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hey stand, one by one, as their names and ranks are called, old warriors at home in the embrace of family. The torch; be yours to hold it high. The old warriors, my father among If ye break faith with us who die them, listen as the school’s head recites We shall not sleep, though poppies grow their years of service. For many of them, In Flanders fields. time has left its marks. Their faces are etched with lines and their hair is a thin For much of the song, my father keeps gray going to silver. Their postures are his eyes locked upon his grandson, who a little more stooped. Their gaits can be sings from the back row. As the song reachunsteady when they walk. es its end, Dad bows his head once more. In some cases, it has been nearly 70 Dad enlisted in the U.S. Army at the years since they first heard the bugle’s call. end of World War II. He was in the They are back now to pay their Engineer Corps and spent the bulk of his respects both to fallen comrades and to time in service in the Aleutian Islands. family. He didn’t fight Nazis, the Italians or the Each year at my son’s school the sixth Japanese, but rather boredom, confugrade has a Memorial Day program at sion and loneliness. which the school honors both the alumni who lost their lives in this country’s service and the Dad didn’t fight Nazis, the Italians service of grandparents, parents, aunts, uncles, or the Japanese, but rather siblings and cousins of boredom, confusion and loneliness. current students. The program begins with instrumental versions of patriotic songs, then a call of We tend to sentimentalize the experithe roll when the aged veterans stand to ences of the Americans who grew up be recognized. As each name is called, in my father’s era by calling them “the the veteran and the sixth-grader to greatest generation” — as if we can whom the veteran is related stand. minimize the disruption war and other When the last name is read, the hardships brought to their lives by sayapplause that sweeps the auditorium is ing something nice about them. It is as prolonged, emphatic and heartfelt. if by calling them great we can pretend As the crowd claps for them, my they didn’t feel frightened or desperate father and the other veterans stand with or depressed when they were pulled their heads bowed. As applause pounds away from family and friends and sent on, my son stares at his grandfather, his off to serve with the uneasy knowledge eyes wide with wonder. that they might not come back. From there, the program moves I have a photo of my father when he to first a recitation of the poem “In first entered the army, when he was just Flanders Fields” and then a version set a few years older than my son is now. In to music, with the sweet voices of the the picture, Dan looks young, fit, innosixth-grade choir adding poignancy to cent — and so much like my son that it the lyrics: both bewilders me and breaks my heart. I look at my young son, whose life’s We are the Dead. Short days ago focus now is on playing as much baseWe lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, ball as he can with his friends – a pasLoved and were loved, and now we lie sion he shares with his grandfather – In Flanders fields. and I wonder what it cost my Dad to go Take up our quarrel with the foe: away as he did. n To you from failing hands we throw 4 VOICES // 05.28.14 - 06.04.14 // 100% RECYCLED PAPER // NUVO
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ccording to the most recent data collected by the state, the most common impairments to Indiana’s major waterways include PCBs (a legacy toxin associated with past industrial practices) in fish tissue, e coli, and impaired biotic communities. State officials are encouraging people to submit public comment on the 2014 303(d) list, an inventory mandated by the Clean Water Act in which states compile a list of impaired waters that fail to meet the state’s water quality standard. The comment period runs through July 29. IDEM is also accepting comments on the methodology it uses to compile the impared waters list. The Indiana Department of Environmental Management and local watchdogs have differed on which pollutants should be included on the list. The list plays a critical role in helping IDEM determine how to prioritize its enforcement and mitigation resources. Detailed analysis, however, is not currently budgeted as the department is more concerned with having the resources to pay for the staff to track basic monitoring requirements. “In terms of mining the 303(d) list — its raw data — we need to mine the data for a better understanding of what is going on in our waters,” said Jody Arthur, the integrated report coordinator for the Watershed Assessment and Planning Branch of IDEM’s Office of Water Quality, in an interview with NUVO earlier this year. “We lack a full-time statistician, which is the human needed to do the analysis. We have 30 years of fixed station data, but not an open position ...” Arthur did note that officials are pursuing some analysis with the U.S. Geological Survey. Still, with pollutants such as PCBs,
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list as a guide to safe waters for the existing data helps officials to idenrecreational use — pointing them tify hot spots. IDEM staff is charged instead to local health department with random site visits and fixedadvisories. She did advise people to station monitoring, in addition to take precautions to protect themcontaminant monitoring of PCBs/merselves from waterborn illness no cury and targeted monitoring, such as matter what health advisories apply. TMDLs (Total Maximum Daily Load), which aim to limit point and non-point She likened precautions such as handwashing and keeping one’s sources that worsen problems such as mouth closed to wearing a seatbelt. blue-green algae blooms. Taking a look at the draft 2014 “No agency can be everywhere all the time.” impaired waters — JODY ARTHUR, IDEM OFFICE OF WATER QUALITY list IDEM sent to the EPA on In addition to impaired biotic comApril 1 reveals the challenges officials munities, e. coli and nutrient imbalance, have identified. It does not include algae concerns and “taste and odor” other threats, such as the 78 coal ash are also identified as areas of concern. ponds in Indiana, the largest inventory Major league cleanup sites, such as the of any state in the country — that local Superfund site at Keystone and Fall Creek environmental watchdogs such as the to clean up legacy toxins associated with Hoosier Environmental Council and an old dry cleaner, are tracked separately. the Sierra Club’s Indiana Chapter have Impaired listings are removed from adopted as a leading potential water the 303 (d) once a plan is enacted to quality threat after failed coal ash conaddress the contaminants. tainment structures in other states have become environmental disaster areas. The draft 2014 list contains 67 lines S E E , W A T E R , O N P A G E 08 of concern in Marion County, essentially assigning one of a handful of common sources of impairment to more than a dozen local waterways. Arthur stresses that people should not use the impaired waterways
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GET INVOLVED Bleeding Blue and Gold In response to the news that the Indiana Blood Center was unable to meet local demand Tuesday, falling some 61 units short the Indiana Pacers are leading a blood drive, enticing people who agree to donate blood this Wednesday with t-shirts and a chance to win two Legends Club Level tickets to Game 5 at Bankers Life Fieldhouse on Wed., May 28. Visit indianablood.org for details and donation locations. Wed., May 28, 10 am-7 pm (Winner of the ticket raffle to be notified by 7:30 p.m. — an hour ahead of the 8:30 p.m. tipoff.) Fair Wages Officials with the Indiana State Fair are hoping to fill more than 500 hourly positions at a job fair on Thursday — most of them temporary positions that cover the duration of the fair August 1 – 17. Interviews conducted onsite; résumés welcome. Email questions to employment@indianastatefair.com. Thurs., May 29, 3-6 p.m. (A line will begin at 2 p.m.), Agriculture/Horticulture Building Raging Rivers The Heart of the River Colation is hosting a 9-mile float down the section of White River that would be destroyed by the proposed dam. Organizers will have maps showing significant historic and archaeological sites along the way that would be lost to the proposed reservoir. The group will gather at from 9 to 10 a.m. Please call Canoe Country, 765-378-7358, to reserve a canoe. Sat., May 31, 9-10 a.m. Daleville’s Canoe Country $28/canoe (includes return transportation)
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sludge threat. The difference between the Duke Energy coal ash pond site that ruptured and sent 30,000-39,000 cubic yards of toxin-laden ash into the Dan River in North Carolina on Feb. 2 and what is located here in Indiana is that Duke has “active, running plants” with Title V air permits and NPDES (National Pollution Discharge Elimination System) permits, IDEM officials explained. These permits open the state’s only opportunity to address active pollution. “They are on-site,” Goldblatt said. “We don’t specifically regulate coal. We are not legally allowed to. There is a stormwater outfall, so coal ash is part of the NPDES permit, so if it was leaking, we would address it.” Arthur also noted that IDEM is
embracing data collaboration efforts focused on making more data, knowledge, images and maps available in an centralized clearing house available and compatible with open source systems that are every day revolutionizing the way people see the world around them. To that end, she called more Hoosiers to aid both government officials and private groups in working to improve local water quality whether it be joining river clean-ups or taking a Hoosier Riverwatch training to learn more about water quality issues and contribute to the online data set of volunteer monitoring reports. To review the 2014 303(d) list or map local impairments, visit in.gov/idem/ nps/2647.htm. n
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focusing on one thing but gradually accrete all kinds of ancillary elements. Gen Con started out with a laser focus on tabletop gaming but has come to include a film fest, a fantasy art showcase, a writers symposium, etc. By contrast, Indy PopCon aims to be all things to just about all geeks from the beginning. It's focusing on nine key areas of pop culture: Internet, Comics, Fantasy, Cosplay, Sci-Fi, Gaming, Anime, Art and Music, and TV and Movies. And celebrity guests are on the way in each category. We've interviewed the
aforementioned Hodgson and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles co-creator Kevin Eastman for this week's issue. There are plenty of others, including Firefly star Ron Glass; one of the Doctors from Doctor Who, Sylvester McCoy; Hodor from Game of Thrones, Kristian Nairn; and a bunch of other people we probably shouldn't leave out (consult page 12 for more info, or head to indypopcon.com for a complete list, of course). But it's not all about big names at Indy PopCon, which will also feature locals making a living doing what they love, including two people profiled in this story: Ellie Akers, who's designing a sci-fi farming game with her husband, Scott, from offices on a goat farm in Noblesville; and Elspeth Eastman, an up-and-coming voice actor who's already getting work from Disney and Microsoft but is determined to finish out her undergrad at IUPUI. As you might expect, Indy PopCon has, as co-creator Shawn Smith tells us, “been a dream for some time” nurtured by several of the convention’s organizers. Those organizers are all local, and several of them work for the online valuation service comicspriceguide.com. And many have attended or worked as a volunteer for major conferences like Gen Con or E3.
