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ednesday, June 25, 2014 started the same as any other muggy summer day in central Indiana. My “husband” and I woke up, fed the dogs, drank some coffee, and kissed each other goodbye as we each headed off to work. We, along with many Hoosiers, had been awaiting a ruling on the status of marriage equality in our state. The moment came, as such moments often do, as a complete surprise. I was at work hunched over spreadsheets, actively listening to a conference call when my phone buzzed: a news notification. BREAKING: Federal court rules Indiana’s ban on gay marriage is unconstitutional.
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to face. On the way, we each called our parents, and received their support to go, and go NOW. I arrived home, and found my “husband” in the kitchen. We hugged fiercely, tears in our eyes. Our day had come! We decided wordlessly. We were getting married. Tonight! Having only told our parents, we drove to the City-County building in rush hour traffic, and arrived shortly before 5:30. Once inside, we strode down the hall to County Clerk Beth White’s office. We were astonished to see a line of hundreds of people, all gathered for the same purpose: to profess their love and have it legally recognized by our state. The line moved slowly, but no one seemed to mind. We all stood with expectant smiles on our faces. Some fidgeted nervously, while others were soothed by their soon-to-be spouses with soft words and warm embraces.
I was astonished. Did I read it right? Could it be true? Could all the hard work and persistence of so many dedicated to marriage equality in our state have finally paid off? With shaking hands and my heart in my throat, I texted the news to my “husband.” He responded within moments, but This is what many of our state’s such monumental news couldn’t be conveyed via elected officials were fighting text message alone. so hard to prevent? On our lunch breaks, we had time for a quick phone call. Our excitement was tempered Many couples were accompanied by by suspicion and fear that the ruling family, friends, children and co-workwould be stayed immediately. But for ers — the outpouring of support was the moment, we had been granted the overwhelming. Beth White was seen right for which we’d been fighting for frequently moving up and down the so long, and our enthusiasm overtook line, offering congratulatory handshakes us. The ruling had provided an answer, and assuring everyone in line that our but also many more questions. Should patience would be rewarded. “We’ll we go now? Should we wait? If we get stay here tonight for as long as it takes,” our license today, should we get marshe said. As each newly married couple ried today? What about our friends and emerged from the clerk’s office, cheers family? Should we ask them to meet rose up from those of us still in line. We us? Will they be upset if we go without were all strangers, but it made no matthem? ter. We had won. LOVE had won. After a workday full of distraction and After three hours of waiting in that daydreaming for both of us, we decided to meet at home to discuss our plan face stuffy hallway, we finally made it to 4 VOICES // 07.02.14 - 07.09.14 // 100% RECYCLED PAPER // NUVO
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the threshold of the clerk’s office. Not only was the air conditioning inside refreshing, but so was the scene before us: couples waving their newly granted marriage licenses, joyful tears, smiles, laughter. This is what many of our state’s elected officials were fighting so hard to prevent? We reached the Marriage Licenses desk and completed our necessary forms. Within moments, there it was: our official, legal marriage license. All that was left was to say the words. We were then greeted warmly by Beth White herself. She asked us how long we’d been together (11 years), whether or not we had rings to exchange (we did), and if we wanted a prayer included in our ceremony (I deferred to my future husband on this point — and he did). We were ushered into a separate room, apart from the frenzied celebrations happening in the office. It was hushed, with only occasional muffled cheers seeping through the walls. Ms. White asked us to face each other, join hands, and began to speak. I admit that the specifics of the ceremony are a bit fuzzy for me. What I remember most is the enormous grin on my new husband’s face (no more quotation marks from NOW ON), his reassuring grip on my hands, and Ms. White’s gentle and loving tone. We exchanged
vows, rings and kisses — and it was done. Again I had to think: this is what a highly vocal minority in our state is fighting so hard against? A promise we make to each other in front of a legal official? After having our license signed, we found ourselves back in the office swarming with other couples as eager and deserving as we were. We paid our necessary fees and got our official documents. And then it was over. We were married. Husbands for life. As we left the City-County Building, hand-in-hand, we were met with more cheering and congratulatory sentiments. We experienced none of the derisive attitudes one might expect in our red state. Family, friends and strangers alike heaped praise and well wishes upon us. Our love was finally recognized and celebrated. Love always wins. Yes, the state’s Attorney General requested and was granted a stay that once again prevents gay and lesbian Hoosiers from obtaining their marriage licenses. So the struggle continues, as we knew it would. For the lucky few that were able to secure the right to marry the person they love it was a small and long awaited victory. But for those who still hope one day they will be able to share the joy that we feel, it bears repeating: Love always wins. n
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WHAT HAPPENED? Actor Meshach Taylor dies of terminal illness Television star Meshach Taylor, 67, died from a terminal illness surrounded by family in his California home Saturday night. The African-American actor was best known for his role as ex-con turned law student Anthony Bouvier in the CBS sitcom Designing Women. The show ran from 1986 – 1993. IMDB.com lists a string of TV shows and films from Taylor’s resume. Most recently, he was a guest star on CBS drama Criminal Minds as recovering alcoholic veteran Harrison Scott. Taylor was born in Boston, Massachusetts, but spent much of his childhood in Indianapolis and graduated from Crispus Attucks High School in 1964. Taylor is survived by his wife, his four children, and his mother. His mother still lives in Indianapolis. ACS needs transportation volunteers The American Cancer Society is looking for volunteers for their Road to Recovery program. The volunteer-based patient services program provides transportation to cancer patients to doctor and treatment appointments. Mission delivery specialist Robin Tate says there is a critical need for volunteer drivers in and around Marion County. “This is a very flexible volunteer opportunity and it is up to each volunteer to decide how often and how far they wish to drive to help cancer patients in our community,” said Tate. Availability is needed during daytime working hours. The requirements include holding a current valid driver’s license, having a safe driving record and proof of insurance. There is an application process and training is provided. More information about volunteering and the application process is available by calling the American Cancer Society at 1-800-227-2345. Indy included in national study on paths and walkways Indianapolis is among 12 urban cities selected to be the subjects of a study on biking and walking patterns. The study, called the Trail Monitoring and Assessment Platform (T-MAP), will establish the first ever national network of trail traffic monitoring stations to gather activity data. The study is an initiative of The Rail-to-Trail Conservancy. The monitoring stations will use similar tools used to monitor vehicle traffic on roads. “This study will arm us with a powerful suite of tools and data to demonstrate the way trails and greenways connect people and neighborhoods, increase overall quality of life, and attract people to our City,” Indy Parks Project Manager Andre Denman said. T-MAP counters will be placed on the Monon Trail at 54th Street and on the Fall Creek trail on the 7000 block of Fall Creek Road. Data from those counters will be evaluated over the next 24 months. 6 NEWS // 07.02.14 - 07.09.14 // 100% RECYCLED PAPER // NUVO
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ndiana has experienced a roller coaster of events and emotions in the last week, all related to the controversial issue of gay marriage. Exactly one week ago (as last week’s issues of NUVO were hitting boxes), U.S. District Court Judge Richard Young issued his decisions on several cases surrounding the issue of same sex marriage and Indiana’s current ban on the practice that were pending in his court. The decision boiled down to one point: Indiana’s ban on marriage for same-sex couples was unconstitutional. In his summary comments, Young referred to the issue as a phenomenon throughout the federal court system that had never been witnessed before. The same day Young’s decision was revealed, a similar ruling was found in a federal court in Utah. In fact, 19 states including Indiana have one or more cases where the state’s ban on same-sex marriage is being challenged in the federal court system. 12 other states have one or more cases challenging a state same-sex marriage ban in their state courts. Kentucky is the only state that has cases pending in both state and federal courts. To date, North Dakota is the only state with a gay marriage ban on the books not facing a court challenge.
The Mad Dash to the Altar Once Judge Young’s order became public knowledge, gay and lesbian couples raced in numbers to county clerks’ offices around the state. Not only were couples requesting marriage licenses, but they were getting married on the spot with clerks officiating the weddings. In Marion County, Clerk Beth White said she would perform short, civil ceremonies for a $50 donation to the Indiana Youth Group, an organization that supports gay and transgender youth. “Chief Judge Richard Young’s decision on marriage equality sets forth a clear course of action for this office to follow regarding same-sex mar-
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Hundreds of same sex couples stood in line for hours at the Marion County Clerk’s office for the opportunity to obtain a marriage license.
riage licenses. It is my responsibility to uphold court rulings that impact this office and that is what I will do,” said White. She also extended her office hours until 8 p.m. Wednesday, promising to process all applications that were in line by that time. White’s Wednesday didn’t conclude until 11 p.m. that night when the last ceremony was conducted. In total, the Marion County Clerk’s office had issued 250 marriage licenses with White conducting 188 ceremonies. The following two days, more marriage licenses were issued and more weddings were performed. Judges and clergy supportive of the effort shared the ceremony load. By the end of business Friday, The Marion County Clerk’s office had issued 586 marriage licenses in 3 days. Marriage license traffic for the office averaged 575 licenses per month in 2013. The threeday total for wedding ceremonies in the clerk’s office capped out at 457, with over $10,000 raised for IYG. Not all county clerks jumped into the same-sex marriage business as
quickly as Marion County’s White. Without any real juristiction, Attorney General Greg Zoeller’s office interpreted Judge Young’s order and advice to county clerks around the state. Public Information Officer Bryan Corbin said it was the Attorney General’s understanding that Judge Young’s order only applied directly to the counties listed in the three lawsuits: Allen, Boone, Lake, Hamilton, and Porter counties. Clerks in the remaining 87 counties were advised to use their best judgment. However, other defendants in the cases include the State Department of Health, The State Department of Revenue, and the Indiana Public Retirement System, giving the order overall state reach. It took a while for many counties to begin issuing marriage licenses to same sex couples. But by Friday, all but six counties in the state were issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples. Daviess, Clay, Decatur, Warren, Grant, and Adams counties refused to issue licenses to same sex couples the entire time Judge Young’s order was in effect.
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Couples who took advantage of the situation couldn’t hide their joy. Indiana Equality Action President Chris Paulson and Deanna Medsker (shown left) and Tony Kariotis and Daniel Barrett (shown right) were among the 188 couples who were wed Wednesday.
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Same sex couples and advocates knew the new found freedoms would be short lived, but that didn’t stop any of the celebrations. Advanced planning allowed Hoosiers United for Marriage, a public awareness initiative designed to promote same-sex marriage in Indiana, to have a rally and party ready and waiting so both could be held on the evening of Judge Young’s decision, whenever it came. More than 500 people attended the rally at North United Methodist Church Wednesday evening to celebrate what they felt was a victory for the cause. Plaintiffs from all three cases were publicly thanked for taking the legal steps to challenge Indiana’s law. Attorneys were honored for their efforts to represent the plaintiffs and their cause. Hoosiers Unite for Marriage coordinator Kyle Megrath told the crowd that even if the state was granted its stay of the judge’s order (which it was) and even if the state’s appeal is awarded and Judge Young’s decision overturned (which is yet to be seen), advocates and supporters would continue the fight all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court. Judge Young’s order not only allowed for same sex couples to obtain marriage licenses and legally wed, but it also called for the state to recognize same sex marriages that were legally done in other states. Specific to Lee vs. Abbott et. al. (formerly known as Lee vs. Pence et.al.), the recognition of the out-ofstate marriages was essential to allowing spouses to be listed as beneficiaries for public employees. That recognition was essential for the police officer and firefighter plaintiffs who are trying to make sure their spouses receive their pensions should anything happen to them in the line of duty. Young’s order was
issued on Wednesday, and on Thursday, IMPD officers Pamela Lee and Teresa Welborn went to the Public Retirement System office (formerly known as PERF) to file the paperwork naming their spouses as their beneficiaries.
The state puts on the brakes Shortly after Judge Young’s decision sent dozens of same sex couples to county courthouses, the Attorney General’s office filed a motion with the District Court asking Judge Young to stay his order pending appeal and filed that appeal with the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals. AG Greg Zoeller waited until Friday for Judge Young to respond, and then filed for an emergency stay with the higher court. It only took a few hours for the court to grant the stay, bringing all activity surrounding the issue to a screeching halt. The stay from the Appeals Court not only stopped the recognition of Judge Young’s order, it also ended the preliminary injunction Young had out in place requiring the state to recognize the outof-state marriage of Amy Sandler and Niki Quasney. The preliminary injunction in Sandler and Quasney’s specific case to be recognized as a married couple was expedited due to Quasney’s terminal battle with stage IV ovarian cancer. The couple is trying to make sure that their children are protected with benefits upon Quasney’s eventual death.
All attention shifts to Chicago Attorneys and the court recognize the ticking clock in the Quasney’s case. Although the motions panel for the Appeals Court combined the three cases addressed in Judge Young’s order (Baskin vs. Bogan et.al., Fujii vs. The
Indiana State Department of Health et. al, and Lee Vs. Abbott et. al.), an emergency motion was filed Monday to lift the stay for Sandler and Quasney. The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals ordered the state to respond by noon Tuesday and expedited the briefing schedule on the merits of the case. The State’s opening brief is now due to the court July 15 with the Plaintiff’s response due by July 29. A similar motion to vacate the stay is underway in the Lee vs. Abbott et. al. case. Attorneys say they are seeking the same declaration, that Indiana’s refusal to recognize same sex marriages solemnized in other states is a violation of the 14th amendment. Although the plaintiffs in Lee vs. Abbott are not terminally ill as in Quasney’s case, the nature of their occupations as first responders puts them at risk of death.
Ice Cream Social on the Circle The American Dairy Association will host an ice cream social on Monument Circle July 11 in honor of National Ice Cream Month. Proceeds from the event will benefit the Girl Scouts of Central Indiana. Ice cream sundaes with a variety of toppings, including Girl Scout cookie pieces, will be dished out by ccelebrity scoopers for $3. Monument Circle, downtown Indianapolis, Fri., July 11, 11 a.m.-2 p.m., $3
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In the meantime The Attorney General’s office is again giving advice to county clerks on what to do about the hundreds of marriage licenses issued during the 3-day frenzy and the weddings already performed. In a statement issued to the press, Spokesman Bryan Corbin says the validity of the licenses issued and marriages solemnized during the time Judge Young’s order was in effect remains in limbo. It remains unclear if they are void or valid at this time. Clerks are being told not to process any marriage licenses that were issued prior to the stay but not solemnized until after the stay was issued. And for any same sex couples looking to get their money back for marriage licenses that were issued but not solemnized before the stay – it will be up to each individual county clerk as to whether or not he/she wants to issue a refund. n
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t was low 30s outside, unseasonably cold for an April night in Indy. But it was hot as hell inside the club. The air was thick with sweat from the thousands of bodies packed together. I struggled to carve out a few square inches of my own. We were all there for the headliner. With a catalog of music stretching back over 40 years, they had the status of legends. They’d made a career singing songs that celebrate the exploits of outlaws and anti-heroes. They’d built their reputation making music that opposed the corrosive power of U.S. political propaganda. Through their songs, they had questioned the very concept of what it means to be called an American.
