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What are the environmental and oosier mayors and their city counhistorical costs of using this site for a cils are beleaguered by fiscal crises reservoir? set upon them by Indiana’s legislaWho stands to benefit from this projture. Some mayors take up the challenge, working hard to trim expenditures, doing ect? Is this something Citizens Water (an Indianapolis public charitable trust) as little harm as possible to the public’s welfare. Other mayors invest in fantasies. sees as a public good or is it part of the imperial designs of that agency? Two such fantasies, notable for their Second, the Logansport project is inventiveness, are being pressed upon equally puzzling. Apparently, there the public in Anderson and Logansport. are moneyed interests in France, First is the proposal to flood parts of Anderson and Mounds State Park by dam- with unknown expertise, desiring to ming the White River. This proposal, as I understand it, has received $600,000 Is it somehow in the national interest from the State of Indiana to develop high-end homes and for a study of its benefits and costs. added recreational facilities between The proposal was initiated by the economic Anderson and Muncie? development folks in Anderson. They envision build an $803 million power plant in a recreational and housing bonanza for Logansport. In return for 4 percent of the reservoir and its surrounding area the gross sales, these benefactors ask that would rival the Geist development in only for a 25-year contract to sell elecMarion and Hamilton counties. tricity to Logansport consumers and Presumably, wealthy persons would businesses. This would be a natural move into luxurious homes on the banks of the reservoir, bring new hi-tech gas-powered facility, unlike the trashpowered generating plant previously businesses to Anderson, and share the new lake with recreation-starved visitors proposed by another mystery source. This project seems to have the enerfrom afar. In time, the reservoir would getic support of the mayor and his allies also provide water for the expanding on the City Council. In addition, the central Indiana metropolitan area. If Logansport Pharos-Tribune notes thatproperly conducted, the study should Brian Bosma is “the principal drafter” tell us how much of all this can come to of the power purchase agreement. How fruition and at what cost to whom. the project would be financed is unclear. A group of notables, the “Upper Would bonds be sold through the Indiana White River Watershed Alliance,” has Bond Bank for this private venture? If endorsed the study while carefully takLogansport needs a new source of elecing no explicit position on the virtue of tricity, what is wrong with existing private the project. Another group, composed companies or the Indiana Municipal of homeowners, farmers, park users and Power Agency? interested citizens has formed “Heart of Both projects will have to face federal the River” to oppose the reservoir. and state regulatory agencies. In the Would the federal government fund meantime, the reservoir and the power this project? Is it somehow in the plant can help the mayors demonnational interest to develop high-end strate their bold concern for the future, homes and added recreational faciliregardless of how flimsy the fantasies. n ties between Anderson and Muncie? 4 VOICES // 05.21.14 - 05.28.14 // 100% RECYCLED PAPER // NUVO
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nocking out yet another newspaper story on the school prayer issue a number of years ago, I interviewed a rabbi who recounted his anguish as a court ruled the plaintiffs — mainly libchild being left behind alone in a puberal religious leaders — had no standing lic school classroom while his peers to sue. So the lawmakers pray when skipped off to Bible lessons. they’re in session — as do many of us, This was prior to the 1962 U.S. when they’re in session.) Supreme Court decision outlawing Except for its three Jewish members institutionally organized prayer in taxand one of its two liberal Catholics, the supported schools, an event still known high court was pretty much fine with by many Americans as the banishment whatever discomfort, and whatever ramof Almighty God Himself to the wilderifications, sprang from the town counness by a mere mortal. (A ripe occasion cil’s virtually entirely Christian invocafor that now-familiar joke, that prayer tions. Defenders of this endorsement of will never be gone from the schools as state religion have dismissed objectors long as they have math tests.) as thin-skinned troublemakers who need Yes, assuming God is, then God is to practice the “tolerance” they preach. wherever God chooses to be. Invoking This twisting of tolerance, this bizarre the Higher Power in formal ways speaks prostitution of the virtues of openness to the relationships of humans, not to the divine, but to one another. In that regard, memory serves up regret for me. Regret that the tyranny of This twisting of tolerance … the majority is alive and well is a sign of our times, and an and indeed rejuvenated after all these decades. And regret apocalyptic one if you ask me. that my interviewing back in the day stopped with members of the non-Christian minority. and sacrifice into acquiescence to the The majority — and there are many whims of power, is a sign of our times, therein who agree with me — are the and an apocalyptic one if you ask me. natural leaders of secularism in governThe O’Hare and Greece matters are ment in a society supposedly founded not identical. But permit this non-lawon freedom of religion and not dominayer a broad inference. The court majortion by anyone’s religion. ity in each case represented society’s It is the Protestants — and today, the majority. The difference is, the societal once-second-class Catholics — who majority in the prior case was not meltshould be standing up for pluralism and ing away and threatened. That left room rejecting reactionary court rulings and legislation that affirm old pecking orders for magnanimity, a luxury for which the Roberts court has no time. and incite archaic prejudices. “When you pray, you are not to be It is the individual, it is the child suflike the hypocrites; for they love to fering needlessly and the citizen left stand and pray in the synagogues and in the cold, to whom the larger society on the street corners so that they may must bend if it is to live its highest idebe seen by men. Truly I say to you, als, the rabbi reminded me. And that’s they have their reward in full. But you, precisely why the high court ruling in when you pray, go into your inner the Greece, N.Y., case, and the acclamaroom, close your door and pray to tion for it from so many so-called conyour Father who is in secret, and your servatives, grieve me so. Father who sees what is done in secret (Naturally, Indiana Attorney General will reward you.” Greg Zoeller’s office filed an amicus That’s Jesus, via Matthew 6:5-6. It’s brief on behalf of allowing sectarian the precedent that belongs to the guys prayer in government settings. A fedin charge. Why don’t they use it? Or is it eral judge rejected that practice by our the earthly reward in full they’re after? n legislature back in 2005, but an appeals
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WHAT HAPPENED? Prayers for kidnapped Nigerian girls More than a month has passed since the kidnapping of over 300 Nigerian schoolgirls by the Islamic militant terrorist group Boko Haram. While a handful of girls have escaped since the April 15 capture, an estimated 276 remain missing. The abduction has drawn global attention. Around the world, people are rallying in support of the young women, urging Nigerian officials to prioritize their rescue. Many criticize the Nigerian government’s slow response and work to bring awareness to the situation. On Saturday, a prayer vigil was held by members of Indianapolis’ growing Nigerian community in support of the kidnap victims at the Beautiful Shades Nigerian Restaurant. Led and organized by local activist Reverend Mmoja Ajabu, the service offered sympathizers a place to gather in prayer for the young Nigerian women. This vigil follows countless services, rallies, and protests around the world that hope to give a voice to the missing girls. The hashtag #BringBackOurGirls has permeated social media, heightening awareness to the missing girls’ plight. Showing continued solidarity to the kidnapped girls, another vigil was held in Indianapolis the following night at the Messiah Missionary Baptist Church. — ANNIE QUIGLEY Young Mothers by the Thousand Teen pregnancy rates are at historic lows, but rates in Indiana are not declining as fast as the national average. According to the National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy, Indiana has seen a 45 percent drop in teen pregnancy from 1991 to 2012, compared with a 52 percent drop nationally. Betty Cockrum, president and CEO of Planned Parenthood in Indiana and Kentucky, said the highest rates of unintended teen pregnancy occurred in more rural counties. “That’s not a surprise because the two essentials to well-informed decision making around sexual activity particularly for youth is, first, education, and second, access to contraception,” Cockrum said. According to the report, there were more than 7,300 teens between the ages of 15 and 19 who gave birth in Indiana in 2012. Mental Health Service Gap While one in 17 Hoosiers is currently coping with a serious mental illness, such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder or post-traumatic stress syndrome, Joshua Sprunger, executive director of the National Alliance on Mental Illness Indiana, says one in four will experience a mental health challenge at some point in his or her lifetime. May is Mental Health Awareness Month and he says it provides an opportunity to open up conversations about mental illness to ensure those who need help are getting it when and where they need it. For help in a mental health emergency, call 800-273-TALK , 317251-7575 or text CSIS to 839863. — MARY KUHLMAN, INDIANA NEWS SERVICE 6 NEWS // 05.21.14 - 05.28.14 // 100% RECYCLED PAPER // NUVO
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he hottest new trend from Paris hit the streets of Indy on Monday: an all-electric car-sharing service. A jubilant Mayor Greg Ballard and First Lady Winnie Ballard on Monday joined Indianapolis Power and Light Chief Executive Kelly Huntington, Vincent Bolloré, chairman and chief executive of the Bolloré Group, and a coterie of other city and industry officials a to launch BlueIndy, an all electric car-sharing service that is poised to be the largest of its kind in the Americas. BlueIndy represents “a new era of transportation ability and freedom for people across this city,” Ballard said, noting he hopes to build on success of the Indiana Pacers BikeShare program, which registered 3,000 transactions in its first week of operation this spring. “We’re finally witnessing the dawn of the electric car era revolution,” Ballard said, noting that in the same way consumers are now used to on-demand entertainment, BlueIndy offers ondemand cars that are “there when you want it or need it.” Officials estimate that using a car share service would save the average user $200 a month over the costs associated with owning and operating a vehicle. The mayor said he hoped that BlueIndy’s presence would not only provide an additional amenity to capture the fancy of those evaluating the city for future residence or business, but that Indy would “provide a model to the rest of this country — and the rest of the world.”
Electric leadership Indy is a leader in its adoption of Bolloré’s technology, but Paris stands as the pioneer. The city’s Autolib service has logged more than 5 million rentals with 2,000 cars and registered 140,000 subscribers. The electric vehicles have saved the equivalent of 5,000 tons of carbon dioxide from being emitted during the 27 million miles their drivers have traveled thus far. The Bolloré Group itself is headquartered in France
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The Bolloré Group will invest an estimated $35 million to establish BlueIndy, which will be the largest all-electric car sharing service in the Americas. A driver’s license and credit card is all that is needed for membership. Final fees have yet to be determined. In Paris, monthly fees are about $13 and a 20-minute trip averages about $4.50.
“Indianapolis is, to us, the most and has international operations in a famous city in the world,” Bolloré said, variety of businesses from palm oil to ribbing the Indy scouts for spending shipping. The company employs 55,000 “three days trying to break our system in people and has an estimated market capitalization of about $17 million. The electric vehicle industry began heralding “We’re finally witnessing the dawn Indy as a national leader of the electric car era revolution” in the transition award from gas-powered vehicles — MAYOR GREG BALLARD after Ballard issued his goal in December 2012 to convert the city’s vehicle Paris before adopting (it).” fleet — over 3,000 vehicles — to electric or hybrid by 2025. The World Electric Vehicle Association awarded Ballard its E-Visionary Award in 2013. The personal relationships the Bolloré BlueIndy’s unveiling on Monday Group was able to establish in Indy occurred in conjunction with the provided one of two reasons his comElectric Drive Transportation pany opted to begin its U.S. rollout in Association’s annual conference, Indiana, Bolloré said. The second reawhich will run through May 21 in son, he added, was that “Indianapolis Indianapolis. The group chose to has always been the green light in the locate the event away from its usual world for cars.” base in Washington D.C. in part out of its members’ enthusiasm for Indy’s efforts to embrace electric.
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THOUGHT BITE ARCHIVE In connection with the unconstitutional and American-ki-killing order to start a war against Iraq, there is the question of whether the CIA intelligence was good or bad. But there is also the question of whether the decision-makers had any at all. (From the week of Feb. 18, 2004) – ANDY JACOBS JR.
