Watching Stabbing
Early on New Year's Day, while the eve's alcohol still rolled through revelers' veins, a knot of men broke away from the crowds spilling out of the downtown bars closing for the night. It was a little after 2 a.m., and police had already blocked off Main Street to traffic. A handful of officers had…
Out With the Old, In With the New
Something miraculous happens around this time every year. Besides the birth of Christ, the winter solstice and the whole Santa Claus thing. I drag my burned-out butt to the end of December convinced that the current year will go down in history as one of the most depressing, chaotic, soul-crushing 12 months ever. That goes…
Upcoming concerts with Dexter Romweber and thebrotherkite
Dexter Romweber Dexter Romweber Friday · Southgate House When we spoke with Dexter Romweber prior to his show back in September, he mentioned his frustration over not having a label to subsidize his touring and the emptiness he felt being away from the road. Of course, these days Romweber is in the pink of mental…
The Sandwich Shoppe
You could probably count the number of vegetarian restaurants in Porkopolis on one hand. And vegan? Don't bother taking your hands out of your mittens! The Sandwich Shoppe (120 E. Seventh St., 513-621-2126, 10:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m.), a new take-out restaurant downtown, tries to fill this culinary gap, offering a meat and dairy-free vegetarian menu. The…
News: Snow Job
Sandy Howard A city snow plow visited Sunset Lane after the big snowfall — but not to clear the street. While much of the city howled at the slow pace of snow removal following the Dec. 23 snow storm, at least one resident got special treatment from a city worker. After an estimated 18 inches…
Bengals’ Glass Might Still Be Half Empty, But It’s Starting to Fill up
Jerry Dowling In a hypothetical world, by the grace of a hypothetical realignment, the Bengals are going to the playoffs. They're in the NFC, where in the real world they finished 4-0 this year. They might have won an NFC division in the hypothetical world, where they might even be assured a home game in…
Film: Oscar Talk
Lucie M. Rice High-brow celebrity-sponsored screenings for Oscar hopefuls are questioned but good for the movie business. LOS ANGELES — Most people think Oscar campaigning is all about hype. There is another side, one far different from the inane talk show appearances and "for your consideration" advertisements appearing in newspapers and trade publications Daily Variety…
Information: Dangerous or Empowering?
slim Jim Puvee Ohio River cuisine: EPA regulators give the catfish an A. It's no longer possible to use back-door searches of license plate numbers on the Hamilton County Clerk of Courts Web site to find the name and address of the miscreant who cut you off in traffic. On Dec. 21, Clerk Greg Hartmann…
The Fetish Clinic
Being one of those poor uninsured types, I went to the Haight Ashbury Free Clinic in San Francisco to get some stuff in my throat checked out. I described my problems — weird tonsil spots and a lump in the back of my throat — to the evening's practitioner and said that I'd felt around…
Music: The Rise of Rise Against
Rise Against says that switching to Geffen from Fat Wreck Chords was a smooth transition thanks to employees who were excited to work with them. Since their inception in 1999, Rise Against has put the hard in Hardcore, from their hard work in the studio to their hard touring schedule on the road. And with…
Cover Story: Knitting Us Together
Knitting Us Together Sen. Robert F. Kennedy said that few of us have the greatness to bend history but each of us can change a small portion of events. Over the past 20 years, however, there's been growing concern that many citizens have chosen to disengage from civic life. Some fear that civic engagement faces…
Deters’ To Do
Yes: Fire Rebecca Collins Also, fire nine others in the Hamilton County Prosecutor's Office to make it look like I'm not just getting rid of Mike Allen's leftover affairs though, in reality, I'm putting as much distance between that guy and me as I possibly can. Yes: Rearrange office furniture Sanitize desktop, chairs, windowsills and…
Impersonating Shakespeare
Guess the identity of this well-known Cincinnatian made up as William Shakespeare aand CSF might give you a prize. Look closely at the photo I'm including with this week's column. Does it look familiar? No, it's not really William Shakespeare. The Cincinnati Shakespeare Festival is challenging you to guess the identity of this well-known Cincinnatian…
Living Out Loud: : United We Stand?
The United States are divided and the November election results attest to that. Eleven states amended their constitutions to ban gay marriages, including Ohio, for a total of 17 states with such legislation. George W. Bush received only 51 percent of the popular vote for president, and resentment from opposing voters still burns. We experience…
Locals Only: : Naked Screaming Terrors!
Dale M. Johnson The Terrors If your dream of music is a world in which Ashlee Simpson is unable to lip sync to her own caterwauling while her band soldiers on without her, then The Terrors are pretty damned frightening. Melody, harmony and basic songcraft are not what one would usually associate with a band…
Bold Journey
I was in Clifton today patronizing the Esquire movie theater. As I left the theater, I bumped into a casual acquaintance of mine from Cincinnati. This fellow seemed amazed to see me. "What are you doing over here?" he asked in disbelief, as if our chance encounter had just happened on the Champs Elysee in…
Television and Radio: Catching Up
Suddenly it's January, and there's not much to do. If you're in the grip of the post-holiday vacuum, perhaps a good DVD set will fill the void. There are quite a few channels showing old TV series, but the supply of programs entering the pipeline seems to be increasing faster than the number of new…
News to Use
Sound Off on Sunday Bus Service Will cutting Sunday bus service affect you, your friend or your grandmother's disabled neighbor? The Southwest Ohio Regional Transit Authority (SORTA), which operates the Metro bus and Access transportation systems, is considering eliminating Sunday service to balance its books (see "SORTA a mess," issue of Dec. 22-28). A public…
Rumors, Lies and General Misunderstandings
· On Tuesday, Fat Possum Records is releasing Sunday Nights: The Songs of Junior Kimbrough, a tribute featuring the songs of the late bluesman as performed by an impressive roster of artists, including Pete Yorn, Mark Lanegan, The Ponys, Iggy and the Stooges, The Fiery Furnaces, Spiritualized and Blues Explosion. Cincy Fat Possum signees Thee…
Elliott Ruther – The Elliott Ruther Trio
Elliott Ruther – The Elliott Ruther Trio · Pearlene — Pearlene I've had this disc spinning over and over again. The grit-in-yer-teeth aftertaste with this Blues romp leaves you pleading for more. I'm collecting everything out there with Dan Allaire's drumming — which includes this one, a Brian Jonestown record and a Soledad Brothers record.…
The Weeklies and the Damned
Politics is too important to be left to politics reporters. We also need savvy religion reporters to track Bush's redemption of his debt to right-wing religious backers. Unlike their audiences, news media rarely value religion as highly, say, as rape and murder, celebrity sex, seasonal skirt height or holiday recipes. For years, The Cincinnati Post…