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“We always go to these conventions and find a little bit of what we love,” Smith says. “But we have diverse interests, and we've always wanted to do something where you'd go and it's not just video games, it's not just board games, it's not just comic books. We want to celebrate all of these geeky things that we love, and we don't feel there's a convention that does that right now.” And thus the convention can become an opportunity not only for an attendee to not only satisfy her appetite for the familiar, but also expand her palette. “It really isn't much of a leap to go from a video gamer to a comic book lover,” he says. “And we want to be the guys that give them that gentle push over the edge. They come to our show for the video games, and then they rediscover comic books.” While Smith says the group of founders is “pretty diverse” in terms of their interests — Smith's a video game expert, another knows his comic books — he emphasizes that Indy PopCon was interactive from the beginning, from polls asking for fans to vote for their favorite TV shows, to an open submission process inviting participants to design panels or other programming. Given all the celebrity guest stars — not to mention the costs that go along with renting out a good chunk of the Convention Center — we come to an indelicate question: Just who's paying for this (and when do those loans come due)? “It helped that we do have such a large group, so we've all been able to contribute some of our own money to get it started,” says Smith. “Beyond the financial side, you have to be able to reach out to the media, to reach out to sponsors, and we already had a lot of those connections in place that we've been able to leverage successfully.” And given that there are other conventions in town, including Gen Con and an Indiana Comic Con (the latter coordinated by the promoters behind comic cons in Nashville, Orlando and Tampa Bay), has the city reached its saturation point for conventions, no matter how innovatively they may have been structured? “The answer is we haven't saturated it yet,” says Smith, “but we are taking a different approach so that when that saturation comes, we hope that we do stand out. And the market is expanding, Smith says: “We've got a lot of geeks here. We've got game developers, we've got artists, we've got Doctor Who merchandise providers. There is a growing contingency of nerds here in town, and we're proud of that. n
Lennon and saying, 'We're as popular as Jesus.' But we were just super-lucky that cable happened. And VHS — we encouraged people to circulate the tapes and they used them, sent them to their friends and turned each other on to it.
Joel Hodgson Host and creator, Mystery Science Theatre 3000
First off, Joel can't tell you anything more about the potentially huge news tucked at the end of last month's big Wired oral history of his movie-riffing show Mystery Science Theatre 3000, namely that, to quote from Wired, this spring he's “hoping to start a new online incarnation of the show, one that will feature a fresh (and asyet-unannounced) host and cameos from many MST3K alumni.” But he did field plenty on questions on the history of the show, including its ties with “maker” culture and unique Midwestern sensibility. Hodgson will present his autobiographical monologue Riffing Myself during Indy PopCon; it's something of a narrated home movie/slideshow of his early life, with, of course, plenty of riffs on his earlier incarnations along the way. NUVO: As we hit the 25th anniversary of the national TV debut of MST3K, what's your take is on why the show clicked when it did? JOEL HODGSON: There are a lot of things at work. People love movies, and the length of a movie is a perfect amount of time, 90 minutes, 80 minutes. I don't know why but from the time we're little kids, we have these experiences with movies, and compared to TV, it's kind of like a whole meal compared to a snack. So people love movies, movies are magical and when they work, you are taken by them; you are taken up into the movie and you kind of forget who you are. That's why we like them. Along with that, there's this fascination with how it works. So it's kind of like a magic show; people love magic and they love learning about magic, and I think they love learning about how movies are made. A bad movie is like a bad magic show, and a bad magic show is as good as a good magic show, right? It's just
NUVO: How did you put together Riffing Yourself? HODGSON: I did it just like we did Mystery Science Theatre where you have just an insane amount of material and then you kind of edit it down. We always over-produced riffs and then kept the best ones. I think the first time I did it there were 600 images and I only got halfway through it.
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as much fun. Our society's so sophisticated that the idea of an ironic viewing is a really common thing that you do with your friends, people you really like. So it just worked out that way; all those pieces came together in a nice way. We worked really hard at it, and it just worked out. Also the context travels with the show. It's not like we're a show like The Daily Show, where everything we're commenting on is topical. Everything we're commenting on travels within the body of the show. I just watched The Magic Voyage of Sinbad last night, and almost everything we commented on was within the body of the movie, so it travels along with it. NUVO: Was there something about TV and pop culture at that point that helped to make MST3K a success? There aren't a lot of shows like MST3K being created for UHF stations now. HODGSON: You know how they say Jesus came along right when the Romans had invented papyrus and the story of Jesus could travel all over the world? Mystery Science Theatre happened when basic cable happened, when it really came into being. I'm not pulling a John
NUVO: I wanted to ask about the Midwestern-ness of MST3K, which was filmed in a Minneapolis suburb. Can you pinpoint a kind of Midwestern feel or approach to the show? HODGSON: People do say that it's got a different feel to it than the East or the West coast, but I couldn't really tell you what it is. So much of the show is about those little asides that the characters say that come from conversations you hear or things that other people do. There's a line that I'm thinking of where Tom Servo says, 'Real nice guy, sure wish he felt like he could open up to me.' And I don't know why, but I don't think that's going to come from any other place. That's a unique kind of joke that's only in Mystery Science Theatre and isn't a show business kind of thing. NUVO: I'm interested in the way that MST3K has a kind of DIY and “maker” ethos, before those terms were popular. There's a handmade, seams-showing aesthetic that's part of its charm. HODGSON: The only way to really control it was for us to do everything ourselves, and once you try to enlist a professional set builder, you'd lose a certain amount of control. ...And I was really interested in that invitation inside the show that says, 'You can see how we're doing this.' I wanted to take some of the mystery and glamor out of making a TV show. Maker culture, I think, is fascinating, wonderful and so important to our future and the economy. But I think it was just a really natural thing for us to do. n
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INDY POPCON, TRACK BY TRACK We talk with Indy PopCon co-founder Shawn Smith about some of the convention's key areas of focus — or tracks — and pick out some top celebrity guests. Fantasy “One of the things we're putting together is an interactive Who exhibit, where you'll be able to get together with five of your friends and go through a role-playing situation, going from room to room, battling monsters and going through a scripted scenario, to see if you can get to the other side and have your character live through the adventure.” • Firefly and Serenity star Ron Glass • Battlestar Galactica's Kandyse McClure • Doctor Who's Sylvester McCoy Internet “Today, you can create a career just on your ability to market yourself; you just start self-publishing, put up a YouTube channel, upload your podcast to iTunes. We're going to be highlighting people who are working hard at their craft, without having to have that interaction where an agents finds you and signs you to a deal.” • Fark.com owner Drew Curtis • The real-life Bad Luck Brian Cosplay “A ton of work and heart goes into creating these costumes. Whenever you see that guy in, say, that Batman suit, a lot of times he has actually fabricated that leather from scratch; he has poured a lot of time into making those rivets the perfect shade of metallic gray.” • Actor and cosplay enthusiast Keahu Kahuanui • Extreme cosplayer Thomas DePetrillo Anime “The IUPUI anime club has really stepped up big and will be hosting several panels — how to break into anime; what is manga — giving people that opportunity to say, I've always been interested in anime but I've never known where to start.” • John DiMaggio, the voice of Bender (Futurama), Marcus Fenix (Gears of War) • Eric Stuart, voice talent for Pokemon and Yu-Gi-Oh! Comics “Downtown Comics, for instance, is great, but because comic books are so varied, they're not going to have all the stock. So if you're looking for that perfect issue for your collection, oftentimes you do need to go out of state and try to find collectors who have that issue — and we're bringing them to us for Indy PopCon. • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles co-creator Kevin Eastman • DC artist and illustrator Norm Breyfogle • Marvel and Image artist Cory Hamscher 12 COVER STORY // 05.28.14 - 06.04.14 // 100% RECYCLED PAPER //
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stage, so I look forward to going out and seeing what they've been doing, maybe over the next couple of weeks. But I've seen a lot of footage, and it's really fun, it's different and it's exciting, and I think some of the action stuff is going to be what hopefully blows the fans away.
