Here is some sweet footage from the 2008 Ingenuity Festival. 9-Volt Haunted House were invited to perform on the All Go Signs alley stage. Many thanks to GAMERA THE INVINCIBLE and Lou Muenz for the great film work!
Also thanks to Chuck Karnak for facilitating our appearance at this fantastic event.
Cheers unto them!
Here a few more shots from this Cleveland winter theme. They are from different snow storms and differing locations throughout Cleveland. Mostly random cell-phone color images remain, and here they are! Cheers and stay warm!
This mid-February entry simply falls into the category of “it is what it is.” I had a back-log of bulk snow and winter bleariness shots that I have accumulated (for better or for worse), that somehow needed a home here! Enjoy!
Ahh, yet another addition of my rather superfluous “year in review” highlighting further some of these leftover shots of 2009. It is becoming clear(er) to me that there is a need to organize and clean house of these random shots! (before losing any more of their relevance or significance)
This entry highlights some of the Cleveland graffiti images I discovered along the way, in addition to the various environments in which they are found. A friend of mine spoke of the importance of noticing graffiti in different cities, to see what messages and cultures can be found therein. Flavors abound!
I stumbled upon some photos I took a few years back. These were from a show that Frass Accolades played at Tower 2012, also on the bill were Dead Peasant Insurance and Abiku. I have fond memories of playing at this space with both Frass Accolades and 9-Volt Haunted House. I have not heard about much activity at this space or many others in recent history. Tremont has a void now without the Language Foundry. All Go Factory is doing things and I look forward to future events there. Never attended any shows at the “Pink House” in Lakewood. Church of Ayler is long gone along with its predecessors. It is wonderful when these spots turn up, tune out and reach their zenith. Maybe we can call this critical mass. They fizzle and fade. We can all hold out breath I suppose for whatever happens next…
I recently checked out a new(er) micro-brewery here in Cleveland, INDIGO IMP. The Indigo Imp Brewery is located at 3615 Superior Avenue in Cleveland, Ohio in Tyler Village. I suggest picking up their delicious beers! I also took some more strange photos of the architecture and other “features” of the mixed-use property known as Tyler Village. Enjoy!
Yikes! Here is some so-so cell phone footage of a truck fire in front of the Merrick House at the corner of West 11th and Starkweather Ave. The truck parked in front of this community center caught fire in the engine and after a few moment there was a loud explosion from within. I only caught this scene after the fire dept showed up. Scary stuff!
Per my previous post, I now have a new phone and I’m taking calls. (how exciting) I was able to retain the contacts stored in the broken phone’s memory. (also exciting) I have corrected the settings for comments here on my blog, so please comment away. They do have to be approved though, but I’m not too fussy. (more excitement)
Catholic churches are consolidating and closing in the Greater Cleveland/Akron area. The list was released over the weekend! One of them (Our Lady of Mercy) a once primarily Slovak parish nestled in the heart of Cleveland’s Tremont neighborhood, is about four doors down from where I reside. In between which is another condemned house. We’ll see what happens. I gotta go for now, however this stuff really needs further examination. Holy freaking yikes!!!
I will have more photos and other jive for you soon as well! Crazy!
There is something about the sun, amazing. I was driving to my office this morning and everything looked great. Lake Erie was freakin‘ glowing!!! There were still clouds hovering around, but there was still the right amount of sunlight out there to make even the lousy parts of Cleveland look amazing. I tried to take a few photos, which I’ll check out (perhaps) later and get transfer them off my phone. The “rock and roll” hall of fame was awash with light. Morning sunshine is perhaps the most cutting thing. It was not killing my eyes while driving, the way it potentially can (sunglasses or not). I did see something that made me a bit sad though on West 28th street. (apart from the usual stuff) There were a group of kids walking to school and taunting another child. The kid appeared to be crying and nearly walked in front of my car. He then proceeded to continue walking after my car and up the ON RAMP of the freeway, this I could see from my rear view mirror. Yikes! Where do you think you’re going? The sun shines on sad things too.
This is a bad move. Not that difficult to avoid pole. Not that difficult to stay on street. I took this photo while driving, managed to stay in lane and on road. Too bad. Maybe phone conversation was too steamy. Who knows?
