Living Out Loud: : Passing Gas
I haven't done a Google search to see if anyone else has ever written about this or not. Maybe it's something people don't want to talk about. But I will, because I'm becoming irritated when it happens. Men (and you know who you are), it is not perfectly all right to pass gas in public…
Film: Gas Problem
Sony Classics Chris Paine director of Who Killed the Electric Car? As a mystery, Who Killed the Electric Car? is far more gripping, involving and fast-moving than The Da Vinci Code. And it's a documentary, to boot, the latest in a series of provocative ones examining the socio-economic roots of our political and environmental…
Film: Blinded by the Muse
Focus Features Hugh Jackman and Scarlett Johansson star in Scoop, Woody Allen's latest love letter to London. Scoop finds Scarlett Johansson as Sondra Pransky, a nerdy and naive student journalist in London who's lured into the story of a lifetime. But only if she can prove that son-of-privilege Peter Lyman (Hugh Jackman) is the…
Cover Story: Head games
Nick Wall Harry and Luke Treadway play the Howe brothers in the faux documentary Brothers of the Head. Tom and Barry Howe aren't your typical Rock & Roll frontmen. They're conjoined twins bound at their chests by a piece of flesh. Co-leaders of '70s-era British Punk/Glam band The Bang Bang, the Howes make for…
News: A Working Vacation
Jared M. Holder Ryan Derrow (left) and Joe Hansbauer of Give Back Cincinnati. While many people are heading to amusement parks, camping trips in the mountains or other traditional destinations, a group of 50 Cincinnatians is heading to a construction site for their R and R. Members of Give Back Cincinnati ( Jared…
Troublemaker’s Journal
Two groups, supporters of Israel and critics of Israel's attack on Lebanon, demonstrated in Cincinnati July 23. I marched with the latter group. Not because I support Hezbollah. Not because I believe Israel should be eliminated from the map. But because today we should stand with the Lebanese people, whose country is being destroyed by…
Bengals’ ‘Character Issues’ Include Navigating a Tough Schedule
Jerry Dowling From all the controversy surrounding the Bengals and their recent character issues, one wouldn't know if they're convening in Georgetown Saturday for training camp or prison camp. Maybe the Bengals can't stand prosperity after all. We jest, but crime talk is not the optimal way to build on the first Bengals playoff…
Diner: Reconnecting Through Food
Jared M. Holder In green we trust: Ray Bracy has been a gardener with the Civic Garden Center of Greater Cincinnati for four years. " 'There are going to be times,' says Kesey, 'when we can't wait for somebody. Now you're either on the bus or off the bus.' " — Tom Wolfe, The…
Books: Nourishing Words
Tony Amato (L-R) Emily Rock, Mary Margaret Fletcher and Sami Schalk discuss Activist Barbie. We've all heard of the ubiquitous Barbie and her kindred spirits: Princess Barbie, Holiday Barbie, Olympic Barbie, Veterinarian Barbie, Flight Attendant Barbie … the list goes on. But what about Activist Barbie? Or Fair Trade Barbie? Or Breast Cancer Survivor…
Locals Only: : Parks’ Life Blurs
Polyvinyl Records Cale Parks Calling Cale Parks busy is like calling an ant hill busy. The concept is abstract until you actually sit down and start counting. And like those tireless little critters, Parks knows no rest, owing to the exponentially increasing demand for his services. In 2004, Parks went from just being Aloha's…
Miller Gallery
Enjoy the Arts/START Gallery Adam Maloney's "Honey Flavored Lip Balm" is currently on display at Enjoy the Arts. There are only a few more chances to witness Artists on the Square, a series of summer art demonstrations sponsored by MILLER GALLERY (2715 Erie Ave.) in Hyde Park Square. For two Saturdays during each summer…
News: Shaky Relations
The Cincinnati Human Relations Commission (CHRC) is undergoing a major reshuffling of its leadership. Dedicated to solving problems between different racial, religious and ethnic groups, the agency has been without an executive director for more than a year. The person chosen to be the new executive director resigned in late June before actually assuming the…
Upcoming Concert Reviews of A Touch Of Class, Gary Numan and More…
A Touch of Class A Touch of Class A Touch of Class with Kevin Frey, The Librarian and Evan Scott Friday · Clique Lounge "A Touch of Class" is the cheesy name of a lot things — a '70s George Segal/Glenda Jackson movie, escort services, limo companies and practically any other wedding-related business you…
Art: Welcome to Court St.
