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Last week environmentalists celebrated the Clean Power Plan, a national effort to reduce carbon pollution initiated by President Obama. However not all Hoosiers embrace the effort. Find out what the plan means for Indiana, who’s for it and who’s against it.
Fringe: I’m Not Gay............................... P.09 Fringe: Holy Ficus.................................. P.10 Fringe: Matt Holt.................................. P.12 Fringe: The Wizer of Odd....................... P.14
Clean Power.......................................... P.06 VOICES: Harry Cheese on the GOP debates........ P.04 Krull on Trump — and Ritz.................... P.05 Sex Doc.................................................. P.35
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This past weekend was loaded with killer film and visual events. Kelsey Tharp sat down and chatted with photographer Mark Sheldon about his portrait work of Indianapolis musicians as a preview of Jazz Fest. Meanwhile, Lindsay Rosa gives us a detailed account of each pitch that made its debuts at the 5X5 competition on Friday.
Jazz photography.................................. P.15 5X5........................................................ P.16 SCREENS: Ed Johnson-Ott reviews The Man from U.N.C.L.E........................................ P.19 48-Hour Film Fest.................................. P.20
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Fringe 2015 is upon us, and we’ve got previews and behind-the-scenes looks at several productions, including I’m Not Gay (a RFRA response), Holy Ficus (the story of a man and his most favorite plant), The Wizer of Odd (a riff on a certain famous wizard) and Matt Holt’s one-man show.
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It’s up to you, New York, New York. Last week, we spent 3 days traveling, drinking and dining with a handful of Indiana’s best chefs as they prepared to cook a Chefs’ Night Off dinner at the James Beard Foundation. What we learned is that Indiana is right on track with plenty of other important food cities, and our chefs are about five hundred times nicer.
Eat and Drink NYC like an industry insider..................................... P.22 CNO takes over the Beard House.......... P.22
Harpeth Rising’s brand new album Shifted drops Saturday, so we sat down with the IU Jacobs’ School-trained string players; elsewhere, Kyle Long speaks with the mighty Jay Brookinz about his annual Beat Battle which, this year, includes a 24-hour telethon. And don’t miss your weekly dose of literally hundreds of shows in Soundcheck.
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here was something for everyone who tuned in to the goat rodeo that was last week’s GOP presidential primary debate. Jokes, barbs, God stuff, even the occasional discussion of real issues. Here’s my take on the Republican party’s top 10 and how they performed. JEB BUSH: He mentioned our state! Jeb said ISIS controls “a caliphate the size of Indiana.” Pretty good job overall. Also the tallest candidate, which will help him.
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RAND PAUL: While small in stature, this guy is definitely big on ideas. Not that I agree with all of them, but it does seem like there’s a brain under those unruly, curly locks. Also a feisty guy – I suspect he would do well in a knife fight, a political one or a real one. MIKE HUCKABEE: A self-righteous caricature of himself throwing out red meat for the most rabid conservatives. He’ll have a great career as a professional blowhard, but not as president.
DR. BEN CARSON: I’d definitely trust him to operate on my brain, but not run the country. Suggests basing the U.S. tax code on church tithing and says, “You make 10 billion dollars, you This debate was clearly one of the pay a billion, you make ten dollars, you pay one.” most-watched, most-entertaining Um, no.
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n different ways, Glenda Ritz and Donald Trump demonstrate how difficult it is to run for high office. And, in their different ways, both also demonstrate how valuable the skills of a gifted politician – skills we citizens often disparage – can be. Ritz ended her ill-fated campaign for governor late Friday afternoon. It was an embarrassing end to an uncomfortable candidacy. Ritz won a stunning upset victory in the Indiana superintendent of public instruction race in 2012 by putting the heavy-handed and arrogant “education reform” policies of the state Republican party on trial.