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CAR , FROM PAGE 06 And, with Frenchman Simon Pagenaud winning Indy’s inaugural Grand Prix on May 10 and racing in Sunday’s Indianapolis 500, France’s interest in Indy car culture is primed for continued growth. Bolloré’s initial investment in BlueIndy is an estimated $35 million. An estimated 20,000 subscribers are needed for the business to break even Bolloré told a Bloomberg reporter. Bolloré’s proprietary lithium-metalpolymer batteries — which offer a lower-cost storage model than has been previously been available — provide the foundation for the company’s success on the electric vehicle front. Bluecar batteries power a maximum range of about 150 miles per charge. In addition, the company is pursuing applications in generator replacement, trams, boats, buses, housing and more. The subsidiary responsible for the Bollaré’s transportation businesses, Blue Solutions, is a publicly traded company in Paris. “New electric cars are very expensive; not a lot of people can have that,” Bolloré said, noting that he hoped his “cheap, easy, good service of electric cars” would allow clients to help contribute to quieter, cleaner cities without having to give up their cars.
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Officials gathered at a ribbon cutting on Monday to launch Indy’s new all-electric car share service, BlueIndy. From left: Brian Wynne, president of the Electric Drive Transportation Association; the Bolloré Group’s chief executive, Vincent Bolloré; Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard; Paul Mitchell, Energy Systems Network’s chief executive; and Kelly Huntington, president of Indianapolis Power & Light Co. Below: Mayor Greg Ballard was pretty stoked about his new BlueIndy membership card, ordered for him personally on Monday by Vincent Bolloré at Indy’s Downtown rental kiosk.
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How green can we get? Bolloré called the quest to efficiently store energy “one of the greatest environmental challenges of our time,” as civilization grapples with the human health costs and the ecologic harm associated with greenhouse gases, particulate matter and noise pollution. “This project truly sets us apart from any other city in the U.S. and puts us on the radar globally,” IPL’s Huntington said. IPL has already installed 162 electric vehicle charging stations around the city and established a special EV charging rate available off peak hours. Some estimates place the per-gallon cost compared to gasoline at 55 cents a gallon. Indiana’s electric industry, which still depends on some older, coal-fired power plants — and has more coal ash ponds than any other state in the nation — is in transition toward more renewable sources, Huntington commented during the reception. “It’s so exciting to match the demand (associated with BlueIndy vehicles) to the intermittent supply of wind and solar, providing even greater capacity to expand it in the Midwest,” Huntington said, noting that IPL hopes to soon add
a new, natural gas-powered combined combustion gas turbine into its production mix as well. In addition to the environmental advantages electric vehicles offer, Mayor Ballard, a veteran of the Gulf War, is vocal about his distaste for sending U.S. dollars abroad for oil. “Historians will not be kind to the West when referring to this 40-year period beginning in the 1970s,” Ballard in comments made earlier Monday at the National Governors Association meeting of top state energy officials, who were also in town. “They will refer to the period as the greatest voluntary transfer of wealth in world history, with so much of that transferred wealth being used to do us harm. … A strong case could be made, as many have done, that the United States is financing both sides of the War on Terror.”
A kiosk is currently set up Downtown on Washington Street, just northeast of Meridian Street, to introduce Indy to the service and allow people to take a free trial. The final rates have yet to be set. The company hopes to have its initial operation fully established within eight months — including 500 electric vehicles, 200 service locations and 1,000 charging stations. It takes a valid driver’s license and a credit card to establish an account, which can be done at the kiosk 24-7. In Paris, Autolib membership costs about $13 per month, plus a per-trip fee that averages about $4.50 for 20 minutes. In Indy, the company plans to establish 25 initial locations — many Downtown as well as locations in Broad Ripple, Castleton, Irvington and Glendale. Subscribers can borrow a car from one location to return it to another. As they begin to acclimate to the increased presence of electric vehicles, Bolloré warned drivers to be cognizant that the cars are quiet — not at all like most combustion engines — and therefore drivers must be more sensitive about pedestrians, who may not hear an electric cars approach and be forewarned to exercise appropriate caution. Indy’s other Blues — the Colts Mascot, Blue, and Butler’s bulldog, Blue 2 — also joined Monday’s festivities. Blue, the Colt, even settled in for a test drive of one of the racy Italian-designed BlueIndy vehicles, a fact to which Bolloré, one of the richest men of the world, reacted with the priceless delight of a school kid. n
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BOLSTERING INDIANA'S SENSE OF PLACE This image, taken with airborne laser technology known as LiDAR, offers an image of the upper reaches of the East Fork of the White River in Bartholomew County previously unseen by any of its inhabitants. Whereas aerial photography of the past enabled a two-dimensional view of Indiana's landscape, LiDAR enables its users to determine the topography of the landscape. In this case, cartographers at the Indiana Geological Survey were able to use GIS (geographic information system) software to analyze the elevation data acquired through the LiDar (Light Detection and Ranging) imaging project. The modern river channel, just south of the confluence of the Driftwood and Flatwood Rivers near Columbus, appears as the bold white trail. Older channels are shown in shades of blue, with the oldest — and most shallow — channels shown in progressively darker blue. "Although this image looks more like art than something that can be used in research, many geomorphologies, geologists and geographers will see past its beauty to the underlying scientific value in floodplain and river channel mapping, paleo-channel development, and fluvial sedimentology of a dynamic channel system," researchers wrote in a caption for the picture, which they used in a recent calendar.
Indiana Geographic Information Officer Jim Sparks certainly sees the potential of the imagery, which looks somewhat like an x-ray of the landscape. "When that project is complete, we'll have a full state levee inventory for the first time," Sparks said, adding that the images also help people to understand how many times a river changes course — and how wide-ranging its meanders can be — throughout the course of history. At the 2014 Indiana GIS Conference, held May 7-8 in Indianapolis, participants in the statewide IndianaMap project discussed the progress to date on the three-year the project to collect LiDAR imaging of the entire state. These materials will feed in to IndianaMap.org, which represents the combined efforts of federal, state, local organizations and agencies, and universities to provide a centralized repository of maps and GIS data to help Hoosiers better develop their sense of place and policies toward land use. The applications of GIS are even more wide-ranging than the White River's historic channel path. Presentations at the GIS Conference covered a variety of subjects, from targeting crime hot spots to mapping the best morel hunting locations. — REBECCA TOWNSEND NUVO // 100% RECYCLED PAPER // 05.21.14 - 05.28.14 // NEWS 9
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That is why year after year, innocent and naïve first-timers bop along en route to the Speedway, their minds filled with excitement and sugar plums, totally oblivious to some of the ugly realities awaiting them – the inherent, unavoidable realities of cramming 800,000 people or whatever into a 2.5 mile POWDER KEG OF INTENSITY AND/OR BEER. Unpleasantness and emotional scarring can ensue if you’re not prepared, if you’re caught by surprise. Do not get caught by surprise, Mr. & Mrs. 500 Freshmen visiting from Des Moines. Learn from me. Learn from my mistakes. Learn from my reckless Jello-shot poisoning(s). Let me be your instructor. (Clutches podium in a scholarly manner, accidentally stabs self in the eye with it.) Let me fill you in on some of the more – shall we say – potentially untoward aspects that you’re largely unaware of, but for which you should be prepared.
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The traffic Ever been to a crowded goat market in Nairobi? No? Well you will be, at roughly 7 or 8 or 9 or 10 am on the morning of the race, should you choose to drive there. 30th Street … Georgetown Road … 16th Lafayette Road … for a 3-mile radius surrounding the track, they’re all the same level of ENDLESSLY GRIDLOCKED TYPE-9 RAGE DIABETES. Ideally, you’ll require the following to cope: • A four-hour block of time, • a horse-strength Xanax injection straight into your spinal cord, and • a sawed-off shotgun. It’s an epic battle, that pre-race traffic. A battle between time, your dangerously elevated blood pressure, and those drunkards in the back seat who need a restroom every 85 feet. Facial tics abound — as do f-bombs & violent rants against tyranny, for some reason. These are tense times and stakes are high. Of course, your sanity will be most tested when a police-escorted motorcade inevitably zings past your car at 75mph. You’ll find yourself momentarily championing Communism, where classes are equal and nobody can just buy their way through horrendous, stroke-inducing congestion. But alas, you must resist. Do not side with Communism. And do not toss a full 32-oz. bottle of Mickey’s through one of their fancy windshields; that is a crime of some sort. Serenity & Democracy must prevail. So merely do as I do: keep your calm, roll your window down, and respectfully wish them well on their journey by hurling insults & deli meats at them.
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Sunscreen is a must for those pasty skinned areas that will be exposed to light for the first time in 78 years.
The unholy carnage of the Saturday night festivities Thinking of parking in the Coke Lot on Sunday morning, are you? Or maybe the fabled North 40 Lot? Some other lot, perhaps? No matter. They’re all reasonably similar. And by that I mean each will resemble the fucked up aftermath of the Battle at Antietam — provided, of course, that naked Union survivors were grilling omelettes and bonging antifreeze atop the bodies of the dead. Let us be clear on this, Indy Newcomers: you will see things along your journey to the track that you cannot
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un-see. Disturbing, unnatural things that will forever challenge your sense of reality. You will see slaughtered woodland creatures and blood-stained javelins and the charred remains of some hideous sofa. You will see at least one person sprawled out atop a makeshift surfboard who you genuinely fear is in need of immediate medical care, but yet is widely ignored. You will see troubled 12-year-olds brewing their own whiskey in a hollowed-out engine block — and they will nod confidently at you when you pass. You will see spent artillery shells and severed tentacles of some sort and a tired-eyed hooker named “Lady” who’s chewing tobacco. In short, you will see more than
enough evidence to lead you to one inescapable thought: that WHATEVER went down here last night, it was exceedingly grandiose & filled with unimaginable danger. Which is mostly true, I think. For there is no Law in these parts. And there are no rules. Except for one: This is not for your children’s eyes. You have been warned.
The coolers It does not ring well in the capitalist ear of American sports, but Indy 500 spectators are allowed — nay, encourS E E , I N D Y 5 00, O N P A G E 1 2
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The attire Perhaps you’re knocking off bucket-list items
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two at a time – like, say, pulling the old Kentucky Derby/Indy 500 double dip. Neat! Good for you! Now know this (it is a biggie): Indy is not flowery hats and seersucker suits and polished $400 wingtips. In fact, it is the exact opposite of that. Unbeknownst to you first-timers, one of the greatest traditions of this blessed realm is how otherwise reputable and accomplished Indy residents sport greasy track ‘staches and jorts and fishnet tank-tops as we proudly rock a style all our own — “dirtball chic” — for the entirety of Race Weekend. That is how it has been done for GENERATIONS, since AJ Foyt and Beowulf built this heavenly Speedway out of bricks & sorcery some 2,500 years ago. Don’t believe me? Well, believe this: significant, widespread ridicule awaits the dope who climbs the Turn 3 bleachers wearing a fucking linen suit and a pork pie hat – and by “ridicule” I mean “stab wounds.” You see, an inner dirtball lives in us all, for good or ill, and once a year it gets to roam free and unshackled, its greasy hair blowing in the figurative meth fumes of poor choices. And that time draws near once more. That time is simply, unimaginably glorious.
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Yes, Mr. Indy 500 Greenhorn — that will in fact be “Gomer Pyle” singing. No, he’s not from Indiana, nor does he live here (although he’ll be delighted to be “home.”) And yes, those tatted-up roughnecks standing behind you will be singing right along with him, unironically, tears streaming down their muttonchop’d cheeks. As will most everyone. Your eyes and ears have will not have deceived you. What’s more, this is ol’ Jim’s swan song, his last rendition of that storied tune at this fabled venue. The most hardened biker among the masses will be wailing in blubbering buckets this year, weeping tears of homemade blue tattoo ink at the rate of twelve gallons per second. Certainly, it will be an extraordinarily odd scene to you. All of it. Particularly if you’re from Shreveport or Pittsburgh or anywhere else NOT in Indiana. They’re putting me on, you’ll think to yourself. This is a joke, right? I assure you, it is not. For you see, traditions abound at the Speedway — but few are as sacred as Jim Nabors. How it came to be is not important. But just know this: what will seem entirely illogical & hokey to you will seem entirely magnificent & moving to us. That is not a joke of some kind, nor an exaggeration. He is our Patron Saint of Raceday, and that song is our battle hymn. We will treat them both with the
reverence they deserve. Do not mock the Moment. Do not desecrate it. Do not speak ill of it, at least not in public. ESPECIALLY this year, St. Nabors’ last. Fellow spectators will rain swift retribution down upon you, and you’ll likely have Nabors’ burly fists to contend with at a later time. You’ve been duly advised.