Co-creator, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles It's the Year of the Turtle, according to Kevin Eastman, if not the Zodiac calendar. It's been 30 years since he and Peter Laird debuted their black and white comic about wisecracking mutants trained in jujitsu; thirty years' worth of animated and live action spinoffs, action figures and lunchboxes — and plenty more comic books along the way. Eastman has gotten back to the Turtles in a big way in the past three years, drawing new stories and working as a consultant on the upcoming Michael Bay-produced movie. Case in point: When I called him at home, I interrupted his work on an upcoming comic, the Turtles Annual for 2014; he's running two months behind and worries he'll give his editor a heart attack. Eastman joked that “The coolest part of my job is that our son, who's 8, came up to me about two months ago and said, 'Dad, you don't have a real job. You just sit home and draw turtles all day.' And I said, 'Yup, and I have the best job ever.'” NUVO: When people tell you that they like the Turtles, whether artists or fans or both, and that they've found your work inspirational, what do they say they like about them? KEVIN EASTMAN: Well, that's a great question, and I'll actually answer it in two different ways because there are two different kinds of fans that come up. In my opinion, I personally stand on the shoulders of giants, guys like Jack Kirby, Wally Wood, Steve Ditko, Frank Miller who inspired me to draw when I was younger. Now, here I am in
NUVO: : Just after the Turtles really took off, you put a lot of your earnings toward projects intended to give back to the comics community, like a publishing house, Tundra, devoted to projects that might not be commercially viable for the bigger houses, and the Words and Pictures Museum, which was one of the first museums devoted to comics and narrative art.
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this position where artists will come up to me and say, 'Dude, you inspired me to draw,' and I'm like, 'What's wrong with you?' I first feel unworthy — I don't completely understand because I'm far too young to have that kind of respect. But whatever inspires someone to draw comic books is what's important to me; however they got there, they're here and they're doing such fantastic work, and I love that they're living the same dream that I've always wanted to live and have been living since I was 9 years old and I wanted to draw comics for a living. Secondarily, we have fans now where it's become this super-cool generational thing. My wife, Courtney, and I are doing about 25 shows this year for the 30th anniversary, and we have these fans who come up who were 5, 6, 7 years old when they were first exposed to Turtles when it came out in the late '80s, early '90s. And now they often come to shows with their kids, who are watching the new Nickelodeon series. ...So it's like, 'I loved Turtles when I was a kid. I wore Michelangelo as a costume for three years in a row. And now I get to share this with my kids and that's so cool!' NUVO: You're working as a consultant on the new Turtles movie. EASTMAN: When they brought me on as consultant, I got to throw in my two cents on the script, I did a number of designs; I even got to do a cameo in the film, getting to do my Stan Lee thing, which was kind of fun. I think these guys' hearts are in the right places, and they want to make the best Turtles movie they can make. I'm, for one, pretty excited. I know that they're in rough cut
EASTMAN: I grew up at a time that when I told my parents I wanted to be an artist, I want to draw comic books for a living, they were deathly afraid I'd be living in their basement for the rest of my life. Even with early experiences in art school and education, I had some sympathetic teachers, especially in high school, but for those short six months in art college, when I told people that this was what I want to do for a living, they really looked down their nose at it, they said, 'That's not really an art form; you should really be doing fine art paintings, gearing your aspirations a little bit higher.' But I always thought the comic book was an incredibly difficult medium to live and exist in because, if you look at the amount of talent and skill required to draw a single issue of a comic book, it's phenomenal! I never understood why it was so underrated and looked down upon. When you look at the amount of skill required to draw multiple superheroes, multiple bad guys, settings from a kitchen to an underground battle scene, I just felt that it hadn't been appreciated as much as it should have been. ...I felt if I ever had that kind of money, I'd want to open up a museum to showcase a lot of this art in a real museum setting and try to raise people's awareness. I loved the museum and I wish the museum was still around. I just ran out of Turtle money. It was a fantastic adventure and I have no regrets, much like with Tundra Publishing. I felt so inspired by the guys who, again, inspired me, Jack Kirby, Richard Corben, guys like that who were original creators, storytellers, self-publishers in some cases. The idea with Tundra Publishing was much like the Beatles wanted to do with Apple Records, which was to give artists a place to be creative and pursue an artistic path that they might not get from drawing a monthly Spider-Man, where they might want to do some other kind of story. Tundra might have a very small footnote in an industry and business that has evolved to the point where it's safe to have creator-owned properties, it's safe to have your own voice. n
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There's a lot gestating on Ellie and Scott Akers' Noblesville homestead. We'll start with the goats, for they are adorable. The kind of baby goats who'd eat your notebook if you'd let them. We might add the egg-laying hens. And when I visited in early May, the Akers were readying the launch of their sci-fi farming game Weirspace, which will officially debut at PopCon. I'll let Ellie tell you about the concept; she's the more talkative of the two and the first to make her name as a developer: "The idea of Weirspace is you're a colonist, you've been sent out by your governing city and you need to settle the asteroid belt, which is populated by this energy called Weir. When Weir is refined it makes a wonderful, safe fuel; like most magic sci-fi fuels it has no weight and is infinitely compressible. But when it's just out there in the environment, it's incredibly aggressive; it just eats things, tears things apart.” The look is rural steampunk; the gameplay is cosmic whacka-mole; and the hope is that people will get involved with the game "so that they really feel like it's their home." That's a lesson Ellie learned from her first, unexpected success with huntandjump. com, a horse breeding game she created at age 19. Its biggest selling feature — "that it has correct genetic systems," says Ellie, so that horse nuts can try out all sorts of different combinations and colors — was enough to draw a quarter of a million users over its near-decade of life. Still online, it's the sole
Not so long ago, when Elspeth Eastman was just getting started in voice acting, her “effort sounds” — the involuntary noises you might make doing a pushup or throwing an uppercut — weren't quite up to snuff. “Make it less breathy; that doesn't really sound authentic,” a director told her. Her solution: “You have to use your whole stomach and tighten up your whole body to get that really strained sound, like getting punched in the gut.” The 24-year-old South Bend native has been, if you'll allow me, rolling with the punches in a big way over the past couple years, making voice acting and composing for video games and web animations her full-time job. She's still aiming to graduate from IUPUI in December, but she says she hears this a lot these days: "Why are you still in school? Move out here to the West coast. You'll get more work than you can possibly handle.” After making her name with the indie game Crypt of the Necrodancer, a DDR pad-powered dungeon crawler for which she voiced the main character, Eastman has worked on projects for Disney and Microsoft. And she can claim one project that's gone viral: A video in which she voices all the characters from the game League of Legends that's drawn a millionplus views. And that’s all from her apartment: “When people say, 'What do you
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Ellie and Scott Akers run Gyrocopter Games — gyrocoptergames.com — from their Noblesville farm.
