Here’s Clevelanders LeVert with unexpected junior prom flashback “Casanova”.
After the deaths of brothers Gerald and Sean LeVert, Marc Gordon and Blaq Rose have continued as Levert II.
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Columbus, Ohio Ranked Second Manliest City in US
The fine folks at COMBOS did a study that looked into things like manly jobs, manly pastimes, and manly snacking and found that Columbus, Ohio was the butchest city around, second only to Charlotte, North Carolina. Now, we’re not ones to begrudge Charlotte their win. It’s a lovely town, but we’re sure to knock them off the throne with our giant balls next year.
Four other Ohio cities were ranked as follows: 15th - Cleveland, 20th - Cincinnati, 26th - Toledo, and 34th Dayton.
Macy Gray is from Canton! Yeah… This is news to us too. Here she is with the chronic earworm “I Try”.
She also just released her latest album “The Sellout” about a week ago, so here’s a new song from that album.
Look at that pumpkin. Just look at it. That is the world’s largest pumpkin and it comes from Ohio.
Seriously, look at that thing. Pumpkins like that, you can hollow out and live in.
Record-breaking pumpkin thought to be world’s largest weighs in at 1,725 pounds
COMFEST IS NOT A FREE ZONE (but it’s still pretty good)
IT'S COMFEST WEEKEND!
It’s that time of year when a bunch of aging hippies, and pretty much everyone else, converges on Goodale Park, in Columbus, Ohio to listen to a few stages worth of awesome bands, drink beer out of comedically large mugs, walk around without any shirts on, eat cheese-on-a-stick and generally have a good time.
Clark Gable was born in the village of Cadiz, Ohio.
Please don’t make us explain who Clark Gable was.
Paul Lynde was born in Mount Vernon Ohio. He appeared in many films and TV shows, and is perhaps best known as the master of the one-liner on The Hollywood Squares.
Here’s an impressive collection of his quips from The Hollywood Squares.
Like they say on that page “Paul Lynde didn’t just say dirty things on The Hollywood Squares, he said kinky things. And bitchy things. In the real world he’d be the kind of person you’d invite to a party full of boring people, just because you knew he’d say something outrageous and liven things up.”
Here he is, with fellow Ohioan Dean Martin, dropping some saucy one-liners and here he is roasting Dean Martin.
I know we already did a full week of Guided by Voices, but this song’s been stuck in my head for two full days now, so here we are with “Hold On Hope”.
Have a good muggy weekend, everyone.
Oh hey, Neil Armstrong. How’s the contingency sample coming along?
I was originally going to post something about some band or famous actor or some cool local event, but just look at this. It’s Neil Armstrong on the fucking moon. It’s still amazing.
Today is sweaty. This song is perfect.
Though we bow to no newsmagazine in our love of the Breeders, we gotta say, this video could use some work….
Fuck yeah, we’ll reblog Newsweek giving the Breeders a little love.
Here’s Dwight Yoakam with “Fast As You”.
Technically, Dwight here, was born in Kentucky, but he was raised and educated in Columbus, Ohio, so we’re just going to go ahead and claim him as our own.
He’s sold over 25 million records, worked with the legendary Buck Owens, and become a well-respected actor and director. His role in Sling Blade still gives us chills.
This is Defiance, Ohio with their song “Hair Pool”.
Despite the name, they’re actually from Columbus, Ohio.
I just heard about this band about an hour ago, no joking, so all I know is that they keep up an ambitious tour schedule and the kids really seem to like them.
I swear, this kind of enthusiasm is contagious, even if it (especially if?) it’s a cacophonous mess.
I loved to watch Roy Rogers on TV, as a child. He did some stunt riding, his horse did tricks, and he could sing. Plus, he got away with the title “King of the Cowboys”. Thanks to him, “singing cowboy” seemed like a viable career option for 10-year old me, if the whole astronaut thing didn’t work out.
Before he starred in over a hundred movies and recorded several hit songs, Roy Rogers was just poor hard working Leonard Slye from Cincinnati. He has one hell of a story. How many Hollywood stars could ever claim to have built their own houseboat out of salvaged lumber or start a band the Smithsonian calls a “national treasure”? I’ll give you a hint. The answer is “none of them”.
Here’s a short film, where aliens steal the Rhodes Tower from downtown Columbus, by matte painting artist Mark Sullivan
Mark has gone on to do some amazing work for everything from Rain Man to the latest Star Wars trilogy and the Lord of the Rings trilogy. He’s even worked on a video for the Wu Tang Clan.
Now, we don’t know 100% for sure that Mark Sullivan is from Ohio, but he was going to the Columbus College of Art and Design when he made this, so there’s a pretty good chance he is. Regardless of that, this is still an absurd and awesome film that features aliens stealing a building from downtown Columbus, Ohio, so we’re keeping it no matter what.
