THIS WEEK JULY 27 - AUG. 3, 2011
VOL. 22 ISSUE 23 ISSUE #1050
special pullout BEST OF INDY
Every year you show your love for Indianapolis through our wildly popular Best Of voting process — and issue. So go ahead, crack open our CityGuides special pullout and see who won! Over a hundred categories, first, second and third listed.
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CHEAP POWER, POLLUTED AIR, UNACCOUNTED HEALTH CONCERNS
Indiana children breathe some of the nation’s most toxic air, according to a new study. This chemical legacy, combined with new research linking toxic air emissions to mental development disabilities present an ominous scenario for Hoosier parents, especially along the Ohio River Valley, where emissions are highest. BY STEVEN HIGGS
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SIMPLE MUSIC FOR SIMPLE PEOPLE The Max Allen Band was voted Indy’s Best Blues Band in this year’s polling, despite the fact that they no longer play the blues. This week’s cover story addresses the conflict, which has to do with Allen starting off life playing blues, then abandoning the genre over time. On the cover the band stands in front of Robert Indiana’s sculpture “LOVE,” on the grounds of the IMA, winner of Best Local Public Art Installation. BY SCOTT SHOGER COVER PHOTO BY STEPHEN SIMONETTO
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BACK AT THE BRICKYARD
The Brickyard 400 fills an important slot in NASCAR’s mid-summer schedule, but its role is particularly significant this year, due to the potential impact of the new points system, which awards three bonus points for winning a race. BY LORI LOVELY
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THRILLING FOOD
Based upon two visits over the past three weeks, and reports from friends (yes, they exist), there is no doubt Black Market is capable of turning out exciting, no, make that thrilling, food that extracts the maximum potential from predominantly locallysourced ingredients. BY NEIL CHARLES
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Correction:
Boogie Burger is located at 1904 Broadripple Ave. In our Best Of Indy guide we listed its former location on Westfied Blvd. We regret the error.
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DUDEFEST AND THE END OF AN ERA
The ninth edition of DIY hardcore festival Dude Fest will feature the final show by a hugely-important band on the local hardcore scene, The Dream is Dead, whose guitarist, Jared Southwick, died earlier this year at age 34. BY WADE COGGESHALL
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Review of the new BBC comedy, “Friday Night Dinner” by Marc Allan City Gallery: Indy’s urban living center by Dan Grossman Your Go&Do Weekend by Jim Poyser
Slideshow: Slut Walk Indianapolis by Lora Olive Right-to-work issue resuscitated by Shelby Salazar
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Borders liquidating all stores by Gary Weir
Indy Film Fest Closing Night at the IMA by Stacy Kagiwada
Manic Panic: Your enviro-PANIQuiz for the week By Jim Poyser
Indy Film Fest After Party at Agio by Stacy Kagiwada
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LETTERS Pimping for the GOP
It is distressing for a long time reader of NUVO (I even paid $12 for a subscription back in the day) to see Hammer and Hoppe joining the Matt Tully of the Star in the “Ballard as Mayor for Life” brigade. I expect that of him since he has been pimping for Ballard since day one, but not from NUVO. “What!” Hammer screams, “didn’t you read my ‘Downtown crime unchecked?’ [July 13-20] I did — but I didn’t read anything about how Ballard’s claim that giving him control of IMPD would solve all of Indianapolis’ crime problems rings false. “What!” Hoppe screams. “Didn’t you read my ‘Here comes the mayor’s race?’ Oh wait a minute, you probably did since I said Ballard was a ‘pleasant surprise.’” [July 13-20] If that doesn’t put you in the Tully Category it at least means you are fellow travelers. Think about it: Did you votes for Charlie White for secretary of state? Did you vote for Sarah Palin in 2008? Did you vote for Mitch Daniels for governor? These are classic, to use Harrison Ullman’s terms, Rat’s Ass Republicans who don’t care a rat’s ass for anyone but the rich and powerful. If you answer “no,” then ask yourself, who do you think Ballard voted for? If you think he probably voted for them you are admitting that he is a Rat’s Ass Republican — and so are you by association. If so, let me know where you vote so someone can challenge you if you ask for a Democratic ballot at the next primary.
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“The trouble is, things rarely turn out the way bureaucrats want them to.” (“America: Free to be stupid,” Hoppe, July 20-27) This is a fundamental truth, David. How is it that you understand this yet still support all of the liberal government interference that you constantly write about? Next time you write a column supporting another government boondoggle, think about this quote and then rewrite the column.
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The time is now
Having known Chancey, as a young boy, it is very hard to imagine what torment he found he could not endure (“Self Sacrifice: A Son, A Soldier, A Suicide” Marc Allan, July 13-20)? My sons, both played with Gregg
and Janet’s children, I can still see the smile on young Chancey’s face. When Gregg told me of Chancey’s passing, he asked me to give Cory and Troy (my sons) an extra hug! His grief was overwhelming. I assure all, with tears in my eyes I did! Now I ask you all to do the same!
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Adieu advocate
Grant Smith will be missed by all those who care about justice and public health in the Hoosier State (“Exit Interview: Reflections from the Grassroots,” Steve Higgs, July 13-20). Bravo, though, for his new job and adventure. And that Kerwin Olson will also be a man who leaves a good legacy in Indiana, his adopted state.
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Hugs for Hammer
As a writer and an aspiring author from Indy, I looooooooooooooooooove this article! (“A tough city for writers and dreamers,” Hammer, July 20-27.) I had to repost this to my author’s page on Facebook. Great job!
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Kung Fu is king
It was called the dojo because we originally wanted to do our space at the old Steve Anderson karate building at 38th and Shadeland (“The Dojo,” Emily Thompson, July 13-20). Also, you can’t go wrong with martial arts themes.
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Better local options
14 West goes through management quite often, and the service is sub-par (“14 West: Downtown restaurant disappoint,” Neil Charles, July 20-27). Don’t get me wrong; I’m all about supporting local restaurants but there are much better locally owned ones in the area that offer better service and better food, like Peterson’s, Recess or Black Market.
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Editor’s Note: See our review of Black Market on page 23.
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HAMMER What, exactly, is the best?
Ce l ebrating the city in subjective terms
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BY STEVE HAMMER SHAMMER@NUVO.NET
his is the issue in which readers and NUVO staff celebrate local restaurants, artists and businesses. My six “Best Local Columnist” certificates haven’t done me a whole lot of good in my life, but the annual “Best Of” issue is a very big deal to some folks. The local Indian restaurants, for example, used to try and stuff the ballot boxes as part of their ongoing warfare against each other. We used to have to throw out dozens and dozens of ballots every year from them. Having the certification that they’re considered the best is something to promote and from which to profit. Most publications do some sort of awards issue every year, because readers and advertisers both like it and because they are fun to do for the staff. In the days before everyone had the Internet, we used to have to tally the votes by hand during our lunch hour and with volunteers after work. Every year, some choices were obvious and others were seemingly inexplicable. Harrison Ullmann, NUVO’s legendary editor emeritus for most of the 1990s, used to become irate when Olive Garden would win Best Italian Restaurant. He’d then write a column scolding the readers of his own publication for having such bad taste as to pick a chain restaurant. Maybe the explanation was that there weren’t very many popular locally owned Italian places at that time. Maybe it was that readers just had bad taste. But I’ve known dozens of Italian places that were opened and almost as quickly closed down due to lack of business, while the line is spilling out of Olive Garden when I drive by on weekend nights. There are some chain restaurants and businesses I like — Starbucks, the Apple Store — but I can see Harrison’s point. Most of the places I love in Indianapolis are family owned and run. Sometimes their owners weren’t born here but they now have as much a stake in the success of the city as me or anyone else. Anyway, the whole idea of naming something as being the literal best at anything is a bit ludicrous if you take it too seriously. We all can name things that are beloved by us and almost nobody else. Reader ballots tend to be name-recognition contests, at least to some extent;
so don’t feel bad if your favorite missed out. If you like it the most then by any subjective definition it’s the best. Having said that, there are certain places and things that I consider to be the best. The majesties of Garfield Park on a nice autumn day and the wonders of its plant conservatory are unparalleled in the city. An extra-hot portion of Boti Kebab at Taj of India restaurant in Castleton warms me in the winter like nothing else. They’re the best to me, at least, and that’s all that matters to me. The experiences and choices made over a lifetime of being in love with this city lead me to believe that my, and only my, favorites are in fact the best. The best and quickest place to get lunch near Monument Circle is Bistro 111, located on the second floor of the Chase Tower. The soups are freshly made daily and the salad bar is one of the freshest in town. (Tip: The large soup is only 30 cents more than the small, so you may as well get the bigger portion. It’s really good soup.) There’s the King David Hot Dogs joint over by Conseco Fieldhouse where I can get an all-beef frank covered in hot macaroni and cheese if I want. Long’s Bakery has the best doughnuts and has had since my childhood. The Farmers’ Market at City Market is hard to beat for fresh produce. I’ve always laughed my head off when I’ve watched local performers at ComedySportz. If there’s one thing that the Bush Depression has taught us, it’s that local connections count. In difficult economic times, we depend upon each other in a city much more than before. Almost all of us are struggling economically and we need each other’s support to keep our businesses and our community alive. Indianapolis is not New York or Paris or even Chicago. The city has a collective inferiority complex sometimes when it realizes this. One can appreciate those cities’ beauty while also acknowledging that this city has something special, a spirit and determination that too often goes overlooked. We have nothing to be ashamed of. To the contrary. There’s much to celebrate about this city and this is the issue of NUVO in which we do just that: Celebrate the city and the people who keep it vibrant and alive. We all need to do our part at that. Congratulations to the winners and thanks for reading.
If you like it the most then by any subjective definition it’s the best.
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HOPPE Seeing ‘The Tree of Life’
Art without a moneyback guarantee
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BY DAVID HOPPE DHOPPE@NUVO.NET
y wife and I saw Terrence Malick’s film, The Tree of Life, not long ago. It was an interesting experience. Although it’s been reported that The Tree of Life drew hoots and catcalls from the audience at its premiere at the Cannes Film Festival — before, that is, walking off with the festival’s grand prize — the almost full house that we were part of at the Landmark Keystone Art Cinema maintained an almost preternatural silence throughout the film’s 138 minutes. Sure, a few people exited shortly before the end. But, given the elevated age of most of the moviegoers around us, this was easily attributed to the importunings of tetchy bladders. Neither my wife nor myself are terribly talkative after we’ve seen something. We tend more to be a little dazed by the waking dream that even mediocre films and performances are able to conjure. This makes us terrible participants in the talkback sessions that are a regular part of shows these days. We’re usually halfway home before either one of us is capable of so much as a grunt, indicating that re-entry into the world of judgment has finally been achieved. So we were taken slightly aback when a member of the theater’s staff nervously pulled us aside as we were heading out the door. She asked if we’d seen The Tree of Life and if we liked it. This, for reasons I’ll get to in a moment, was not an easy question to answer. We responded as best we could at the time, saying that yes, we found the movie very interesting — in a good way. That such a qualification was — and is — necessary is a shame. How a word my dictionary defines as “arousing or holding the attention; absorbing” has come to be a social euphemism for “sucky” diminishes our language, but there you have it. The staff member showed visible relief when we told her we didn’t think The Tree of Life sucked. Then she confided that unprecedented numbers of people were saying they hated the film and were demanding their money back. As a lifelong fan of the Chicago Cubs baseball team, the very idea of wanting money back for a disappointing exhibition of what is presumed to be talent in the service of a larger goal struck me as
downright weird. Just as I would never dream of demanding a refund because my favorite team lost for the umpteenth time, the idea that a work of art might be held to the same standard as, say, a plumber’s attempt to fix a leaky pipe suggested a deep disconnect between art and members of its audience. The dimensions of this disconnect grew larger in the next few days. National Public Radio reported that The Tree of Life was drawing similarly hostile reactions in other cities across the country, including, of all places, Brooklyn, a haven for the so-called Creative Class. Now let me say that I think The Tree of Life is a splendid and truly haunting film. Terrence Malick’s ambition, to give visible form to memories, emotions and knowledge that are often unseen, or barely glimpsed, is epic. As contemporary films go, this almost makes The Tree of Life a genre unto itself. Compared to most movies, it’s like a rosebush growing in a mushroom patch. That said, I also found the film to be structurally flawed, laden with mystical excess and in serious need of a sense of humor. The rumor that Malick may be thinking about unleashing a six-hour version of The Tree of Life makes me wonder if the Emerald Ash Borer doesn’t have a point of view worth considering after all. But like I said, these are things that make The Tree of Life interesting. I still have images from the film in my head and, so long as I can see it on a big screen, I look forward to experiencing it again someday. And what of the people who demanded their money back? I’m afraid their response represents what some observers have called the devaluing of art. In a world where people download music for free and watch movies on their iPhones, art looks more and more like ambient wallpaper. The fact that it’s everywhere doesn’t mean that anybody’s really paying attention. Just how we pay attention may also be changing. As what used to be considered works of art become part of our collective furniture, we become conditioned to certain forms and structures. Linear storytelling, for example — narratives with clear beginnings, middles and ends that are propelled by characters with identifiable arcs — are embedded in our brains. We can tune in at any point in the story and tell what’s going on and this, rather than being dull, actually seems reassuring. The Tree of Life violated some peoples’ storytelling expectations. For them this meant the movie was not only misbegotten, it was defective, like a chair with three legs. The trouble — and the glory — of The Tree of Life is that it remains, stubbornly, a work of art. There’s no way to fix it without ruining what makes it great.
