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The 2015 edition of Circle City IN Pride gets rolling this week, culminating with the big parade/fest/party on June 13. In honor of this year’s march toward marriage equality, we present MILITANT LGBTQ people doing MILITANT LGBTQ things — like shopping and laundry! — right next to STRAIGHT PEOPLE! Plus, we’ve got a complete list of Pride events.
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LGBTQ “summer study”..................... P. 8 Voices: Dolan on LGBTQ rights.......... P. 7
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LGBTQ civil rights are not a priority on Gov. Pence’s agenda and the Legislative Council opted not to have a summer study committee take up the issue. However, according to one law professor, civil rights DO matter for the LGBTQ community and should get some attention from the state.
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So you’re getting married and you need a good pizza to serve your guests. Don’t worry, we’ve already compiled a list for easier planing! Also check out Bradley Zimmerman’s advice from Bent Rail, plus our first look at Nourish.
Big Gay Wedding Pizza..................... P. 24 Ask a Brewer.................................... P. 24 Nourish.............................................. P. 26
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It’s Christian metalcore week in NUVO’s music section, which is a sentence I never thought I’d type. Exciting news in columnist Kyle Long’s universe, too, as he moves to WFYI’s main channel tonight.
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o, same-sex marriage now is legal in lovely green Ireland. A few days ago, voters on the Emerald Isle cast their ballots overwhelmingly in favor of allowing people of the same gender to commit themselves to each other in marriage. A little more than 61 percent of Irish citizens voted yes to a referendum question about same-sex unions. Only one of Ireland’s 43 parliamentary constituencies voted against gay unions – and that was by a narrow margin. Observers saw the vote as a significant for at least a couple reasons. The first is that it made Ireland the first country in the world to legalize gay marriage by popular vote. Every other nation that recognizes same-sex marriage – and there now are many of them – has done so through judicial decision or legislative act. One argument that opponents of same-sex marriage like to make is that it is a change being imposed by elitists and extremists. Ordinary people, given a chance to express themselves, won’t stand for gay marriage. Their faith and their consciences, same-sex marriage opponents say, will dictate their opposition. Except that isn’t what happened in Ireland. The Catholic Church has been a dominant force in Irish life – in fact, it often has been the dominant force in Irish life – for centuries. The church opposed the same-sex marriage measure and, officially, directed Irish Catholics to vote no. Many priests, though, broke with the church leadership and urged their congregations either to vote yes or – here’s a novel idea – to vote their own consciences. And, after consulting their faiths and their consciences, the people in one of the more religiously devout nations on earth voted, overwhelmingly, in favor of same-sex unions. So much for the argument that ordinary people won’t support gay marriage. But, important as those reasons are, they weren’t the thing about Ireland’s vote I found most intriguing. That came after the ballots had been cast, the votes had been counted and it was clear the “no” side had lost.
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The folks who opposed same-sex marriage in Ireland worked hard in the campaign. They cared a lot about the issue and had the conviction that right was on their side. They could have been bitter in defeat. They could have gone on a prolonged social media tirade – as Indiana Sen. Mike Delph, R-Carmel, did when Indiana’s proposed constitutional ban on same-sex marriage went up in flames – and called everyone who doesn’t think exactly the way they do moral cowards. For good measure, like Delph did, they could have threatened to kick the, uh, posteriors of folks who had the temerity to question them. Or they could have gone the Eric Miller and Micah Clark route. Miller and Clark are perhaps the two most prominent leaders of the religious right in Indiana – Miller as the head of Advance America and Clark as the executive director of the American Family Association of Indiana. They also were the architects of the ill-named and ill-considered Religious Freedom Restoration Act, which was designed to “punish” gay and lesbian activists for winning the same-sex marriage fight in Indiana. In the aftermath of a RFRA debacle that made Indiana a national and international joke, we Hoosiers still are tallying the costs of the damage done by that little exercise in legislative score-settling. The leaders of the Irish opposition went a different direction. They didn’t throw a temper tantrum – ala Mike Delph – or opt for vindictiveness as Eric Miller and Micah Clark. No, once it was clear his side had lost, the leader of the no campaign sent a message to the members of the yes campaign. He congratulated his opponents on their victory and said: Well done. In other words, he acted like an adult and accepted disappointment with all the grace he could muster. We Hoosiers could learn some things from the Irish. n
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So while this crackerjack committee is going to be hard at it, buckling down on hot-button issues like the ISTEP’s effectiveness as a grading tool, they’ve decided to go ahead and table the pesky civil rights issue of sexual orientation. Democrats fought hard to have gay rights included in the summer’s “top 40”, but Pence has made it clear time and again that this is not a problem he wishes to address. Gay rights, gay issues and gay people sadly don’t fall into the category of “things about which Pence cares”. His only concern is that his constituents are free to fully exercise their religious beliefs – as if THOSE rights were ever in question! We are a red state run by ultra-conservative bullies who have no compunction about openly persecuting and discriminating against anyone who doesn’t CHOOSE to be a Christian heterosexual. (‘Cause we’re all born that way.) There’s simply no getting around his clear choice to turn his back on the gay citizens of Indiana he signed that loathsome Gay rights, gay issues and gay when RFRA bill. Keith Kassan, of TheStateHousepeople sadly don’t fall into File.com, quoted Senate Minority the category of “things about Leader Tim Lanane of Anderson in his article on the same subject. which Pence cares”. “This isn’t about politics,” said Lanane. “This is about what we are going to do public policy wise to show that Indiana is a truly welcoming But my comfort and familiarity should state. Waiting another year is out of the not imply abject affection. Mine has question. No matter how hard they try to always been a mostly hate relationship obstruct it, our governor and his allies in with the state of my birth. Why? Because the legislature cannot hold back progwe’re so intentionally fucking backward. ress any longer. We know what everyday On Thursday, the Legislative Council Hoosiers know, that there’s no place for – a group of “top” Indiana lawmakers – discrimination in the Hoosier state. gathered to choose 40 issues to discuss We’ll continue to fight to make over the summer in preparation that a reality.” for the 2016 legislative Unfortunately, it isn’t session. They voted to “everyday Hoosiers” who are study problems with running state government. I the Bureau of Motor bet we could find someone Vehicles and whether more qualified in one of or not to add bars to those corn mazes. n the state smoking ban. ’m from Indianapolis. I was born at Methodist Hospital while a spring snowstorm all but shut down the city, and I was raised less than a mile from the Motor Speedway. I’ve never actually been to the 500 because I could sit in my grandparent’s backyard and hear everything clear as a bell. Start to finish, I could hear the Star Spangled Banner, Jim Nabors singing “Back Home Again in Indiana” and the inevitable, “Gentlemen, start your engines”. The roar of the cars careening around the track could only have been louder if I was sitting in the front row of the grandstand. My point? I’m familiar with Indiana. I know that my attempts at making lemon shake-ups won’t be nearly as good as the ones I can get in August at the State Fair, and that – come October – I could spit in any direction and hit a haunted corn maze.
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WHAT HAPPENED? Pelath won’t run for governor House Minority Leader Scott Pelath said he will not seek the Democratic nomination for governor even though the state is in need of a “new direction.” Pelath said Democrats can’t afford a “free-forall primary” that divides the party Pelath and hampers its winner’s ability to defeat incumbent Republican Gov. Mike Pence. Former House Speaker John Gregg, who narrowly lost to Pence in 2012, has already said he’ll run. So has Sen. Karen Tallian, D-Portage. State Superintendent of Public Instruction Glenda Ritz is expected to announce her intentions to run later this week. According to Pelath, those candidates need to come together with party leaders and settle on a nominee by the end of this year. The minority leader said Wednesday that he’ll continue to focus on winning legislative seats and managing the Democratic caucus in the House. Young getting U.S. Senate push Two Republican powerbrokers are ignoring their Mitch Daniels-era political connections to one Senate candidate and instead urging Rep. Todd Young to run for the open seat. Al Hubbard and Jim Kittle Jr. — both former chairs of the Indiana Republican Party — signed a joint letter that Young’s congressional campaign sent to supporters on Sunday. They urged other Republicans “to exercise patience in making a decision” regarding support for two other candidates in the race — former GOP chairman Eric Holcomb and U.S. Rep. Marlin Stutzman, R-3rd District. In the email blast, paid for by the Friends of Todd Young Committee, Hubbard and Kittle say Young “would be the best candidate because he’s never shied away from making tough choices during his time in office.” Young is expected to announce whether he’ll run this summer. His campaign spokesman, Trevor Foughty, said that the “congressman is narrowing in on a decision.” New director appointed to gaming commission Gov. Mike Pence announced on Friday that Sara Gonso Tait will take over as the executive director of the Indiana Gaming Commission. Tait’s new position became available when current leader Ernest Yelton announced his retireGonso Tait ment. Former Gov. Mitch Daniels appointed Yelton in 2005. Tait currently works as general counsel at the Indiana Gaming Commission. Tait’s work history also includes time as the director of license control and a staff attorney for the Indiana Gaming Commission and as a contract attorney for Lewis Wagner, LLP. “Sara Gonso Tait has served the people of Indiana well during her time at the Indiana Gaming Commission, and her dedication and experience within the commission make her the perfect candidate for executive director,” said Governor Pence in a statement. “I know she will continue to serve Hoosiers with professionalism and distinction in her new role.” — THE STATEHOUSE FILE 8 NEWS // 06.03.15 - 06.10.15 // 100% RECYCLED PAPER // NUVO
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Since the initial uproar from RFRA, the LGBTQ community and supporters have been rallying to urge legislators to include sexual orientation and gender identity in Indiana’s civil rights laws.
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amily Matters. That was the name of the show from the early 1990s starring Jaleel White as “Steve Urkel,” the goofy nerdy neighbor kid who stumbled and bumbled into trouble or something important or just something. His stumbling and bumbling through life became the primary theme of the show’s nine-year run on network television. That is pretty impressive for a character that was originally supposed to be an occasional presence. In true “Steve Urkel” fashion, the Indiana General Assembly stumbled and bumbled into the important issue of anti-discrimination protection for the state’s LGBTQ community by way of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA). Another stumble occurred last week when the Legislative Council announced the list of summer study committees and topics and LGBTQ civil rights was not on the list.
Regardless of whether legislators want to talk about the issue publicly, the issue is out there and the public is talking about it. Why? Because it matters. It matters more than people may realize.
The need for statute protection When RFRA became a huge deal and ultimately a huge embarrassment for the state, one of the arguments against it was that the law was a “license” to discriminate. Legislative supporters of the law said it did nothing of the sort, despite the fact that Advance America stated on its website that RFRA would allow businesses who didn’t want to offer services to the LGBTQ community the right to refuse service for religious reasons. However, according to David Orentlicher, law professor at the Robert H. McKinney School of Law, RFRA isn’t a license to discriminate because the “freedom” to discriminate already exists for most of the state.
