Whirlygig: 18
Edited by Rebecca Lomax Tip of the Hat The weekend officially started when I pulled into Cincinnati International Airport to pick up my best friend, Angela, in from Philadelphia for the weekend. No longer can you wait curb-side for your arrivals, so I went inside baggage claim to claim her. Tons of travelers emerged looking…
Diner: Connecting Through Food
My metamorphosis from a meat-centered diet to a vegetarian one occurred 30 years ago at the impressionable age of 17. I had always been an animal lover as a kid, and my family will tell you I brought home any cute and fuzzy creature that remotely looked hungry, injured or lost. Many were nursed…
The Four Agreements
This week you have the rare opportunity to experience the profound teachings of Don Miguel Ruiz at The Healing Summit, being held at the Sharonville Convention Center on Sunday. Ruiz was born in Mexico and raised by a healer (his mother) and a shaman (his grandfather). He attended medical school and became a surgeon, but…
News: Disorder in the Court
Sean Hughes/photopresse.com Jimmy Bird was arrested after being assaulted. He was then tried and convicted without being in court. A man who told Cincinnati Police he was injured in a gay-bashing assault March 9 found himself jailed instead of taken to a hospital. Then, without appearing in court, he was somehow put on trial…
Is This What Diversity Looks Like?
Do you know why Cincinnati City Council passed a new law against panhandlers? To keep them from asking for change. The worst puns are the ones that are true: In this city, change does not come easy. But hard times could be exactly the opportunity progressives in Cincinnati need to build their organizational strength. By…
Cover Story: Moth’s Provisions, Fiction and Gear (Virgin)
When word spread that M.I.A. Cincinnati rockers Moth had scored a major label record deal, it was somewhat of a surprise locally. While some were stupefied that the band, who'd never really amassed a huge following here, would warrant such a deal, the real shock was that a real "Rock" band could still hit…
News: Kroger’s in a Pickle
Katie Turrill FLOC supporters (L-R) Dave Beck, Steve Shumacher and Alicia Beck marched in the St. Patrick's Day Parade downtown. Being a union store is not enough, says the Farm Labor Organizing Committee (FLOC), a Toledo-based union that represents migrant farm workers. FLOC wants the Kroger Co., one of the largest employers of union…
Cover Story: Hometown Zeroes
Geoff Raker Moth rocks Top Cat'sduring a homecomingshow on Feb. 3: (L-R) Bob Gayol, Atom Willard, Brad Stenz and Ted Liscinski In late January, three Cincinnati émigrés, Brad Stenz and Bob Gayol from the AltRock band Moth and your humble narrator, sit in a Hollywood Boulevard pool hall at the bar, catching each other…
Cincinnati: Negroes ‘R Us
In their feeble attempts to paint Cincinnati in diverse brush strokes, Mayor Charlie Luken and Vice Mayor Alicia Reece — heretofore known as the "black back-up" — have mounted a media-fueled juggernaut. They call it cheerleading. I call it damage control. If you haven't seen the "Cincinnati … We're on the Move!" pamphlet touting this…
Should Greater Cincinnati Explore Metro Government?
Charles Tassell President of Blue Chip Young Republicans There are distinct benefits to an economy of scale. Regionally, Indianapolis and Louisville have taken the step toward efficiency by consolidating city, township and county services. The benefits of increased services and reduced taxes are always appealing. The real benefits, though, are the consolidation of weak, disparate…
Music: Also Seen at SXSW
Sixpence None the Richer (Austin Music Awards, March 13, www.sixpence-ntr.com) — We've all heard their biggest hit "Kiss Me" at least once on the radio, and our ears are none the worse for the wear. What you didn't know about this band from New Braunfels — near Austin — is that they're not one-hit wonders.…
Music: Big in Texas
Doug Trapp Thee Shams(L-R: Zach Gabbard, Chad Hardwick and Andy Robertson) returned to Austin's South By Southwest conference this year as one of four bands representing Cincinnati. AUSTIN, TEXAS — I never wanted to see Mojo Nixon's pale, puffy ass. But that's exactly what I was reluctantly looking at — and not so reluctantly…
Artists and the Boycott
Dead serious is how I would describe Amanda Mayes, action committee chair for the Coalition for a Just Cincinnati. On the few occasions I've met the 26-year-old radical, her tight-lipped expression never once left her face. All that changed at the March 16 coalition-sponsored town meeting at the Ammons United Methodist Church in Walnut Hills.…
Music: Cincinnati Messes With Texas
Cincinnati's own Ray's Music Exchange jam the night away. (L-R) Nick Mavridoglou and Joe McLean. AUSTIN, TEXAS — There were more bands from Japan — 12 — than from Cincinnati at this year's South By Southwest (SXSW) Music Conference and Festival. Heck, at least four bands came from Brazil alone. Cincinnati's contingent at SXSW…
Sultry, spacey lounge act Opi Yum Yum consists of local music vets
Leigh James Opi Yum Yum Out of the ashes of two of Cincinnati's premiere AltRock bands rises Opi Yum Yum, a velvety smooth quartet that's part proto-lounge act, part experimental Jazz combo. Frontman and horn player Dan McCabe (formerly of Roundhead) and ex-Radiolaria members Jane Jordan (bass) and Carrie Reynard (drums, vocals) have been…
