Do You Have Too Much Estrogen?
Is it possible you have too much estrogen circulating through or deposited in your body? I'm not talking only about women. Men can suffer from this also. For the moment, let's concentrate on women. The latest research suggests that lifetime exposure to three separate sources of estrogen or estrogenlike compounds can be the cause of…
Puttin’ Out the Bone
Some people are having trouble getting it up these days. Hell, yes, the Sept. 11 sneak attack on America, on 7,000 innocent civilians, on timeless institutions, on freedom, on peace of mind, on air travel, on children's innocence was a mind-numbing event of American history. Yet some Cincinnatians are not yet lifting their American flags…
Cover Story: Strokes of Genius
The Strokes Whatever vaporous qualities define the Band of the Moment, The Strokes possess all of them. For the moment. The New York City quintet has totally infiltrated the minds of fans, critics and industry watchdogs. In doing so, the group has become the "It" band of 2001, the hot commodity to be gauged…
News: A Journey Home
Statue of Washington in Union Square Park As I sit in the Cincinnati airport on Sept. 21, I must admit to a more selfish purpose for my journey than humanitarian aid. Though I've been a "buckeye" for a good four years now, I'm still and always will be a born-and-bred, dyed-in-the-wool, go-Yankees-go New Yorker. I've…
Quasi
Quasi While only a duo, Quasi's latest release, The Sword of God (Touch and Go), has a full, warm and fuzzy feel, with their majestic (and occasionally fractured) melodic grandeur filling out the space between the lush ornamentation and organic orchestration. Quasi consists of Sam Coomes (who has played with Elliott Smith and Built…
The Negro Rears His Head
" 'God bless America' … those are songs from a long time ago." —Edward, white man on the street The Sept. 11 attack on America by what's turning out to be Osama bin Laden's boys has Negroes more confused and more perplexed than ever. And it's causing an ever-so-subtle rift many of us don't want…
News: Disorderly Conduct
Jymi Bolden On trial are (L-R) Carwyl James, Jay Marx, Molly Lyons, Natalie Nguyen, Catherine Austin and David Mitchell. Police officers did not spray Mace at bar and restaurant patrons strolling through Mount Adams on a recent evening, according to evidence submitted Sept. 24 in Hamilton County Municipal Court. This behavior is in contrast…
News: Out and About
Unlike previous years, the most prominent national conference on gays and lesbians in the workplace isn't going to San Francisco, New York or other cities with gay-friendly reputations. It's coming to Greater Cincinnati. The 11th annual Out & Equal Workplace Issues Summit is not actually in the city, in protest of Cincinnati's enactment of legal…
Diner: Rookwood Re-Potted
I guess I'm an urban conservationist at heart. I've always enjoyed going to buildings or establishments celebrating a second, third or 10th life in a different iteration of the original intent. Union Terminal, the Peterloon estate and the old Rookwood Pottery factory come to mind locally. The latest is the Rookwood Pottery Bistro in the…
My Rut & Welcome to It
President Bush has urged all citizens, each and every one of us, to go back to work. To resume our routines. To return to normal. And believe me, I'm trying. Trying hard. In fact, just yesterday, making every effort to follow the president's advice and get back to life as usual, at four different times…
Relationships
I can't believe a whole year has passed, and it's my anniversary again. My anniversary should be treated like everything else on my September calendar, such as the autumnal equinox: Acknowledge its existence then move on. I hate my wedding anniversary. And the thing I hate the most is there is an expectation to buy…
Chocolate Genius’ godmusic
When I asked the clerk where the new disc by Chocolate Genius was filed—Soul or Rock? (more on that later)—he led me to the Rock section. He said someone told him, in a feeble attempt to describe his music, that Chocolate Genius (Marc Anthony Thompson) reminded him of Elliot Smith. A more appropriate comparison…
In Times of Need, Clear Channel Turns off the Music
Art can be a welcome diversion in today's climate of sorrow and terror. In the days after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, it felt good to watch a Toronto Film Festival screening of Italian filmmaker Nanni Moretti's heartfelt melodrama, The Son's Room, a sensitive look at a married couple coping with the loss of a…
News: Working Through the Panic
I was asleep Sept. 11 when the telephone rang and a friend said, "Turn on your television," then hung up. It was the terrorist attack on New York City, certainly a mind-boggling act of violence, and for me this has been a solemn week, a grave week. People are bouncing off the walls, making wild…