“You don’t need a license to discriminate,” says Orentlicher. “You’re free to discriminate unless the federal or state government passes a law that says you can’t discriminate if you are a private business.” Orentlicher The Civil Rights Act of 1964 provides that protection for race, gender, age, disability, religion, national origin and ethnic background. All 50 states have state statutes reflecting the same list. However in Indiana, the list does not include sexual orientation or gender identity. The only exceptions would be the cities and/or counties that have local ordinances with discrimination protections for sexual orientation. Indianapolis is one city in the state with such protections in place, which is one of many reasons why Mayor Greg Ballard says with confidence that “Indy Welcomes All”. S E E , RIGHTS, O N PA GE 1 0
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GET INVOLVED 19th Annual “Spirit of Freedom” Thursday, June 4, 10:45 a.m. Crown Hill Cemetery will host its 19th annual “Spirit of Freedom” commemoration event. The program recognizes and remembers the African-Americans who fought on the side of freedom during the Civil War. Approximately 225 members of the United States Colored Troops (USCT) are buried in Crown Hill. There were 1,537 USCT soldiers from Indiana. The tribute will include interactive historical presentations, Civil War replicas and a dedication ceremony. Crown Hill Cemetery, 3400 Boulevard Place, FREE, crownhill.org First Friday Conversations Friday, June 5, 7 p.m. St. Philip’s Episcopal Church continues its First Friday Conversations with a focus on gun violence in Indianapolis. The conversation will feature three representatives from Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America. The speakers will share the mission of Moms Demand Action, the group’s new faith-based initiative and the new Wear Orange campaign. St. Philip’s Episcopal Church, 720 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. St., FREE, stphilips.indydio.org
Cultural Vision Awards Tuesday, June 9, 5 p.m. NUVO honors five winners (from a field of 15 nominees) and a lifetime achievement award winner in the annual 17th Cultural Vision Awards. The award is given to those who make Indianapolis a better place to live through innovative, creative and inspirational ways in the categories of art, food, music, social justice and sports. Novelist, screenwriter, journalist and teacher Dan Wakefield will be honored with the 2015 Lifetime Achievement award. Indiana Landmarks Center, 1201 Central Ave., FREE, cva.nuvo.net
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“So why wouldn’t you do this? After all we know that discrimination is a problem,” says Orentlicher. (It was like he knew what I was about to ask!) Where the former state representative believes the “second thoughts” will come is from lawmakers concerned for businesses that might believe this new layer of protection will cost them in litigation. A fired employee would cry “Discrimination!” based on sexual orientation instead of the legitimate reasons that led to their dismissal. “Will they be able to bring a claim and say, ‘well, I was really fired because of my sexual orientation,’” says Orentlicher. “And will this impose unfair costs on businesses that have to worry every time they fire an “You’re free to discriminate employee for legitimate reaunless the federal or state sons? They could get sued based on sex or race or age government passes a law that and now they have to worry about sexual orientation.” says you can’t discriminate if In states that require a you are a private business.” good reason for firing an employee that might be a bigger — DAVID ORENTLICHER, issue, but this is Indiana – SAMUEL R. ROSEN PROFESSOR OF LAW, the Hoosier “at-will” state. “In our state the usual rule ROBERT H. MCKINNEY SCHOOL OF LAW is any reason will do, unless it is a bad reason,” says Orentlicher. And that bad reason can be on the grounds of discriminaAs the law currently stands in Indition of a group protected under civil ana if your employer wants to fire you rights law. because of your sexual orientation, the “So these anti-discrimination lawcompany can. If a landlord wants to deny suits come in and say you don’t have to your renter’s application because of your have a good reason, but you can’t have sexual orientation, that landlord can. a bad reason,” says Orentlicher. “And And if a pizza parlor wants to refuse to so the question is – is sexual orientacater your same sex wedding, that pizza tion going to be added to the list of parlor can. The only exceptions would bad reasons?” be if that employer, landlord and pizza Orentlicher admits fully that the parlor were located in Indianapolis or “added pressure” of wrongful dismissal one of the other cities or counties that claims based on sexual orientation is have local ordinances on the books. In a state of 92 counties and as many or more not a very persuasive argument against adding sexual orientation as a protected municipalities, the number of protected class to the state’s civil rights laws. Still, communities falls into the minority. As NUVO’s Facebook friend Tony Shidler he fully expects that argument to come up when the issue is debated in the put it, “Might be nice if people couldn’t get General Assembly. n fired for their sexual orientation.” So with the exception of the Circle City and a handful of others (good news Bloomington – you are protected!), members of the LGBTQ community living in the majority of the state remain unprotected. So what does that mean exactly? “Absent any legislation you are free to discriminate in hiring, in renting an apartment, or who you serve in a restaurant, unless the government says you may not discriminate,” says Orentlicher. “Absent the anti-discrimination statute, that pizza parlor, wherever it was, did not need a RFRA to discriminate.” And it still doesn’t.
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“It would mean I could finally be a full-fledged equal citizen of the state of my birth, and I could also bring my husband home with me from Spain, knowing that we would be treated as equals under the law, just as we are here in Spain. It would also mean that I could finally stop apologizing for my state, and feel proud that Indiana was joining the rest of the nation and the rest of the world in the 21st century.”
CITIES AND COUNTIES WITH ORDINANCES THAT INCLUDE DISCRIMINATION PROTECTION FOR SEXUAL ORIENTATION: CITIES: • Bloomington • Evansville • Fort Wayne • Hammond • Indianapolis • Lafayette • Martinsville (by executive order from the Mayor) • Michigan City • Muncie • New Albany • South Bend • Terre Haute • West Lafayette COUNTIES: • Marion • Monroe • Tippecanoe
WHAT IS INDIANA LACKING? Indiana is missing several protections for the LGBTQ community including: • housing • employment • public accommodations • hate crimes • anti-bullying • student discrimination • transgender healthcare Indiana state employees were first protected from discrimination based on sexual orientation, gender identity and expression through an executive order signed by Gov. Joe Kernan in 2004. One year later, Gov. Mitch Daniels added sexual orientation and gender identity as protected groups in state employment in the language of the Equal Employment Opportunity policy.
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The Lady Bunny June 5, 7 and 9 p.m. “Because First Fridays are a drag.” Big wigs (Bunny founded Wigstock, in fact), song parodies and a “potty-mouth sense of humor.” We’re in. Talbott Street Dance Club, 2145 N. Talbott St., $10 advance, $15 door, $25 VIP, 21+ Indy Pride Rainbow 5K Run/Walk June 6, 7 a.m. THIS COURSE WELCOMES EVERYONE. What better way to show that both your bod and your sense of decency, acceptance and tolerance are in good shape, eh? The folks organizing this one tell us that “All proceeds from the Rainbow 5K Run/Walk will support the IndyPride Resource Center Fund and HIV education through the Indiana AIDS Fund, a program of The Health Foundation of Greater Indianapolis.”
Talbott Street Dance Club, 2145 N. Talbott St., $30 Pride Bowl June 6, 3-7 p.m. Indy Pride’s teamed up with the Greater Indianapolis Fourth of July Classic, an LGBTQ tourney, for the second year.
— against the Circle City Pride Softball league.” Running the bases in heels? No problem. In this welcoming environment, even when you’re out, you’re safe. (See what we did there?)
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Garfield Park, 2345 Pagoda Drive, FREE
June 9, 9 p.m. “Fish are friends, not food.” The film will be shown outdoors, so bring a blanket or a lawn chair. It’s Nemo, so all ages are welcome, of course.
All-Star Bowl, 726 N. Shortridge Road, $15 adults, $10 under 12, free shoe rental
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The Roller Cave, 8734 E. 21st St., $12 adults, $7 under 12
June 7, noon. Eat before the softball game! Garfield Park, 2345 Pagoda Drive, FREE Bat ‘N’ Rouge June 7, 2 p.m. This one’s not to be missed: “Indy Pride Bag Ladies returns for a seventh year to defend their title — World Series Trainwreck Champions
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June 7, 6-9 p.m. An all-ages event, this one’s got a Disney theme and includes pizza and pop.
Pet Pride June 8, 6-8 p.m. Because pooch and kitty are part of the family too, right? There’ll be contests, vendors and food trucks. Riverside Park, 2420 Riverside Drive, FREE, but donations accepted
June 9, 7 p.m. The 10th anniversary of this event. Athenaeum Theatre, $5 Movie Night: Finding Nemo
Firehouse Museum, 748 Massachusetts Ave., $5 suggested donation Living History: Living Proof. Living Truth. (Being Transgender in Indiana) June 10, 7 p.m. Pride tells us this is “the first-ever Circle City IN Pride History Night. Focusing on the transgender community, History Night at Indy Reads Books will feature conversations and readings from Michael
Woodward, prominent lecturer and author; Marissa Miller, the Program Director for Brother’s United; and Executive Director of the Indiana Transgender Wellness Alliance, Jacqueline Patterson.” The hosts are Chadwick Offutt-Gillenwater and frequent NUVO contributor Mark A. Lee. Indy Reads Books, 911 Massachusetts Ave., FREE Girl Pride 2015 June 11, 8 p.m. This Pride event features Ivy Levan, Chely Wright, The Vallures, Crackhead Patty, Cirque Indy, Angel Burlesque, Lola Palooza and Girl Pride DJs. It’s a perfect, ladies-centric way to celebrate Pride. The Vogue, 6259 N. College Ave., $25 - $75, 21+ Bag Ladies Loud and Proud June 11, 9 p.m. The venerated Bag Ladies formed in 1981 and
Greg’s Indy, 231 E. 16th St., $5 suggested donation. Diversity Night with the Fever June 12, 7 p.m. Yep, your local WNBA squad is all about inclusion. The Fever play the Phoenix Mercury, and the game’s followed by a post-game panel discussion. Banker’s Life Fieldhouse, 125 S. Pennsylvania St., prices vary Bianca Del Rio’s Rolodex of Hate Comedy Special June 12, 9 p.m. Bianca’s here for Pride. The New York Times called Bianca Del Rio “the Joan Rivers of the drag world.” Egyptian Room at Old National Centre, 502 N. New Jersey St., $22.50-77.50 The Cadillac Barbie Pride Parade June 13, 10 a.m. The first Indy Pride Parade had one float and ran roughly 15 minutes. Now what seems to be the entire city turns out for the parade and the festival that follows — including Indy’s Republican chief, Mayor Greg Ballard. As we’ve mentioned, he’s the first mayor to serve as grand marshal of the parade while still in office. Downtown Indy, FREE The Circle City Indy Pride Festival June 13, 10 a.m. You want vendors? Allies? Food? Drink? More allies? Music? More music? This incredible celebration features three stages of entertainment with a headline appearance by Chely Wright on the main stage, plus DJs, the Indy Men’s and Women’s Choruses, bands hailing from as far away as Arizona and a “BIG HAPPY WEDDING” presented by the Indy rainbow Chamber of Commerce. (Your copy of NUVO should include a flyer with a map and a complete lineup of acts. If no one’s stolen it yet.) American Legion Mall, Downtown Indy, FREE
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f you’ve seen the 2014 film, The Fault in Our Stars, based on the eponymous John Green novel, then you’ve seen the artwork by Kate Oberreich that covers the bedroom walls of Hazel Grace Lancaster, the film’s 16-year-old main character. Oberreich’s artwork first attracted the attention of this film’s set buyer online. (The buyer had been looking for the work of Indy-based artists to use in the film.) But for this First Friday, Oberreich is drawing some attention to an event, rather than her own artwork. Social Sketch Indy, the event that she is organizing, will take place on Friday, June 5 in the courtyard Kate Oberreich of the Harrison Center for the Arts in Indianapolis from 5-8 p.m. (The building itself will be closed this particular First Friday.) “Social Sketch is a group — I really hesitate to say just artists — who want to gather together in one spot and draw and collaborate,” says Oberreich. “Everyone brings their favorite materials. Basically we provide the space and people come out and draw and hang out with other artists.” The Social Sketch concept originated in San Francisco to provide a space for people to create art and socialize, according to the organizers’ Facebook page. But other social sketch groups have subsequently started other cities along the West Coast, inspired by the original concept. The venues, usually consisting of bars or restaurants, change monthly. Until Oberreich reached out to the organizers to inquire about the possibility of starting an Indy version of Social Sketch, Denver was the easternmost city in which these events had been organized. But Oberreich had something more family-oriented in mind than previous iterations. “A friend of mine, the photographer, Emily Schwank, will be there shooting and her kids will be there drawing,” says Oberreich. “Her daughter’s working on a Girl Scout project that she’s somehow incorporating that night into earning a badge. And that’s part of the reason I want it to be family oriented.” This will be the very first Social Sketch event in Indianapolis. Going forward,
iMOCA names new executive director This week we are tipping our hats to Paula Katz, iMOCA’s official choice as its executive director. Katz stepped in as an interim director in February after Shauta Marsh’s departure. Katz is formerly the director and curator of the Herron Galleries at the Herron School of Art, and was chosen to be a Creative Renewal Fellow for 2015-16. Katz had worked with iMOCA since September on a part-time basis. She is drawn to “photographic history and techniques, community engaged art, and collaborative practices,” according to a release sent by iMOCA.