The men’s room urinal troughs I regret to inform you, Mr. 500 Virgin, that you inevitably will — at some point — find yourself standing cheekto-jowl with some shirtless brute named “Horseshoe” as he lets loose with a mighty piss into what is basically a long sink that you’re also supposed to be pissing in simultaneously. And to your immediate left? Why that’s just some 68-pound hobo who smells of moonshine and felonies – he’s quite eager to strike up a spirited discussion with you regarding how much money is in your pocket. He may or may not be holding a dagger. Pay them both no mind. OH, AND HURRY THE FUCK UP AND GO ALREADY.
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The 600 people standing two feet behind you have no patience for your timid lollygagging. They can sense fear, and fear causes delay. This displeases them greatly. They will beat you with their wallet chains if need be. Make no mistake, my gun-shy little friend – the urinal trough is not for the faint of heart. It is the tightest of tight quarters, and it can mentally shatter you if you let it. It feasts on the unassertive, bludgeons the cowardly. But conquer it without incident, and it will have made a man of you. A real man. A man impervious to all forms of disorientation and pressure and being waterboarded. My advice? Look straight ahead. Do NOT avert your gaze. Speak to nobody. Be quick. Be smart. Get out. And crack yourself a beer, cowboy. Welcome to manhood.
ACROSS: 2. What convention is coming to town on May 30th? 4. Which all-natural frozen treat shop opened in Broad Ripple? 5. Who is the comedian coming to the Hilbert Circle Theatre on May 24th? 8. What team did Indy Eleven face on Saturday, May 17? 9. In what state did Evan and Matthew Haughey grow up? 10. Which Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra music director is retiring? DOWN:
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1. Which Indianapolis museum is celebrating their 25th anniversary this year? 3. Where is it Schooner Night every Monday and Thursday? 6. Where can you take the family for boot camp? 7. Which photographer is being showcased at the Eiteljorg Museum?
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What country was the winner of the Inaugural Grand Prix of Indianapolis from?
You will not know from where it came. Nor from whom. But rest assured, it will come. It will gracefully float through your section like a long tattered scarf on the Ghost of Snake Pits Past. That is how it has been, and how it will always be. Now, understand this, Rookie: your opinion on the practice is irrelevant. Whether you condemn it or condone it matters not. What matters is how you react to it. This will speak volumes. That said, DO NOT seek out a police officer to demand a criminal investigation into the matter. He hasn’t the time
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for your indignant outrage. For on this fine day, his jurisdiction begins and ends with violent felonies, and nothing less. Conversely, DO NOT gleefully belt out Bob Marley lyrics lines and otherwise make a scene. Don’t be “that guy.” Everybody loathes that guy and secretly wants to slam his neck into a steel girder. Instead, act like you’ve been here before. Keep your head. And take notice of those around you. For when that mysterious plume comes wafting through, the seasoned and savvy 500 Veteran remains unfazed, casually sipping his lager, completely at peace with the martial-law-like atmosphere that surrounds him. Do that.
The mysterious Underworld beneath the grandstands Listen here, Indy 500 Neophytes, and take heed. Heat stroke and inebriation do not mix well — they can screw up your Race Day in a hurry. And while there are various precautions that should be taken to avoid just that, some of you will foolishly drink your way right
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past them. Fair enough. It happens. Just know that at some point, you will be tempted to seek refuge in that cool and shady oasis beneath the grandstands. You will be enticed by its moderate temperatures and relative tranquility — a seemingly fine respite from the chaos you’ve endured over the last six hours. DO NOT seek shelter there. Untold dangers await you there in that lawless and heavy darkness, none of them particularly pleasant. For there are babies are being made and fat men sobbing and well-heeled housewives passed out cold. There are troublesome thieves frolicking about, as well as mythical creatures in shiny armor. Only the catastrophically drunk will urinate down there, but they do it often and with little regard for accuracy or decency. There are strange and foul substances constantly raining down from above, but the families of Gypsies quietly picnicking and playing flutes atop plaid blankets don’t seem to mind. They never have. The list goes on and on indefinitely, frankly. For there is nothing off the table down there, and nothing ever will be. Witnessing ANY of these things — much less all of them — can lead a man to ruin. It is incumbent upon you to regain your clarity, withdraw yourself from this primordial Crazyland, and reach exit velocity to once again rejoin your compatriots for the conclusion of the Race. Heat strokes are temporary, friends, but debilitating psychological traumas are forever. I know this because …
The heat 90 degrees is simply 90 degrees on most days in most parts of the world, but 90 degrees at the Indy 500 may as well be 9,000. Or higher. This is because many doomed & melting souls will be sitting
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atop a goddamn hellscape of hot-plated aluminum. (I’M LOOKING AT YOU, GSTAND IN THE SOUTHWEST VISTA!) The sun there – and in other sections no doubt – doesn’t just punish you one-dimensionally, from above, like any decent/nonasshole sun tends to do. No, because what doesn’t microwave you from above goes straight down into the Solar Intensifying Death Reflectors at you feet and instantly SHOOTS UP THROUGH YOUR INNARDS like a bad shock of electricity. Or so it was in aught-8 or -9, I cannot recall exactly, my brain has deleted much of the nonessential data from that day. Oh, it was awful! Just awful! My Norwegian ancestry is not equipped to handle such things, and an ugly scene grew worse when I foolishly chose to hydrate with MORE beer (bad idea) and then a bottle of cold Italian dressing for some reason that I’ve since forgotten. (MEDICS!) So on that wretched day, I ultimately took the Walk of Remorse. I walked my charred ass right down into that dark Netherworld below the grandstands, if only briefly — just as I pray you never shall. Yes, I admit: it was so wonderfully shady & damp down there! Like a cool, welcoming, varmint-filled icebox in a world of stifling jungle heat. And even the cold foulness raining down atop my head was delightful — almost exhilarating! I regret nothing! (Except for the fact that I got rabies and PTSD down there. I very much regret that.) And there it is. Let this be your guide, Indy 500 Virgins. Your bible, your atlas, your GPS through the descending circles of Dante’s Inferno (if Dante had added really loud engines and tube tops). Go forth now and make merry and indulge in all manners of poor life choices, for it is Race Weekend! But do NOT seek shelter beneath the grandstands. Ever. n NUVO // 100% RECYCLED PAPER // 05.21.14 - 05.28.14 // COVER STORY 15
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A&E EVENTS James Spencer Russell gallery talk Want to learn more about James Spencer Russell, the Indiana-born artist who came to prominence in the ‘60s alongside pop art pioneers like Rauschenberg and Lichtenstein, but was nearly forgotten by his death in 2000? Then get thee to this lecture by BSU English prof Patrick Collier exploring Russell’s interest in Joyce’s Finnegan’s Wake. Contact mruschman@indianamuseum.org to reserve a seat. Indiana State Museum, May 21, 6:30 p.m., FREE, indianamuseum.org Garfield Shakespeare Company open house/fundraiser Admission is free to this getting-to-know-you event devoted to Garfield Park’s resident theater company, which will feature short vignettes by GSC actors, plus hard cider from New Day. Garfield Park Arts Center, May 22, 6 p.m., FREE, garfieldbard.webs.com Box Office of the Damned The story goes that composer/lyricist Michael Ogborn came up with his parody of theater employees and patrons after working the box office himself during a musical theater festival in Philadelphia in the ‘80s. Ogborn’s musical revue debuted off-Broadway in 1989 and has been circling the country ever since, picking up very nice reviews along the way; “pure theatrical Viagra,” says the Philadelphia Weekly. Theatre on the Square, May 22-June 28, times and prices vary, tots.org OZ Unscripted: An Adult Trip ComedySportz is switching things up again in its rotating Friday night spot with the return of an improv rendition of The Wizard of Oz restricted to audiences 17 or older. ComedySportz Indianapolis, Fridays at 10 p.m. (May 23-June 27), $14, indycomedysportz.com Artist conversation: Emma Overman A chance to hear Overman talk about the influences (including illustrator Richard Scarry) behind her show Bookish, up through the month at Indy Reads. Indy Reads Books, May 24, 2 p.m., FREE, indyreadsbooks.org
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t is springtime in Indianapolis, just slightly more than seven years since the passing of one of this city’s favorite sons, Kurt Vonnegut. 2007 was declared the year of Vonnegut in Indianapolis. This, of course, was before the man himself tripped and fell down the front steps outside his Manhattan brownstone, hitting his head and never regaining consciousness. At the time, Vonnegut was just weeks away from coming back to his hometown and delivering what he said would be his last public speech. He’d been working on it for months, refining punchlines, making sure local references were up to date. It was a great speech. Brought the house down at a packed Clowes Hall. As it happened, Vonnegut’s son Mark presented it in his dad’s absence. It turned out to be this city’s version of Kurt’s memorial service (the speech has been published in the posthumous collection Armageddon in Retrospect). But readers aren’t yet ready to bid farewell to Kurt Vonnegut. The years since his death have seen a spate of new Vonnegut books, including collections of previously unpublished stories, critical appraisals, a biography and, most notably, a volume of letters edited by Vonnegut colleague and fellow Indianapolis native Dan Wakefield. Now, in rapid succession, there are three more: a new edition of the short story collection Welcome To the Monkey House, including an essay by scholar Gregory D. Sumner that takes readers through successive drafts of the title story by way of NEW RELEASES WELCOME TO THE MONKEY HOUSE: THE SPECIAL EDITION A COLLECTION OF SHORT WORKS FEATURING “BUILDING THE MONKEY HOUSE” BY GREGORY D. SUMNER DIAL PRESS, $18
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Vonnegut’s drawings were first published this spring by Monacelli Press; a touring exhibition is in the works.
excavating Vonnegut’s writing process; If This Isn’t Nice, What Is?, a collection of Vonnegut’s college graduation (and a few other) speeches, selected and introduced by Wakefield; and, perhaps most unexpectedly, an art book featuring an extensive selection of Vonnegut’s drawings.
