Archives from 2011

In this Year in Film and Music special edition, you'll hear from local writers and musicians about their year. We'll take a look at ambitious movies with inconclusive endings. You'll learn about the loss of two seminal local music venues, and much more.

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Ring in the 2012 the right way. Cincinnati will be filled with the best parties of the year. Before all those resolutions kicks in, let loose and have fun.

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From vases to jewelry. We've got all your high end gifts for your loved ones. Try a lace vace or a Thad Cline Art Deco ring.

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The good news for political conservatives — they finally have a somewhat relevant musical act on their side now! The bad news? It’s Korn. With enough paranoid hyperbole to make even Glenn Beck say, “Uh, that’s a little nutty,” Davis told Billboard

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From coffee gifts packs to vegan ice cream, we've got all your small, budget conscience gifts for your holiday needs. Try some award-winning goetta or hand-painted ceramic spice grinders.

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Winners and nominees for 2011 Cincinnati Entertainment Awards for Music.

Nominees and winners of the 2010 Cincinnati Entertainment Awards for Music.

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When it was announced that Wisconsin’s Bon Iver (essentially singer/songwriter Justin Vernon) had scored several Grammy nods (including Best New Artist and Record and Song of the Year), Indie music pundits declared Bon Iver this year’s Arcade Fire, the C

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When GOP candidate Michele Bachmann appeared on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, music director/Roots drummer ?uestlove led the band through a version of a song Moore wrote when he was a teenager — the Ska/Punk burner “Lyin’ Ass Bitch” — as her “walk

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Enjoy the holiday events, attractions, music, theater and arts offerings Cincinnati has to offer.

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Last week we mentioned Jay-Z’s new $22 T-Shirt for his clothing company capitalizing on the Occupy Wall Street movement (the shirt manipulates the protest’s name so it reads “Occupy All Streets”). But co-opting a movement for your own gain isn’t just abo

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Smiths fans probably don’t need more sadness in their lives but they are finally getting to experience the disillusionment fans of The Beatles, The Who and, well, practically any legendary artist who has sold their songs to corporations to sell product.

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In some ways, hiring hit-making Rock band Nickelback to perform during halftime of the Detroit Lions/Green Bay Packers game on Thanksgiving makes perfect sense. The band is named after a football position and, um, well … they have a new album out that ve

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Ryan Adams seemed well on his way to reclaiming his former glory, releasing one fairly straight-forward, mostly solid album this year (instead of eight random ones) and not being such a pissy little brat all the time. Early interviews for the new album s

Tags: Music News, Cincinnati music, Ryan Adams, Odd Future, Juggalos

CityBeat’s endorsements on local and state issues

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COAST, Firefighters Union and Sheriff offer their endorsements

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For some reason, in the new authorized biography of Steve Jobs. Jobs felt the need to bring up Mayer, saying he’s “out of control” and possibly “blowing it big time,” without providing context or details. Whatever’s wrong, it must be serious — if one the

Tags: Music News, KISS, Cincinnati music, Gene Simmons, Steve Jobs, Fred Durst

CityBeat’s endorsements for Cincinnati City Council

Tags: Opinion, Kevin Flynn, Wendell Young, Chris Seelbach, Cincinnati news, Roxanne Qualls, Laure Quinlivan, Cincinnati politics

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