The Greenhornes
The Greenhornes HOT Local Heroes/International News A couple of Cincinnati's finest musical exports got blurb nods in two high profile magazines recently. The Greenhornes have already received a Bible-sized-press-kit's worth of acclaim from international press outlets and their signing to V2 Records (which will release the band's EP, East Grand Blues, on Aug. 2) should…
Rentals, Roommates & Real Estate
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News to Use
Stop CAFTA The latest treaty in the so-called "free trade" — that is, anti-worker — movement is the Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA). The U.S. House of Representatives is expected to vote on CAFTA next week. Susan Knight, national field organizer for the Sierra Club, says about 18 undecided votes remain in the House.…
Film: Beguiling Breakthrough
Miranda July, writer, director and star of the acclaimed Me and You and Everyone We Know LOS ANGELES — Miranda July's debut feature, Me and You and Everyone We Know, is fictional, but it draws on her own experiences for its unusual worldview. In this quirky yet endearing breakthrough romantic comedy — which July wrote,…
News: Banning City-Sponsored Wi-Fi
Stephen Novotni Krohn Conservatory now has a Wi-Fi hotspot, providing high speed access to the Internet. What if you could tap into the Internet for free from anywhere? What if all your phone calls from your mobile phone or from your land line could be routed through that Internet connection? What if you could pick…
Rob Fetters – The Record That Changed My Life
The Who, "I Can See For Miles" When I was 12, my oldest sister left home for college and I gained access to her large bedroom to make room for my first band to practice in. My friend Steve Alberti played an ugly old set of Ludwig drums, and I had a Fender Musicmaster guitar.…
Prescient Publishing and Music With a Vengeance
Roni Moermond Striking Steelworkers and their allies in the labor movement hold a mock funeral outside the Cognis Corp. Participants symbolically buried the company's integrity, but it's the possible loss of their jobs they're really mourning. Hours after the July 7 bombing attack, London mystery writer Lew Matthews said in an e-mail to a Cincinnati…
Upcoming Concert Reviews of Constantines, Walter Trout and The Radicals and More…
Constantines Constantines with Death In Graceland and Oxford Collapse Thursday · Mad Hatter Canada's Constantines present Rock & Roll as an artform, but avoid any pretense of "Art Rock." Elegant and powerful, the Cons' music is nuanced Post Punk laid out on a bed of fluid, captivating song structures and a tempered innovation that is…
Season Setting up for All-Chicago World Series
Jerry Dowling To forecast an entire baseball season before it begins is foolish. To forecast the second half of a season when the first half is finished is only half foolish. Herewith, then, half a fool dares to predict half a future. The defending world champions from Fenway Park and their historic nemesis from the…
Film: Hanging Together
Ain't they cute: The stars of the documentary March of the Penguins depend on each other to survive the harsh Antarctic elements. LOS ANGELES — March of the Penguins proves the axiom about survival of the cutest. And fittest, too. The emperor penguins featured in this new documentary have seen fit to devise the most…
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Is My Home a Developer’s Castle?
Developers support conservative politicians and favor conservative judges, right? So what happened in Kelo vs. City of New London, the June 23 U.S. Supreme Court case determining the constitutionality of taking property for economic development? The "liberals" favored the developers and the "conservatives" favored the little guys. Go figure. "Conservative" judges defer to legislative bodies…
Jerry Handorf
Theater for kids is not a frequent topic in CityBeat, but I can't write about the recent passing of JERRY HANDORF without reflecting on the joy he brought to children for 24 years through MADCAP PRODUCTIONSPUPPET THEATRE. Handorf died July 7 awaiting a liver transplant; he was 45. With his enthusiasm for an art form…
Not Above the Law
The family of an unarmed man who died in police custody will finally get to argue their complaint before a jury, thanks to a federal appeals court's ruling against the city of Cincinnati. Nearly five years have passed since Roger Owensby Jr. died in a Sunoco parking lot, asphyxiated during a struggle with officers Patrick…
Music: Many ‘Sides’ of Belew
As if he doesn't have enough to do, Adrian Belew is also a budding painter whose artwork graces the covers of his recent Side One and Side Two albums "King Crimson is taking a two year hiatus," Adrian Belew says at one point from his home in Nashville. "We're getting back together to write in…
Diner: Dawg Eats Dogs
At the Great American Ball Park, on a cool and rainy night in June, I raise the last inch of a Big Red Smoky hot dog to my lips with a trembling hand, put it in my mouth and slowly, resolutely begin to chew. I'm like a cow chewing the cud. This is slow work.…
Home Services
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The 99.9 percent factor
I have recently been exploring my bi side and experimenting with other men. I've come to a point of being perfectly comfortable with my sexuality: I'm attracted to both women and men, but I'm predominantly attracted to women. I hate the idea of having to hide this. I've read Dossie Easton's book The Ethical Slut…
Artists Exchange
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Perceiving Is Believing
You've probably heard the phrase, "You create your own reality." Well, what kind of world have you created? Is it fearsome, violent, dangerous, unforgiving, bleak or hopeless? Or do you see it as beautiful, orderly, logical and following divine purpose? These opposite views might as well be describing different planets! Perhaps you've seen the inkblot…
Cover Story: Opening the Door
David Sorcher Opening the Door – "I want to tell stories that effect change in human beings." — Kenny Leon How is it that a man with no opera experience is directing a production for Cincinnati Opera? And not just any production: Kenny Leon is staging the world premiere of Margaret Garner, arguably the most…
Highway to Hell
Driving into work this morning on I-75 was, as usual, a breeze. Traffic moves quickly on the fairly short stretch of highway I use to get downtown, though I occasionally run into some stalls on the way home. Of course, I've arranged my work schedule to avoid the heavy rush hours on either end of…
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Miscellaneous
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Locals Only: : Soul Progression
Clattis Moorer Poetresse Spoken word is an artform that either speaks to you or it doesn't, because to some, the expression is intangible. But for Poetresse, speaking words into existence is as spiritually cleansing as Sunday service. "My art is like going to church for me," she says. "I'm none of my words — they…
A Feast of Fest News
· The "CincyLatino Festival" returns to Sawyer Point on Saturday and Sunday. Now in its second year, the fest runs from noon until 10 p.m. both days and admission is free. Along with more games, food, kids activities and various arts, crafts and other cultural displays, the festival offers tons of Latin music performers. Afro-Cuban…
This Place: Lunch Hour on Seventh Street
I don't know why I still come into this place for lunch, this bar and restaurant on Seventh Street downtown. The service isn't good and it's always a little too warm in here to be comfortable, but I can smoke. Maybe that's the reason. I brought a book with me to read: Ann Beattie's Follies.…
Musicians Exchange
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Employment
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