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Check out WFMU's post on Columbus, OH bands. I'd never heard of most on the list.


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CNNMoney reports on Youngstown's radical approach to the city's long declining fortunes: a conscious effort to get smaller, rather than holding out hope for new growth.

And Defend Youngstown blog gets featured in NY Times.

Tomorrow is the first ever Festival 71 at the Beachland Ballroom in Cleveland. Times New Viking is headlining the show, a collection of bands from the Cleveland and Columbus areas. If i was still in Ohio I would go. If you are there now, you should go.

Check out I Rock Cleveland for a complete list of bands and links to their Myspaces/websites.

Coincidentally, Pitchfork posted a Times New Viking Guest List today: take a look.

More info @ Beachland Ballroom.

Though I will not be there, I will be here:


John Hodgman's thoughts on the event can be found here. Check this space soon for a recap of the evening's happenings.