Diner: Black Like Her
"Sugar, some peoples may see those blue eyes, blonde curls and lily-white skin of yours and think you is white through and through, But I see the appetite and sufferin' of a Negro." She said this as she watched me eagerly inhale a plate of fried chicken, greens and mashed parsnips that she had…
’60s History Revisited
When I was a kid, I always enjoyed asking my parents questions about their childhoods during the end of the Depression and through World War II. I just liked hearing stories — I still do — though their experiences had about as much relevance to my daily life as stories my grandfather told about growing…
Cover Story: We Aren’t the World
Una-Kariim Cross Divas start right now. Regina Carswell starts … right now. I first thought Carswell was ghetto. She is from Detroit, after all. She told me she was from Detroit the first time I met her in April 2002 during fallout from "Get Back," the column I'd published calling into question the integrity…
Upcoming Concert Reviews of Elvis Costello, Joe Jackson and More…
The Duhks Elvis Costello and The Imposters Thursday · Taft Theatre Joe Jackson and Todd Rundgren Friday · Taft Theater Today it's probably Lindsay Lohan vs. Hillary Duff, but the classic Rock & Roll "vs." game, whereby friends intensely debate the merits of one artist over another, has included such grand battles as The…
Garage Gallery Springs up in Over-the-Rhine
The push broom and the dustpan in the front corner of Lily Mulberry's Over-the-Rhine storefront at Main and 13th streets only hint at the work needed to re-open the cluttered storefront as a gallery and to maintain the arts space. Mulberry stays busy with her mother on the first April afternoon we meet. Gallery 1305…
Locals Only: : Rock-N-Roll Salvation
Damon Green Elliot Ruther Trio Usually it's a musician's day job that gets in the way of unfettered dreams of Rock stardom. In songwriter Elliot Ruther's case, it was his day gig as an aide to City Councilman John Cranley that provided him with the right musical opportunities to get started on his own…
Cover Story: Do You See What I See?
Una-Kariim Cross Rockin' rough and stuff with her Afro puffs. Cut to post-riot Cincinnati. Protests, the birth of a boycott, life before and after the Collaborative Agreement. While black and white Cincinnati splinter, a young black woman and an older white woman forge a professional and passionate relationship based on social justice and documentary…
Cover Story: Black-Eyed Susans
Una-Kariim Cross This is amirror image. She's shifting her weight from foot to foot at the bus stop on Linn Street, "player" emblazoned in white gothic script across the butt of her tight jeans. I'm at the stoplight giving silent props for the throwback '80s hairdo: a backswept Mohawk with cornrows on the sides…
Take a Pay Cut — and Keep Quiet About It
Matt Borgerding Union members named the giant inflatable rat after Cincinnati Bell's CEO About 75 people rallied April 29 outside Union Terminal in support of unionized Cincinnati Bell workers, while inside the company held its annual shareholders' meeting. The contract between Bell and the Communications Workers of America (CWA) Local 4400 and 4401 expires…
Twice a week
I'm a 25-year-old SWM who lives in a large apartment complex. Over the past several months, the woman who lives upstairs from me has fallen into the habit of coming downstairs once or twice a week and giving me a blowjob. She seems fairly normal and is about 10 years older than me. She doesn't…
The Record That Changed My Life – Dave Davis – QCA
Dale M. Johnson Dave Davis – QCA Gang of Four — Entertainment! A confession: I mostly hated the popular music of the '70s. With no interest in hand-me-down Rock & Roll, Punk had a magnetic attraction. But shock appeal wanes. Soon The Sex Pistols and The Ramones seemed like Aerosmith and The Who, serving…
Cover Story: I’m Worth It
Una-Kariim Cross Stuck in the middle with you. Facing Michelle Edwards, I see at least three ways of looking at black women. There is how I'm looking at this black woman. There's how she looks at black women. Finally, there's how she's looking at me, a woman who is not black, as I try…
EFT
Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) is one ofmore than two dozen methods of energy therapy that have come into use in recent years. An energy therapy or energy psychology uses specific techniques and applied principles to create desired change in thought, emotion and behavior. The basic premise of EFT is the belief that the cause of…
News: Freedom Fighter Forever
Matt Borgerding Bobby Seale now emphasizes the importance of ballots more than bullets. If Bobby Seale were armed May 2 when he visited Over-the-Rhine, he didn't show it. But that's not like him. Or, to be fair, it's not like popular perceptions of Seale, whose image as leader of the Black Panthers — sporting…
