Cover Story: Pseudoquasiesque
He's been called the Master of the Action Allegory. The "limited-theatrical-release"-filmmaker's filmmaker. The intellectual's Hal Needham (as well as the moron's Akira Kurosawa). Who is it that's inspired this array of sobriquets? Jacques Auph, a little known but highly independent auteur. The nicknames derive from his style of filmmaking, which film scholars have classified asā¦
News: Northside Residents Back Colerain Connector Substitute, but the County Isn’t Convinced
A decades-old road project that's long divided three Cincinnati communities is another small step closer to being resolved. About 100 voting members of the Northside Community Council approved a list of tentative improvements to the community's network of streets at a May 15 meeting at the McKie Recreation Center in Northside. This band of Northsidersā¦
Cover Story: From Pulp Fiction to Movie Blockbuster: ‘Battlefield Earth’
John Travolta aims at the critics surrounding Battlefield Earth. In 1980, L. Ron Hubbard, by his own account, found himself with time on his hands and decided to write a work of "pure science fiction … (with) practically every type of story there is — detective, spy, adventure, western, love, air war, you nameā¦
David Gray
David Gray British singer/songwriter David Gray doesn't necessarily need American success. His most recent record, White Ladder, is a top-seller in Ireland and has already been certified five-times platinum. The record owes its success to its graceful, powerful songs, led by Gray's rich, raw vocals and emotional, poetic lyrics. Gray found a kindred spiritā¦
Locals Only: : The Five Deez
The Five Deez Back in the day on the boulevard of Main Street the members of Five Deez were hungry. Literally. But rather than steal or sling rocks to make ends, they would freestyle-rap about their circumstances to take their collective minds off their hunger pangs. That was then, this is now. Today there'sā¦
News: Hold That Bus Center!
Several dozen Newport citizens revolted at a recent meeting against a proposal to build a bus transfer center on the northern edge of Newport. One-third of TANK's daily trips pass through Newport; the transit center will provide a one-stop transfer spot for passengers, explained Mark Donaghy, general manager of the Transit Authority of Northern Kentuckyā¦
News: Conference Confirms Cincinnati’s Unusually High Acceptance of Alternative Medicine
Despite Cincinnati's reputation as reluctant to showcase "new" or radical ideas — particularly the sex and censorship issue, for which we're universally known — the city might finally have broken through its conservatism on one issue: alternative medicine. Perhaps the examples of widespread acceptance on the coasts, along with the persistence of a few braveā¦
Neighborhood Development Should Attract Retail Stores, Not the Other Way Around
Jymi Bolden Charlie Winburn Holy cow! I never would have imagined I'd cheer out loud reading a quote from Cincinnati City Councilman Charlie Winburn. In the rare instances I do agree with Winburn, I am suspect of his motivations. Most often I think he's shamelessly grandstanding or he's blindly following the Republican Party and/orā¦
Cover Story: Nostalgia-Rama
The Allman Brothers Band It seems every year, when the announcements of the amphitheater schedules come around, it's like a trip down memory lane. Sometimes it's a nice trip, though often it's an embarrassing one. Usually you're left wondering, "Are they still alive?" This year, once again, the summer tour schedule is packed withā¦
The Dating
Dear Dating Diva, My boyfriend and I have been together for about eight months. We definitely love each other. However, when we're in front of other people he won't say he loves me. I say, "I love you" and he'll say something goofy back like "Back at ya" or "Ditto," like from the movie Ghost.ā¦
Internet Voting Is an Idea Whose Time Has Come
Just as it's changed the way we shop, research, invest and communicate, the Internet could revolutionize this country's electoral process. Internet voting could attract fresh voices to the polls, perhaps resulting in fresh leadership for the country. It could present relevant, objective information to voters as the most opportune time — as they're making theirā¦
Cover Story: How the Miller Told His Tale
Jimmie Dale Gilmore "I sure am in love with this album." It's a pronouncement that one hears from family and friends all the time, and it generally hits the air with barely a second thought. But when respected singer/songwriter Jimmie Dale Gilmore utters this oft-spoken sentiment regarding his own newest effort, One Endless Nightā¦
Cover Story: Ten Things I Hate About Buffett
Like death, taxes, Who reunion tours and Wolfen sequels, one certainty every year in Cincinnati is a local summer appearance by the master of mediocrity, Jimmy Buffett. If you live here, it's as inevitable as the changing of the season: Buffett brings his plastic palm tree and awful music to Riverbend, and thousands of moronsā¦
Diner: Exemplary Dining
Take a stroll through Mariemont Square and witness how it has successfully combined old with new. The charming village has maintained the simple, quaint feel of a small town while successfully blending in contemporary necessities — like Graeter's, Starbucks and good dining. We had the chance to visit one of Mariemont's notable restaurants, the Nationalā¦
