Jazz Can Really Hang You up the Most
This isn't supposed to make Laura Gentry out as some kind of hero or martyr. But you have to give it up to a woman who, in this be-all-you-can-be-high-tech-get-it-just-to-have-it world, does the work that moves her. It's work that she was put here to do. How many people do you know who can honestly say…
Pigs on the Air
Speaking of pigs in the streets of Cincinnati, how about the squealing of Laura Schlessinger and the nasty litter suckling at her teats? Paramount, Clear Channel Radio and our own "hometown station," WCPO-TV, are all getting fat on this mutha's milk, a fermenting swill of gross simplifications, fear mongering and blatant bigotry marketed as contemporary…
Searching for the meaning of the Blues with local master Greg Schaber and High Street
Greg Schaber and High Street Locals Only Define Blues. Can you? Is it a style of music that can be defined? I've never really had much of an exposure to Blues, so I asked myself that very question as I headed downtown to Neon's on Friday night to hang out with local Blues band,…
New Bomb Turks
Having the word "Bomb" in the band name and showing an explosion on their most recent album cover is oh-so fitting for the New Bomb Turks. Punk Rock has been through the ringer the past few years, with Power Pop bands riding the tag to multi-platinum success and '77 mohawks and mimics replacing the…
Diner: Feel Your Oats
Do you believe you are what you eat? Then the Tristate's newest grocery just made your shopping a little easier. Wild Oats, which opened last month in the new Rookwood Commons, features all kinds of natural products to fill your socially conscious pantry — from organically grown produce to environmentally friendly cleaning supplies. The Incredible…
Shifting Gears
Come on. Admit it. You love gossip.Although we don't always like to acknoweldge it, gossip has the power to jump-start careers, confer coolness and topple markets. Like a pint of Haagen-Dazs calling to you from the freezer after a five-course meal, it's the guilty pleasure we just can't ignore. Why do you think Cincinnati's own…
Unhealthy Skepticism
It is my fifth day of pain. My fourth day of discharge. My third day of unwelcome discharge. My second day of painful, unwelcome discharge. The act of standing and walking to the bathroom now seems to require a measure of courage and dedication of purpose Christopher Reeve couldn't muster on his best day. Yet,…
Music: Public Record
Dave Alvin With static crackling over the phone connection, Dave Alvin's voice echoes over the barren flats of West Texas. Calling while on tour for his new release, Public Domain, Alvin laughs over the phone line at the empty miles ahead. "If you could see where we are now," he says. "There's nothing ahead…
Cover Story: GOP Kicks Ass
Todd Portune has a decent chance this fall to break the Republican Party's stranglehold on the Hamilton County Commission, but he's unlikely to alter the overall balance of political power locally. Republicans own Hamilton County, and one commission seat isn't going to change that. Over the past 30 years, Republicans have won 94 percent…
News: Un-civil Rites
Jymi Bolden Kobaka Oba (left) and Abdul Muhammad Ali at a recent city council meeting. To hear some regular observers tell it, Cincinnati City Council is made up of an Uncle Tom and white devils headed by a "punk faggot." Heckling and name-calling at meetings has council debating whether to adopt tighter rules for…
Halena Cline
Halena Cline is a myth.Well, actually, her artwork is the myth. "I guess it's my background, and this culture and the myths we're so steeped in…I've been in a lot of different churches.That kind of thing has been drilled into me my whole life, " she says And it's evident in Tutankhamun, sponsored by…
