Cover Story: Summer of Retread
Peter Mountain Johnny Depp headlines Tim Burton's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. As the Hollywood machine embraces fewer fresh ideas, the summer movie season sees a glaring up-tick in remakes. And why not? They're safe, easy product for the popcorn-munching masses — i.e. perfect for the teen-friendly summer season. So knowing full well that these…
Web Onstage: Wow Moment
The curtain-opening moment in Showbiz Players' production of The Scarlet Pimpernel is exactly why there are curtain openings in musicals. The reveal of the elaborate sets and stunning costumes as the orchestra segues from overture to first production number should — in the Broadway musical tradition — be magical and jaw-dropping. And in this production,…
Cover Story: Hip Hop Danger Unleashed
Oliver Meinerding Back in the summer of 1989, Spike Lee's Do the Right Thing harnessed the unbridled passion of Hip Hop to bring the heat and noise of the streets to audiences. And while the righteous fury of Public Enemy exploded on the soundtrack, the dangerous nature of Hip Hop performance surely frightened studio executives.…
Tom DeLay T-shirt
HOT Making Waves on the Airwaves In this era of a bullying FCC and far-reaching efforts to make all forms of entertainment conform to some abstract "family-friendly" standard, it's no surprise that the public airwaves are becoming a battleground for conflict and lawsuits rallying against tightening restrictions. Mötley Crüe is suing NBC for violating their…
Upcoming Concert Reviews of The Hold Steady, Alejandro Escovedo and more…
The Hold Steady The Hold Steady with Staggering Statistics Wednesday · Southgate House Reading The Hold Steady's lyric sheet is fun. Craig Finn, the Brooklyn-based band's lead shouter and songwriter, is a modest looking guy with glasses, a gut and a way with words. Like last year's refreshingly out-of-step debut Almost Killed Me, the new…
Diner: Hey, Look at Me
Woodrow J. Hinton As a food reviewer, my work depends on being aware of what I should eat — giving readers the vicarious joy of the desserts, heavy sauces and filet mignons I consume. When diagnosed as an insulin-dependent diabetic, my life required me to be aware of what I shouldn't eat — too much…
Reds Side with Knee-Jerk Fans by Cutting Graves
Jerry Dowling See now the Reds, the people's ball club, changing their roster as if by talk show referendum. Next time Carl Lindner decides to save money on a general manager, the Reds would be a natural for Internet polling. The Reds will never win that way, but they might change the self-image of an…
Living Out Loud: : Just a Cat Named Dorey
He was just a cat named Dorey my kids and I picked up at an animal shelter in Springfield, Ohio on Feb. 5, 1994. My two children were visiting me for the weekend; my wife and I recently separated. There wasn't really anything special about him, just an American Short Hair with a very long…
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Rumors, Lies and General Misunderstandings
· Locally based indie imprint Tokyo Rose Records is releasing Roesing Ape Asks Is The American Christ Satan, the latest recording by local artist/experimental musician Roesing Ape (aka Chris Roesing) in conjunction with a show at The Comet in Northside Friday. Lesniak, Black Fives, Cuddly D, Abiyah, A Modest Chef and San Diego's The Robot…
Cover Story: Cash Heals All Wounds
Jens Jurgensen Dinosaur Jr. then (1987) As recently as the April edition of British Rock magazine Mojo, singer/guitarist/cult icon J Mascis didn't sound much like a man ready to jump back in the van with the original members of the band that gave him an opportunity to have a long career in the music biz…
Stairway to Nothing
Regarding the arguments made about the potential demolition of the Art Academy's Eden Park building in the recent article by Margo Pierce ("No Place Like Home," issue of May 18-24): 1. Cincinnati Art Museum (CAM) Director Timothy Rub tries to justify the potential demolition of the Art Academy building by pointing out the bastardization of…
Ethics and the Gitmo Toilet
This column considers an editor with high standards and tries to understand Newsweek's escalating global cock-up. Larry Beaupre lost his job as editor of The Cincinnati Enquirer after he, colleagues and the paper were betrayed by investigative reporter Mike Gallagher during the 1998 Chiquita fiasco. Now Beaupre is managing editor of The Scranton Times, explaining…
Locals Only: : Turning Up The ACS
Turnbull ACs "We're the Turnbull ACs," jokes the one-man acoustic act, as he shifts his paperboy hat and toes the microphone stand back to its original position. "This next song is called 'Pretty Girls Don't Go to Heaven.' " What comes next is powerful. It's dark. It's New Orleans. It's every bit what you'd expect…
Music: Learning from Failure
Putting unsatisfactory previous band experiences behind them, Autlolux look to make the future perfect. In the here today/gone tomorrow world of the music industry, a band that takes more than six months to gestate and arrive is an anomaly. Los Angeles trio Autolux fits that bill and then some. Way back in 1997 (remember the…
Cover Story: The Decade Fire