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I stood on my toes and craned my neck to scan the place, shocked by the size of the crowd, endless rows of humanity in every direction. I knew they had a huge underground following in Indy, but I never expected this kind of turnout. Despite their popularity, news of the concert received little or no attention in the local press. Yet they’d sold out the massive venue, and left a line of anxious fans waiting outside without a ticket. Who am I talking about? A reunion show by The Clash, possibly Fugazi, or maybe even Black Flag? Not even close. The group in question is Los Tigres Del Norte, the accordion-wielding icons of Mexico’s norteño music. And the club is El Venue. Located in an anonymous strip-mall off of Lafayette Road, El Venue inhabits the shell of a big box retail space that formerly housed a Value City. That massive crowd of music fans can be found every week on Lafayette Road, where a cluster of Latin music venues have transformed the area into what could arguably be called the live music capital of Indianapolis. For most Indy residents, the Lafayette Square area is generally known for one of two reasons. Some associate the neighborhood with the economic downturn that sparked many retailers to flee, leaving trails of vacant storefronts in their wake. Others think of the myriad international eateries and groceries that earned this section of town the title of International Marketplace.
although Chispas attracts over 2,000 visitors on a good night, the exorbitant booking rates of the acts the club hires makes it hard to turn a profit. “We usually work with groups that charge around $60,000,” Mix says, adding it’s difficult to compete with a larger facility like El Venue that can afford to work with bigger acts that charge as much as $300,000 per show.
“Somos Mas Americanos” There must have been over 5,000 people in attendance at the Los Tigres Del Norte performance I witnessed at El Venue in April. The size of the crowd at El Venue was unusually large that night, and their enthusiasm was also remarkably high. Los Tigres are beloved for their songs celebrating the plight of Mexico’s working class. The crowd at El Venue erupted with howls of approval for anthems like “Somos Mas Americanos” (“We’re More American”) after immediately recognizing the opening notes. Here’s a few translated lines: PHOTO BY ARTUR SILVA
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But what few Hoosiers realize is that the area doesn’t truly come to life until the sun has set and all the shops have closed. That’s when vast empty parking lots become oceans of cars as Latin American music fans from across Central Indiana descend on Lafayette Road to catch performances by some of the biggest stars in international music. Taco trucks roll in to peddle their wares. And that joy, that kinetic energy that accompanies huge, sell-out shows doesn’t dissipate until the wee hours.
Chispas One of the most important destinations for live music on Lafayette Road is Chispas Discotheque. Located in a strip mall directly across the street from Lafayette Square, Chispas has set a new standard for Westside clubs as its ambitious booking practices bring in a steady rotation of Latin music’s hottest acts. “We bring all kinds of music to Chispas: hip-hop and rock en español, bachata, salsa, cumbia, everything that is Latino,” Chispas owner and manager Miguel Cárdenas says when we speak on the phone. “We always try to feature whatever is being listened to at the moment. So, if banda groups are popular with the people, we bring in bandas.” The club has featured performances by narcocorrido superstar Gerardo Ortiz, norteño legends Los Tucanes de Tijuana, banda pioneers La Arrolladora Banda el Limón and dozens of other stars form Mexico’s regional music scene. In addition to these more tra-
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Los Herederos De Nuevo Leon and Banda Tulealban July 11, Chispas Elvis Martinez July 18, Chispas ditional styles, the club has also featured everything from Mexican rappers Akwid to Spanish heavy metal, and the Mexican EDM sound of tribal. “I find it very important to bring acts from Mexico,” Cárdenas says. “People come with great excitement to see these acts. Perhaps that’s where they last saw them, or maybe they never got to see them there at all and never will get to see them in Mexico due to their immigration status. So this is a way for them to reconnect with the culture. It’s like we’re bringing them back to their hometown though the music.” Cárdenas has been living in Indiana for almost 20 years, after moving here from Los Angeles. “I lived in Logansport when I arrived. I was a supervisor for a company called Tyson Foods for about eight years,” he says. “Then I moved
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A thousand times they have shouted at me, ‘Go home, you don’t belong here,’ Let me remind the Gringo, I didn’t cross the border, the border crossed me, America was born free — man divided her If history does not lie, A powerful nation was seated here in glory, Composed of valiant warriors, Indians of two continents mingled with Spaniards, And if we go by the centuries, We are more American than any son of the Anglo-Saxon... I am of Indian blood, I am Latino, I am Mestizo... Though it pains you to hear, We are more American than every last one of the Gringos” “While some of the music you’ll hear on the Westside is built on your typical love stories, I think it’s important to note that there’s also a strong sense of social justice too,” local musician Amber Martinez tells me. Martinez is a member of Meztli-Cultural and also serves as director of the Anderson Ballet Folklorico. “A lot of this music was born from an oral tradition. Originally, it was more musical poetry, so to speak. It was a way to spread messages regarding political propaganda, oppression and historical events.” While Martinez’s folk-based music projects aren’t regularly featured in the clubs, she and her husband Esteban are fans of the scene. They came to Indianapolis five years ago. SEE, SQUARE, ON PAGE 10
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SQUARE , FROM PAGE 09 “We started Meztli-Cultural de Indianapolis to promote Mexican folk art and preserve cultural traditions, including music,” she tells me. I’ll note here that Martinez is equipped with an impressive historical knowledge of Mexico’s vast regional music scene. I ask Martinez if she felt the Lafayette Road music venues offered a representative sample of Latin American music styles. “It goes in cycles. Banda and corrido music probably get the most consistent play. But you also have a heavy trend of reggaeton, and there’s salsa too. The one genre that gets the least amount of play in my opinion is cumbia. Cumbia has a very interesting history mixing indigenous and African cultures. I think as popular as cumbia is, it gets the least amount of play in the club scene.” She agrees with Cárdenas’ statements regarding the importance of an artistic connection to the homelands of Indy’s immigrant communities. “What ends up happening with younger generations who are born and raised here, they live a dual lifestyle,” Martinez says. “They’re just as into performers from the United States as they are artists from the Latin American scene. I think this music scene helps to give them a sense of identity. It allows them to stay connected to their roots.” This is a sentiment I find echoed by many, including local music fan Cynthia Perez. For several years, Perez was an on-air talent for Radio Latina, and her father managed the now-defunct West Washington Street club El Volkan. “What I’ve noticed in my family with cousins and uncles, when they were back in Mexico they couldn’t afford to go see some of their favorite bands,” she says. “Now they can afford it, and it’s exciting for them to go see bands they grew up listening to. It reminds them of being back home. It brings back good memories.” Perez thinks these massively successful shows could be a bridge between the Latin American community and other communities in Indianapolis. “Right now you don’t see a lot of diversity in the audience at shows,” she says. “But if someone enjoys listening to music from different cultures I think it’s worth their time to check out these
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concerts, to learn about the music, and enjoy an experience outside of what they might be used to.” And the club owners are certainly open to all music fans. “We welcome everyone at Chispas, no matter their ethnicity or race,” Cárdenas says. “ Often times there will be whites and African-Americans at the shows. It is for whoever enjoys the music. We treat everyone the same.”
The future: an analysis There’s a lot of public handwringing over how to solve the perceived problems of the Lafayette Square area. But as city officials and arts administrators stumble to find meaningful answers for the area, the city’s immigrant population is successfully solving the neighborhood’s problems on their own terms. In my opinion, the development of the Lafayette Road music scene over the last few years is the final step in solidifying this neighborhood’s reputation as the city’s most fully realized cultural district. It’s time to stop referencing this neighborhood as an area in crisis. Instead we should be asking how we can help empower the creative vision of the immigrant entrepreneurs. With its endless vistas of grey concrete, Lafayette Road certainly isn’t much to look at. But what it lacks in picturesque floral and fauna is accounted for in other forms of natural beauty. Most notably, the warm smiles and joyful atmosphere
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so freely shared within the neighborhood’s festive music celebrations. From Washington Street to Lafayette Road Latin American immigrants have puled off one of the most impressive city revitalization programs I’ve witnessed here in my lifetime. Just imagine what they could do with the full support of the city behind them. As I concluded my interview with Cynthia Perez, she mentioned that she’d traveled to Chicago in 2012 to see iconic Mexican ranchera singer Vicente Fernández perform at the Allstate Arena. I asked Perez if she thought there’d ever be a day where Latin music fans in Indy could regularly sell-out facilities like Lucas Oil stadium. Perez cracked a smile, her eyes lit up as she let out a laugh. “I hope I live long enough to see that happen.” I think it’s important to share with
readers the difficulty I encountered securing interviews for this story. Many of the Latinos I spoke with in the music scene were so disgusted with portrayals of their culture in the English language media that they were suspicious of my motives, and reluctant to speak and share their insights. It’s a sad comment on the state of racial relations in our city that such a deep wedge of suspicion has been driven between our communities. I hope that by honoring the enormous contributions Latinos are making to the city’s arts scene we can begin to break down the walls of mistrust that have left us divided for so long. n Special thanks to Gerardo Ruiz Tovar, Artur Silva, Claudia Belen Lopez, DJ Vicente Mix and Ted Somerville, Pedro Lara.
Norteño (Mexico, United States) Like banda music the accordion led ensembles of norteño draw heavy influence from traditional German waltzes and polkas. Norteño music has been very influential on the Mexican-American style known as tejano or Tex-Mex music. Recommended artists:Los Tigres Del Norte, Los Tucanes de Tijuana, Los Rieleros del Norte
latin music genres featured on Indy’s westside Bachata (Dominican Republic) Bachata’s roots date back to the early 20th century. The style was born in the Dominican countryside from a mix of influences, including Cuban bolero, Mexican son and a variety of other guitar-based Latin music. With its gracefully delivered, stately melodies and austere instrumentation (guitar, bass, bongos and guiro), bachata harkens back to a simpler era in music, before the influence of synthesizers, drum machines and auto-tune. Despite its traditional leanings, bachata is wildly popular, not just in its home country of the Dominican Republic, but throughout all of Latin America and right here in Indy too. On just about any night of the week, you can find a club spinning the Dominican sound somewhere in Indianapolis Recommended artists: Anthony Santos, Romeo Santos, Prince Royce Banda (Mexico) The term banda refers to the large brass-based music ensembles of Mexico. The development of banda music in Mexico was influenced by the influx of German immigrants in the late 1800s. While banda groups play a variety of musical styles from boleros to rancheras the influence of German polka remains a strong part of the banda sound. Banda music has maintained a strong traditional sound; a typical modern banda ensemble includes brass, woodwind and percussion. Banda is one of the most popular styles of regional Mexican music in Indianapolis and the genre’s stars make frequent appearances at clubs like Chispas and El Venue. Recommended artists: La Arrolladora Banda El Limón, Banda El Recodo, Banda Los Recoditos Corrido (Mexico) Rapper Chuck D once famously called hip-hop “the black CNN.” In Mexico during the 1800s and early 1900s, corridos served a similar purpose. The narrative poetry of corrido songs transmitted information about important social and political events of the day. Today, a wildly popular subgenre of corrido music known as narcocorrido examines the stories of Mexico’s infamous drug cartels. Recommended artists: Chalino Sánchez, Gerardo Ortiz, Larry Hernandez Cumbia (Colombia, Mexico) The cumbia rhythm was imported to Colombia from West Africa via the slave trade during the 1800s. As the music developed in Colombia it absorbed influence from Spanish and indigenous Colombian traditions. In the 1900s cumbia spread throughout Latin America and
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today it’s one of the most widely listened to forms of music in the Americas. Distinct regional styles of cumbia are found throughout North and South America. In Indianapolis the most commonly heard form of cumbia is sonidera, a distinctly Mexican variant of cumbia connected to DJ sound system culture. Recommended artists: Celso Piña, La Sonora Dinamita, Andres Landero Duranguense (Mexico, United States) You could say duranguense is a modernized form of of Mexico’s traditional banda music. Duranguense bands have replaced banda music’s elaborate horn sections with an arsenal of synth sounds - and they also quickened the tempo for the dancefloor. Unlike most other genres represented on this list, duranguense was developed here in the United States during the late ‘90s – in Chicago to be exact. But the sound caught on in Mexico and duranguense has become a staple sound in Mexican popular music. It’s also wildly popular in local clubs and gets plenty of airplay on local Latin radio. Recommended artists: K-Paz de la Sierra, Alacranes Musical, Grupo Montez de Durango Latin hip-hop (Latin America) As the name suggests, Latin hip-hop is a catch-all term used to describe regional Latin American variations of rap music. In the United States artists like Big Pun and Cypress Hill brought Latin hip-hop to mainstream attention. Recommended artists: Ana Tijoux, Control Machete, ChocQuibTown Merengue (Dominican Republic) This genre is a fast-paced dance music combining African and Spanish elements that developed in the Dominican Republic during the 1800s. Merengue takes many forms in the D.R., from rural, traditional accordion-based sound of típico, to the contemporary modern style of mambo. Recommended artists: Johnny Ventura, Wilfrido Vargas, Milly Quezada
Punta (Guatemala, Honduras, Belize) A blend of African and indigenous Caribbean ancestry, the Garifuna people of Central America have become famous for their vibrant form of music and dance called punta. The intensely percussive sound of punta exemplifies one of the best-preserved African music traditions in the Americas. Punta’s roots stretch back over 300 years, but the modern form of the music began developing about 30 years ago. Recommended artists: Kazzabe, Andy Palacio, Los Silver Star Reggaeton (Puerto Rico, United States, Panama, Cuba) A blend of Jamaican dancehall, American hip-hop and a variety of Latin influences reggaeton developed in Panama during the early 1990s. The birth of the genre was directly influenced by Shabba Ranks 1991 release “Dem Bow.” Recommended artists: Tego Calderón, Vico C, Daddy Yankee Rock en Español (played across Latin America) From punk to metal to psychedelia, rock music enjoys tremendous popularity throughout Latin America. Recommended artists: Café Tacvba, Los Fabulosos Cadillacs, Manu Chao Salsa (Colombia, Cuba, Puerto Rico, United States, Venezuela) One of the most popular forms of dance music in the world, salsa was created in New York during the 1970s from a fusion of Cuban and Puerto Rican Afro-Latin rhythms. Recommended artists: Willie Colón, Celia Cruz, Joe Arroyo Tribal Guarachero (Mexico) Triball is newest genre of music on this list. It’s a form of electronic dance music that combines heavy electro synths with pre-Hispanic Mexican rhythms. Tribal began as an underground club music in Mexico City during the early 2000s, but started attracting international attention in 2010 in the city of Monterrey when a group of three teenaged producers formed the breakout group 3Ball MTY. Recommended artists: 3Ball MTY, Alan Rosales, DJ Mouse
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n una noche de abril, hacía mucho frío en Indianápolis. Sin embargo, dentro de la discoteca, hacía calor en extremo. El aire estaba sofocante y lleno de sudor de miles de cuerpos. Me moví con dificultad y luché por encontrar un propio sitio. Todos nosotros estábamos allí para ver la estrella principal. Con un catálogo de música de cuarenta años, tenían el estatus de leyendas. Establecieron una carrera cantando las canciones que celebran las hazañas de bandidos y anti-héroes. Construyeron su reputación con música contra el poder corrosivo de propaganda política estadounidense. Por sus canciones, habían cuestionado el concepto o el significado de ser americano. Estaba a puntas de pie y estiré el cuello para ver todo el lugar, la muchedumbre me sorprendió con tantas personas en todas partes. Sabía que el grupo tenía muchos seguidores ocultos en Indianápolis, pero nunca creería que hubiera tantos. A pesar de su popularidad, recibieron poca atención por la prensa local. El concierto estaba vendido por completo y por eso, una cola de fanáticos ansiosos se quedó afuera sin entrada. ¿De quién hablaba? ¿Un programa de reunión por El Clash, posiblemente Fugazi, o quizás Black Flag? Ni cerca. El grupo misterioso es Los Tigres del Norte, los iconos con acordeón del tipo
de música norteño de México. Y la discoteca es El Venue. Estaba en una plaza comercial anónima en Lafayette Road. Se encuentra El Venue en un edificio grande que era anteriormente Value City. Se puede encontrar esta muchedumbre de fanáticos de música cada semana en Lafayette Road, donde una variedad de sitios ha transformado esta zona en lo que se puede llamar ‘la capital de música en vivo’ en Indianapolis. Para la mayoría de los residentes de Indianápolis, la zona de Lafayette Square es conocida por uno de dos razones. Algunos lo asocian con la recesión económica en que muchas tiendas se cerraban y que dejaban un camino de escaparates vacantes. Otros piensan que la miríada de comedores internacionales y supermercados multiculturales le ha ganado el título “mercado internacional.” Pero, pocos Hoosiers se dan cuenta de que esta zona no cobra vida hasta el anochecer, ni la cerrada de todas las tiendas. En esta hora, los estacionamientos se hacen océanos de carros por tantos fanáticos de música latina que vienen de todas partes del centro de Indiana. Llegan a Lafayette Road para ver los espectáculos de unas de las estrellas más conocidas en música internacional. También, los camiones llegan a vender los tacos. Y esta alegría y la energía cinética que acompañan los conciertos con entradas agotadas, no se acaba hasta las altas horas de la madrugada.
