Cover Story: Burning CDs
Dale M. Johnson Spindle has never worked harder on anything than their new CD, Self Serve Surgery, due out this summer. Spindle: Self Serve SurgeryRelease Date: Late July/early August (tentative) The Skinny: When rockers Spindle hit the stage during the inaugural MidPoint Music Festival in 2002 at a packed-to-the-gills Cavern, there seemed little doubt that…
Locals Only: : Horse Flies
Jacob Hand The Chocolate Horse Combining saw and bow, upright bass, French horn, acoustic guitar, trumpet, piano and a beat machine affectionately dubbed the "R2Beat2," local trio The Chocolate Horse have been creating eclectic musical "one-liners" for several months. But they are already emerging as one of the scene's most interesting acts. Since local Art…
Cover Story: Curing the Summertime Blues
Jymi Bolden Jake Speed brings local music fans down to the river for his annual Rivertown Breakdown festival. AM HolidayWhen: June 11-12 Where: Southgate House in Newport What: AM Holiday is purely a celebration of independent art and music, fitting these days with corporations sweeping in and buying up beloved indie institutions like 97X. Entering…
Cover Story: Why Did They Kill My Zombies?
(L-R) Dracula's brides Aleera (Elena Anaya) and Verona (Silvia Colloca) circle their prey, Anna Valerious (Kate Beckinsale), in the epic action-adventure Van Helsing. I grew up with monsters. Sandwich-ed between furious bike rides and downing cherry Kool-Aid was the campy afternoon horror and sci-fi movie show Shock Theatre, which ran through the mid-'80s on Dayton's…
Cover Story: Reel Love in Summer Action
Disguised as a high-budget CGI effects fest, Spider-Man 2 is really a continuation of the love story between Peter Parker (Tobey Maguire) and Mary Jane (Kirsten Dunst). T he Roberta Flack-Donny Hathaway hit "Where Is the Love" starts off with a lyric question that could sum up the summer season: "Where is the love you…
Tony Awards give reason to party
James Czar Tara Michelle Guilfoil's Time Outside My Body was the best attended show during the 2004 Fringe Festival. Sunday evening is the night that most of us who love live theater make time to watch TV to see the annual broadcast of the TONY AWARDS from New York City. I love to see scenes…
News to Use
Restoring Fairness NOW Members of the Cincinnati chapter of the National Organization for Women (NOW) will volunteer at the offices of the Citizens to Restore Fairness (CRF) Campaign to Repeal Article 12 at 7 p.m. Monday at CRF headquarters on Hamilton Avenue in Northside. The activity replaces NOW's regularly monthly meeting. For more information or…
Guy freaked out by clear, sticky liquid caused by his erection
My problem starts when I get an erection. Within seconds my cock starts to dribble this clear, sticky liquid. This happens every time I get stiff. I guess I thought it was normal. I've had no other cock problems and sex has always been great and it all works like it should. None of my…
News: Bringing Africa Home
Cameron Knight African dance and dress are part of the center's cultural fare. Americans often visualize Africa as a poverty-stricken land overrun by jungles, lions, tigers and bears. Oh my, what a misconception, says Baoku Moses. "In reality, Africa is a mighty, diverse land filled with people of great cultures, traditions, history, religions, languages, rituals,…
Cover Story: Hello Cash Cow, My Old Friend
Woodrow J. Hinton M oney is the great peacemaker. If The Eagles could bury the hatchet and go out on the road to rake in disgusting amounts of cash, then it should be no surprise that Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel were able to set aside their notorious differences and re-join forces for a massive…
Film: Older, Wiser and Duller
Student wizards (L-R) Ron Weasley (Rupert Grint), Hermione Granger (Emma Watson) and Harry Potter (Daniel Radcliffe) experience the magic of adolescence in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, the third film in the series. Harry Potter's magical powers are diminishing. No, I'm not referring to Harry Potter the character. As a third-year student at…
Cover Story: Must-See Movies
Will Ferrell hopes Anchorman will lift off this summer. The annual Hot Issue arrives several weeks into Hollywood's annual blockbuster season, but it's already clear that the standout movies have yet to arrive in theaters — if they arrive at all. On the critics' side of matters, our top priority is to separate overly hyped…
On Second Thought
When CityBeat asked me to write this column, it was clear that my brief included dailies, weeklies, radio and TV news, Cincinnati Magazine, CityBeat and Cin Weekly. Although CityBeat's franchise is local civic affairs, arts and entertainment, it is not parochial. National news media affect us indirectly and, before long, directly through local papers and…