Fat Nick Accurso Scribble Jam spreads the love at Annie's (above) in August and, for the first time, in 13 cities across the U.S. throughout the summer. Center stage, a DJ makes a note whine under flexed fingers, chopping chords into bits. Microphone fiends deliberate who's illest, delivering punchlines and taking hits. Fresh air is…
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Tony Awards Live Broadcast
ETC Ensemble Theatre of Cincinnati hosts its annual Tony Awards party at Paul Brown Stadium. The Tony Awards happen on Sunday evening. What? You say you forgot to order your tickets and reserve a hotel room in New York City? Well, fear not: ENSEMBLE THEATRE OF CINCINNATI is your safety net. They'll import a sizeable…
Cover Story: What a Rush
CityBeat Hot Issue 2005 Summer gets off with a particular blast of heat thanks to the second annual Cincinnati Fringe Festival, beginning Wednesday and continuing through June 12. Last year's first-time event proved that our supposedly conservative city has plenty of fans willing to turn out for cutting-edge theatrical and performance art events. Close to…
Spencer Under Siege
Nick Spencer lay on his horn, trying to scare the johns away from a set of barely pubescent girls and their pimp while waiting for police to arrive. Already his constant calls to Cincinnati Police hadn't done much to endear him to neighborhood hustlers. So when the pimp reached into a corner trash can, Spencer…
We Don’t Ban Them from Toy Stores
Matt Borgerding A law barring sex offenders from living near schools is ineffective, according to David Singleton. The easiest political target in the world is sex offenders; a politician can only gain support by attacking them. Thus Cincinnati City Councilman David Pepper, candidate for mayor, wants everyone to know he supports the city's move to…
News: Bridge to the Community
David Sorcher Tom Bishop has seen media's power to change lives. Mike Kierein was homeless for more than a year when he walked into the Media Bridges facilities on Race Street and found a purpose in life. Currently a volunteer directing TV shows and helping with fund-raisers, Kierein says he's seen people walk into Media…
Cover Story: ‘Sew’ Hot
Eric Chapman DAAP student Katie Dailey adds finishing touches to her final project. Mid-week in mid-May, in a nondescript college studio, a handful of undergraduate fashion design seniors talk textiles and deadlines at their drafting tables. Although they're getting ready for a Starbucks run, there's already a buzz in the air as they're on the…
Hello, straight people?
You wrote this two weeks ago: "Hello, straight people? Most of you seem content to merely rubberneck while gay people have the shit kicked out of us, and while that's maddening, I suppose it's understandable. It's not your fight. But what explains your passivity when your own rights are being attacked?" I think it's bullshit…
Weston Gallery
Weston Gallery at 10 Former Cincinnati Business Committee Director Ron Roberts didn't have the Alice F. and Harris K. Weston Art Gallery in mind when years ago he called the Aronoff Center for the Arts "the most important economic development here since the opening of Riverfront Stadium in 1970." Roberts, like most people, was pointing…
Onstage: In Opposite Directions
Sandy Underwood Jamie (D.B. Bonds, left) and Catherine (Heather Ayers) prove there really are two sides to every love story in The Last Five Years. The best moments of modern musical theater — and truly theater itself — are those that are the most difficult to watch. The moments of broken hearts. Of dreams dashed.…
Pester Flatt and the Magic of Good Writing
When the first letter appeared in my mailbox at WNKU radio, where I do a program at 6-9 Sunday evenings, I was amused. But I read it and chuckled. The writer signed himself "Pester Flatt." (If you don't know Bluegrass music, Pester's name was an obvious riff on Lester Flatt of Flatt & Scruggs, known…
News to Use
NOW on Women in Law Connie Pillich, attorney and member of National Organization for Women (NOW), discusses women and the law at 7 p.m. June 6 at Walnut Hills Christian Church, 1438 E. McMillan St. Sponsored by the Cincinnati chapter of NOW, the program is free and open to the public. For more info, call…
Chris Walker – The Walker Project and more – The Record That Changed My Life
Chris Walker- The Walker Project and more Weather Report, Night Passages September 1997 was wrapping up and I was sitting in Sudsy Malone's on a Saturday afternoon drinking cheap beer, when a friend asked me if I was sad because Jaco Pastorious had been killed earlier that week. I asked him who Jaco was, and…
Overcoming Addiction
Webster's Dictionary defines addiction as "dependence on or commitment to a habit, practice or habit-forming substance to the extent that cessation causes trauma." We can be addicted to relationships, gambling, even to our own thoughts. Intellectually, we're aware that dependence on certain drugs, excessive alcohol or food consumption and cigarettes can be harmful to us…
Cover Story: Gas Up, Rock Out
Sony Music The Black Crowes, back together again, are one of the dozens of featured performers at Bonnaroo. Missed Coachella in California because you couldn't afford the plane fare? Wanna go to the Reading Festival in the U.K. but hate British people? Angry that you couldn't even get your annual taste of multiple national artists…