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Chispas Uno de los destinos más importantes para ver música en vivo en Lafayette Road es la discoteca Chispas. Está en una plaza comercial enfrente del centro comercial de Lafayette Square, Chispas ha establecido un estándar nuevo para las discotecas del oeste de Indianápolis con sus métodos de atraer una rotación constante del talento más fuerte en la música latina. “Traemos todo tipo de música a Chispas: hip-hop y rock en español, bachata, salsa, cumbia, todo lo que es latino,” el dueño y jefe de Chispas, Miguel Cárdenas, me dice cuando hablamos por teléfono. “Siempre tratamos de presentar la música que la gente escucha en el momento. Entonces, si los grupos de banda son populares con la gente, invitamos a las bandas. La discoteca ha presentado los conciertos por un narcocorrido famoso - Gerardo Ortiz, los iconos de norteño – Los Tucanes de Tijuana, unos pioneros de banda – La Arrolladora Banda el Limón, y docenas de otras estrellas de la escena regional de México. Además, Chispas ha presentado una variedad de música, desde los cantantes de rap a los de heavy metal y el sonido tribal de EDM mexicano (música electrónica de baile). “Me importa mucho atraer a los espectáculos mexicanos,” dice Cárdenas. “La gente viene con emoción para verlos.
Quizás en México allí los vieron por ultima vez o quizás nunca tuvieron la oportunidad y no podrán verlos allá por falta de documentación legal. Entonces, ésta es una manera de reconectar con la cultura para unos y por la música podemos llevar a la gente a su ciudad natal.” Cárdenas ha estado viviendo en Indiana por casi 20 años, después de mudarse aquí de Los Ángeles. “Vivía en Logansport cuando llegué. Fui supervisor para una compañía que se llama Tyson Foods por ocho años,” dice él. “Entonces, me mudé a Frankfort y compré una casa allí. En Frankfort, fui gerente de equipos de fútbol y también organicé eventos. Por eso, me involucré en la música. Después, decidí venir a Indianápolis y ver lo que podría hacer aquí.” “Hace tres años que abrió Chispas y hemos organizado eventos en vivo por dos años,” Cárdenas reclamó. “Empezamos a llamar la atención de más y más cantantes, y cada vez, tratamos de hacerlo más grande y mejor. Entonces, ¿hay un límite del tamaño en el que puede crecer Chispas? “No he pensado mucho en esto,” él dice, con poca incertidumbre. “Es difícil ser dueño de una operación de esta clase. Es difícil en términos de las finanzas. La renta es cara. Todo es caro. Necesitaría tener por lo menos dos eventos cada mes para sobrevivir. Uno no se dedica a este tipo de negocio para ganar dinero, porque hay tanta compe-
tencia. Hay mucha competencia.” El DJ de Chispas y Radio Latina, la personalidad de Vicente Mix, está de acuerdo con la evaluación de Cárdenas. Mix vino a Indianápolis en el 2003, después de empezar su carrera en México. Me dijo que en una buena noche, 2.000 personas vienen a Chispas. Sin embargo, con la tarifa alta de los grupos y cantantes que contratan es difícil sacar provecho. “Típicamente, trabajamos con grupos que nos cobran $60.000,” dice Mix. También, menciona que tiene dificultad con la competencia de instalaciones más grandes como El Venue, las que pueden pagar hasta $300.000 cada noche.
“Somos más americanos” Había más de 5.000 personas en el concierto de Los Tigres del Norte en El Venue en abril. El tamaño del público en El Venue fue particularmente grande esa noche, y su entusiasmo también fue muy alto. Los Tigres son amados por sus canciones que celebran la clase trabajadora en México. El público en El Venue respondió con mucha emoción y con aprobación a canciones como “Somos más americanos,” después de reconocer las primeras notas. Aquí hay unas letras: Ya me gritaron mil veces que me regrese A mi tierra por que aqui no quepo yo, Quiero recordarle al gringo yo no Cruce la frontera la frontera me cruzo. America nacio libre el hombre la dividio Ellos pintaron la raya para que yo la Brincara y me llaman invasor. Es un error bien marcado nos quitaron Ocho estados quien es aqui el invasor. Soy extranjero en mi tierra y no vengo A darles guerra soy hombre trabajador. “Mientras alguna música que oyes en el oeste está basada en la tradición de un cuento amoroso, pienso que es importante notar que también hay un sentido fuerte de la justicia social,” me dice una artista local, Amber Martínez. Martínez es miembra de Meztli Cultural y también sirve como directora del Baile Folclórico de Anderson. “Mucha de esta música nació de una tradición oral. Originalmente, era más como poesía musical. Era una manera de compartir mensajes de la propaganda política, opresión, y eventos históricos.” Mientras los proyectos basados en la música folclórica de Martínez no vienen a las discotecas con regularidad, ella y su esposo Esteban, son fanáticos de la escena. Hace 5 años que vinieron a Indianápolis. “Empezamos Meztil-Cultural de Indianápolis para promover el arte folclórico mexicano y para preservar tradiciones y costumbres culturales, incluso la música,” me dice. Notaré aquí que
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Martínez tiene un conocimiento impresionante de la historia musical de las regiones distintas de México. Pregunto si Martínez piensa que las discotecas de Lafayette Road ofrecen una muestra representativa de los estilos diferentes de música de América Latina. “Va en ciclos. La música banda y corrido se tocan con más frecuencia. Sin embargo, también hay una tendencia fuerte de reggaetón y salsa. En mi opinión, el único género que no recibe mucha atención es cumbia. La cumbia tiene una historia muy interesante de mezclar las culturas indígenas y africanas. Pienso que con la popularidad de cumbia, es un poco sorprendente que no sea una parte más prevalente en la escena de las discotecas.” Está de acuerdo con los comentarios de Cárdenas en cuanto a la importancia de una conexión con las patrias de las comunidades inmigrantes de Indianápolis. “Lo que pasa con las generaciones menores, los quienes están nacidos y crecidos aquí, es que viven un estilo de vida doble,” dice Martínez. “Tienen tanto interés en las estrellas estadounidenses como los artistas de la escena de América Latina. Pienso que esta escena musical (de Lafayette Road) les da un sentimiento de identidad. Los deja seguir conectados con sus raíces.” Es un sentimiento que oigo mucho, incluso la fanática local, Cynthia Pérez. Por varios años, Pérez fue un talento para Radio Latina, y su padre fue gerente del
club El Volkan en el oeste de Washington Street, que ahora ha cerrado. “Lo que he notado en mi familia de primos y tíos, es que cuando vivían en México, no podían solventar las entradas de sus bandas favoritas,” dice ella. “Ahora, pueden verlas y es muy emocionante para ellos a ver las bandas de su juventud. Les recuerda de su hogar y de memorias pasadas.” Pérez piensa que estos espectáculos con tanto éxito podrían ser un puente entre la comunidad de los de América Latina y otras comunidades en Indianápolis. “Ahora mismo, no se puede ver mucha diversidad en el público,” dice ella. “Pero, si alguien disfruta escuchar la música de otras culturas, pienso que vale la pena considerar estos conciertos, aprender de la música, y disfrutar una experiencia afuera de lo que se está acostumbrando. Y, por seguro, los dueños dicen que todos los fanáticos de música son bienvenidos a las discotecas. “Todos son bienvenidos en Chispas, no importa la etnicidad ni la raza,” dice Cárdenas. “Muchas veces habrá gente blanca y afroamericanos en los espectáculos. Es para que disfruten de la música. Tratamos bien a todos.”
El futuro: un análisis Hay mucha gente que retuerce las manos con angustia o temor ante la posibilidad de encontrar una solución
para los problemas percibidos en la zona de Lafayette Square. Sin embargo, mientras los oficiales de la ciudad y los administradores de arte tratan de determinar unas respuestas para esta región de la ciudad, la población inmigrante en Indianápolis está logrando resolver los problemas con sus propias condiciones. En mi opinión, el desarrollo de la escena musical en Lafayette Road durante los últimos años es el paso final para fundar en el barrio una reputación como el distrito cultural más establecido de la ciudad. Es la hora en que debemos dejar de hacer referencia a la región ‘en crisis.’ Al contrario, debemos considerar la manera en que podemos ayudar y dar poder a la visión creativa de los empresarios inmigrantes. Con sus paisaje infinito de concreto gris, es obvio que Lafayette Road no es una vista bonita. Pero lo que no tiene en la fauna y flora, lo muestra en otra forma. Particularmente, se puede ver en las sonrisas cariñosas y el ambiente de alegría que se comparte libremente en las celebraciones musicales del vecindario. Desde Washington Street a Lafayette Road, los inmigrantes de América Latina han podido sacar adelante uno de las renovaciones más impresionantes de la ciudad que he notado en mi vida. ¡Imagínense lo que podrían hacer con el apoyo total de la ciudad! Al finalizar la entrevista con Cynthia Pérez, ella mencionó que había viajado a Chicago en el 2012 para ver a Vicente Fernández, un cantante mexicano de música ranchera, en el Allstate Arena. Le pregunté a Pérez si creía que existiera algún día en que los fanáticos de música latina en Indianápolis pudieran vender en completo una instalación como Lucas Oil Stadium. Pérez, con una sonrisa y ojos iluminados, se rió. “Ojala viviré por tanto tiempo para verlo.” Pienso que es importante compartir con los lectores la dificultad que encontré en el proceso de obtener entrevistas para este artículo. Muchos de los latinos en el mundo musical con quienes he hablado, estaban furiosos con la imagen de su cultura creada por los medios americanos (en inglés). Estaban sospechosos de mi motivo, y por eso, con anticipación quisieron hablar y compartir su percepción. Es un comentario triste sobre el estado de las relaciones raciales en nuestra ciudad, en que existe un calzo profundo de sospecha entre las dos comunidades. Hay que mostrar respeto a la cantidad enorme de contribuciones en la escena de arte en nuestra ciudad por los latinos. Y, espero que con esta historia empecemos a romper las fronteras de desconfianza que nos han dividido por tanto tiempo. n Un agradecimiento especial a Gerardo Ruiz Tovar, Arturo Silva, Claudia Belén López, DJ Vicente Mix y Ted Somerville, Pedro Lara.