The fact that art’s everywhere doesn’t mean that anybody’s really paying attention.
GADFLY
by Wayne Bertsch
THUMBSUP THUMBSDOWN
HAIKU NEWS by Jim Poyser
land of the Nobel Prize for Peace wracked by a man with a hate-filled heart
A WIN FOR THE UNDERDOG
File this under never give up — even if you (after several previous felony convictions and other sanctions) are arrested after passing out in a dentist’s office smelling of alcohol, and the cops come up with pot, cocaine, a crack pipe and an unloaded gun after searching your vehicle. Glenn Carpenter, who experienced this very scenario, took exception to a trail court’s finding that he should serve 40 years in jail. In a July 21 opinion dropping the sentence to 20 years, Indiana Supreme Court Justice Randall Shepard agreed. Shepard notes Carpenter deserves and will receive additional penalties as provided by the habitual offender count, but given “the unaggravated nature of the offense as a whole, we conclude that forty years is inappropriate.” [For details, read his opinion.] Sure, it’s tempting to reject Carpenter as a lost cause. But it’s also nice to know the Supreme Court is willing to offer careful consideration, even to the seemingly most hopeless among us.
airport body scans will no longer reveal you in your birthday suit Ohio’s Kasich signs late-term abortion bill; Buckeyes short-sighted McDonald’s is not lovin’ judge’s decision to keep suit in state seems GOP wants consumers to have their cake and choke on it too
BUREAUCRACY UNLEASHED
I just wish they would not refer to senators as the Gang of Six
Why bother being neighborly? The Metropolitan Development Committee this week rejected citizen efforts to ask questions during the process for making an appointment to the Board of Zoning Appeals and failed to provide a resume listing an appointee’s credentials, a divergence from past procedure, long-time commission watchdogs say. “We’ve been doing this for years,” says Norman Pace, land use chair for the Marion County Alliance of Neighborhood Associations. “Why all of a sudden is [the process] closed to public input? Why can’t we see his resume? We’re not there to cause problems, we’re there to ask questions.” When encountering citizen requests for input, the committee responded as follows: “The rules are this is not a public hearing when we nominate people to committees for the city. It is at the chair’s will if they want to entertain that… You are out of order and you will not be recognized.”
Indiana ranks sixth in thwarting citizens with foul toxic fumes veterans to get into Brickyard free so they can see why they served Borders to close all remaining stores; you may grieve its loss online Yao Ming says bye to NBA his glorious promise unfulfilled
CRISIS AVERTED
As long as the state avoids Mad Cow Disease and other deadly outbreaks, Indiana State Veterinarian Bret Marsh doesn’t see much front-page action. So we’re glad recent news from the American Veterinary Medical Association gives us an excuse to toast his long-time service to the state. As the recipient of 2011 AVMA President’s Award, Dr. Marsh was recognized for his tireless work to “improve the lives of both animals and people around the country and the globe.” Here at home his consistent leadership throughout multiple administrations (both Democrat and Republican) has always kept the focus where it belongs — on promoting a supportive team to enable the best possible protection of Indiana’s animals. You’ve done us proud, doc. Keep up the good work!
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news Cheap power, polluted air Health costs remain unaccounted BY S T E V E N H IG G S E D I T O RS @N U V O . N E T
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ndiana children breathe some of the nation’s most toxic air, according to a new report from the Natural Resources Defense Council. The analysis of 2009 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency data ranked the state sixth highest in the nation in terms of toxic air emissions from electric power plants. When read in conjunction with recent research findings suggesting that environmental factors may be more important than genetics in the development of autism spectrum disorders, the report’s findings pre sent an ominous scenario for Hoosier parents, especially those raising families in the heavily polluted Ohio River ecosystem. “Power plants are the biggest industrial toxic air polluters in our country, putting children and families at risk by dumping deadly and dangerous poisons into the air we breathe,” said Dan Lashof, the NRDC’s Climate Center director, in a press release accompanying the July 20 issuance of Toxic Power: How Power Plants Contaminate Our Air and States . Co-authored by Physicians for Social Responsibility, Toxic Power analyzes data compiled in the EPA’s Toxics Release Inventory. Federal law requires polluting industries to make annual TRI reports on any of 682 toxic chemicals released into the air, water or land. In Indiana, power plant emissions account for 68 percent of the state’s total TRI releases and 7 percent of the toxic pollution from all U.S. power plants.
Toxic, but not illegal
American Electric Power runs the state’s most toxic facility, the Rockport Power Plant on the river in Spencer County. The Ohio-based company reported releasing 3.5 million pounds of TRI chemicals from the Rockport facility in 2009. Company spokesperson Melissa McHenry downplayed the TRI’s significance, saying EPA has determined the reported chemicals are of “low toxicity.” “AEP and utilities that rely on coal to generate electricity typically will have large numbers in the toxics release inventory,” she said in a phone interview. “It is simply a report listing pounds of certain chemicals emitted, and we tend to have high volumes.” With respect to the health impacts from the neurotoxin mercury and other
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Emissions from Indiana’s power plants, such as this one on South Harding Street in Indianapolis, contain chemicals that researc hers are linking to a variety of mental development disabilities.
chemicals, McHenry said: “EPA sets the standards for health impacts. We presume that they do the scientific assessment and set the parameters to protect human health.” The company’s TRI releases, she said, are in compliance with EPA regulations.
Coal’s chemical legacy
Toxic Power focused on power plants because, it says, they are the largest source of toxic industrial stack emissions in the United States. “In 2009, coal- and oil-fired power plants accounted for nearly 50 percent of all reported toxic pollution from industrial sources,” the report says. “The next largest sector, chemical processing and manufacturing, emitted less than one third of the electric sector’s total.” The report focuses on the top 20 polluting states and found air in the Ohio River Valley to be the nation’s most toxic. All six states through which the nation’s 10th longest river flows made the NRDC list, five in the top 10. Ohio ranked first with 44.5 million pounds; Pennsylvania was second with 41.5 million pounds; Kentucky was fourth with 32 million pounds; Indiana was sixth with 26.8 million pounds; West Virginia was eighth with 21.5 million pounds; and Illinois was 17th, with 5.6 million pounds.
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A deeper analysis of the 2009 TRI data by NUVO found the heaviest concentration of polluting industries are located along an 80-mile stretch of the Ohio River in Southwest Indiana and Northwest Kentucky. From Posey County, Ind., to Hancock County, Ky., industries in 13 counties reported 166.8 million pounds of all TRI chemicals released into the valley environment. That’s more than half of the 318.8 million pounds of TRI releases reported by 123 counties in the six Ohio River states.
In Indiana … a correlation exists between areas of greater toxic emissions and higher demand for special education.
Surplus means bonus for state employees by Megan Banta Right-to-work issue resuscitated by Shelby Salazar
Indiana food stamp recipients up 39 percent by Franklin College Statehouse News Bureau
Environmental links to autism
Toxic Power says those power plant pollutants, including mercury, hydrochloric acid and other metals, are “known or believed to contribute to or exacerbate a wide variety of health conditions.” “Air toxics from coal-fired power plants cause cancer, birth defects, and respiratory illness,” said Dr. Lynn Ringenberg from Physicians for Social Responsibility. “Just one of those air toxics, mercury, damages the developing brains of fetuses, infants, and small children. It robs our children of healthy neurological development and native intelligence.” Results of a new study of twins with autism and autism spectrum disorders by Stanford University researchers suggested environment might have a stronger liability link than genetics. “Susceptibility to ASD has moderate genetic heritability and a substantial shared twin environmental component,” the authors conclude. Though local studies have yet to expand on these findings, certain correlations are evident. In Indiana, for example, a correlation exists between areas of greater toxic emissions and higher demand for special education. One in six Indiana public school children received special education in 2009 for learning disabilities, mild mental retarda-
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tion, autism and 14 other conditions, according to DOE data. In the 19 Indiana counties closest to the Ohio, one in five public school children were in special education. In Evansville, it was 22 percent. Twenty miles to the west, in Mount Vernon, it was 26 percent. Additional chemicals released in large amounts by Indiana power plants — such as arsenic — may also be cause for concern when it comes to developmental disabilities. A 2010 study in the International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health, for example, found a significant relationship between mental retardation and developmental delays in children and exposure to arsenic in soil samples near their mothers’ residences.
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This map indicates the percentage of states’ toxic emissions linked to the electric sector, according to a recent analysis of E PA data by the Natural Resources Defense Council and Physicians for Social Responsibility. States colored red have the highest tot al emissions from power plants; Indiana ranks sixth.
The TRI database quantifies a variety of industrial chemicals released from power plants. The AES plant at South Harding and I-465 on Indianapolis’s southwestside , for example, reported 1.6 million pounds of 18 different toxins in 2009. All coal-fired power plants release mercury, which Toxic Power singles out due to its acute toxicity. “Generally, the reporting threshold for electric generating facilities is 25,000 pounds or more of an individual pollutant,” the report says. “ … The reporting
threshold for mercury and mercury compounds is 10 pounds.” Researchers at the University of Calgary in 1999 exposed snail brain neurons to low levels of mercury and videotaped the resulting damage. Calling mercury a “potent neurotoxin,” they said other heavy metals — including aluminum, lead, cadmium and manganese — did not produce the same degenerative effect. Nationwide, electricity generation accounted for 75 percent of all mercury air pollution, Toxic Power notes. Power plants reported nearly 71,000 pounds of mercury released into the air in 2009. Indiana’s 3,670 pounds of mercury released ranked fourth nationwide. Seven of the state’s top 10 power plant polluters operate on or near the Ohio River, accounting for more than 60 percent of mercury emissions from Indiana power plants, according to Toxic Power. A third of the state total – 1,226 pounds – came from the Rockport plant, which, McHenry said, has “one of the very few mercury-specific control technologies.” Called activated carbon injection, she said, “it’s an advancement of that technology specifically designed to achieve higher levels of mercury emission reduction.” Steven Higgs is a freelance writer and editor of The Bloomington Alternative.
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PHOTOS BY STEPHEN SIMONETTO
The Max Allen Band performs in West Lafayette in early July.
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f Max Allen hopes readers learn one thing from this story, it’s that he’s no longer a blues guitarist. Not that there’s anything wrong with playing the blues. It’s how he got his start, way back in his teenage years. But he finds it weird when people come up to him saying they haven’t seen him for 10 years. He’s been around, after all. Playing new stuff. Growing up. Getting married. “It’s humbling to know that people still know your name, even if they’re skewed on it,” he explains in his stoner drawl while driving his dad’s minivan to a West Lafayette gig. “I feel like everything that I’ve done has only gotten better over time. I feel like, when they find out what’s going on, they’ll be delightfully surprised.” What’s going on today is the Max Allen Band has a gig at Purdue’s Memorial Union. Allen’s long-time drummer Shaan France, a sarcastic, dreadlocked realist, rides shotgun during the trip from Indy, filling in gaps in the band’s story while Allen loosens his voice by singing scales. Bassist Dace Robie, the band’s book-smart composition major, sits in the back beside this reporter. The configuration makes sense — the band’s elders in the front, the newcomer pulling up the rear. It’s been a gradual transition away from the blues for Allen. He burst on to the scene at the beginning of this century as a sort-of prodigy, a local version of Jonny Lang. He styled himself after Stevie Ray Vaughan, and, by some accounts, sounded a little like him — or at least he didn’t embarrass himself with the name check. But then, as he tells it, he started listening to “cooler shit:” funk, jazz, rock; Funky Meters, MMW, John Scofield, Galactic, Phish, Charlie Hunter. He connected to a lot of music from New Orleans. And he started playing something other than the blues in concert. There was a throughline, though: “I also noticed that there was a lot of blues in that music, so it was right up my alley,” he says.
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that leads, indirectly, to another point France was instrumental in helping Allen Allen wants to make: that he’s making make the transition. A classically-trained “simple music for simple people.” percussionist who can handle complex Yeah, the Max Allen Band is very, very orchestral work as easily as four-on-thetalented. But they’re also fun. They try floor, France brought with him an R&B and to make music that’s easy to dance to. funk feel when he joined the band more Allen’s lyrics are goofy. They don’t call than five years ago. At 37, he’s the oldest their stuff jam music (and perhaps wisest) because that’s become band member, 10 years a wank-y sounding elder to Max’s 27. title; Allen takes solos, The most recent addibut they tend not to tion to the trio is the lose their direction. bassist, Robie, who looks It’s good jam music like he might be into in other words, and gangster rap, what with it’s accessible to the his fitted Phillies cap, crowd they’ll play in Jay-Z shirt and pubic front of at Purdue (lots beard. And he is, but of kids and older townthe 24-year-old is into a ies) as well as hardcore whole lot more as well. improvisational music He’s a recent graduate — Max Allen, guitarist audiences like those of Butler University’s that gather at The School of Music, where Mousetrap, one of the he studied composition band’s favorite local places to play. under professors Frank Felice and Michael Schelle, and jazz under now-Ball State head of jazz studies Mark Buselli, who Five minutes from my house helped him get this gig. Robie’s brought To be clear, the Max Allen Band has its new ideas to the group, as well as the talent own van. Allen’s dad was once his manto implement them. ager, and he still contributes some funds “All of us can play at each other’s level and equipment to the band’s cause, but it’s now,” France says of the current lineup. only on a special occasion that he also con“You don’t have to worry about playing tributes the ride. But while the band made stuff in 7/8 — we don’t even worry any it back this week from a mini-tour around more. The band that we have now really Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, the van did allows us to go where we want to go. That’s not fare so well. It broke down somewhere the biggest change I’ve noticed, being in in Michigan’s hinterlands, where they the band over the last five years.” spent the night before being rescued by And where do they want to go? Just Dad and his minivan. about everywhere. They call their sound Still, the tour was a success. The Max “rock fusion.” Allen defines it as “a clusAllen Band may have as many fans in ter fuck of musical genres.” “With a rock Michigan as in its home state. It’s by feel,” France adds. Allen: “We’ll do anydesign; the group doesn’t want to overthing...” France: “Except klezmer.” saturate the local market and is looking That exchange somehow degenerates to increase its name recognition in coninto the band’s singing of the chorus to centric circles around the city — first the “Warewolf Bar Mitzvah” (“Boys become state, then the Midwest, then the world. men / Men become wolves”), a fictional But, as France puts it, “The downside of parody record which won a Grammy for that is people ask us, ‘Where are you guys Tracy Morgan’s character on 30 Rock. And from?’” when they’re playing a local show.
