It’s Not Fast Food
I'm a 35-year-old straight male, and my sex drive is all but dead. I find sex tedious and repulsive. The odors of sex disgust me; I find the grunts and positions absurd. Lately, whenever I meet a woman I immediately size her up: Is her skin leathery? What about cellulite? Weight distribution? Stained teeth? Arm…
Upcoming concerts with Steve Earle, AlasNoAxis and Ambulance
The Foreign Exchange Moorer with Steve Earle Thursday · Bogart's It's a rare talent that can find success in Nashville without resorting to industry compromise or audience pandering. Allison Moorer is one such exception to the rule, resolutely creating a crackling blend of Country, Pop and Soul with no broader agenda than satisfying herself and…
Music: Magical Misery Core
I've got a prophecy: I predict we'll be hearing a lot of moody Dance Rock on the radio in 2009. I didn't have to consult chicken bones or wait for angels to visit with this information; I simply adhere to the axiom that history repeats itself, Black Magic Rhythm-style. Five years is about the amount…
News: Schoolhouse Brawl
Bonnie Davis School board member Melanie Bates says defeating a tax levy would help reform the district. The Cincinnati Public School District (CPS) is torn by infighting, with two board members actively campaigning against the renewal of a tax levy on the Nov. 2 ballot. The operating levy, which will not raise taxes, would generate…
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Two new shootings
Cincinnati City Councilman John Cranley tried making a good show of reacting decisively to two shootings that have alarmed denizens of his native Price Hill. He introduced legislation to prevent council from doing something it had absolutely no intention of doing and falsely claimed that the legislation would add more police officers. The police department…
Diner: Frowning Upon Pretension
I keep thinking about a recent dinner I had at the Phoenix, sifting through what it was that I enjoyed so much about my experience. The attentive, professional service? The comfortable, old-world décor and atmosphere? The expertly prepared and delicious food? Yes, yes and yes. But there is something else going on at the Phoenix…
Music: Stuck In the Middle
Mike Watt Mike Watt's new album, The Secondman's Middle Stand, mixes themes from Dante's Divine Comedy with his own personal saga. Contrary to reports, Mike Watt is alive and well and living in San Pedro, Calif. On the eve of his 53rd tour — a 65-gigs-in-66-days jaunt (which surprisingly isn't a personal record, he says)…
Sixth Chakra: Brow or Third Eye
This column is part of a series to help understand the Chakra System, the seven energy centers in the body. An overview of each can be viewed at citybeat.com or cincyoga.com. Sanskrit Name: Ajna Location: Located at the center of the forehead in the space between the eyebrows. It governs the lower brain and nervous…
News to Use
Friends Don't Let Friends Watch Debates Alone Members of the Cincinnati League of Pissed Off Voters gather to watch the final debate between former Gov. George W. Bush and Sen. John Kerry at 8 p.m. Wednesday at Carol's on Main. Slavery Among Us A report released Sept. 23 counted at least 10,000 people working as…
Madisonville Community Arts Center, new performance facility .
