Oct 5-12, 2016
Access for All: Rachelle Caplan’s mobile recording studio offers unique sound-making opportunities
Minimum Gauge: Insane Clown Posse Finally Comments on Insane Clown Sightings
HOT: Dissension in the Clown Ranks With the rise of threatening “creepy clown” sightings across the country, it was hard not to wonder, “What does clown-faced Rap duo Insane Clown Posse think about all of this?” Time magazine enabled the answer, running an editorial by ICP’s Violent J. Mr. J didn’t really express much opinion…
Pureval blasts Winkler for hitting up employees for her campaign
One day after CityBeat reported that employees of Hamilton County Clerk of Courts Tracy Winkler were pressed into helping her re-election campaign, her opponent Aftab Pureval condemned the practice and vowed to rid the office of “machine politics.” Speaking to reporters this morning in front of the county courthouse, Pureval said he was disappointed to…
Satiric Play gets a “rolling world premiere” at Know Theatre
Know Theatre has opened a smartly directed and enjoyable production of Joseph Zettelmaier’s Pulp on its Jackson Street mainstage in Over-the-Rhine. The production is part of the National New Play Network’s “Rolling World Premiere” program, which supports three or more theaters willing to produce a show during a 12-month period. The Phoenix Theatre in Indianapolis…
New Japanese ‘Godzilla’ is terrifying and beautiful
Shin Godzilla’s plot sounds familiar enough — a giant lizard attacks Tokyo — but it’s the film’s substance and nuanced delivery that set it apart from every Godzilla film produced by Japan’s Toho film company save Gojira, the dark, cautionary Japanese movie that introduced the monster in 1954. The series has made a complete cycle…
Morning News: FOP might sue Motorola over police radio glitches; Cincy rents among fastest-rising in country; the great Trump implosion
Hello all. Well, things have escalated quickly in the presidential race in the past 72 hours, haven’t they? We’ll get back to that in a second. Shake off your post-debate blues and let’s talk news for a bit. Problems with the Cincinnati Police Department’s new radio systems could spark a lawsuit against manufacturer Motorola, Cincinnati’s…
Tracy Winkler leans on employees to boost her re-election chances
As her re-election campaign entered its final two months, Hamilton County Clerk of Courts Tracy Winkler and a top deputy sent emails asking for volunteers to put up yard signs, wear Winkler T-shirts and station themselves along a parade in Cheviot. The recipients of the Sept. 1 emails didn’t go to regular supporters of Winkler’s…
Trump and Hillary confirmed who they are
When the presidential debate started Monday night, it was as satisfying as a Super Bowl kickoff. We were ready. Americans had endured weeks of blather, speculation and faux expertise anticipating the big event. Network panelists continued the hype into the final minutes before the debate, arguing what Trump and Hillary must do to win. We…
Morning News: More streetcars will run at peak hours; Tracie Hunter can vote, fed judge rules; Duke must hold another pipeline meeting
Hey all. Let’s get this Friday morning news jam out of the way so we can be just a little closer to the weekend. You’ll see more streetcars zipping around downtown during peak demand times soon. Transdev, the private company that operates the Cincinnati Bell Connector under the Southwest Ohio Regional Transit Authority, has been…
Stage Door: Arguments, legendary songs, murderous writers and a few addicts
The Cincinnati Playhouse’s production of Disgraced will make you uncomfortable. That’s its intention: It’s four very different people arguing about religion, politics and just how we get along (or can’t get along) in today’s world. Ayad Akhtar’s play won the 2014 Pulitzer Prize, and its angry dinner party is discomfiting audiences from coast to coast…
Your Weekend To Do List (Oct. 7-9)
FRIDAY 07 EVENT: OAK, TOAST & TWO AGING BARRELS Sipping fine bourbon on a fall afternoon in good ol’ Kentucky is the only way to ring in October. The second-annual Oak, Toast and Two Aging Barrels celebrates autumn with a variety of tastings and education on the streets of Covington. Boasting a variety of craft…
MPMF 2016: Day Three – The Last Day of the Beginning
Other than the midway set-up (with various vendors and the free Eli’s BBQ Stage), there was clearly very little about this year's MidPoint Music Festival that resembled any previous festivals under that banner. But when Sunday morning rolled around, I experienced a most familiar feeling, the dichotomy between being a little sad that it was…
Morning News: Streetcar exec Deatrick on the way out; Kentucky Gov. Bevin under investigation; the Trumps are coming
Good morning all. Let’s talk news. Lots of City Hall stuff today. First, the city’s streetcar executive was given his walking papers Tuesday via a letter from City Manager Harry Black — but that was in the cards from the beginning for the temporary gig. John Deatrick, who previously oversaw the city’s engineering work on…
Council says no to Indigenous Peoples’ Day
Cincinnati City Council on Wednesday declined to pass a resolution declaring the second Monday of October — long held for Columbus Day — as Indigenous Peoples’ Day. The proposal was meant to celebrate Native Americans and their cultures. The motion would have made Cincinnati the first city in Ohio to declare such a day, though…
