Film Geeks In Charge
Recent news from the home video rental market includes Hollywood Video and Movie Gallery, the No. 2 and No. 3 chains in the U.S., filing merger papers with the FTC in an attempt to catch up with top retailer Blockbuster Video, and Blockbuster put into place a new "No Late Fees" policy to attract renters…
Nathan Foster – Digammi
Dale M. Johnson Nathan Foster – Digammi · Jeff Buckley Sketches (For My Sweetheart the Drunk) This is, in my opinion, the most beautifully written album of all time. The songs just draw on so many emotions. Buckley's lyrics just seem so universal. I would have to say that he is one of my…
Passed Over
Anthony Antal Leslie Ghiz likely won't run The Cincinnati City Council seat vacated by Hamilton County Commissioner Pat DeWine sat open nearly two weeks as the man he charged with filling it, Councilman Sam Malone, the only other Republican on city council, dug in his heels against what seemed the obvious choice: Leslie Ghiz. In…
News: The Dangers of Grass
Ted Steinberg aims to end the myth of the perfect lawn. There is no such thing as "the perfect lawn." It's a myth, a chemical-induced dream of a velvety green carpet surrounding the home. The obsession with turf started in the United States after World War II and has expanded into a billion dollar industry…
They’re Blue Without Hue
Graham Lienhart Protesting on Inauguration Day are (L-R) Sister Alice Gerdman, Mary Jennings, Ann Kersker, Andy Gillespe and Scott LeCates. Cincinnati progressives marked President George W. Bush's inauguration with a celebration of their own, forming the Progressive Alliance of Southwest Ohio. The new group threw a "Paint the Town Blue" party Jan. 20 at alchemize…
I Put a Spell on You
I. You are getting sleepy. Ding-dong, the bitch is dead. I've lived a decade as a columnist. This is tour No. 201 and the final YNTG. Roll call. To the white man whose anonymous voicemail message I deleted the second he called me "the dumbest black bitch (I've) ever read or heard;" to the black…
Detroit Lyin’
DETROIT, MICH., Jan. 24, 2005 — The biggest news to come out of this year's North American International Auto Show, concluded last Sunday in Detroit, was the joint announcement by the Big Three automakers that, in an abrupt departure from their longstanding "glitz and glamour; bells and whistles; gimmicks, boondoggles and twaddle" approach to attracting…
The Vibrating Begins
The Vibrating Needle Recording Collective, a D.I.Y. home-recorders collaborative comprised of several local bedroom Phil Spectors, will present its first two CD projects — from for algernon and Folk? — with one release party, on Friday at Downtown's Crush. The event features live performances from for algernon, Dayton's Sleepybird, The Newbees and Bulletproof Charm, plus…
Living Out Loud: : Reading
On New Year's Eve, I had the pleasure of revisiting some old friends. That night my bookcases were lined up in my hallway and I was unpacking my books. I came across Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird and Mark Twain's Huckleberry Finn and I had to stop for awhile and read a few pages…
Puttin’ Out the Bone
Have they lost their minds, the Mays family that owns Clear Channel? I mean, they gave money to George Bush's campaign. They're friends of the family. Have they actually given the keys to a radio studio in their Kenwood facility to a bunch of liberal Democrats and told them they can say George Bush is…
Winging it
I've just started dating a guy who's into being dominated. He also has quite the foot fetish. Problem is, I have zero experience with any sort of kinky sex. He's 35 and has been around the block, while I'm 24 and all I've ever had is sex with guys who claimed to have no fantasies.…
Upcoming Concerts with Fluttr Effect, Dark Star Orchestra and More…
Fluttr Effect FLUTTR EFFECT and Sunspot with Bluf and The Terrors Saturday · The Mad Frog A potent double shot of "Chick Rock" comes to town this weekend with the highly anticipated return of Boston's FLUTTR (now known as FLUTTR EFFECT) and Sunspot from Madison, Wis. FLUTTR EFFECT floored a capacity crowd at last year's…