VISUAL EVENTS The Mirror of Landscape June 4, 7 p.m. In this interactive discussion, New York-based artist Rebecca Allan and Dr. Jason M. Kelly, associate professor of history and director of the IUPUI Arts and Humanities Institute, will begin a conversation about the role of landscape painting in mediating our relationship with the environment and each other. Indianapolis Museum of Art, FREE, imamuseum.org
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Oberreich envisions Social Sketch Indy meeting in a different venues, and hasn’t ruled out meeting in restaurants or bars. Oberrich, 34, who has a studio in the Harrison Center for the Arts, was born in the Hoosier state and has spent most of her life here. As a former Stutz residency artist, Oberreich knows the arts scene in the city well. In addition to her career as an artist, she also has a career in arts administration: she is a membership associate at the Indianapolis Museum of Art. Oberreich is a participant artist in the Religion, Spirituality, and the Arts seminar which showcases artists from a variety of disciplines meditating on a Biblical text and creating artwork based on it. The best time to catch up with Oberreich and introduce yourself to her art — and see how it jibes with the work on Hazel Grace’s bedroom walls — is at her studio at the Harrison Center during the Independent Music and Art Festival (June 13) from 12-8 p.m., and again on July’s first Friday. The studio space that she’s in now was
at one time occupied by Susan Hodgin, a painter who passed away last August from cancer. “I moved into the same space in September shortly after she passed. I’m deeply honored to be in her space,” she says. Paper airplanes are frequent motifs and/or subjects in Oberreich’s art, the best description for which comes from her website: “Kate mixes painting, drawing, collage and anything else that will ‘stick.’” Careful observers of her work might notice some influences of her favorite artists peeking through, such as Eva Hesse and Robert Rauschenberg. Just like these artists did in their time, Oberreich creates artwork in her journals. And — unlike those artists — Oberreich is able to use the internet to showcase this work. And this is, of course, how her work caught the set buyer for The Fault in Our Stars. Oberreich sent the set buyer three of her notebooks filled with art — art that she made during three frantic, sleepless nights. Oberreich wasn’t on The Fault in Our Stars set in Pittsburgh — the stand-in for Indy in the movie — when her sketchbooks were being put to use. “The next time I talked to the set buyer,” says Oberreich, “She said, ‘I just walked out of the preview that they did for the crew, and honey, your stuff’s all over the walls, they took the books apart, they put them all over the bedroom wall.” n
Opening Reception: Francine Fleischer June 5, 5-8 p.m. Pictura Gallery is pleased to present Francine Fleischer’s SWIM: The Water In Between — a compilation of playful photographs showing recreational swimmers in underground caverns. Fleisher offers a unique vantage point to observe human forms as they skim over the Mexican Cenotes. Pictura Gallery, FREE, picturagallery.com Bloomington Open Studios Tour June 6-7. A tour of 27 art spaces throughout the Bloomington area kicks off during the First Friday Gallery Walk with a sampling in the atrium in Fountain Square Mall, a preview at the I Fell building, and showing at Rhino’s. You can pick up a map for the tour at the Convention and Visitors’ Bureau on North Walnut, downtown Bloomington’s art galleries and artists’ studios. On the day of the tour, studio locations are marked with red balloons and yard signs. FREE, bloomingtonopenstudiostour.com Brown County Art Guild Member Artist Show: Gerrie Covert & Kathryn Clark Through June 28. A one-of-a-kind member artist show featuring the works of visual artist Gerrie Govert and oil painter Kathryn Clark. A reception for the artists will be held on June 13 from 5-8 p.m. Brown County Art Gallery, FREE, browncountyartguild.org
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STAGE EVENTS Bottoms Up Burlesque with Maella Cai Vane: Down the Rabbit Hole June 5, 8 p.m. Down the Rabbit Hole takes Lewis Carroll’s famous tale and transforms it into an evening of burlesque, created and written by Maella Cai Vane. The show features performers from Bottoms Up Burlesque, Angel Burlesque, Crème de la Femme and more. Wheeler Arts Theatre, $10 Ruckus, Motus Dance June 6, 8 p.m. In 15 to 20 minute acts, audiences will be able to sample music, theater, comedy and dance in a collaborative performance. Favorites from last year such as Gus Moon and Eclectic Pond will return, and new names like Q Artistry, Know No Stranger, AnC Movies, Cirque Indy, Belly Dancer Camila Cavalcante, Burlesque dancers Desiree DeCarlo and Jada Bella, musical acts King Crabb and Shadeland, and comedian Jeff Oskay will all make their first Ruckus debut. White Rabbit Cabaret, motusdance.com, $15 Is That Your Reel Hair? June 5 and 6, 8 p.m. “Tiffanie Bridges is every woman in this zany musical tribute of sorts! … Tiffanie morphs into your favorite divas as she overcomes the past and recognizes that true beauty is more than scalp deep.” Indy Eleven Theatre, 719 E. St. Clair St., $12-15 Urbanski Conducts Mahler 5 ISO Music Director Krzysztof Urbanski is on what amounts to a local tour conducting Mahler’s Fifth Symphony. It’s the beginning of the “all new 317 Series, bringing the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra’s concerts and programs to communities and schools surrounding Indianapolis.” June 5, 8 p.m., Palladium at the Center for the Performing Arts (Carmel), $15; June 6, 8 p.m., Hilbert Circle Theatre, $15-81; June 7, 3 p.m. Center Grove High School, 2717 S. Morgantown Road (Greenwood), $20 The Lady Bunny June 5, 9:30 p.m. Come watch the Lady Bunny, a drag queen, TV star, DJ and founder of New York’s Wigstock dazzle audiences with humor and a stellar performance. Talbot Street Night Club, general admission $10, VIP $25, talbottstreet.com EclecticPond: The Cherry Orchard June 5-20, 8 p.m.; June 14, 7 p.m. Anton Chekhov’s comedy presents the decline of a once wealthy Russian family as they foolishly cling to the past and to their ailing country estate. Indianapolis Opera, $14-19, eclecticpond.org
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s the third time still the charm if times one and two have been pretty damn charmed? This weekend marks year three for Limestone Comedy Festival, the state’s largest comedy fest in terms of performers brought onstage. Credit the festival’s success to apt management by Jared Thompson and Mat Alano-Martin. Thompson, owner of the Comedy Attic, brings in rising stars and cult legends to his club at Fourth and Walnut weekly. Alano-Martin, a fulltime road comic, spends about 35 weeks playing out a year. In between, they’ve found a festival formula that works, and they’re not going to mess it up. “We’re very cautious about maintaining the quality control of the product that we present to both the customers, the audience members and the comedians that come,” Alano-Martin says. This year Janeane Garofalo, Kyle Kinane Michael Che, Doug Benson and Tom Brady will headline the three-day festival, along with Chad Daniels, Dana Gould, Aparna Nancherla, Esther Povitsky and a few dozen other comedians that will take over the fest’s five venues between June 4-6. Booking a diverse and eclectic lineup is something both Thompson and AlanoMartin take very, very seriously — like Alano-Martin says, Limestone would be terrible if it was just 60 sarcastic white guys. “There’s no question that it’s extremely important to us as a festival and as a club with the Comedy Attic to make sure that within reason, everyone that we can represent on our stage is represented,” Thompson says. “You don’t want to go into this booking all of the same type of everything. You want to give people options, and you want to give people viewpoints, and you want to give people a snapshot of what is exactly happening in standup right now.” The fest’s booking philosophy grows out of Thompson’s rigorous standards for his club. “Most of what we do with the festival is an extension of the Comedy Attic’s booking ethos, and that is comedy that was born out of or carries the tradition of the ’90s alt-comedy movement,” AlanoMartin says. “It’s our main interest and our brand. And Janeane was right there at the beginning of that.”
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The high-profile 2015 headliners join the ranks of previous Limestone heavyhitters like Patton Oswalt, Maria Bamford and Tig Notaro. But most important to Thompson is the local comedians that join the fest and play his club. “The local comedy scene is the most important piece to the puzzle that there is for me,” Thompson says. “Providing folks an opportunity to get better is something that I look at as a privilege. [Headliner] Tom Brady is a perfect example in every single way that there can be of what we try to do here.” Brady grew up at the Comedy Attic, going up at open mics during its first few years of operation. He’s since relocated to Chicago (more on that in an interview on page 21), but Thompson is eagerly anticipating his return to his comedy home. “The amount of fun and joy that he brings to an audience when he goes on
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stage is something that I see in very few people,” Thompson says. When he called to ask if Brady would accept a headlining spot, “It was such an exhilarating conversation to have with Tom” he says. In the festival’s first year, Brady held a slot on the Blooming10, a showcase of ten local standups that’s been a cornerstone of the fest since. “I wish we hadn’t come up with this clever little wordplay of the Blooming10, because we’d probably have 15 or so that deserves to be up there,” Alano-Martin says. “These are the guys who’ve earned it, or that we see a lot of promise in. … These are the people that have been putting in the work here locally and are clearly serious about it. This took forever this year for us to figure it out. It just comes down to feeling.” This year, Stephanie Lochbihler, David Britton, Austin Frields, Jordan Mather-Licht, Doug Drury, Jesse Bush, Bob Nugent, Mo Mitchell, Aaron Nadell and Mitchell Potts will take the stage on Saturday at the Buskirk-Chumley for the Blooming10. All have appeared on the Comedy Attic stage at some point. “It all extends from the Comedy Attic,” Alano-Martin says. “Some comedian, I think it was John Roy, says that what Jared does at the Comedy Attic is like the Professor Xavier School for Gifted Comedians.” n
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Editor’s note: Limestone Comedy Festival is committed to putting standout locals onstage as headliners. This year they asked Tom Brady, who came up in Bloomington and relocated to Chicago two years ago, back as headliner. We called Brady up to chat about coming back to headline, touring with Nikki Glaser and transitioning to Chicago. Our first question: How does it feel to come back home to headline, Tom?
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’m excited, I’m nervous. I feel the entire range of emotions right now. I didn’t know that I was even going to be a part of the festival — I was just going to come down and hang out — so when I got the call [from Jared to be a headliner] I was like, “Oh my god.” I’m really excited. They had me headline one night in December at the Attic. I think that was the precursor to this. I met Nikki [Glaser] in Bloomington years ago. Probably five years ago. We didn’t work together, but we did kind of hit it off as friends. She would have me do guest spots and stuff when she came through town, like a five minute spot on her show. When I moved to Chicago last year, she was coming through and asked, “Hey, do you want to open for me at this one-night thing at The Hideout?” And I was like, “Yeah, of course.” That was in mid-December. That went well, and then she had me open for her at this club in Appleton, and that went well. She was like, “Ah, let’s work together.” That’s been since January of 2014, so about a year and a half. We both COMEDY
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talk a lot about relationship stuff, but we are different enough that I think it works well together. I think I’m a little bit more silly than Nikki. I think we have similar subject matter, but we have such different perspectives on similar subject matter that I think I fit her audiences really well. Being in Chicago, the main difference is that you get a ton of opportunities for stage time. You’re surrounded by a lot of different voices. In Bloomington, there were only six of us at first. You only have so many people that you come up with. In Chicago, you have hundreds of people that you’re hearing all the time. You refine your voice a little bit. I think I’ve become a better performer because I’m just getting more stage time. You have to perform in front of comedians a lot, so you have to get to the point faster sometimes. At the same time, I’ve felt more freedom to throw everything against the wall here, because you’re just going up constantly in front of the same people, so you have to constantly be writing. In Bloomington, you have real crowds more often. Bloomington is a little bit more warm of a scene. It’s a scene that’s more conducive to working out material over a period of time because audiences are more excited that you’re there. There’s so much talent here, and it’s such a huge scene. It’s only gotten bigger since [guys like Kumail Nanjiani, TJ Miller, Pete Holmes] left. I’ve heard a lot of stories about when those guys were here, because they’re the guys who put Chicago on the map for standup a little bit. Chicago wasn’t a huge standup scene before; it’s always been known more for improv. Lately, Matt Braunger, TJ, Kumail, Kyle Kinane, Cameron [Esposito]. I think that it’s going to just keep happening. There are people moving constantly from here. I feel like in two, three, four years, you’ll start to hear names and say, “Oh, that person’s from Chicago.” Like Marty DeRosa, Ali Clayton, Kristin Clifford. I think there’s a junior stopgap. There’s a ton of really great comics here, like David Drake, who just got representation. My friend Marlina just got a job on Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt and moved to New York. Right now that you’re seeing the seeds get planted. Bloomington will always be my home, but there will be a tiny bit of Chicago [in me]. I’ve only spent two years in Chicago, but I do love it here. You don’t have to be defined by one thing, you know? [But] I don’t think I would have anything if it weren’t for the Comedy Attic. n This interview has been condensed and edited.