A new Monkey House Welcome To the Monkey House was first published in 1968, the year before Vonnegut would hit it big with
Slaughter-House Five. Up to this point, Vonnegut had attained a reputation as a writer of distinctive, albeit quirky, fictions that were often found in the sci-fi corner of the literary mine. The stories in Monkey House were decidedly commercial propositions, written at a time when popular magazines paid good money for them on a regular basis. Although Vonnegut constantly worried about money (he and his wife were raising six kids), he was able to earn a living by publishing in
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magazines like The Saturday Evening Post, Cosmopolitan, Esquire, Playboy and Ladies’ Home Journal. It’s easy to see why Monkey House continues to attract readers. The stories are companionable — a quality Vonnegut emphasized above all — and unabashedly imaginative. They are driven by ideas having to do with what it means to be human and, in particular, American. If, at times, these narratives seem to function like Rube Goldberg gizmos, this is Vonnegut’s way of playing with, even satirizing, expectations about how stories are supposed to work. And writer’s work is at the center of Gregory D. Sumner’s closing essay, “Building the Monkey House: At Kurt Vonnegut’s Writing Table.” Here Sumner presents us with a sequence of iterations that Vonnegut worked through on his way to completing the collection’s title story. We see the false starts and dead ends that had to be borne in order for the finished piece to come to life. Vonnegut, as Sumner makes clear, came to his seemingly effortless, conversational style through a painstaking attention to the nuances of every word he used. Comparisons with Flaubert (“le mot juste”) are apt. Two pieces in Monkey House stand out. Neither “Where I Live” nor “New Dictionary” are fictions. Though it seems to suggest the stories to come might be set in a particular place, perhaps linked, à la Winesburg, Ohio, “Where I Live,” the first piece in the book, is actually an off-the-cuff introduction to Barnstable, Massachusetts, where Vonnegut wrote most, if not all, of the stories. He clearly loved the place for its natural beauty, social nonconformity and the casual tribalism of many of its first generation residents. What’s it doing in Welcome To the Monkey House? What secret authorial strategy is Vonnegut deploying here to throw us off the track before we’re even started making tracks? Beats me. Something else is going on in “New Dictionary,” a brilliant review of — I kid you not — the Random House Dictionary, written in 1967. The piece is a dazzling performance, turning a seemingly thankless assignment into a series of irreverently insightful riffs. It’s also a juicy bit of literary history. “New Dictionary” was originally printed in The New York Times, where publisher Seymour Lawrence read it, loved it and wrote to Vonnegut, saying his door was always open. This was the beginning of a beautiful friendship — and its first fruit
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The success of Slaughterhouse-Five in 1969 made Vonnegut a star. Not only were his books now eagerly awaited, people wanted to hear him speak. Soon Vonnegut was complementing his author’s income with lucrative speaking fees, many of which were earned at college graduations. This is probably the point at which to say that what many people still think of as Kurt Vonnegut’s most famous graduation speech — the one about the virtues of using sunscreen and dancing and not paying too much attention to one’s hair — was not written or delivered by Kurt Vonnegut. It was written by Mary Schmich of the Chicago Tribune and, in 1997, went viral in cyberspace, a novelty at that time; “spooky,” as far as KV was concerned. But that’s how famous he was, still is. People assumed that voice was his. As Dan Wakefield, editor of the slim volume, If This Isn’t Nice, What Is?, points out in his introduction, Vonnegut took his speaking engagements seriously. Rather than create a one-size-fitsall speech to be delivered over and over again, he tried to custom-tailor each address for the audience and occasion. Which is not to say that each of the nine speeches collected here (including a memorable one for the ACLU of Indiana) is completely unique. Vonnegut had certain key ideas he wanted to get across and you’ll find them running through this book like the patterns in a particularly pleasing wallpaper design. Vonnegut’s messages, says Wakefield in his introduction, “were not all sweetness and light by a long shot. There is always his despair at the destruction of the planet, his contempt for the politicians who get us into war from the safety of their age and position, our need for the extended families and puberty ceremonies that gave strength to past societies and whose absence plagues our own.” Anyone who has read Vonnegut’s nonfiction, from Palm Sunday to Man Without a Country, will be familiar with the anecdotes and insights contained in these speeches. You could say this makes a collection like this one a kind of Vonnegut Lite. It’s a little like one of those keepsake books you find in gift shops. But then having a keepsake like this one ain’t bad.
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The ideas are pithy, the wit is never less than provocative, the caring is real and the voice…remains inimitable.
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Vonnegut famously said that art makes your soul grow. A new collection of his drawings, handsomely published by Monacelli Press, shows that, for Vonnegut, the visual arts provided an especially soulful stimulant. Although his daughter, Nanette Vonnegut, titles her introduction, “My father, the doodler,” Vonnegut’s drawings are remarkably accomplished. In fact, they are a revelation. If writing was hard work for Vonnegut, drawing was a way, as he said, to get his rocks off. “The making of pictures is to writing what laughing gas is to the Asian influenza.” Kurt Vonnegut Drawings consists of 145 pictures Vonnegut sent to Nanette in the mid-1990s, in what she describes as “two unwieldy shipments.” The book is divided into 10 sections, interspersed with brief Vonnegut texts, including Abstraction, Women, Faces, Lines, and Things. The works therein show the influence of Modernists like Georges Braque, Alexander Calder and Joan Miro. But what is most remarkable about them is how readily one can identify congenial connections between the writing and the images. There is an exploratory sense of humor on display here, the kind of willful play found in Vonnegut’s approach to narrative form. And, in the self-portraits and pictures of women, a certain ruefulness. Also an instinctive penchant for compositional assemblage. What is less expected are the confidence and sinuosity of Vonnegut’s line, the uninhibited energy of his visual invention. Although exact information about when many of these pieces were created is lacking, enough of them are dated for us to infer that Vonnegut went on creative binges with felt tip markers, working quickly and turning out several pieces in a matter of days. He is quoted — and was probably talking about himself: “The most satisfied of all painters is the one who can become intoxicated for hours or days or years with what his or her hands and eyes can do with art materials, and let the rest of the world go hang.” For anyone wanting not just to read Kurt Vonnegut, but see him as he may have most wanted to see himself, Drawings is a wonderful gift. n
A&E REVIEWS Bless Me, Ultima w The Phoenix’s rich production of Rudolfo Anaya’s 1972 comingof-age novel opens as an author (Scot Greenwell) tries to write about his “haunted childhood” growing up in New Mexico just after WWII, during which he witnessed several violent deaths. What saved him was a “grande,” a great-aunt, named Ultima (Elisa Creekmur), who came to stay with his family. As adult Tony taps at his manual typewriter up in a loft, we move into present-tense memories on the main part of the stage. Ultima is a curandera, a mystical healer. Some people are afraid of her power, but through her gentle love and guidance, young Tony (Gabriel Chambers) begins to find his way through conflicting messages from church, family, and friends. All three of these actors and the ensemble that supports them are excellent. Creekmur gives Ultima warmth, strength, and complexity; Greenwell nails the struggle, gratitude, and healing aspects of being a writer. Characters speak a mixture of Spanish and English (performances June 7 and 8 will be entirely in Spanish). The mix added another layer of mystery and lyricism without getting in the way of comprehension. Ultima helps Tony cross boundaries even between life and death, and elements of stagecraft enhance that sometimes unsettling exploration. At the back of Jeffrey Martin’s set design people seem to be pushing or swimming through a stone wall, and Ashely Kiefer’s costume design includes masks that reveal as much as they cover. — HOPE BAUGH Phoenix Theatre, through June 8 Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra with Benjamin Beilman e On Saturday, the ICO, together with Beilman, the bronze medalist from the 2010 International Violin Competition of Indianapolis, performed Mozart’s Violin Concerto No. 5 in A, an amazingly mature work for a 19-year-old composer. With an occasional slip here, a squeak there, and an off-pitch at another place, Beilman nonetheless captured the essence of the work’s solo parts with a well controlled tone and the chops to manage the difficult figurations. Following the Mozart we heard a rather astonishing Schubert “Unfinished” Symphony. This was ICO music director Kirk Trevor at his best, playing what I consider the two musically “densest” movements in symphonic literature: The work’s great popularity belies its even greater musical value. For one thing, the dark, mysterious-yet-lyric opening melody is carried in unison by an oboe-clarinet duo. I challenge anyone to find a previously written symphonic work putting those two instruments together in that way. At the end, Trevor acknowledged oboist Pamela French and clarinetist Candice Kiser separately for their faultless playing. That aside, the “Unfinished” clearly benefits from a reduced string complement, allowing the winds and brasses to shine forth with a different and better balanced color texture. And Trevor had his people playing with perfect balance, at the right tempo and with good precision throughout. — TOM ALDRIDGE Howard L. Schrott Center for the Arts, May 17 NUVO // 100% RECYCLED PAPER // 05.21.14 - 05.28.14 // BOOKS 17
EVENTS 98th Running of the Indianapolis 500 Ed Carpenter took pole position in the new qualifying format with a four-lap average of 231.067 — it’s the fastest since Helio Castroneves hit 231+ in 2003, which was followed by several rule changes that dropped speeds for a decade. Here is this week’s schedule:
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WEDNESDAY — Community Day: Watch members of the media change tires in the Pit Stop Competition and take a lap around the track in your own vehicle. (SLOWLY.) THURSDAY — Indy Lights Practice and Qualifying: The development series for IndyCar is on display with practice from 9 a.m. – noon and quals at 1:15. FRIDAY — CARB DAY: The Indy Lights Freedom 100 runs at 12:30 p.m., followed by the Pit Stop Challenge at 1:30. At 3:30 p.m., Sublime with Rome opens for former Van Halen-ite and solo picker-andbelter Sammy Hagar, because he can’t drive 55. SATURDAY — Legends Day: Mario Andretti will be honored. Jason Aldean and Tyler Farr will sing at 5:30 p.m. The End of Western Civilization gets underway in the Coke Lot just before sundown. SUNDAY — The Indy 500: The Greatest Spectacle in Racing. Jim Nabors’ last appearance. Sunburn. The green flag is scheduled for 12:12 p.m. Indianapolis Motor Speedway, times and prices vary, indianapolismotorspeedway.com Pacers v. Heat Your! Indiana! Pacers! opened their Eastern Conference Final series against the Miami Heat with an impressive 107-96 victory. (Game two had yet to tip when NUVO went to press on Tuesday evening.) Game three’s in Miami Saturday night. If game five is needed, we’ll see the series back here.
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Mario Andretti gets a smooch from team owner Andy Granatelli after Andretti’s 1969 Indy 500 win.
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ario Andretti and I have more in common that our obvious love for the sport in which we each forged very different careers: we’ve both been kissed by the same man. Mario’s kiss occurred in 1969 when his team owner, Andy Granatelli, walloped a wet one on his cheek, elated that Andretti had just delivered the first Indy 500 win for both of them. The juicy smooches I got from Andy ensued every time I saw him in person, but mine were smack on the lips — and usually lasted longer than the more famous Victory Lane buss Mario received. That was Andy. Never afraid to show his emotions, he once said, “That’s just me. I can’t help who I am. I was born supercharged.”
Andy Anthony Granatelli was born in Dallas in 1923, but grew up in the slums of
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Chicago with his brothers Vince and Joe after the stock market crash of 1929 wiped out the family business. Andy wasn’t poor very long. His entrepreneurial skills revealed themselves in 1933 when he raised money by collecting empty soda bottles during the World’s Fair. After dropping out of school at age 14, he found steadier employment, working in a grocery store. Eager to earn more money and pursue their love of cars, Andy and his brothers became auto mechanics. They purchased a gas station in Chicago, which they renamed Andy’s Super Service. Their revolutionary idea of having several mechanics simultaneously work on each car was the first of many innovations. Grancor, their hot rod shop, was the next venture. That’s when Granatelli began living up to the nickname he’d cherish, “Antonio the Great.” Andy began racing — and then promoting —hot rods, midgets and events for the Hurricane Racing Association. Everything he learned prepared him for the big show, the Indy 500. As he once said, “Indy was inevitable.” In 1946 the brothers drove an 11-yearold racecar to Indianapolis. Their driver, Danny Kladis, qualified in the back of
the field and ran out of fuel during the race, finishing 21st. Two years later, Andy tried it himself, but crashed during his qualifying run. Nevertheless, it was the beginning of a lifelong love of Indianapolis, even when Andy’s disappointments outnumbered his successes. As his son Vince said, “The thing that gave him the most gratification in his life was what he did at the Indianapolis 500.”
Indy Andy had vision. In 1958 he bought Paxton Products, a supercharger manufacturer that was losing money. Within seven months, it turned a profit. He sold the company to Studebaker in 1961. As part of the deal, he was made Studebaker’s vice president, chief engineer and driver. A couple years later, he walked away from that position to take on STP, the oil treatment with which his name became synonymous. It was his innovative marketing strategy that transformed the red, white and blue oval logo into an instantly recognizable iconic decal with the slogan “The Racer’s Edge.” It appeared everywhere,
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including on the “pajama” uniforms his crew wore at Indianapolis. It wasn’t just his STP attire that shook up motor racing’s establishment. He introduced mechanical change. From 1961 to 1965, he entered cars with supercharged V-8 engines, whose horsepower of 837 trampled the competitors’ 450 horses. But it was his 1967 entry that made people sit up and listen: the “whoosh mobile,” powered by a turbine engine and 80 percent fewer parts than the conventional piston-driven power plant. Parnelli Jones led 171 laps in it and looked like a sure bet to win — until three laps from the finish, when a $6 transmission ball bearing broke. The car was so dominant that the following year the United States Auto Club enacted a new rule to reduce turbine power by one-third. Undeterred, Andy entered a car for Joe Leonard, who led until eight laps to go, when a gear broke in the fuel pump shaft. Additional restrictive regulations put an end to the turbines, but not to Andy’s determination to win the biggest race in the world. His dream came true in 1969 when Mario won in a year-old car after crashing his four-wheel-drive Lotus in practice. Andy won again in the tragedymarred 1973 race with driver Gordon Johncock, but it was that joyous moment in 1969 that changed everything. He had conquered Indy. The flamboyant entrepreneur who rose to fame and fortune as the CEO of STP Motor Oil Company had earned the moniker “Mister 500” he wore so proudly and used so often, from the title of his autobiography to his email address.
