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Ex-cop argues in favor of legalizing marijuana

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:40:43 -0800

Marijuana is only one of many things that have been prohibited in America. So was prize-fighting. So was alcohol. So was gambling. Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (LEAP)

SU sports equipment manager becomes an alumnus

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 11:11:00 -0800

Kyle Fetterly finally graduated from college! The 50-year-old CNY native donned robes and mortar board in May to accept a bachelors degree in retail management from the in

Pope Joan flickers on Europes silver screens

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 12:22:10 -0800

Thirteen years after the publication of Syracuse author Donna Woolfolk Cross novel, Pope Joan, it has finally been made into a movie! Cross was in Germany the week of Oct. 22

Upstate jazz legends featured on Fridays double bill

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 06:41:50 -0700

Downtown After Dark is where Russ Tarby highlights happenings of special note in and sometimes out of Syracuse, the heart of CNY. Were showing off two

Dances with Wolf soon to be but a memory

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 08:38:36 -0700

Downtown After Dark is where Russ Tarby highlights happenings of special note in and sometimes out of Syracuse, the heart of CNY. Al Wolfs hanging up his rocknroll

CRUNCH squad packs plenty of PUNCH!

Thu, 08 Oct 2009 07:17:53 -0700

With swift skaters and savvy stickhandlers such as Stefan Legein, Maksim Mayorov and Alexandre Picard, the Syracuse Crunch should score scads of goals during the 2009-2010

Ron Spencers ridin a rocknroll Roller Coaster

Thu, 01 Oct 2009 08:10:26 -0700

For a quarter-century now electric guitarist Ron Spencer has rocked righteously in any number of Central New York jam sessions, blues bands and studios. He toured with Chicago

Miners support is rooted in anti-Destiny politics

Fri, 25 Sep 2009 12:24:36 -0700

Nibsys Pub, which sits pretty at the foot of Tipperary Hill, is as Irish as Jamesons. On Primary Night, however, all creeds and colors filled its upstairs banquet room as

Why Jimmy Cavallo should be in the RocknRoll Hall of Fame!

Thu, 17 Sep 2009 10:32:38 -0700

Its mid-September, time for Jimmy Cavallo to make his annual homecoming at Festa Italiana, downtown. So its a good time to wonder aloud, Why isnt Jimmy Cavallo in the

Amerikan Primitive debuts loudly Friday at Lost Horizon

Fri, 04 Sep 2009 12:54:23 -0700

We last heard guitarists Matt Pedzick and Sue Karlik rockin the walls off a hangar-sized East Syracuse nightclub two decades ago when their band, Slang Girl, opened for the

Bobcats butt bared on national TV

Tue, 01 Sep 2009 07:08:12 -0700

Bishop Grimes High School alumnus Bobcat Goldthwait made quite an impression Aug. 27, when he joined his comic colleague Robin Williams on ABC-TVs Jimmy Kimmel

The taxman cometh to Armory Square

Tue, 18 Aug 2009 07:28:52 -0700

Following in the fouled-up footsteps of Kelly Coles Improper brew pub, two Armory Square nightclubs have been shut down by New York for nonpayment of taxes. The unforgiving

Dems rule, GOP books at State Fair Grandstand

Thu, 13 Aug 2009 12:39:29 -0700

Early this year, Live Nation lost its contract to promote concerts at the New York State Fair to Triangle Talent. Live Nation has a history of supporting Democratic candidates

Guys and Dolls frolic amid Thornden Parks rose bushes

Wed, 05 Aug 2009 12:23:00 -0700

Is gambling legal at Thornden Park? Nicely-Nicely, Big Jule and Harry the Horse will have a field day there as Nathan Detroit reigns over The Oldest Established Permanent

Victim of e-mail scam rambles on, poorer but wiser

Thu, 30 Jul 2009 09:29:13 -0700

Central New York bluegrass broadcaster Bill Knowlton thought he could spot an e-mail scam a mile away. But when he received an earnest e-mail plea from an old friend who claimed

Cronkite had CIA connections

Thu, 23 Jul 2009 01:59:43 -0700

Yes, Walter Cronkite was the most trusted man in television news, but the CBS anchorman enjoyed close ties to the Central Intelligence Agency, a fact that could have eroded that

Dylan digs Cavallo and road tripping

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 09:27:49 -0700

Bob Dylan is a member of the RocknRoll Hall of Fame. While Bobby Z. deserves that honor as much as anyone, those of us in Syracuse also believe the Cleveland HOF should

Horseshoe Lounge Playboys to pour it on at Brew Fest

Wed, 08 Jul 2009 09:39:14 -0700

Theres always something rising on that old downtown scene, sing the wild and woolly Horseshoe Lounge Playboys on their song Downtown. In fact, thats where the

Michael Jacksons CNY connection

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 09:17:37 -0700

The world was shocked when Michael Jackson died suddenly in Los Angeles last week at age 50. One of the studio wizards who helped make Jackson the King of Pop was a sound

Hold that note!

Wed, 24 Jun 2009 08:56:10 -0700

Kenny G, who headlines the 27th annual Syracuse Jazz Fest Saturday night at OCC, earned a place in the Guiness Book of World Records in 1997 for playing the longest note ever