Past Stories for June, 2010
Music to Cleveland’s Ears: The Rise of V107.3 FM
Growing up in the suburbs of Chicago, I clearly recall Mrs. Greenspan, my junior high bus driver, picking up the still sleepy pre-teens from the manicured corners, retaining her sanity by keeping her old-school transistor radio tuned to XRT, 93.1FM. The morning DJ of the time, Terri Hemmert,...
Jonah Hex
Written by Alex Sukhoy for Film Slate Magazine. Saturday, 19 June 2010 02:36 “Jonah Hex,” based on the DC comic of the same name, focuses on the good deeds of a seemingly bad man. Starring Josh Brolin in the title role, the film, set in 1876, introduce...
Cleveland in Film: The Era of Dysfunction
By Ben Lieblich and Alex Sukhoy The t-shirt said it all: “Cleveland: you’ve got to be tough!” Still available from Daffy Dan, the shirt perfectly captured how Clevelanders viewed themselves during the closing decades of the 20th century. They were sturdy. They were resilient. They mi...