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comparing notes about race cars, drivers and sanctioning bodies. Andy kept his finger on the pulse of all forms of motor racing throughout his life and offered great insights. I believe he could have led the IRL and CART out of “the split” and rebuilt American open wheel racing. No one had a better grasp of the situation and of the personalities involved than Andy.
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STP, the Indianapolis 500 or himself, he changed the way the game was played. He showed me how he played the game when we worked on a few projects together. He combined tireless energy, persistence, attention to detail, unwavering confidence and unflagging positivity, using his knowledge of the sport and of people to achieve success. That’s it. That’s how he did it. That’s how he won races, turned failing companies into profitable ventures and became a mogul of motor racing. He understood — and loved — both motor racing and people. It was the key to his success. His had good instincts. He believed people wanted to be happy. The single most important thing I learned from
Andy was already a legend by the time I met him at a hot rod show, where he was about to add yet another award to his long list of honors. He’s been inducted into two dozen automotive, racing and business halls “I can’t help who I am. I was born of fame, including the International Motorsports supercharged.” Hall of Fame, the Motorsports Hall of Fame — ANDY GRANATELLI of America and, of course, the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Hall of Fame. working with Andy was to send a posiA millionaire many times over, he had tive message. He carefully controlled already made his mark on the sport — many marks, in fact. In addition to his suc- every communication, scrutinizing each word; anything with the hint of cess with open wheel cars, his production negativity was transformed into a more cars set more than 400 world land-speed affirmative translation. Subtle distincand endurance records. Between 1972 tions made a powerful impact. It gave and 1981, Richard Petty won four NASCAR me a fresh perspective and I keep Andy’s series championships and four Daytona example in mind when I write. 500s in cars Andy and STP sponsored. A That’s not to say that Andy didn’t tell genius at promotion, whether it was auto it like it was. We enjoyed many hours of stunt shows, stock car races, hot rod races,
Andy read people. If he liked you, you became part of his entourage for life. He was a loyal and generous friend. He called me frequently, sent little gifts and invited me and my husband to his legendary dinner parties, where I was introduced to other Granatelli devotees, including drivers Parnelli Jones and Paula Murphy. Andy was ahead of his time in supporting women’s rights. Back in the Studebaker days of 1963, he put Murphy in an Avanti on the Salt Flats at Bonneville, where she set more than 360 production car records. Thanks to Andy, Murphy was the first woman to drive a race car at the Speedway. She ran test laps of over 100 mph in a supercharged Studebaker Novi, another Granatelli innovation. My turn to introduce Andy to a friend came when Ingrid Newkirk, founder and CEO of PETA, asked me to suggest someone from the world of motor racing to contribute to her book, One Can Make a Difference. He agreed immediately; it was another marketing opportunity. In typical Granatelli fashion, his chapter is titled “Just Pick Yourself Up … and Start All Over Again.” Persistence is another of Andy’s legacies. He never gave up. That’s his motto, in fact. His inimitable will to succeed is the theme of his rags-to-riches story. But what I’ll remember most about this larger-than-life character is what a big heart he had. The list of charities Andy supported was almost as long as the list of accolades he’d received. He even insisted his entourage contribute to charity. He loved people. He loved a good party; heck, he was the life of the party! He loved racing. He loved Indy. And I am privileged to say he loved me. I don’t know how he greeted Mario after that kiss in 1969, but every time we spoke, he told me he loved me. Every time we met, he landed another sloppy kiss on me. Every card, letter and email was signed “Siempre amore.” I spoke with Andy a few weeks before he passed away last December. He was recovering from a fall, but feeling good and looking forward to May. Indy won’t be the same without Mister 500, but Andy’s indelible spirit will continue to provide inspiration and he will always live in my heart. I love you, too, Andy. Siempre. n NUVO // 100% RECYCLED PAPER // 05.21.14 - 05.28.14 // SPORTS 19
OPENING Fed Up e This Laurie David (An Inconvenient Truth) and Katie Couricproduced doc about the dangers of Big Sugar strikes a nice balance between gut-wrenching interview segments with obese teens and sit-downs with major players working to head off the childhood obesity epidemic. Food writer Michael Pollan and Bill Clinton are some of the mega-watt interviews, but it’s Drs. Robert H. Lustig and Mark Hyman who really shine as the film deconstructs food myths and fumes at the way gov and industry feed off each other, at the expense of children’s health. Fed Up is glossy, confrontational and anger-inducing — and made me feel very badly about the giant Coke sitting in my drink holder. — KAT COPLEN PG, Opens Friday at Keystone Art Chef Jon Favreau, who launched his career with a film tapping into the very briefly hell-za-popular swing dancing craze (Swingers), again plugs into the zeitgeist with a comedy about a chef (Favreau) who quits his job at a haute cuisine restaurant in L.A., moves to Miami, and then partners with his ex-wife (Sofia Vergara) and a friend (John Leguizamo) on a food truck. The new venture permits him to rediscover his love of food, though he must take on a social media-savvy food snob (Oliver Platt) along the way. R, Opens Friday at Keystone Art X-Men: Days of Future Past The seventh X-Men film and Bryan Singer’s third (and first since 2003) finds much of the core cast returning: Hugh Jackman, James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence, Halle Berry. Reviews have been excellent (and if only the powers that be could’ve moved the press screening a bit earlier so NUVO could’ve seen it in time). Variety said Singer “stages a stealth reboot by introducing a playful timetravel element.” PG-13, Opens Thursday in wide release and 3D The Immigrant A well-received Weinstein Bros. production, directed by James Gray (Two Lovers, We Own the Night), about a Polish immigrant (Marion Cotillard) who falls into the clutches of a charismatic pimp (Joaquin Phoenix) upon her arrival in Manhattan. Her only hope for escape is Orlando (Jeremy Renner), a stage magician who happens to be the pimp’s brother. R, Opens Friday at Keystone Art
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hen I as a kid and allowed to stay up and watch old movies on Sammy Terry’s Nightmare Theater, it was a challenge sitting still long enough to see the monster. Before the creature made its big entrance, I had to endure the torture of waiting while the experts yakked and the square-jawed leading man got to know the beautiful lady. I vaguely understood that the buildup made the payoff better, but it was so hard staying awake until the monster finally appeared and the adrenaline juiced me enough to breeze through the rest of the show. Good luck to impatient kids who opt to wait to see Godzilla’s first big appearance, as the great beast isn’t fully seen until midway through his new picture. We get to see a couple of MUTOs (massive unidentified terrestrial organisms, I swear), which look like giant, very aggressive origami insects, around 47 minutes into the proceedings, but still … For this adult, the long set-up was okay. I liked watching Breaking Bad star Bryan Cranston make big money as a scientist fixated on the secrets behind a disaster in Japan 15 years earlier. He lost his wife (Juliette Binoche) that day and he wants answers. His now-grown son Ford (Aaron Taylor-Johnson) arrives and soon learns the dad may have been obsessed, but he wasn’t crazy. Ford turns up throughout the rest of the film, while his wife Elle (Elizabeth Olsen) frets on the home front. The short of it: The MUTOs eat radiation and they want to make more MUTOs. Enter Godzilla, the biggest cock-blocker on Earth. Understand, he’s not here to protect humanity. To my eye, he barely even notices humanity. He just wants to
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stop the critters because … um … guess I missed the explanation. Regardless, this Godzilla does justice to the original from 1954. He’s thickened a bit over the years, but the grand roar is still there. Godzilla reminded me of Clint Eastwood’s character in Gran Torino. He’s old, grumpy and wants to be left alone, and if you push him too far, he will kick your ass and make sure you absolutely, positively get off his lawn. Filmmaker Gareth Edwards (Monsters) has a good eye. Repeatedly, he finds interesting viewpoints for the disastrous goings-on. Indeed, the most striking moment in the film isn’t primarily focused on the monsters. A group of soldiers are flown towards San Francisco to make a high-altitude, low-opening jump into the dark clouds covering the
creature-infested city. Their first chore is to avoid smacking into a skyscraper when they emerge from the clouds. They leap into the sky to the strains of Gyorgy Ligeti’s Requiem (the buzzy music from 2001: A Space Odyssey) and what you see and hear is bleak, noble and stirring. Edwards is not inclined to present orgies of city destruction. He shows the results, or offers glimpses from a TV camera’s eye, but focuses more on the incidental humans trying to do something, anything, while the monsters duke it out around them. Godzilla has frustrating moments. The MUTOs attack Las Vegas and Edwards’ muted take is annoying. The original film was unrelentingly grim. Edwards settles on unrelentingly serious instead. I wish he had allowed a bit of levity. The Las Vegas segment certainly could have used some. Still, this Godzilla is the best I’ve experienced since the first one, so there you go. NOTE: While the film looks terrific on the IMAX screen, the unimpressive 3D does not warrant the extra ticket price. n
As High as the Sky Margaret is coping with being abandoned by her fiancee by compulsively cleaning and rearranging her house, at least until her sister and niece move in. The first-time feature by writer-director Nikki Braendlin screened at both Indy Film Fest and Heartland last year; it now returns following its festival run.
Planet Indy: Watermark From the filmmakers and photographer that brought you Manufactured Landscapes comes this exploration of our relationship with water via spectacular aerial high-res footage of the largest dam in the world (the Xiluodu, six times bigger than the Hoover) and the Greenland ice sheet, among other locales.
American Graffiti (1973) George Lucas paid tribute to the lost arts of cruising and border radio — with Wolfman Jack memorably playing himself — in his first attempt at a crowd-pleaser (after his glum and awkward debut, THX 1138).
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CONTINUING God’s Pocket u John Slattery (Mad Men) directs a dark comedy-drama that doesn’t really deliver the comedy or drama, but certainly provides a lot of griminess and misery. Adapted from Pete Dexter’s novel, the story follows a crooked meat supplier (Philip Seymour Hoffman) tasked with disposing of the body of his repulsive stepson (Caleb Landry Jones) who was killed in a “construction accident.” Complications ensue. Everything takes place in God’s Pocket, a poor neighborhood in South Philly. The players include Christina Hendricks, Richard Jenkins, John Turturro and Eddie Marsan. Good roster, poor casting. R, At Keystone Art (ends Thursday, May 22!) Million Dollar Arm t Agreeable, unexceptional inspirational sports movie from Disney. The fact-based story follows JB Bernstein (Mad Men’s Jon Hamm) a sports agent whose glory days are behind him. JB and partner Aash’s (Aasif Mandvi) are about to lose their business, unless JB, accompanied by a cranky scout (Alan Arkin), can travel to Mumbai and recruit a cricket pitcher who can pitch baseball. Their method? Stage a reality show called Million Dollar Arm. Packed with cliches, but they successfully pressed my emotional buttons. PG, In wide release — ED JOHNSON-OTT
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500 miles of craft beer Indianapolis Motor Speedway allows spectators to bring Indiana craft beer in cans or plastic howlers/bullets in a carry-in cooler, purse or backpack not to exceed 18 by 14 by 14 inches. Currently, there are three Indiana brews with a special nod to the Indy 500. 1) For two decades, Oaken Barrel has been offering Snake Pit Porter, alluding to the Speedway’s infield viewing section. It’s a robust ale, dark, rich, chewy and somewhat bitter, with a big and chocolaty malt flavor. It’s not in cans so fill a howler/ bullet at OB in Greenwood. 2) Flat 12 Bierwerks, named for the Flathead or “Flat-12” cylinder engine, is offering Hinchtown Hammer Down, a Golden Ale honoring James Hinchcliffe. The canned version is available only at the brewery; in bottles and on tap, Hinchtown is all over. 3) New this year is Cutters Redline Amber, in support of the “People’s Race Car,” an effort to crowdfund an Indy 500 car. It’s not in cans but you can fill a plastic howler/bullet at the Avon-based brewery. Meanwhile, you can find Indiana craft cans at select Crown Liquors, Kahn’s, 21st Amendment and Big Red, not to mention Kroger, Marsh, Whole foods and O’Malia markets, and neighborhood shops and drugstores with a beer section. Indiana breweries that can include Chapman, Cutters, Daredevil, Great Crescent, People’s, Sun King, Three Floyd’s, Tin Man, Upland. Or check out a couple events: Kahn’s on Keystone is hosting an Indiana and nationwide craft beer in cans tasting May 22 from 6-8 p.m.; and Crown Liquors downtown at 150 N. Delaware will host an Indiana craft in cans tasting May 30, 4-7 p.m. Happening now May 21, 6 p.m.: Bier tap takeover at Taylor’s Pub at Greenbriar, 1325 W. 86th St. May 22, noon: Port Barrel Wee Mac release at Sun King Brewing, 135 N. College Ave. May 24: Indiana City first anniversary celebration with special tappings of their 14 initial brews; Food trucks, music and more at 24 Shelby St. A new brew Bloomington Brewing’s 10-Speed Hoppy Wheat entices with a golden and hazy hue, a crisp citrus aroma from Mosaic hops, and an overall layered taste profile going from earthy pine to exotic pineapple. Richly balanced with pale, red wheat and Vienna malts, at 5.2 percent ABV and 27 IBU a pint won’t knock you off your bike. Available at 58 different serving places throughout Central Indiana and in Indianapolis from Aristocrat to Union Jack.
