eatinglife: Eating The Life
It's not hard to figure out where my love of food and eating springs from: The back kitchen of my Italian grandfather's butcher shop in Poughkeepsie, N.Y. Some of my most primeval memories are of that place. A shadowy hallway led from the front of the store to a cozy little kitchen where there was…
Locals Only: : Out Of The “Ordinary”
Dan Lambert Chaselounge I'm pretty sure it was the first time I'd heard my name in a song. I was slinging drinks at York Street Café when I caught the smooth vocals of Chaselounge's Shawny Scott belting out, "Hannah takes her coffee in the morning with a lump of sugar." I chuckled a bit…
Musicians Exchange
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Upcoming Concert Reviews of Amos Lee, Leo Kottke and More…
Amos Lee Amos Lee Wednesday · 20th Century Theater Cincinnati marks stop No. 10 on Amos Lee's first headlining tour across the States. Not to say this is new ground for the Philly native. Lee has toured with the likes of Bob Dylan, Merle Haggard, B.B. King and Mose Allison. While touring in Europe…
“Gravity” Kills
MOTH releases its new album, Immune to Gravity, on Saturday at alchemize. The Pop/Rock quartet is joined at the release shindig by The Turnbull ACs and The Melismatics from Minneapolis. The album is the first for the Hey Domingo! imprint, a new label founded by Todd Sullivan, a former A&R force at the band's former…
The 1.5 Percent Solution
Cincinnati isn't usually noted for its compassion toward any underdogs besides its sports teams. But for more than 20 years the city's Human Services Policy has quietly set aside 1.5 percent of the general fund to support local human services agencies. Mayor Charlie Luken cut that tradition short during the last budget cycle when, faced…
News: Prisoners Forever
Lester Parker (left), a resident of Garden Street Transitional Home, chats with Executive Director Michael Howard outside the West End facility. Felons are the nation's most discriminated class, facing blatant job, housing and personal discrimination everywhere they go, barred from higher education and loans — and the discrimination is legal because they were convicted…
White Sox First in the American League, Second in Chicago
Jerry Dowling Some towns are known for their great baseball teams, others for their great fans. But Chicago holds a special place in the baseball world — it's known for losing. That's why the Chicago media went through September so hyper-sensitive, fearing the White Sox might lose their lead in the AL Central, framing…
For Sale
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Miscellaneous
Car Pool/Ride Share RIDESHARE Why Rideshare? You save money. The average person spends $4600 a year to run a car. You can save about $3500 a year ($300 a month) by sharing your ride to work with three other drivers. That's savings in gas, tires, mileage, and maintenance. Call 513-241-RIDE or visit www.rideshareonline.org to find…
Diner: Meeting the Standard
I've thrown a few highly sharpened kitchen knives at suburban chain restaurants here and there, so my next sentence might surprise you: I like Karlo's Bistro Italia. Karlo's tries — and generally succeeds — to serve good food and provide a pleasant dining experience. I had an interesting insight recently when a boss at my…
Cover Story: The Outsiders
Barron CityBeat asked two questions of each non-incumbent candidate for Cincinnati City Council: Why are you running for city council this year? What makes you a better candidate than anyone else who is running? Some candidates answered in writing, others in interviews. The answers that were submitted in writing have been edited for punctuation…
Quiet Censorship
Pulled from display at UC: Rhonda Gushee's "Friends Forever" University Hall is arguably the quietest building on the University of Cincinnati campus. At least it's quiet enough to hear my shoes squeak while I walk the halls. There are few visitors to the plush brick building, home to the UC architecture office and charitable…
Cover Story: See How They Run
See How They Run If you were around for the Cincinnati City Council race two years ago, you'd expect this year's campaign to be more impassioned, more fiery. There are 31 candidates running for nine council seats, and at least two of those seats are sure to go to non-incumbents, because incumbents David Pepper…
