the name of high [...]

Forum Right, 6/12

Walker was Victorious in Wisconsin Because His Reforms Worked By David H. Landon The folks at MSNBC had a bad [...]

Forum Left, 6/12

It Takes More than a Tweet By Rana Odeh The victory of Republican Governor Scott Walker over Milwaukee Democrat Mayor [...]

Forum Center, 6/12

What are the Consequences of Recall Election in Wisconsin? Last Tuesday, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) prevailed in an unusual [...]

Forum Right, 5/29/12

Obama’s Support of Same Sex Marriage Will Cost Him Swing States By David H. Landon By Election Day, the President’s [...]

Forum Center, 5/29/12

President Obama Announces Support of Same-Sex Marriage Most pundits believe that this Presidential election will be decided on the issue [...]