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carlet Lane Brewing Company, one of the newest breweries in central Indiana, will make its debut May 21 at Fire by the Monon (that’s a rain date for the party, first mentioned last week in Beer Buzz). I stopped in recently at the brewery, located in McCordsville at 7724 Depot St., to talk with CEO and brewer Eilise Lane and head brewer and production manager Chris Knott about their beers and the upcoming event. Scarlet Lane is situated on a 5.3-acre property, in what Lane calls “a nice, big building we can grow into.” She hopes it’ll become an “adult playground” where patrons can hang out, maybe listen to bands (stages are on the horizon). Scarlet Lane’s on-site offerings are presently limited to growlers and samples, but a tap room is due to open within a month, and Lane would love to have a food truck, too. And while they’re sticking to their three house beers for now, Knott and Lane hope to offer seasonals and sour beers in the future. Here’s more from our talk. NUVO: How did the whole idea for the brewery come about? EILISE LANE: It all started about seven years ago. I drank a beer, and I fell in love with it. I asked to speak to the brewer, and she wasn’t there that day, and I heard ‘she,’ and I was just really Scarlet Lane has started operations with three beers: a stout, saison and IPA. PHOTO BY JOLENE KETZENBERGER
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amazed and excited about hearing a woman brewing. And I decided that I was going to go home and learn how to brew. NUVO: Do you remember the beer that first sparked your interest? LANE: I can tell you because it was a very important beer to Scarlet Lane, and
Scarlet Lane is paying homage to it. It was a coconut stout, and it absolutely changed my mind. It was such a warm body, and it was this coconut that was so light and toasted that it was just magical how it came together. And I can still remember tasting that one glass so many years ago. And then when Chris and I came together and started talking about beers, I said, ‘I know I’m crazy, but I really, really have to do a coconut stout.’” And Chris was on board right away and was really excited. And so our first beer to market was Dorian, our coconut stout. NUVO: How did it progress into a women-owned brewery? LANE: It started out with home brewing, and it moved into more training for me. I’m a bit of a nerd and so it did involve going back to school to learn about beer fermentation specifically. During that time, I was working with my partners to put together a business plan and then eventually asking for investors. It was
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kind of interesting and amazing that we were able to go to different investors and all but one of our investors are women. They were excited to support us and see that not only was craft beer making a big bang, but there would also be women working in the industry. We have a lot of strong women that are supporting us, and of course we have our gentlemen that work with us and that are very important as well. NUVO: What kinds of beer are you brewing? CHRIS KNOTT: When we started talking about our lineup, probably about a year ago, really, we knew we had to come into the market doing something different. There’s a lot of breweries popping up around Indiana now. And we try to find places we can fit in, and luckily those were all beers that I love to drink. So we started out talking about a stout, and we want to keep stouts exciting. We love stouts, we love drinking stouts. But to try to keep it fresh, we’re going to do a rotating stout. This spring we’re doing a coconut stout, which has had really good reviews so far. We don’t really know what the next stout’s going to be, but it’s going to change. After that, we knew we had to have a light beer. I kind of brought the idea of a Belgian saison. I wanted it to be a low-alcohol saison, and it’s been pretty good so far. And we’ve got to have an IPA. We love hops, IPAs especially, West Coast, in-your-face hops. And we decided to do a red IPA, something a little different. Something with a little bit more malt flavor with the punch-in-your-face hops flavor. And we’re going to be debuting that next week at our tapping. n
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Barbecue and Bourbon The food is unpretentious and expertly prepared at this Speedway storefront, with meats cooked on a large outdoor smoker, the kind which doesn’t use electronic heat sensors and requires patience and attention to detail. The St. Louis-style ribs, prepared with a mildly spicy dry rub and no sauce, are thick and meaty, cooked to just short of where they begin to fall off the bone, so there’s still some work left for the teeth. They are pretty well perfect. Also impressive is the brisket sandwich, a thickly-sliced, generous serving which manages to be tender without falling apart, subtly smoky but not overwhelming. 1414 Main St. (Speedway), 241-6940, barbecueandbourbon.com Eat + Drink Constructed partly out of old shipping containers (the big metal ones you see at ports and on trucks), serial numbers intact, Eat + Drink goes beyond the limits of shabby chic and into the realms of post-apocalyptic exurbia, only without the smoke and zombies. It’s a welcome offshoot of the immensely popular Taste Café, with which it shares a kitchen and a number of menu items. Anyone familiar with the fresh and wholesome fare produced next door will need no introduction to the menu, which consists of a number of small plates and
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11501 Allisonville Road, 288-9671, rockstonepizzapub.com Shoefly Public House A refreshingly modern twist on the local pub, with an open plan design and picture windows looking directly onto the near-Northside neighborhood. Only high-quality meat and produce is sourced for the short but clever menu. A starter of duck wings with a light but zippy dash of chimichurri would set the tone nicely, the almost confited meat falling off the bone with little coaxing. A selection of pretzel flatbreads from $8 to $10 offer a slightly chewier base than the traditional kind, and come with an intriguing variety of toppings. And there’s a good selection of local and regional craft brews, with a short list showcasing some really excellent bottlings from small producers.
5168 N. College Ave., 925-2233, eatplusdrink.net Rockstone Pizzeria Pub The latest offering from well-respected Indy restaurateur Ed Sahm and partner Ryan Bucksot, Rockstone brings a fresh take on pizza and beer to the city’s far northeast side. While there’s no shortage of pizza in these parts, Rockstone elevates the genre to an impressive level of quality, drawing upon first-rate local ingredients prepared expertly and priced reasonably. There’s something magical about a perfectly-baked pizza, and Rockstone hits the mark; try the Goose, whose gloriously puffy but still chewy crust provides the perfect base
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122 E. 22nd St., 283-5007, shoeflypublichouse.com Soupremacy It’s small and crowded, but the new soup shop on the Circle is worth the effort. Tony Hanslits (The Chef’s Academy) makes the soups and salads, the bread is from Amelia’s and the emphasis is on fresh and local. Cups of soup run $3.49, bowls are $4.99 and half a salad is $3.49, but first-timers will want to opt for the trio sampler at $6.25. The chicken velvet is hard to beat; creamy but not cloying, and not too salty. The chili is appealing for its slow-to-kick-in spice, and the lentil soup is hearty and flavorful (though not particularly visually appealing). But our favorite so far is the thick and creamy roasted red pepper. 7 E. Market St., 423-0780, soupremacyindy.com Thunderbird The kind of place that makes you want to belly up for a couple of beers from the intelligent draft list, then wolf down a plate of biscuits with duck neck gravy and a fried egg before getting stuck into the hugely entertaining cocktail menu. All exposed bricks and beams, lovingly restored and seamlessly updated, this perfectly-proportioned Fountain Square space is devoid of knowing homages and hipster irony The cocktails exude wit and imagination, as well as an alcoholic strength and concentration of flavor that almost demands that you order something from the starch-heavy menu to mop up the booze. 1127 Shelby St., 974-9580, thunderbirdindy.com
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HIS KINDA PARTY Just five albums into his career, Jason Aldean has punched his ticket into one of the most exclusive clubs in country music. He’s joined Kenny Chesney, Luke Bryan and Taylor Swift in the elite club of country artists able to headline stadium shows – as evidenced by sold-out shows this summer in Philadelphia, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Washington, D.C. and Pittsburgh. He’s selling lots of music, too. His 2010 album, My Kinda Party, cemented Aldean’s status as a premier hit maker. Having moved nearly three million copies and spawned five number one singles (including “Don’t You Wanna Stay,” a duet with Kelly Clarkson that crossed over to the pop charts), “My Kinda Party” was some kinda blockbuster. Such success, though, comes with a price – namely the reality that his follow-up album, the recently released Night Train, would be judged by the standard set with My Kinda Party. “I remember when we made the My Kinda Party album, we had those songs that we felt like were cool,” Aldean recalled in a recent phone interview. “We just went in and cut what we felt like was a great record, which is kind of the attitude we’ve had every time we’ve gone in the studio.” He began his career playing gigs around Georgia, Alabama and Florida; it was a show in Atlanta in 1998 where he was “discovered.” Michael Knox, a representative with Warner Chappell Music Publishing, came to that concert and immediately offered Aldean a songwriting deal with the firm. Soon after going to work with Warner Chappell, Aldean landed a record deal with Capitol Records. Unfortunately, that deal fell apart before he was able to release an album. Aldean’s now signed to Broken Bow, where he’s has enjoyed not only success, but more freedom to take musical risks than he might have had on a major label. “Obviously, as an artist you don’t want to just settle into one thing and just hammer it away and you never really get outside of that box,” Aldean said. “I mean, I want to constantly try new things and push the limits a little bit. But at the same time, I think it’s important not to ever really get away from what got you to that point.” — ALAN SCULLEY
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f we’re being exact, it was right around midnight on November 22 of last year when the four local music legends first took the stage together. Due to a last minute change in plans (uncommon at the scheduled-to-the-minute Tonic) the four-piece — Rusty Redenbacher on vocals, Vess Ruhtenberg on guitar, David “Tufty” Clough on bass and Devon Ashley on drums — took the place of Bigger Than Elvis that night on Radio Radio’s Tom Petty stage. Breaking the typical Tonic format, the group quickly got their one Tom Petty cover out of the way before blasting into a set of “flames-licking-the-palace-walls” punk, featuring covers of LCD Soundsystem’s “Daft Punk Is Playing At My House,” The Pretenders’ “Precious,” The Ramones’ “Cretin Hop” and Black Flag’s “Nervous Breakdown.” Last IV was born on that stage. “There was an instant familiarity, and it sounded good right off the bat,” Ashley says to me, some months later. We are gathered around a table with the rest of his bandmates inside a dimly lit Radio Radio at a group practice last week. “You don’t always get that when you play with people. It takes a little longer sometimes to kind of dial it in, but we sounded good as soon as we started playing.” Each member of the band has plenty to show for their years of dedicated work in the Indiana music community. On top of
his solo success, Redenbacher has been part of a diverse collection of acts, including the Birdmen of Alcatraz, Mudkids and Lazarus. Tufty (Toxic Reasons, Bigger Than Elvis) and Ruhtenberg (United States Three, JOT, Action Strasse) both played together in Indiana’s most recognized punk group, The Zero Boys. And similarly, Ruhtenberg found himself playing alongside Ashley (Mab Lab, The Lemonheads, F.U.Z.Z, Those Young Lions) when he fronted The Pieces. With these long-lasting rock and roll ties to one another, Last IV really has been a long time in the making — decades in fact. “That’s kind of what it is: the last four guys that haven’t been in a band together,” Ruhtenberg points out, laughing. According to Redenbacher, the Tonic Ball show was really the initial “kick in the ass,” prompting the band to wholeheartedly pursue this new combo. While the four had remained active with their many other music pursuits throughout this time, Ruhtenberg says, “I think we all missed being in a high octane band. Tufty and I hadn’t been playing in the Zero Boys for a while — none of us had been charging through the gates.” In the months of preparation leading up to Tonic Ball, the band quickly discovered its raw, in-your-face edge. “We’re all about as subtle as a heart attack, so it’s likely to be a little bit of a boisterous band,” Ruhtenberg says. “We’re all capable of doing all sorts of
music, but when we get together, it just ends up being that way.” At their practice Wednesday afternoon, the band runs through a number of riproaring covers, including several from The Stooges. During our chat beforehand, the gang of four had not been shy about their Iggy affinity. Fantastic covers spanning the punk god’s discography prove this point. In fact, the band hopes to eventually play one full show of Iggy covers down the road, says Tufty. While The Last IV admits that playing these punk gems from their past is surely exhilarating, they like to channel the energy from these covers to write brand new material, “creating a vibe” for what they churn out. “It gives us a bunch of great songs to do that maybe you haven’t even heard by an artist you might even love,” Ruhtenberg says. “It gives us something to play, it gives you something to discover and we get informed in our musical way on the way. It’s really kind of a win for everybody.” The Last IV currently has five or six original tracks written, all of which have been a product of “spontaneous moments” of song crafting. The group looks to release an EP of these songs in the near future.” “Whether it’s a song we wrote, an old punk rock song, a funk song, a song from one of our former bands or anything, it’s totally just a vehicle to entertain, to have fun and to show off what this band can do more than anything,” Ruhtenberg says. n
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someone is like, “Oh, I just heard about this book I really like.” I think part of being so personal and delving through things is that I know I’m probably not going to say much about it much later anyway, so [laughing] people just have to deal with it. NUVO: I wanted to ask you about the choice to use the passage from Paul Verlaine’s “Aspiration” on the back cover of the album. Did you go into writing the album with that passage as inspiration, or was it something that you serendipitously came across while writing and recording?