source of income for both Akers, and has bankrolled the development of Weirspace, which they started creating two years ago with the notion of "tapping into all of our geekdom and fandom growing up." The Akers, who together run Gyrocopter Games, thought it important to get involved with PopCon on the ground floor, so that they might encourage the convention to "really embrace independent gaming." It's a chance to put their own name out there, while putting some of their horse game resources to work for the community: “A lot of independent gaming companies are right on the edge of really starting to make it, so for them to have a space where they can really show off to potential fans and get some traffic is huge.” And to lure traffic in, not only is Gyrocopter giving away a giant stuffed alien rabbit based on those found in Weirspace, but Ellie also led the charge in creating a Minecraft version of Monument Circle playable on the gaming floor. The circle is true to scale, but fly down Meridian or Market to find stuff like a flying pirate ship and the balloon-hoisted house from Up. n
do?,' I say, 'Well, I have my mic setup in my closet, and I spend the majority of my time in there. That's what I do." “Is it at least a walk-in closet?” asks this reporter. “Not really. It's probably two Subway footlongs wide.” Eastman partly credits her parents, who were active in theater, for making her new career possible — "enunciation was key when I was little" — but her networking skills and fearlessness seem the key elements to her success. She went to Game Developers Conference on a whim in 2011, eventually put a voice reel on Facebook — and now she says she has more work than she can handle. And if she didn't plan on becoming a voice actor going into college, she's confident she's doing essential work: “I feel like a good voice actor can really help make a game believable, authentic and help bring it to life.” And she loves the indie gaming scene, which is always on the lookout for independent contractors like her who can do good work with minimum fuss and resources: "They're all their own person, and you can see that in their products," she says of indie game developers. "They are all about making a statement through a game, which I think is really wonderful." n
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A&E EVENTS Mid-Century Modern events Indiana Landmarks’ Indiana Modern affinity group has put together a series of events looking at the history of modern design. Here’s the lineup: • Lecture: Modern Landscape Architecture: Transition and Transformation A talk by Charles Bimbaum, president of The Cultural Landscape Foundation in Washington, D.C., about the future of Modernist landCharles Bimbaum scapes, many of which are in need of rescue or restoration. Indianapolis Museum of Art, May 29, 6 p.m., FREE, modernistlecture.eventbrite.com • Landslide 2013: The Landscape Legacy of Dan Kiley A photo retrospective of work by Modernist landscape architect Dan Kiley, whose work includes the IMA-owned Miller House and Gardens in Columbus. Central Library, May 29-June 25, FREE • Back to the Future: Mid-Century Modern Home Tour A walk through five private homes in the Avalon Hills and Devonshire neighborhoods. May 31, 1-6 p.m., $15 advance, $20 day of, midcenturytour2014.eventbrite.com Cirque de la Symphonie You get the wordplay, right? This pops show, with Jack Everly on the podium, combines Cirque de Soleil-style aerial flying, acrobatics, dancing and juggling with music by the ISO.
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ill Maher tells you what he thinks. Although the comedian’s got some pretty progressive views on a lot of issues — weed and gay marriage, to name two biggies — he also makes many on the left squirm when he speaks of his disdain for Islam. While he agreed with essentially everybody that Clippers owner Donald Sterling’s views on race were appalling, Maher was troubled by the way those views were made public, and his Sterling-inspired riff on the live HBO show he hosts — Real Time — became part of a public debate he’s undertaken with Washington Post columnist Kathleen Parker (more on that shortly). In addition to Real Time, Maher hosted the now-defunct Politically Incorrect on Comedy Central and ABC, authored four bestsellers and helmed the documentary Religulous. He also still tours, and he’ll bring his act to the Murat at Old National Centre on May 31. We spoke with Maher by phone from his office in LA.
SoBro Arts Spring Studio Tour SoBro Arts, a self-promoted group of artists working in a mixed-use center on E. 54th Street, are inviting visitors to circumvent the usual art Indy art circuits and stop by for a chat this Saturday. Participating artists include Lauren Zoll, Barbara Zech — and, working out of Seed & Star Studio, Kate Oberreich, Sofiya Inger and Grace Kite. Head to nuvo.net for a feature about the tour (alas, we ran out of space for it in this issue).
BILL MAHER: When I look at what the alternate universe would be with a Mitt Romney presidency, it looks pretty good. … I mean, it’s easy to get down on Obama, and I certainly do not hold my powder that I think he should be doing more, but when you think about what he’s working against, and what the world would be if we were going the other route, it’s very scary. … I keep hearing about the big [“Tea Party” versus mainstream GOP] Civil War in the Republican Party but when you look at the polls, mainstream Republicans are kind of crazy, too. I mean, the poll I looked at recently said that 44% of Republicans think that Benghazi is the worst scandal in American history. The second worst, of course, was when Kanye grabbed the mic from Taylor Swift. The same number, 44% — and again, this is not Tea Party; this is Republicans — 44% think that Obama will find a way to stay in office after 2017. That is flat-out nuts if you think that but, yes, the Tea Party is of course worse. There’s also an interesting poll about climate change that’s out there that’s fascinating.
Irvington Historical Society’s Bona Thompson Memorial Center, May 31, 6-9 p.m.
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[It] shows that 65% of Democrats are very worried; they think it’s real, manmade. Only 25% of Republican think it’s real and man-made and only 10% of Tea Party people think global warming is real and man-made. NUVO: I find it fascinating that you still feel the need to go out on the road and work in front of a live room. You probably don’t need the money at this point, but there’s a handful of guys who still do it. MAHER: It’s very important to me to get out in the country and see America because here I am every Friday night talking about America and I feel like if you just sit in Los Angeles — which is not representative of America — and just spout on about America this and America that, I would feel like a bit of a phony. … I feel like the fact that I do get out in the country does put me in touch with people that I would never otherwise talk to. You talk to them in the cab. You talk to the kid that picks you up for the show, or the hotel lobby, the hotel bar. And when I’m on the ground, wherever I am, I’m always asking: what’s the story, what are people talking about? And then I put it into the show a little bit. I always add a little local flavor. I feel like it keeps me in touch with America more. When I hear these Tea Party types who always say, “I want my country back!” I want to say, “You know what? I travel the country, and let me tell you something: It hasn’t gone anywhere. You don’t have to worry about getting it back because it is still the same
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offered one way of dealing with the modern world’s ubiquitous invasions of privacy: give up. She wrote, ‘If you don’t want your words broadcast in the public square, don’t say them.’ Really? Even at home we have to talk like a White House press spokesman? She then looked on the bright side by saying, ‘Such potential exposure forces us to more carefully select our words and edit our thoughts.’ Always editing? I’d rather be a Mormon.” MAHER: Well, I gotta tell you, I very rarely do something at the end of the show that gets kudos from both left and right, but that one did. People did not like what [Parker] said and no one had called her out on it. The idea that you cannot speak freely in your own home; I don’t care what party you are or who you are or what color you are or what you think you’re saying, nobody likes that because as I said in the piece we’re not that good. We’re just humans. The idea that we have to be perfect all the time? And she was saying, “Look on the bright side! You’ll edit yourself and choose your words more carefully. I don’t wanna choose my words carefully when I’m home. That hit a nerve. So I’ll be very anxious to see what her rebuttal to that is. NUVO: Walk me through the process of putting that show together every week. What’s the schedule? MAHER: Ironically, it’s much more work than when I did an everyday talk show because when you do an every day show you kind of can only make it so good. And that’s also the charm of shows like that. Letterman was good for 30 years because it’s a “let’s throw some shit against a wall and see what sticks” thing, and that can be beautiful. But when you do a once a week show and it’s on a paid cable network, you are kind of trying to put out a more polished, finished product, which is why I work so hard on that editorial at the end of the show. That’s three minutes in the show; it can take me 8 hours to put that together. [The person] I’m always thinking about when I put [the show] together is the person who wants to follow the news but is just pressed for time during the week and doesn’t have time to get to the paper or watch the news, and they want to get caught up in an entertaining way and in an hour. So I wanna pick out everything that I think is important that that person should be aware of that week and find the right place in the show to put it. Should it be a “New Rule,” is it something that we should talk about on the panel, a monologue joke, or is it the editorial? Whatever it is, I want that person to feel at the end of the show that they’re completely caught up. n
