Music: Bad Hair, Bad Vibes
Oliver Meinerding Why couldn't Nickelback just be more like Creed? The two bands have enough in common: ugly frontmen with uglier hair and criminal records; critically-hated, chart-topping albums with peaks in 2001-02; and millions of adoring, Clear Channel-endorsing fans. Yet Creed never resurrected following lead singer Scott Stapp's hilariously disastrous intoxicated performances that were…
News: See How They Run
CityBeat Archive Then-Mayor Roxanne Qualls (L) welcomes then-First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton. Qualls, running for city council this year, was an unsuccessful congressional candidate in 1998, when Clinton visited. Last week's surprise announcement that former Cincinnati Mayor Roxanne Qualls is jumping back into local politics and will replace Jim Tarbell on city council is…
Art: Coming to a Building Near You
Jelly Terkelsen Local teens work together on the Roselawn mural, part of ArtWorks' MuralWorks summer program. Does art have the power to change the way we look at our communities and ourselves? By creating collaborations among local residents, community leaders, businesses, artists and teens in their latest project, ArtWorks certainly thinks so. This is…
Music: (Not) Only in It for the Money
Graham Lienhart WOXY staffers (from left) Matt Shiv, Joe Long and Mike Taylor have done everything they can to keep the somtimes-troubled online station up and running Three years ago I wrote about then-Oxford-based WOXY (97.7 FM, aka 97X) for another publication. Soon after that story pressed, the station's ownership sold their terrestrial signal…
CD release parties by Wussy and The Chocolate Horse
The Chocolate Horse host a CD release party Saturday at the Southgate House. After hearty nationwide critical acclaim for the debut album, Funeral Dress, local Rock foursome Wussy is gearing up for its sophomore release, Left for Dead. The album is due in stores nationally on Aug. 28, but the band is giving its hometown…
News: School District Eyes Tax Levy
Andy Houston An Aug. 6 forum on a possible school levy for the Cincinnati Public Schools focused on long-term financial issues. Saying the school district is in a fiscal crisis, the Cincinnati Board of Education is considering an emergency property tax levy for the Nov. 6 ballot. The tax hike would generate around $68…
Music: Re-Return of The Rentals
Wendy Lynch After deciding to make The Rentals a "real band" and not just makers of guest-slot-laden albums, Matt Sharp re-ignited the project for a new EP. Don't bother checking the Wayback Machine, Sherman, it really has been eight years since The Rentals' last album, 1999's Seven Little Minutes. Even more astonishing than the…
Onstage: Review: Thrill Me
Deogracias Lerma Mikhail Roberts (left) and Steve Copps star in Know Theatre's riveting production of Thrill Me. Getting inside the head of someone who behaves beyond the norms of society is one way theater can be revelatory. Musical theater, which can delve into the inner emotions of characters, is especially able to help an…
News: To the Top
Rainier Mountaineering, Inc Ed Wantuck is at the roof line of his three-story Clifton house painting trim. It's easy for him — Wantuck is also a mountain climber. This summer he experienced the ultimate adventure travel: a near perfect climb to the highest elevation in North America, Mount McKinley in Alaska. Wantuck, 54, had…
Film: Reviews: Superbad and Arctic Tale
Columbia Pictures Michael Cera (left) and Jonah Hill play geeky high school seniors on the make in Greg Mattola's Superbad. In the rush to label perceived trends, it would be understandable to dub Arctic Tale The March of the Polar Bears and even begin to expect a slew of polar bear-inspired animated films like…
Intellextual Hip Hop and R&B
One of America's greatest minds, Princeton professor Dr. Cornel West, returns next week with a new CD of intellectual Hip Hop and R&B. Never Forget: A Journey of Revelations features an array of guests, highlighted by Prince (on the scathing "Dear Mr. Man") and talk show host Tavis Smiley with pundit Michael Eric Dyson in…
Hot Fuzz (Universal)
