Film: Breaking Down Doors
The Weinstein Co Kevin Zegers (left) and Felicity Huffman star in Transamerica, director Duncan Tucker's road movie about a man on the verge of a sex-change operation. The Sundance Film Festival was just getting started with its first morning of screenings around Park City, Utah, but the Queer Lounge — a group of interview…
Television and Radio: ‘Tooned In
CARTOON NETWORK Aqua Teen Hunger Force to the rescue — during Adult Swim on the Cartoon Network One of basic cable's top-rated crime-fighting programs doesn't feature police officers, judges or forensic scientists. In fact, it features three anthropomorphic fast-food products — a giant milkshake, a flying box of french fries and an expired meatball.…
Making a Federal Case of Assisted Suicide
When can individual states do what they want, and when must they follow uniform federal policy? This has always been a hot topic in our dual system of state and federal government, and even more so in recent years. As U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy wrote in 2003, "A basic principle of federalism is…
“Up and Down”
I'm no choreographer, but after watching the State of the Union address (what with all the stand up, sit down, clap here, clap there) I felt like I was watching a well rehearsed Broadway show. Actually, it felt more like a morning kids show where it's "wake up, stand up, shakey shakey, clap clap." Kentucky…
Locals Only: : Jake Sez
Sean Hughes/photopresse.com Jake Speed In the late '30s, American music icon Woody Guthrie began writing the "Woody Sez" column in the People's Daily World newspaper. The column — a collection of musings and political cartoons — gave Guthrie another outlet to espouse his humanistic beliefs, becoming a voice for the working man and less…
News: Don’t Call It a ‘Battle’
Matt Borgerding Gun shop owner Pete Garrett sets his sight on incumbent Dave Otto's seat on the Campbell County Fiscal Court. Gunsmith Pete Garrett is characteristically dismissive when confronted with the old admonition, "Don't pick a fight with someone who buys ink by the barrel." Printer Dave Otto is similarly characteristically dismissive of any…
New Stage Collective
Dan Davidson Alan Patrick Kenny (left) and his New Stage Collective colleagues have announced the company's fourth season. NEW STAGE COLLECTIVE (NSC) has announced its fourth summer season, offering 50 performances of five productions between April and late August. The energetic young group is off to an early start in April with Kooky Tunes,…
Music: Smiling Bob
Merge Couch potato? Fat chance. Robert Pollard wasted no time putting out his first solo effort, the 26-song From a Compound Eye. Late in 2004, Robert Pollard was a man with a plan. Having announced that Guided by Voices, the legendary Indie Rock collective he had helmed for two decades, would be dismantled with…
Cover Story: When Lust Takes Over
Sean Hughes For some men, it's just about impossible to keep their penises in their pants. For some women, one sexual partner isn't enough, even after marriage. Whether sexual addiction takes the form of extramarital affairs, frequenting strip clubs, compulsive masturbation, exhibitionism or surfing the Internet for porn, it's as destructive as any other…
Finding Satisfaction With the Stones at the Super Bowl
Jerry Dowling The Rolling Stones lasting twenty, thirty years — what a stupid idea that would be. Nobody lasts that long — very few novelists; the greatest directors don't turn out classic movies over a forty-year period. So as the ideas peter down the general body of personal and artistic interest in the creators…
Upcoming Concert Reviews of The Greencards and More…
The Greencards The Greencards Thursday · Southgate House What do you get when you cross two Australians with a Brit? I bet you didn't say Bluegrass. If your answer involved crocodiles and crooked teeth, you must not be familiar with The Greencards, a Newgrass buzzband with unique origins. Aussie mandolin player Kym Warner's father…
News: Send the Kids Outside
Graham Lienhart (L-R) Griffin Ulsh, Ryan Jenka, Kaelyn Ackerman, Bella Smith, Erin Benedict and Jacob Dougherty experience the great outdoors at the Cincinnati Nature Center. Kids today are techno savvy. Most possess crack computer skills, expert gaming knowledge and can text-message at breakneck speed. Sadly, very few know the feel of mud squishing between…
News to Use
Maya Angelou at UC The University of Cincinnati´s celebration of African-American History Month features poet and author Maya Angelou speaking at 7 p.m. Feb. 8 in the Great Hall of Tangeman University Center. The event is free, though priority seating will be given to UC students, faculty and staff. Doors open at 6:15 p.m. For…
Not a Real Church
Your recent Porkopolis column (issue of Jan. 25-31) referred to Topeka's Westboro Baptist Church, infamous for its outrageously hateful picketing of gay people and gay funerals. When you mention them, it would be helpful if you add that this "church" is only one guy, Fred Phelps, plus his wife, offspring, in-laws and grandchildren who meet…
Holy Sense of Humor
Former Citizen Complaint Authority Executive Director Wendell France (pictured) hopes Mayor Mark Mallory will promote a current CCA board member to head the organization. In a high-profile case, the CCA ruled this week against a Cincinnati Police officer's use of a Taser, which former Fraternal Order of Police President Harry Roberts defended. A high…
Diner: Long and Winding Road
Remember when you were a kid and you'd order a hamburger when the family went out for Chinese? And when you finally started eating Chinese food, it was always covered in sweet and sour sauce? Oh, wait … that was my childhood. This bad habit followed me until college, when I finally realized that all…
Progressive Mental Alignment
Progressive Mental Alignment (PMA) is a mental training program that removes hidden inhibiting factors in the subconscious that stop you from reaching your goals. Developed by Jacob Korthuis, PMA targets "bad clusters," which are a previously unknown type of subconscious material. According to Korthuis, the human brain can operate in the normal mode of perception…
Rumors, Lies and General Misunderstandings
· The long-rumored collection of early Ass Ponys material is set for official release on Shake It Records on Feb. 28. The 24-track, two-disc set, The Okra Years, features material from the band's two pre-A&M Records efforts, Mr. Superlove and Grim, both of which have been out of print for over half a decade (the…
Living Out Loud: : The White Squirrel
FICTION 9:50 a.m.: Michael P. Mitchell was two-lane highway driving, listening to Elton John. He tapped his hand on the dash, his makeshift piano. Seeing a white flash in the road, he slammed on the brakes. "Jesus!" Michael shouted. He took off his glasses, wiping them, but the pasty rodent was still there. He'd been…
Main Street Hops on a Lily Pad
Frogs used to be the only critters perched on lily pads. Up on Main Street, however, business owners, students and shoppers are now hanging out on an electronic lily pad in Over-the-Rhine. Project Lily Pad is a volunteer-driven initiative that provides free wireless (WiFi) Internet access in public spaces (see "Look, Ma, No Wires," issue…