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“I feel like, when they find out what’s going on, they’ll be delightfully surprised.”
“I am five minutes from my house!” We’re about an hour from their houses now, rolling into West Lafayette on a sleepy summer day. France is talking up the band’s new record, recorded with producer Gary Mielke at Static Stack Studios. “One of the things for this album was not to rush it,” France says. “We wanted to take as much time as we needed to make sure that it would sound great: production-wise, music-wise, composition-wise. We want this album to be the album that says the Max Allen Band is really trying to do something different.” Robie and France completed the majority of tracking for the record last year, and the band has been adding finishing touches since. Robie wrote string arrangements, as well as some of the songs. Allen remains the band’s chief songwriter, although France has contributed songs in the past. “Dace was saying that on this album, it was about seeing how far we can push every one, what our limits were, as a composition guy,” France says. “For example, the marimba part he wrote me. I played it, he knows I can do that, and he’ll probably write me an even harder part the next time. I’ll complain about, then I’ll freak out about it, and then I’ll play it…In the future, we’ll continue to push harder. We’ll go down more musical avenues, just to see if we can. Why not? It’s there.” “His knowledge of music keeps me in check,” Allen adds. Like the rest of the band, Robie isn’t interested in complexity for complexity’s sake. “Without fail, someone will tell me I play too much, and someone will tell me I don’t play enough notes,” he explains. “It’s situation-specific. Those guys do a good job filling a lot of space, and I like to think of myself sometimes as the yin energy…If I write a piece of chamber music, I probably will try to appeal to nerds. But I think there’s something fun and challenging about making people dance and maybe having them listen to something that’s really, really cool but hidden in something really poppy.”
As Allen puts it, in a countrified voice, “We’re simple people playing simple songs, trying to communicate with people, trying to pull on their heartstrings.” The band plans to shop around the new release, tentatively due in September or October, to different labels. Previous Max Allen Band albums have all been self-released. “We’ve all been practicing scales for years, but just now we’re really trying to self-actualize from a promotional standpoint,” Robie explains. “There’s this saying from my music school days: ‘All human beings have beautiful things to say; it’s just down to who hustles the fastest.’” And, of course, part of that hustle includes day jobs. We left for West Lafayette from Guitar Center Indy, where France worked a shift earlier in the day. He and Robie teach at Bongo Boy Music Schools, with offices right across from each other. Allen recently began leading a Wednesday open-jam at The Mousetrap, and he and Robie play occasional duo gigs at Osteria Pronto, an Italian restaurant at the downtown J. W. Marriott. Everyone works freelance and fill-in gigs, and Robie is hard at work on the soundtrack for the Phoenix Theatre production, With a Bang. Allen even works when he’s doing laundry: He and his d ad co-own a CD duplication service, which apparently offers very reasonable rates for working musicians. He says he’s been working just about every weekend since he was a teenager, pretty much on a hospitality industry schedule: Mondays and Tuesdays off, then on for the rest of the week.
Friends everywhere
The Max Allen Band isn’t exactly in its native habitat here in West Lafayette. It’s an early-evening show in front of a townie crowd, after all. But friends are everywhere. There’s the guy who walks up and asks what band it is, hears the name Max Allen, then replies, “Of course, I’m from Indy, too,” and promises to bring along some friends for the show. Or Aaron, who works for the Union and played with Allen during his early years. And the conditions don’t matter much, anyways. The band could bring it, if you will, anywhere. They tote around their own PA, just in case the venue’s isn’t up to snuff. And they can craft a setlist true to their sound without being inaccessible to a not-necessarily-hip audience. Tonight, their set opens with “Earthwalker,” a mystical firecracker without a lot of room for the band to wander. “Unionize” follows, which gives Allen a chance to solo. He works with a full array of pedals, including one that effectively turns his guitar into a Hammond B-3. By looping a synth guitar riff behind a more traditional electric guitar solo, Allen gestures towards jam bands that prominently include organ — The Grateful Dead, most notably. Allen’s lyrics are very much in the jam band tradition: “Control,” for instance, takes a likably anti-authoritarian stance, even if doesn’t break new ground ideologically. The band’s most recent album Evening Sun — a song-centered record no longer representative of the band’s sound — familiar to happy-go-lucky stoner: how to avoid incriminating oneself when dealing with the cops; how to make love in the master bedroom; and the greatness of the guitar, which gets Allen his booze and hotel rooms for free. But it’s about the music for a band like this, and while Allen has always been the
“I did have a little bit of a cocky confidence when I was a kid, and I heard that a lot when I got older. When I got to bars, people were like, you were a little prick.”
—Max Allen
titular star, his bandmates are no slouches. France can hold down a conventional groove, but he also works successfully with samples and drum machines. His jazz and classical background affords his work a crispness and authority that isn’t always typical of rock drummers. And while Robie does, indeed, lay back when he needs to, he steps up to the mic with confidence; a solo on “Matt’s Song” is almost verbose, but in the end, lyrical and well-shaped. The band gets to only one cover on the setlist tonight — Stevie Wonder’s “Sir Duke” which sees Robie throwing off that bass line effortlessly — leaving behind what’s become an audience favorite, their take on Outkast’s “Bombs over Baghdad.” And then, after a few minutes decompressing and pushing free live CDs on passersby, it’s time for breakdown and the trip back to Lafayette. Allen’s night isn’t over, though. He’s recently begun hosting the Family Jam at The Mousetrap, a long-running open stage night at the Keystone Ave. club friendly to jam bands and their fans. Back in town by 11 p.m., he rushes over to the club, grabs a drink and plugs in with the rest of his friends. The club is pretty much empty — a contrast to the 200 or so that gathered in West Lafayette — but the show still goes on.
A little prick
Born in Avon, Ind., Allen started playing guitar at age 8. His dad was his first teacher, who taught him all he needed to know by age 10. “I owe a lot to my old man,” Allen
explains over lunch at the Indianapolis Museum of Art, a few minutes after wrapping up our cover shoot in front of Robert Indiana’s “LOVE” sculpture. “He used to sit around and just strum a guitar while I’d sit there, working on soloing. I’m sure it got old for him, but it helped me out a lot.” Allen’s dedication remains a pretty rare thing. France, sitting across from Allen in the IMA’s cafe, jokes, “I always tell kids, if I had a magic wand to poof at your head, it’d be great. Unfortunately, I don’t.” Allen: “I left my wand at home.” France: “I used it all up on me. Actually, I save that wand for my wife.” Robie: “Don’t say that to the children.” While Allen studied with some teachers, he learned just as much by playing along to records by the likes of John Scofield, Charlie Hunter, Wes Montgomery and Eric Clapton. A friend’s dad had a Stevie Ray Vaughan album, the discovery of which led Allen into his blues period: “Did all blues stuff: listened to blues, played blues covers, wore blue jeans.” Allen recorded his first CD in a friend’s basement at age 14. Called In the Flesh, it was an all-acoustic affair defined by singer-songwriter material. He sold it at school, carting around a lunchbox full of CDs, as he did with three other albums before his high school graduation. He may have been a bit of a brat during those years. David Lindquist of the Indianapolis Star put it politely in a 2001 piece about Allen, published shortly after the then 17-year-old played a prominent main-
stage gig at the Indy Jazz Fest: “In conversation, Allen conveys a frankness some might find refreshing, and others disrespectful.” “I did have a little bit of a cocky confidence when I was a kid, and I heard that a lot when I got older,” Allen says now. “When I got to bars, people were like, ‘You were a little prick.’” But France qualifies, “Try being 16 and having people play you on the radio.” “They put me up on a pedestal, and now I’m just like everybody else,” Allen adds. “Another guitar player.” Lindquist’s profile lists a few of Allen’s goals at the time, among which were to learn a Wes Montgomery song (Allen can still hum it on call) and to score a support slot with a major touring act. The Montgomery song is no longer on his mind, but the support slot is. As France puts it, “We gotta ride off the coattails of somebody. Everybody does, and everybody has. Look at how many people rode off the coattails of Miles Davis that now have amazing careers.” Allen could’ve gone to college, but it just didn’t make sense: “I had the academic choice, but out of high school, I felt like I was on the right track with what I was doing. Just like any other job, you get in, start working in the field and you’ll learn the trade.” He’s kept a band going under his name since high school, with plenty of lineup changes before the current one took shape. Allen has been the one constant — well, Allen and marijuana, which Robie calls the band’s “fourth member.”
Love you, dog
France and Allen first met in 2002 at a Battle of the Bands, when Allen loaned France a CD by influential New Orleans drummer Johnny Vidacovich. France actually brought the CD back, which set them on even keel. They didn’t meet again until 2004, when Allen was looking for a drummer to fill in on some gigs. A few slots turned into France being booked for every weekend that summer, and then his permanent addition to the band’s lineup. “About July, he said, ‘You just want to be in the band?’” France remembers. “And that’s how it happened.” “I love you too, dog,” Allen rejoins. It is a bro-dog love, but it goes beyond the band: Allen officiated at France’s wedding four years ago, and France returned the favor when Allen was married a couple years back. They are, to be clear, not men of the cloth: Allen is “totally agnostic; raised agnostic” and France was “raised Baptist, but raised with a free mind.” “I did my own thing,” Allen says of France’s wedding. “I sat down with them and figured out what they wanted out of it. I’m a good public speaker.” “Same thing here,” France says. “My sermon was a very small bit from the Bible, and it was pretty much all about love anyway.” Allen and France are also the two in the band most likely to argue. “But it’s not arguing like, ‘I fucking hate you, you go suck me,’” France explains. “Last weekend it was,” Allen retorts. “But within two hours, they hugged it out,” Robie says. And about that love affair with the fourth member? It may inspire Allen to relocate one day.
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“I’ve considered a change in state, and I hate to keep bringing up the counterculture side to it, but when you have a state like that that’s a little more lenient, it tends to draw the more eclectic culture,” Allen explains. “I hate to make it sound so refugee, but when you’re persecuted in other states…and we’re persecuted in Indianapolis for smoking weed.” Actually, the band was most memorably persecuted in Kentucky, but we’ll leave out those details to protect the ultimately innocent. Still, the Max Allen Band is sticking around for the time being. Robie
musters up some last words as our interview once again degenerates into pop culture references and inside weed-ball. “It’s always a work in progress, and we’ve come a long way since we started playing together,” he explains. “We’re always working on it, and we’re really hungry right now. Anyone who saw us two weeks ago, if they see us a year from now, we’ll be a totally different band — and the year after that, it’ll be a totally different band.” “And in about five years, we’re gonna get ourselves a young child and bring him in,” Allen half-jokes.
PERFORMING:
Friday, July 29, 8 p.m., Mojostock at Sleepybear Campground (13231 E. 146th St., Noblesville), $35 weekend pass, all-ages
Saturday, Aug. 6, 2 p.m., Best of Indy Party at Sun King Brewery (135 N. College Ave.), $6 advance, $7 door, 21+
Wednesdays, 10 p.m.: Allen co-hosts the Family Jam at The Mousetrap (5565 N. Keystone Ave.), 10 p.m., no cover, 21+
Some Thursdays, 7 p.m.: Allen and Robie at Osteria Pronto, 10 S. West St. (J. W. Marriott)
MEET THE BAND:
MAX ALLEN, Guitar AGE:
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GOT STARTED ON: Stevie Ray Vaughan CATCHPHRASE: “Simple music for
simple people.”
FUN FACT(S): Has asthma; has used
nebulizer on stage. Also a proponent of marijuana legalization.
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SHAAN FRANCE, Percussion
DACE ROBIE,
AGE:
AGE:
37
GOT STARTED ON: Buddy Rich, Max
Roach
CATCHPRASE: “Four on the floor
gets you paid.”
FUN FACT: Did not have contraband on his person during the band’s slumber party in Kentucky.
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Bass
GOT STARTED ON: Charlie Mingus CATCHPHRASE: “Hey, hey, hey; smoke weed every day.” FUN FACT: Didn’t particularly
enjoy jam music before he joined the band.
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It’s that time of year! August 12 is the deadline to get your 2011/2012 Arts Guide season information to us for possible inclusion in this year’ s Arts Guide. Send your info, along with photos, to calendar@nuvo.net. Put “Arts Guide” in the subject line.
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Only have time to do one thing all week? This is it.
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Wild in the Streets @ Indy Indie Artist Colony Ever dreamed of being a bicycle courier? Now’s your chance to live the lifestyle for one day! The Indy Indie Artist Colony ’s newest gallery titled “Wild in the Streets” opens for one day only on Saturday from noon to 9 p.m. Not only can FILE PHOTO you see photographs, alley cat flyThis photo was taken of bicycle messengers on Monument Circle ers, bicycles that have been hit by in 1908. Come see if bicycle couriers still look the same! cars while at work or riding, but also you have the opportunity to participate in an Alley Cat race beginning at 3 p.m. Awards ceremony begins at 6 p.m. 26 E. 14th St., 322-1322, www.IndyIndieArtist.com.