HOT FUZZ 2006, Rated RThe minds behind zombie-comedy Shaun of the Dead skewer another cineplex mainstay — in this case, the big-budget, buddy-cop action flick madness of Lethal Weapon, Bad Boys, et al — to create one of the year's funniest films. Simon Pegg is the perfect London cop; so perfect, in fact, that…
Excess Deserves Excess
I appreciate Tim Lucas' kind remarks about my talents as a "stylist" but feel he misrepresented my book ("Pomp and Controversy," issue of Aug. 1). Lucas gives those who've yet to read the book the impression that I write almost incessantly about penises and nothing else — that I don't address what he calls "matters…
News to Use
Saving Antioch The second in a series of meetings of the Antioch College Board of Trustees will be Aug. 25 in Cincinnati. The purpose is to discuss next steps in working strategically toward the re-opening of Antioch College. A session from 9-11:30 a.m. will be a town hall open to all constituents. In the afternoon…
Cover Story: Education: Ultimate Protection
It's impossible to prevent all crime, but anyone can reduce the chances of becoming a victim by knowing how to practice personal safety. Children are frequently bullied into secrecy by their abusers with threats of harm and even murder against family members and friends. Kids don't tell no matter how much you encourage them when…
Cover Story: Next Comes Burning at the Stake
Sean Hughes Burning At The Stake It's been 10 years since Ohio started registering sex offenders, notifying neighbors when they move nearby and putting their pictures on sheriffs' Web sites. Has the program improved public safety? No one knows. The state has never studied the results of this relatively new and controversial approach to…
NEVERWAS (MIRAMAX)
NEVERWAS 2005, Rated PG-13 Ivy League-educated psychiatrist Zach Riley (Aaron Eckhart) takes a job at the institution where his father (Nick Nolte), a celebrated children's fantasy novelist, stayed prior to his death.Zach embarks on a quest to learn about his father's final days and discovers the secrets of the fantasy world his father created…
MainEvent: Western & Southern Financial Group Masters
Kate Terrill WESTERN & SOUTHERN FINANCIAL GROUP MASTERS Get in the Swing The initial days of the 109th year of the WESTERN & SOUTHERN FINANCIAL GROUP MASTERS event featured highly engaging qualifying matches and the fiery practice sessions of early arrivals Marcos Baghdatis and Juan Carlos Ferrerro. Tennis fans wandered the Lindner Family Tennis…
Sound Advice: : Satellite Party and Glorytellers/Geoff Farina
Mike Breen Perry Farrell Satellite Party Wednesday · Bogart's During the past few weeks, several bands that played the stand-alone, three-day Lollapalooza festival in Chicago have been routed through the Cincinnati club circuit. Wednesday night, Papapalooza himself, Perry Farrell, swings through with his band Satellite Party, promoting the band's debut, Ultra-Payloaded. At Lollapalooza, Farrell…
Sense of Hypocrisy & Outrage
Barry Bonds breaks baseball's all-time home run record, and the cloud hanging over him means little to me. I have my reasons: He remains unconvicted in a court of law, and I fail to see whether steroids increased his hand-eye coordination, the key component to his freakish accomplishment. Why are we so concerned about something…
THE SIMPSONS: THE COMPLETE 10TH SEASON (20TH CENTURY FOX)
THE SIMPSONS: THE COMPLETE 10TH SEASON 1998, Not Rated While The Simpsons Movie was a solid cinematic effort, this release reminds us that America's most beloved cartoon family (apologies to The Flintstones), still functions best in blasts lasting 22 minutes and 48 seconds. Among season 10's highlights: Homer takes Ned Flanders to Vegas for…
Back to School With EFT
Heading back to school can be stressful for parents and kids, not to mention teachers. All three could benefit from the use of Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) to reduce or eliminate many of their stressors, but there are specific benefits for children. EFT uses acupressure and talk therapy to identify and restore imbalances in the…
The Times-Star Building