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pastime for amateurs. But that’s how Donald Trump treats it. The Donald has built a life and a career on walking away (divorces, bankruptcies, etc.) when things get too difficult – and finding ways to blame others for his setbacks when he stumbles. His presidential campaign now is less about setting a course for the country than it is about him seeking to have his insatiable ego needs validated. He claims he wants to talk honestly about America and its challenges, but at the same time says he won’t rule out running as a thirdBoth Donald Trump and Glenda Ritz party candidate – which would doom the GOP’s pride themselves on not being chances in a general elecpoliticians. And they’re correct in saying tion – if other Republicans and conservatives aren’t they’re not; neither has that skill set. “nice” to him. Trump’s toxic mix of immigrant-baiting and misogyny already has diverted the GOP from the more Before she even took office, though, Ritz inclusive, opportunity-based message the found herself confronted by a GOP hierarparty hoped to advance this election cycle. chy and heavily financed corporate educaMore important, Trump has stirred tion system determined either to ignore up animosities in all parts of the politior overturn the election results. Hemmed cal landscape. And that will make it even in and thwarted at almost every turn, she more difficult for the next president, decided to run for governor because, she Republican or Democrat, and the next argued, that was the only way to shape Congress to govern the nation. education policy in the state. Both Donald Trump and Glenda Ritz Her campaign was a disaster. Ritz didn’t pride themselves on not being politicians. raise much money. And she had to return And they’re correct in saying they’re not; some of the tiny bit of money she did raise neither has that skill set. because of campaign finance irregularities. We Americans and we Hoosiers love That’s not surprising. Ritz and her most to make fun of politicians. It is part of the devoted supporters launched her camleveling spirit of a nation and a state that, paign for the state’s highest office because in theory, make no distinctions between they were angry at Gov. Mike Pence and the rulers and the ruled. other Republicans. But, much as we like to denigrate But gubernatorial campaigns can’t be politicians as a class, we Americans and won on impulse. Successful major camwe Hoosiers could use a few more gifted paigns are complicated affairs that require politicians these days. candidates and their staffs to mobilize not The skilled politician knows how to only their most devout supporters, but get people to resolve differences and reach out to and coordinate lots of other reminds us that, regardless of those “soft” support while honoring and meeting differences, we all are linked by our an intricate set of election laws and deadcommon citizenship. The gifted political lines. In an ideal world, the best candidates are able to do this while fashioning an argu- leader shows us that our arguments are and always must be family quarrels. ment for themselves that will allow them to That’s a rare skill set. We should honor it govern successfully once they are elected. when we find it. Because we suffer when In that way, politics can be both a good politicians can’t be found. n science and an art. It’s certainly not a
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WHAT HAPPENED? Ohio title company sues Indiana An Ohio title company is suing the state of Indiana — specifically the Indiana Department of Insurance (IDOI) — in federal court for alleged civil rights violations. The owner of American Homeland Title Agency (AHT) filed the lawsuit in U.S. District Court in the Southern District of Ohio. The suit alleges the IDOI Commissioner Stephen Robertson selectively enforces the state’s insurance rules and regulations to discriminate against out-of-state title companies and favor in-state companies. In January 2015 the IDOI accused AHT of making errors in several real estate transactions. AHT originally opted to settle with the state by paying a fine rather than fight the allegations in court. The Ohio company decided to file the federal lawsuit after learning several other companies in Cincinnati were subjected to the same treatment by IDOI. Ritz steps away from bid for governor Indiana Superintendent of Public Instruction Glenda Ritz announced she will not seek the Democratic nomination for Indiana governor in 2016. Instead she will run for re-election to her current post. In a released statement Ritz said, “Now is not the right time for me to run for governor. Under my leadership, I have brought the discussion of public education into the public discourse and have started SUBMITTED PHOTO to fundamentally change how we support schools. My work is not finished, and my passion is stronger than ever. I am resolutely dedicated to educators, students, and families from Pre-K to graduation.” The remaining democratic candidates, Karen Tallian and John Gregg, issued statements supporting Ritz on her decision and pledging their support of education in Indiana. Ritz did not indicate if she would endorse one of the remaining candidates, but did pledge to keep education as a focal point in the gubernatorial race. Point-in-Time count shows drop in homeless The 2015 Point-In-Time Homeless Count showed a drop in the number of people on the streets in Indiana. The annual count takes a one-night-only count of the number of homeless people and families throughout the state. This year’s count took place on January 28. The count showed a 2 percent decrease in the number of homeless overall compared to last year with a 15 percent drop in the number of homeless families with children. The count did show an increase in the number of homeless veterans in Indiana, both with and without children. There were 5,863 people without a home on January 28 in Indiana. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development requires the annual count to determine federal funding to states. The Indiana Housing and Community Development Authority conducts the count every year. — AMBER STEARNS 6 NEWS // 08.12.15 - 08.19.15 // 100% RECYCLED PAPER // NUVO
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undreds of people gathered on the south lawn of the Indiana Statehouse Saturday to celebrate the federal government’s commitment to reduce carbon pollution in America. Like any party there was singing, spirited chanting and stories among new and old friends. There was even cake. But in addition to a party, the gathering was also a call-to-action rally complete with banners and handmade signs asking Indiana’s state government officials to join in on the fun. The call to action: Take a stand — Make a plan. The message was intended for Gov. Mike Pence and the Indiana Legislature. Partygoers even went as far as calling Pence’s office to leave a group message asking the governor to adhere to the new rules and create a plan to reduce carbon emissions from the state’s power plants. Coincidentally, the governor’s incoming voicemail was turned off so no message could be left. But that didn’t rain on the partygoers’ parade. Instead, they video-recorded the message and sent it to Pence’s email. The united voices for cleaner air were determined to be heard.