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National Art Museum of Sport @ University Place Conference Center
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Paul Lempa, “Satchel Paige,”
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Celebrating the 125 consecutive years of professional baseball in Indianapolis, the National Art Museum of Sport is exhibiting over 45 works of baseball art from its collection. Founded in 1959, NAMOS is one of the nation’s largest collections of art depicting sport. The exhibit runs through October 10, Mondays-Fridays from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. The Indianapolis Indians have played since 1887 and are considered Indianapolis’ first professional sports team. See our feature on the Indians on nuvo.net. 850 W. Michigan St., 274-3627, www. namos.iupui.edu.
ONGOING
Raymond Lee as Angry Clown, Amir Levi as Nervous Clown, Alexis Jones as Sad Clown and Kevin Klein as Mischievous Clown
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SPECIAL EVENT
Institute for Green and Sustainable Science @ Marian University
FREE
PERFORMANCE ARTS
Four Clowns @ Indy Fringe Theatre
Multi-award winning show-turnedtroupe Four Clowns is on a national tour and stopping at the Indy Fringe Theater. The show is a physical, musical and emotional journey into what it means to be a human. Each clown represents the four clown archetypes: sad, mischievous, angry and nervous. Follow them as they reminisce about their past and their experience from childhood to adulthood. The LA Theatre Review says, “you’ll be sure to cry…from laughter.” And the Huffington Post describes the show as, “daring and energetic, weird and wonderful.” Experience the hilarity for yourself this Thursday at 8:00 p.m. Tickets only $10 adults, $8 seniors/students. 719 E. St. Clair Street, for tickets: 562-508-1788 or www.FourClowns.org.
Want to reduce your carbon footprint, but unsure how? Join Marian University students and the Indianapolis community at the third annual IGSS Research Symposium, held in Ruth Lilly Student Center of Marian University. In an open house setting, visitors will be able to view the culmination of seven-week long projects researching sustainability, discuss the projects with student researchers, network with environmentally conscious organizations and enjoy free refreshments. 3 – 7 p.m. 3200 Cold Spring Road, 955-6005.
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Arts guide season calendars: Due Aug. 12
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Want to be included in our Arts Guide this year? Then we have to have your info by Aug. 12! We’re looking for your season calendars, from early September until May, 2012. If you only have the coming fall, that’s okay! We’ll take what you have. And always include photos whenever you can, of the visual art, of the performer, whatever. This year’s Arts Guide hits the streets (and the restaurants and the libraries, etc.) on September 7. Send to calendar@nuvo.net and put “Arts Guide 2011” in the subject line.
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Review of the new BBC comedy, “Friday Night Dinner” by Marc Allan City Gallery: Indy’s urban living center by Dan Grossman
SPECIAL EVENT
Exodus Refugee Annual Film Screening @ IMA For this year’s film screening fundraiser, Exodus Refugee will be preSUBMITTED PHOTO senting Welcome to Shelbyville , a An image from the film “Welcome to Shelbyville.” documentary capturing the joys and challenges of refugee resettlement in the Midwest. Director and producer Kim Snyder will lead a brief discussion following the screening. She will be joined on stage by a panel of refugees who have arrived in Indianapolis from several different countries. Nourish Cafe at the IMA will provide light dinner for purchase. A cash bar will also be available. Come at 5:30 p.m. for an art tour and music by DJ Kyle Long, then stay for the film screening at 7:00 p.m. Tickets are $20 and can be purchased at www.imamuseum.org. 4000 Michigan Road, 923-1331, www.imamuseum.org.
Your Go&Do Weekend by Jim Poyser Borders liquidating all stores by Gary Weir
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Indy Film Fest Closing Night at the IMA by Stacy Kagiwada Indy Film Fest After Party at Agio by Stacy Kagiwada
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PERFORMANCE ARTS
Mike Baldwin @ Morty’s Comedy Joint
Custom Framing for Custom People.
Mike Baldwin, considered by many to be one of the smartest and most likable comics working today, brings his clever writing style delivery to Morty’s. After winning the Trial By Laughter in Indianapolis, becoming a finalist in the San Francisco Comedy Competition, twice being named Funniest Comic in Kansas City and having his debut album go to #8 on the iTunes US comedy charts, Mike Baldwin has proven that he just might become the next big thing. Showtimes and ticket prices vary. 3625 E. 96th St., 848-5500, www.mortyscomedy.com.
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MUSIC
Bella Latina @ The Cabaret at the Columbia Club
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Elizabeth Souza
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Whether you like (or possibly never heard of) salsa, merengue, baiao, tango, basso nova or cha cha, Bella Latina will have something for you. Under the direction of the talented Monika Herzig and Heather Ramsey, the show features vocalists Stacie Sandoval and Elizabeth Souza and the world-renowned dancer Ana Lucia Cavalcant e exploring different styles of Latin-American music. The one night event starts at 8 p.m., with tickets ranging from $15 to $35 and a $12 food or beverage minimum. 121 Monument Circle, 275-1169, www.TheCabaret.org.
SATURDAY
WORKSHOP
Every Story Tells a Picture @ Marian University 62nd Street near Allisonville Road-255-8282 Downtown on Delaware Street- 636-5040 86th and Ditch Road- 872-0900
Each of us has a story to tell, but how we tell it what makes that story valuable to other people. Jim McGarrah, author of two memoirs and winner of the Eric Hoffer Award for Legacy Nonfiction , reaches out to all those wishing to learn how to translate your memoirs into words. Workshop lasts from 9 a.m – 4 p.m. costing $84 for members, $70 for students and teachers and $126 for nonmembers. 3200 Cold Spring Road, 255-0710, www.indianawriters.org.
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Indiana Fever v. Los Angeles Sparks @ Conseco Fieldhouse The Los Angeles Sparks meet the Fever in Indy Sunday at 6:00 p.m. After two games on the road against rivals Connecticut Sun (ranked 2nd in the East) and Minnesota Lynx (ranked 2nd in the West), the Fever are sure to be hyped up playing on their home-court this week. End the weekend with some excitement; don’t miss this opportunity to get in on the fun of Fever games. Ticket prices vary. 125 South Pennsylvania St., 917-2500, www.wnba.com/fever.
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The Fever’s Tamika Catchings.
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6281 N. College Ave.
SUNDAY
Mo appears regularly on the Chelsea Lately show and will be starring opposite Hanks Azaria in a new sitcom on NBC this fall called “Free Agents.” He has also made appearances on Modern Family, Conan, Craig Ferguson and has his own Comedy Central half hour special!
FESTIVAL
BonOdori Japanese Summer Festival @ Ocean World
Looking for a chance to experience Japanese culture through traditional dance and by dressing up in a yukatas (summer kimonos)? The 17th annual Bon Odori festival has it all including a multitude of games and prizes and traditional Japanese cuisine such as sushi, yakisoba and yakitori. Festival lasts from 5:30 – 9 p.m. in the Ocean World parking lot. Event is free to all. 206 86th St. W., 848-3901, www. oceanworldsushi.com.
Moshe Kasher 8/3-8/6
Michael Palascak 8/10-8/13
247 S. Meridian St.
Keith recently finished shooting two seasons as a star on MTV’s “Disaster Date”. He also appeared in the one hour Comedy Central special “Pablo Francisco’s: Ouch!” in 2006, ABC’s “Comic’s Unleashed”, BET’s “One Mic Stand”, HBO’s “Down and Dirty with Jim Norton”, and many more.
Sugar Sammy 8/3-8/6
Keith McGill 8/10-8/13
* Reservation required
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Animation Day @ IMA
Ever wonder how Disney and Pixar manage to make fish, cars and action figures seem so lifelike and filled with personality? Following an exhibition of 9 animated shorts, local animator John Ludwick will highlight the character creation process. Pixar animator John Capobianco’s new work, “Leonardo,” will be part of the line-up of shorts, and he’ll make an appearance via Skype and give attendees a glimpse of his latest project, “Galileo.” Interactive activities follow. Ages 4 and up welcome. $2. 4000 Michigan Road, 923-1331, www.imamuseum.org.
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An image from John Capobianco’s “Leonardo.”
TUESDAY
WRITTEN SPOKEN WORD
Dr. Christopher DiCarlo @ CFI
Are you asking the right question? Dr. Christopher DiCarlo will lecture on how
he believes critical thinking recognizes the faulty reasoning of people with authority. DiCarlo’s is author of the book How to Become a Really Good Pain in the Ass: A Critical Thinker’s Guide to Asking the Right Question and is an advisory fellow for the Center of Inquiry, Canada. The event begins at 7 p.m., with a $10 expected donation. 350 Canal Walk, Suite A, 423-0710, www.centerforinquiry.net/indy. SUBMITTED PHOTO
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FEATURE Back at the Brickyard
Busch brothers, Jeff Gordon, among favorites
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ith the “Chase for the Championship” already under way, the Brickyard 400 fills an important slot in NASCAR’s mid-summer schedule. Its role is particularly significant this year, due to the potential impact of the new points system, which awards three bonus points for winning a race. A single point is still awarded for leading a lap, and another point is given for leading the most laps during each race, but the new points system has another twist: the “wild card” option. Under the old system, the top 12 teams entered the chase. Under NASCAR’s new system, the top 10 teams still automatically enter the chase, but the 11th and 12th spots will be awarded to teams that finish 11th20th and have won at least one race during the season. With its new format putting more emphasis on winning, both for the bonus points and for wild card purposes, NASCAR has created a very tight – and exciting – championship battle.
Flat favorites
The Indianapolis Motor Speedway is a flat track that requires drivers to brake before entering the turns, roll to the apex and carry as much momentum out of the corner as possible. The flat racing surface may not favor the handling of NASCAR’s 2008 “car of tomorrow,” but it suits the driving style of some competitors. Kyle Busch, “KyBu” to Twitter fans, has managed top-five finishes in his past four flat-track races. His worst finish on this type of track in 2011 is third (Martinsville and Pocono). Although he relinquished the points lead at Loudon, Kyle has the skill to win here; whether he has the focus is the question. Kevin Harvick has scored in the top #15 in his past nine flat track starts. He’s also a former winner at the Brickyard, a track that favors past success. Another former winner – a four-time winner – Jeff Gordon seems to be finally hitting his stride this year, with two wins, a pole and a spot in the top 10. Carl Edwards and his Roush-Fenway Racing team have been getting stronger on flat tracks. Steadily finishing in the top five in nearly half of this season’s races – with an average finish of 10th all year – he has quietly been putting together a championship-caliber season. However, the consistency that was his early trademark hasn’t been there lately and there’s some concern about whether he is fading.
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The start of last year’s Brickyard 400.
Points-leading possibilities
Kurt Busch (Kyle’s big brother) has shown he’s finally figured out how to take a punch and come back strong. After some serious issues early in the season, the Penske team has managed to pull together and Kurt has been delivering impressive finishes on the track, while demonstrating the focus it takes to master the Brickyard. With his typical reserve and conservative driving style, Matt Kenseth is putting together a very strong season. Two race wins and consistent finishes have boosted him in the points. He has the determination to run well at Indy. Although he’s been solidly in the top five in the standings since early in the season, five-time champion Jimmie Johnson has only one victory this year. Uncharacteristic mistakes and pit crew drama have left many wondering if this is the year somebody beats the 48 team. However, Johnson’s team has shown an uncanny ability to turn it on once the championship chase begins and Jimmie’s already driving as if he’s in the Chase, so it’s not wise to count them out. Dale Earnhardt Jr. is comfortably within the top 10, an improvement over past seasons. However, he has yet to win this year, and has seen his average finish drop to 14th after a string of solid finishes. Ryan Newman is an old school racer who’s got the tenacity to take on a long, grinding race like the Brickyard 400. Maybe his win at Loudon last weekend marks the end of a downslide that has disrupted his momentum.
Chasing the dream
Currently out of the top 10 but never out of contention are Tony Stewart, who has yet to win a race this season, let
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alone begin his patented summer hot streak; IMS favorite Juan Pablo Montoya and Clint Bowyer, who just celebrated his 200th start, but whom many feel has lost his early-season momentum.
First-time hopefuls
First timers having great seasons, leaving the door open for a maiden victory at the Brickyard. It all started in February with a surprise win when 21-year-old Trevor Bayne swept into the lead and held on to win a very emotional Daytona 500 in his first start there. Others followed: young Regan Smith won at Darlington; Brad Keselowski calculated his way to a fuel mileage victory at Kansas and David Ragan won the Coke Zero 400 over the July 4th weekend. The stage could be set for adding a new member to the first-timers group. A.J. Allmendinger and Paul Menard have been running strong seasons. Allmendinger has faded a bit since his commanding start, but consistently puts himself in position to challenge for wins with top-10 qualifying positions that have resulted in two top-10 finishes. Indy is one of his best tracks. Likewise, Menard has been qualifying well, with five top-10 starts and has recently delivered top-10 results.
What’s missing
Tire issues plagued the 2008 Sprint Cup race at the Brickyard, amplified by the diamond-ground surface that tends to abrade the rubber. Extensive testing before the 2009 race led to the development of tire combinations that can withstand the surface conditions, and after two days of testing at IMS earlier this year, Goodyear decided to continue using the same tread compound at this year’s Brickyard 400.
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Jamie McMurray celebrating after last years victory.
