Cover Story: Endlesss Summer Rarities
Perhaps as much as any band in the history of Rock & Roll, The Beach Boys have made the scraps of their recording sessions readily available for the whole world to hear. In 1997, for example, an entire boxed set featuring 90 songs from sessions for one album was released. Of course, that record…
Cover Story: Johnny Can You Hear Me?!
Ryan Greis John Entwistle It's the same thing every summer. Pick up the season's concert schedule and you'd swear it was the 1970s again. Had someone told me in '76 that, 25 years later, I'd still be able to see Deep Purple — who are probably about as old now as the Andrew Sisters…
Oasis/Black Crowes
Oasis If this was a high school couple, it'd be voted "Tour Mostly Likely Not to Succeed" in the high school yearbook. Playing on the notorious "sibling rivalry" of the brothers in headliners Oasis (pictured) and The Black Crowes, The Tour of Brotherly Love is essentially just a great Rock tour in the classic…
Ambitious locals Anonymous Bosch don’t worry about labeling themselves
Anonymous Bosch Anonymous Bosch is a curiously named Cincinnati trio. I'll give you a hint: The band's name has nothing to do with spark plugs. Unless your knowledge of art history is as limited as mine, you probably correctly connected the name to the 15th-century Dutch painter, Hieronymous Bosch, whose artwork you'll find scattered…
Cover Story: Yeah, I’m Talking
American Pie 2 Ready for the onslaught of summer sequels? I didn't think so. That's why I'm offering a guide to bring you up-to-date on the talk behind the latest installments of the stories that will make up the days of our lives this summer. The Mummy ReturnsWhen last we saw our intrepid hero,…
Cover Story: The Unbelievable, Over-Exaggerated, Highly Speculated Death of the Movie Musical
Moulin Rouge On March 2, 1965, The Sound of Music opened at the Albee Theater in downtown Cincinnati to much fanfare. The movie would go on to gross over $163 million nationwide. It won several awards, including the Academy Award for Best Picture. On June 1, 2001, Moulin Rouge, the latest big-budget Hollywood musical…
Four new re-issues from The Band reviewed
Elliott Landy The Band Rock of Ages Moondog Matinee Northern Lights-Southern Cross Islands I'm a sucker for well-done CD re-issues. Give me bonus tracks, extensive liner notes, 20-bit remastering (whatever that is) and I'll hand over my credit card every time. In fact, even as I write this, I'm accruing interest on my Discover…
Cover Story: Road Trippin’
Hitting the road to see a concert out of town during the summer is a fun ritual that I look forward to every year. Loading up the car, picking the road music, breaking down on the highway, calling AAA, trolling around the streets of Chicago or Columbus begging for any available hotel rooms. Sure,…
Cover Story: The Mondo Summer Movie List
Planet of the Apes MayA Knight's Tale: Rock & Roll and jousting. Welcome to the land of summer films. (May 11) The Boy: Heath Ledger, fresh off The Patriot, must step into leading man shoes quickly. The Buzz: Audiences are torn about the Classic Rock treatment, but no one is saying it's boring. The…
News: On the Ball
Luis Labastida might long for an occasional break, but he never tires of playing and coaching soccer. Luis Labastida didn't take long to get adjusted to Cincinnati. And it definitely shows, as Mexican-born Luis Labastida gave me (a Tristate native, no less!) directions to meet him for a lunchtime interview. "You put me in…
News: A Queer Little Law
Jon Hughes/photopresse.com Love is in the air at Gay Pride March 2000. Can equal rights and tolerance be far behind? Slowly, quietly and carefully, opponents of Cincinnati's Issue 3 — the charter amendment excluding gays and lesbians from certain legal protection — are taking the city's pulse. More businesses are offering same-sex partners full…
Diner: Behle Street Café Has the Formula
One of Cincinnati's most celebrated chefs, Anita Hirsch-Cunningham, once told me her dream restaurant would be an "urban pub like Behle Street Café." My mentor and former business partner was highly regarded for her innovative cuisine in fine dining establishments such as the four-star Palace Restaurant, The Waterfront and our own surly love child, Arboreta.…
News: Let the Cleanup Begin
Last November, Ohio voters approved Issue 1 — $400 million in bonds divided evenly between preserving land from unchecked development and revitalizing old industrial sites, or brownfields. But Issue 1, which passed 57 to 43 percent, didn't include a plan for spending the money. So who will decide which farms are saved, which brownfields are…
Seven Stray Days in May
1. We sidle halfway into the row. It's the bottom of the first, two outs. No one's happy about the timing of our arrival. Understand-ably. After all, our passing blocks each person's view for 1.3 seconds and a game is only 10,000 or 12,000 seconds long. Sor-ry. I'm carrying a hot dog and a beer;…
The Halls of Just Us
"If you have a case in Courtroom A, please come into the courtroom at this time. Please remain seated and quiet and turn off all beepers and cell phones. They will be confiscated if they go off during court." If you've ever heard that announcement, you were either in trouble or you know someone who…
Curly tales of the city
The Body PoliticWouldn't you expect supporters of the police department to be more civil toward the mayor? A sign on Fountain Square last week, where police gathered to honor officers killed on duty, said, "Charlie Luken Has No Balls." Yes, the police are under a lot of pressure, but is this kind of gutter talk…
Cover Story: Do The Pony
Ryan Greis Chino Moreno of The Deftones The Deftones discovered the value of teamwork when they made their long-awaited current CD, White Pony. Having spent more than two years touring behind Around The Fur — the popular 1997 CD that established The Deftones as one of the leading bands in the Nü Metal genre…
Community Calendar
CliftonThe Cincinnati GLBT (Gay, Lesbian, Bi-sexual, Transgender) PrideInterfaith Spiritual Service is at 5:30 p.m. June 9 at St. John's Unitarian Church, 320 Resor Ave. Interpreting is available for the deaf and hearing impaired. Refreshments and fellowship follow the service. For more information, call 513-542-6694. Citywide The Gay and Lesbian Community Center of Cincinnati presents the…
Should Soccer Moms Be Put Away?
If they're going to start arresting people for being bad parents, shouldn't they start by staking out places other than soccer practice? "Got time to pencil in a five o'clock arrest, Mrs. Cleaver?" You're a cooperative citizen, you respect the need for law enforcement. But when you find yourself standing for a mug shot and…
News: Get Up, Stand Up
Many in Cincinnati want to put last month's unrest behind them, move forward and return to everyday life. But at least 40 groups participating in a national march June 2 say, "Not so fast." Something caused the riots, and until the problem is identified and resolved, the unified image promoted by city leaders is little…