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EVENTS Ben Winters book launch Talk about added value. As one might expect from a book launch, Winters promises to read from World of Trouble, the final installment (to be published July 15) in his Last Policeman trilogy, about a Ben Winters detective doing detective-like things in the days before a giant asteroid is expected to destroy the Earth. But wait, he’ll also play Bob Dylan songs on ukulele and give away coffee beans. The first book in the series won the Edgar Award (for outstanding mystery writing) and the second won the Philip K. Dick Award (for sci-fi writing). Indy Reads Books, July 12, 1 p.m., FREE, benhwinters.com Leo Igwe: Boko Haram and the Threat of Islamic Extremism in Africa Nigerian human rights activist Leo Igwe has on-theground knowledge of religious extremism in Western and Southern Africa as a campaigner against child witchcraft accusations. A laureate of the International Academy of Humanism, Igwe will talk about religious extremism in Ghana and Nigeria and his work in countering, as he puts it, “the deleterious effects of superstition” by “advancing skepticism throughout Africa and around the world.” Center for Inquiry, July 17, 7 p.m., FREE, centerforinquiry.net/indy Pop-Up Summer Reading Discussions The Indianapolis Central Library is headed out into the community this summer for a series of free pop-up discussions on the books in its Adult Summer Reading Program. Coming up are talks on Anthony Marra’s A Constellation of Vital Phenomena (July 9, 4-5 p.m. at Calvin Fletcher’s), Julie Otsuka’s The Buddha in the Attic (July 14, 5:30-7:30 p.m. at Foundry Provisions Cafe) and Khaled Hosseini’s And the Mountains Echoed (July 17, 6:30-8 p.m. at Kurt Vonnegut Memorial Library, featuring Afghani music and food). Head to imcpl.org for more details, including descriptions of all 12 books in the series. Tapestry: Storytelling performance and workshop To complement the Indianapolis Art Center’s storytelling-themed summer exhibition series, Bob Sander and Deborah Asante will present an hour-long, interactive storytelling performance, Tapestry, weaving together stories by both tellers. The presentation will be followed by a storytelling workshop for children over age 10. Register at anewerth@indyreadsbooks.org Indianapolis Art Center, July 20, 2 p.m., FREE
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SoBro periodicals shop PRINTtEXT joins Indy’s ranks of indie bookstores
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n a slightly out-of-the-way storefront at 52nd Street and College Avenue — across the street from SoBro Café and around the corner from Luna Music, The Aristocrat and Indie Bike — is the newish kid on the block, PRINTtEXT. It’s a magazine lover’s dream, featuring 300plus print publications from the worlds of design, fashion, art, literature, architecture, food and politics. Started by husband-wife team Benjamin and Janneane Blevins — who helped launch the fashion collective Pattern and have served on the editorial team for the collective’s magazine — the store is modeled on 0fr., a bookstore and art gallery they frequently visited while living in Paris. “That is an inspiring place,” says Benjamin. “They carried all these back issues of different magazines. It was a small space, and it had gallery openings and a salon atmosphere,” something he and Janneane hope to replicate at PRINTtEXT. Benjamin and Janneane have scoured the Internet for contacts at various types of magazines from all over the world, looking for cool titles to carry in one of the very few independent bookstores in the city. At first he says ordering was by “trial and error.” They would also check out different publications on social media. “We’d notice that a magazine would do a launch party at a particular bookstore, then we’d try to figure out what else that book store carries,” he says. Their customers also ask questions and make suggestions. “Groups of people also talk to each other about the store,” he adds. “Butler professors come looking for poetry magazines, attorneys ask about political magazines. We’ve had customers ask if we carry anything that has an article about same-sex marriage or transgender issues or something really specific like that. I usually have some semblance of an idea of where to find what they’re looking for.” If not, he’ll do his best to find it. Magazine publishers have also approached PRINTtEXT to ask if they would carry their titles. One example: Neptún, a magazine published in Iceland that covers design, architecture
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and the visual arts. PRINTtEXT carries several other bilingual publications, including Shawati’, an arts and culture publication out of Abu Dhabi; the Room, a bilingual English and Hungarian book-zine that covers fashion and contemporary arts; and Too Much, a self-described international publication about “romantic geography” based in Tokyo. And if you find a magazine you really like, PRINTtEXT offers back issues of many titles, unlike traditional bookstores that only carry the current one. Benjamin says there has been a good amount of foot traffic from those who live in or visit the area for the existing stores and restaurants, particularly the “people who want to look at weird things.” Benjamin says he is willing to ship magazines to those who can’t make it into the store. But it’s not nearly as much fun as browsing the titles, chatting with the owners, and meeting the store
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dog, Huckleberry. According to Benjamin, it was Stephen Garstang, a local designer who helped the Blevinses when they moved into the space, who “suggested that we don’t put the magazines up on bookshelves, but on tables, so they’d be on display like coffee table books. It’s really fun to see.” The Blevinses also want the store to have 0fr’s salon feel. Since the grand opening in February, they’ve hosted the Soft River Reading Series in March and Tanjerine Splash (part of Oranje) in April. They have plans for two more events this summer. A launch party for the design magazine Commercial Article, an offshoot of local design firm Commercial Artisan, is slated for late August. And a Blu Dot chair commissioned by the Indianapolis chapter of AIGA (American Institute of Graphic Arts) as a tribute to the late graphic artist Gene Lacy will be on display in the store in July. “We’re positioning ourselves in the international landscape of publishers and [book] shops,” says Benjamin. “There’s something about being based in Indianapolis. It’s a fantastic place to test ideas and not go bankrupt and it is small enough you can effect change in it. You can’t afford to do something like this in New York City. But in Indianapolis, you can.” n
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Benjamin Blevins talks up five favorites from his shop: issue. “We invite a guest curator to develop innovative, personalised content to express their aesthetic and cultural values.” The most recent curator is Dutch wunderkind Iris Van Herpen, who 3D-prints couture, shrink-wraps her runway models and collaborates with everyone from architects to surgeons on her fashion projects.
Cable #070413 A Magazine Curated Offscreen No.08 The debut issue from New York artists A print magazine about pixel people. ProKnox Robinson and Lee Harrison is billed duced in Australia, each issue is built around as “a journal of American fact” — culled six lengthy interviews with creators and infrom the past 50 years of black culture. novators of digital products. “Offscreen talks “We’ve seen a suffocating consolidation to aspiring freelancers, renowned designers of our collective approach to urban culture and developers, and ingenious entrepreneurs over the past several years. We wanted to to find out how they use technology to solve introduce some documents — cables, as it problems and be successful.” were — to get some additional perspective, ideas and visual language out, espe- Offscreen n+1 No.19 (No.20 arrives August 1) cially to the youth.” The first edition (billed n+1 is a magazine of literature, culture, and politics as #070413) includes James Baldwin, Public Enemy, Miles Davis liner notes, A$AP Rocky candids, Gil Scott- published three times yearly. We also post new onlineonly work several times each week and publish books Heron’s memorial service program and more. expanding on the interests of the magazine. “Theory is dead, and long live theory. The designated mourners A Magazine Curated By IRIS VAN HERPEN have tenure, anyway, so they’ll be around a bit. As for the A Magazine Curated By is a fashion magazine that ex- rest of us, an opening has emerged, in the novel and in intellect. What to do with it?” They started this magazine. plores the universe of a chosen fashion designer in each
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REVIEW (The) Cock (Fight Play) q People refer to Mike Bartlett’s play as The Cock Fight Play because that’s easier than trying to use its actual title, Cock, in everyday conversation. But it’s a good, blunt title for a play about hard, complex issues related to identity, choice, and more. On the surface, it’s about a British man named John (Chris Roe) who can’t decide between staying with his long-time boyfriend (“M,” played by Scot Greenwell) or continuing a relationship he started on a whim with a woman (“W,” played by Sarah McGee). The tension is heightened further by the staging: The audience sits on two raked sides of a cockfighting pit swathed with barbed wire. (The Phoenix’s main stage has been completely transformed.) Actors under Bryan Fonseca’s deft direction pace and dodge around the confined space, retreating to their corners between bouts, er, scenes. Their interactions are exquisite. I empathized with John trying to be honest about who he was and what he wanted, even as he cocked things up. On the other hand, labels are sometimes useful in achieving justice. As “M” says, “There’s still so much work to be done!” — HOPE BAUGH Final shows July 3, 5 and 6 at Phoenix Theatre
PERFORMANCES Hair Bob Hardin’s production outfit Bobdirex returns this week with its now annual summer musical. Last year was Spamalot; this year, it’s Hair, the stylized take on the Age of Aquarius that challenges each director with the question: Are we safe to do the nude scene? The great thing about Harbin’s now annual summer production is that he can avail himself of a lot of the city’s talent that might be otherwise engaged during the typical theater season (assuming they haven’t decamped for camps or summer stock-type situations). Hence, the high marks for Spamalot; expect another top-notch production this time around. Athenaeum Theatre, July 5-20, $25, bobdirex.com Symphony on the Prairie: Star Spangled Symphony It’s the one with fireworks, kids (weather permitting). Look for standards of the patriotic orchestral repertoire, with a special musical tribute to the 100th anniversary of World War I (featuring beloved staff harmonicist Mike Runyan), as well as a salute to America’s servicemen and women. Alfred Savia is on the podium. Conner Prairie, July 3-5, 8 p.m., $30 adult, $12 child, $20 parking, indianapolissymphony.org
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t’s going to take me a couple of years,” Kathleen Spears says of her new job as President and CEO of the Madame Walker Theatre Center. A couple of years to get a new HVAC system installed and paid for. A couple of years to bring back season ticket subscribers. To re-open a museum devoted to Madame Walker so that walk-in visitors can learn about the legacy of the first female, self-made millionaire. To get the Walker back on solid financial and organizational footing. And most importantly, to earn back the trust of the community, which had started to think of the Walker as a lost cause. In other words, Spears is taking on a big job. When she was named CEO in April (after serving as interim CEO since January), she took over a job that had been unstaffed on a permanent basis since December 2011. And the person who previously held the position only lasted a year and a half. As former board member Patricia Payne told NUVO in 2012, “I think it’s because of how things have developed that we can’t keep somebody in place. The person who is there as the executive director has to do five or six different jobs that don’t even come under their purview.” Spears isn’t fazed. “That’s actually what attracted me to this, that there’s a lot to tackle and do,” she says. When she moved to the Walker after a successful run as President and CEO of Cancer Support Community Central Indiana, she says her friend Barbara Boyd (yes, the TV pioneer) asked her, jokingly, why she would leave such a cushy gig? “But why wouldn’t I?” Spears says. “Madame C. J. Walker is a legend, this is the largest memorial to her, right here in Indianapolis, and we’re letting it fall! As an African-American woman I felt like I needed to take the skills that I have in fundraising, program development and strategic planning, bring them here and just — get ‘er done.” And if long-range planning is on Spears’ mind, that doesn’t mean she can’t claim victories early in her run. She says the Walker’s annual fundraiser, the Spirit Awards, held this April, raised over $80,000, compared to a typical take of $35-40,000. “Its the lowest amount I’ve
Savion Glover will headline the Madame Walker Theatre Center’s 2014-15 season.
ever raised as a professional fundraiser, but the most the Walker’s ever raised,” Spears adds. And she reports that the non-profit ended its fiscal year “with close to a quarter of a million dollars in the bank, which hasn’t happened for the Walker in over 20 years.” Spears aims to keep things that way: “There was some poor management and leadership historically. I’m very conservative financially — liberal otherwise — and the board keeps a very close watch now too over our funding.” Other recent victories? She Kathleen Spears reports that mechanical and electrical giant DEEM is being “very generous and very flexible” in working with the Walker to install a permanent HVAC system. And she and the board are planning a 2014-15 season headlined by dance icon Savion Glover, who will perform his one-man show Maria’s Voice, a “beautifully poetic piece about breaking free from oppression and domestic violence,” in addition to doing a free master class for youth. The theme of the upcoming season is Journey to Freedom; as Spears puts it, “We’re on a journey to break free from the shackles that were holding us back from progress.” Those shackles include everything from the aforementioned
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HVAC system to the belief that a mismanaged Walker can’t be trusted to handle contributions effectively. Spears hopes to earn back trust by being financially responsible and transparent — interested parties are welcome to ask her any questions about the Walker, from the books to the season — as well as an accessible partner to the community. She aims to engage with neighboring institutions such as the Indianapolis Urban League, Kurt Vonnegut Memorial Library and IUPUI in order to “get people down here on the Avenue.” Case in point was the recent Indiana Avenue Music Crawl, which found venues up and down the Avenue putting on free outdoor concerts on the first Friday in June. She also points to partnerships with other organizations that are on their own Journeys to Freedom, such as the Indianapolis Men’s Chorus. And as for getting back to the Walker’s roots, keep an eye out for the launch of a classic film series, Throwback Thursdays. “When this building was built in 1927, it was a movie theater,” Spears says. “And it was built because African-Americans would go to the Indiana Theatre up the street and be charged three or four times as much or not be admitted at all.” Throwback Thursdays films will, likewise, be reasonably priced ($5 for admission, popcorn and a drink), and will often tie into other programming (a documentary about the assassination of Martin Luther King, At the River I Stand, will screen in January). n
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Porch Party As those who own calendars or have a savantlike gift for figuring out days of the week already know, First Friday falls on July 4 this month. And that means that your favorite gallery/studio/art emporium may very well be closed. We’ve word from Circle City Industrial Complex Artists that they’ll be taking the month off, and we suggest calling or otherwise checking ahead before riding all the way to Fountain Square or the Stutz or wherever else is a long ride away from where you happen to be. But a few stalwarts are remaining open, notably the Harrison, which is headlined by a group show at City Gallery called Porch Party and featuring contributions by Matthew Osborn, Jason Stillman, Kyle Ragsdale, Nathan Foxton and Elyse Elder. Also on tap: Paintings and sculpture by Bobby Gilbreath in the Harrison Gallery; and in Hank and Dolly’s Gallery, Yasmine Kasem’s Silent Strength, with work that addresses Kasem’s cultural ties to both the Middle East and the U.S. You can call this first Porch Party a dry run for a city-wide event next Friday. Here’s the deal: the Harrison and City Gallery are encouraging Indy residents to host parties on their porches on July 13, and then take a picture, write a short blog about the results, and send Bobby Gibreath, both picture and blog to “Log #1063849 citygallery@harrisoncenter. (The stars are our org. The first sixty people to ancestors.)” do so that live in neighborhoods serviced by the publication Urban Times will get a $25 gift card to the locally owned business of their choice — and be entered in a drawing for a $250 gift certificate from the Harrison Center. Blogs and photos will make their way to citygalleryindy. org, which already features posts by families that hosted porch parties this spring. Support for the initiative is provided by Indianapolis Downtown, Inc., Urban Times and ArtPlace America, a national placemaking organization that awarded the City Gallery a $100,000 grant last year for programming like this. Harrison Center for the Arts, opening reception July 4, 6-9 p.m., work hangs through July 25
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Garfield Park Art Center’s bad art show celebrates those who tried and failed
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art of the fun in seeing Garfield Park Arts Center’s new exhibition of bad art comes in riffing on each artist’s gloriously misguided, accidentally surreal choices. Gallery manager Elsy Benitez leads the charge, wondering if the guy in a two-shot of a man and a floating horse head is either Lionel Ritchie or Michael Jackson (I vote for a Thriller-era Jackson face with All Night Long-era Ritchie hair). I’m standing in Benitez’s office at GPAC, where she’s started to open approximately 25 pieces from the permanent collection of the Boston-based Museum of Bad Art, which bills itself as the “world’s only museum dedicated to the collection, preservation, exhibition and celebration of bad art in all of its forms.” Benitez is pairing these pieces with submissions by local artists and collectors for GPAC’s July show 99% Inspiration + 1% Perspiration = No Sweat: An Exhibition of Bad Art. And it’s one hit after another. There’s The Horror, The Glory, a Civil War (?) battle scene distinguished by what appears to be a slain nutcracker splayed out in the bottom right corner. And The Departure, which once and for all beats out Modigliani in the facestretching game, with eyes and mouth as end points for a long highway of a nose. Benitez says it’s one of her favorites from the lots, praising it for the way it evokes “longing” (literally). Sometimes you think you’re on to what the artist was hoping to communicate. A Mariachi in Tiananmen Square finds, as you might expect, a mariachi replacing the Chinese protestor who faces down a row of tanks; a description penned by the museum proposes that his “mariachi costume may indicate the universality of the struggle against oppression worldwide.” (These descriptions can achieve a dead-pan hilarity in the way they employ museum-quality curator-speak to talk about the most eccentric of work.) Other times, one finds oneself at a loss. Why has the Queen of the Chocolate Chip deigned to pose in mid-bite? Why, in another portrait, are those skin tones rendered in a royal, extra-terrestrial blue? Benitez thinks the artist may have
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been inspired by Picasso’s blue period, and adds that the show has all of its arthistorical bases covered, from portrait to landscape, still life to action. But let’s be clear: For Benitez, this show isn’t about laughing at other’s mistakes, or even a sophisticated appreciation of outsider art created by the untutored and uninhibited. It’s more proactive than that.