Because the Indianapolis track is flat, another thing the drivers won’t have to worry about is sustained two-car drafting. Double-car drafting, in which two-car tandems work together, took over during the season-opener at Daytona, when drivers realized that the fastest way around the superspeedway was with a partner who would “push” him to the front and swap the lead when his engine got too hot. Few drivers appreciated the emergence of the “pusher” as a key role, especially when they felt deserted by their partner, but because the cars have to scrub off speed in the corners, the unpopular drafting method is unlikely to be effective here. It may be just another reason drivers enjoy this race. Sadly, the fans seem to be losing interest. Although this is the second-biggest event of the season, attendance has dropped 50 percent in five years and ticket sales for this year’s race are reportedly lagging behind last year’s. IMS hopes to lure spectators by adding a driver autograph session on Saturday and offering live performances by country music stars and a vintage stock car show. One thing’s for certain: there’s plenty of parking, and with special offers for those unfortunate Kentucky ticket holders, IMS may just lure a few extra fans this year.
WHAT: 2011 Brickyard 400 WHEN: Sunday, July 31. Gates open at 6 a.m., race starts at 1 p.m. WHERE: 4790 West 16th Street HOW MUCH: Ticket prices vary. Available at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, online atwww.imstix.com, or 492-6700 or (800) 822-INDY.
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Mariel Greenlee, Brandon Comer in DK’s “Taking Care of Business” the positive results of switching to a highfiber, low-fat vegan diet rich in vegetables, fruits, legumes, whole grains and plantbased protein. While a plant-based diet is not a new idea, Barnard offers fresh suggestions for adopting the regimen and motivating explanations of its benefits. Walking the reader through this comprehensive lifestyle change week by week, he provides sample menus, shopping lists, substitution ideas and tips for eating out, replacing foods and adapting recipes. Easy-to-follow steps are based in today’s fast- paced, fast-food reality. — LORI LOVELY
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BOOKS 21-DAY WEIGHT LOSS KICKSTART BY DR. NEAL BARNARD Grand Central Life & Style (February 28, 2011) Buy it for weight loss, keep it for life. Punctuated by personal examples and scientific fact, Dr. Neal Barnard, founder of the Physician’s Committee for Responsible Medicine, lays out a three-week plan of eating designed to change bad habits; promote weight loss, energy and sleep; relieve pain; and prevent and fight disease and signs of aging. He outlines both the challenges and
OneAmerica Stage at IRT; July 21-24. DK dancers provided an especially “enchanted performance” June 24 as a farewell to fouryear company member Caitlin Swihart who left for California within an hour of the close of the 2010-11 season. The poignancy of Caitlin and Timothy June’s reprise of “Some Enchanted Evening” leaves a lasting memory as the paradigm shifts within DK for the 2011-12 “40th Anniversary Season.” Fun and angst are the yin and yang of the pairing of David Hochoy’s “There’s No Business Like Show Business” which premiered October 2010 and Cynthia Pratt’s “Taking Care of Business” which premiered January 2011. Both closely partner choreography with lyrics and music, interpreting the heart and soul of each song, taking you on and into the journey of dancers physicalizing emotions. This program’s pairing offered a rich landscape of music touch100% RECYCLED PAPER // NUVO // 07.27.11-08.03.11 // a&e reviews
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REVIEWS ing on matters of the heart and defining personhood. Especially intriguing was the chance to experience Liberty Harris and Kenoth Shane Patton in seamless partnering — irony and disappointment reflecting Hochoy’s snapshots to the ballad “Send in the Clowns;” sexy, snarling, provocative blues moves for Pratt’s “Trouble.” Equally engaging was comparing the approaches to ensemble pieces. Pratt surprises with “Fever,” “Steamroller Blues” and “I Was the One” even though you’ve seen them before. Hochoy brings whimsy and daring to stagings of “Bloody Mary” and “Drive a Person Crazy.” Throughout DK dancers “sizzle” with energy. As mentioned in prior reviews the multicolored flowing costumes for “Show Business” and the slinky black and silver for “Elvis” are perfect, as is the lighting. —RITA KOHN
nist John Lenti easily competed at this level with their playing. As only three works from that period survive in score for this player combination (all by Englishman John Dowland), our Plaine & Easie group did lots of rearranging of pieces scored differently, sometimes requiring scholarly guesses at proper harmonies. Of the myriad composers represented, I recognized only two names: Michael Pretorius and Roland de Lassus, the latter better known for his religious choral polyphony. But this was all secular polyphony, ranging in mood from sad to glad, played and sung to a farthing. Plaine & Easie gave us, from start to finish, a Rich & Rewarding experience. — TOM ALDRIDGE
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MUSIC INDY EARLY MUSIC: PLAINE & EASIE w Festival Music Society; Indiana History Center; July 22. Sometimes a foursome can deliver more than a sixsome or sevensome. That happened on Friday’s Indianapolis Early Music Festival — the fifth in the FMS’s sixconcert series. The young performing group — one soprano and three string players — call themselves Plaine & Easie, while their program title was Joie Musicale: Breve et
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INDY EARLY MUSIC – ¡SACABUCHE!
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Facile (Musical Joy: Brief and Easy). This was music of the French Renaissance — the era identical to the Elizabethan music we heard two weeks earlier by the Baltimore Consort. And while each selection was indeed short and indeed produced lots of joy, the music was only “easy” to listen to — not to play. Of the group’s 28 offerings, in sets of two, three and four, eight had a vocal component, for which Linda Tsatsanis shared her impeccable singing, the best we’ve heard so far in this Indianapolis Early Music season. Renaissance violinist Shulamit Kleinermann, bass violinist Nathan Whittaker and lute-
Festival Music Society; Indiana History Center; July 24. “Sacabuche” is Spanish for “sackbut,” which is the Renaissance version of the trombone, a featured instrument in this 17-performer group, their program entitled, Matteo Ricci: His Map and Music. A famous Italian cartographer, Ricci journeyed to China and in 1602 completed a map of the world, including the Americas, while residing in Beijing. ¡Sacabuche! celebrated the event in music and narrative, combining mostly 16th-century European Renaissance music with two traditional Chinese selections while bookending the program
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with contemporary pieces by Huang Ruo (b. 1976). A screen hung above the stage showed a portrait of Ricci, then various portions of his map before revealing all six pieces of it together (frankly it was hard to read). Such famous Renaissance name composers as Gabrieli and Palestrina appeared often throughout, and provided their much vaunted harmonic beauty in their vocal polyphony, well captured by the group’s four singers. Other western instruments included Baroque trombones and various strings. The most exotic offerings were by Yang Yi, playing the guzheng, a cylindrical, plucked instrument with a seemingly infinite variety of pitches while sounding mostly like a western harp. Yi was joined by Tsujui Carrie Chin playing the sheng, a free reed instrument with vertical pipes, in “The Jade Pendants of the Immortals.” Yi later soloed with more delightful exoticism in “Lofty Mountains and Rolling Waters.” Co-director Ann Waitner provided the dominant English narration while Maniling Luo interpolated occasional Chinese. The IHC’s Basile Theater was alternately bathed in light and darkness throughout the program. While all the music could have stood on its own, a little “theater” made this concert a presentation. — TOM ALDRIDGE
Elite Indiana State Criterium ChampionshipS
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FOOD
CULINARY PICKS INDY’S SQUEALERS @ WINE, BREW, AND BAR-B-QUE TOO
No summer is complete without a barbeque, right? This one has come at the perfect time. And there will be free wine and beer tasting, so what’s not to love? Barbeque legend Squealers Award Winning Barbeque of Indianapolis makes its seventh stop of the 2011 barbeque contest season this Friday and Saturday at the Wine, Brew and Bar-B-Que Too Competition. Squealers is currently featured on the July cover of Indianapolis Monthly for their awardwinning ribs. The Friday, July 29, event starts at 11 a.m. There will be plenty entertainment, barbeque, and drinks; plus free admission and free parking. 5242 W. U.S. 52, New Palatine, IN 46163. http://www.nplions.com/
20TH INDY INTERNATIONAL WINE COMPETITION @ PURDUE
Do you consider yourself a wine connoisseur? Or will you throw anything back, red, white, dry, or sweet? Yes? Then you will want to head to West Lafayette on August 3, 4 or 5 for “the largest scientifically organized and independent wine competition in the United States.” Over 50 professional judges will evaluate approximately 3,000 different wines from 15 different countries and 43 U.S. states. Experts include wine writers, winemakers, winegrowers, wine scientists, chefs, distributors, and more. The competition will be held in the historic ballrooms of Purdue’s Memorial Union. The public is invited to watch Wednesday and Thursday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. and Friday for the Wine of the Year taste-off from 11 a.m. to noon. 101 N Grant St, West Lafayette IN 47906, (765) 494-8900, www.indyinternational.org
If you have an item for the Culinary Picks, send an e-mail at least two weeks in advance to culinary@nuvo.net.
BEER BUZZ BY RITA KOHN
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People’s Brewing night at New Albanian’s Public House
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Kahn’s North Willow, 2324 W. 86th, 6-8 p.m., 1st Annual “Hoppy Birthday” with tasting and conversations about the hops in 30 brews. Free but must RSVP at 251-9463, http://www.kahnsfinewines.com/hoppy-birthday
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Great Fermentations, noon, tapping last keg of Dan Krzywicki’s Bohemian Pilsner—first place at 2011 Indiana State Fair Craft Beer Competition. Upland Brewing Co in Bloomington and bestselling author, Michael Koryta are pairing to raise money for the Exotic Feline Rescue Center; free, starts 4 p.m. with family events.
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Discerning the qualities of different varieties of hops was the over-riding topic during the 2011 Microbrewer’s Festival where they were tapped in groupings. Beer Buzz concentrated on this offering and concluded it’s a fine way to heighten palate, discern qualities each hop imparts and learn why brewers most often choose specific combinations. Most breweries and brewpubs will have their brew available all summer.
some of the differences between varieties of hops. Every participating brewery has used a different hop variety. Half Moon chose to use Falconer’s Flight hops described as having “superior aromatic qualities, imparting distinct tropical, citrus, floral, lemon and grapefruit tones.” Liz Laughlin, brewer from Rock Bottom Brewery - College Park, supplied this year’s recipe using three varieties of Briess malts. [Each brewery used its yeast strain.] Taste the following, have a conversation and look at hops many brewers are growing on site. Make a special visit to Easley Winery to pay homage to Joan Easley and her hop plants surviving a quarter of a century. Barley Island-Summit; Bee CreekCascade; Bier-Apollo; Big WoodsMt. Rainier; Crown-Liberty; Figure Eight-Sterling; Flat 12- Galaxy; Great Crescent-Perle; Half Moon-Falconer’s Flight; Lafayette-Phoenix; Mad AnthonyCentennial; New Albanian-Palisades; People’s-Mt. Hood; Power HouseNugget; Rock Bottom College ParkAhtanum; Rock Bottom DowntownAmarillo; Sun King-Nelson Sauvin; The Ram-Chinook; Thr3e Wise Men-Glacier Oaken Barrel’s new seasonal American Wheat is a new style created by American Brewers Association ten years ago. It’s refreshingly light with a strong citrus hop flavor.
Half Moon brewer John Templet summarizes: “19 breweries from around Indiana have each brewed a Single Hop Pale Ale using the same recipe and same ingredients (other than hops) to demonstrate If you have an item for Beer Buzz, send an email to beerbuzz@nuvo.net. Deadline for Beer Buzz is Thursday noon before the Wednesday of publication.
Black Market’s Duck Buns ($9), three substantial soft dinner-roll style buns stuffed with meltingly fatty and tender duck rille tte.
Thrilling food
Brand new Black Market might be Indy’s best BY N EIL CHARL ES N CHARL ES@ N UVO . N ET This is the restaurant that I, and I imagine a great many others, have been waiting for to open in this town. Based upon two visits over the past three weeks, and reports from friends (yes, they exist), there is no doubt Black Market is capable of turning out exciting, no, make that thrilling, food that extracts the maximum potential from predominantly locally-sourced ingredients. Occupying an old commercial brick building, with no sign outside to advertise its presence, Black Market is the apotheosis of muted urban cool. The interior, masterfully decorated in greys and earth tones, offers nothing to detract from your company or what’s on the plate. The large communal table, inspired, I imagine, by The Publican in Chicago, encourages conviviality, while the equally inspired choice of music (protogoth and post punk tunes on one visit) provides a suitably ascetic
aural background to distract you from intrusive conversations. The menu is concise, to the point and brilliantly executed. Short as it is (fewer than ten appetizers and entrees, just two or three desserts), there was nothing on the menu I didn’t want to try, hence two visits. Unlike many contemporary restaurants, the small plates at Black Market aren’t that small. The Mussel dish ($10), whether prepared with Broad Ripple Brewpub ale or with wine, with or without Goose The Market bacon, is a generous serving. Likewise, the Duck Buns ($9), three substantial soft dinner-roll style buns stuffed with meltingly fatty and tender duck rillette, is almost a meal in itself. It’s a play on Cha Su balls and works really well. Then there’s the tour de force, the Pickle Plate ($5), which has at times included pickled cabbage, zucchini, egg, carrots, watermelon and ramps. It’s always served with the house– made peanut butter, which, believe it or not, provides a spectacular counterpoint to the crisp acidity of the pickles. And then there’s the Tongue Cocktail ($8): thick chunks of local beef tongue served with beets and horseradish. Although utterly delicious, and a modest step on the scale of nose-to-tail eating, it’s a noble attempt to elevate the ordinary into something sublime. If you find the concept of tongue is less than appealing, please give it a try.
