In Cleveland we are very passionate about the things we love. One of my favorites is a local rock band that recently went national.

I’ve been to almost 40 of their shows in the past three years. Their live shows always whip the crowd into a frenzy.

The audience is usually full of scantily clad young women, most of them wearing masks, some dressed in innocent-looking nighties, some in fetishwear, and some in just G-strings with electrical-tape X’s over their nipples. After the band is finished, techno music starts thumping, and the girls get onstage to dance and strip — sometimes more.

The band was putting on its last local show in Akron. I got a little lost on the way, but finally made it there. I was wearing a sparkling black-and-red mask, a black work shirt (I always button only... Read More