Television and Radio: Hearts and Minds
A whole TV generation is involved in the great debate. Just as cable TV surpassed the 50 percent mark in the number of wired-up homes, along came Direct Broadcast Satellite. Suddenly, more and more houses had those little dishes the size of garbage can lids tacked onto their roofs, gutters and chimneys. The two…
Diner: Everything Cook & Curry
On the subject of criticism, a friend recently told me, "Critics work under the assumption that someone is trying to impress them." After two visits to Negrill on the Hill, I've come to understand that the folks who run it aren't trying to impress anyone. They're just cooking the kind of food they love and…
Locals Only: : Disc-O-Fever
· Electronic duo Hungry Lucy (music man War-N Harrison and singer Christa Belle) was formed somewhat incidentally in 1998 when Harrison (then working as Fishtank No. 9) asked Belle to contribute vocals to the song "Blue Dress" for a Depeche Mode tribute album. The duo quickly gelled creatively and, after a brief move to…
Home Work
Now that spring has sprung, the beginning of the traditional home-buying season has begun and interest in purchasing a new home blooms. Open house and new listing signs begin sprouting up everywhere, so what better time could there be than now to examine the steps involved in purchasing a home, particularly if you're new to…
News: Whose Law Counts?
Jymi Bolden Gay and lesbian Christians hungry for acceptance have found it in the ministry of the Rev. Stephen Van Kuiken (with sign), accused of violating denominational rules. "The essential problem before the church is not reconciling homosexuality with the Bible, but to reconcile the continuous abuse and condemnation of gay and lesbian persons…
No Way to Treat Newport’s Art King Andrew Loughnane
Artist and Southgate House Gallery Director Andrew Loughnane asked me not to mention his recent arrest by Newport Police on charges of disorderly conduct, resisting arrest and, well, basically being a drunken jerk. It's not how Loughnane wants people to picture him, although everyone who knows him has experienced his tendency for excessive behavior. Loughnane…
Music: Two Tribes
If you track rock shows happening around the Tristate, you may have noticed two groups of bands that tend to book gigs together: the Indie crowd consisting of bands like Chalk, The Sundresses, Hilltop Distillery and Mallory and more mainstream Rock bands such as Spindle, Saving Ray, Promenade and Clabbergirl. These guys always seem to…
‘Dead & White’: Poet Rita Dove
"I gave my promise to the world/ and the world followed me here." — "Testimonial," Rita Dove This is the antidote to war. Burgeoning into poetic brilliance, Rita Dove thought all writers were "dead and white." The revelation elicited polite titters. "I loved to write, but I thought of it as play," the Miami University…
Cover Story: Bloody Shoes and Snitches
John Henry Turner's body was found by a neighbor coming down the steps on the morning of Christmas Eve 1988. The stabbing of 78-year-old John Henry Turner created such a bloody mess that investigators knew the killer would have some of it on his clothing. Crime scene photos show pools of blood on the…
Music: Melancholy Mayhem
New Jersey's finest: (L-R) Yo La Tengo's James McNew, Georgia Hubley and Ira Kaplan The late Rock journalist Robert Palmer had this to say about Yo La Tengo in a 1986 live review: "Yo La Tengo is a Pop-Rock band in the tradition of Big Star and the mid-'60s Kinks. They didn't seem very…
News: Trivet Is Back
Jymi Bolden She's no dummy: Cathy Siuda at the new Trivet, 5612 Carthage Ave. in Norwood. Downtown Cincinnati has lost many of the elements that once made it unique: the grand movie theaters; five and dime stores such as Newberry's, with the best caramel popcorn in the city. 917 Race St. was once the…
2133 Colerain Ave., West End
Jymi Bolden Address: 2133 Colerain Ave., West End Owner: Dwight R. Harper and Donna D. Williams Year Built: 1895 Value: $8,400, according to the Hamilton County Auditor's Office Comments: Despite the low value that the Hamilton County Auditor's Office put on this property, the office's records indicate the owners paid $110,000 for it in…
News: As I Watch the War in Iraq,
If, like Yusef, one American soldier embedded in the blast of a sandstorm carries even one page of poetry in a breast pocket, it would lean against his heart. Words nudging gun ammo, the smallest lines on a page would hold up the Arabian sky filling his eyes with oil-smoke. I think of how the…
Whirlygig: 72: Out on the Town
Bubble-licious Last Saturday was Girls & Boys night at Plush again. I have yet to miss one. They're always interesting, and this one was no exception. I changed outfits three times before I left the house, as I'm always uber-conscious of what I wear to this thing. In fact, Ladybug on Ludlow can probably trace…