Mains include a perfect pork schnitzel ($18; try it with the spaetzle for a nostalgic trip to finde-siècle Vienna) and a bowl of truly spectacular duck dumplings ($18). The broth, oozing with the very essence of duck, with subtle hints of allspice and basil was so generous and so well executed that I wanted to take the rest home to use it in a sauce. The dumplings were filled with a loose, melting confit that exploded on the palate without even a hint of filler. The wine and beer list is as succinct as the menu and expertly chosen, with the emphasis on food-friendly wines. Thrilled as I am by this restaurant, I’m eager for the chef to take the next step, take a cue from Fergus Henderson and put some veal marrow bones and pig heads on the menu. I’m sure it’s only a matter of time.
Black Market
922 Massachusetts Avenue 317-822-6757 No reservations www.blackmarketindy.net/
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MOVIES Crazy, Stupid, Love BY E D JO H N S O N - O TT E JO H N S O N O T T @ N U V O . N E T
r (PG-13) Crazy, Stupid, Love is a big, glossy, sloppy, but likable Hollywood relationship comedy. The screenplay is busy, so perhaps a guide to the character dynamics would be useful: Husband and wife Cal (Steve Carell) and Emily (Julianne Moore) separate after Emily reveals she has been sleeping with a co-worker (Kevin Bacon). Handsome Jacob (Ryan Gosling) loves ladies and they love him, except for law school graduate Hannah (Emma Stone), who is resistant to his charms. Cal and Emily’s 13-year-old son Robbie (Jonah Bobo) loves 17-year-old Jessica (Analeigh Tipton), who babysits his little sister. An annoyed Jessica rejects his frequent romantic advances. She’s smitten with middle-aged Cal, who has no clue that some teenager is pining for him. There’s another link between some key characters, but the movie doesn’t reveal it until late in the proceedings, so I won’t detail it here. The various plot lines are not given equal play. Most of the attention goes to Steve
Carell’s Cal and Ryan Gosling’s Jacob. Cal is a good father and apparently a boring husband. After the split from his wife, he spends a lot of time at some sleek pick-up bar, boring anyone in his vicinity with the sad tale of his wife cheating on him. After witnessing the hapless display repeatedly, Jacob approaches Cal with a proposition; he’ll teach him how to dress, groom himself and behave to actually be able to pick up women. I enjoyed the ensuing makeover scenes. Do fashionable men really dress like that? So many layers! And then there are the gym scenes, where we get our first glimpse of Ryan Gosling’s torso. Holy cow, who would have guessed that beneath the shirt of the respected independent film actor there was a ripped Bowflex body just waiting for its close-up! Carell is engaging as a guileless schlub. His honesty early in the proceedings is startling and funny. I wondered for a bit if he would be painted as a compulsive truth-teller, but his frankness fades as the story unrolls, though not before he meets Kate (Marisa Tomei) in the bar. She finds his genuine answers sexy, leading to one of the film’s most riotous scenes. Tomei is terrific, by the way. So is Gosling, who is smart enough to play his character straight. With his calculated approach to women, Jacob could easily have been insufferable, but Gosling presents the character as a man who believes in himself and his method of interacting with others. He is his own creation, and it works. Julianne Moore’s character is less effective.
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Moore emotes all over the place, but Emily still feels underwritten. The subplots with the two teenagers longing for people they cannot have are amusing, thanks in large part to the gifted young actors. About two-thirds of the way through, the movie sags, bogged down by the screenplay’s awkward juggling of its various subplots. A leaden subplot involving Emma Stone’s Hannah and some lump played
by singer Josh Groban doesn’t help. But the movie finds its footing in time to offer both the obligatory big wacky scene where all the subplots converge and a scene that provides a satisfying resolution. Crazy, Stupid, Love isn’t structurally sound, but it has enough laughs and charm to stay afloat, providing a welcome destination for a warm summer night.
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The following are reviews of films currently playing in Indianapolis area theaters. Reviews are written by Ed Johnson-Ott (EJO) unless otherwise noted. COWBOYS AND ALIENS (PG-13)
Daniel Craig, Harrison Ford and Olivia Wilde star in this adaptation of Scott Mitchell Rosenberg’s 2006 graphic novel. Jon Favreau ( Iron Man) directs. Excited yet? Reportedly, the screenplay for the sci-fi western doesn’t get cute — sounds like a good plan. With a high-concept project like this, the best approach is probably to play it straight. In addition to the star power of Craig and Ford, the cast includes some excellent lesser-known actors (Sam Rockwell, Noah Ringer, Paul Dano, Clancy Brown and The Shield’s Walton Goggins) who should fit right in to dusty 1873 Absolution, Arizona. 118 minutes. See Ed’s review on Friday morning on nuvo.net.
THE SMURFS (PG)
The little blue critters that used to run wild on Saturday morning TV make the move to the big screen in a comedy that mixes live-action and computer-animation. Neil Patrick Harris plays a flesh and blood human, with Smurf voices provided by Katy Perry, Jonathan Winters, George Lopez, Alan Cumming, Kenan Thompson, Anton Yelchin and Fred Armisen. Hank Azaria plays the villain and Tim Gunn and Jeff Foxworthy turn up as well. 100 minutes.
SNOW FLOWER AND THE SECRET FAN (PG-13)
In 18th century China, seven year old girls Snow Flower and Lily are matched as laotong — or “old sames” — bound together for eternity. Isolated by their families, they furtively communicate by taking turns writing in a secret language between the folds of a white silk fan. In a parallel story in present day Shanghai, the laotong’s descendants, Nina and Sophia, struggle to maintain the intimacy of their own childhood friendship in the face of demanding careers, complicated love lives and a relentlessly evolving Shanghai. 100 minutes. At Landmark’s Keystone Art Cinema.
TOP GUN (PG)
Perhaps the most testosterone-filled movie ever made, Top Gun is making its way to the IMA. A baby-faced Tom Cruise stars as a reckless pilot competing for top honors at the naval flight school. 110 minutes. At the IMA Amphitheater on Friday, July 29 at 9 p.m. $10 for the public, $5 for museum members.
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CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE FIRST AVENGER
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An eye-opening documentary, this film captures all the joys and pains of refugee resettlement in the Midwest. 74 minutes. The Exodus Refugee group will host a screening of the film in the IMA’s Toby Theatre on Friday, July 29 at 7 p.m. Kim Snyder, the film’s producer-director, will lead a brief discussion afterwards with a panel of refugees. Tickets are $20 with proceeds benefitting the Exodus Refugee group. In this age of dark, realistic superhero films, it’s refreshing to see an old-fashioned one filmed through an escapist lens. Captain America feeds our collective nostalgia, transporting viewers to an era of strong ideals, unbridled enthusiasm and wars worth fighting. Its grounding in World War II also provides a stark reminder that our current wars are not as clear-cut. Chris Evans exudes charisma as the titular super-soldier while Hugo Weaving smolders with menace as the Nazi madman bent on destroying him. Pulpy, patriotic, and exciting, Captain America is one of the best films of the summer. 125 minutes. — Sam Watermeier
music Dude Fest
Four days of hardcore — and the end of an era
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his year’s Dude Fest, the ninth, is notable not just because a DIY hardcore music event has thrived this long in a city not known for appreciating such art, but because it also marks the end of an era for one important band. After 10 years, politically-charged punk/ metal purveyors The Dream is Dead are calling it quits. They’ll play their last show July 28 during Dude Fest, part of a lineup that night that includes fellow Hoosiers Phoenix Bodies, Ice Nine and Picked Clean. “I think we’ve pretty much done everything we set out to do,” says Clark Giles, vocalist for The Dream is Dead. That includes the release of one fulllength (the hardcore classic Hail the New Pawn), issuing a handful of split 7-inches and EPs and touring the country coast to coast four times. “I think that’s a pretty good run for a band that plays the kind of music we do,” Giles says. “It’s time to put it to bed.” There’s another, more vital reason for ending The Dream is Dead – the recent passing of their guitarist, Jared Southwick. Giles and Jason McCash (now of The Gates of Slumber) recruited the former six-stringer for Indiana death metal band Harakiri to play in The Dream is Dead when the group got going in 2001. Southwick died June 23 of complications from a kidney and liver condition. He was 34. “It’s going to be strange to play that last song and not see him standing there pounding on (drummer Dustin Boltjes’) cymbals, which he always did on the last song,” Giles says. “It will be bittersweet. But I’m glad we can play the last show as a tribute to him, just tie a ribbon on the whole thing.” Derek Black, Dude Fest organizer and vocalist for Phoenix Bodies, hopes for strong attendance to properly send off the band. He’s unsure how much hype will surround the event, given that The Dream is Dead hasn’t played live in a year. “I hope people come there to appreciate their music for the last time,” Black says. “Jared was a great friend of mine, so it will be kind of a weird thing, probably emotional for a lot of people. Hopefully it will be cathartic.”
A crappy town for music An interesting aspect of Dude Fest is that its audience has always been largely comprised of out-of-towners. Black says every
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Jared Southwick performs with The Dream is Dead in 2007.
tons of money and have 10 people come to corner of the United States will be reprea show that in any other town would have sented at this year’s edition. He even sold 400 or 500 people at it,” Black says. “That some tickets to fans from Australia. Circle happened routinely to him. He was easily City residents, however, tend to stay away. one of the most passionate people I knew “Indianapolis is a really crappy town for when it came to music. He cared so much music,” Black says. “They don’t really care about bringing bands to town and sharing about anything new going on or seeing the this music with people. It was upsetting to local band play its hundredth show there. see how little response or It’s hard to do the fest appreciation he ever got.” in Indianapolis. But I But there are plenty of live here and like having fond memories to overnice things, so I do what ride that. Giles considers I can to keep it going.” Southwick one of the best Southwick had much guitarists with whom he’s the same experience. played. Aside from performing, “He was totally dedicathe also booked shows ed to what he was doing,” locally, often acts with he says. “I like playing in small but devoted folbands, but he was born lowings. In Indianapolis, to be a musician. It’s the that usually translated end of an era, and that’s into money-losing ven—Derek Black, kind of why I think it’s an tures. Black remembers on Jared Southwick appropriate time to end seeing a performance the band. I don’t see a by the seminal grindpoint in continuing it.” core crew Phobia at There were plenty of The Hoosier Dome hijinks in that time too. Black fondly recalls (where this year’s Dude Fest is July 27-30) a 2004 Phoenix Bodies/The Dream is Dead that Southwick organized. He estimates only tour. about a dozen people attended. “A lot of it was crazy debauchery with 12 “Jared was a guy who would bring in guys from Indiana who all knew each other bands from all over the world, pay them
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well, just going out and having a wild time every night,” he says. While in Florida Southwick convinced everyone to visit the studio where bands like Cannibal Corpse recorded some of their most popular albums.
The last dreamer Giles says Southwick was always ready to tour. Southwick was a big King Diamond fan. While traveling the band had a ritual they called “lurking.” They’d arrive at a gig. Most of the crowd was generally underage so they wouldn’t want to hang out inside. Instead they’d lounge in their van. Southwick would listen to every King Diamond record over the course of the evening, getting increasingly wired until it culminated in him dancing in front of the van while someone flipped the headlights on and off. And there were Southwick’s flip-flops. Those were his shoes of choice, even in winter. “I remember we played a show in North Dakota; a blizzard was coming in and he was still in flip-flops,” Giles says. “I respect that.” Giles is now the only original member in The Dream is Dead. McCash couldn’t keep up with the touring schedule and bowed out in ’03, replaced by former Ice Nine bassist Dave Lawson. Boltjes, who also
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BY THE DAY: July 27, 7 p.m., $15, feat. Big Business, Torche, Helms Alee, Still July 28, 7 p.m., $10, feat. The Dream is Dead, Ice Nine, Phoenix Bodies, Picked Clean July 29, 5 p.m., $20, feat. Iron Lung, Weekend Nachos, Coliseum, Pygmy Lush (aftershow at 10 p.m., free with Fest wristband, $5 without, feat. Slam Dunk, Cyborg) July 30, 12 p.m., $25, feat. Dropdead, Magrudergrind, 7000 Dying Rats, Hewhocorrupts (aftershow at 10 p.m., free with Fest wristband, $10 without, feat. Skeletonwitch, The Gates of Slumber, Demiricous)
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plays in Skeletonwitch, took over for original drummer Alex Bond. Carl Byers, once in Phoenix Bodies and now in the Indy metal band Coffinworm, was brought in as a second guitarist a year and a half ago. “We probably wouldn’t do this show if we had to get someone else and teach them all the songs,” says Giles. Plus profits from the performance are going to support the local all-ages music venue The Dojo, and the band didn’t want to let them down. The Dream is Dead plan on breaking out a couple songs they haven’t performed live since their first year. But Giles says that will likely be the only surprise. They tried to get McCash back, but so far schedules haven’t meshed. There is one aspect of the band that goes unrequited for Giles – finishing their second full-length record, something he notes no hardcore band from Indy seems able to accomplish. The Dream is Dead managed to finish about eight of 11 songs, which Giles figures he’ll eventually issue for free as demos. But if you only have one longplayer to your name, Hail the New Pawn constitutes a lasting legacy. Produced in L.A. by Alex Newport (of Fudge Tunnel and Nailbomb) and released in 2005 on Escape Artist, the record harkens to a time when heavy music was bereft of production gimmicks and still had a message, not to mention pinpoint rage. “If people want to get familiar with Midwest hardcore music that was going on four or five years ago, that would be a really good reference point,” Black says of the album. As for Giles, he’s not doing much with music currently. His goal is to release
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Clark Giles, lead vocalist for The Dream is Dead, in 2007.
one more record on his own label, Happy Couples Never Last. That would give him an even 50 and finalize a list that includes a who’s who of the local hardcore community. But finishing his doctorate in political science, which Giles hopes to parlay into a tenured teaching position, leaves little time for much else. “Never say never though,” he says. “I’ll see a kickass band of 17-year-olds at the Dojo and that makes me want to do it again. I always say I’ll never be in a band again, and then six months later I’m in a crappy band with four dudes playing a show.” Even if that doesn’t happen, he’ll always have The Dream is Dead. For as much as
the collective struggled, Giles thinks their societal diatribes changed some minds, or at least opened some eyes. He’ll never forget playing shows in towns he never heard of, to kids who knew the words to all their songs. That’s good enough for him. “If a kid stays in school and does something with his life, I think that’s pretty awesome,” Giles says. “They don’t necessarily have to become politically active. Just do something positive with your life. To me it’s about saying society’s screwed up, not screw society in punk rock. It’s about trying to make some kind of positive change, in whatever way you want to try to make it.”
