News: What Annoys a Community Can Make It Stronger
Jymi Bolden Kroger's new store in Mount Washington — particularly its two-story facade at the corner of Beechmont and Corbly — has raised the ire of some neighbors. Mount Washington residents have wanted an expanded Kroger store at the intersection of Beechmont Avenue and Corbly Road for years. Note to residents: Be careful what…
News: Why ‘CityBeat’ Got Thown Out of Kroger
As you've probably heard by now, as of Jan. 1 Kroger no longer distributes CityBeat at its area stores. There's been some media coverage of our situation, particularly in light of Kroger's silly corporate decision to hide the covers of Cosmopolitan magazine (see Burning Questions story on page 10). And, in the paper, we've been…
Music: The Talented Mr.Stoltzman
Woodrow J. Hinton Richard Stoltzman When a 13-year-old Richard Stoltzman and his family moved to Cincinnati from San Francisco in 1956, the Classical and Jazz clarinetist says the first thing he recalled was the seasons. Then came the music. "The striking thing was there was snow here," Stoltzman says from his Boston home. "The…
Sex and the Supermarket
The Kroger Co.'s recent simultaneous yet unrelated decisions to clean up their stores by putting "blinders" on Cosmopolitan and by banning CityBeat altogether are a coincidence just too good to ignore. I might have figured the first was just comical, catering to our local cultural crusaders, except that the policy extends to every Kroger store…
Anthrax
Not too long ago, when Van Halen lost singer No. 3 (aka That Guy From Extreme), VH singer No. 2, Sammy Hagar, said the only way he'd go back to the group is if original singer David Lee Roth also came back and they shared vocal duties for a tour (the "Sam and Dave Tour,"…
News: When a Non-Story Becomes the Story
In the newspaper business, some stories take a while to see the light of day. Take The Cincinnati Enquirer's 1998 series on Chiquita Brands International, which saw two reporters work full-time for a year to produce what ultimately became an 18-page special section. Other stories never get published, for a variety of reasons. They're too…
Diner: Swimming with the Fishes
Five years ago, Plaza 600 was the first restaurant CityBeat reviewed. Then it was the first night-light to join the newly opened Aronoff Center. Now the block is crowded with many eating options for patrons of downtown's Backstage area, but none with a clear dedication to savories from the sea. When this popular site changed…
Music: Fu Manchu Your Food Carefully
Fu Manchu Rock & Roll isn't brain surgery, and Orange County's Fu Manchu is the band that proves it. Their kind of low-end, primordial Metal, dubbed "Stoner Rock," is growing in popularity, though it's not going to be the new Grunge or Ska or Swing or Polka. But the fact that the somewhat predictable…
Auto Ads Need Manual Stimulation
Easily 90 percent of car commercials nowadays feature a square-jawed man (a) hauling Sherman tanks in the back of his pickup truck, (b) zipping down a curvy, rain-drenched road with no knowledge that the horizontal pedal at his feet is a brake or (c) hauling Sherman tanks down the rain-drenched street in his zippy pickup.…