Jared M. Holder Nick Paddock, owner of Nicholas Gallery Get ready for a party. Nick Paddock, the proprietor of the Nicholas Gallery (23 E. Court St., Downtown), is opening his sixth exhibition at his fascinating and tiny space Friday. This time, the art comes all the way from Los Angeles. The artist, AnneCharlotte Tavolacci,…
Film: Road Dogs
Weinstein Co Jeff Anderson (left) and Brian O'Halloran in Clerks II. With the opening line of "Mama Said Knock You Out," the title track of his 1990 classic, LL Cool J delivered, "Don't call it a comeback/I've been here for years," an amazing knockout punch to his detractors in the Rap game. The black-and-white…
Ethanol Won’t Help Alone
I read with interest the article "Ethanol's Truth and Consequences" (issue of July 19) and have several comments. In 2005, the average daily consumption of crude oil in the U.S. was over 20 million barrels of oil — about a quarter of daily global production — of which 70 percent was imported. That calculates to…
Cover Story: Screen Gems
Graham Lienhart Dog Day Productions' Ryan Lewis and Michael Maney Friday 7.28 Southgate House Ballroom 7 p.m.: Brothers of the Head Filmmaking duo Keith Fulton and Louis Pepe's faux rockumentary is remarkably authentic in its rendering of time (1975) and place (England), a haunting, emotionally claustrophobic tale of two men who can't help but…
News: Middle East in the Midwest
Matt Borgerding Signs with competing views intersected at a pro-Israel rally and anti-Israel counter-protest. Among participants were(L-R) Homa Yavar; Barry Silver, not seen but holding "Israel must defend herself"; and Zeyad Schwen. Three armed forces now occupy a portion of Lebanon: the Lebanese military, Hezbollah and the Israeli Defense Forces. More than 7000 miles…
The Story of My Story
My story begins with a possessive. From there, it twists, through a series of dependent and independent clauses, as well as parentheticals (unavoidable in the course of a discursive narrative such as mine), asides — yes, dammit, asides! — and various other bits of, if not unnecessary, then unnecessarily distracting, syntactical floridity and puncutational (?)…
Cover Story: LiteBrite festival shines focus on Indie music and film
Diane Bergamasco Post Punk legends Mission of Burma highlight both sides of the music & film fest. If a screenwriter fashioned a script detailing the amazing history of Mission of Burma over the past quarter century, he'd be laughed out of every office that read it. It's so unbelievable, it almost seems too fictional…
’80s Flashbacks: Only Slightly Less Anoying Than ‘Nam Ones
HOT '80s Flashbacks: Only Slightly Less Annoying Than 'Nam Ones MTV's target demographic probably doesn't believe that the "music" network actually once showed music videos. For those who have regaled teenagers with "Why, back in my day, Laura Branigan was so sexy, she made Beyoncé look like Condi Rice!" tales, you'll finally have visual evidence…
Praying for Rain
Notes: This song began as a simple response to last week's heat wave. Then, as headlines scorched out stories about the Israel and Lebanon bombings, followed by more Iraq bombings, followed by forest fires out west, I started warming up to the idea of a broader connection between the literal and figurative temperature of the…
News to Use
Anti-Semitism and Christian Scripture Xavier University Professor Arthur J. Dewey is the co-founder of the Healing Deadly Memories Program, a project that conducts workshops on how to deal with the question of anti-Semitism in Christian scriptures and theology. He will speak at 7 p.m. Aug. 1 on the topic "Violence at the Roots: How can…
Cover Story: Brite’s Lights
Christiaan Palladino Danielson Friday 7.28 Southgate House Ballroom 9 p.m.: johnnytwentythree "Some guitars, some drums, some violins, some visions, some rock, some flames." That's the brief description of j23 on their Web site, and it's a fittingly blurry one. The local four-piece (five if you count their "films" guy, which they do) create extra-sensory…
Wells Goes Big(ger)
Singer/songwriter Jason Wells' band, FOR ALGERNON, assembles for a CD release party Saturday at The Poison Room. Wells and Co. celebrating the release of the new album, remember why we ran will be joined by locals Ashley Peacock and The Spectacular Fantastic, plus singer/songwriter Matt Marque, whose latest album, Nothing Personal, features guest…
Hal Scott
Playhouse In The PArk Hal Scott, who passed on July 16 at the age of 70, was once the artistic director at the Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park. One-time Cincinnati Playhouse Artistic Director HAL SCOTT passed away on July 16 at the age of 70. He led the Playhouse for two seasons in 1973…
Banned in China
Justine Reisinger Danny Glover supports a campaign for union representation at Cintas Corp. Civil rights attorney Alphonse Gerhardstein was supposed to be in China right now, speaking about civil rights. But then he got banned. Gerhardstein received an e-mail July 20, three days before he was scheduled to leave, saying, "They have to cancel…
Music: Getting to the Point
Bobby Rush Bobby Rush, one of headliners of this weekend's Cincy Blues Fest, is a legend with both Chicago and Mississippi roots. The Cincy Blues Fest, under the auspices of the Cincy Blues Society, has grown from a small, one-day indoor concert into an expansive two-day/four-stage outdoor event held at Sawyer Point. Coming off…
Cover Story: Man of the People
Graham Lienhart Kendall Bruns (left) It's a humid July evening as I enter a downtown bar. I'm here to talk to local artist and filmmaker Kendall Bruns about his latest self-reflexive project, a documentary film called The Haircut. Bruns, a multitalented 28-year-old whose head is dominated by a pair of thick, black-rimmed glasses, is…