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KINANE: Some word association. Let’s give it a go.
KYLE KINANE: I have always had a blast there. Jared [Thompson] and the Comedy Attic have been nothing but spectacular to me, Jared, Dayna and their wee one, who would be in the green room from time to time. It’s been nothing but awesome. Last time I was there we even went to a haunted cemetery. Allegedly haunted. We all just piled in cars, went out to the woods, and went to some haunted spot. Which is right up my alley, so I even doubled down on how much fun I had. It’s one of my favorite places to play. NUVO: Did you see any ghosts? Were there spooky vibes? KINANE: No, everyone was imbibed and kind of being silly. I at least three times — and this doesn’t speak highly of me but I feel the need to explain — said, “Shh, I hear something!” And everyone would be quiet, and then I would fart. You fall for that once okay, but three times, a whole group of people? Come on! I laughed harder and harder each time I did it. NUVO: Let’s go through the Limestone lineup, and you can tell me the first thing that comes to mind when you think of these comedians. A little Kyle Kinane preview of Limestone. 22 STAGE // 06.03.15 - 06.10.15 // 100% RECYCLED PAPER // NUVO
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NUVO: Janeane Garofalo. KINANE: She’s a delight. She’s so tiny. I’d say by default, I already know all these people and I think they’re funny, so that’s not something I have to pre-empt with. Yeah, Jeanane Garofalo is so tiny. Tinier than you’d think. Or at least than I thought. NUVO: Michael Che. KINANE: We were just wearing different wigs backstage at a show in Austin once. I like to bring up the first time I met him. NUVO: Doug Benson. KINANE: Doug Benson. Huge drunk. NUVO: Tom Brady. KINANE: Tom’s great. I remember Tom from being one of the Bloomington guys. All those Bloomington guys, all the comics that came from Bloomington, they’re so funny. I hope they’re finding that the world is treating them well, because they deserve it. NUVO: Tell me about your >>> Record Store Day
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APARNA NANCHERLA’S BIG WEEK New York comic Aparna Nancherla will perform each day at Limestone, but the biggest show of her week is just a couple days before the fest. She taped her first comedy album last night at Union Hall. When we chatted, a week out from her album taping, Nancherla didn’t seem too stressed. That laid-back vibe is her signature onstage too, even though she’s a busy and in-demand woman. Nancherla hosts legendary comedy night Whiplash at UCB and nabbed a spot in the writer’s room for Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell. Here’s a bit from our chat with the comic Time Out New York says is slowly taking over the New York comedy scene. On prepping her first comedy album: “I’m feeling kind of nervous, but I know what I want to do. I have a game plan. I think it will be fine. ...I actually have a lot of shows this week. I think people take a different approach. Sometimes when you’re preparing for something, people do a lot of sets, but then it will be more that whatever they’re preparing for, they might prepare for that specific set a bunch of times. But right when it approaches they might do some other material to have a fresh take on it. You don’t want to get burned out on what you’re about to do. You have to remember to keep it fun and interesting for yourself.” On comedy summer camps: “I feel like a lot of the travel I do is one-offs and alternative venues and festivals, special events. They’re always so fun. A friend of mine said they always feel
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planned to see was Furious 7. Did you see it? If so, I would love to talk about it, because it was a classic.
KINANE: I don’t check them. I don’t check them. It was comin’ out, and it was a Comedy Central effort of like, “People like records?” And I was like, “Yeah, I guess they’re pretty cool.” Mostly I’m excited that my stuff is on vinyl because my buddy Dom who designs the covers, [now] there’s some sort of collectible, physical representation of the work that he does gets to be out there. I just tell him the name of the album and I’m like, “You know what to do,” and he designs them. I put zero input in, other than when he’s like, “You have to pick one of these three colors,” and I’m like, “Okay, this color.” I just let him go with it. I’m glad that that will get its day in the sun. Not that you should put records in the sun, but you know what I’m saying. I don’t know how it went, but hopefully well.
KINANE: It was great! In the past few of them, they know exactly what it’s supposed to be. They’re just making an action movie with cars. I don’t want anything else. I want to see cars doing really cool shit, and mission accomplished with Fast and Furious 7.
NUVO: I read in an interview you did with Uproxx that the next movie you
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NUVO: And I want high fives, and family, and the part where the Rock cracked his cast off by flexing. KINANE: Come on! It was just … They know it’s ridiculous. Anybody who thinks they’re better than that movie can go fuck right off. Like, “Oh, you couldn’t do that; that’s not real.” Go watch Star Wars for the five hundredth time. I want to see cars drive through buildings. That’s what I want to see. n
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ave lots of fun — but not too much fun. You are on a bike, so keep in mind you have to be able to get home. It is a pack mentality, but ultimately you are looking out for yourself. You are the only one that knows your limit and sometimes you come out a little hot and have to throttle it back. Be your own governor. That is from my friend Shaun Souers, wrapping up his 78-step, two billion-word instructional email to me before we biked to the Indy 500. The whole thing is written in Wisdom and ugly memories of things gone sideways – the kind of email that wears Dockers pleated slacks and a giant Myrtle Beach Yacht Club t-shirt. It is DAD AS FUCK, yes, but for good reason. My buddies have ridden their bikes to and from the race for the last few years and have learned from their mistakes. This year I rode with them. All in all, the bike trip is – and this is not an exaggeration – infinity kajillion times more fun than the race itself. It takes the single most wretched aspect of Race Day not named “the pee trough” and flippy-cups it onto its head, into the single best. No more four-hour commutes in a 2,000-degree car! No more ischemic strokes of fury caused by awful gridlock! No more tossing death threats and McGriddle sandwiches at police-escorted motorcades breezing past at FUCK YOU MPH. No, it was the opposite of all that. It was a leisurely 10-mile ride divided into five different picturesque beer stops along the way. And here are a few of my recommended MUST HAVES for when all of you do it next year:
Good bike seat I don’t mean a good bike. Nobody cares about that. No, because for a 10-mile or whatever ride – especially if you are a sturdier fellow – you need a good seat. A comfortable seat. A PLUSH seat that doesn’t feel like you’re being sodomized by a goat hoof. The bike I rode had one of those awful, narrow, racy-type seats made out of titanium and 1/80000000th of an inch of leather. Learn from me! My ass still looks like one of those Hubble telescope pictures of a galaxy being born. 24 SPORTS // 06.03.15 - 06.10.15 // 100% RECYCLED PAPER // NUVO
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Portable speaker In its most basic form, the bike trip is a moving party. A wonderful, jorts-clad kegger wheeling right toward the world’s largest stationary party that is also a cookout/ auto race, so why not let your dirtball flag fly and pump some tasty Journey tunes or maybe RATT on Pandora? Answer: THERE IS NO GOOD REASON TO NOT DO THAT. The portable speaker is probably more important than a good seat, truth be told. Ass-bruises don’t last ... but ripping a gnarly right-hand turn out of a quiet neighborhood onto a packed 16th Street with a sweet Eddie Money jam heavy in the air is FOREVER.
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Keep your head Make no mistake: this is the doubleblack diamond of drinking excursions. It is not for amateurs or stupid frat bros or meatheads lugging around handles of Jack. Because getting to your Indy 500 tailgate via bicycle is one thing; getting home the same way six hours later is an entirely different thing altogether. The race is not the endgame. It’s the beginning. This means sprinkling in some Gatorade once in a while to go with your gin-and-FourLokos or whatever. Mix in some food. Take a walk and get some air. KEEP IT ON A SLOW BURN AND KEEP REASSESSING THE SITUATION. Because rain or shine or stirred from a drunken slumber, when the checkered flag drops,
Make no mistake: This is the doubleblack diamond of drinking excursions.
You know those carriage-type things we old folks pull our lazy kids around in? The one that looks like a cozy paddy wagon? You will need one of those. More specifically, you need the most fit and able person in your group to lug one of those heavy bastards filled with everyone’s coolers of Keystone Light and foodstuffs and shrooms, as well as your rain gear and assorted weaponry. It is a grueling task, I’m sure – but there is honor in it. And also free beer from everyone in the group. But not too much beer. Because you’ve got to ...
you’ve got 10-miles to go through a dangerous sea of impaired motorists and loose gravel and an alarmingly narrow path along a goddamn canal. I’m not saying you can’t have a bangup time, because you most assuredly can. And you will! I’m just saying to “be your own governor.” Get home safely. THEN you can fall asleep/pass out in front of the TV as the race telecast begins, just like always. n
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Sunshine Superman r Heartfelt documentary about skydiver Carl Boenish, who fathered the BASE-jumping movement. BASE stands for buildings, antennas, spans and earth, all of which you must jump from to receive your BASE number. I used to skydive, but BASE jumping was too scary for me. When you BASE jump there are numerous reference points to show how fast you are descending. Yikes! Carl loved it, and his story is compelling, as is his wife Jean, who presents herself like a librarian. The soundtrack is a bit too hippie-ish and I wish the film had dug a bit deeper, but the documentary is well worth a look. PG, opens Friday at Keystone Art
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n the drive from the theater after the sneak preview of Entourage, my friend Phyllis said, “Who was the actor that played Billy Bob Thornton’s son? He looked familiar.” “I see dead people,” I whispered to her. “What?” she said, and I repeated the words, a little louder, but in the same ominous tone. Her eyes widened. “That was Haley Joel Osment, the little boy from The Sixth Sense?! Oh my God!!” Oh my God indeed. Those who missed him in Kevin Smith’s Tusk will be delighted to know that Haley Joel is back in business. Here he plays a rich, socially stunted jerk who puts the pursuit of sex above everything else, including the fate of a $100 million dollar movie being financed by his father. Entourage was an HBO series inspired by the life of Mark Wahlberg that ran from July 2004 to September 2011. The premise: Vincent Chase (Adrian Grenier), an actor from the rough and tumble streets of Queens, becomes a movie star and brings the three men closest to him along for the ride. His entourage includes his best friend Eric “E” Murphy (Kevin Connolly), who becomes his manager; his lunkhead half-brother Johnny “Drama” Chase, a D-list actor; and his old pal Salvatore “Turtle” Assante (Jerry Ferrara), who serves as driver and assistant. The comedy was a hit, despite not being very funny. Though billed as a satire of the inner workings of Hollywood, it served mostly as a weekly dose of wish fulfillment for a lot of young men who
FILM EVENTS Midnight Movie Madness: The Matrix q June 5-6, midnight. A powerful fusion of popcorn fare and philosophy, this sci-fi classic is even more relevant now than it was in 1999. Keanu Reeves stars as a computer hacker who discovers that he is living in a simulated reality called the Matrix — a
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dreamed of a world where that they too could hang out with their more-talented friend and have access to money, hot cars and beautiful, accommodating women. He seems more like a guy you’d see eating baby carrots in the background of a party scene. The satiric aspect of the show was mostly confined to winking cameo appearances by various celebrities. The movie is packed with those, by the way. The most memorable is when producer Mark Wahlberg shows up with his REAL LIFE ENTOURAGE to plug two of his
world humans dream of while machines harvest their sleeping bodies for energy. The film seemed to foreshadow our plunge into virtual worlds like Facebook and our blindness to the reality behind our computer screens. Like the best works of sci-fi, it sends viewers down a rabbit hole of eye-opening ideas, otherworldly sights and strange yet sympathetic characters. And it’s kicking off the Keystone Art Cinema’s summer movie series. — SAM WATERMEIER R, at Keystone Art
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upcoming projects. Did I mention that the movie is just an hour and forty minute episode of the TV series? Nothing wrong with that, but it would have been nice if the characters had been allowed to grow just a little bit. I understand that their idiocy is their appeal, but hearing Drama droning on about “pussy” after all these years is just depressing. If you’re a fan of the TV series, I hope you have a ball. Please dismiss this essay as the work of an elitist complaining about a lack of substance in a comedy built on its lack of substance. If you’re not a fan of the TV series, then run! Run like the wind until you find something worthy of your precious time! And never fear, sooner or later you’ll get to see Haley Joel Osment in a movie worth your money. n
Heartland First Friday: 7-10 p.m. This Friday’s short film is “Bernard the Great,” a 2014 Heartland Film Festival Official Selection, Narrative Feature. It’s a whimsical French film that is reminiscent of a Roald Dahl book centered around Bernard’s dreaded birthday. In a world where adults are selfish and careless, he proudly wears his anti-growing suit to stop the years from passing. FREE screenings will take place every 15 minutes in the Heartland Basile Theatre in Fountain Square.