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OPENING Maleficent Angelina Jolie stars in Disney’s up-close-and-personal look at the villain from Sleeping Beauty. Turns out there was more to the story. We learn that Maleficent lived happily in paradise until outsiders invaded her home turf. She becomes a fierce protector of the land, but a betrayal turns her heart to stone. PG, Opens Thursday in wide release and 3D Cold in July Critics are quite fond of this Texas-based thriller which finds Michael C. Hall descending into a nebulous underworld after he shoots a guy (Wyatt Russell) burgling his house. With Sam Shepard, Vanessa Shaw and Don Johnson. “Strictly for connoisseurs of violent genre pulp,” says The New Yorker’s David Denby, but he’s kind of a stick in the mud. NR, Opens Friday at Keystone Art A Million Ways to Die in the West Seth MacFarlane (Family Guy, Ted, that Oscars that wasn’t so great but at least wasn’t an infomercial for Ellen’s awesome mobile phone) directed, wrote, produced and starred as a sheep farmer in this Wild West comedy. With Charlize Theron, Liam Neeson, Sarah Silverman and Neil Patrick Harris. R, Opens Thursday in wide release
CONTINUING Chef r Frothy feel-good food truck film with an insouciant hint of lemon zest. After an LA chef (Jon Favreau) is urged by his boss (Dustin Hoffman) to stick to the tried and true, he gets skewered by a restaurant critic (Oliver Platt) and soon ends up in Miami, encouraged by his ex-wife (Sofia Vergara) to start over. With the help of his line cook (John Leguizamo) he launches a food truck business, hits the road, bonds with his son (Emjay Anthony) … there’s more, but you get the idea. Chef is a nice little snack for a summer afternoon. Scarlett Johansson, Bobby Cannavale, Amy Sedaris and Robert Downey Jr. also pop up. R, At Keystone Art The Immigrant e Well-acted period drama about Polish sisters Ewa and Magda (Marion Cotillard and Angela Sarafyan) who head to America in search of a fresh start. Ewa ends up fending for herself when Magda is determined to be ill. Evil Bruno (Joaquin Phoenix) pushes her into prostitution. Later, Bruno’s magician cousin Orlando (Jeremy Renner) arrives and offers her something else. James Gray’s film is confident, attractive and boasts fine performances, especially from Cotillard. R, At Keystone Art
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-Men: Days of Future Past delivers. Bryan Singer, who directed the first two films in the franchise — the best ones — is back, adapting one of the most celebrated stories in the history of the comic book series. If you’re a hardcore X-Men fan, you have a pretty good idea of what to expect. If you’re not a hardcore fan, you’ll need to prepare a bit, because you’re going to be hit with a lot of information. The basic set-up: In the future, killer machines called Sentinels are unleashed by the government to stem the “mutant threat.” The Sentinels are more successful at their task than anyone imagined, wiping out not only mutants, but humans whose DNA indicates they might have mutant children. As a last-ditch effort, a few surviving mutants, including Professor X (Patrick Stewart) and Magneto (Ian McKellen), use the powers of Kitty Pryde (Ellen Page) to send Wolverine (Hugh Jackman) back to 1973 to change the time-line by stopping the shape-shifting Mystique (Jennifer Lawrence) from killing Sentinels creator Boliver Trask (Peter Dinklage), the act that starts the deadly chain of events. To accomplish his goal, Wolverine must rally the messed-up younger version of Professor X (James McAvoy) and rescue Magneto (Michael Fassbender) from his prison cell beneath the Pentagon. So there you go. To avoid a headache, don’t think too hard about the time travel stuff. Just roll with the story and adjust your expectations. You know those great scenes in the first two movies where you get to see the happy young mutant students running around their school doing amazing things? You’ll get that, but only for a few seconds and not for quite a while. Instead, you’ll spend most of the movie alternating between the nightmarish future and the attempts to alter the time-line in 1973. The tone is serious, but the retro
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sequences are leavened by some welcome (and nicely integrated) bits of humor. You’ll see a lot of familiar faces, but only a few get significant screen time. The major players are Wolverine, both versions of Professor X and Magneto (but much more of the younger versions), Mystique and Beast (Nicholas Hoult). Quicksilver (Evan Peters) turns up, providing some of the movie’s best scenes and funniest moments. Kitty Pryde and Iceman (Shawn Ashmore) appear in supporting roles, while other mutants of note are only seen briefly, including Storm (Halle Berry), Colossus (Daniel Cudmore), Bishop (Omar Sy), Blink (Fan Bingbing), Sunspot (Adan Canto), Warpath (Booboo Stewart), Toad (Evan Jonigkeit) and Havok (Lucas Till). Keep your eyes peeled or you’ll miss Rogue (Anna Paquin) and middle-age Beast (Kelsey Grammar).
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SPOILER ALERT — READ AT YOUR OWN RISK. I’m not going to spell out the details of the big surprise, but I strongly suggest you take a couple moments to remember some of the major events from X-Men: The Last Stand, the third film in the series, the one directed by Brett Ratner that pissed off a lot of fans (check out the plot description on Wikipedia — it’ll only take a minute). Watch and see how Days of Future Past deals with The Last Stand. Prepare to grin. END SPOILER. X-Men: Days of Future Past is intense and packed with exposition. Newcomers are encouraged to hang on tight and focus on the main idea — change the future by stopping Mystique from killing Trask — and don’t let a little confusion spoil the experience. There’s so much good stuff here. Solid acting, a storyline that creates tension even if you can anticipate the outcome, and killer action set pieces more than make up for the slightly overstuffed feel. NOTE: As is the norm with superhero movies, there is an extra scene at the very end, after the closing credits roll. Unless you’re a really hardcore fan, you can skip it. And if you are a really hardcore fan, please drop me a note and let me know who the heck that was. n
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A May 22 showcase at Kahn’s proved that Indiana craft is in league with the best from nationwide and abroad. Twenty-seven different brews in cans across styles were featured. Cutters Monon is full-bodied, floral; Arcadia Whitsun [Michigan] is darker, tarter; Goose Island is lighter, lemony. Oskar Blues’ savory sweet Mama’s Little Yella Pils has won multiple medals, as has Sun King’s crisper, drier Popcorn Pilsner. All are different, and all satisfy; like good literature, music, drama, dance, good beer has that special element of transcendence. Check all out on specials. New brews Black Acre: Carver’s Army and Ghost Bees (Braggot). “Braggots are meads,” they explain. “Ours was aged in an Apple Brandy barrel and features semi-sweet honey and apple notes, with a subtle alcohol warmness.” Indiana City is celebrating its first anniversary with 14 retro brews and its newest Kolsch-style ale INFIELD, a clean, crisp, delicately balanced session beer finishing with a refreshing tang. Oaken Barrel, Greenwood: King Rudi Hefeweizen Half Moon, Kokomo: Rye of the Moon. Easley is introducing a new award-winning brand: Sweet Tulip Wines. Find them at Easley’s, Walgreens and Marsh stores. Events MAY 30 • Indiana craft in cans tasting at Crown Liquors downtown (150 N. Delaware), from 4-7 p.m. • New Belgium, makers of Fat Tire Ale and the hard-to-get Lips of Faith beers, brings its Clips Beer and Film Tour to Bloomington at Bryan Park from 8-11 p.m. FREE entry; food trucks available; beer sales will benefit Open Streets Bloomington. MAY 31 • Beer for Birds, benefitting Pheasants Forever of Indiana, at eventzPLUS (7960 Castleway Dr.), from 6-10 p.m. JUNE 3 • Trivia Tuesday at Rock Stone Wood Fired Pizza, 11501 Allisonville Rd., Fishers, 6-10 p.m. A plethora of Triton Beer, trivia and pizza.