The Clean Power Plan Last week, the Environmental Protection Agency and President Obama announced the Clean Power Plan, which is designed to reduce carbon pollution from the country’s power plants by 32 percent from 2005 levels by the year 2030. The EPA determined three ways to achieve the best system of emissions reduction — reducing carbon intensity, utilizing natural gas and increasing renewable energy sources (wind and solar). The plan allows each state to develop its own method — utilizing those three ways in the best way possible — to achieve its individual reduction goal. States also have the option of working together or alone to achieve those goals. The individual reduction requirements vary from state to state. For Indiana, the new rule would require a 28.5 percent reduction in carbon dioxide generated per unit of electricity from 2012 levels. As in previous
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Clean Power partygoers gathered on the south steps of the statehouse to call on Gov. Pence to make a plan (right). Phil Teague with Rectify Solar spoke to the crowd about renewable energy being more affordable than ever (left).
plans, states can also buy and sell emissions credits to each other to reach the national goal of 32 percent. For instance, if Michigan exceeds its emissions goals by 6 percent, Indiana could buy that 6 percent and add that credit to its 28.5 percent goal. (It’s like that group project in school when one student does more work than the others, but the entire group gets the same grade.) Every state is expected to submit its plan by September 2016. If that isn’t enough time to put an action plan together states can apply for an extension that’s good through September 2018. If a state fails to submit a plan, the EPA will create a plan for that state, which is expected to include some sort of carbon trading program.
The opposition Following the announced Clean Power Plan, Gov. Mike Pence immediately issued a statement Indiana would not comply with the new rules and that would not submit a plan. Pence made his intentions of ignoring the plan known back in December 2014 when he penned a letter stating as much when the plan was merely a draft. The letter, sent to EPA administrator Gina McCarthy, claimed the rules were “ill-
conceived and poorly constructed.” In June of this year Pence wrote a second letter to President Obama stating Indiana would not comply with the Clean Power Plan unless the final rule was “demonstrably and significantly improved” from the proposed rule. (Back then Indiana’s proposed reduction amount was only 24 percent.) Both letters asked for the rules to be withdrawn completely. No such luck. In his statement last week, Pence claimed the final rules were being imposed without any consideration for “the interests of Hoosier ratepayers, jobs and the economy.” He also pledged to fight the rules in court. “Indiana will also continue to vigorously challenge the legality of this rule in the federal courts,” said Pence in his statement. “Far too much is at stake for jobs and the economy in Indiana for us to do anything less.” Indiana had joined a lawsuit with several other states challenging the proposed rules only to see the suit thrown out. The appeals court decreed the plaintiff states needed to wait until the rules were finalized. Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller has already joined with Kentucky and 13
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other states to begin the process to block the implementation of the Clean Power Plan. The complaining states filed an administration stay with the EPA to stop the rule’s implementation. Indiana and the other states are planning to file a lawsuit in federal court in Washington D.C. in an effort to delay the September 2016 deadline for state plans to be submitted. U.S. Senator Joe Donnelly (D-IN) also voiced opposition to the Clean Power Plan. “Instead of providing a workable plan with fair, achievable carbon goals, the rule requires Hoosiers to carry one of the heaviest loads in reducing the country’s carbon emissions,” said Donnelly, “which will make energy more expensive for families and make it more difficult for Indiana businesses to compete.” “This rule seems designed to establish by regulation the ‘cap and trade’ plan that I voted against in 2009,” stated Donnelly. “We need to find a better way to protect our environment without disproportionally shifting the burden onto all Hoosier families.”
