Gossett pushes electronic buttons and pulls acoustic strings in his songwriting debut
Gossett Gossett's debut EP begs a second look, in more ways than one. Like, is that a lock of hair stapled to the doodled insert in the cover? Lost? Then sign up for Gossett's Guide Through the Casio Forest. In a DVD case looking like some otherworldly artifact, Gossett's EP is, in hand, enough…
Keep Eyes on the Prize
As it plays out in the local media, the struggle between Cincinnati's Powers That Be and the economic boycott groups is a political contest. On the surface, it's about the same thing every political contest is about: image, power and momentum. And, as with politics, the boycott players and the media covering them focus primarily…
2252-4 Loth St.
Address: 2252-4 Loth St., Mt. Auburn Owner: Jesse Turner, Jr. Purchase date: August 6, 1996 Current value: $5,600, for land only Square feet: unknown Year built: unknown Comments: This three-story building, condemned on June 19, 2001, has broken windows and its rear is caving in. The city's Department of Buildings and Inspections has never…
Michael Jantz
Busking as a street performer can be a great way to really discover who you are as a musician and songwriter. Northern Ohio's Michael Jantz knows this as well as anyone. Frustrated with the "band scene," the singer/songwriter looked within himself and fled to Europe (and later New York City and Toronto) to play…
Whirlygig: 19
Edited by Rebecca Lomax Here Comes the Sun It was wonderful to actually see the sun this weekend after what seemed to be an eternity of dreary Saturdays and Sundays. One can take only so many rainy-day naps before nighttime insomnia sets in. In addition to not having many juicy vignettes, my absence from Whirlygig…
News: Ticket to Die
Jymi Bolden Timothy Thomas' death in this alley resulted from more than one cop's actions. Cincinnati Police Officer Stephen Roach did not act alone when he killed Timothy Thomas. Most of the fury over Thomas' death has focused on Roach shooting an unarmed man in a dark alley and then allegedly lying about it.…
Diner: Exotic Asset
Nestled a few doors off the slope of the Gilbert Avenue hill on Nassau Street, the Aegean blue frame house with a red roof gives only a slight indication of what you'll find within. In fact, aside from the color, it would be easy to pass by Andy's without realizing a restaurant is there, right…
A Picture Is Worth 74 Years
Where were you when Halle Berry got her best actress Oscar? Like other life-defining phenomena — the assassinations of presidents and pop stars, acts of terror and the births of our children — this history deserves to rank in our memories for posterity. I took it personally. I was sitting Indian style in the middle…
News: Un-Chartered Territory
Jymi Bolden SABIS International School of Cincinnati is thesubject of a battle for control. An educational turf battle pitting a citizens' board against a private education-services company is threatening the future of a charter school in Mount Auburn. The two-year-old SABIS International School of Cincinnati has 672 students in kindergarten through eighth grade. Students…
Cover Story: Best of Cincinnati 2002
By any objective standard, the past year has been a challenging one in Greater Cincinnati. Since our 2001 Best of Cincinnati issue, Timothy Thomas was killed by a police officer, riots rocked the city, the economy went south, terrorism struck the U.S., city elections reaffirmed the status quo and a boycott has hurt feelings and…
Puttin’ Out the Bone
Call them super teachers. Pay them bucks so big Procter and Gamble would scold a company human resources officer for not winning the bidding war. Convince them that becoming and staying a super teacher would not only pay them the highest salary of anyone with a four-year degree, but they'd be in one of the…