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ust about every neighborhood has one — the old house with potential, the building that you just know could be cool if someone showed it a little love. Well, for everyone who has looked at one of those buildings and wished for a transformation, chef couple Toby and Melanie Miles should offer some inspiration. This April the couple opened Rail Epicurean Market in an old barn in the middle of a Westfield neighborhood. The structure, located at 211 Park St., has undergone a complete renovation; in fact, it looked so spiffy and new that I wondered why someone would build a barn on a residential street. They didn’t, of course, and the barn really has been there in the Park Street neighborhood for more than 50 years. And even though it looks new on the outside, the interior is appealingly rustic, with touches of old tin and repurposed barn siding. Wood tables and chairs, bar seating by the open kitchen, a chalkboard beer and wine list, and cupboards stocked with local products combine to create a cozy spot to enjoy lunch or dessert or a glass of wine. The owners also offer occasional private dinner events. So the place is seriously charming, and when Westfield completes its nearby Grand Junction Park project, Rail will likely be perfectly situated as a go-to dining spot. For now, it’s a little hard to find. There’s a lot of street work being done in Westfield — not to mention the construction on nearby U.S. 31 North — but the little market and cafe is definitely worth the effort it takes to find it. I stopped in last weekend for lunch and thoroughly enjoyed the experi-
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ence. Nearby neighbors come and go or pass the time on porch swings, so when you’re dining on the patio, you really feel that you’re in a neighborhood. A few tables were occupied indoors, where you order and pay at the counter, but beautiful weather and a spacious patio convinced us to have lunch outside. Rail offers a small menu of several sandwiches, a soup and a salad, along with baked goods and pastries as well as beer and wine. We opted for the ham and brie sandwich (with Local Folks mustard) and a savory chicken salad sandwich, both $8, as well as a cup of the asparagus and leek soup. We carried our plates outdoors, where a fellow diner offered a recommenda-
tion of the Rail’s vegetable soup, which she watches for on Facebook. (“When he posts the vegetable soup, just head over,” she said. “It’s amazing.”) We certainly enjoyed our own soup, though we did wish that the leek flavor had come through more. And the sandwiches, served on soft, chewy baguettes, were generous and hearty. We especially liked the ham and brie, though I might ask to have it toasted next time. The savory chicken salad is a straightforward take on a classic with none of the nuts or grapes that often appear in sweeter versions, and it was certainly good, though I would have preferred more robust seasoning. With a couple of glasses of wine — a nice Pinot Grigio and a Cotes du Rhone, reasonably priced at $7.50 and $6.50 — our tab totaled more than $30. Yes, it was a bit of a splurge for lunch, but we were out exploring on a holiday weekend, and the food was good and the patio dining was pleasant, so we certainly wouldn’t quibble about the cost. We didn’t spring for any additional items, although there’s a cooler with local products and shelves with tempting jams, candies, popcorn and other treats, like the popular B. Happy peanut butter that’s made in Zionsville. Maybe next time. n
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Indiana Humanities’ Historic Bar Crawl Indiana Humanities’ annual bar crawl expands this year to two nights’ worth of storytelling and re-enactments, all on the theme of Crime and Punishment. The crawl begins and ends at the City Market catacombs, with stops at The Hall (that is, the old City Hall on Alabama) and the Art Bank in between, along with other as yet undisclosed locations.
History on Tap The news release for Conner Prairie’s beer and history festival proclaims that one-fourth of Indiana breweries will be represented at the event, with usual suspects Sun King and Upland joining newcomers Books & Brews and Scarlet Lane. Add in craft brewing demos, samples of historical brews (including ginger beer), live music, sunset flights on the tethered helium balloon and an evening adventure featuring historical reenactors working overtime.
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uring the course of writing a follow-up to his 2011 solo debut, Bloomington songwriter Mike Adams and his wife, Jessica, found themselves in the midst of harrowing circumstances. They had just welcomed their first child, Asa, into the world – and immediately learned he needed lifesaving heart surgery. They lived in an apartment in Indianapolis for the first month of Asa’s life. In preparation for the long waiting room hours, Adams would sometimes walk from his distant apartment to Riley Hospital in the frigid January weather. It was on one of these morning treks through the snow that he wrote the lyrics for his new album’s first single. “Specifically, ‘I’m Worried’ is about that ordeal — being at the hospital while we’re all going through this terrifying stuff,” Adams remembers. “Just not knowing how to deal with that, how to process it.” Now living happily with his wife and (healthy!) son in Bloomington, Adams can look back at the writing of Best of Boiler Room Classics and reflect on that worried time, two-and-a-half years ago. “There was just a lot of change, it seemed like, going on in my life at that point, so a lot of it’s just about making sense of new information and new relationships with people and new stations in life,” he says.
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diner one Saturday morning for breakfast in mid-May. He’s just returned from a successful Midwest tour in support of Boiler Room. We dig into a plate of biscuits and gravy and briefly chat about his fun on the road, before digging into his musical past.
During his childhood in Northern Indiana, Adams was always surrounded by music, thanks to his family’s active church involvement. From worship services three times a week to songful family gatherings, music just became a “normal part of doing things,” he remembers. Around age 16, Adams picked up the guitar, eventually playing in two or three bands in Warsaw, where he was attending high school. “For me, it was this really formative time of kids putting on their own shows and all these kids having bands around me that were great,” he says. “When I was 15 or 16, I couldn’t believe that there were kids in
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my gym class who had bands that were as good as any band.” When it came time for college, Adams decided on IU, knowing he could find musicians to befriend there. It didn’t take long – he met future bandmate Tim Felton living across the hall from him in the dorms. The two began playing music together, eventually starting husband&wife, a band whose decade-long existence came to an end last spring. “Everything I’ve learned about how to be a band or how to accomplish goals in music and how to keep it together, I learned during husband&wife,” Adams says. “All the dudes in that band were really committed the whole time, so it was a perfect training ground for figuring out how to do it because we could make mistakes, but everyone was still coming back. It was a comfortable place to cut our teeth.” One summer while the rest of the band was busy and away, Adams decided to knock out some song ideas of his own, personally challenging himself to make a record during a two-week break from husband&wife. These songs eventually evolved into his debut solo album, Oscillate Wisely (released under the name Mike Adams at His Honest Weight). “It was more of just an exercise and something new to try that was different from husband&wife while [the band] was taking a break. So, in that way it was really organic just because it wasn’t premeditated,” he says. “Once husband&wife called it quits, then I had something to keep working on already, which was nice.”
A good thing going Adams initially had minimal plans coinciding with the release of Oscillate Wisely, but thanks to dear friend Jared Cheek, (owner of Flannelgraph Records, which released Oscillate) this would change. “I said, ‘I’m going to do this album, I’m going to just release it somehow, do one show just for the fun of it to release
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it, and then that’s that,’” Adams remembers. “But Jared was really encouraging, like, ‘Keep doing this.’ Thank God because I’ve loved it ever since.” Cheek and Adams both vividly remember their first interaction. Cheek: “I walked up to use the urinal next to his at Bear’s Place in Bloomington. This was maybe 2004 or 2005. He just looked up at me, said he couldn’t do it, and walked off. He said I gave him stage fright!” (Editor’s note: We’ve written about Cheek and Adams’ relationship and the development of their record labels Flannelgraph and Crossroads of America in a previous issue. Read that at nuvo.net.) With Honest Weight, Adams lets loose on stage, jumping and running about while throwing in the occasional “highflying kick,” he says. For longtime fans of husband&wife, these animated stage antics may come as a surprise at first. But according to Cheek, they’ve been Adams’ vision all along. “I remember when Mike first told me about his idea for the live version of the Honest Weight stuff, he said something about wanting to be able to really ham it up out there, kind of like Sam Cooke or something,” Cheek said. “I think he’s actually somewhere between Robert Pollard, Morrissey, Tony Clifton, Elvis and your lovable dad up there, which is a really fun combination. Some people aren’t sure what to make of him at first, but I love it when I’m able to see new people loosen up and embrace him by the end of the set.” Cheek’s right about this: he is a lovable dad. “Having a family now is awesome,” Adams says. “My son is great and my wife is super cool and supportive… For me, having a family makes what I do possible.” As for Best of Boiler Room Classics, Adams can honestly say it’s one of his most telling albums to date. “I feel like it’s one of the most complete ideas I’ve put together yet,” he said. “Not that I’ve attained ‘it,’ but it feels like a culmination of all the stuff I’ve been working at.” n
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arry Coryell earned his reputation as a master of psychedelic jazz guitar with a series of groundbreaking experimental LPs in the late '60s. But Coryell's skills extend far beyond the sphere of the avant-garde; he's equally comfortable riffing on traditional jazz standards and well-versed in high-profile collaborations. He's traded licks with Jimi Hendrix and recorded with Charles Mingus. Indy will experience the full range of Coryell's guitar virtuosity when he visits the Jazz Kitchen on June 14. NUVO: In your autobiography, you said Wes Montgomery was your hero. What did his work mean to you? LARRY CORYELL: Wes meant everything to me. He's one of the high priests of jazz guitar. He was one of a kind and now he's the most imitated guitarist in the history of jazz.