Aloha i Cameron Crowe has written and directed some wonderful films, including Say Anything, Jerry Maguire, and Almost Famous. This is not wonderful, not at all. In fact, it’s a little worse than Elizabethtown, his previous worst offering. Bradley Cooper arrives in Hawaii to do … something … for his former boss, played by Bill Murray (I know these names are impressive, but don’t be misled — this is not a fitting showcase for their talents). He reconnects with an old flame (Rachel McAdams), encounters a possible new one (Emma Stone) and … man, it’s depressing just writing about this movie. PG-13, in wide release San Andreas t Solid disaster movie with a twist. Instead of leaping between multiple storylines, the film sticks to two. The first follows a group of earthquake-predicting scientists (led by Paul Giamatti). The second focuses on helicopter rescue pilot Ray (Dwayne Johnson), who ditches everything to rescue his wife (Carla Gugio) and daughter (Alexandra Daddario) when the big one hits. He’s very effective, but when things settle down, he’s going to have a lot of ‘splaining to do to his bosses. PG-13, in wide release
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Of all the silly things that happened thanks to RFRA, one was the claim by the owners of Miracle Pizza that they appreciated having the right to not deliver pizza to a gay wedding. In response, a number of people with thick, sloping foreheads and bad taste in ethics and pizza donated almost a million dollars to “support” the small town grease disk slingers, because the world has completely lost its mind. While we have to tip our hats to the O’Connor family for maximizing profits on their manufactured, marinara martyr complex, we hope you’ll choose one of these fine local establishments to serve pizza at your gay wedding. Bazbeaux We know, we know: this town has a pretty great variety of pizza available. But while many different pizza establishments have come and gone, Bazbeaux remains steadfast, serving up everything from the simple pepperoni to the Tchoupitoulas, made of Cajun shrimp, house roasted red pepper, green pepper, red onion, andouille sausage, fresh garlic. And if you’re going to town, you might as well go in a Lincoln, so ask for a little bit of their creamy basil salad dressing to dip it in. They’re also one of those lovely business that serves all Hoosiers, so call them if you need an enormous,
exotic pie to satisfy the worldly tastes of your gay wedding guests. 329 Massachusetts Ave., 636-7662; 811 E. Westfield Blvd., 255-571; 111 W. Main St. (Carmel), 848-4488; bazbeaux.com
the Indianapolis pizza market, and pretty soon there will likely be one near you, ready to serve your saucehungry guests and betrothed. 4110 E. 82nd St., 348-4085, giordanos.com
Giordanos Lord knows why you’d serve this thick, saucy pizza casserole to folks wearing cocktail attire, but you do. Maybe you hail from Chicago and need a little taste of home. I don’t judge anyone’s love or pizza preference (just kidding, I judge the hell out of you if you prefer deep dish to thin crust, you heathen). Giordano’s is poised to dominate
Pizza King ALL HAIL THE GREAT PIZZA KING! Not only would most of us here at NUVO happily live in a feudal system lorded over by a pizza plutocrat, but we’d actively depose the current leader if it was, in fact, King of Pizza King. The regional restaurant has exploded across northeastern Indiana and has finally found a new home in Fountain Square. We would highly recom-
mend a visit to this former hometown favorite that has become a favorite to many, and we’re confident they’d happily prepare a big gay pizza for you and your new husband or wife. 1267 Shelby St., 363-2029, pizzakingindiana.com S E E , P I Z Z A , O N P A GE 2 9
... WITH BRADLEY ZIMMERMAN This week’s brewer is Bradley Zimmerman from Bent Rail in Broad Ripple. For the time being, Bent Rail is still working out its licensing and paperwork to serve its own beer, but it’s well on its way. Bradley came to Bent Rail from Tow Yard, where last week’s answerer, Will Moorman, now brews. You can always send questions to askabrewer@nuvo.net. For now, we’ll let Bradley take over with knowledge of the yeast, birthday gift, and mower beer queries. Question: Why would one ever culture one’s own yeast? Is it fun? Just time-consuming? What’s the payoff? Thanks. BRADLEY ZIMMERMAN: One would culture one’s own yeast to find out what one tastes like. I once attended an art exhibit when I was living in Seattle where one of the works of art was done by this artist who brewed a batch of homebrew. She fermented the batch with her own culture and a skosh of ale yeast. It was a hoppy Pale Ale which she named the O.P.B. (Original Pussy Beer) The label she made was amazing! Feel free to use your imagination here. And yes those attending the exhibit enjoyed more than one. The payoff being all your family and friends will know what you taste like. Yum! Question: I’m ashamed to say I know almost nothing about the likes and dislikes of my 6-yearold nephew. That does not change the fact that his birthday is steadily approaching. Are there any toys/games that every single 6-year-old on the planet likes? ZIMMERMAN: Fireworks! Lots and lots of fireworks. That or a drum kit. Question: What is an acceptable, mass-market “mower beer” to buy by the case? ZIMMERMAN: Currently my go to “lawn mower beer” is a Session IPA. My favorites that are readily available include; Founders All Day IPA, Oskar Blues Pinner, and Fat Heads Sunshine Daydream. Soon you will be able to enjoy Bent Rail Brewery’s Skosh Session IPA. (cough shameless plug) — SARAH MURRELL Bradley Zimmerman >>
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PIZZA! F R O M P A G E 27 Jockamo Pizza This Irvington staple has garnered the praise of the entire city, and then a little more from outside the city. Recently, Food Network superstar Alton Brown gave it the two thumbs way up while he was in town. The local shop is famous for its crunchy, buttery crust, and they would happily set you up with some pies on your blessed day. 5646 E. Washington St., 356-6612, jockamopizza.com Roselli’s If you need a pizza place that actually specializes in serving large crowds, you can’t do any better than Roselli’s, which offers banquet and catering options beyond its normal pie deliveries. They specialize in Chicago food favorites, so make sure you stop by if you’re craving a big Italian Beef sandwich or a slice of deep dish, or you’re looking to commemorate your Windy City-themed nuptials with some authentic Chi flavor. 4335 W 106th St. (Carmel), 228-9090, rosellisonline.com Some Guys Pizza We have to tip our hats to Some Guys as one of the first Indy businesses to ditch Mr. Ice, the com-
pany that has the dubious honor of employing the author of RFRA. Not only is this a place for good business, but they also make some truly inventive, delicious pizza. We have to recommend the Thai pizza in all of its peanuty goodness. These big, flavorful pies will satisfy your guests with a global palate. 6235 Allisonville Road, 257-1364, someguyspizza.com
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Greeks Pizza All hail the Greeks crust! These are glorious slices of buttery, thick crust stacked high with tons of toppings (if that’s your thing). If “deep dish” actually meant a good inch of fluffy, crunchy crust, I might be converted. 6336 Guilford Ave., 426-4599; 8028 S. Emerson Ave., 881-5581; 30 N. Main St. (Zionsville), 344-2999; greekspizzeria.com
Magoo’s California Pizza Holler if your toppings go all the way to the edge! These fabulous “California style” pizzas have a thick stack of toppings that go all the way out to the barely-there crust. It’s not a Wolfgang Puck pie, but these Cali-styled pizzas will suit your big gay wedding just fine. 4919 W. 38th St., 293-4411, magooscaliforniapizza.com Pasquales We’ve told you about this place before, a now-defunct chain with several unaffiliated stores still in existence. We can’t speak for all of the Pasquale’s in the area, but the Batista-owned spot on Shelby is absolutely one on the list. These are standard-issue neighborhood pies (read: delicious) that use top-of-the-line ingredients. With several Batista-owned restaurants participating in Big Gay Day, it’s safe to say this is another one that will be happy to provide pizzas for your gay wedding. 1135 E. Troy Ave., 787-7223 Amore Pizzeria & Ristorante You know what they say about the moon hitting your eye like a big pizza pie. And nothing says amore quite like sealing your union over a slice of cheesy, bubbly pizza. We like this cute little Zionsville shop for piling on all S E E , P I Z Z A , O N P A GE 3 0
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Let’s not kid ourselves: you’re about as likely to see delivery pizza at a gay wedding as you are to see a member of the Duggar family on the invite list. Still, if you insist on serving pizza at your nuptials, we’d advise you choose from the following list of fancy-schmancy pizza joints. Napolese Wood-fired Italian, fabulous wine list, sustainable, delicious. This spot will serve you the jacketand-tie, topped-with-a-quail-egg kind of fancy wood-fired pie that will put any small town grease disk to shame. They use seasonal ingredients for an ever-changing menu, and source locally as much as possible. If you’re looking for a classy wheel of sauce and cheese for your gay wedding, look no further than these guys. 30 S. Meridian St., 635-0765; 114 E. 49th St., 925-0765; 8702 Keystone Crossing, 705-0765; cafepatachou.com Pizzology Housemade charcuterie and cured meats are the name of the game at this gourmet, wood-fired pizza place. Owned by Beardrecognized chef Neal Brown, this spot is going to bring it in the
sophisticated flavors department. It’s chewy and crunchy and each bite has a nice blend of toppings and toasted crust. If you’re going to serve pizza at a wedding, serve it with carefully-crafted, handmade cured toppings. 608 Massachusetts Ave., 685-2550, pizzologyindy.com Project Pie This is a brand-new place that offers build-your-own pizza and craft beer. The chain serves you all kinds of fancy options for toppings like gorgonzola and pesto, and you can get every guest a custom-made pizza of their very own. If that’s your wedding favor, prepare to go down in history as having the best wedding that anyone has ever attended. 8235 E. 96th St., 288-8951, projectpie.com — SARAH MURRELL
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ou want to push my ADD into overdrive and paralyze me with decision anxiety, go ahead and hand me a mile-long, 100-item menu (looking at you, Yard House). If you want your new wait staff to look bedraggled by 9 p.m., get a place with a huge footprint. Or, if you are as wise as the owners of Fletcher Place’s new place Nourish, you would run in the opposite direction with a small location and a focused menu, and your guests will be grateful for both. There is something refreshing about a new restaurant that starts everything small. On south East street, the restaurant is set up in what would unfairly be called a “strip mall,” though it certainly doesn’t feel like that. They put in a sexy, backlit bar scattered with the silhouettes of tree branches, and simple, clean-looking table tops with minimal accoutrement. The windows face the lovely Lilly Campus. Similarly, the menu is short and focused with a handful of options for small plates, salads and large plates, respectively. You can tell a lot about a chef’s experience based on what kind of menu they put out and the seasoning balance in the dishes themselves. For example, coating something in bacon and ranch flavor-blasting doesn’t really do anything but remind your patrons that you’re a white-sunglasses-and-flamesshirt-sporting douchebag, not the Mayor of Flavortown you wanted to be. On the flipside, putting a handful of thoughtfullycreated dishes that are balanced and wellseasoned is how you let the world know they can take you seriously as a real chef. That’s why I dig Eli Laidlaw’s menu here so much. Not because it’s perfect, but because it’s indicative that the restaurant is going to have a distinctive feel through the food. That’s the kind of creative risk I believe should be rewarded. The “Nourish” name invokes the chef’s passion for using organic ingredients in symphony to make great food. Our small plate of lentil croquettes, while wellspiced and dressed with crisp microgreens, harissa and crema, reminded me of how much I enjoy the taste of wellprepared lentils. With the large plate, it was a good reminder of how heavenly a piece of fish could be (walleye in this case), when it is seasoned and cooked
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Decatur Township eighth-graders debated geoengineering — the “affirmative” group was declared the winner.
