A little light reading ... a sampling of my articles from the clevelandmagazine.com archive.

'Glory' Days: Rover's Morning Glory's jump from 92.3 K-Rock to 100.7 FM in the spring of 2008 was a seismic shift in the Cleveland radio market. It also marked CBS (who just a few years back had tabbed Rover to deal with it's losing-Howard Stern problem) losing its marquee personality in the Cleveland market to Clear Channel. Soon after the show's move, I spent a morning in the studio with Rover. The show later shot to the number 1 morning show for the coveted youth demographic and reinvented an ailing WMMS. (Cleveland Magazine - June 2008)

King Size Influence: Terry Pluto is one of the most connected and knowledgable sportswriters in town. He's also a great interview. He talks a mile a minute, drops all kind of good information on you and has a way of providing context for everything from LeBron to the smallest moves made by the Tribe's front office. It's not hard to figure out why this guy has penned great books on the troubled Browns expansion, the Tribe's fielding of a low-budget contender and, yes, the impact of King James himself. (Cleveland Magazine - December 2007)

Classical Rock: Christopher O'Riley was my ambassador to the michelada (salt-rimmed glass with ice, Tabasco, Worcestershire and a Corona over top). Following the release of his collection of piano reinterpreations of Nick Drake songs (you may also know him for his collection of songs by Radiohead popularized by NPR), I interviewed O'Riley in April '07 about the state of classical music, his new televised version of From the Top and his rock reinventions. I cannot confirm how many micheladas were consumed during the process. (Cleveland Magazine - July 2007)

Scream Songs: You expect Ed Douglas to be weird. Creepy even, but definitely weird. And, I don't want to spoil the mystique, but Ed is one of the most put-together, mild-mannered guys I've run into in some time. When I went to Chardon to interview the Midnight Syndicate co-founder and his partner-in-music Gavin Goszka, I found the two guys who invented the modern Halloween soundtrack as we know it. Ed has since gone on to direct a yet-to-be-released movie, The Dead Matter, which is the biggest-budget, 100-percent-Ohio-financed film in the state's history.(Cleveland Magazine - October 2006)

Cleveland's Godfather Returns: When Mark Winegardner was researching Crooked River Burning, he took up residence at the magazine's office for a few weeks to go through back issues. When it was finished, his book was a love letter to the flawed, wonderful city that is Cleveland. Then, Winegardner was chosen to write the sequel to Mario Puzo's The Godfather. During his swing through Cleveland in the weeks leading up to the book's release, I caught up with him for this feature.(Cleveland Magazine - December 2004)

Rock and a Hard Place: I learned two things writing this story: 1.) Rolling Stone editor and publisher Jann Wenner will only be interviewed on tape, so forget about the old-fashioned pad and pencil. 2.) When you write a story about an institution like the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum and start to look into the financials and ask tough questions, you're bound to spike the blood pressure of more than a few people in town. However, there were concerns about the future of the Rock Hall at the time: sagging attendance, lackluster marquee events and dipping annual revenue. (Cleveland Magazine - May 2003)

You can also search for my articles in the Cleveland Magazine archive.