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CORYELL: He was my mentor. I saw him around the same time I saw Wes. I befriended him and we hung out, smoked NUVO: Did you get to see him play? a little grass. He told me his thoughts about music and I soaked them up like a sponge. I remember the most important thing he told me “We might’ve dropped some acid.” was, "The music comes first, the instrument comes second." — LARRY CORYELL We both ended up moving to New York and I was supposed to do a record date with him. I had a band called The Free Spirits CORYELL: Absolutely, it was incredible. I that was playing folk rock mixed with jazz was underage at the time and I borrowed and he wanted to record with us. I don't an ID to get in. I couldn't get over his remember how this happened but we thumb. He didn't play with a pick, he used missed the date. How we could miss our his right thumb. He was happy to be there first recording date I can not tell you. But and he expressed tremendous joy on the we were all into psychedelic drugs at the bandstand. He laughed a lot. time. We might've dropped some acid. The name of the first album by Wes NUVO: Your next release is an opera that I bought was The Incredible Jazz you composed based on Tolstoy's War Guitar of Wes Montgomery and I agree and Peace. Is this work written in a conwith that adjective. Interestingly enough, ventional opera format? when I got a chance to talk to him about that record he told me he didn't like it. CORYELL: Yes, I'd say it's a modern He said, "You should've heard me a few conventional opera. It's not Carmen. I years ago when I played my steady gig in love Carmen but I'd say the orchestral Indy at the Missile Room." influences are as far reaching as Jimi Later, I used to go watch him in New York at the Half Note in 1966. He did some Hendrix to Jimmy Webb to Gershwin to Tchaikovsky. Plus lot of Mozart, incredible shows there that were recorded Beethoven, Ravel and Stravinsky. We're and bootlegged. It's some of the best work trying to do the premiere in one of the forhe ever did. He was being influenced by the New York scene and he started playing mer Yugoslavian countries. We want it to coincide with the one hundredth annivermore of a tour-de-force thing as opposed sary of the beginning of World War I. n to the friendly confines of a Montgomery Brothers type context. Sometimes, he'd be the only soloist. He'd play the head, >> Kyle Long creates a custom take a long solo, and then ride it out – and podcast for each column. nobody would complain. (Laughs) Hear this week’s at NUVO.net 22 MUSIC // 05.28.14 - 06.04.14 // 100% RECYCLED PAPER // NUVO
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Caleb McCoach, Digital Dots, ByBye, Vess von Ruhtenberg This stacked local show features Jon Woods’ Digital Dots (whose new album, Electronic Art, features Josh Morrow and Mike Bridasky, and is out in June) Caleb McCoach and newbie experimental electronic group ByBye. Vess won Ruhtenberg, fresh from his recent gig out with Last IV, will also play. Melody Inn, 3826 N. Illinois St., 9 p.m., $5, 21+ COFFEE Laura K Balke, The Matchsellers Two performers on this bill have connections in Warsaw, Ind. You already know Balke, the ever-touring songstress from Warsaw. She’ll play alongside The Matchsellers, a duo who met when Warsaw musician Andrew Morris met Kansas musician Julie Bates – in Germany. Music starts early at this one – plan to be out around 6 p.m.
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Hoopla A trio of Indy artists, including R-Juna, the soulful Bashiri Asad and the wall-shaking Breakdown Kings, will join special guest dancers at this event hosted by Scoot Dubbs. Cee-Note and Hoop Hop Hooray will appear as special guests.
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ROOTS John Hartford Memorial Festival The fourth annual John Hartford Memorial music festival will fill Bill Monroe Music Park with the sounds of newgrass, bluegrass and good vibes. Hartford is, of course, considered the father and creator of newgrass (a creative and innovative version of the root genre bluegrass). The festival is held yearly in Bean Blossom, Ind., and transpires over three days. Huge names (including Peter Rowan, Pokey LaFarge and Jamie Hartford, who will play songs by his father) are due to appear at the fest, alongside dozens of others. “The festival is for and in honor of John Hartford; we consider him to be the father of newgrass,” Kimberly DeCero, a media rep from the fest, said. According to DeCero, other musicians have said that his style of music makes them feel confident in creating and styling their own form of bluegrass. “We’re on a mission to preserve the music and ideals of John Hartford, one of America’s most beloved musicians and songwriters,” DeCero said. — JUSTIN SHAW Bill Monroe Music Park and Campground, Bean Blossom, Thursday - Saturday, times vary, prices vary, all-ages Bootleg,Ball & Biscuit, 21+ Altered Thurzdaze, Mousetrap, 21+ The Mutts, Birdy’s, 21+ Max Allen, The Tap (Bloomington), 21+ Chicago Afrobeat Project, Bluebird (Bloomington), 21+ Chris Burch, Sabbatical, 21+ NUVO // 100% RECYCLED PAPER // 05.28.14 - 06.04.14 // MUSIC 23
SOUNDCHECK Man Forever, Aurora Dorey Alice, Panture Walk, DJ Yo Yo Ba, Magnetic South, (Bloomington), all-ages Jon Pardi, 8 Seconds Saloon, 21+ The Woomblies, Indianapolis Historical Society, all-ages Katie Herzig, Elizabeth and The Catapult, Biergarten at the Rathskeller, 21+ W.T. Feaster and Friends, Slippery Noodle, 21+ Thirsty Thursdays, Ziggy’s Bar and Grill, 21+ Uriah Goins and Jeff Long’s Birthday Bash with Dustin Sheridan and Dom and Orville, Blu Lounge, 21+
FRIDAY SIT-DOWNS Music Council Green Room Series There’s not that much room at GPC, so if you’re looking to get in on the hip-hop edition of the Music Council’s Green Room series, RSVP now. Local emcees Oreo Jones and Grey Granite are the featured speakers at this month’s edition; organizers will ask them to speak on the state of hip-hop in our state. Spirited discussion (hopefully) to follow.
General Public Collective, 1060 Virginia Ave., 7 p.m., RSVP at meetup.com, all-ages FINAL FRIDAY Shame Thugs, Hen Right after the Music Council’s Green Room event, General Public will feature the sonic stylings of two ladyled Indy groups, Shame Thugs and Hen. Lonesome Dove, a BFA thesis exhibit by local artists Rachel Enneking and Kat Mitchell, will close that evening. General Public Collective, 1060 Virginia Ave., 10 p.m., FREE, all-ages NEW VENUE Belle Adair, Steelism Muscle Shoals continues to pump out interesting artists with a penchant for touring through Indy. This week’s offering is Belle Adair, who just released their debut full-length, The Brave and the Blue. They’ll play alongside Nashville instrumental group Steelism, whose members make up the backing bands for all sorts of players (Caitlin Rose, Andrew Combs, Rayland Baxter and Jonny Fritz). Friday will be their first time in Indy. The Hi-Fi, 1043 Virginia Ave. Suite 4 , 8 p.m., $5 in advance, $7 at the door, 21+
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Eternal Tour with Ze Murder Boyz, Emerson Theater, all-ages Stolen Faces, Grateful Dead Tirbute with Hyrdyer and The Spirtles, Vogue, 21+ Barge, CC Murder Dogs, house venue (look online), all-ages The Tad Robinson Band, Broad Ripple Park, all-ages Andy Davis, Biergarten at the Rathskeller, 21+
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POST-CON Pop-Cosplay After Party Don’t change out of your carefully constructed cosplay outfits after your first long day at Pop Con – hit up this after-party at Blu, where organizers will give away hundreds of dollars for their favorite get-ups. Blu, 240 S. Meridian St., 11 p.m., 21+
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Polica Minneapolis’ Polica will play a free in-store at LUNA before heading over to Radio Radio later Saturday night. It’s always interesting to see synth pop bands in stripped down settings, so make an effort to get yourself to LUNA to see what they’ll do in the small space. They’re touring their second studio album Shulamith, named in part due to lead singer’s Channy Leaneagh’s interest in the work of Shulamith Firestone. LUNA Music, 5202 N. College Ave., 2 p.m., FREE, all-ages DANCE Metro Rising Bring your bucks to this fundraiser, which benefits local nonprofit Girls Rock! The Lickers, Ghost of Kin and DJ Gabby Love will soundtrack the benefit. Metro, 707 Massachusetts Ave., 9 p.m., $5 suggested donation, 21+
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SUNDAY SINGER-SONGWRITER Jack Johnson, Amos Lee Not to be glib here, but what else could you possibly need to know about this show? It’s going to be as easy to groove to as the cold white wine
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Newspaper for the Vagina, Wallpaper for the Soul I want head NOW but I’m pretty sure I have pieces of TP stuck in and around my vulva from the shit powdery work TP and it’s awkward. Any suggestions for wipes or something that’s discreet and don’t taste like chemicals or smell like weird fruits of the forest? — Anonymous, from Tumblr SARAH: While working for my mom flipping houses one summer, I learned that it’s usually the most basic supplies that give windows a streak-free shine with no residue, which for us was newspaper and vinegar solution. That’s what we’re after, here: no fuss, no fuzz. Since we’re a green-minded organization, I’ll suggest just a plain-old cotton washcloth in your purse. It’s reusable, doubles as a napkin or hanky, could get the dust off of your dash if the boss needs a ride to lunch, and washes clean in your load of laundry. Pick up a reusable spray bottle and fill it with water and a couple of drops of essential oil if you’re feeling fancy (shake it before you spray it), and a teaspoon or two of witch hazel if you want to treat yo’ self to something a little soothing. Spritz the washcloth and get booty-ready in a few minutes. And I’m with you, girl: nothing breaks the mood faster than your dude pausing to eject TP from his mouth like he’s spitting seeds in a watermelon eating contest. DR. D: If your work toilet paper sucks that badly, why not bring your own pack? Tiny travel sized rolls are available from drug stores like CVS - I have carted them around the world with me to places where it’s not always easy to find bathrooms with toilet paper (e.g., parts of India, Kenya, South Africa). We’re talking name-brand, soft-on-the-vulva toilet paper. Small enough to slip inside your purse and use at work. You might also fold up some toilet paper and stick it in your pocket for workday bathroom breaks. Or, when you’re ready to go home for the day, why not just stop in the bathroom and do a once-over? If you have time for wipes, you certainly have time for that. And while there are many wipes on the market, I can’t think of one that is generally considered scent or taste-free. If readers want to suggest one, we’re all ears! 26 VOICES // 05.28.14 - 06.04.14 // 100% RECYCLED PAPER // NUVO
