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The Smith Tapes: Relics of Time Past
By Amanda Norris, Staff Writer It was the Summer of Love, or so they say. But in 1969, not everything felt like love. For those cloaked...
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Appalachia Rising: How Art Liberated a Small, American Town
By Amanda Norris, Staff Writer Nelsonville, Ohio, population 5,392, is, on the surface, unremarkable--another former boomtown, left to...
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Record Store Day, 2012
By Amanda Norris, Staff Writer Last year, the crowd started lining up at 6 a.m. It was a chilly mid-April morning. Some brought blankets...
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In the Land of Arena Rock
By Amanda Norris, Staff Writer Last Sunday, March 4, the Ohio State University’s Basketball arena, the Schottenstein Center, played host...
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Fear & Loathing at Cave-in-Rock: The adventures of a young gonzo journalist at her first Gathering o
By Amanda Norris, Staff Writer I am standing roughly four feet away from Insane Clown Posse's Violent J and Shaggy 2 Dope. Behind me are...
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The Boots Battle for Billboard's Best
By Amanda Norris, Staff Writer Drummer Aaron Lemley answered his cell phone after yet another sleepless night in what has been nothing...