148 Mulberry St.
David Wasinger Address: 148 Mulberry St., Over-the-Rhine Owner: Lawrence I. Rhodes Property Value: $7,100 Built: 1865 Comments: With a wonderful view of the city and newly replaced sidewalks on a street lined with young trees, this two-family dwelling would be a steal at $7,100 — if it were habitable. This two-story structure dates back…
Cover Story: Get a Job
It's the summer movie season again, and it's hard to miss the hoopla. But for the first time in my adult life, I'm on the outside looking in. In January, I quit my post as lead film critic after nearly six years writing for Detroit's alternative weekly, The Metro Times. Prior to that, I'd spent…
Cover Story: This Edible World
Jimmy Eat World has filled up at the banquet of success over the past year. Jimmy Eat World has always cultivated a certain amount of chaos. The band (guitarists/vocalists Jim Adkins and Tom Linton, drummer Zach Lind, original bassist Mitch Porter) first worked together as a Metallica cover band in junior high school in…
Cover Story: Summertime Memories
Howard the Duck Beverly Hills Cop 2 (Summer of '87) — Looking back, it's hard to imagine this as a big summer event, but at the time, Eddie was huge and not just because he spent hours packing on the pounds for The Nutty Professor. He was near the height of his box office…
Energy Balancing
First, one must have the conviction that the body does want to heal itself. Second, you must have some general knowledge about energetic vibration and how it affects the body. Then you can begin to understand the emerging field of ACMOS — Analysis of the Compatibility of Matter on the Organism and its Synergy. Rene…
Cover Story: Summer Music, Some Aren’t
Roll up the windows — Marley plus spliffs equals summer fun. Music can be inspired by the most mundane experiences imaginable, and nothing could be so commonplace as the simple and inexorable changing of seasons. Of all the seasons to inspire and delight, summer must certainly be considered tops among the quartet. What is…
Diner: History and Food
Jymi Bolden Jim Tarbell Jim Tarbell is known to many of us as the champion of the Ball Park That Never Was — Broadway Commons — and as the top-hat-and-tails member of Cincinnati City Council with a fierce dedication to the rebirth of downtown Cincinnati, including his beloved Over-the-Rhine neighborhood where he and his…
Cover Story: Thrilla in Vanilla
Gangs of New York left summer for a December release. July 12 was supposed to be different. During the season that epitomizes the numbing effects of mindless, soulless — what some pop-marketing wiz might call "pure" movie entertainment — Friday, July 12, promised enough intrigue to initiate a palace coup. Imagine, in a summer…
Cover Story: Eddie Van Who?
Gabriel Utasi Sammy "The Red Rocker" Hagar (top), "Diamond" David Lee Roth (bottom) In a year when Cincinnati has seen concerts by a Steve Perry-less Journey and a Jello Biafra-less Dead Kennedys, one upcoming event takes an approach that's in stark opposition to the "band sans original lead singer" concept. It features a singer…
News: Class Struggle
Jymi Bolden Sue Taylor(center) urges teachers to reject a meritbased pay plan. "It's not ready yet." That was the phrase members of the Cincinnati Federation of Teachers (CFT) repeated again and again as 96 percent voted against a proposal to link performance evaluations to pay. About a dozen teachers spoke May 15, the first…
Whirlygig: 27
Edited by Rebecca Lomax Stars and Stripes Friday night I stopped in at Avant Garage in Northside to check out the gear. After rifling through the second hand purses and records and inspecting some MC Hammer earrings, I chose a cool, slightly worn striped shirt. Then, I ambled next door to The Comet, where another…
Enon
Enon Former Daytonian John Schmersal ex-Brainiac guitarist — brings his new group, Enon, back to the area this week. Enon boasted one of the best albums of 2000 with the See Thru Broadcasting release Believo, a stunning mix of Pop/Rock melodicism and Post-Punk quirks. The group based in New York City …
Cover Story: The Importance of Being Reese
Reese Witherspoon flashes a faux Brit accent for The Importance of Being Earnest. Reese Witherspoon made it in Hollywood this past March, at least in her eyes. When she and husband, Ryan Phillippe, walked out as awards presenters during a rehearsal for this year's Oscar telecast and saw the cardboard cut-outs of themselves in…
What’s So Entertaining About the Mob?
Is Newport developing a sense of humor about its past? The city will have a chance to laugh about the good old days with reputed mobster Tito Carinci, if restaurateur Jeff Ruby has his way. The theme of the Tropicana restaurant, scheduled to open Aug. 1 at Newport on the Levee, is a tribute to…
Cover Story: The X Pack
Gabriel Utasi On the subject of 2002's summer films: There are special-effects actioners like The Scorpion King and Spider-Man and then there are those break-out films that mix commercial sensibilities with intelligent storytelling and credible performances. Personally, we think you need both. It wouldn't be summer without popcorn entertainment and a healthy dose of…
Cover Story: Shed a Little Light
It's the rite of summer for the touring industry — the shed trek. Ohio has a plethora of outdoor venues that feature the biggest touring names in music. Here's a primer of places in the Buckeye State that take it outside when the weather heats up. RIVERBEND MUSIC CENTER Our hometown shed has been…
News: Gutter Fight
David Wasinger Towering inferno: Flame from an AK Steel smokestack pierces the Middletown night. Adjacent to AK Steel is a neighborhood Middletown residents call "The Reservation." The nickname comes from streets named for conquered Native American peoples — Omaha, Navaho, etc. Some residents feel they, too, have been part of a losing battle. Nancy…
Half Past His Autumn
Fred Suggs Jr. to me was like Gordon Parks — innovative, tenacious, opportunistic, rakish, gracious and legendary. Parks the filmmaker/photographer/writer/ poet gave us Shaft and The Learning Tree, was a Life photographer and remains a Renaissance man. He smashed barriers not because he was a poster boy for revolutions or causes — he knocked them…