She values a “sense of humor in art,” and was looking to book a show that would appeal to kids and families — and all of those who feel uncomfortable in a museum setting. And she hopes that by looking at others’ “mistakes,” aspiring artists will feel a bit more free to try out something new, even if it might not be perfect. Or as Benitez puts it, with echoes of Shakespeare, “It’s so much more powerful to attempt something and fail than to not even try.” And those so inspired are welcome to attend GPAC’s Arts for All education program, which explores a theme raised by each month’s exhibition. This month’s theme is Everyone’s a Critic: What is BAD Art?, and participants of all ages are invited Saturdays, noon-4 p.m. to discuss the concept of bad art (does it even exist, asks a brochure) and then, assuming it exists, to make their own bad art to be displayed in GPAC’s second floor gallery. n
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COMING TO THE INDIANAPOLIS MUSEUM OF ART The IMA has several works by O’Keeffe in O’Keeffe and the Still Life its permanent collection, notably “Pelvis We ought to pass along a couple big with the Distance” and “Jimson Weed” announcements made by the IMA in the (painted for cosmetics queen Elizabeth past week. First off, the museum officially Arden, and donated to the IMA by Lilly in announced details last week for a Georgia 1997, a couple decades after it acquired O’Keeffe exhibition it had been teasing in the company Arden founded). advertising materials for much of the year. Called Georgia O’Keeffe and the SouthLichtenstein sculpture western Still Life and created by Memphis, And word came down Monday that Tenn. based museum services outfit Interthe IMA will plant a new piece in one of PHOTO BY ALFRED STIEGLITZ national Arts, the show will present works its sculpture gardens: Roy Lichtenstein’s by O’Keeffe alongside her contemporaries, Georgia O’Keeffe in 1918. Five Brushstrokes, which was conceptualwith as the title says, a focus on still lifes. ized by the Pop artist in the ‘80s but has Look for 50-plus works in the Allen Whitehill Clowes never before been created or assembled in its entirety. Special Exhibition Gallery beginning Nov. 2. It’ll be installed in the outdoor sculpture park adjacent Grabbing a quote from the news release, here’s Har- to the museum’s main building, with an all-day party riet Warkel, the IMA’s recently appointed guest curator of featuring a dedication ceremony and complementary American Art, on the show: “This exhibition provides visi- programming planned for August 29. tors with the opportunity to explore Georgia O’Keeffe’s Five Brushstrokes was commissioned by the Stuart life, career, and fascination with the American Southwest Collection at the University of California San Diego in through some of her most iconic work as well as many the early ‘80s, and Lichtenstein worked on the piece of her lesser-known, but none-the-less significant paint- through 1983 and 1984, sketching the piece and evenings. O’Keeffe inspired thousands of artists to travel west tually creating a wooden maquette. But because of the during the 20th century and the phenomenon spurred a scale of the piece, including one 40 foot tall element, fascination with the culture and landscape that is evident the piece wasn’t fabricated during Lichtenstein’s lifein the still-life paintings examined in this exhibition.” time. It took the intervention of the Roy Lichtenstein International Arts has created O’Keeffe-centered Foundation to revive the work. Two examples of the shows in the past, inclduing Georgia O’Keeffe: Visions piece were created in 2012. One is still held by the of the Sublime, which stopped by the Eiteljorg in 2005. foundation, and the other is making its way to the IMA.
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OPENING Begin Again From the director who brought you Once (and most recently the sci-fi comedy Zonad, but I’ll bet you missed that one) comes a romantic comedy about long-time partners in songwriting and life (Keira Knightley and Adam Levine) who move to New York when Levine gets a record deal. They split, Mark Ruffalo shows up as a record exec and things roll on from there. Songs come from a number of sources, including former New Radicals frontman Gregg Alexander and, yes, Once’s Glen Hansard.
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R, Opened July 1 at Keystone Art Deliver Us From Evil Jerry Bruckheimer produced this horror flick about a New York policeman (Eric Bana) who teams with a Spanish/Hungarian priest (Edgar Ramirez) to fight all manner of evil. R, Opens July 2 at in wide release Earth to Echo A family adventure film about three boys who find a little alien in the woods. “It clearly sees itself as E.T. for the Y2K set,” says the Hollywood Reporter, “[but] Earth to Echo proves engaging in its own right.” PG, Opens July 2 in wide release
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CONTINUING 22 Jump Street r Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum return in a mostly rollicking followup to the surprise hit action-comedy 21 Jump Street. This time the best buddies are assigned to work undercover at a college, pretending to be students as they sure for the source of a dangerous new drug. The comedy is meta as hell, mining laughs out of its awareness of being a by-the-books sequel to an unexpected smash. Ice Cube returns in fine form as their exasperated boss and Wyatt Russell (Kurt’s son) plays a new pal of Tatum’s character. Hill is aces, but Tatum steals scenes left and right. Even when the jokes miss, it’s a pleasure just watching the extremely likable lead duo. R, In wide release SEE, CONTINUING, ON PAGE 21
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was worried that Tammy would be insufferable, but I had a pretty good time. The movie is thin and sloppy, but not nearly as much as I feared it would be. I laughed, not as often as others at the sneak preview, but enough. Most importantly, I enjoyed spending time with a number of the actors. The comedy is leavened by dramatic moments and just enough sweetness. The key members of the cast make it work. There, have I qualified my appreciation enough? The film is directed by Ben Falcone, husband of star Melissa McCarthy. In an interview with the Movie Fanatic website, McCarthy said the project started six years ago. “Ben came downstairs just having woken up, and literally said, ‘I had a weird dream, and I think I have to write it. You go on a road trip with your grandmother, and she drinks and sleeps around. I’m going to go write that movie.’” Falcone and McCarthy are credited as co-writers of the screenplay, which has a sketchy quality. That bothered me at times — I caught myself wondering whether the words I was hearing were
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the product of the script or improvisation. Still, the characters are intriguing. Tammy (McCarthy) works at a fast food chain. On the way to work one day she runs into a deer. Despite the blood on her face from the accident, her boss (Falcone) fires her for looking disheveled and being tardy. Tammy reacts like a child: sputtering, batting at nearby objects and throwing ketchup packets. When she goes home she catches her husband (Nat Faxon) serving a home-cooked dinner to their next door neighbor (Toni Collette). After more sputtering and batting, she heads to her mother’s place. Things do not go well with Mom (Allison Janney), and Tammy reluctantly hits the road with her grandmother, Pearl (Susan Sarandon). They don’t get along either, but Grandma has cash, a car and the urge to travel. Despite being headed from Illinois to Niagara Falls, they end up in Louisville, where they have significant encounters with father
and son Earl and Bobby (Gary Cole and Mark Duplass) and lovers Lenore (Kathy Bates) and Susanne (Sandra Oh). The pairing of McCarthy and Sarandon pays off because McCarthy is in her element and Sarandon is Susan “Rocky Horror,” “Thelma and Louise” and “Bull Durham” Sarandon. Oh those eyes, and how well she works them! McCarthy and indie-hero Duplass use the reserve of their characters to create a beguiling tentative relationship. Bates is a charming powerhouse who adds a lot to the last third of the film, though her sweetie Oh gets little to do besides looking supportive. My favorite scene in the movie is a robbery of a hamburger joint that involves one thief and two victims. It succeeds because all three characters seem genuine. The comedy is funnier because it feels based in reality. Alas, too many scenes lack that verisimilitude. Tammy is at its best when the players are developed. When the characters are one note (the husband and the neighbor, Pearl’s sorta boyfriend, Tammy’s father) the film plays like bits from the dream Falcone jotted down. Tammy isn’t a comic masterwork, but enough of it worked to make me happy. And it’s only 97 minutes! God bless short comedies! n
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The Fault in Our Stars e Hazel Grace Lancaster (Shailene Woodley), a 16-yearold with cancer, meets Augustus Waters (Ansel Elgort), a young man as sweet-faced as she is, at a cancer support group. The adaptation of John Green’s best-selling young adult novel gets downright gloppy at times, even as Hazel and Augustus strive to remain brave and unsentimental. But it touched my heart and mind, and my eyes got wet again as I watched the leads deal with life, death and love. And I appreciated the film’s humor. What a treat it was to see Mike Birbiglia, my favorite comedian/actor/writer/director, playing the leader of the support group.
How to Train Your Dragon 2 e Follow-up to the 2010 hit about a Viking boy out to capture a dragon to prove himself. The original animated comedy/adventure feature was notable for its distinct look, rich characters and unusually bright screenplay with a big heart. Those qualities remain in the sequel, but the story goes into darker areas and the consequences are more pronounced. Superior fare. The voice talent includes Jay Baruchel, Cate Blanchett, Gerard Butler, Craig Ferguson, America Ferrera, Jonah Hill, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, T.J. Miller, Kristen Wiig, Djimon Hounson and Kit Harington.
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Obvious Child e Writer-director Gillian Robespierre and star Jenny Slate team up to create a fine portrait of a twenty-something comedian dealing with life as a struggling performer in New York City. She does tough, funny monologues about her life and then goes out and lives. In the course of it all, she gets pregnant and has an abortion. The matter-of-fact way it is handled has made the film controversial. Do what you will with that, but don’t miss the finely-drawn story of an interesting, talented person and a life that reflects many others. The bracing romantic-comedy is a stand-out. Jersey Boys
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Jersey Boys y When the closing credits for Jersey Boys begin to roll, the actors/singers playing The Four Seasons perform the hit “December 1963 (Oh, What a Night).” It’s presented as a full-fledged Broadway style song and dance number, and it brims with a sense of vitality missing from most of the film. Oh, what a shame. Director Clint Eastwood’s take on the hit Broadway musical feels like a standard-issue biopic, or an episode of the old VH1 Behind the Music series. Actor John Lloyd Young does a great job recreating Valli’s falsetto, but has a distant look in his eyes that keeps the character separate from the proceedings. At least there’s a
R, At Keystone Art Transformers: Age of Extinction i I went to see this damned thing hoping that the presence of Mark Wahlberg might indicate that filmmaker Michael Bay was trying to improve the warring giant robots franchise, which had some fun moments in the first installment and has sucked ass ever since. I was wrong. The only good thing I can say is that some of the robot transformations are a bit easier to track than in the previous installments. Aside from that it’s pure torture and — get this — it’s two hours and 37 minutes long! For what it’s worth, exit polls showed that people that paid to see the movie gave it an A- rating. That makes me want to cry. PG-13, In wide release and 3D — ED JOHNSON-OTT
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Oaken Barrel Brewing Co. will celebrate its 20th anniversary on July 4 with its annual Pork of July buffet, starting at noon. Always a not-to-miss event, this year it’s an even more essential visit as it offers the chance to meet with brewers who’ve burnished Oaken Barrel’s legacy. You see, Oaken Barrel inspires its brewers to move up in the ranks, with founder Kwang Casey encouraging employees to found their own breweries or join staffs of nationally cited craft breweries. Head to nuvo.net for an extended version of Beer Buzz offering a complete account of that family tree. If you’ve ever been to craft beer festival, the sight to behold is a cluster of former and present Oaken Barrel brewers huddling as in a family reunion. Oaken Barrel’s best-loved brew is Razz-Wheat, and the brewery’s plentiful accolades include being named fives times the Champion Brewery of the Indiana State Fair’s Brewers Cup. Chilly Water Brewing Co. opened June 27 at 719 Virginia Ave. Locallysourced ingredients drive a menu of upscale panini, dippings and desserts. Beers include Built to Last Pilsner, Sweet Revenge Pale Ale, 5 String Hafe, Harmonica ESB and Space Circus IPA. Call 603-4779 or visit chillywaterbrewing.com.
EVENTS Ham Independence Week It’s Ham Independence Week at Goose the Market, which means that, like all good American things, there will be inexpensive gourmet pork products, competition and democracy. For an Abe Lincoln ($5), you can get a plate of five ham samples with condiments from some of the most talented American ham producers in the nation. We’ve been told there will be a separate “ham station” in the enoteca downstairs (just like in your dreams) with a designated ham-slinger at the ready during the daily Ham Happy Hour, 5:30-7:30 p.m. daily through July 3. Goose the Market, through July 3, goosethemarket.com 4th of July Picnic IndyFringe builds on its Longest Dinner concept this year with what will call the Longest Picnic. It starts with a buffet, running 6:30-8:30 p.m. and provided by JUGS (fried chicken, biscuits with apple butter; you know the drill). Then come the fireworks, and IndyFringe promises a spectacular view. Outside IndyFringe Theatre, July 4, from 6:30 p.m., $20 adult, $10 senior/student, $5 under age 5; $40 family pass for 2 kids and 2 adults; indyfringe.org
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rowing food and growing farmers. That’s the work of Growing Power, Inc., a Milwaukee-based national nonprofit founded by former professional basketball player Will Allen. Allen was in Indianapolis this weekend for the ribbon-cutting of Peaceful Grounds Farm and Arts Market, started by his student, Linda Proffitt of Global Peace Initiatives. For over 20 years, Allen has worked to relocalize urban food production, advocating raising fish and produce together to create jobs and healthy food in underserved communities. “It’s gone from movement to revolution now,” he said from Peaceful Grounds’ new home at the Marion County Fairgrounds. “Everybody’s talking about it. Everybody seems to want to be part of it.” However, most food purchases are still made at big box stores, while obesity rates continue to climb. The public health crisis disproportionately strikes communities of color. Allen wants to reverse both trends. This sharecropper’s son is a voice for inclusiveness that’s often lacking in the local food movement, and he intends to show how nutritious food can be affordable to everyone. “I’ve had success because I’m working with people of color, and I look like them, so they feel more comfortable getting involved.” The Good Food Revolution, as he calls it, addresses more than food access. It’s about reducing crime and improving health, while increasing the number of jobs in urban communities. Organizations such as Peaceful Grounds are part of that revolution, helping to educate and enlighten. Kids (and adults) can get their hands in the dirt at Farm Camp, opening July 7 in four weeklong sessions. And volunteers are welcome to learn in an informal workshop environment at the demonstration farm and sustainable education center all year long, Proffitt says. But Allen is clear that the revolution’s future depends not on nonprofit organizations like Growing Places and Peaceful Grounds, but on for-profit enterprises.