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Mojostock:
A no hassle, goodvibe weekend of music BY EMILY THOMPSON M U S I C@N U V O . N E T When a music event adopts the name “fill-in-the-blank Stock,” they have some pretty big shoes to fill. Coming up on the third annual MojoStock, IndyMojo, the titular sponsor of the jam and EDMcentric festival, aims to live up to those expectations by going all out — bringing in more out-of-town performers, maxing out their venue’s capacity and adding performers in hip-hop and other genres. It all got started back in June 2008, when Jason King and his business partner, Sean Smith, purchased IndyMojo. com from MetroMojo, a software developing company. The two have since transformed the once-failing project into a profile-based site “for Indy, by Indy.” “It’s a place to promote,” King, president and CEO of IndyMojo said. “It’s a place to be heard for free. We’re 100-percent user content. So it’s free for anyone to post a blog. It’s free for anyone to post their events.” King said IndyMojo’s mission statement is to “use the Internet to get people off the Internet.” “We want people to get off the Internet and get active in the community and meet each other,” he said. “So what IndyMojo always was, was kind of a digital icebreaker.” One of the ways IndyMojo works to get people off the Internet is by hosting their own music festival, MojoStock. When MojoStock began three summers ago, King and IndyMojo Promotions Director Matt Ramsey only projected an attendance of about 50 people. About 250 showed up. Last year, they upped the ante by adding an electronic tent. This year, they’re going all out. They plan to maximize Sleepybear Campground’s capacity by
selling 800 tickets — King is certain they will sell out before the show — and extending MojoStock to a two-day event. “The jam band scene and the electronic scene are the two most growing scenes in Indianapolis,” King said. “That’s without a doubt, and it’s going to be hard for anyone to argue that the indie rock or the hip-hop scene would even come close to being able to generate the crowds that the jam and electronic scenes are creating right now.” This year’s festival will feature dubstep headliner Cyberoptics (Los Angeles), along with locals the Twin Cats and Adam Jay, Disco Aliens (Louisville) and nearly 50 other performances. The lineup also includes most of the DJs of G-9 Collective, an offshoot of IndyMojo coordinated by the company’s promotions “Some of the most talented DJs in town are on G-9 Collective,” King explains. “It’s almost kind of like a record label. We use G-9 Collective when we’re booking artists out of town.” Indianapolis-native Adam Jay will make his second consecutive MojoStock appearance this year. “I’m a techno producer, and what I do musically is try to make upfront, aggressive techno that has purpose and is devoid of any kind of cheap gimmicks and cheese,” Jay said. “It’s very thoughtful and forward-thinking. I’m a bit of an art nerd, so I try to abstract a lot of art into my music. So there’s lots of different themes: futuristic themes and things of that nature.” As a MojoStock veteran, Jay had only good things to say about the festival. “[IndyMojo] is bringing a lot of different people together that wouldn’t otherwise be brought together, and it seems to work really well,” Jays said. “I think that one thing that does stand out is IndyMojo’s attention to detail in terms of production quality. So there’s always really good lights and solid sound, so that’s important.” King said that MojoStock is IndyMojo’s largest and most expensive annual event. “I would say that MojoStock is probably the flagship of what IndyMojo has
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SOUNDCHECK Dudefest (July 27-30) and Mojostock (July 30-31) number among our top picks this week; flip to pgs. 25 and 27, respectively, for more.
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Palladium at the Center for the Performing Arts, 355 City Center Drive, Carmel 7:30 p.m., $30-$120 (plus fees), all-ages
Cold Fusion
Pat Benatar’s combination of arena rock bluster and MOR song structure made her an ‘80s pop star. She’s been performing with her husband, Neil Giraldo, from the beginning; only recently has he been given headline billing.
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Renaissance women Natalia Zukerman and Adrianne Gonzalez are as proud of their visual art as their music. They’re touring with both this time around, opening their “Art is Song” show with a reception featuring their artwork, then closing the night with a little live music. And as for that “Art is Song” title, here’s how it works — Zukerman and Gonzalez created paintings for the tour based on their songs, trading ideas and lyr ics back and forth while chatting over Skype (Zukerman lives in New York City; Gonzalez in Los Angeles), sometimes ending up with paintings that incorporated some kind of text, sometimes opting for a more abstract representation of a given song’s themes or textures. Zukerman is a regular visitor to this city, in town last year in support of her excellent, passionate full-length Gas Station Roses.
Ted Leo
Thursday INDIE ROCK TED LEO & THE PHARMACISTS Earth House, 237 N. East St. 6:30 p.m., $13 advance, $15 door, all-ages
Ted Leo is a dependable guy. You can expect him to be out there on the road more often than not; he told NUVO this week that he’ s scaled back from a schedule that saw him touring nine months of the year, but he’s still working harder than many a 40-year -old punk. And you know what you’ll get with his records — aggressive, upbeat, sometimes angry punk rock, usually with a point to make about this world we live in, even if Leo sometimes couches that point in wordplay and misdirection. Daniel Brown talked with Leo this week about politics, social media, revisiting old work and writing one’s epitaph;
SOUNDCHECK of the currently-on-hiatus Black Crowes. One Black Crowe, keyboardist Adam MacDougall, has stuck around for this ride; otherwise, Robinson leads a five-piece band comprised of long-time touring musicians and friends. HIP-HOP MIC SOL & ACE ONE PRESENT THE CONNECTION
Locals Only, 2449 E. 56th St. 9 p.m., $5, 21+
Natalia Zukerman (left) and Adrianne Gonzalez the results can be found on nuvo.net. With Tweak Bird and Freddie T and the People. CELTIC ROCK GAELIC STORM
The Vogue, 6259 N. College Ave. 9 p.m., $20 advance, $22 door, 21+
Santa Monica-based Celtic rock band Gaelic Storm survived an unplugged stint as house band on James Cameron’s Titanic, playing for third-class passengers as they sank into the solitude of the sea. They’ve gone on to become fan favorites at Indy Irish Fest with a repertoire very much appropriate to the event, equal parts folk songs with authentic Irish trimmings (fiddle, bagpipes) and originals that challenge the idea of authentic Irishness (and especially those who claim to bleed green but have never been to their “homeland”).
Inseparable local hip-hop duo Mic Sol & ACE ONE suggests in a press release that this “will possibly” be their last performance in 2011. With Hinx Jones, Phenonmonal 1, Stakzilla, Blake Allee, DJ Deadrisk. JAZZ DOMINICK FARINACCI
The Jazz Kitchen, 5377 N. College Ave. 10 p.m., $15, 21+
Chris Botti-esque trumpeter Dominick Farinacci plays the late show at the Kitchen, touring in support of his second domestic release as a bandleader, Dawn of Goodbye , which follows on seven albums made for Japanese labels. Farinacci made his way to his current home of NYC after being featured on a Jazz at Lincoln Center special at age 17, having been handpicked by Center bigwig Wynton Marsalis.
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The Cabaret at the Columbia Club, 121 Monument Circle, Ste. 516 8 p.m., $15-$35, all-ages
ISIS of Indiana, an af finity group for female musicians from Indiana, continues its year long collaboration with the Cabaret at the Columbia Club this week, this time featur ing Latina talent from the state. Featured performers include vocalists Stacie Sandoval and Elizabeth Souza and dancer Ana Lucia Cavalcante. The show is directed by ISIS cofounders Monika Herzig and Heather Ramsey. POP-PUNK TAKING BACK SUNDAY
Egyptian Room at Old National Centre, 502 N. New Jersey St. 7 p.m., $27.50 advance, $30 door (plus fees), all-ages
Taking Back Sunday got the old band back together last year, bringing back two members who had flown the coop since the posthardcore band’s 1999 founding, thereby reestablishing the original lineup before going back into the studio to record Taking Back Sunday, released in June on W arner Bros. With Thursday and Colour Revolt. ROOTS CHRIS ROBINSON BROTHERHOOD The Vogue, 6259 N. College Ave. 8 p.m., $18, 21+
A solo project by Chris Robinson, lead singer
Paul Holdman: 7-10
Sam King 7-10
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Jeremy Vogt 7-10
Tennessee Walker 7-10
Friday July 29th
Mothergrove 7-11 Saturday July 30th
Friday August 5th Zanna
Doo 7-11 Saturday August 6th
Cousin Roger 7-11
Sundays in July Biergarten Summer Concert Series
Melody Inn, 3826 N. Illinois St. 9 p.m., $5, 21+
LATIN BELLA LATINA
Wednesday August 3rd
Woomblies 7-11
ROOTS SHOTGUN PARTY
Anyone who cares for or knows what western swing is will likely dig on Shotgun Party , an Austin-based trio that sounds a little like Austin, with its mélange of honky-tonk and indie-rock, executed with effortless talent and plenty of style. Café jazz is also a touchstone for the group, comprised of a fiddler , guitarist and upright bassist, with vocals by bandleader and guitarist Maryann Price. With Church Shoes, a rough-around-the-edges Austin-via-Fort-Wayne garage band.
Wednesday July 27th
Taking Back Sunday
Saturday PUNK PUNK ROCK NIGHT WITH JOE JACK TALCUM (DEAD MILKMEN) Melody Inn, 3826 N. Illinois St. 10 p.m., $8, 21+
A very special Punk Rock Night featuring Anthony Genaro, aka Joe Jack Talcum, who made his name as guitarist and vocalist with goofy Philadelphia punk band The Dead Milkmen. Genaro will perform two sets: one consisting of Dead Milkmen songs; the other of his solo work, which he’s been releasing without fanfare since his Dead Milkmen days, sometimes under pseudonyms (“Halvin’ My Baby” by Butterfly Fairweather, for instance). With Gay Black Republican, The Bassturd, Danny Thompson (performing from the Sloppy Seconds catalog).
Tuesday HIP-HOP WIZ KHALIFA
The Lawn at White River State Park, 801 W. Washington St. 7 p.m., $32.50-$35 (plus applicable fees), all-ages
Back so soon, Wiz? The Pittsburgh-born emcee, who is ever so fond of his marijuana, to the extent that he’ll soon stand charges for possession on his tour bus, was last in town in early January, when he played two gigs at the Egyptian Room, the second added after the quick sell-out of the first. So that would explain it: Hoosiers just love that ubiquitous ode to Khalifa’ s hometown, “Black and Yellow,” a Billboard number one single. With Kanye protégé Big Sean and Wiz protege Chevy Woods. 100% RECYCLED PAPER // NUVO // 07.27.11-08.03.11 // music
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DISC-US LEMI VICE
Lemons/Let’s All Fall in Love Rad Summer
channel the moombahton beat in an effective manner, leaving the track to meander aimlessly and effectively bringing an otherwise strong EP to a somewhat lifeless end. —KYLE LONG
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Night People Western Vinyl
Chicago-based producer Lemi Vice’s first effort for Rad Summer — the second release by the label overall — is a definite winner. The digital-only release features two Vice originals — “Lemons” and “Let’s All Fall In Love” — plus remixes for each track. “Lemons,” every bit as sour as the name suggests, unleashes 4 minutes and 37 seconds of well-composed acidic dubstep noise on the listener. Glitchy high-pitched squeals battle it out against raw low-end wobble as a vocal sample — a single word, “lemons” — echoes constantly in the background. Definitely worth a listen for those who like their dubstep loud, aggressive and dissonant. Indy’s Action Jackson provides the remix for “Lemons”, transforming Lemi’s dubstep sludge into an uptempo Baltimore club stomper. Jackson is no stranger to B-more beats; in fact, nearly every track or remix I’ve heard from the young producer has utilized the genre’s familiar fast paced rhythms and handclaps. All that experience must be paying off, as this is his strongest work to date. That said, it would be nice to see Jackson veer off into some unexplored territory in the future. On to the B side, which features another well crafted slice of dubstep . Built around a sample from British R&B artist Estelle’s “Fall in Love,” Vice’s “Let’s Fall in Love” manages to strike a pleasing balance between the singer’s sweet soulful voice and a cold, hard thump typical of dubstep. Chicago’s Vyle handles remixing duties for “Let’s Fall in Love”, reworking the track in what may be the most unlikely new style to have emerged in club music in recent years: moombahton (a combination of Dutch house music and reggaeton). Probably the weakest link on the EP, Vyle’s mix fails to
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Relocated from Secretly Canadian to Western Vinyl, Early Day Miners have trimmed down their name but not their sound. Night People is succinct pop-rock with just enough bells and whistles. The album begins with the slow burner “Hold Me Down,” whose melody is stuck between indie accessibility and alt-rock nostalgia — one hears similar ‘90s-style jaunty guitars everywhere in contemporary rock these days. Those guitars pop up again on charming slacker anthem “Open Bar” and the wildly predictable 10,000 Maniacs/J. Mascis wuzzle “Bright Angels.” Despite being catchy, these throwbacks wear out their welcome well before Night People runs its full course. But there are a few standouts. “Stereo Video” may derive its melody and driving beat from the same headspace as the lesser tracks, but the bare-bones execution keeps it running on a cranial loop from dawn ‘til dusk. And “Milking the Moon,” an airy post-rock anthem, includes a jangly guitar line that lends Night People a needed dose of bravado. EDM’s return to Western Vinyl signals a return to streamlined rock with varied success. Yet the rewards to be found throughout Night People suggest that the newlyrenamed band has found new life. —JUSTIN SPICER
JAZZ NOTES
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Paul Weeden performs at Indy Jazz Fest in 2002.