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ARIES (March 21-April 19): “When I was young,”
wrote French author Albert Camus, “I expected people to give me more than they could — continuous friendship, permanent emotion.” That didn’t work out so well for him. Over and over, he was awash in disappointment. “Now I have learned to expect less of them than they can give,” he concluded. “Their emotions, their friendship, and noble gestures keep their full miraculous value in my eyes; wholly the fruit of grace.” I’d love to see you make an adjustment like this in the coming months, Aries. If you do, the astrological omens suggest you will experience a blessing like Camus’. Aries
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TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Some earthquakes happen in slow-motion. These rare events occur 22 to 34 miles down, where tectonic plates are hotter and gooier. Unlike the sudden, shocking jolts of typical temblors, this gradual variety can take many days to uncoil and never send dishes flying off shelves up here on the earth’s surface. I suspect your destiny will have a resemblance to this phenomenon in the coming months, Taurus. Your foundations will be rustling and rumbling, but they will do so slowly and gently. The release of energy will ultimately be quite massive. The realignment of deep structures will be epic. But there will be no big disturbances or damages. Taurus
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GEMINI (May 21-June 20): I suspect that some night soon you will have a dream of being naked as you stand on stage in front of a big audience. Or maybe not completely naked. There’s a strong possibility you will be wearing pink and green striped socks and a gold crown. And it gets worse. In your dream, I bet you will forget what you were going to say to the expectant crowd. Your mouth will be moving but no words will come out. So that’s the bad news, Gemini. The good news is that since I have forewarned you, you can now do whatever is necessary to prevent anything resembling this dream from actually occurring in your waking life. So when you are called on to show what you’ve got and make a splashy impression, you will be well-prepared. Gemini
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LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): “Dear Diary: Almost everything
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that was possible to change has changed these past 12 months. I am not kidding and I am not exaggerating. Getting just one of my certainties destroyed would have been acceptable; I long ago became accustomed to the gradual chip-chip-chipping away of my secure foundations. But this most recent phase, when even my pretty illusions of stability got smashed, truly set a record. So then why am I still standing strong and proud? Why is it I’m not cowering in the corner muttering to the spiders? Have I somehow found some new source of power that was never available to me until my defenses were totally stripped away? I think I’ll go with that theory.” Leo
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VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): About 32,000 years ago,
squirrels in northeast Siberia buried the fruits of a flowering plant deep in their burrows, below the level of the permafrost. Then a flood swept through the area. The water froze and permanently sealed the fruits in a layer of ice. They remained preserved there until 2007, when they were excavated. A team of scientists got a hold of them and coaxed them to grow into viable plants. Their success has a metaphorical resemblance to a project you will be capable of pulling off during the next 12 months, Virgo. I’m not sure what exact form it Virgo
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SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): “I should have kissed you
longer.” I hope you won’t be replaying that thought over and over again in your imagination three weeks from now. I hope you won’t be obsessing on similar mantras, either, like “I should have treated you better” or “I wish I would have listened to you deeper” or “I should have tried harder to be my best self with you.” Please don’t let any of that happen, Scorpio. I am begging you to act now to make any necessary changes in yourself so that you will be fully ready to give the important people in your life the care they deserve. If you do so, you will be free of regrets later. Scorpio
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SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): “Longing, what is that?
Desire, what is that?” Those are questions Louise Gluck asks in her poem “Prism.” Does she really not know? Has she somehow become innocent again, free from all her memories of what longing and desire have meant to her in the past? That’s what I wish for you right now, Sagittarius. Can you do it? Can you enter into beginner’s mind and feel your longing and desire as if they were brand new, just born, as fresh and primal as they were at the moment you fell in love for the first time? If you can manage it, you will bestow upon yourself a big blessing. Sagittarius
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CANCER (June 21-July 22): When I slip into a meditative state and seek insight about your future, I have a reverie about a hearty sapling growing out of a fallen tree that’s rotting on the forest floor. I see exuberant mushrooms sprouting from a cowpie in a pasture. I imagine compost nourishing a watermelon patch. So what do my visions mean? I’m guessing you’re going through a phase of metaphorical death and decay. You are shedding and purging and flushing. In the process, you are preparing some top-notch fertilizer. It won’t be ready for a while, but when it is, a growth spurt will begin. Cancer
Sommerfeld, the good news was that he was nominated for the Nobel Prize 81 times. The bad news is that he never actually won. Actor Richard Burton had a similar fate. He was nominated for an Academy Award seven times, but never took home an Oscar. If there is anything that even vaguely resembles that pattern in your own life, Libra, the next 12 months will be the most favorable time ever to break the spell. In the next few weeks, you may get a glimpse of how it will unfold.
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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): For German physicist Arnold
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will take. A resuscitation? A resurrection? A recovery? The revival of a dormant dream? The thawing of a frozen asset or the return of a lost resource?
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CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): You could really benefit
from engaging with a compassionate critic — someone who would gently and lovingly invite you to curb your excesses, heal your ignorance, and correct your mistakes. Would you consider going out in search of a kick-ass guide like that? ideally, this person would also motivate you to build up your strengths and inspire you to take better care of your body. One way or another, Capricorn, curative feedback will be coming your way. The question is, will you have a hand in choosing it, or will you wait around passively for fate to deliver it? I highly recommend the former. Capricorn
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AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Now would be an excellent time for you to dream up five new ways to have fun. I’m not suggesting there’s anything wrong with your existing methods. It’s just that in the next few weeks, life will conspire to help you drop some of your inhibitions and play around more than usual and experience greater pleasure. The best way to cooperate with that conspiracy is to be an explorer on the frontiers of amusement and enchantment. What’s the most exciting thing you have always wondered about but never done? What interesting experiment have you denied yourself for no good reason? What excursion or adventure would light up your spontaneity? Aquarius
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PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Now is an excellent time to transform your relationship with your past. Are you up for a concentrated burst of psychospiritual work? To get the party started, meditate your ass off as you ponder this question: “What fossilized fixations, ancient insults, impossible dreams, and parasitic ghosts am I ready to let go of?” Next, move on to this inquiry: “What can I do to ensure that relaxed, amused acceptance will rule my encounters with the old ways forever after?” Here’s a third query: “What will I do with all the energy I free up by releasing the deadweight I had been clinging to?” Pisces
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