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“My intention was never to be the largest urban farm in the world,” he said. “My intention was to train people to do urban farming.” He started the initiative to counter naysayers who said it was impossible to grow enough food to change a community’s dynamic. Allen says such programs are critical for inspiring new ag enterprises, which represent the movement’s future. “But it’s going to take a while because you can’t grow a farmer overnight.” To make eco-agribusiness a sustainable enterprise, efficiency needs to be king. Allen hires professionals to work the land, keeping Growing Places’ training program separate. Reducing production costs through renewable energy use further improves the bottom line. As does Allen’s method of worm composting to build topnotch soil for maximum productivity. As eco-ag businesses adopt such prin-
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ciples — growing in hoop houses to deal with increasingly erratic weather, for example — they will have more consistent results. Then the break-even point in the “hardest industry in the world” will come sooner, Allen believes. The organization’s newest venture is in the for-profit realm. In partnership with UW-Milwaukee’s Great Lakes Water Institute and Freshwater Sciences, Allen’s team will breed lake perch fingerlings for cottage industries. Lake perch is a favored “crop” because it can bring $20 per pound on the market. “We’re building the largest fish farm in America,” he says. But instead of the mechanical system typically used for breeding fish, he’s developing a natural system that replicates a clean river. The system uses only solar and compost as heat sources, thus cutting maintenance costs. Innovations like these are what inspire Proffitt and others to call Allen “the grandfather of urban farming.” At 65, the winner of a MacArthur Fellowship and other accolades — both for his athletic prowess and for his second career — says he has no desire to hit the rocking chair. “Farmers never retire,” he says. n
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GREAT AMERICAN MEATS It’s that time again, folks, where we splash the stars and stripes across all our clothes and fire up our grills, and nothing says freedom quite like the sound of some locally-produced meats hitting pre-heated steel. Grab some beast to roast and let freedom sizzle: Claus' German Sausage & Meat These people are serious about their brats, as would be expected from any butcher with such a German name. Good thing, too, because a bite of one of their small-batch-blended bratwursts will make you feel like you’ve been teleported to a street festival in Munich. As with all great sausages, the handmade variety are a little higher in fat, so keep a close eye on that grill (this writer has learned from a very charred personal experience). 1845 Shelby St., 632-1963, clausgermansausageandmeats.com Goose The Market It’s the Disney World of meat. What else do you want to know? 2503 N. Delaware St., 924-4944, goosethemarket.com Indy Meat Shop This is a “wholesale to the public” kind of place where you can get the classics like pork, chicken, and beef. Indy Meat Shop also stocks a selection of wild game, so you can celebrate the birth of a nation by chowing down on one of the chick-
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including frozen and fresh seafood and lots of protein-based sundries of all kinds in the frozen cases. You need only look at the hand-painted signs in the window to see the weekly specials. 5605 N. Illinois St., 255-5497, lekincaidmeats.com Smoking Goose Meatery This is where the Imagineers of Goose the Market learn their craft. This is where the magic is born. 407 Dorman St., 638-6328, smokinggoose.com
Even more meat: Moody Meats 235 N. SR 267 (Avon), 272-4533, moodymeats.com Jonah's Market 10106 Brooks School Road (Fishers), 595-9282, jonahsmarket.com Beech Grove Meat Market 423 Main St. (Beech Grove), 784-5914
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t can be scary when you get a letter in the mail from a government agency stating you have six days to be in compliance with an ordinance. It is even more terrifying when that letter threatens more than 20 years of careful work. Kay Grimm and Sue Spicer of Fruit Loop Acres experienced that exact fright when they received a letter from the Department of Code Enforcement from the city of Indianapolis. The letter indicated their property on North Hamilton Avenue was in violation of the “weed” ordinance and as the property owners, they had less than one week to bring the property into compliance before contract crews mowed for them.”The letter was postmarked June tenth and it was delivered on the eleventh,” said Spicer, “But one of our helpers got the mail and put it on a table that we normally don’t check so we didn’t see it until the twelfth.”That began a wave of panic and interaction with city officials in the effort to save their work. “Everything out here has a purpose,” said Grimm. “Every plant is designed to foster the life and growth of every insect and plant out here for our things to grow naturally.” Grimm and Spicer use ducks to control invasive bug populations, have a their own bee hive to pollinate the fruit bushes and trees and produce honey, and other plants and insects that work together in nature. To someone who doesn’t understand permaculture or know what is going on inside the gated property, it could look like an uncontrolled mess of
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vegetation. But Grimm says there is a structure in the apparent disorder. Grimm purchased four lots in the 300 block of Hamilton Ave. 20 years ago to begin her experiment in sustained permaculture living. What started out as individual plant cuttings and a lot of research has since grown into a thriving habitat covering six lots that produces bushels of organic fruit. The land is also located in an area of the city that over the years has been riddled with drugs and violent crime. “When I first moved in here there were lots of drugs and crime and stuff in the neighborhood,” says Grimm. “I like to think that what we are doing here is a bright spot for the community and shows what can be done.” Grimm and Spicer are doing more than just growing organic fruit in a permaculture environment. They are also trying to educate their neighbors and community on what they do. Both women hold offices on their neighborhood association board. (Spicer is the president and Grimm is the secretary.) Grimm said with the number of abandoned homes in the area, she would like to see others buy those empty lots, fix up the houses, and try their own selfsustaining gardens to grow the community and the culture in the area. So what happened with the city that prompted a code violation letter? “We were told that the citation was complaint-driven,” Spicer said. She speculates someone complained to the city about the property, prompting the Department of Code Enforcement to issue the violation. >>>
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all tissue boxes have this — I just noticed that our Puff’s box does not — so maybe we should remember and stick to brands without the liner. Alternatively, I’m expecting that you may suggest we switch to cotton handkerchiefs, find a better allergy reliever or relocate to a different state! Thanks for any thoughts! — SNIFFLES IN INDY
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Bless you for being so concerned about recycling correctly. I’m all for less waste, so choosing a brand that doesn’t have excessive packaging is my preferred approach —not just for tissues, but for any consumer product. If you find yourself with a tissue box with a plastic sleeve or liner, you may pull it off and recycle it with other plastic film. If film recycling isn’t part of your recycling efforts, I wouldn’t worry too much about it going in the recycle bin with the box. If your tissues are merely capturing allergy snot, you may consider composting them. There is some controversy around composting tissues, mostly those tissues that may contain viral or bacterial germs. If you have a compost pile and want to consider this, I say just use your best judgment. I definitely don’t suggest that you relocate to a different state! We need as many people who care about recycling and living green as we can possibly get here in Indiana! Please stay! As for using a hanky, it does seem like the more “eco” option, but I’m not there yet either. Maybe you’ll inspire me and I’ll give it a shot next time I have the sniffles. — Piece out, Renee
<<< Spicer and Grimm went to the Sustainability Office immediately after opening their violation letter. After filling out some paperwork and talking with someone in the office, the mandatory “mow” by the city, originally set for June 16, was delayed, pending an inspection of the property which was supposed to take place today, June 20. NUVO was there to talk to the Code Enforcement official to ask why the violation had been issued and what the next steps would be in their investigation of the property. However, the Public Information Officer was not there to answer questions and the enforcement officers present thought it best to postpone the inspection
until a PIO was available to answer media questions. Shortly afterward, Spicer was on the phone with someone from the Sustainability office who informed her that Fruit Loop Acres would be put on a list for emergency registration in to a program that would essentially protect their work and their fruit from demolition by a Code Enforcement team. Spicer and Grimm were relieved, but somewhat leery of the whole process and the emotional roller coaster they had been on for the last several days. “We were never told whose roles would do what,” said Spicer. “I don’t understand, why be so heavy-handed? Go after the absentee landlord who only mows after they go after him to mow.” n
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Erik Satie’s “furniture music” has way too often been used to defend and market boring music. It purportedly justifies the existence of music that can’t stand up under any scrutiny, casting it as “mood music,” or “cerebral wallpaper.” I spent several days listening to almost nothing but the minimalist synth compositions on Funkhouser’s Digital Opus. I lived with it. It became musical furniture for me. I let it retreat behind the sounds of myself working, doing the dishes, carrying laundry to the machine in the basement and so on. This seems the only realistic way to hear the whole thing, since it stretches over four editor-less volumes. My thoughts when I emerged: Funkhouser’s compositions on Digital Opus are furniture music, but are not mood music. Or, anyway, the music’s mood, such as it is, resists easy categorization. Digital Opus seems less about mood than personality. These 60 pieces have a clear voice. They seem surprisingly personal for simple, instrumental synth compositions. Many of the pieces on the four volumes of Digital Opus end abruptly, sometimes even in the middle of a phrase. The ears perk up at the sudden silence, drawn back in. It’s like a creak from an old chair. Sat on for years, the chair finally groans as a reminder that it’s still there. The strength is its capacity to drift back and forth from cerebral wallpapering to something centrally arresting. “Six Against” on Volume Three begins as a buzzing tone stack before its organic resolve into melodic polyphony. Volume One’s “Waltz” is all whistling simplicity, built out of this subtle, lilting melody that feels hardly there at first. Each piece’s development feels absolutely necessary, as if it sprang forth as fully formed musical objects. Funkhouser’s ear for composition, structure, texture and melody is remarkable. Using a relatively small selection of sounds — mostly drum machines and chiming synth patches — Funkhouser crafts a shaggy, sprawling sonic universe, one that makes for a nice contrast with each track’s individual minimalism. It’s that contrast that props up Digital Opus into something truly special, something worthy of the time and effort it takes to hear. It’s the contrast between, essentially, humility (of small, simple songs) and confidence (of a collection that reaches almost four hours in total length). So, no, thank you very much, despite Digital Opus’ intimidating length, Rob Funkhouser doesn’t need an editor. — TAYLOR PETERS
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enny Phelps, drummer and visionary entrepreneur, is intent on generating widespread and lasting visibility for Indianapolis-based musicians through a rainbow of performance, outreach and recording activities. And he plans to do it under the umbrella of the Owl Music Group, an outgrowth of the award-winning recording label Owl Studios, founded by J. Allan Hall. In the process, he wants to help change people's lives for the better. Phelps, newly home from two years of touring worldwide with the legendary Dee Dee Bridgewater, is on the cusp of a major homage to his mentor of 20 years, Steve Allee, and a major "gift back" to other fellow players and the community at large. It's mid-afternoon when we meet at the Jazz Kitchen to talk about the plan to gain national attention for local talent. We're sitting at a table near the stage, sunlight filtering through the curtained doorway. The Jazz Kitchen staff moves into set-up routine. Phelps is wearing a suit, shirt open at the collar. His soft voice launches into a low-key narrative tracing a journey that begins with him as a "four-or fiveyear-old banging on pots and pans until my parents bought me a drum set." From there it was finding ways to gain the skills, bringing his love of playing to church events and moving forward with rhythm and blues groups and into the jazz community through meeting Steve Allee in 1994 at the release of Magic Hour. It was a turning point for Phelps. "Initially I learned by doing. Steve kept pushing, helping me develop all aspects of playing; I feel I've been surrounded by good mentors. When you are surrounded by high quality you can't help getting better." Phelps says, "What got me to the point of being recognized by Dee Dee Bridgewater started with local, playing with the people who live and work here, building trust over the years. It was a big leap from playing with the American Piano Association
[during the 2012 Jazz Piano Competition] to being asked by Dee Dee if I wanted to work with her." It was while Phelps was overseas that the opportunity came up to purchase Owl Studios and build from its established reputation into a new direction as Owl Music Group. "What we need to do is move from what's always been to what's definitely possible. Local talent can't be opening only for national headliners. We need to be the headliners. We are trying to control our local [music] environment, build brand new audiences in different arenas while bringing forward our rich history and attach each artist to a cause we can support." Phelps explains that for every ticketed event, Owl Music Group will give part of the income to another organization." For Cynthia Lane, it is supporting cancer research. Steve Allee is committed to assisting Wheeler Mission residents. Gospel Jazz Experience concerts provide Phelps with a platform to bring together the different communities he has worked with — church, R&B, jazz. "We all have different experiences and things in common. It's important to bring people who don't normally work together to be together. It was essential for me to come back from this opportunity to tour to do something for the Indianapolis community." At this point Steve Allee arrives, preparing to go on for that evening's concert. Phelps points to Allee's wide national reputation in a variety of genres as a composer and player, ticking off film, television, albums, touring with headliners. "I'm passionate about the direction we need to go," says Phelps. "With Steve you can't ask for anything more to make it happen. To bring our heritage, our local talent to national attention." "Music passes through us through mentors to share with audiences, to complete the circle," adds Allee. "We
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share it and move it on. We're fortunate to have people in our lives who shared and showed how to make it your own voice. 'I can play like me.' Allee talks about being moved by comments from residents at Wheeler where he and Phelps share concerts. "Music is subjective, it's one of the places where every answer is right. Yet it has to be transcendent, it has to move over the bandstand as a vapor into the audience." And then, it's time to stop talking and start playing. n For full calendar listings, head to NUVO.net
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illy Joe Shaver bounced around Nashville in the late ‘60s and early ‘70s as a songwriter before helping to invent the style and sound that came to be called “outlaw country.” Shaver, who describes himself as “pretty much a secret,” for most of his career, saw his work gain widespread popularity when he collaborated with Waylon Jennings on the seminal outlaw record Honky Tonk Heroes. Shaver’s songwriting credits on that single disc might’ve sealed his place as a legend of the genre, but he went on to pen a catalog of classics that have been covered by dozens of other artists including Johnny Cash and Bob Dylan. Shaver will play Radio Radio on July 2 as part of a tour supporting his new release Long in the Tooth. NUVO: Of all of the folks who have covered your work, is there one particular version of a song that stands out? BILLY JOE SHAVER: Yeah, John Anderson did “I’m Just an Old Chunk of Coal” — that was real good. NUVO: Right – back in 1981? SHAVER: I don’t know what year. I don’t keep up with dates anymore. Just gotta let ‘er go, y’know? NUVO: What made that one so special? SHAVER: He outdid me. It was supposed to be my single [on my label]. John was on some other label. What would happen, they’d take turns — if somebody was a bigger star than you, they’d bump you out. With your own song, even. They told me, “This ain’t your single anymore.” Boy, I started cussin’ … I had a fit. [A record exec] said, “Wait a minute Billy, lemme play it for ya,” and immediately I said, “Man! Don’t tell John I throwed a fit!” It was so good, it just blew me away. I got over it right quick when I heard that record. John just tore it up good. NUVO: When you were making those first few albums, collaborating with Waylon and all of that, did you have 28 MUSIC // 07.02.14 - 07.09.14 // 100% RECYCLED PAPER // NUVO
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any sense that you were creating something of a turning point in country music? SHAVER: To tell you the truth, I expected something like that to happen. I came into [Nashville] in ’66, so I’d been there a while. I was so invisible to other songwriters and stuff; every one of ‘em was hollerin’, “He ain’t paid his dues!” I don’t know what in the world they meant. I’m there tryin’ to find who it is I gotta pay these dues to. It eventually worked out great for both Walyon and me … but it was a double-edged sword. Waylon recorded all of them songs and then there was a big write-up in Rolling Stone and they said I was the hero of the whole thing. That made Waylon so mad. He got mad at me, and he said, “I’ll never do another one of your songs,” and he didn’t. You couldn’t hardly get any better than Waylon, though, geez — I think he’s the greatest country singer that ever lived.
