Is the Fourth Amendment Going to the Dogs?
Most of us know that the Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution protects us from unreasonable searches and seizures. Usually, cases turn on whether a particular search or seizure is reasonable. But a recent U.S. Supreme Court case raised the thought-provoking question: What is a search? How would you answer that question? Let's compare your…
A Second Death?
A cup of coffee costs $1 at the Pilgrim Place Coffeehouse, located in a back room inside Old St. George, the onetime Catholic parish on Calhoun Street in Clifton Heights. For the past 11 years, Old St. George has functioned as an interfaith community center, meeting place for social justice groups, arts venue and rental…
Cover Story: Likeable Foe
Sean Hughes Likeable Foe S tate Rep. Bill Seitz (R-Green Township) cut his teeth on The National Review, perhaps the leading conservative journal in the country. By the sixth grade he'd read Barry Goldwater's The Conscience of a Conservative. In many ways, he personifies the "West-side conservatives" that drive Cincinnati liberals crazy. But in at…
A-10 Tourney One of Few Compelling NCAA Stories This Weekend
Jerry Dowling It's the time of year in college basketball when freshmen no longer are freshmen, sophomores no longer are sophomores and, of course, conference champions no longer are conference champions. It's conference tournament time. The automatic NCAA Tournament berths are at stake. Little that has happened up to now really matters, except in the…
A Good Neighbor – Guest
Kaldi's Coffehouse and Bookstore has sold its liquor license, and even the bums are feeling the pinch. Last week, when the lights started going out by 7 p.m., guys like Ricardo, our friendly StreetVibes vendor, got left in the dark. The perky little stained-glass coffee cups still dance on the transom above the door on…
Tell me you love me
I'm a 21-year-old bisexual male who recently moved back home to Canada. For the last two months I was overseas I was involved with my first male partner. He was a virgin; I was not. He knew about my bisexuality and one night propositioned me. I refused because I wasn't really all that attracted to…
Radio Down Comes Down
After a successful debut year, Frank Hulefeld, manager of Covington all-ages club Radio Down, is pulling up stakes and looking for a new venue. The club has become a popular venue for touring acts and home to shows by a multitude of local Rock, Indie and Punk acts seeking a venue where they can perform…
What wine does go with a candy Peep?
With just a few weeks between now and Easter, perhaps you're wondering, "What wine does go with a candy Peep?" While you're not likely to be enjoying wine and jelly beans or chocolate bunnies, Uncorked knows many of you will be celebrating some form of a spring feast, whether it's the upcoming Easter holiday or…
Music: Rock & Roll Supaheroes
Supagroup Supagroup does not mince words. The New Orleans-based quartet shows its stripes right from the outset with "It Takes Balls," the first single taken from their soon-to-be-released new album, Rules. Even Supagroup's avowed influence, AC/DC, obfuscated the word "balls" behind its dual meaning of "grand parties" and tittered lecherously at their naughty double entendre.…
News to Use
Growth, Not Sprawl Help our region decide how to best use its land. The Ohio Kentucky Indiana Regional Council of Governments (OKI) and its Land Use Commission host a series of public meetings to educate the public about their work and to get input on proposed goals, objectives and policies for helping local governments plan…
Diner: House that Beer Built
I have to confess that Hungarian cuisine is not at the top of my favorite-foods list. I had a roommate from Hungary once who kept a treasured tin of high-octane Hungarian paprika in the kitchen like a secret dope stash. He applied it liberally to the malodorous, all-meat-all-the-time concoctions he cooked, filling the apartment with…
Shane Carruth on making a movie for $7,000
To stand out from the 38,000 people attending the 2004 Sundance Film Festival, director/writer Shane Carruth, flaunts the miniscule budget of his debut film, Primer, a dark thriller about young scientists on the verge of a discovery. "I just want to be honest, and the fact is this film cost $7,000," Carruth says, during an…
Outlandish kiddy-diddling