Employment
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Voice Stress Assessment
Voice Stress Assessment (VSA) is a technology that uses your own voice as a healing therapy. It was designed to clear miasmic (ancestral) patterns, producing an automatic state of forgiveness and the ability to move forward in life responding much differently to physical and emotional stress. The total core of the person changes with a…
Cane Makes You Able, But Not Necessarily Safe
"Wait! Stay there a minute," a guy shouts at me as I'm walking up a major road in Hyde Park. On my right, the cars are streaming past, drowning out some of his distant words to me. My guide dog is zipping along at her usual pace, not pausing in the slightest, as she knows…
Hackett Cusses Like a Marine, Media Love Him
Cover Boy: Paul Hackett is the loser liberals love. Cincinnati once again appears to be on the cutting edge of a national trend, if you believe Mother Jones magazine. The November issue features Paul Hackett on the cover, touting the local lawyer as "The Democrat Who Fought" for his campaign against Jean Schmidt in…
Film: Reel Music
Martha Kuperman Dead On about Greater Cincinnati's music scene: (L-R) John Parker, Jerry Adams and George Forste Frustration can be a powerful thing. It has the capability to create wonder and enlightenment, which John Parker has produced in his latest film, Dead On. Residing in Cincinnati for four years, Parker has seen the names…
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News to Use
Meet the Non-Incumbents The Coalition of Concerned Citizens for Justice hosts a forum for non-incumbent city council candidates from 6-9 p.m. Oct. 20 at the Legacy Banquet and Conference Center, 7617 Reading Road. For more information, call 513-588-9825 or e-mail citizensforjustice@hotmail.com. Women and Fundamentalism The Cincinnati Museum Center hosts the program, "Women Responding to Fundamentalism,"…
Harold Pinter
A very young Harold Pinter, long before the British playwright ever imagined he'd win the 2005 Nobel Prize for literature, including his ominous, insightful plays British playwright HAROLD PINTER won the 2005 Nobel Prize in literature last week. For nearly 50 years, the politically outspoken writer has created works — including The Room, The…
News: A Buddha Way to Live
Margo Pierce Venerable Kyabje Dagom Rinpoche, a famed Tibetan teacher, visits Cincinnati this week Bloomington, Ind. — A major figure in Tibetan Buddhism is coming to Cincinnati with blessings. He also brings a challenge for lawmakers and citizens of the Buckeye State to reconsider a popular, almost fanatical belief — zero tolerance. At a…
Fair and Balanced
Any words of wisdom on girlfriends, boyfriends and spouses who claim to be GGG but systematically take away much of what they give by making it clear that they're not "into it" even as they fulfill their lovers' fantasies? For years my wife has indulged me; however, she nearly always prefaces fetish sex play with…
Election Advice for Dummies
The very same right wing propaganda machine that brought us the swift boat ads last year is now coming to Ohio trying to tell us how to vote this fall! Issues 2-5 are good for all Ohioans. All they do is ensure that an independent, non-partisn commission will oversee our elections and draw districts, make…
Living Out Loud: : Literary Lunacy
I have a book of short stories coming out this month. No, wait, that's been changed to the first of the year. It will be put out by a publishing company whose name you'll recognize. No wait, that probably won't be happening either. The only facts I know for sure is it will be available…
Revisiting Genius
He asked, "Who are you?" Good question, but I wasn't the subject of this peculiar exchange. That would be Marc Anthony Thompson, aka Chocolate Genius. A ghost in my machine. The prophet who proffered godmusic (CD released in 2001) as an alternative to the devil's Pop music and before that the black man who dared…
Music: Pretty Shitty Gang Bang
Nela Koening No respect: The Bloodhound Gang might not have critics on their side, but their legion of loyal fans more than makes up for it "You been to Cincinnati? What a dive," says Evil Jared Hasselhoff, bassist for the Bloodhound Gang. Of the flood of 1997, he adds, "That wasn't a flood. They…