Joe Simon The Times-Star Building If you've ever had the pleasure of viewing the glamorous lobby of the Times-Star Building downtown, chances are you probably weren't wowed by the stunning Art Deco interior. For that matter, you probably could have cared less about the architectural detail and decor. In fact, you were probably counting…
Diner: Vodka Shmodka
Joe Lamb Below Zero Lounge proved an able home for CityBeat's first-ever vodka-tasting panel. I've never really understood vodka drinkers. I mean, drinking vodka is practically a cultural necessity in Russia and Poland; whether it's made from potatoes or wheat, it's their national drink. But I've always assumed that others drink vodka because they…
Living Out Loud: : The Privileged Athlete
Earlier in the year I saw an interesting sports headline. It claimed that the game was over for Pacman Jones of the Tennessee Titans. I guess after so many of its players being arrested last year the new NFL commissioner decided to make an example of him. If you were to take a look at…
Slowing Down for Self-Awareness
Getting a handle on things makes a real difference in the quality of life that you have. Often we're going at Mach 5 and can't even hear ourselves think. Being aware of what we think and feel is important. What we think and what we feel really do matter. So many times we unknowingly hide…
Locals Only: : Matthew Shelton
Lisa Walker Matthew Shelton Recently, Matthew Shelton and I braved a treacherous, mountainous hike through wild, wolf-ridden woods, getting lost in the tangled trees. Kidding. Actually, we walked on a well-tread path through Burnet Woods. But there was some difficulty: Shelton's pole-lean, long legs eat up ground with each sweeping stride, making my steps…
Kelly Might Finally Get Locals Excited About UC Football
Jerry Dowling We can't speak for Brian Kelly, but we can love his audacity, which is why his first fall practices at the University of Cincinnati have just begun and one already hates to see him go. As UC continues a huge athletic facilities upgrade, Kelly is talking the kind of talk that smacks…
Onstage: Review: Gala of International Ballet Stars
The curtain in the Aronoff Center's Procter & Gamble Hall saw more than normal use Aug. 11. As befits a gala's sampler format, it rose and fell countless times to much applause during the marathon lineup of 17 pieces seen at ballet tech cincinnati's Gala of International Ballet Stars. In short, the cliche "something for…
Finding Romance with Self
Joe Lamb Pure Romance President Chris Cicchinelli Pure Romance is getting into bed with Self magazine. The match made in heaven was made public Aug. 9 at the Duke Energy Center. In a ballroom filled with 2,000 women wearing enough pink fabric to reupholster half the furniture downtown, Pure Romance President Chris Cicchinelli and…
Puzzlehead (LIFESIZE ENTERTAINMENT)
PUZZLEHEAD 2005, Unrated A very modern Prometheus tale on a budget, sci-fi wonder Puzzlehead creates more from less as it charts the evolution of a humanoid being made in the exact image of its creator — a socially awkward scientist living in a desolate dystopian future. Unlike Frankenstein's monster or even Edward Scissorhands, this…
Test Your Disability IQ
Maybe going back to school is so much on my mind that I couldn't resist writing a mini exam. Do you know fact from myth in the realm of disability information? Have some fun with the following questions, which only scratch the surface, and see how you fare. 1. August is National Disability Employment Awareness…
Hello Again
Gina Breyfogle Lauren Sprague and Cameron Hansel star in Jersey Productions' Grease. New Stage Collective (NSC) planned to present Michael John LaChiusa's HELLO AGAIN this month. Following differences over budget and artistic process, director Andrew Lazarow and most of the cast resigned with plans to present it elsewhere. (NSC replaced it with a revival…
Cover Story: Some Sex Offenders Get the Light Touch
A married, 51-year-old, well-to-do, blonde white woman doesn't fit the stereotype of a sex offender who lurks behind the bushes at a bus stop waiting to snatch unsuspecting children to rape and murder. This Hollywood makeup artist, mother of two and wife of a former pro football player, used text messaging, cell phone calls and…
