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The M's Healthy White Baby The M's with Dr. Dog and What Made Milwaukee Famous Wednesday · alchemize Some bands defy classification so effectively that you begin to suspect that is their primary mission. Listening to The M's' new album, Future Women, this thought keeps recurring. A quick survey of critics' analysis reveals a…
Company
Brandon Vernon Stephen Sondheim, whose Company is currently onstage at the Playhouse, recently spent a few days in the Tristate. As the CINCINNATI PLAYHOUSE IN THE PARK prepared to open COMPANY (reviewed on page 38), Cincinnati was visited by STEPHEN SONDHEIM, the show's legendary composer-lyricist. With some generous funding from Playhouse supporter David Herriman,…
Editorial: Sorries From the Cincinnatians
How are we sorry? Let us count the ways. We are sorry to the depth and breadth and height cash can reach, once asphyxiation halted the young breathing of black Roger. We are sorry 6.5 million times; quiet now suits and continuances. Shhh. We are sorry deeply, we strive for Right; We are sorry purely,…
Film: New-Hollywood Yoda
David Bloomer Ask the director: Robert Towne (right) guides Colin Farrell on the set of Ask the Dust. When director/screenwriter Robert Towne talks about the old days of the New Hollywood, each anecdote carries the weight of revelation. That's because New Hollywood — the period coinciding with the counterculture, Vietnam War protest and the…
Locals Only: : Girl Jeans and Guitars
Ellison Ellison I don't care for not-so-vintage tees or blue-black hair. And I barf in my mouth a little when I see underage hipsters (rather than, let's say wizened ex-Marines) sporting tattoos of hearts afire. But danged if I'm not still a sucker for a hopelessly thin crush-Rocker — quivery chin and all. So…
Diner: Old Faithful
My recent visit to the Greyhound Tavern in Fort Mitchell reminded me of a Chinese New Year I once experienced in New York. It's a long story, but bear with me. When I lived in New York after college, I did my laundry in a Chinese Laundromat several blocks from my apartment. Hauling clothes to…
Film: Rite of Passage
IFC Films Bryce Dallas Howard plays Grace, a young woman who moves to a mysterious Southern plantation, in Manderlay, Lars von Trier's lastest exploration into American culture. It's a common experience — maybe even a rite of passage — for young actresses. How will your parents react to watching your first nude scene on…
Living Out Loud: : A Possible Past
I hadn't seen Sam for four years, and he looked a little worse than he did back then. We'd met in one of those 12-step support groups when I was struggling to overcome one of my past personal demons, one that also had Sam in a headlock. I wouldn't say we were close, but we'd…
Maple Syrup
As we approach the end of March, there are signs of spring everywhere — a lingering light in the evening sky, the thickening of buds on trees and a stirring in the earth as daffodils and crocuses appear. One of the biggest markers of spring for me, though, is not something you see much of…
Still Playing in the NIT beats not Playing in the NCAAs
Jerry Dowling Ohio State lost its chance. North Carolina tried defending the national championship but couldn't hold off George Mason. Out. Xavier, Kentucky and Indiana — gone. Kansas couldn't beat Bradley. Northern Iowa lasted as long as Iowa. On selection Sunday, 65 college basketball teams are thrilled or relieved. Within a week, 49 of…
First Time’s The Charm
This Saturday, local AltRock crew Bulletproof Charm celebrates the release of its debut CD with a show at The Loft (above Tickets Sports Café in Covington). Joining the band is Wake the Bear, Saving Ray and Sweet Amnesia. For a first CD, reverse engineer is remarkably accomplished, helped undoubtedly by frontman/guitarist/songwriter Andrew Geonetta's years honing…
Letters: What’s Good
Currently, Cincinnati's civil penalties for marijuana possession allow law enforcement to focus officers and resources on more serious concerns like hard drugs and violent crime. Councilman Cecil Thomas' proposed ordinance will force the city to reduce vital resources necessary for keeping our city safe in order to put more minor offenders in jail (Porkopolis, issue…
The Game is on the Line
The current madness in Iraq has me on the march. The situation over there is so absurd that I sometimes wonder if it?s all just a huge tournament to see how many Holy Wars can be waged simultaneously. I tried not to sound too cynical in this song, but I?m feeling fed up with righteousness…
Mirror to Yourself
Often people get the idea in many spiritual traditions that an isolated life of meditation is the way to find their self. And while heading off to the cave for a week or two isn't a bad idea, ultimately a meditative approach to living most of our life in the real world is far more…
Mallory’s Test and Two Civil Rights Victories
Graham Lienhart Leah Hoechstetter holds a sign for the benefit of passing motorists during a March 19 anti-war rally at Burnet Woods. Cincinnati Mayor Mark Mallory will soon get his first real test of leadership if city council approves the new marijuana ordinance. Will he veto the bill? The ordinance, proposed by Councilman Cecil…
Cover Story: South X Midwest
Sean Hughes South X Midwest AUSTIN, TEX. — Texas was carved from the Southwest territory by visionaries and madmen, the same people who presumably made Austin its capitol. In the intervening years, the state has enjoyed a firebrand, shoot-from-the-hip reputation but is, in most ways, politically quite conservative, which makes the notion of Austin…
News: Voice for the People
Renan Gorriti While pursuing political asylum, Renan Gorriti of Peru has launched a weekly newspaper to serve the Latino community in Greater Cincinnati. The founder of the newest Spanish-language newspaper in Greater Cincinnati is not new to the profession. Renan Gorriti, director and publisher of the weekly El Pueblo, is a Peruvian journalist seeking…
News: State of the Mayor
Matt Borgerding Mayor Mark Mallory gives his first State of the City speechto a crowd at the Freedom Center. More than 100 days into his new day job, Mayor Mark Mallory is having fun. That alone is a significant change from the past few years of complaints, accusations and whining that emanated from the…
News to Use
Taxing Assistance Xavier University's accounting students will help prepare basic federal and state income tax returns for low income and elderly taxpayers and student, from 5:30-8 p.m. Wednesdays, March 15 through April 12. Be prepared to bring a photo ID, social security card, tax-related forms and a copy of 2004 tax returns, if possible. To…
News: Freedom Fighter, Nun, Bishop
Roger Foote Bishop Patricia Fresen isn't recognized as a bishop by the Roman Catholic Church, which forbids the ordination of women. She's in Cincinnati to celebrate the World Day of Prayer for Women's Ordination, a cause she likens to the struggle to end apartheid in her native South Africa. Bishop Patricia Fresen, born and…