NUVO: There’s a verse on the new record in the song you do with Willie, “Hard to Be an Outlaw,” and it seems like everything old is new again — you seem to be railing against the same stuff that the whole outlaw country movement was railing against initially. SHAVER: Yep, you know there’s these talent shows they’re havin’ — you see some kid sittin’ at home, 15 years old, and sayin’, “Dang it, I waited long enough! I’m gonna go up there and get me a record! I’ve had 14 HARD years puttin’ up with Mom and Dad!” They learn one song real good and go up there and win a record deal and I don’t know what happens to ‘em after that. Good luck. NUVO: My favorite part of your bio, Billy: You held the position of “spiritual advisor” to former Texas gubernatorial candidate Kinky Friedman [who’s also a writer, comedian, and author of the novelty tune “Get Your Biscuits in the Oven and Your Buns in the Bed”].
NUVO: It’s great stuff. For my money, “Honky Tonk Heroes” is one of the best outlaw country songs anyone’s ever recorded. SHAVER: I started writin’ that when I was about eight years old. My mother was a honky-tonk girl, sure enough, at a place called Green Gables. I got to hang out there in the summer sometimes. My grandmother raised me, but I’d get to come out there with [my mom] sometimes during the summer and I got started writin’ on it. I’d see fights and I’d see bootleggin’ — y’know, when you’re a kid you’re down there at the bottom of it all. You see a lotta things people don’t want you to see, I guess. Spittoons all over the place. Jukebox over in the corner. Dollar a swaller. I had my eyes wide open and my ears, too. That’s the impression it made on me.
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SHAVER: He’s got an office in Las Vegas, now, Kinky does, where he continues to lose all the money he’s got. He’s funny as hell. I toured with him over in Australia. We did a record over there and I hated it ‘cause it was on a label of his called “Sphincter Records.” I didn’t know if I wanted to be a part of that or not. Found out later they sold that label for a whole bunch of money. I got about a dollar and 82 cents out of it. n
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ndianapolis emcee Diop Adisa is set to release his debut LP July 7. Judging from the quality of Adisa's recent singles, Driving on Faith will be a musthear Indianapolis hip-hop album. I caught up with Diop before his album dropped to talk about family and Indy's new class of emcees.
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NUVO: Your parents are entrepreneurs and activists. Your father started the KI EcoCenter. How have they influenced your work? DIOP ADISA: A lot of things that have molded me have come from those two characters. They did a lot of work to empower communities in Indianapolis. They came from an era where black nationalism was important in shaping self identity. So they changed their names and gave their children names that reflected a cultural meaning. They were real flexible, spiritually. They encouraged me to explore everything, and warned me not to become too dogmatic in my beliefs.
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rhyme on his beats. I had to sit down and really listen. He pushes the envelope of what's considered hip-hop. Within the same beat, Mandog will change-up the rhythm, the vibration and feeling of the song. He's a Dilla fan, and you can hear that in his beats, but he looks everywhere for musical inspiration. I think he's a genius. NUVO: You're releasing your debut album this week. Tell me about Driving on Faith. You’re releasing it under the name Diopstle.
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ADISA: The concept and title bring together everything I've learned trying to get my music out to people over the last couple years. — DIOP Sometimes as an artist you might not feel you're getting the respect you want, but you never know how the work is impacting people. NUVO: There's a new school of MCs in Sometimes it takes weeks or years to find Indianapolis that emerging, including artout what your work meant to someone. ists like Sirius Black, Pope Adrian Bless, The title came from an incident Oreo Jones, Grey Granite and more. How that happened last November. I was do you describe the distinct Indianapolis recording late at night and I left the hip-hop sound that's developing? studio dead tired. On my way home I fell asleep at the wheel. I hit a tree and ADISA: Yes, and all those names totaled my car. you mentioned are out there grindI tried to figure out how this incident ing. They're doing what they need to connected to my journey. When you're do to grow the Indianapolis scene. out driving you're going on faith that They're out touring and spreading the you'll reach your destination. You might sound. We need to build our market in not have a map, and their are times you Indianapolis, it's not a Houston, Texas may stumble or crash. But the imporor New York. You can build a hip-hop tant thing is to start the journey, and to career in those cities without ever havcontinue following your path. Over time ing to leave. We need to let people you'll see how things come together. around the Midwest in Ohio and Illinois Your art will grow, and you'll connect know what's going on here in hip-hop. with fellow travelers. That's the vision behind the album. n NUVO: The beats on your releases are always excellent. Tell me about your producer, Mandog. ADISA: Mandog is my main creative partner. When I first started working with him I didn't even know how to
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Hi-Fi Wednesdays This new weekly from Rad Summer features Action Jackson and Lemi Vice on the stacks weekly, and launch night will also bring a rare guest DJ set from emcee Oreo Jones. This replaces Jackson’s former weekly at Casba in Broad Ripple, so if you’re used to going north to party, redirect your Uber or Lyft or whatever chartered vehicle you use to get safely to and from a boozy dance party, to the Southeastside. The Hi-Fi, 1043 Virginia Ave., Suite 4, 11 p.m., FREE, 21+ HIP-HOP Writer’s Block ILL Brown and Mr. Kinetik are featured at this producer showcase, along with special guest Joe Harvey (back from Korea for just a bit). It’s also the official launch of Lonegevity’s new beat box product line Drums Bang. Mix, mingle, drink, party, soak in the beats at this monthly showcase. Sabbatical, 921 Broad Ripple Ave., 9 p.m., $5, 21+ INDIE ROCK The Neighbourhood, Travis Scott, White Arrows Don’t pretend you escaped from the sway of ubiquitous Neighbourhood jam
“Sweater Weather,” last year’s answer to Weezer’s “Undone – The Sweater Song.” They’re touring last year’s I Love You, a fairly strong pop debut. Egyptian Room at Old National Centre, 502 N. New Jersey St., 7:30 p.m., $30, all-ages EDM Zomboy Zombie? Boy? Try Zomboy. Featuring hard-hitting bass that can make the dead alive again this dubstep artist has broke onto the scene quicker than a zombie apocalypse. Zomboy’s put a twist on the seemingly over-saturated genre with a focus on making tunes that instill life into listeners – ironic given the nature of his song titles. Fast beats, long buildups and dirty drops are the key. Don’t let an eerily similar sound to fellow big-timer Skrillex shy you away, there’s plenty of uniqueness here to spark interest. On tour in support of his soonto-be released album The Outbreak, the Zomboy bandwagon is just that, an outbreak. Will you be a survivor? Deluxe at Old National Centre, 502 N. New Jersey St., 8 p.m., $17, all-ages HIP-HOP G. Love and Special Sauce Can you believe these bros are celebrating their 20th year as a band? Where hath the time gone, G. Love? Et tu, Special Sauce? The Vogue, 6259 N. College Ave., 8 p.m., $22.50 in advance, $25 at door, 21+
DANCING Retro Rewind The Vogue had jettisoned Retro Rewind in exchange for Glow Wednesdays, a black light party soundtracked with retro jams, but the people want those good all retro jams, and the people don’t want black lights. One could even say … they rewinded back to Retro Rewind. (We’ll pause for laughs here.) Retro Rewind is always full of beautiful young people who will definitely be late to their Thursday morning classes. In the past, the night has consistently drawn some of the biggest weeknight crowds who are there for the cheap drinks and to find other like-minded grinders. Grab your friends (and possibly a nap after work) and hit the club for fun, sing-along-able music at this always packed event. Sometimes, Retro Rewind even celebrates hump day with seasonal themes featuring special contests, games, and party favors. DJ Steady B is the man on the decks holding it down currently. Vogue, 6259 N. College Ave., 10 p.m., 21+ Billy Joe Shaver, Radio Radio, 21+ Old Grand Dad, Scotch Hollow, Melody Inn, 21+ Sarah Borges, Grills Guns and Glory, Rathskeller, 21+ Blues Jam, Main Event, 21+ Jay Elliott and Friends, Tin Roof, 21+ Andra Faye and Scott Ballantine, Jazz Kitchen Patio, 21+ Troubadour Night, Jazz Kitchen, 21+ Blues Jam with Gordon Bonham, Slippery Noodle, 21+ The Family Jam, Mousetrap, 21+
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national acts as they ping-pong from coast to coast -- probably because John Larner and Slater Hogan are legends themselves. And don’t forget the local support; Manic, Adam Jay, John Larner, Tyler Stewart, Ashley Ross, Clay Collier, Deanne and Grenadine have all taken over the stacks at Blu.
FESTIVALS Warped Tour Massive touring fest Warped Tour has altered their trajectory a bit in the 20 years since their inception – once a punk showcase, it’s now more of a pop radio tour de force with a sprinkling of hardcore. With more than 80 rotating bands putting in time at the various stops, Noblesville’s day includes performances from Every Time I Die, Four Year Strong, Icon for Hire, Less Than Jake, Real Friends, Saves the Day, The Devil Wears Prada and more. Looking for a way to bond with your kid sister during her summer break? Take her to Warped Tour. (Then hit up one of Indy’s many local shows after you drop her back home.) Klipsch Music Center, 12880 E. 146th St., 11 a.m., prices vary, all-ages ROCK Switchfoot Would it be heresy to say we preferred Switchfoot back in their Christian rock scene days? When they were being nominated for “Best Rock Gospel Album” in the Grammys? When they were soundtracking A Walk To Remember? Deluxe at Old National Centre, 502 N. New Jersey St., 8 p.m., prices vary, all-ages
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Veseria DANCE Bootleg DJs rotate weekly at the Biscuit for a laid-back night of jams and … Prohibition-era cocktails? It works more smoothly than one may expect. Currently DJs Rasul, Paren, Stroble and MetroGnome take turns at the decks. The Ball and Biscuit can get crowded, but it’s worth the wait for a seat on the low leather seats – and even more worth it if a talented local DJ programming the evening’s soundtrack.
Ball & Biscuit, 331 Massachusetts Ave., 10 p.m., FREE, 21 DANCE Animal Haus Featured by NUVO as Indy’s best weekly house event in 2010, this event continues to provide regular opportunities for house fans to experience the classier side of Downtown Indy. The Keepin’ It Deep guys have a special talent for snagging huge
Altered Thurzdaze Get a healthy dose of EDM every Thursday night. Both Mousetrap regulars and electronic music fans will find something to like about this weekly event, especially as genres like dubstep, EDM and house music gain a greater share of pop culture attention. This is a great way to kick the weekend off early, and get a little of practice dancing before you shake your groove thing in nearby Broad Ripple on the weekend. There’s a different lineup of songs every weekend, but one thing remains the same: this is an EDM dream and an allaround blast of a dance party. Mousetrap, 5565 N. Keystone Ave., 9 p.m., 21+ White Mystery, Thee Tsunamis, Bishop (Bloomington), 18+
Pity Sex, Solids, Hoosier Dome, all-ages Latin Dance Party, Jazz Kitchen, 21+ Stewbot’s Dirty 30 Birthday, Blu, 21+
FRIDAY THE FOURTH 4th of July Fest We Are Hex, Sirius Black, Pravada, Apollo Mono, Andy D and DJ Android are lined up to play this patriotic brew fest, which also features a tapping of Independence IPA. Beers, bands and things you can legally light on fire and launch into the sky – it’s a party. Indiana City Brewing, 2 p.m., $5 in advance, $7 at door, 21+ THE FOURTH Fountain Square Music Fest Last year kicked off this event, which continues (and adds another stage) on the 4th of July and wraps up just before the Downtown fireworks. On the lineup: Verdant Vera, Jenn Cristy, Hero Jr., Bonesetters, Ampersand Blues Band, The Steepwater Band and a couple others. It’s a combo First Friday-national holiday-festival day
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Carmelfest My Yellow, Blair Clark, 2nd Story, An Innocent Band, The Tides, Andra Faye and Heather Michelle Chapman are featured at this major Northside fest, which concludes with a performance by the Carmel Symphony Orchestra. Stick around for the Carmel fireworks, which are just like the Indianapolis fireworks, but more expensive.
THE FOURTH Stars and Stripes Soiree Slater Hogan, Action Jackson and John Larner will soundtrack this fourth fest, along with The White River Rollers. Tow Yard Brewing is the new kid on the block (rapidly filling up with new kids, because it’s no secret brewing companies are exploding in Indy.) Tow Yard Brewing, 501 E. Madison Ave., 4 p.m., $5, all-ages THE FOURTH INDYpendence Day X103 just switched formats and names, and emerged as Alt1033 last week. But their second annual INDYpendence Day still has that X103 flavor, with sets from Filter, Fuel and Dirty Heads lined up for the station’s Fourth of July celebration on Georgia Street. There’s plenty of locals lined up to play, too, including Midwest State of Mind, Pragmatic and
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every Sunday night from 10 p.m. to midnight. Listen if you dare.) Georgia Street, 1 p.m., prices vary, all-ages THE FOURTH Rusted Root Send yourself on your way to see Rusted Root in the Old National Centre parking lot this Fourth of July. You’ll be so close to the fireworks – basically under them, really.
Carmel Civic Square and Gazebo, (Carmel), 8 a.m., FREE, all-ages THE FOURTH Fountain Square Music Fest After Party Post fireworks, drop off your kidlings and venture to Radio Radio for some sets by local music scenesters Veseria and The Breakes. Radio Radio,1119 E. Prospect St., 9 p.m., $7, 21+ The Eastern Sea, Wild Moccasins, Keeps, The Hi-Fi, 21+
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It’s the end of an era. Perhaps in the kindest gesture yet offered by an aging hair-glam rock band, the members of Motley Crue signed an unprecedented “cessation of touring agreement,” making this ride on the bus truly their last. No doubt ab workouts and botox injections are already well underway, and the band is definitely going to go out with a big, Aqua Net-scented ball of flames (probably ignited by a pyrotechnic blast). You can definitely bet this one will be memorable.
