Carlo | January 31, 2007
This sticker was promo associated with the first Raspberries album. More than 30 years after its release, it smells like raspberries (chemicalized, of course). I’m not about to scratch it now because it’ll smell even stronger. A memorable and appropriate artifact from the embryonic days of power pop indeed. raspberries.net/main.htm
Carlo | January 31, 2007
Northern Ohio’s favorite rock group was all over the area in the early to mid-’80s, the heyday of the Michael Stanley Band. This is a SEALED air freshener from those days. Designed to mask unpleasant (and at times, perhaps illegal) car odors, the MSB Star Freshener is a period tchotchke almost as rare as the […]
Carlo | January 23, 2007
My wife and I eagerly ventured into downtown Cleveland for a meal and entertainment Jan. 20. A man I know through table tennis invited us to share dinner with friends of his, and we ended up at a table at a Vietnamese restaurant. The company was good and fresh—and the bill, for all 10, was […]
Carlo | January 15, 2007
I’m going to do a Cleveland Rock & Roll Memories signing Jan. 22 at Joseph-Beth Booksellers in Legacy Village. It’s one of the biggest bookstores on the East Side. It’s also going all-out with in-store publicity. Joseph-Beth tells me I can keep the poster after the event. All I have to do is find a […]
Carlo | January 11, 2007
I’m reviewing the messages on my Treo a few days ago and come across a picture of a guy in a hospital bed, with an associated phone number. I don’t recognize the guy or the number. I call and a woman answers. “Who are you?” I ask. She doesn’t ask who’s calling, identifies herself as […]
Carlo | January 6, 2007