Ben Strothmann CCM grad Scott Coulter, who has a big following at Manhattan bistros, brings his act to Cincinnati Monday for a benefit for New Voice Theater in Oakley. The byword on the local theater front this week is NEW. Let's start with the Madisonville Community Arts Center, a "new" performance facility. It's actually the…
Brandon Neeley – Pain Link
Brandon Neeley- Pain Link · Dimmu Borgir — Death Cult Armageddon This disc is epic Black Metal brutality from a band with world-class musicianship. I personally enjoy the clear, understandable vocals and chilling harmony work. The imagery this band creates with their music is something to behold. This album is destined to be an all-time…
New View
Local Indie Rock band view-finder is set to release its self-titled, debut full-length on Friday at the Southgate House. The band has lined up an impressive support bill featuring The Wolverton Brothers, Chalk, Caterpillar Tracks and Hilltop Distillery. Formed in early 2003, the band is fronted by singer/guitarist/electronicist Sammy McKee (also known for his work…
Issue: We
I can be evicted and fired because of whom I fuck. Citizens for Community Values (CCV), by its very designation, is an elitist and separatist collection of "citizens" threatened probably as much by the encroachment of others onto their rights as they are of the thought of a Heaven that'll look a lot like Earth.…
News: Suicide’s Other Victims
Una-Kariim Cross Kay McEvoy hopes her late sister's story helps prevent other suicides. Kay McEvoy's voice cracks with emotion when she speaks of her sister Ann. Four years have passed since Ann took her own life, but McEvoy still feels pain simmering close to the surface. While family members and support groups helped her to…
Cover Story: Dark Horse
Anthony Antal and Sean Hughes Fanon Rucker's mama warned him against dealing with the devil to get elected. His daddy told him to run for Hamilton County Prosecutor only if he were going to work hard to win. Rucker is an amalgam of both his parents. He gained a good heart and social conscience from…
Locals Only: : solo no mo’
Natalie Hager Moonbinder Guess the songwriter — melodic vocal range, hard-driving lyrics, emotionally intense, ambient, a zillion pedals on stage and two small dots on either side of his name — for style. If you guessed Cincinnati's Andrew Geonetta (aka .andrew.), you're right. Geonetta, once known best as that solo-guitar-playing-acoustic guy, is a one-man-band no…
Television and Radio: Anchor Away
Elder grad Bill Hemmer jumped from local sportscaster to national anchor with relative ease Elder High class of '83 and Miami University class of '87, Bill Hemmer moved from reporting sports for WCPO-TV to the world and elsewhere. Recently, the co-host of CNN's American Morning phoned CityBeat from New York City. CityBeat: This is a…
Spreading Cincinnati’s Intolerance Statewide
There was a time when Cincinnati's morality police were content to defend the walls of the city against sex and sin. In the mid-1970s Charles H. Keating Jr. — a Cincinnati banker who would later be convicted of fraud, racketeering and conspiracy — and then-Hamilton County Prosecutor Simon Leis Jr. led the charge to prosecute…
Living Out Loud: : A Piece of Cake
On most Saturday afternoons you'll fine me in the Proud Rooster in Clifton. I've lived in the Gaslight District for almost three years; and while I have to live in Cincinnati (for now anyway), this is the area where I want to be. Yes, I admit I like diner food. So does Alan. Every time…
Motorcycle Diaries actor Rodrigo de la Serna on “Latin spirit”
Rodrigo de la Serna The Argentinean contribution in filmmaker Walter Salles' Pan American production, The Motorcycle Diaries, about the 1952 motorcycle trip taken by a then-23-year-old Ernesto "Che" Guevara and his friend, Alberto Granado, is Buenos Aires actor Rodrigo de la Serna. Gael Garcia Bernal, the young Mexican actor, plays Ernesto "Che" Guevara, the film's…
Cincinnati Film Commission
Vol. 1 Issue 50 Then: In 1995, CityBeat profiled the Cincinnati Film Commission and several local filmmakers who were working hard to keep the city on the celluloid map. Cincinnati had taken a major hit — we'd been scouted to the teeth for the then-upcoming blockbuster Batman Forever, only to be disappointed when Joel Schmacher…
Truly Great Rivalries Are About Championships
Jerry Dowling The great rivalries in sports work their magic by consolidating the complex set of illusions on which being a fan depends, adding up to the religious conviction that the outcome of the game matters, then throwing in one more element. Some will call that element "hatred" or its like, while others will chalk…
Opera Adds the Numbers
An elementary equation is key for future success at Cincinnati Opera: 3+1. That's how Managing Director Patricia K. Beggs and key staff members explain things during a recent morning meeting just a week after Artistic Director Nicholas Muni abruptly announced his departure. Three represents the number of familiar or popular productions necessary to make a…
Bush Hunting
Bark up Right Tree In "Unsafe Environment" (issue of Oct. 6-12), Stephanie Dunlap proceeds to explain the continuing problems along the Mill Creek related to pollution — a serious condition affecting citizens not only along the banks of the creek but potentially into the lake at Winton Woods and all who visit this park. This…
Come Out, Come Out Wherever You Are
Anthony Antal Ian James (left), political director of Ohioans for Protecting the Constitution, and the Rev. K.Z. Smith of Corinthian Baptist Church debate a state constitutional amendment on marriage. In honor of National Coming Out Day, the Know Theatre Tribe staged readings of Cincinnatians' true coming-out stories Oct. 10 and 11 at Arnold's Bar and…
