Scene remembers John Lennon

This is the Scene Magazine that came out days after John Lennon was shot in New York City on December 8, 1980. They did a nice cover story and full page article inside, although this issue was not nearly as focused on John as the Cleveland Press/Showtime supplemental published on nearly the same day. As such, I've included various other things like ads and gig announcements in this post. No disrespect is intended toward John's legacy in doing this. 

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front page

More of that front page, including a Zeppelin update

Table of contents

The main John Lennon article

The Agora's goodbye to John

This issue was also gearing up for New Year's Day

One of many great half-page ads for the mighty Buzzard radio

Quarter-page ad for Zenyatta Mondatta

Remember these big "liquidation" sales in hotel banquet rooms?

Local venues, locals bands

The latest music news

Record prices at Sears - December 1980

More local venues and local bands

Quarter-page ad for the latest Heart album

Some New Year's Eve party options

Half-page Recordland advertisement

More local happenings

Feature LP of the Week

A show I would very much like to have attended!

There was always some kind of party at Dixie Electric Co.

Some popular movies at the time

A full page of options for NYE

Classified ads and more local happenings

Steve Marriott at the Agora!

A record convention and other record-related ads

Things to do, see, and hear

The 3rd? Recordland ad in this issue - get your hits for the holidays!

If you'd like to check out a newspaper from the same week with much more information about John Lennon and his murder, click here.

Time Capsule - December 1980

A post about some of the local northeast Ohio happenings, venues, advertising, etc. from a 1980 issue of Showtime, a weekly supplement to The Cleveland Press. I had saved the issue that came out just three days after John Lennon was shot and killed in New York City and recently pulled it out to look it over on the 40th anniversary of that fateful day. 

While photographing some of the articles, I found that I was also fascinated by some of the ads and announcements found in the pages of the magazine. Out of reverence to John's legacy, though, I decided not to post photos of that sort of thing along with articles of the tragedy that occurred. That's the purpose of this post. If you've found this directly but would like to see the John Lennon-related content, click here.

A Christmastime ad from Ma Bell

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furniture and prices

Some popular movies at the time

The Metroparks toboggan run was GREAT!

Anybody remember Red Barn?

 

More popular movies from late 1980

The Beatles and ads for Cleveland's more "seedy" side

Pinball!

Remember these theaters?

Outside the mainstream

Sports and MSB at The Coliseum

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A summary of local theater happenings

Drive-in theaters, too

Mickey Finn's was fairly infamous in Cleveland

Local bands at a local nightclub

My family and I ate many a meal at the local Ponderosa

More adult entertainment

Back when video tapes ruled

$10 for a flannel and $15 for a pair of jeans

More local music stuff.

A full page ad for speakers

Audio Outlet locations

Local events sponsored by WMMS

Iron Butterfly in The Flats

Pacino prediction

More on the bad guys of film

My, how things have changed

The local TV guide - only SIX channels!

What's on TV tonight?

Out and about

Harsh critique of SNL in 1980

SNL did, thankfully, come around again

 

Again, for the post focused on John Lennon's murder from the same supplement, click here.

The Press remembers John Lennon

I saved an issue of Showtime that came out three days after John Lennon was murdered in New York City. John was 40 years old at the time and it has now been 40 years since the tragic day that happened. Showtime was a weekly entertainment supplement that came in the now-defunct Cleveland Press newspaper in Cleveland, Ohio.

This post isn't intended to be a page-by-page archive of this supplement, but instead a flip-through glimpse of the highlights of the articles printed therein. Since this was four decades ago, I also found the advertising and local happenings fascinating to reminisce but, in reverence to John Lennon's legacy, I'll post those separately.

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Just for some context, I've added Billboard's list of best selling singles in December 1980 as reported by The Cleveland Press in that issue of Showtime. Remember, "best selling" does not necessarily equate to "best" but you will notice John Lennon's "Starting Over' coming in at #8.

If you have any interest in a bit more context, in terms of advertising, prices, local venues, events, etc. at the time, I have created a similar post featuring those things from the same issue of Showtime at this link.