Living Out Loud: : Copping a New Attitude
Last August my friends and I held a shindig at my brother's residence in Corryville to celebrate a friend's 20th birthday. The party continued into the wee hours. No complaints from neighbors about hanging outside until 6 a.m. were brought to our attention. Nevertheless, the police made an appearance. Why? At about 3:30 or 4:00,…
Like the Cicadas, Kim Humphries Returns
The term "creative class" wasn't a popular catchphrase when Cincinnati artist and longtime Contemporary Arts Center (CAC) curator Kim Humphries relocated to St. Louis in August 2000. But he was flesh-and-blood proof that one person — a working-class artist no less — can make a difference, make a community a vibrant and better place to…
Cover Story: Still Smoking
Director Jim Jarmusch (center) confers with Coffee and Cigarettes co-stars Alfred Molina and Steve Coogan. Jim Jarmusch doesn't drink coffee. The table in his hotel room in Los Angeles has several teacups and a handsome white ceramic pot. There also are no cigarettes present — no butts, matches or ashtrays. Odd for a director whose…
Cover Story: Cold Beer, Hot Days
Summer is and will always be beer season. This is both from the consumer side — who doesn't enjoy a frosty mug on a muggy night? — and from the supply side. The brewing industry estimates that beer sales climb as much as 30 percent between Memorial Day and Labor Day. So, this being the…
Stuck
The 40ish blonde does the Bush Era multi-task, blathering loudly and flatly into a cell phone, haranguing the help. She badgers the effeminate American Airlines agent. He appeases her, clacking authoritatively on the computer, raising an eyebrow every now and then, feeding her secret morsels of flight information. She wants any flight out of Chicago.…
That’s Soooo Cincinnati
Ryan Greis Cincinnati seems always to make the annual fat cities list. And you can't walk a block in this town without running into a locally owned ice cream parlor. Coincidence? Probably. But in the hot Queen City summer, there's nothing better than a single-dip sugar-cone treat. And the choices aren't limited only to favorite…
Diner: Food Among the Ruins
I love historic buildings about as much as I love food and eating. That's why I was eager to dine at My Three Chefs in historic Longworth Hall: The chance to appreciate fine dining in a fine old building doesn't come along often. At the distant edge of downtown, past the stadia, next to the…
Look Ma, it’s Vast Aire
Grease Factor Vast Aire Wednesday · Top Cat's New York-bred MC Vast Aire cut his teeth and made his name as half of the highly-acclaimed group, Cannibal Ox, whose sole full-length, 2001's The Cold Vein, was praised for putting a more contemplative, peculiar spin on street-wise Hip Hop. That the chief of their label, El…
News: Low-Grade Management
Cameron Knight Mose Cartier says he was fired from a teaching job at Walnut Hills High School soon after refusing to change a grade at the request of a student's mother. A teacher is raising new questions about grade-changing at Walnut Hills High School, less than nine months after the Cincinnati board of Education cleared…
Family Plots unfurl on A&E
Here are a few programs to look out for in the upcoming week … THURSDAY 8 P.M. Sworn to Secrecy, The History Channel. "D-Day Deceptions." Part of a boatload, as it were, of D-Day shows on The History Channel, this one seems very intriguing. A miracle of deception tied up German army divisions across Europe…
Writer’s Block
Local writer/playwright Thomas Atkinson won this year's Mercantile Library Fiction Competition. As if THOMAS ATKINSON hadn't seen success yet, he's now speeding along that blue highway. Atkinson, who narrowly lost the top prize in last year's MERCANTILE LIBRARY FICTION COMPETITION, received first place honors this year for his entry "Blue Highway." Significant about the results…
K.D. Lang takes a drag off the Pops
Don't think that, just because summer's almost here, the Classical Music scene takes a break. In fact, this is one of the best seasons of the year for some fine tunes. The CINCINNATI OPERA will be holding forth at Music Hall in a few weeks, but before that, you might want to take an excursion…
Diner: Upscale Comfort Food
It's been a long day. You're exhausted. Cooking for yourself — let alone anyone else — is hardly appealing. You review your options: Fast food drive thru. Ugh. Pizza delivery. Yawn. Micro-wave a Boca Burger. Again? Dinner at a restaurant. You'd rather have a date with the couch tonight. You're not alone. A growing number…