HOTGlorious Gag Order Michael Jackson's outlandish kiddy-diddling trial has become a mind-numbing exercise in media over-reaction (War? What war?). But it has had one good consequence. Comedic hack Jay Leno has been forbidden to talk about the trial on his show because he has been subpoenaed as a character witness by Jackson's defense. Were it…
Speak up About New Law
I'd like to thank you for Margo Pierce's article about State Sen. Robert Hagan's medical marijuana bill ("Toking the Cure," issue of March 2-8). According to polls, 80 percent of Ohioans support access to marijuana for medical purposes, and yet politicians are still afraid to speak out in public. This unwillingness to speak out is…
Janitorial Wages and Other Cruel Realities
David Sorcher Making people want to be good are Julie Kelton (left) and Sandra Bulle. A mentally impaired woman repeatedly subjected to a Taser by Cincinnati Police died eight days later of natural causes, according to the Hamilton County Coroner's office. Dr. Cynthia Gardner, who performed the autopsy, found that Shirley Andrews died in the…
Greg Given – The Defrost Star
Dale M. Johnson Greg Given – The Defrost Star · Someday I — REF4 Good luck finding this one. I heard two tracks a couple years ago and have spent the last few years tracking this one down. Midwest Post Rock that is the weirdest combination of Rock music brilliance and self-referential lyrics that make…
Upcoming Concert Reviews of Eddie From Ohio and More
Eddie From Ohio Eddie from Ohio with Rachael Davis Friday · 20th Century Theater Although Eddie from Ohio's name pertains only to percussionist Eddie Hartness (his girlfriend called him by that name as a reference to guitarist Ed from Ohio from the band fIREHOSE), the band has certainly found a willing audience here in the…
News: Not Ready for the Storm
More than any other war in U.S. history, the conflict in Iraq has provoked a surge of concern for soldiers returning home bearing the psychological burdens of battle. From the war's first days, veterans' groups, mental-health organizations and some members of Congress have claimed that the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is unprepared to treat…
Film: Tales of Could-Have-Been
Gangster-turned-entertainment mogul Chili Palmer (John Travolta) takes a rooftop meeting with business partner Edie Athens (Uma Thurman) in Be Cool. John Travolta dances! A twisting dance floor reunion between Uma Thurman and Travolta, together for the first time since their memorable dance in Pulp Fiction, is the highlight of Be Cool, director F. Gary Gray's…
Locals Only: : ‘Billy Club
Dale M. Johnson Rumble Club The saying goes, "Rock & Roll will never die." And, while that might be true, it depends a bit more upon who's keeping it alive, particularly when it comes to Rockabilly music. Some oldies cover acts are more embalmers than caretakers. They preserve what was once vital by repeating it…
The Quantum Body
Ayurveda says that the physical body is the gateway to what Deepak Chopra, M.D., calls the "quantum mechanical human body." It's believed that "the basic fabric of nature lies at the quantum level, far beyond atoms and molecules." A quantum is the basic unit of matter and energy, 10 to 100 million times smaller than…
Travel & Getaways
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Cincinnati Shakespeare Festival
Veteran actor Nick Rose will help the Cincinnati Shakespeare Festival, which he co-founded, kick off its 12th season with the classic, Our Town. This time of year local theaters start to tell us what they'll put onstage next season, and my colleagues at the daily papers start fussing over who gets to make the announcements…
Living Out Loud: : Dear X
Dear X, It was an uneventful Saturday night. We were taking a family trip to the mall to do a little shopping, to pick up a few things we needed and drool over the cool things we can't afford. But then suddenly the night wasn't uneventful. As soon as we walked into the mall entrance,…
News: Killer Spending
Graham Lienhart Peace is more than a theme for a rally. (L-R) Greg Hogg, Julie Wilke and Demico Dunn participate in a write-a-thon, sending letters to policymakers. What do a first-generation American Muslim man, a Roman Catholic nun and a World War II conscientious objector have in common? They are among many in Greater Cincinnati…