SATURDAY FESTIVALS Taste of Indy Food, music, family fun, a beer garden – what more can you ask for on a summer Saturday? Delights both sweet and savory will be on hand as some of Indy’s tastiest restaurants, confectioners, food trucks and caterers give the city a taste of what they have to offer. Their will be a lot of local talent on stage for the concerts by the canal with music from Jennie DeVoe, Bashiri Asad, Veseria and many more. For the adults there are chef demonstrations and a beer and wine garden and for the kiddos, there’s a kid’s play area. This annual event will please the pickiest kid and the most snooty aunt. White River State Park, 801 W. Washington St., 10 a.m., $5 in advance, $7 at door, FREE for children under 6, all-ages
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SUNDAY POP The Fray Denver’s The Fray smashed up the Adult Contemporary charts with their run of mid-aughts singles about life, love and ski slope transportation. They soundtracked many significant surgeries and love-making scenes in Grey’s Anatomy. They made a nation of cool moms buy CDs at Target. They’ll stop in Indy this weekened with Barcelona and Oh Honey. Murat Theatre at Old National Centre, 502 N. New Jersey St., 8 p.m., prices vary, all-ages ROCK Brand New It’ll be an emotional night at Old National Centre – the Fray in the big room and the Brand New in the (slightly smaller but still huge) Egyptian Room. Tickets for this one sold out almost immediately, since Brand New has had some fits and starts with tour dates in the last few years. They posted on their site a week or so ago, “A lot has gone on the last few weeks. Some writing, some recording, some new gear, some studio building. We will update you more soon.” We’re waiting, Brand New. We’ll wait forever. Egyptian Room at Old National Centre, 502 N. New Jersey St., 8 p.m., prices vary, all-ages
Avenue Pub for an all-vinyl funk and soul party anchored by DJs Salazar and Topspeed. Special guests will join on occasion. Keep the Naptown funk alive by gettin’ down at this dance event. The party starts at 11:30. There is no cover.
Inn. Organizer Jay-P Gold says this time around he wants to widen the sonic range with as much “weird shit” as possible, ranging from footwork and jungle, to broken beat techno, and of course no small amount of drum and bass.
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Zomboy DANCE Reggae Revolution More than 16 years later, Danger and DJ Indiana Jones are still spinning reggae and reggae-infused beats at Casba. We’ve been dancing our asses off to their carefully chosen beats for almost as long. Reggae Revolution is not only Indy’s longest-running dance night, but one of the only places to be still dancing all night as the weekend winds down. If you’ve got any energy after a long weekend, head over to Casba. Maybe the $2.50 Red Stripe and Casba shots will help get you out on a Sunday. Casba, 6319 Guilford Ave., 10 p.m., FREE, 21+ DANCE Dynamite! Day of rest? We don’t think so. Head out on Sunday to the Mass
Action Jackson Newbie Mass Ave joint Union50 is hosting a free dance party every Monday in July, featuring the venerable talents of Rad Summer co-founder Action Jackson. Union50, 620 East St., 10 p.m., FREE, 21+ Industry Mondays, Red Room, 21+
Take That! Tuesdays DJ MetroGnome can be found at Coaches Tavern every Tuesday for his massive Take That! Tuesdays party. MetroGnome’s musical selection ranges from classic hiphop to soul and funk. He always turns the otherwise small bar into a sea of dancing music fans. MetroGnome says we can expect more of the same, danceable nights with new guests thrown in now and then. Coaches Tavern, 28 S. Pennsylvania St., 10 p.m., FREE, 21+
more are touring all your angstiest feelings come July. The two groups have enjoyed enormous success pedaling their particular flavor of teenage-flavored pop punk. Both bands are known, though, for pouring it all out in their live shows with the earnestness of a pink-cheeked high school sophomore (which Paramore’s lead singer was when the band started not too long ago). Prepare for the pop punk fest by listening to some of the tracks, or listen to their more recent hits, like Fall Out Boy’s “Save Rock and Roll”and Paramore’s ”Ain’t it Fun.” Opener New Politics gets into the groove with their newest album A Bad Girl in Harlem, featuring the single ”Harlem.” Klipsch Music Center, 12880 E. 146th St., 7 p.m., prices vary, all-ages HIP-HOP Ying Yang Twins Time to get low, get low.
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30 Seconds to Venus I’m a 24 year old woman with what I would call a respectable number of sexual partners. For some reason, my orgasms resemble those of a 15 year old boy. I either come within 30 seconds after intercourse begins or I can’t do it at all. I want to last longer because duh, but I also don’t want to hold out and then miss an orgasm. Is this normal?! — Anonymous, from Tumblr SARAH: Not to be dismissive, but this seems like as much of a problem as you make it. I totally get where you’re coming from (HA), in that you want to hang in there with your partner and have the much-desired simultaneous orgasm and all that. Here’s the hot tip from me to you: it doesn’t often happen anyway, even when you can last. If it’s just a matter of rushing to the finish line, you can work on that. Approach this the way a guy would who is prematurely ejaculating, and focus on slowly drawing out the time it takes you to orgasm during masturbation. Maybe get a cute little vaginashaped timer to set on your bedside table and set it for one extra minute every day, and vary your methods of getting there. Happy trails, friend. DR. D: Most women don’t orgasm that quickly but some do. It doesn’t have to a problem (I feel the same way about premature/rapid ejaculation for men). What about coming quickly feels like a problem for you? Why is the wanting to last longer a “duh” for you? What changes after you experience orgasm? Presumably you can still carry on with sex. Maybe you can even have multiple orgasms if you’re mentally open to it. There’s no physical reason orgasms should become impossible for you after the first 30 seconds, so you might consider that some. If they don’t come quickly, do you mentally give up or feel disappointed in yourself? If so, that may lower your chances of having an orgasm. Or do you just become really wet during sex and then that decreases friction/sensation and makes it difficult for you to have an orgasm? If so, keep a small hand towel near the bed and briefly pause sex to dab your genitals so that you have more friction when sex resumes. And if your partner gets super rough and vigorous during sex, and that’s what makes it difficult for you to have an orgasm post30 seconds, then you might ask your partner to change his pace to something that matches what you enjoy. 34 VOICES // 07.02.14 - 07.09.14 // 100% RECYCLED PAPER // NUVO
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My boyfriend and I really want to have doggy-style sex from behind, but every time we try, it doesn’t seem to work. I happen to have a big butt, and I don’t know if that’s the issue, or something else, but the angle just isn’t right. The thing is, this is something I constantly fantasize about. Do you have any advice for how to make it work, or should I just forget about it? — Anonymous, from Tumblr SARAH: Like so many of life’s great quandaries, we need only look to our good friends and rap icons 2 Live Crew for direction: “Face down, ass up/that’s the way we like to fuck.” The good Lord blessed us humans with stretchy connective tissue and joints everywhere you could want to bend for a reason: so we could pretzel ourselves until that D is where it needs to be. You just need to back it up, pop those knees out to the side, and bury your face in the pillow. Have him do more of an upthrust with his pelvis tilted toward the ceiling while he’s leaning back a bit on his heels. Alternatively, get a little height on it so he’s more thrusting up from behind and below you by kneeling on some pillows. Also, not to get to crude, but butts are very mobile even as they’re quite stationary. Reach back there (since you can now lean on your chest) and hold them cheeks apart to give him better access, or arch your back so the lower part of your ribcage is touching the bed. Blammo, solved it. DR. D: Butt size in combination with penis size could possibly be the issue, but let’s talk this out and see what else could be going on. If your butt truly is quite large and cushy, and his penis is about average length or smaller, it may be difficult for your partner to get sufficiently close to your vagina from behind for intercourse to happen. While you’re on all fours, you could try angling the front of your body (so that your forearms are flat against the bed and your head is in the pillows) and see if that gives him easier access to your vagina to facilitate intercourse. If you’re running up against height issues, you might also try rear entry when you’re on the bed and he’s standing against it or with you bent over an ottoman and him standing or kneeling behind you. Using lubricant might help, too, if you feel like your parts can make contact but can’t seem to make penetration happen. If these strategies aren’t helping, it may be that penile-vaginal intercourse through rear entry/ doggie is not in the cards for you two. However, who says it has to involve a penis? Perhaps your boyfriend would be willing and/or eager to use a dildo or vibrator to stimulate you in the same way. It may not be exactly the same as a penis but it doesn’t mean it can’t be fun.
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Sex Myths, Busted: Can you debunk the “if you have too much sex, your vagina stretches out” myth? — Anonymous, from Tumblr SARAH: This is probably one of my favorite sexual myths of all time. It combines every loathe-able, idiotically-framed conversations about sex: the women-as-dick-receptacle motif, the overvaluation of sexual purity, and proof that God, Karma, biology or all three will punish you for being a slut. The good news? It’s 100% certified bullshit. Now, like all muscles, your pelvic floor gets stronger the more you work it out, so flexing your PC muscles with some Kegels never made anything worse, that’s for sure. But worry not - you’re not going to end up with a 3rd-day-jeans, wizard-sleeve kind of looseness just because you like to get down a lot. DR. D: Happy to. It’s not true and it’s never been true. Research even shows that women who have babies have a vagina like women who do not have babies (with the exception of the opening). Vaginas stretch and then return to their normal size, just as penises grow with arousal and then return to size. Masturbation and partnered sex don’t change vaginal size or penile size.
— Anonymous, from Tumblr SARAH: I read this question no less than 10 times, searching for the chunk that was missing. It was kind of like reading, “My car won’t start. What’s the easiest way to push it off a cliff?” Which isn’t to say that poly relationships can’t be equally as fulfilling or even more than the ol’ monogamy cruise to Partner Town, but the act of bringing someone else into the bedroom besides your husband isn’t one that should be taken lightly. Which, again, isn’t to say that this isn’t the right move for you; Your husband loves that your sex drive is through the roof, so don’t assume that there isn’t some middle ground here. I would also caution you against bringing any partners based on some sense of something missing in your relationship with your husband. First, work out the situation with your husband and involve him as much as you can, and only enter into the realm of polyamory when you can communicate all of your feelings, anxieties, and joys of consensual extra-marital sex with each other. And also check yourself to make sure you’d be just as cool with him having sex with someone else as much as you want some spice back in your own life. DR. D: Sexual boredom is common and not always the best reason to go poly (that is, to have more than one lover or partner), but it is true that some people start thinking about it because of that. A researcher I knew who had interviewed many poly folks felt that some of the more satisfied couples started not because they were at a breaking point or super bored but because they had so much love and enjoyment of their sexuality that they wanted to share it with others. You might trying checking out books together such as Opening Up or The Ethical Slut and talking about it. These books present many different ways of being poly so that you can explore and see if one feels right to you. Also, connecting with a local poly community could be helpful to you to meet people and ask how they manage jealousies and communication and having multiple lovers or partners.
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VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Many of America’s founding fathers believed slavery was immoral, but they owned slaves themselves and ordained the institution of slavery in the U.S. Constitution. They didn’t invent hypocrisy, of course, but theirs was an especially tragic version. In comparison, the hypocrisy that you express is mild. Nevertheless, working to minimize it is a worthy task. And here’s the good news: You are now in a position to become the zodiac’s leader in minimizing your hypocrisy. Of all the signs, you can come closest to walking your talk and practicing what you preach. So do it! Aim to be a master of translating your ideals into practical action. Virgo
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SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): You have permission to
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compose an all-purpose excuse note for yourself. If you’d like, you may also forge my signature on it so you can tell everyone that your astrologer sanctified it. This document will be ironclad and inviolable. It will serve as a poetic license that abolishes your guilt and remorse. It will authorize you to slough off senseless duties, evade deadening requirements, escape small-minded influences, and expunge numbing habits. Even better, your extra-strength excuse note will free you to seek out adventures you have been denying yourself for no good reason. Scorpio
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Academy Award winners have given thanks to God while accepting their Oscars. By contrast, 30 winners have expressed their gratitude to film studio executive Harvey Weinstein. Who would you acknowledge as essential to your success, Libra? What generous souls, loving animals, departed helpers, and spiritual beings have contributed to your ability to thrive? Now is an excellent time to make a big deal out of expressing your appreciation. For mysterious reasons, doing so will enhance your luck and increase your chances for future success.
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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): In the last two decades, seven
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SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): In the Inuktitut lan-
guage spoken in northern Canada, the term iminngernaveersaartunngortussaavunga means “I should try not to become an alcoholic.” I encourage you to have fun saying that a lot in the coming days. Why? Now is an excellent time to be playful and light-hearted as you wage war against any addictive tendencies you might have. Whether it’s booze or gambling or abusive relationships or anything else that tempts you to act like an obsessive self-saboteur, you have more power than usual to break its hold on you — especially if you don’t take yourself too seriously. Sagittarius
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CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Percival Lowell (18551916) was an influential astronomer who launched the exploration that led to the discovery of Pluto. He also made some big mistakes. Here’s one: Gazing at Venus through his telescope, he swore he saw spokes emanating from a central hub on the planet’s surface. But we now know that Venus is shrouded with such thick cloud cover that no surface features are visible. So what did Lowell see? Due to an anomaly in his apparatus, the telescope projected shadows from inside his eyes onto the image of Venus. The “spokes” were actually the blood vessels in his retinas. Let this example serve as a cautionary tale for you in the coming weeks, Capricorn. Don’t confuse what’s within you with what’s outside you. If you can clearly discern the difference, your closest relationships will experience healing breakthroughs. Capricorn
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AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): “I believe in getting into hot water; it keeps you clean.” So said British writer G. K. Chesterton. Now I’m passing his advice on to you just in time for the Purge and Purify Phase of your astrological cycle. In the coming weeks, you will generate good fortune for yourself whenever you wash your own brain and absolve your own heart and flush the shame out of your healthy sexual feelings. As you proceed with this work, it may expedite matters if you make a conscious choice to undergo a trial by fire. Aquarius
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PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): “I awake in a land where
the lovers have seized power,” writes Danish poet Morten Sondergaard in his fanciful poem “The Lovers.” “They have introduced laws decreeing that orgasms need never come to an end. Roses function as currency. . . The words ‘you’ and ‘I’ are now synonymous.” A world like the one he describes is a fantasy, of course. It’s impossible. But I predict that in the coming weeks you could create conditions that have resemblances to that utopia. So be audacious in your quest for amorous bliss and convivial romance. Dare to put love at the top of your priority list. And be inventive! Pisces
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