GEOENGINEERING DEBATE Eighth-graders in Decatur Township face off
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n Tuesday, May 12, at 1 p.m., students from the Decatur Township School of Excellence (DTSE) gathered in a nearby community center to engage in a debate. Nothing particular noteworthy there. Junior high students often engage in the academically rich tradition of debate. It requires research, public speaking acumen — and quick-thinking skills to respond to your opposition. What was unique about this debate was its subject matter: Geoengineering. Here in Indiana, where climate change and global warming are not a daily discussion in the larger culture, these students tackled head on one of the more complex and thornier issues already facing the rest of planet. For 13 year-old, Alexis, “I had a really good experience because it really helped me to learn more about geoengineering in a fun way.” “When we started the learning process I was completely against it,” she added. “But all of those facts I learned made me realize I was on a completely different side.” The central resolution of the debate was: “Geoengineering is good for society.” The students made the following statement in a brochure they created for the event: “Geoengineering is a topic that most of us knew nothing about until we began studying it. We are debating today about its
positive and negative consequences to help bring awareness to the issues surrounding geoengineering in our society.” One of the teachers involved in organizing the debate, Elizabeth CarpenterWilson, observed, “As the students learned more about geoengineering and climate change, many became concerned about the short and long term consequences. Some of the particular concerns were that many of the attempted geoengineering efforts have backfired. Also several students were alarmed that many of these activities have gone on without an informed or consenting public.” For those fuzzy on the subject of geoengineering, one group of students began the event with a presentation laying out the definition and the science. Basically, geoengineering is a large-scale engineering effort to mitigate climate change. It takes various forms, from employing ways of reflecting sunlight back into space (cloud whitening, painting building roofs white, etc.) to sequestering carbon created by the burning of fossil fuels. In one such sequestration action, iron fertilization in the ocean creates phytoplankton that is effective in sinking carbon dioxide. As you can imagine, these large-scale mitigation actions are fraught with complexity: legal, economic, scientific— as well as justice factors such as unilateral geoengineering actions taken by a single individual, organization or country. In a short time — about 40 minutes —
DTSE students managed to present a lot of information. One group of six students took on the affirmative position, arguing that climate change urgency is so elevated, geoengineering is of immediate need. The negative group argued that there was still time to change our fossil fuel emissions practices and that the dangers of geoengineering were too serious to risk. Both groups had a chance to rebut each other, and both were able to successfully continue to argue their point of view. For the record, judges proclaimed that the affirmative group “won” the debate, and that win was based on the students’ ability to cite references for their assertions. Jeffrey, aged 14, said, “I really thought that both sides did well. I also will say that even if one of the sides won, both won in my mind.” A group discussion afterward was just as engaging as the students talked about their concerns about climate change, and how fascinating the subject of geoengineering was to them. Plus, there were other, more traditional benefits of this debate. “I’m a quiet person,” said Alexis, “but this debate has helped me to gain more confidence.” n Jim Poyser is the Executive Director of Earth Charter Indiana. This story is part of a series of stories by Poyser featuring sustainability and education actions by Indiana youth.
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TINY CHATS WHAT’S ALL THE HUSS ABOUT
You’d be forgiven for thinking garage rock duo The Hussy was a local band – they certainly come to Indy enough that it feels almost like a second home. Although Bobby and Heather Hussy are Madison kids through and through, they’ll bring new record Galore to the White Rabbit with We Are Hex and Digital Leather on Friday to share with their Indianapolis buds. Which is great news for us, because they’re killer onstage. I spoke with Bobby Hussy before the show about that new record, plus his approximately one zillion other projects, including bands TIT, Cave Curse, Fire Retarded and label Kind Turkey Records. On the new record: “The record comes out technically June 30, but we’ll have it with us on the tour. It’s about to come out. I’m pretty excited. I usually am nervous about the record coming, but now I know what day it’s going to be here.” On adding third person: “We’re thinking about Tyler [Fassnacht, also in Fire Retarded with Hussy] permanently, as a baritone guitar and me as just the regular guitar. We’ll see what happens. I love [baritone guitar], and nobody’s really doing it.” On playing the White Rabbit: “It feels like a natural progression, for sure. We’ve been playing houses [in Indy] for years; we’ve been playing smaller clubs there for years. I miss the Vollrath; that was an incredible room. … It’s exciting to play what I consider the big room.” On working with TIT collaborator Shawn Foree of Digital Leather, who opens Friday’s show: “The dude’s a genius. The thing is, he’s a keyboard [master]. He just knows how a keyboard works, can hear the music and is like, ‘Yeah, it goes like this’ and will just play it. He’s one of those guys who will kind of get frustrated if you’re not as quick as him. [Working with him] made me step up my game.” On coming back to the Mel last year: “The first place I ever played in my life in Indy was the Melody Inn, about 10 years before [last year’s show at the Mel] with me and Heather. I had never been back sinse. It was crazy to come back. It was awesome.” — KATHERINE COPLEN The Hussy with We Are Hex and Digital Leather, Friday, June 5, White Rabbit Cabaret, 1116 Prospect St., 9 p.m., 21+
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n 2000, four friends in northern Indiana formed a band. They recorded an album in someone’s basement, toured as much as possible, and nourished big dreams. Three years later, they didn’t break up so much as gradually dissolve. No fistfights, no arguments, no rise, no fall: just five guys who ended up going their separate ways. Their story is not unique. For every band that makes it — whatever “makes it” even means anymore — there are many more like Annabel;Lee, who worked hard, toured hard, yet never managed to turn some small professional momentum into anything resembling a career in the music business. And that’s okay. The story of Annabel;Lee may be a common one, but that doesn’t mean it’s not a good one. In fact, its power and poignancy reside precisely in its familiarity, in the idea that young men and women are constantly investing punk music with talent and dreams. Very few of them, however, enjoy such an extensive, affectionate, or handsome retrospective as I Saw It All Unfold, a joint venture between the Bloomington-based labels Auris Apothecary and Crossroads of America Records. The limited edition vinyl set collects everything the band ever recorded: all the demos, their sole album, the final songs that survived as bootlegs passed around by aging fans, even a DVD featuring archival live footage. I Saw It All Unfold has been a labor of love for two long-time fans and label heads, Bruce Woodward and Mike Adams. “They were a very influential artistic presence in my life,” Adams says. “Those guys are my age, more or less, and essentially come from the same place, but they seemed to view the world from a different and more interesting perspective. I’ve been in hard pursuit of that outlook ever since.” Northern Indiana had a busy punk scene in the late 1990s and early 2000s, as kids raised in Christian households formed hardcore bands. The fast and loud aesthetic attracted many angstaddled teenagers, many of whom were developing their chops in front of their friends and peers. One of the most popu-
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ing a tension that sounds like it might explode at any moment. “Chaos wasn’t something we shied away from,” adds Evans, “so throwing vocals back and forth or piling them on top of each other worked well for what we were trying to accomplish.” That fraying sense of democracy set the band apart among their Midwestern peers. “Even when we traveled “Chaos wasn’t something other places, it felt like maybe we were the first of our kind we shied away from.” that people had seen at that — J. J. EVANS time,” says Swain. He was a large part of what made the band stand out, as his throat-scraping vocals were part black-metal and part screamo, Annabel;Lee started as a side project, part King Diamond and part Cookie with three members — Evans, drumMonster. “It was hard to do,” he says. mer Jason Torrence, and bass player “If we played three or four nights in a Aaron Eikenberrry (eventually replaced row, I had a really tough time. There by Jeremy David Miller) — looking for were times I would open my mouth and “something a little more emotive,” says Torrence. “I distinctly remember us mak- nothing but a squeak would come out, but that put more emotion into it for ing conscious efforts to write music that me. It was painful.” was less melodic and more dissonant.” As they honed their attack, the band They added a local named Jesse Swain as an additional vocalist, but every guy took recorded continuously in Evans’ basement. In 2001, they self-released an EP a turn at the mic, often singing against and an LP, both showcasing their volatile one another. The effect remains powerful and visceral even 15 years later, creat- mix of emo catharsis and punk violence. lar was a group called At Peace WhileBurning, an overtly Christian act. “We were a serious hardcore band with a message,” says J.J. Evans, who sang and played guitar. “There was a gravity to the shows and a sense of purpose and catharsis.”
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Avoiding the loud-quiet-loud contrast that defined so much alternative rock at the turn of the century, the band developed a very different kind of dynamic, one that pitted churning rhythms with atmospheric passages, tension against a vague promise of release. At times their music recalls such post-hardcore acts as at.the.drive.in and Saves the Day, while at other times it achieves the precarious grandeur of …And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead and Explosions in the Sky. Their self-titled full-length proves much more than pastiche. Rather, it shows a band just learning to integrate their influences into a distinctive new sound. That is a rite of passage for any band, although few sound quite as devoted to the task as Annabel;Lee. “I remember playing a lot of moshy hardcore shows and feeling super ahead of the times because we weren’t doing the quote-unquote dumb jock hardcore thing,” says Torrence. “In retrospect, it was a stupid way to think, but at the time it seemed like a big deal that we were making music that sounded more artsy and less tough.” I Saw It All Unfold concludes with The Van’s Gone, an EP that reveals a group of musicians growing incredibly comfortable in their individual roles and more confident in their collective identity. “The Van’s Gone in my opinion is our swan song,” says Torrence. “It was recorded, mixed, and mastered in four hours, but we never got to officially release it.” The EP circulated among fans for years, but I Saw It All Unfold marks its official release.
After that: nothing. Evans started college in Chicago, but Miller, Torrence, and Swain were still in high school. They simply drifted apart, growing up at different rates. “I think the biggest reason is that we’d all grown up pretty sheltered, and we were becoming un-sheltered at different rates,” says Torrence. “We played a show in Chicago where there was some drinking onstage by members of Annabel;Lee! That was a huge shock to my system at the time. In hindsight, it was a silly reason to quit a band, but the guys were gracious about it.” For most of the band members, Annabel;Lee was a short chapter in a longer musical life: Ten years later, Torrence plays drums in Nashville, Tennessee, and Miller, Evans, and Eikenberry play in a Chicago indie-rock band called The Rambos. Only Swain has completely retired from music: He lives in Richmond, Virginia, and makes a living racing boats. For many of their fans, Annabel;Lee still looms large over Indiana rock history. “This stuff opened up a world of possibility to me,” says Adams, “and I thought it was a shame for it to disappear on Grandpa’s old CD-R collection. Plus, the music holds up. I just feel really strongly that this stuff deserves proper respect.” Annabel;Lee did not change the face of rock and roll in America, but they did accomplish something that should be the goal of any punk band: They inspired others to make music. I Saw It All Unfold is not merely a scrapbook of the band’s short history, but a monument to every band that shares their story. n NUVO // 100% RECYCLED PAPER // 06.03.15 - 06.10.15 // MUSIC 37
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ever say never. That’s what Haste The Day bass player Mike Murphy tells himself, ever since his band’s retirement made way for an unplanned 10th anniversary reunion show. That show, just over a year ago, led to the band reuniting, raising $165,000 on IndieGoGo, and recording a brand new album, Coward, which includes contributions from all members of the band, current and former. “I was pretty reluctant to do the 10-year anniversary show to begin with,” Murphy says. “We were all so disconnected from playing, and I didn’t want to suck, more than anything. But when we played that show it really did inspire us. We were like ‘Holy cow, people still know who the band is, people are still screaming these songs.’ Even after that show it took a few months before anyone said ‘Hey, it’d be cool to maybe do one more record and play a couple more shows.’ Going into that 10-year anniversary show we thought it was just going to be that show and we’re done again. But the fans pulled through.” Indeed they did. The band met their original goal for the album, a goal they thought they’d barely eke out, in just 10 days. They would eventually more than double their original ask. “That helped a great deal, because we didn’t have to worry about all the traveling, because we live all over the country — California, Pittsburgh, Nashville,” he says. The band met in Nashville for rehearsals and recording, having written portions of songs separately at first, shuttling files back and forth over the internet. The fact that the current incarnation of the band hadn’t written together in five years, and that the original lineup contributed a song of their own, didn’t stop the band from creating something cohesive and relevant. “Once we actually got all together to track the album, all the other kinks were worked out,” Murphy says. I thought
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the record would sound kind of schizophrenic, having different minds write at different times in different zip codes. But it all makes sense.” Now they’re looking forward to their final show of a short Coward promotional tour, and giving Indianapolis fans what they want. Which means a set comprised of songs from every album of their career, including some of the new ones. “We’re going to touch the whole catalog,” he says. “We’ll have Jimmy [Ryan] with us, he’s coming to all these shows. He’s going to step out for the oldies. I think we’re only going to play five or six new songs, the rest are going to be the oldies. I will say that there will be songs with the original lineup. They did ‘Accept’ on the new SUBMITTED PHOTO album, and they’ll play it at the Egyptian Room, so we’re really excited about that.” But what about never saying never? Is this going to be the last chance for fans to hear Haste The Day live? “This really is the final countdown,” Murphy confirms. “We’ve got nothing else planned. Last time we said it’s our final show, and we were wrong. So we didn’t want to come out and say now this is our final show … but with normal jobs and kids and families, it was a challenge to even do this record. For all these shows to align, with all our schedules, doing anything after this is slim to none.” Still, there’s a reason why Indianapolis gets to hear the final Haste The Day live performance, something for which Murphy says there are definitely “things up sleeves.” “Indiana in general is just an amazing state,” he says. “None of us were born here but we all grew up here. If it wasn’t for the Indianapolis fans we would be nothing.” n
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'm pleased to announce that beginning this Wednesday, June 3 at 9 p.m. I'll be bringing my Cultural Manifesto columns to the Indianapolis airwaves every week on WFYI 90.1 public radio. I'm honored to continue this partnership with WFYI and the 90.1 frequency after just under a year on their web station, The Point. WFYI has an incredible history of broadcasting important cultural and educational programming and it's a history that closely aligns with the stories I've shared with NUVO readers in this column for the last three and a half years. I’ll also be featuring guest correspondents who will contribute their skills and talents in recurring segments, like Mat Davis of Localmotion and Amber Martinez of Meztli Cultural. The station made its debut on Indy's airwaves in 1954 as WIAN, founded and owned by the Indianapolis Board of School Commissioners to broadcast educational content from its base of operations at Shortridge High School. During its run as WIAN, the station developed culturally groundbreaking local programs like Feliciano Espinoza and Tulio Guldner's La Voz Latina, a Spanish language broadcast that provided music and news for Indiana's budding Latino community. The station also aired The Afro-American In Indiana, a show created by Father Boniface Hardin and Sister Jane Schilling of Martin University focused on telling the story of Blacks in Indiana.
