Puttin’ Out the Bone
Look, it's us against them. At the moment, they're eating our lunch, and they know it. They probably sit in their dark-wood board rooms and laugh at us. If they're not laughing, they're at least confident they can beat us anytime they want — because they're together and we're divided. They're Convergys. They're Saks. They're…
Cover Story: Clop Hopping
Adams County evokes the sights and sounds of the 19th Century, including covered bridges, narrow roads, horse-drawn wagons, gaslit shops and an absence of telephone and eletrical poles. It's hard to imagine that, within an hour's drive of Downtown, there's an Amish farming community that's one of the largest such settlements in Ohio. But…
Creative Meditation
Cathy Fike of One World/One Vision says that, in our society, we believe that spiritual work must be serious. Her class, Creative Meditation, challenges this assumption by asking you to create in the name of fun. Her idea came from the "artist's date" encouraged in Julia Cameron's guide to creativity, The Artist's Way. The idea…
Newport Without Artery
Laura Hollis, visual artist and director of The Artery, Newport's arts center, has some matter-of-fact advice for anyone looking to integrate the arts into the bustling Northern Kentucky community: If you want zero political clout or miniscule influence with the business community, you should open an art gallery. Hollis founded The Artery in December 1999,…
Events: A Work of Art
Pop legend Dionne Warwick is featured in Saturday's Crown Jewels of Jazz concert. For nearly a decade Kathy Wade has been on an artistic journey using her powerful voice and that of other Jazz singers to raise funds that will expand horizons for kids. On Saturday at the Music Hall Ballroom, Wade will captivate…
Cardia
NYC's Cardia mines a spacious cavern of soulful Guitar Pop with textural depth and high-ceilinged melodicism. Fans of Jeff Buckley, Muse and Ours will want to warp their ears around Cardia's self-titled debut, which twinkles with a radiant guitar glimmer and suave intimacy, but also has a subtle toughness that helps set them apart from…
Cover Story: Style and Loathing in Indiana
Larry Gross Elmo Seyberth regales Whitewater Valley Railroad Co. patrons with tales of trains, canals and otters. Greg: We'd been warned about Metamora, Indiana. Larry: "That's not your style," a friend told me. But I'm not sure exactly what my style is. Greg: I'd somehow gotten the impression Metamora was a miniature Gatlinburg but…
Locals Only: : Animal Magnetism
The Gazelles! Formed in 2000 from the remains of the Chemo Kids and the Geriatrix, The Gazelles! played their first gig on Groundhog Day 2001. And yes, the exclamation point is part of the name. Once you hear them play live, you'll understand. The story of The Gazelles!' origins is fairly typical: A group…
News: The Convergys Giveaway
Jymi Bolden Mayor Charlie Luken (left) championed the benefits of paying Convergys to stay, but City Councilman David Pepper (right) closed the deal. Cincinnati City Council provided VIP seating to its guests of honor July 25 during a special meeting on a deal to keep the Convergys Corp. downtown. But five front row seats…
A Freaky Clean
How do you get rid of a sexual fetish? I've got an incest fetish and, while I don't plan on acting on it, it's still very annoying. Second, I was raped by a sibling as a child. Repeatedly. And while at frst I was upset by this, I eventually began to enjoy the sex. So…
Love Feast
Recently a girlfriend asked for advice on preparing a simple yet "potent" meal for a man she'd been lusting after for several weeks. "I don't want to merely get him liquored up and sloppy. I want to feed him ecstasy and the delicate promises of what is to come," she sighed, adding: "You know, an…
Treacherous Bunnies’ Lament
It's Bugs Bunny's 65th anniversary. I wanted to write solely about Liberia, our lyin'-ass president and why he don't particularly give a fuck about a country of dusty-ass Africans 'cause can't no precious crude belch from their black bloated bellies. I wanted to weigh in on political racism. But fact is, after an afternoon of…
Whirlygig: 88: Out on the Town
Running in Place Long gone are the days of sleeping until noon, lifeguarding and hanging out at the city park with a gang of friends that come with being a teenager in the midst of summer. But does that mean that we still can't enjoy a little bit of innocent dating? When car dating was…
Cover Story: Good, and Good for You
Joe Wessels The author tries to raise his golf score from the dead with a tricky bank shot on the hole representing Jesus' post-crucifixion burial spot. David Christopher is standing on the Biblical miniature golf course he manages in Lexington, Ky., surrounded by switchbacks, water hazards and carefully-manicured trees. A leaf blower idles noisily…
News: Alarming Reaction
Tara Blum With the country at a heightened state of alert for terrorism, Cincinnati has enacted a new tax that has the effect of discouraging personal security. But the burglar alarm tax has so many businesses and homeowners angry that some of the same city council members who voted to pass it now want…
Cover Story: Oh, George, Where Art Thou?
Donna Covrett Augusta, Ky. rolls out the red carpet (and red caboose) I've never been enchanted by celebrity. Perhaps it was the summers spent with my showbusiness stepfather witnessing diva meltdowns in the nudist-camp-from-hell backstage. Or maybe it was the time Woody Harrelson farted next to me in a New York City yoga class…