Mark Mallory’s new job is in outer space
Former Cincinnati mayor Mark Mallory can now add another bullet point to his already impressive resume, which includes being this city’s top executive from 2005-13: Space pilot. Well, Mallory’s not a real space pilot, but he voices one for a new cartoon produced in Cincinnati. The locally created animated web series is titled Ravens of…
‘This Is Us’ — a Promising Dramedy
It’s rare to find a “dramedy” — you know, the rapidly growing category of programs that contain as much serious drama as silly humor — with strong writing, well-developed characters and an impressive ensemble cast. But when it works, you end up with excellent shows like Transparent, Parenthood and Friday Night Lights. It’s a little…
Struggling with ‘The Birth of a Nation’
Now the real work begins. Since the unveiling of actor-turned-filmmaker Nate Parker’s feature debut The Birth of a Nation at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, we have all fallen prey to heightened expectations. Back in January, Fox Searchlight laid down $17.5 million for the distribution rights to Parker’s labor of love, largely in an attempt…
On the road with Gloria Steinem
The same day as CityBeat’s interview with Gloria Steinem, the author and social activist who helped found the modern feminist movement and who will speak at the School for Creative & Performing Arts Oct. 10, the Washington Post published an online story about presidential candidate Hillary Clinton’s struggle to get support from college students in…
What a Week! Sept. 28-Oct. 4
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 28 Crowdfunding pages are a great way to raise money for a charitable cause or creative endeavor. “Backers” who donate are often incentivized with prizes. So when a friend of pharma bro Martin Shkreli suddenly died and his family created a page to raise money for his sick son, Shkreli auctioned off an…
Heroin addiction is an outgrowth of poverty
Heroin is all over the news, ravaging our region and destroying families, leaving sadness, strife and desperation in its wake. Most mornings I look at my Twitter feed so I can read up on the day’s events. Every day I read numerous articles about heroin and overdoses. Every day I read about crime prevention and…
Gutierrez deli serves big flavor for a small price
Every Taco Tuesday, I find myself wondering where the line blurs between authentic Mexican food and the Tex-Mex many of us naively believe to be “the real deal.” However, a trip over to Gutierrez Deli in Covington opened up my gringo eyes (and taste buds) to what real Mexican food is like. At first glance,…
Swad India owners revamp one of Clifton’s Indian staples
Ludlow Avenue rarely sees abrupt change. I could walk that street from Dewey’s to CVS blindfolded at this point. When new businesses move in, the process is as follows: whispers for months, grumbles for weeks, then the eventual embrace of the change wholeheartedly, as if it has always been there. Take the Clifton Market co-op…
Sound Advice: The Record Company (Oct. 10)
The Record Company is one of those rare bands that are far removed from their own time and place and yet somehow are firmly anchored in the here and now. The contemporary Blues trio from Los Angeles first formed in 2011, coalescing around a mutual love of the electric reinvention by authentic players like John…
Sound Advice: Deerhunter with Jock Gang and Aldous Harding (Oct. 5)
Bradford Cox, frontman for the sonic explorers known as Deerhunter, is a unique guy. He does things on a different frequency, and he isn’t afraid to state his opinions about a variety of things, both on stage and off. Then there’s the fact that he looks as if he might have come from another planet…
Sound Advice: Prophets of Rage with AWOLNATION and Wakrat (Oct. 5)
Two of the more recent Rock supergroups — usually formed by members of different bands that are not active at the time — to experience great commercial success are Velvet Revolver (with three Guns ’N Roses members and a late Stone Temple Pilot) and Audioslave, which featured Soundgarden singer Chris Cornell and what was left…
Musicians unite to help music therapy studio
Thursday at Southgate House Revival (111 E. Sixth St., Newport, southgatehouse.com), several local musicians are teaming up to raise money for Melodic Connections, a Norwood-based “community music therapy studio” that offers music-based lessons and programs for area residents of all ages and abilities (including those with developmental disabilities). The nonprofit organization, which has been steadily…
Bucko is making a big splash without taking itself too seriously
Interviewing Bucko is like herding meth lab cats. During the Cincinnati band’s guest spot on Eddy Mullet’s Kindred Sanction show on radio station Class X, drummer Brian Kitzmiller dropped a “bullshit” bomb almost immediately, bassist Josh Pilot peppered the interview with stingers from the sound effect app on his phone and vocalist/guitarist Brandon Losacker went…
Rachelle Caplan’s mobile recording studio offers unique sound-making opportunities
Rachelle Caplan’s mobile recording studio — formally called Caravan Traveling Sound Studio — looks wildly unusual if you come across it outside of concert venues like Woodward Theater or at music events like the upcoming Ladyfest. A renovated Ford van long enough to be taking a sports team to the airport, with four windows on…
