Music: The Bassman Cometh
David Sorcher Tony Levin on bass Tony Levin's resume reads like a who's who of modern music. Besides many years as the bassist for Peter Gabriel and King Crimson, he has also been a player of choice for the likes of John Lennon, Paul Simon, David Bowie, The Indigo Girls, Carly Simon, Herbie Mann…
1901 State Ave.
Doug Trapp 1901 State Ave. Address: 1901 State Ave., South Fairmount Owners: Sunset Limited Partnership Value: $20,300 Year Built: 1900 Comments: This two- to four-family house isn't the only vacant building on State Avenue between South Fairmount and Lower Price Hill. But at least a few other homes have been cleaned up, painted and…
Not in Our Name: Up close and personal at an anti-war protest
A uniformed guard opened the door to our holding cell March 20 and said, "Hey, you protesters! I'm with you. We don't need to be fighting no damn war." We were too stunned to ask his name before the cell door closed. He was the only guard who expressed support for the peace movement during…
News: Summa Cum Hard Knocks
Jymi Bolden The interests of children in the United States require active advocacy, according to Eileen Cooper Reed, state director of the Children's Defense Fund. A certain amount of pressure comes with attending high school: arriving on time, completing homework, yearning to be popular, choosing the perfect tuxedo or gown for prom. But when…
Diner: A Little Local Flavor
I'm thinking of mounting a campaign to rechristen "Cincinnati-style chili" something else. Surely I'm not the first or only person to think it's a good idea. In this era where marketing counts for so much and where image — even a false or misleading one — can make or break a product, wouldn't you…
Is Cincinnati Ready for CAC’s Shock and Awe?
The phrase "shock and awe" isn't just a military term referring to the battle for Baghdad in a distant part of the world. It's also the reaction from those who pass by the tough, new geometric home of the Contemporary Arts Center (CAC) rising smack in the middle of downtown. It's easy to love a…
Puttin’ Out the Bone
I first met Daniel Pilarczyk in the 1970s when he was an auxiliary bishop under Cincinnati Archbishop Joseph Bernardin. I was a member of the archdiocese's Social Action Commission, a group of volunteers who gave consultation to the local Catholic Church on social issues and policies. Our commission learned of a quiet move by Bernardin…
Music: Bad to Damone
Teen spirit and fast times: Damone comes off like AC/DC fronted by Juliana Hatfield. At a time when her peers are finishing high school and her musical peers are nearly non-existent, the singer/guitarist for Damone from Waltham, Mass., is so nonplussed about her life that she sounds like she's lying in bed, barely tolerating…
Locals Only: : Cincinnati Goes Down
Doug Trapp Thee Shams This was not a banner year for Cincinnati musicians at South By Southwest, the four-day festival (March 12-16) in Austin, Texas. Only two bands — Spindle and Thee Shams — made the trip, half as many as last year. But a couple of self-proclaimed music nuts did think of a…
News: Architects of Change
Perhaps one of the most frustrating clichés in the world of architecture is Louis Kahn's famed exhortation, "Ask a brick what it wants to be." It's frustrating because it's the most hackneyed example of architect-ese BS and also because, at the same time, it expresses a subtle and rewarding approach to design — using materials…
Anti-war protesters cross the street and cross some cops
Jymi Bolden Anti-war protesters lock arms to block traffic on March 20. A Traffic Jam for Peace At about 5:40 p.m. March 20 — the day after war began in Iraq — hundreds of anti-war protesters began gathering on Fountain Square for a planned rally. Quickly they began bunching along Fifth Street on the…
Whirlygig: 70: Out on the Town
You Say Hello And I Say Good-Bye After being an official couple for an entire year, my boyfriend and I decided to introduce our families. Since he'd recently finished a job painting at Cactus Pear, we arranged for dinner there. My grandparents and his father, roughly the same age, were more than just contemporaries. (Which…
Film: Professor Travolta
Woodrow J. Hinton John Travolta describes his on-screen chemistry with Basic co-star Connie Nielsen like some high school science teacher. Meet John Travolta, high school science teacher. This isn't the next role for the Hollywood fixture. And it's not his newest pastime, supplanting his renowned love of flying. It's just that Travolta so often…