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LOVELESS: When I was originally writing the album and just sort of hating everything I was writing, I started reading Verlaine just to sort of inspire myself. At the time, I was reading more poetry than I normally do, and I think that was the first poem in a book that I got of his, and it really hit me. Reading that was a jumping off point for a lot the songs, but they aren’t necessarily about that. It’s just where I was at the time — thinking about the music business in general and any kind of art. It just really struck a chord with me. I ended up sending it to the people who were doing the artwork, and they ended up putting it on the album, which is awesome. For me, I think it really ties the album together.
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Todd, the guitar player, Jay, the steel player, is super easy to get along with and quiet, and Nick is kind of the punching bag of the band — we all just kind of make fun of him constantly. [Laughs] I think it’s good. I think everyone has separate relationships and everyone gets along really well and can go off with anyone else and have a good time. NUVO: What I love most about your music is the fearlessness of your writing and all the passion in your voice. Have there been any subjects that you’ve balked at and have been afraid to air out because they’ve just been too personal? LOVELESS: Yeah, I think that’s something that’s happened before and I set it aside, but mostly it’s so cathartic that I go ahead and do it anyway. The only time it’s really bothersome is when someone is like, “So what is that about?” It’s like, “Eh. Just listen to it.” I want to leave things open to interpretation for people. I know if a song means a lot to me it kind of ruins it for me when you hear
LOVELESS: I just wasn’t feeling the songs. Everyone was like, “Was it because they were too country?” No, I just wasn’t into them. They weren’t exciting for me to play, and I didn’t really care about playing them for anyone else. The number one thing for me is that when I write a song and I need to feel really excited to show someone — not like “I want attention,” but like “This is so good I want someone to hear it” — almost like when you hear a song you like and you want to share it with people. I don’t know what it was. I think being really depressed was part of it. I didn’t even feel like doing anything. Working so extensively on the same album you get kind of burned out, and I didn’t really have a lot of downtime to think about where I wanted to go next. So I think I was just kind of stuck. Once I had written all of the songs I didn’t like, I felt like I had sort of cleaned out my brain to make room for better stuff. I had a hard time letting go of songs, too. I tend to cling to everything I write. So I think, ultimately, I had to write an album and throw it in the trash in order to write stuff that I like. n
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y experiences with Indiana Avenue's glory days all come secondhand, primarily through the music legacy of the Avenue's signature artists. But I've also explored the Avenue scene in the archives of Indy's most important black paper, The Indianapolis Recorder. A brief glance at the entertainment section of a vintage Recorder immediately reveals the Avenue as a cultural boiling pot that simmered night and day. One of my favorite Recorder writers is the late St. Clair Gibson, a hep-talking, streetwise scribe who covered the Avenue in a semiweekly column during the street's heyday from the 1930s to the '70s. "The joints were jumping with fine brown frames and their cool poppas playing like mad in the bistros until past curfew, which was 4 to 5 a.m. every morning including Sunday," Gibson wrote of the Avenue in February of 1978. Gibson covered the avenue when Ella Fitzgerald, Duke Ellington and Cab Calloway made their Indiana debuts there. And the locals were just as impressive:
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rocketed during the end of last century. One of the most egregious examples of this greed for space occurred in 1988 when city officials attempted to have the Avenue removed from the National Register of Historic Places to facilitate the demolition of several Avenue buildings protected by the Register's preservation guidelines. "They're killing the spirit of Black Americans. Everything has been taken away from us," Indianapolis City-County Councilman Glenn Howard said in response to the action during a Recorder interview from the period. The city's attempt to remove the Avenue from the wasn't successful. “Now ... just a memory lingers on.” Register But according to the Recorder, developers got what they — ST. CLAIR GIBSON, THE RECORDER, 1978 wanted anyway in a questionable deal with the Historic Landmark Foundation. Eventually the buildings fell, Scrapper Blackwell, Leroy Carr, Freddie Hubbard and Wes Montgomery are just a and by the early '90s the presence of African-American culture on the Avenue few of the names that earned their repuwas essentially gone. tations on the Ave. Now what's left of the The Recorder's wise old scribe St. Avenue exists more in legend than actual Clair Gibson had seen it all coming. For brick and mortar. One Wikipedia editor years, he'd issued stern warnings to the transcribing the history of the Ave put it Avenue's residents and by the 1970s his rather bluntly when he wrote, “Indiana outlook had turned bleak. Avenue now consists of a few historic "We dug the diggings along the main buildings and a plaque.” stem the other evening, and what I always assumed the demise of the we gazed our optics upon wasn't too Avenue was an organic process, an outencouraging," Gibson wrote in 1978. growth of loosening segregation poli"The old Avenue just isn't what she used cies that allowed black culture to evolve to be. Which is downright cruel if you beyond the thoroughfare's confines. While are a lover of the old street flavor. Those I've always felt disappointed that city were the days when certain joints never officials never attempted to preserve the closed. Now it's all gone, and just a Avenue, I never imagined they intentionmemory lingers on." n ally contributed to its demise. But the more I learn about the Avenue, Read more of Kyle Long's coverage the more I understand that it didn't die of Indiana Avenue on NUVO.net. from natural causes. It was murdered; killed by businessmen and real estate developers with the assistance of local > > Kyle Long creates a custom government officials. As IUPUI expanded podcast for each column. and Downtown's business district grew, Hear this week’s at NUVO.net the demand for property on the Avenue NUVO // 100% RECYCLED PAPER // 05.21.14 - 05.28.14 // MUSIC 29
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Bootleg DJs rotate weekly at the Biscuit for a laid-back night of jams and … Prohibition-era cocktails? It works more smoothly than one may expect. Currently DJs Rasul, Paren, Stroble and MetroGnome take turns at the decks. The Ball and Biscuit can get crowded, but it’s worth the wait for a seat on the low leather seats – and even more worth it if a talented local DJ programming the evening’s soundtrack.
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Chad VanGaalen With handmade instruments and a home studio at his disposal, VanGaalen’s released some of the most complex pop records of recent years and his latest, Shrink Dust (Flemish Eye, Sub Pop 2014) is his strongest yet. A country album of sorts, Shrink Dust follows a dynamic structure that is both refreshing and familiar to VanGaalen’s devoted listeners. It opens with a one-two punch; first, the understated “Cut Off My Hands,” followed by the psych rock “Where Are You.” It’s in the first two tracks that we’re given the vast scope of VanGaalen’s vision for this record. In “Monster,” an uncomfortable transformation is the subject of a playful rumpus as VanGaalen questions whether blackened quills sprouting out of one’s back should be cause for revulsion or celebration. Such is the way with VanGaalen’s songs – his reality is often perplexing and challenging. Two of the most beautifully melodic refrains on Shrink Dust are “I’m a monster” and “evil.” Something dark is at play here, but not so dark as to disturb; there’s a comfort in the omniscient evil, because it belongs to all of us. In “Hangman’s Son,” VanGaalen opens himself to the comforting darkness as he sings, “Oh have mercy on the demons that curse me / Oh lay it on me when my time has come.” Indianapolis welcomes VanGaalen at a show tonight at the Hi-Fi
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Dave Damiani and Lyman Mederios, Jazz Kitchen, 21+ Drum Circles and Jams, Rhythm! Discovery Center, all-ages Jeremy Vogt Band, Rathskeller, 21+ Blues Jam, Main Event, 21+ Jay Elliott and Friends, Tin Roof, 21+ Blues Jam with Gene Deer, Slippery Noodle, 21+ The Family Jam, Mousetrap, 21+ Dan Hubbard and The Humadors, Melody Inn, 21+ Dave Damiani, The Lyman Mederios Trio, Jazz Kitchen, 21+ Tim Stop, Ross David, Fred and Ginger, Birdy’s, 21+
THURSDAY RACE Pre-Carb Party Buzzy artists Lisa Walks, Bleeding Keys, Biagha McTavish and London Rose (see Barfly this week) will kick off your Carb Day partying with this show at the Hi-Fi. The Hi-Fi, 1043 Virginia Ave. Suite 4, 7 p.m., $10, 21+
DANCE Chill Bill Pippens, James Harvey and Limelight’s Birthday Bash with DJ PHNM Featured by NUVO as Indy’s best weekly house event in 2010, this event continues to provide regular opportunities for house fans to experience the classier side of Downtown Indy. The Keepin’ It Deep guys have a special talent for snagging huge national acts as they pingpong from coast to coast — probably because John Larner and Slater Hogan are legends themselves. And don’t forget the local support; Manic, Adam Jay, John Larner, Tyler Stewart, Ashley Ross, Clay Collier, Deanne and Grenadine have all taken over the stacks at Blu. This week features DJs PHNM, Hogan, JodyFree, Cory James and DJ Limelight. Blu Lounge, 240 S. Meridian St., 9 p.m., 21+ ROCK We Are Hex, The Hussy, Thee Open Sex We believe in the Holy Trinity, but only as applied to
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London Rose shows when Hussy, Hex and Sex play together. Melody Inn, 3826 N. Illinois St., 9 p.m., $8, 21+ EDM Altered Thurzdaze Get a healthy dose of EDM every Thursday night. Both Mousetrap regulars and electronic music fans will find something to like about this weekly event, especially as genres like dubstep, EDM and house music gain a greater share of pop culture attention. This is a great way to kick the weekend off early, and get a little of practice dancing before you shake your groove thing in nearby Broad Ripple on the weekend. There’s a different lineup of songs every weekend, but one thing remains the same: this is an EDM dream and an all-around blast of a dance party. Mousetrap, 5565 N. Keystone Ave., 9 p.m., prices vary, 21+ Naptown Stomp, Grove Haus, 21+ Jay Jones, Tin Roof, 21+ Thirsty Thursday, Average Joe’s, 21+ Latin Night, Jazz Kitchen, 21+ Race Weekend Kickoff Party, Bartini’s, 21+ Gordon Bonham, Jes Richmond, Slippery Noodle, 21+ Trivia Night, Red Lion Grog House, all-ages Green River Ordinance, Elenowen, Rathskeller, 21+
Dead Squirrel’s, 86th St. Pub, 21+ Jeremy Porter and The Tucos, Birdy’s, 21+
FRIDAY OPENINGS The Maltese Circus New art boutique Maltese Tiger has gathered a pack of local artisans to feature at their first event. On offer: wares from Retro 101, Queen Bee Vintage, Ellen and Elvin, Erin Trimble Jewels, Owlephant Vintage and more. The Icks, Manners, Please and The Exploding Head Scene will play sets starting at 9 p.m.; Rocketdoll Revue will perform throughout the night.
