Autofellatio just a show-offy way to masturbate for gays — and straights
I'm in a relationship with a man who recently told me about something he used to do before we met. He is þexible enough to give himself a blowjob, he said, and used to do this often to get himself off. I didn't think it was possible for men to do this, but he showed…
Diner: ‘Cued Up
'Fools rush in where wise men fear to tread" might as well refer to anyone idiotic enough to rate barbecue joints. Yeah, so, we're idiots. According to conventional wisdom, barbecue is at the least a cultural rite, at most damn near a religion and always a catalyst for great debate whether you hail from Carolina…
News: Showing Bush the Highway
Jymi Bolden Anti-war protesters had hoped Bush's motorcade would pass by. Anti-war demonstrators rallied Sept. 30 at the Montgomery Road exit from Interstate 71 in Kenwood, anticipating President Bush's motorcade. Bush attended a $2,000 per plate campaign fundraiser at Carl Lindner III's estate in Indian Hill. "I think it's important to show President Bush…
Television and Radio: Pass Rush
On a recent program radio personality Don Imus, commenting on the Rush Limbaugh/Donovan McNabb story, joked about his fellow talk show host. "(He) didn't come from a Mensa meeting to the (ESPN) studio there in Bristol, Conn." That might be, but Rush has always been clever and calculating. Now he's having trouble extracting himself from…
Locals Only: : The Band Who (Almost) Was ‘Not’ There
You might know The Not are nominated for New Artist of the Year at the 2003 Cincinnati Entertainment Awards. You might also know they've released a self-titled debut album on Shake It Records (the local-label branch of the Northside retail store of the same name). You've probably heard it's really good — because it…
The Anti-Rail Bogeymen Lose Their Teeth
On Sept. 29, a multi-year study of the future of transportation along I-75 came to something of a conclusion with a 27-1 vote to recommend a slightly wider highway along with expanded bus service and light rail. The lone dissenting vote was Hamilton County Commissioner John Dowlin, a leader in the anti-rail campaign last fall.…
News: Lament of the Faithful
Jymi Bolden The feudal hierarchy of the Catholic Church is falling, according to the Rev. Donald Cozzens. The Catholic Church is a feudal institution that has covered up sex crimes by its own leaders — and that's according to people who say they love the church. Speakers at an Oct. 4 workshop in Montgomery…
News: Off the Map
Jymi Bolden North Bend should maintain its identity as a village, according to Mayor Shirley Smith and Ron Nunnery, who chairs a campaign to defeat its proposed dissolution. Phil Wienkamp recalls that as a teen in the 1930s he found himself in the woods that was part of the village of North Bend, hunting…
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The House As a Body
The ancient Chinese art form of Feng Shui is brought to life in an urban, wooded setting as The Phoenix at Wiedeman Hill, built by Steller Homes for Newport's CitiFest Oct. 17-Nov. 2. William Ream (Angels in the Architecture) designed it, and Cyd Alper Sedgwick (Sedgwick Gallery) led the implementation of Feng Shui philosophy in…
What’s Life Like?
Deadlines ticked closer, looming with loser status. Responsible parties called the party line wriggling loose from respective responsibilities. One person wanted me to know he's not racist and that there's no reason to fear him. (Even if he is, I don't.) Another wanted a "positive story."(The truth always is.) Still others put in bids for…
Music: Casualties of Rock
Greg Q Join the Brian Jonestown Massacre — as many former local musicians have (including Daniel Allaire, far left) — at your own risk. The Brian Jonestown Massacre, a California Rock & Roll institution since 1991, has really become something of a finishing school for students of psychedelic music, a university of swirling guitar…
Leading by Example
Where can you find these vile and disgusting descriptions on the World Wide Web?"The video 'Barely Legal Volume #24' was reviewed by Detective Heidemann. The video is sexually explicit. The video displays clearly visible penetration of the genitals. The video has multiple scenes depicting a man climaxing on a woman's face." "The video 'Hustler XXX…
Music: We Are Family
Chugrad MacAndrews Band takes new "cleaner" approach too literally: (L-R) Grandaddy's Tim Dryden, Kevin Garcia, Jason Lytle, Aaron Burtch and Jim Fairchild. "I really like that place — I just read somewhere that apparently that's where the Tommy Gun was first designed," says Grandaddy drummer Aaron Burtch of the band's latest stop at Newport's…
Issue 1: Lots of Money for Corporations
Issue 1 on the Nov. 4 ballot asks voters to amend the Ohio Constitution to allow the state to borrow up to $500 million for science and technology initiatives. Voter permission is necessary because the state can issue bonds only for those purposes delineated in the constitution. Each time lawmakers wish to tap into Ohio's…
Whirlygig: 98: Out on the Town
Why Can't We Be Friends? It somehow seems noble to end a relationship with the "let's be friends" statement. Certainly it's preferable to saying mean and hateful things that, while describing feelings of the moment, might be a memory not long forgotten and not really how you want to let sleeping dogs lie. I'm just…