JAZZ NOTES by Chuck Workman, the producer/host of the Saturday Evening Jazz Show from 6 to 8 p.m. on 88.7 WICR FM
Indy’s other jazz thumb The passing of jazz guitarist Paul Weeden earlier this month in Norway, his adopted home for over two decades, prompts us to look closer at the career of an unsung local legend. Some locals may remember Weeden’s early years in Indy, when he had a close relationship with guitarist Wes Montgomery. What’s generally unknown, even among jazz fans, is that they together developed the unique technique of playing the guitar with one’s thumb. Montgomery went on to refine his guitar technique while remaining, for the most part, in Indy. Weeden moved to Cleveland and went on to attend music schools in Philadelphia and New York. He worked in clubs with a trio — comprised of himself, organist Don Patterson and drummer Billy James — that backed up saxophonists Sonny Stitt, Gene Ammons, Rusty Bryant. He even put in time with the Count Basie band. Unlike Wes Montgomery, Weeden was comfortable in his role as a sideman. I asked Weeden’s son Ronald why his dad did not seek fame or the leadership of a group as Wes did. “He enjoyed the music, he enjoyed
teaching and he spent a great deal of time over in Europe doing so,” Ronald Weeden told me. “In his later years, he looked back on it and said “I should have done this and I should have done that.” Weeden was a sensitive artist deeply passionate about jazz. Like many other AfroAmerican jazz artists of his era, he left the States and relocated to Europe, where he didn’t face discrimination because of his skin color or choice of profession. His first stop was Sweden, and he eventually ended up in Norway. Before he left the States, Weeden recorded 16 or more albums as a sideman with various jazz artists. He was a prolific composer and teacher of jazz to music students in Scandinavia, and he held jazz seminaries and concerts throughout Europe. He recorded over twenty albums after moving to Norway and was preparing to record his first album as a vocalist when he passed. I asked Ronald Weeden if his dad ever talked about his recording sessions. “The greatest ones in his opinion he ever played in were the jam sessions where the artist would just come in and play,” Ronald Weeden replied. “They may have done a gig all night long and they would come in play into the wee hours of the morning.”
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Compelling explanations
• Military veteran Joshua Price, 26, was arrested in March after police in a Chicago suburb found child pornography and 1,700 photos of dismembered women on his computer, but at a court hearing in May, Price explained that his photographs were a necessary escape from war-related trauma. In fact, Price told prosecutors that were it not for the distracting photos, his stress disorder would surely have caused him to kill his wife and two daughters. (Prosecutors accepted that Price’s crime was a “cry for help,” but the judge, less impressed, quadrupled Price’s bail, to $1 million.) • Unclear on the Concept: (1) The initial explanation by Melvin Jackson, 48, upon his arrest in June for sexually assaulting an unconscious woman in Kansas City, Mo., was to deny that he would ever do such a thing. Rather, he said, “I thought the lady was dead.” (2) The initial explanation by Thomas O’Neil, 47, upon his arrest in Wausau, Wis., in June for criminal damage to property (breaking into a neighbor’s garage and defecating on
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• Emerging democracies typically exhibit growing pains as they develop stability. For example, in July in Afghanistan’s parliament, one female legislator attacked another with her shoe (and then dodged the second lady’s flying water bottle before colleagues separated them). Older democracies, however, act more maturely -- except perhaps in California, where in June, an Italian-American legislator got into a shoving match with a colleague whom he thought had made a “Sopranos”-type slur about recent legislation. And in the mature democracy of Wisconsin in June, one state Supreme Court justice was accused of roughing up another (though who started it is in dispute) as the justices privately discussed a case.
Ironies
• Budget cuts forced the closure of two of the three firehouses in Chillicothe, Ohio (pop. 22,000), and even that station failed a state fire marshal’s inspection in March. Because the station’s own alarm system was broken, the chief was required, until the new system is installed, to assign one firefighter per shift to be on fulltime patrol at the station, walking around the grounds constantly, upstairs, downstairs, looking for fires. • Run That by Me Again: (1) In New Orleans in July, Thomas Sanders, 53, pleaded guilty to murdering a 12-year-old girl. According to the neighboring state of Mississippi, Sanders has been dead for 17 years (having been ruled deceased in 1994 on petition of his parents, brother and ex-wife). (2) In July, the city of Daytona Beach Shores, Fla., agreed to pay $195,000 to settle a lawsuit in which six people claim they were strip-searched unlawfully by police. Four of the six were strip-searched during a raid at the Biggins Gentleman’s Club, where they work as strippers.
Easily offended
• Norris Sydnor III’s $200,000 lawsuit against Rich’s Nail Salon of Landover, Md., for “humiliate(ing)” him last December is scheduled for trial as News of the Weird goes to press. Sydnor was upset that males have to pay $10 for a manicure but females only $9. • John Luckett filed lawsuits on 11 different complaints earlier this year against the Las Vegas
arcade Pinball Hall of Fame, claiming that he was wrongfully barred from the premises for obnoxiously complaining about out-of-service machines, especially “Xenon,” which he says he has mastered so well that he can play almost indefinitely on an initial 50 cents. Among the damages requested, Luckett is demanding $300 for each “therapy” session he might have to undergo to overcome the trauma of being ejected. Luckett has filed more than 40 lawsuits in his role of, as he put it, avenging people’s attempts to “screw” him.
Should’ve kept their mouths shut
• According to a bailiff, convicted car thief Thomas Done, 33, spent almost a half-hour at his June sentencing “shucking and jiving” Ogden, Utah, Judge Michael Lyon before finally finagling probation (instead of 15 years in prison) -- by expressing parental love for his young daughter and blaming his recidivist criminality on his girlfriend’s infidelity. However, literally seconds after Judge Lyon announced probation, Done, noticing his girlfriend in the courtroom, made a gun-triggering motion with his thumb and fingers and said, “Boom, bitch.” A bailiff reported the gesture to the judge, who declared Done in violation of his brand-new probation and ordered him re-sentenced. • Initially, all Jay Rodgers wanted was for the fellow Atlanta gas station customer to say “thank you” when Rodgers held the door for him, but the man remained silent, and Rodgers pressed the issue, confronting him and even following the man out to his car -- where the man pulled a gun and shot Rodgers in the abdomen, sending him to the hospital for nine days. (Interviewed on WSB-TV in May, Rodgers resumed nagging the man, urging him to “do the right thing” by turning himself in.)
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FREE WILL ASTROLOGY
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ARIES (March 21-April 19): I love how the poet Rachel Loden describes her impressions of Daniel Borzutzky’s The Book of Interfering Bodies. She says that reading it is like “chancing upon a secret lake full of trembling lilies that projectile vomit both poems and petroleum.” I call this imaginary scene to your attention, Aries, because I’m wondering if you might encounter a metaphorically similar landscape in the coming week. The astrological omens suggest that you’re attracted to that kind of strange beauty, surreal intensity, and tenderness mixed with ferocity. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): This would be an excellent time to ripen and fine-tune your independence. Would you be willing to try some experiments in self-sufficiency that would inspire you to love yourself better? Is there anything you could do to upgrade your mastery of taking good care of yourself? By working on your relationship with yourself, you will set in motion a magic that will make you even more attractive to others than you already are. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Even if you don’t usually consider yourself a matchmaker, you could be a pretty good one in the coming week. That’s because you will have more insight than usual about how to combine things in harmonious and evocative ways. In fact, I suspect you will possess a sixth sense about which fragments might fit together to create synergistic wholes. Take maximum advantage of this knack, Gemini. Use it to build connections between parts of your psyche and elements of your world that have not been in close enough touch lately. CANCER (June 21-July 22): You already know what you need to know in order to make the dicey, spicey transition, Cancerian. Even more amazingly, you already have what you need. But for some reason, you don’t trust what you know and don’t believe you have what you need. So you’re still in a fretful mode, hunting far and wide for the magic key that you think still eludes you. I’m here to persuade you to stop gazing longingly into the distance and stop assuming that help is far away. Look underfoot. Check with what’s right in front of you. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): During my years as a singer in rock bands, I’ve had a theatrical approach to performing. On some occasions, I arrive on stage from the back of the club. Dressed in leather and rags and witchdoctor finery, with a rainbow of fake eagle feathers splayed from my coiffure, I climb into a grocery cart, stand up like a politician giving the V for Victory sign with my outstretched arms, and have my bandmates wheel me through the crowd. I highly recommend that you arrange to make an equally splashy entrance in the near future, Leo. Picture yourself arriving at your workplace or classroom or favorite cafe in resplendent glory, maybe even carried on a litter or throne (or in a grocery cart) by your entourage. It would be an excellent way to get yourself in rapt alignment with this week’s flashy, self-celebratory vibes. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): When I was 19 years old, I was wounded by a shotgunwielding assailant on the campus of Duke University. A few years ago, I revisited the scene of the crime. For two hours I sat there meditating on the exact spot where I’d been shot. Among the questions I pondered was this: Had there been any benefits that came out of that difficult event? The answer was a definitive YES. I identified several wonderful developments that happened specifically because of how my destiny was altered by the shooting. For instance, I met three lifelong friends I would not have otherwise encountered. My challenge to you, Virgo, is to think back on a dark moment from your past and do what I did: Find the redemption. (Read my full story here: http://bit.ly/StrangeBlessing.) LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): In her multi-platinum song “Tik Tok,” pop star Ke$ha claims that she brushes her teeth with whiskey -- Jack Daniels, to be exact. In interviews, she has said
this is not a glamorous fiction or rhetorical device; she really does it. “Jack Daniels is an anti-bacterial,” she told Vanity Fair. You might want to experiment with rituals like that yourself, Libra. At least for the next two weeks or so, it wouldn’t be totally crazy to keep yourself more or less permanently in a party mood. Why not prep yourself for unfettered fun from the moment the day begins? From an astrological perspective, you need and deserve a phase of intense revelry. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): English raconteur Quentin Crisp told the story of a veteran Hollywood film actor giving advice to a younger actor just getting started. “You’re at a level where you can only afford one mistake,” the wise older man said. “The higher up you go, the more mistakes you’re allowed. Right at the top, if you mak e enough of them, it’s considered to be your style.” I think this perspective is perfect for you to meditate on, Scorpio. The time is ripe to fuel your ambitions and gain more traction in your chosen field. And one of the goals driving you as you do this should be the quest for a greater freedom to play around and experiment and risk making blunders. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): I have regular intimate communion with the Divine Wow (formerly known as “God”). Whether I “believe” in my Dear Companion is irrelevant -- just as I don’t need to “believe” in a juicy Fuji apple while I’m eating it. That’s why atheists seem to me like goofy kooks, as fundamentalist in their own way as evangelical Christians. They have absolute, unshakable faith that there’s no such thing as our Big Wild Friend. Agnostics I can understand better; they’re like pre-orgasmic virgins who are at least open to the possibility of getting the full treatment. I offer these comments as a prelude to my prediction for you, Sagittarius, which is that you will soon have a very good chance to get up-close and personal with the Divine Wow. (If that offends you because you’re an atheist, no worry. Nothing bad will happen if you turn down the invitation.) CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): For more than 11 years, a New Jersey man named Jesus Leonardo earned an annual salary of about $45,000 by gathering up and cashing in horse-racing tickets that had been accidentally thrown away by th e people who bought them (tinyurl.com/ScrapTreasure). I suggest we make him your role model and patron saint for the coming weeks. Like him, you are in line to capitalize on discarded riches and unappreciated assets. Be on the lookout for the treasure hidden in the trash. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): You’re now in a phase of your long-term cycle when life will be extra responsive to your vivacious curiosity. That’s why I encourage you to ask riveting questions. Ask whom? God, if that’s your style; your higher self, if that works better; or sources of wisdom and vitality you respect, if you prefer that. Here are four queries to get you started: 1. “What is the most magnificent gift I can give to life in the next three years?” 2. “How can I become more powerful in a way that’s safe and wise?” 3. “How can I cultivate my relationships so that they thrive even as my life keeps changing?” 4. “What can I do that will help me get all the love I need?” PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): I was considering the possibility of getting me and my family members those GPS devices that allow you to locate your car if you’ve forgotten where you parked it. But then I had second thoughts. Wouldn’t that be one additional thing encouraging us to let our memories atrophy? The conveniences that technology provides are wonderful, but at a certain point don’t they start threatening to weaken our brain functions? I invite you to meditate on this issue, Pisces. It’s time to have a talk with yourself about anything -- gadgets, comforts, habits -- that might be dampening your willpower, compromising your mental acuity, or rendering you passive.
Homework: Don’t get back to where you once belonged. Go forward to where you’ve got to belong in the future. Testify at Freewillastrology.com.
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