Cincinnati’s NBA Connections Are Gone and Mostly Forgotten
Jerry Dowling Cincinnati isn't fated for professional basketball, which is to say big league basketball as opposed to the minor league stuff. Big league basketball history uncovers a curious pattern of neglecting the Queen City. Either that, or Cincinnati history reveals a lack of interest in big league basketball. Either way, it stings, if…
Homeowners Let Emotions Rule
The article "Wary About CiTiRAMA" (issue of April 27-May 3) contains assertions that were not thoroughly investigated and consequently inaccurately reported. As the founders and presenters of CiTiRAMA and the region's other major HOMEARAMA events, we feel obliged to correct these inaccuracies and to insist upon more responsible reporting in the future. The developers identified…
Pharmacy of Last Resort
The first charitable pharmacy in the state is set to open in Cincinnati next spring. For the nearly 300,000 people in Greater Cincinnati who either don't have health insurance or don't have enough of it, scraping together the money to see a doctor can be extremely difficult. But finding the means to refill any drugs…
Living Out Loud: : Driven to Distraction
A few weeks ago I was standing at the bus stop at Ninth and Vine streets, waiting for the 17 to show up. It was a cloudy but warm afternoon; kids were playing with their skateboards on the sidewalk close to my stop. I watched them with amusement, wondering if a middle-aged guy like me…
Cover Story: While You Were Sleeping
Clarence Williams Kathy and her Mom My mother's held a death wish for the entire 40 years I've known her. Except for this one day. On my 40th birthday last week she smiled at me from her hospital bed, signaling a comeback and offering hope she wouldn't die. Not just yet. It's not that…
Music: The Wedding Planner
After working on a new album for Cinerama, David Gedge realized the material was more suited to The Wedding Present, so he "reunited" the band. David Gedge has always had a healthy cult following in the United States, which means news of The Wedding Present's reformation, recently released new album Take Fountain and imminent…
WHO’S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF?
Amy Warner and Bruce Cromer star in CSF's staging of Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? After 40 years, there are those who only know Edward Albee's classic WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? as a film in which Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton translated their turbulent private life into a version that had…
Film: God Is in the Details
Brian Vanaski Defenders of truth: Kingdom of Heaven star Orlando Bloom (left) and director Ridley Scott PASADENA, CALIF. — The Ritz Carlton Huntington is an opulent hotel under normal circumstances, a countryside estate built around outdoor pools and gardens. But to promote Ridley Scott's historical epic Kingdom of Heaven, 20th Century Fox transformed portions…
Cover Story: Black Women: The (Un)Cola
Sean Hughes Women's Issue 2005 First, a word from our sponsors: "Her beauty cannot be measured by the standards of a colonized mind." — MeShell NdegeOcello "People always trynta find the world I'm in; I'm the envy of the women and I rule the men." — Erykah Badu "Just as, in my own mind,…
Double Dippin’ Dots
Saturday is like triple-Christmas for fans of local Pop/Rock institution, psychodots. The trio — Chris Arduser, Bob Nyswonger and Rob Fetters — is not only doing a reunion show at the Southgate House (with openers Culture Queer), but they'll use the gig as a springboard to launch two new solo 'dot releases. · If you…
Film: Grand Plans, Good Intentions
The banter between car thief buds Lorenz Tate (left) and Chris "Ludacris" Bridges is one of Crash's greatest assets. Despite multiple, often underdeveloped plot lines and a vast ensemble cast, the lofty themes are crystal clear in Crash, the debut film from Million Dollar Baby scribe Paul Haggis. As long as there is hope…
Puttin’ Out the Bone
Oh, my God. It's like Ohio State getting the University of Michigan play book before the big intrastate rivalry. I'm sitting here reading Frank Luntz's 100-page memo to top Republicans, "Learning from 2004 … Winning in 2006." This document is getting some play on Internet blogs and the media because of its detail, unabashedly manipulative…
Goodbye Hasil
Carlos HOT The Santana Clause? A former employee of Carlos Santana is suing the guitar legend and his wife for wrongful termination. Bruce Kuhlman was let go after fellow employee, spiritual guru "Dr. Dan," allegedly told Deborah Santana that Kuhlman's "enlightenment/consciousness level" was too low. How did he know? Why, he conducted the test…