Systemic Constellation Work
Systemic Constellation Work is a powerful combination of systemic therapy and modern shamanism. It's been a powerful movement in Germany for the past 20 years, then moved to Europe, the UK and now the U.S. It deals with ancestors, orders of life (the way we're placed in the family) and the way things fit together.…
Million Dollar Baby packs emotional heartache
The bloodletting, an obligatory element in all boxing stories, takes a backseat to the unforgettable heartache in director Clint Eastwood's sports melodrama, Million Dollar Baby, by far the most satisfying Hollywood release of the past year. Granted, the physical violence 31-year-old female boxer Maggie Fitzgerald (Hilary Swank in another dynamite performance) encounters as she fights…
The Reclamation
Brian Vanaski "Not a thug, not a drug seller, not a gun shooter/Not a stripper, sex symbol or anything you're used to." — Jean Grae On "Shine," a track from Jadakiss' 2004 Kiss of Death album, Calvin Broadus (aka Snoop Dogg) says, "Once you get that ho, you can rip her lining out." Now the…
Diner: The Raw and the Cooked
C. Matthew Hamby Journal entry, Jan. 10, 2005. Day One of Raw Food Diet. I'm unfocused, scattered and distracted by a raging headache, which is compounded by the cold, rainy weather. I can't stop thinking about food. I'm grieving my usual winter breakfast of hot oatmeal with blueberries and cream and feel deprived, unsatiated by…
Music: Bastards of Young
Bud Lamping The Heartless Bastards' — (L-R) Kevin Vaughn, Mike Lamping and Erika Wennerstrom — debut full-length, Stairs and Elevators, is being released by Mississippi-based Fat Possum Records. Two years ago, Erika Wennerstrom was handing out copies of the Heartless Bastards' five-song demo at every local and out-of-town gig the quartet played in an effort…
Locals Only: : Beasts of “Burden”
Dale M. Johnson Pain Link While sitting in the basement of Sudsy Malone's with local Metal band Pain Link, an atmosphere of anxious energy and unbridled excitement about the near future hangs thicker than the cloudy haze of cigarette smoke. It's understandable why the band is eager to watch how the next few months unfold.…
No Cinderellas in the Super Bowl, Just Teams of Destiny
Jerry Dowling While the New England Patriots made themselves pro football's most illustrious franchise in the past four years, the Philadelphia Eagles illustrated the underside of winning — that not-quiteness about to set them toward an eternity of back-handed compliments. But the Eagles can turn those back hands into back slaps with a Super Bowl…
Cover Story: SUNDANCE TO AMERICA
Lucie M. Rice Sundance To America: Suck On This PARK CITY, UTAH — The boisterous shout-out to President and Mrs. Bush comes from an unlikely source: co-directors Randy Barbato and Fenton Bailey. The premiere screening of their documentary Inside Deep Throat, a lively and thought-provoking look at the 1972 hardcore film Deep Throat — a…
Cincinnati’s many fine community theaters
Composer, actress and musician Mary Murfitt gets a staged reading of her new show, OrphanTrain, at ETC I've mentioned before my admiration for Cincinnati's many fine community theaters. Of course, these volunteer arts organizations exist because people enjoy the social dimension of putting on shows, but without these groups, many area residents would never be…
News to Use
Get Engaged with Peter Block Internationally renowned consultant and author Peter Block (see "Peter's Principles," issue of Sept. 3-9, 2003) offers his fellow Cincinnatians two free Civic Engagement Series, designed to provide the tools to change the nature of the conversation in the civic community. The Saturday series takes place 9 a.m.-noon Feb. 12 and…
News: Chief Problem
Dimitris Katsaounis The Cleves Police Department is in rebellion against Chief Mark Demeropolis, with 11 of the 14 officers on the force signing a petition calling for his resignation. The petition follows the towing and impoundment of 22 private cars on order of the mayor. An officer who refused to participate in writing citations for…