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or cable television is prohibitively expensive. But no matter how broke you are a radio is nearly always within reach. That was certainly the case for me growing up. Our family lived on a shoestring budget and radio exposed me to a world of cultural experiences I wouldn't have had access to otherwise. As a teenager I got hooked on the Minnesota Public Radio-produced series The Composer's Voice. The program featured commentary from important 20th Century figures like Meredith Monk, Terry Riley and Morton Subotnick. I recorded every episode on a blank cassette tape and listen to the program's esoteric content over and over. I also became a die-hard fan of the Metropolitan Opera's broadcasts and I can remember waiting anxiously for weeks to hear the premiere performance of Philip Glass' The Voyage during The Met's 1992 season. I also love the randomness of the radio experience. In contrast to the contemporary, internet-based music streaming platforms that are designed to tailor playlists to our listening habits, No matter how broke you are a radio spinning the radio dial forces us to experiis nearly always within reach. ence new sounds. I recall many stunning musical discoveries In 1988 the Indianapolis Board of School on my journeys across the dial, like hearCommissioners sold the station to Indiaing punk rock for the first time on the old napolis Public Broadcasting and WIAN Butler University station WAJC, and DJ began its current life as WFYI 90.1 Public Topspeed spinning underground hip-hop Radio. WFYI has continued to build on classics like Pete Rock and The Artifacts WIAN's tradition of providing compelling on his classic mix shows for 96.3. educational radio for Central Indiana. A huge chunk of my musical knowledge For me and many others in Indianapolis was acquired through listening to local WFYI 90.1 is an indispensable source for radio DJs like WTLC's King Ro, WICR's meaningful news and information. Ralph Adams and WFYI's Jay Zochowski. So I'm truly grateful for this opportunity for me it feels like the fulfillment of some because radio has played a significant karmic destiny to now be the voice in the role in my life. Some of my strongest control tower beaming radio waves out childhood memories involve being curled through the Indianapolis skies. n up in a corner of my bedroom with a radio grasped tightly in my hand. >> Kyle Long broadcasts weekly on I appreciate most the inherently egalitarian WFYI 90.1 FM Wednesdays at 9 p.m. nature of the medium. For some American families the price-point on internet service
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WEDNESDAY WRITERLY Vonnegut Sessions 6:30 p.m. This new series features Nick Jaina at the Vonnegut Library. Bring fat stacks for the cash bar and Seoulrito food truck. Organizers say they’re focusing on the things Kurt cared about most: free expression, common decency, and music. Kurt Vonnegut Memorial Library, 340 N. Senate Ave., all-ages PRODUCERS Writers Block 9 p.m. Mandog, David Peck and Nevi Moon sit on the panel at this monthly showcase that features producer Defame. You get $3 back if you bring a beat to share on the open decks. Sabbatical, 921 Broad Ripple Ave., $5, 21+ POP Bonesetters, Santah, Buffalo Rodeo 9 p.m. Bonesetters return for their first show in a hot minute alongside Chicagoans Santah and Buffalo Rodeo.
White Rabbit Cabaret, 1116 E. Prospect St., $5 in advance, $8 at door, 21+ ROCK Buckcherry 9 p.m. All you need to know about what Buckcherry has been up to lately is that their last release featured the word “fuck” in every song title. The Vogue, 6259 N. College Ave., $22.50 in advance, $25 at door, 21+ Indystry Wednesdays, Revel, 21+ Chase Huglin, My Sweet Fall, Air Rally, Break In the Storm, Anti Soechsle, Hoosier Dome, all-ages Blues Jam, Main Event, 21+ Jay Elliott and Friends, Tin Roof, 21+ Blues Jam with w.T. Feaster, Slippery Noodle, 21+ The Family Jam, Mousetrap, 21+ Hero Hefe Jr. Tapping Party, Fountain Square Brewery, 21+ Troubadour Night with Tim Brickley, Jazz Kitchen, 21+
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8 p.m. Green Jelly (pronounced Green Jello, but spelled differently due to trademark pressures from the powers that be at Kraft Foods) is the kind of band that’s plagued by lawsuits because squares in suits (are we mixing metaphors here) don’t want their Good Solid Brands mixed up with hooligans like this comedy punk band. But they continue to tour on, playing regular shows in Indy with Birdy’s Battle Royale finalists Dead Birds Adore Us, the unfortunately named Dwarf Among Midgets and Lucifist. 5th Quarter Lounge, 306 E. Prospect St., 21+
FRIDAY FESTS Good People Good Times Music Festival Friday – Sunday This weekend jam-centric fest is headlined by Turbo Suit, Zach Deputy and The Main Squeeze, but there’s about two dozen other bands due to play in the heart of Brown County. Bring shoes to muck around in on the trails, plus comfy clothes to participate in the fest’s poi and hooping workshops. eXplore Brown County at Valley Branch Retreat, 2620 Valley Brach Road, prices vary, all-ages
POP Chris Botti 7:30 p.m. Trumpet master Botti brings his 12th solo album Impressions to this Palladium show; it was honored with a Grammy, Botti’s first win after five nominations. Botti has collaborated with everyone from Yo-Yo Ma to future Old National Centre guests Josh Goban, John Mayer and Steven Tyler. But on this show, he’ll shine on his own.
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Polka Boy 7 p.m. The perfect polka cover band to dance to on picnic tables, Polka Boy’s performances at the Rathskeller are legendary.
Rooftop Thursdays 5:30 p.m. Drink fancy cocktails and admire the setting sun from the Regions Tower rooftop; if you’re really fancy, consider buying a season pass for all 14 rooftop parties. Regions Tower, 211 N. Pennsylvania St.,
First Friday Food Truck Festival 5 p.m. Former Company of Thieves frontwoman Genevieve plays this summer First Friday tradition; more than 30 food trucks will take over the ONC parking lot. Lines can still be long, though, so get there early if you’re super hungry.
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Tiki Bob’s, 231 S. Meridian St., $15, or $20 with three free drinks, 21+ FESTS Bunbury Music Festival Friday – Sunday Bunbury is one of our favorite regional fests. Sawyer Point is cozied up right to the Ohio River waterfront, dotted with a variety of stages. Headliners include The Black Keys, The Avett Brothers and Snoop Dogg (on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, respectively), plus a bunch of perennially buzzy indie bands, like Tame Impala, The Decemberists and Father John Misty. Cincy’s own Walk The Moon will play, plus the always in-demand emo heartthrobs Brand New. Sawyer Point, 705 E. Pete Rose Way (Cincinnati), prices vary, all-ages Electric Six, White Reaper, The Hi-Fi, 21+ Kris Hitchcock, Tin Roof, 21+ Charlie Daniels Band, Travis Tritt, Hoosier Park Racing and Casino, 21+ Steve Smith and Vital Information NYC Edition, Jazz Kitchen, 21+ Hyryder, The Mousetrap, 21+ Michael Ray, 8 Seconds Saloon, 21+ Thorr-Axe, Lawbringer, Archarus, Old Revel Minds, 5th Quarter Lounge, 21+ DJ Rican, Subterra, 21+ Night Moves with Action Jackson and DJ Megatone, Metro, 21+ WTFridays with DJ Gabby Love and DJ Helicon , Social, 21+
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Mallow Run Winery, 6964 W. Whiteland Road, FREE, all-ages LADIES NIGHT Siren Song Saturday 8 p.m. Emily Myren, Megan Hopkins and Monique Rust play this all-ladies lineup. The Warehouse, 254 1st Ave. SW, $15 in advance, $20 at door, all-ages DANCE Bollywood Bhangra with Red Baraat 8 p.m. Combining two great traditions in one night: Red Baraat will play Cultural Cannibals’ Bollywood Bhangra. It’s a perfect match: Red Baraat is a dhol’n’brass party band, and Bollywood Bhangra is the hottest Indian music ticket in town. Wear your dancing shoes. Jazz Kitchen, 5377 N. College Ave., $15 in advance, $20 at door, 21+ ROOTS Coot Crabtree and The Rhinestones, Shelby County Sinners, Ben Brashear 9 p.m. Hat tip to Shelby County Sinners for signing to Baltimore label Manta Ray Records this month. The Hi-Fi,1043 Virginia Ave., Ste. 4, $7, 21+ HIP-HOP #CHREECE Announcement Party 6 p.m. Oreo Jones’ bigass hip-hop fest gets its own announcement party this Saturday at Indy CD and Vinyl. Hinx Jones and Sonny Paradise x Feeray Carrera will perform in the shop, and organizers will reveal some of the late August fest’s lineup. Bring your mom. Indy CD and Vinyl, 806 Broad Ripple Ave., FREE, all-ages
SOUNDCHECK HIP-HOP Around the Clock 8 p.m. Tony Styxx hosts this hip-hop closing party celebrating the good people at Sabbatical. DJ Spoolz, Marc Versus, Grey Granite, Ghost Gun Summer, Jaecyn Bayne and New Wave Collective will perform. Hit up the #CHREECE announcement party before, and make this a full evening of hip-hop. Sabbatical, 921 Broad Ripple Ave., $5, 21+ Crunkasaurus Rex, Guilt Trip, Chin Up Kid, Alena Coast, Brothers Grimm, Maria Hill, Hoosier Dome, all-ages Jazz on the Monon with Brenda Williams, Carmel Arts and Design District, all-ages Hero Jr, Grove Haus, all-ages Apache Dropout, Psychic Baos, Laffing Gas, Magnetic South (Bloomington), all-ages Heartland Heretics, Tied to Tigers, Minute Details, Coup De’tat, Radio Radio, 21+ Groovin’ in the Garden with The Yellow Kites, Easley Winery, all-ages Rod Tuffcurls and The Bench Press, The Vogue, 21+ The Cosmic Situation CD Release Show, Sidelines Sports Pub, 21+ Bashiri Asad, Union 50, 21+ Tropidelic, Indyca, Mousetrap, 21+ Craig B. Moore and The Invaders, Pinheads, all-ages Great Future, Kelley Brothers, The Rainey Day Field Trip, Automy, The Faded Truth, 5th Quarter Lounge, 21+
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TUESDAY Tenth Anniversary Pride Concert, The Athenaeum Theatre, all-ages The Terence Blachard E-Collective, Jazz Kitchen, 21+ Dizzy Wright, Deluxe at Old National Centre, all-ages Ellie King, The Hi-Fi, 21+ Valdrin, Skan, 5th Quarter Lounge, 21+ Kittie, Ill Nino, Emerson Theater, all-ages Broke(n), Melody Inn, 21+ Take That! Tuesdays, Coaches Tavern, 21+ NUVO.NET/SOUNDCHECK
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ou guys have asked us to include a qualified male opinion on our Sex Doc column, and we’ve finally (finally!) found one. We want to introduce you to (Almost) Dr. Josh Corum, a sex researcher for 10 years and currently a sociology Ph.D. candidate and graduate instructor at University of Nevada Las Vegas. He’s an Indiana native and a straight, cis-gendered dude, and a roller derby player who skates by the name of Big Spoon. As the straight man on sex, sexuality, and relationships, we’ll be consulting Josh in our online column on these topics to continue to give you the best, most informed and diverse advice perspectives. Welcome, Josh!
