Union Busters and Men’s Bare Butts
Matt Borgerding Brian Rothenberg, speaking at U.C., describes G.O.P. "bad apples." Working America, the community affiliate of the AFL-CIO, last week expanded Job Tracker to Cincinnati. Job Tracker is an online database that provides easy access to information on corporate behavior. With the database, workers can find out which companies in their communities export…
Bengals Make the Pundits Believe
Jerry Dowling Seldom does the NFL enter its final six weeks so cut and dried, with three divisions all but decided, 11 teams at least four games over .500 and the schedules showing little favoritism. Concurrently, the NFL seldom enters its final six weeks so undecided, with more than a dozen teams sporting Super…
Diner: Square Meal
From our window-side table in Palomino Euro Bistro, my sister and I gaze out at the construction project that once was and will again be Fountain Square. A lone security guard aimlessly makes the rounds, bending over every now and then to pick up a piece of rubble and toss it with the air of…
News: Mr. Kearney Goes to Columbus
Jymi Bolden Eric Kearney says that, for all he knows, his bow tie did it. Despite a whirlwind selection process that left many scratching their heads, including Eric Kearney himself, the Cincinnati lawyer and newspaper publisher heads to the Ohio Senate poised for a quick ascent into Democratic Party leadership. On Nov. 14 Kearney,…
The G.O. Team
Local Rock crew Grand Oversoul release its anticipated sophomore album, A Long Way From Middle Creek, Saturday at Covington's Mad Hatter. The Subterraneans open the show, followed by two long sets from the headliners. The title of GO's new album refers to the progress the band has made since their self-titled debut just two years…
Locals Only: : ‘A’ For Effort
Rescue Effort Rescue Effort According to drummer Brian Penick, Rescue Effort is a four-man call to arms, a mission to overhaul the music world in terms of expectations and quality. "Johnny Cash, maybe?" Penick muses when asked about the inspiration behind such a lofty goal. "Wait, no. You know who it is? Pat Rice."…
Music: New Wave of the Future
The Epoxies Though there is a winking sarcasm to The Epoxies' music, legions of Punk fans are starting to take their late '70s/early '80s New Wave sound seriously The phrase "New Wave" can send some people lemming-like off the nearest cliff, but it's hardly a fair reaction. Like any musical genre, New Wave had…
Love and Support for Troops
I'm writing in response to the Porkopolis item titled "Who Would Jesus Send Care Packages To?" (issue of Nov. 16-22). In it, Gregory Flannery questions why Xavier University's Students for Life Club would send care packages to U.S. troops in Iraq. As president of Students for Life, I can respond to this question using his…
Sora Margherita
November in Cincinnati. I return from a trip to Rome in time to catch one last, lingering bit of summer — a cluster of warm, sunny afternoons more Mediterranean than Ohio. These lazy days slow my post-vacation reentry and keep my head swimming with visions of churches, cobblestone streets and, most importantly, the amazing food…
Upcoming Concert Reviews of Adam Evil & The Outside Royalty and More…
Adam Evil & the Outside Royalty Adam Evil & the Outside Royalty Saturday · alchemize Before the year is out, Pittsburgh's Adam Evil & the Outside Royalty will have gigged in Cincinnati more than a lot of local bands. In addition to other shows around town, they performed at the MidPoint Music Festival for…
News: No Show
Matt Borgerding Lorenzo Toney isn't a police officer, but he suited up after the cops skipped a game with Da Streetz. Somehow even in winning the police managed to lose again last week. Specifically, the losers were the Cincinnati Police officers who at the very last minute told organizers of a Nov. 19 "Cincinnati…
All Herald Kearney
Mark and Eric sittin' in a tree, t-r-a-d-i-n-g. Second comes senate, first comes mayor, then comes us maybe havin' a prayer. Right now Alicia Reece is somewhere tying off David Pepper. And I can't blame 'em. If something, someone different hadn't happened to Cincinnati I would've been the first one slappin' a vein. And if…
Cover Story: When They Reminisce Over You, My God