Keir Neuringer, Magician Johnson, Heavy with Puppy, Bottom of the Hill (Bloomington), all-ages Night of the Oldies, Root Cellar (Bloomington), 21+ Journey: Contemporary Jazz from Switzerland, Jazz Kitchen, 21+ Hip-Hop Night, Emerson, all-ages Angel Burlesque, Pragmatic, 5th Quarter Lounge, 21+ Phoenix on the Fault Line, Shadeland, Midwest State of Mind, Moonshine Junction, Funky Circus Fleas, Rock House Cafe, 21+ DJ Rican, Subterra, 21+ Whoa Tiger EP Release, The Mess, The Failers, Birdy’s, 21+ Tiki Bob’s Carb Day Party, Tiki Bob’s, 21+ Night Moves with Action Jackson and DJ Megatone, Metro, 21+
Maltese Tiger, 1118 Spruce Street, 4 p.m. art; 9 p.m. music, 21+
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Carb Day Concert Former Van Halen-er Sammy Hagar, and his three band mates The Wabos have been anointed as the latest classic rock radio staple worthy to soundtrack your Carb Day. They’ll be joined by Sublime With Rome, the 21st century incarnation of the Cali stoner crew most famous for “Santeria.” They also hold the distinction of being NUVO contributor Taylor Peters’ favorite punk band. Indianapolis Motor Speedway, 790 W 16th St, 7 p.m., FREE with track admission, all-ages
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SATURDAY BBQ Pops and Earl’s BBQ 2 On deck at this dad party: DMA, Lantern Eyes, Shame Thugs, Anjene the God, KO, Phases, Flaco, Boss L, Big Colour and Magician Johnson. House Venue, 3526 Eisenhower Dr., 2 p.m., all-ages NUVO // 100% RECYCLED PAPER // 05.21.14 - 05.28.14 // MUSIC 31
tion features a red carpet and everything. Members of race track glitterati will get all nice and spiffed up for you, too.
SOUNDCHECK IN-STORE Zero Boys Please believe we’ve kept our eyes on this one for months. The Zero Boys are releasing their full-length first album (Monkey, out very soon) in 20 years. That’s right, the punk legends’ last LP was The Heimlich Maneuver all the way back in 1993. The band just wrapped a string of West Coast dates and set up for a free in-store at Indy CD and Vinyl Saturday. Get their early – it should be packed and over early.
Indiana Roof Ballroom, 140 W. Washington St., 6 p.m., $275, 21+ Steve Allee, Dick Sisto, Jazz Kitchen, 21+ Phil Pierle, Woomblies Rock Orchestra, Rathskeller, 21+ Legends Day with Jason Aldean and Tyler Farr (read more on page 26), Indianapolis Motor Speedway, all-ages Audiodacity, Party Lines, Mousetrap, 21+
Indy CD and Vinyl, 806 Broad Ripple Ave., 7 p.m., FREE, all-ages GUITAR HERO Victor Villarreal Let’s just list a series of groups the cultishly popular Villarreal has had a hand in: Cap’n Jazz, Noyes, Ghosts and Vodka, Flashlight, Owls, Joan of Arc. Whew, we’re getting flushed just talking about this. Liz Janes and Christian Taylor will open. Joyful Noise, 1043 Virginia Ave., Suite 207, 8 p.m., $5, all-ages
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and Shake, who last played at Radio Radio with locals Rodeo Ruby Love. Radio Radio, 1119 E. Prospect St., 9 p.m., $10, 21+ PARTIES Snake Pit Ball This black tie race eve tradi-
Royal with DJ Limelight, The Hideaway, 21+ Indiana City’s One Year Anniversary Party, Indiana City Brewing Company, 21+ La Armada Album Release, The Gitmos, Melody Inn, 21+
SUNDAY DOWN’N’DIRTY Snake Pit The Indianapolis Motor Speedway’s Snake Pit is a rich tradition dating back to the 500 festivals of the 1970s. This year’s musical headliners, Hardwell, Nervo and Dillon Francis, are mega watt performers who burn up stages everywhere. Originally inside Turn 1, the foolhardy partiers were dubbed snakes for their vicious festivities. After being banned from the ISM for years, the Snake Pit Festival is back at the infield of third turn to provide the best party experience during the Indianapolis 500. And now it’s getting classy – well, kind of classy. There’s glamping, cabanas and lounges to party inside. Stuff your wallets, because it’s not cheap. But it’s fun. Oh, it’s fun.
off to their carefully chosen beats for almost as long. Reggae Revolution is not only Indy’s longest-running dance night, but one of the only places to be still dancing all night as the weekend winds down. If you’ve got any energy after a long weekend, head over to Casba. Maybe the $2.50 Red Stripe and Casba shots will help get you out on a Sunday. Casba, 6319 Guilford Ave., 10 p.m., FREE, 21+ DANCE Dynamite! Day of rest? We don’t think so. Head out on Sunday to the Mass Avenue Pub for an all-vinyl funk and soul party anchored by DJs Salazar and Topspeed. Special guests will join on occasion. Keep the Naptown funk alive by gettin’ down at this dance event. The party starts at 11:30. There is no cover.
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Reggae Revolution More than 16 years later, Danger and DJ Indiana Jones are still spinning reggae and reggae-infused beats at Casba. We’ve been dancing our asses
The Big Finish This is our pick for your big post-race party: it’s hosted by Scott Dixon, Justin Wilson, Josef Newgarden and Marco Andretti
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to broken beat techno, and of course no small amount of drum and bass. Melody, 3826 N. Illinois St., 10 p.m., 21+ HIP-HOP Take That! Tuesdays DJ MetroGnome can be found at Coaches Tavern every Tuesday for his massive Take That! Tuesdays party. MetroGnome’s musical selection ranges from classic hip-hop to soul and funk. He always turns the otherwise small bar into a sea of dancing music fans. MetroGnome says we can expect more of the same, danceable nights with new guests thrown in now and then.
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e’re back with our resident sex doctor, Dr. Debby Herbenick of Indiana University’s Kinsey Institute. Sorting the inbox and providing color commentary is calendar editor Sarah Murrell, who should never be taken seriously under almost any circumstance. On with the queries!
Tough Turtleneck I’m not circumcised and I’m not able to pull my foreskin back when I’m flaccid or erect. I have like a vein attached to the penis itself (or that thing, I don’t know what it’s called). I’m 20 years old and it’s gotten to the point where I’m scared to have sex. What can I do ? — Boywonder213, from the comments SARAH: Having any problems with your junk is like having problems with your car: Assume that you do not have the tools or expertise and proceed immediately to a professional. True, my junk is more of a V8 configuration tucked up in the backend, whereas you’re rocking a street-legal, exposed-engine straight 8 (you’re welcome, race fans), and you might be tempted to think that you should be able to fix it just because it’s already right out there, and you’re a dude and cars and dicks, amirite? Fortunately, though this is an embarrassing thing for you to deal with, every urologist has seen it hundreds of times and will be able to figure out a solution a lot faster than one more WebMD search will get you. Call your doctor. Do it now. DR. D: Hands down, make an appointment with a urologist or a dermatologist so that you can find out more about why your foreskin won’t retract. Some conditions are helped with topical creams or ointments and others may involve surgical interventions (e.g., circumcision of some degree).
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LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Have you thought of organizing a crowdfunding campaign to boost your pet project or labor of love? I suggest you get serious about it in the next four weeks. This coming phase of your cycle will be a favorable time to expand your audience, attract new allies, and build a buzz. You will have a sixth sense about how to wield your personal charm to serve your long-term goals. More than usual, your selfish interests will dovetail with the greater good -- perhaps in unexpected ways. Leo
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VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Years ago I had a Virgo friend who was a talented singer. She had technical skill, stylistic flair, and animal magnetism, making her worthy of being a lead vocalist in almost any great band. And yet when she was asleep and had dreams of performing, she often found herself standing in the shadows, barely visible and singing tentatively, while her back-up singers hogged the spotlight at center stage. Moral of the story: Some of you Virgos are shy about claiming your full authority. It doesn’t always come easy for you to shine your light and radiate your power. And yet you can most definitely learn to do so. The coming weeks will be an excellent time to make progress in this direction. Virgo
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): “There is always an enormous temptation in all of life,” writes Annie Dillard, “to diddle around making itsy-bitsy friends and meals and journeys for itsy-bitsy years on end ... I won’t have it. The world is wider than that in all directions, more dangerous and bitter, more extravagant and bright.” Your assignment in the coming weeks, Libra, is to transcend whatever is itsy-bitsy about your life. The alternative? Head toward the frontier and drum up experiences that will thrill your heart and blow your mind. Libra
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someone whose demons play well with ours,” writes novelist Heidi R. Kling. That’s good advice for you to keep in mind these days, Scorpio. Those little imps and rascals that live within you may get you into bad trouble if they feel bored. But if you arrange for them to have play dates with the imps and rascals of people you trust, they are far more likely to get you into good trouble. They may even provide you with bits of gritty inspiration. What’s that you say? You don’t have any demons? Not true. Everyone has them. Scorpio
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SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): “When people tell
you who they are, believe them,” writes blogger Maria Popova (Brainpickings.org). “Just as importantly, however, when people try to tell you who you are, don’t believe them.” Those suggestions are especially crucial for you to keep in mind these days. You are entering a phase when your best relationships will be up for review and revision and revitalization. To foster an environment in which intimacy will thrive, you’ve got to be extra receptive, curious, tolerant, and tender. That’s all! Not hard, right? A good place to start is to proceed as if your allies know who they are better than you do -even as you ask them to return the favor. Sagittarius
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CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): “Kludge” (pronounced
klooj) is a slang word that refers to a clumsy but effective fix for an engineering problem. It’s a cobbledtogether solution that works fine, at least temporarily, even though it is inelegant or seems farfetched. Let’s use this concept in a metaphorical way to apply to you. I’m guessing that you will be a kludge master in the coming days. You will be skilled at making the best of mediocre situations. You may have surprising success at doing things that don’t come naturally, and I bet you will find unexpected ways to correct glitches that no one else has any idea about how to fix. Capricorn
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AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): I hesitate to compare you to your fellow Aquarian Kim Jong-il. When he was alive and ruling North Korea, he was an egomaniacal tyrant. You’re definitely not that. But there are certain descriptions of him in his official biography that remind me of the kinds of powers you may soon exhibit. He was called The Great Sun of Life and Highest Incarnation of Revolutionary Comradely Love, for instance. Titles like that might suit you. It is said that he invented the hamburger. He could command rain to fall from the sky. He once shot eleven holes-in-one in a single round of golf, was a master of gliding down waterslides, and never had to use a toilet because he produced no waste. You may be able to express comparable feats in the coming weeks. (Do it without falling prey to excessive pride, OK?) Aquarius
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PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Even if you had a sensitive, nurturing mommy when you were growing up, and even if she continues to play an important role in your life, now would be a good time to learn how to mother yourself better. You are finally ready to appreciate how important it is to be your own primary caregiver. And I’m hoping you are no longer resistant to or embarrassed about the idea that part of you is still like a child who needs unconditional love 24/7. So get started! Treat yourself with the expert tenderness that a crafty maternal goddess would provide. Pisces
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