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By any other name... I enjoy oral sex a lot, but I just can’t seem to get my boyfriend to go down as often as I would like. I’ve tried talking about it but he just gets embarrassed and won’t say anything. He says he likes to do it and is “all in” on that rare occasion that it does happen. Is there anything I can do to make it more appealing so he muff dives more often? — Anonymous, from Tumblr
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JOSH: For best results, “muff diving” should be performed in a late 70’s Trans Am or Monte Carlo; bitchin flames and #3 sticker optional. Thanks for writing in. Seriously, we’re adults in 2015; it’s “going down on you,” cunnilingus, or “lickin’/eatin’ that pussy.” For the sake of time, I’m going to presume your lady parts fall within the bell curve of healthy vaginal variability. However, let’s stop pretending genitals are majestic and sacred. The space between everyone’s
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DR. DEBBY HERBENICK & SARAH MURRELL legs is hot and sticky and to an extent, comical. We sweat. We secrete. We smell. Vulvas, labias, vaginas, balls, penises, and all those in between, the odds of freshness are rarely in our favor. Keeping things trimmed will help with unpleasantness. You don’t have to completely to go full Brazillian or Vagazzle, but a little hedge clipping goes a long way. Hair can trap odor, ...and there is always odor to trap. If you chose to be a little more natural, keep your fro from getting fromagey. Of course, this also goes for dudes too. The message mentions that you really enjoy giving oral, in which case, yay, more of you please! Normally, I don’t think sexual activities should be used as bargaining tools, but I make the exception to oral sex reciprocation. If he doesn’t wanna go down on you, his cock shouldn’t go anywhere near your mouth. If he is embarrassed, perhaps he doesn’t know what he’s doing. Depending where you live, there are classes he can take or you can go together at adult stores. There are also quality instructional videos all over the internet. Lastly, if the reality is that he’s a lazy, self-centered ass hat, tell him to hit the bricks and find a more sexually compatible fella that will mouth hug your special lady bits as often as you’d like. Don’t let this selfish lover limit your sexual needs. You wouldn’t let him tell you when to go to the bathroom or when you can breathe. Your sexuality is just as basic a human need as eating, sleeping, going to the bathroom. It’s up to you to be proactive in your sexuality and sexual expression, not passive and reactionary.
Squirrel! Sometimes I have a hard time staying focused on sex, and I will get distracted and go soft. How do I keep my head in the game? — Anonymous, from Tumblr
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JOSH: Attention deficit issues aside, it might be time to change things up a little. You might be getting bored with the routine or possibly your partner. Since people tend to be overly romantic and dramatic, let’s address the former: You’re bored with the routine. Communicate... Firstly, have a very frank conversation with your partner about changing things up or doing something new. Be inclusive: Tell your partner you want to explore new things with him or her. Take the initiative: Your partner will most likely respond with a “What did you have in mind?”, “What do you want to try?” or “No, you can’t stick that in my ass.” Do some homework. Go online or read one of the many sex-help books out there. Find something that piques your interest and present it to your partner. Given that your desired new thing is legal and only marginally messy, your partner will most likely be more receptive. If he or she isn’t receptive to your awakening sexuality, perhaps it’s not the routine that’s boring. At which time you’ll have to write back with the question, “How do I end my relationship with my sexually boring partner?”
JOSH: Why do you care? You got yours, right? However, if you’re not a douchebag and really want to be sure if she is “getting hers,” just ask her. However, be sure to ask in a way that does not sound impatient or insecure. She has her own insecurities to worry about, let alone your sexual inadequacies, but I digress. Ask her what YOU could do differently. Next time the two of you are having really good sex, have her tell you if and when she’s orgasming and pay attention to her body: Her sounds. The way her body moves. If you are inside of her, what does her vagina do? Does it contract or squeeze? Does it relax or open more? Does it get wetter or dryer? Does it push you out or draw you in? Does she queef or fart? Does she squirt? Ultimately, you must communicate with her and pay attention to what’s going on. After a short time, you’ll be able to read her cues, understand her body, and better able to assist with her tiny deaths.
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Do you have any good tips for slowing sex down? My bf and I get into this weird rhythm that gets faster and faster. I want to know how to press the brakes without hurting his feelings or ruining the mood.
How do I know if I’ve really gotten my gf off? She says she always gets what she needs but I want to make absolutely sure. Help? — Anonymous, from Tumblr
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SARAH: Just be like, “Hey...slow down.” If you’re worried about his feelings, be like, “Hey, slow down so I can enjoy this even more.” We’re all grownups here, so let’s use our words.
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DR. D: Talking about sex can feel awkward or difficult at first, but it gets easier — and it’s really the only solution. You could gently tap or rub your boyfriend’s shoulder and quietly say “let’s slow down a little” (plenty of people use this strategy) but it sounds like you’re wary of ruining the mood. An alternative is to talk about sex some time when you’re not having it, saying what you enjoy and find fun/ sexy/romantic/exciting about your sex life, talk about what “works” for you, and also add that sometimes it’s too much when sex keeps going faster and that you’d like to set a different pace. Sure, it’s easier said than done at first, but once you get talking and communicating, you’ll be amazed at how good sex can get.
Slip of the foot I’m really, really, really into shower sex. It’s one of my favorite parts about having a girlfriend is being able to fuck her in the shower. What can I do to make sure no one slips and breaks their head open while still having all the fun I want to? SARAH: Yep, that’s pretty much all relationships are good for (*slams head into wall repeatedly*). Put some of those slippy things on the floor or buy one of those suction cup handles. Or go all out and just get a full bathroom remodel from a handicap accessibility company if you’re really serious. DR. D: Well, I certainly hope there are other awesome aspects of having a girlfriend, but at least you know what one of them is for you. First, make sure she’s into having sex in the shower — not all women are, particularly because warm water can dry out the vagina and make
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vaginal intercourse feel uncomfortable, awkward, or even downright painful. If you are trying to have vaginal intercourse in the shower, at least try to use lubricant. Here’s where it gets tricky though: water-based lubricant washes right off so it doesn’t provide adequate lubrication for long. Silicone-based lubricant does but if you get any on the shower floor, it can make the floor extra slick and cause one or both of you to fall, so if you opt for silicone based lubricant, make sure it gets only on your penis and/or her vaginal opening. You could also steer clear of intercourse and take turns kneeling and giving the other one oral sex and then having intercourse outside of the shower by standing next to the vanity or winding up in bed. Finally, this is the real world and there are some risks so you may not get to have “all the fun you want to”; you may have to make some compromises based on her pleasure and/or both of your safety but not to worry — there are numerous ways to have pleasurable sex that have nothing to do with the shower.
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GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Nobel Prize-winning physicists Wolfgang Pauli and Niels Bohr were both amused at how counterintuitive their innovative theories seemed. Once Pauli was lecturing a group of eminent scientists about a radical new hypothesis. Bohr got out of his seat in the audience and walked up to the front to interrupt his colleague. “We all agree that your theory is crazy,” Bohr told Pauli. “The question that divides us is whether it is crazy enough to have a chance of being correct. My own feeling is that it is not crazy enough.” Pauli defended himself. “It is crazy enough!” he said. But Bohr was insistent. “It’s not crazy enough!” he argued. I’m going to pose a comparable query to you, Gemini. Are your new ideas and possibilities crazy enough to be true? Make sure they are. Gemini
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CANCER (June 21-July 22): You’ve wandered into an awkward phase of your cycle. Missed connections have aroused confusion. Disjointed events have led to weirdness. I’ve got a suggestion for how you might be able to restore clarity and confidence: Make a foray into a borderland and risk imaginative acts of heroism. Does that sound too cryptic or spooky? How about if I say it like this: Go on an unpredictable quest that will free your trapped vitality, or try a mysterious experiment that will awaken your sleeping magic. P.S. For best results, ask for help every step of the way.
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LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Gesamtkunstwerk is a German word that can be translated as “total art work” or “all-embracing art form.” It refers to a creative masterpiece that makes use of several genres. The 19th-century composer Richard Wagner had this in mind when he produced his opera cycle The Ring of the Nibelung, which included orchestral music, singing, theater, and literature. I’m invoking the spirit of Gesamtkunstwerk for your use, Leo. The coming weeks will be an excellent time to synthesize and coordinate all the things you do best, and express them with a flourish. Leo
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VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Defender was a popular video game that young people played in video arcades during the 1980s. Fifteen-year-old Steve Juraszek was profiled in Time magazine after he racked up a record-breaking 16 million points while playing the game for 16 hours straight. But when his high school principal found out that Juraszek had skipped classes to be at the arcade, he was suspended. I’m wondering if there may soon be a similar development in your own life, Virgo. Will you have to pay a small price for your success? You should at least be prepared to risk an acceptable loss in order to accomplish an important goal. Virgo
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SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): I love to watch an evolved Scorpio get his or her needs met by helping other people get their needs met. It’s thrilling to behold the paradoxical Scorpio assets in action: the combination of manipulativeness and generosity; the animal magnetism working in service to the greater good; the resourceful willpower that carries out hidden agendas and complex strategies designed to make the world a better place. I expect to see a lot of this idiosyncratic wisdom from you in the coming weeks. Scorpio
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TAURUS (April 20-May 20): When it’s rush hour in Tokyo, unwieldy crowds of commuters board the trains and subways. They often need help at squeezing in. Railway workers known as oshiya, or pushers, provide the necessary force. Wearing crisp uniforms, white gloves, and neat hats, they cram the last stragglers into each car. I foresee the possibility of you being called on to perform a metaphorical version of the service these pushers provide. Is there a polite and respectful way for you to be indelicate in a worthy cause? Could you bring light-hearted tact to bear as you seek an outcome that encourages everyone to compromise?
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CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): The core of your horoscope comes from the poem “A Color of the Sky” by Tony Hoagland. Imagine that you are the “I” who is saying the following: “What I thought was an end turned out to be a middle. What I thought was a brick wall turned out to be a tunnel. What I thought was an injustice turned out to be a color of the sky.” Please understand, Capricorn, that speaking these words might not make total sense to you yet. You may have to take them on faith until you gather further evidence. But I urge you to speak them anyway. Doing so will help generate the transformations you need in order to make them come true. Capricorn
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AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Lessons in luck are coming your way. Will they help you attract more luck? Maybe. Will they show you how to make better use of your luck? Maybe. A lot depends on your ability to understand and love the paradox of luck. I’ve assembled a few enigmatic teachings to prepare you. 1. “Luck is believing you’re lucky.” - Tennessee Williams. 2. “It is a great piece of skill to know how to guide your luck even while waiting for it.” - Baltasar Gracián. 3. “Sometimes not getting what you want is a brilliant stroke of luck.” Lorii Myers. 4. “The harder I work, the luckier I get.” Samuel Goldwyn. 5. “You’ve got to try your luck at least once a day, because you could be going around lucky all day and not even know it.” - Jimmy Dean. 6. “Go and wake up your luck.” - Persian proverb. Aquarius
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PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): The word “boudoir” means a woman’s bedroom. But hundreds of years ago, it had a more specific definition. It was a room where a wellbred girl was sent when she was pouting. “Boudoir” is derived from the French verb bouder, which means “to sulk.” If it were in my power, Pisces, I would send you to the sulking room right now. In fact, I would encourage you to sulk. In my opinion, a good long sulk would be just the right prescription for you. It would trigger brainstorms about how to change the soggy, foggy conditions that warranted your sulking in the first place. Pisces
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