Geoff Raker When They Reminisce Over You, My God "They couldn't understand how I feel when I'm on the track board turnin' the knob switch/ Moms keep talkin' that ol' 'Get a real job' shit." — Phonte, "All That You Are" When I say everybody knows Kreid, I mean everybody who ever felt a…
Film: The Lightness of Bee-ing
Merkel Verwaltungsgesllschaft Saul Naumann (Richard Gere) guides his brilliant young daughter, Eliza (Flora Cross), in Bee Season. Our tumultuous political climate has threatened to overtake the realm of film as each side battles for the right to claim moral high ground and hoist the banner for religious activism. However, for the most part, the…
Cover Story: Hustle & Flow
Matt Borgerding Ice, ice baby: Kenny P never went away — even when he did a bid. So don't call it a comeback. "Do you wanna be an MC or do you wanna serve? Do you wanna be dope or do you wanna deal it?" — "The bizness," Common w/ De La Soul It's…
Cover Story: Big Brother Beat
Rebel Yell: DJ Tyme was ahead of his and taught Mildred Fallen most of what she knows about early Hip Hop. I still hear him giggling, gurgling excitement like a boy with a fistful of dimes chasing down the ice cream man. When I met Tyrone Shelton, I didn't know what to think. I…
Cover Story: T.R.O.Y. Lists
Geoff Raker Woody Dorsey (Manager, Everybody's Records, Tapes and CDs) "How Could I Just Kill a Man," Cypress Hill "Can I Kick It?" A Tribe Called Quest "DWYCK," GangStarr "Passing Me By," Pharcyde "Potholes in My Lawn," De La Soul DJ Butch Gibson "It's Yours," T La Rock "Play That Beat," G.L.O.B.E. & Wiz…
Cover Story: A Lyricist’s Lounge
Graham Lienhart Holmskillit rhymes in the key of life. Here, he's knocked sideways by his own skills. Brian "BJ" Digby (aka Holmskillit) looks more Crest kid than a 30-year-old. Yet he speaks like he lived when Cab Calloway rapped "Minnie the Moocher." Like OGs in Sunday shoes who know "real music" and the code…
Events: Back to the Classics
PKI The lights have been turned on again for WinterFest at Paramount's Kings Island The frozen hearts in the corporate offices have finally thawed. After a 13-year absence, Paramount's Kings Island reintroduces WinterFest, which was discontinued when Paramount acquired the park in 1992. The theory was that the regular park season would run longer,…
Raul Esparza
Raul Esparza RAUL ESPARZA In mid-October I traveled to New York City to interview Stephen Sondheim before an audience of business executives. The renowned Broadway composer and I spent an hour onstage chatting about his career; we were next door to the Eugene O'Neill Theatre where the revival of his most admired work, Sweeney…
Living Out Loud: : Buying the Look
I always wanted a bicycle with all Campagnolo Nuovo Record parts. Made in Italy, these were universally known to sports cyclists as the finest parts made. Since I was a teenager, I'd been lusting for great bikes. Now, with my energy level up, my bank account relatively strong, the economy dropping, why not invest in…
Cover Story: The Life Jibri Built
Graham Lienhart Yes, Jibri made The House the Dog Built and, no, he hasn't fallen the fuck off. He's been frozen all these years. "This is Jibri," says the MC, in a voice deeper than Don Cornelius' first thing in the morning. It's 10:30 on a Saturday night, but Jibri isn't on the mic.…
Relative Danger
Am I out of bounds if I try to have a dialogue with my nephew about masturbation? He's 17 years old and I'm 52. I'm also a balanced bisexual male in a good marriage. I masturbate a lot "in private" and enjoy pornography sometimes. I have fun, easy orgasms. What is appropriate? My nephew trusts…
Mean Jean Breaks Oath
Graham Lienhart Jean Schmidt It's not easy for a new member of the U.S. House of Representatives to distinguish herself in a body consisting of 435 legislators, but U.S. Rep. Jean Schmidt (R-Milford) succeeded last week. On Nov. 18, her 75th day in Congress, Schmidt set off what National Public Radio called a "partisan…
Cover Story: Last Night a DJ Saved My Life
James Mckee DJ Butch Gibson's sets are so hot he keeps large fans nearby. "But can you detect what's coming next from the flex of the wrist?" — "Eric B. Is President," Eric B and Rakim Your love of Hip Hop, like anything else, can often be traced back to a single, defining moment.…