The opposition to the Clean Power Plan is bipartisan, but so is the support. One of the speakers at the Saturday party was Carmel mayor Jim Brainard who called on his fellow Republicans to do the right thing and create a plan that is beneficial to all Hoosiers. “No matter your politics, there is overwhelming evidence of climate change and its impact on humanity,” said Brainard. “It’s clear that the poles are warming and, regardless of the reason, we need to be prepared to deal with the impacts of a changed climate. The Clean Power Plan is an important step for all of us in moving towards this objective.” Brainard recalled GOP leaders of yesteryear who made the nation’s environment a priority through their actions. President Theodore Roosevelt established the U.S. Forest Service and several nature reservations, game preserves, national parks and national forests to protect millions of acres of public land. President Richard Nixon created the Environmental Protection Agency and the original Clean Air Act. Over 2,500 jobs in Indiana are related to the coal industry, but the Carmel mayor says the state has the resources (can you say Rainy Day Fund?) to retrain those workers in clean energy efficient jobs. Although Indiana is one of the top 10 coal-producing states in the nation, state utilities use only two-thirds of the coal produced in Indiana and buys the rest from other states like West Virginia, Illinois, Kentucky and others (many of which are among those states suing the
“Instead of providing a workable plan with fair, achievable carbon goals, the rule requires Hoosiers to carry one of the heaviest loads in reducing the country’s carbon emissions.” — U.S. SENATOR JOE DONNELLY (D-IN)
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EPA alongside Indiana). According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, Indiana is second only to Texas in terms of coal consumption and leads the nation in the use of coal in the industrial sector. The Carmel mayor says Indiana can shift its coal leadership to renewable energy through the Clean Power Plan. John Hamilton, former commissioner for the Indiana Department of Environmental Management, echoed Brainard’s sentiment and told the crowd his former IDEM colleagues we ready and waiting to create a plan. Hamilton also joined the voices urging Pence to allow IDEM to write a plan instead of resisting the new rule. “Gov. Pence’s defiance of the Clean Power Plan is unprecedented and potentially harmful to the state of Indiana,” said Hamilton, who is also the Democratic candidate for mayor in Bloomington. “If Indiana refuses to write its own plan, one will be written for us by EPA. Indiana has always done its part to write state clean air plans that make sense for Hoosier families and businesses. To refuse to try is irresponsible and disloyal to the interests of our state.” Environmental groups like the Hoosier Environmental Council, the Hoosier Chapter of the Sierra Club, the Indiana chapter of the NAACP and several others voiced their support for the Clean Power Plan and the need for cleaner air. As City-County Councillor and party host Zach Adamson stated, “every Hoosier deserves to breathe cleaner air.” n
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the audience’s reaction.” “I think we all know someone like the senator,” say both Grube and Barron. feel lucky, being a new Hoosier and “Someone who doesn’t want to be, and all. Indianapolis is a fine, fine city. tries hard not to be, a hypocrite. Everyone Amanda Grube feels lucky. Matthew wants to be the hero of his or her own Barron feels lucky. IndyFringe is lucky. story – the protagonist, but that’s not alWe’re all just damn lucky because we ways possible. I think this play could also understand that this is, in fact, a fine reach individuals who might be strugand great city. And it’s time we acknowl- gling with identity, with denial, with the edge it, show our gratitude, and speak past, with the present, with the future.” to each other with respect, despite all of The play attempts to “imagine and exour differences – although plore what could happen the smart among us celif we didn’t have labels,” ebrate that, too. Grube says. Perhaps this “WHEN RFRA FIRST Indianapolis will see something even RFRA CAME INTO FOCUS IN issupporters the release of I’m Not Gay, might be able THE MEDIA, I THINK writer Matthew Barron’s to understand. submission to the Fringe “As Hoosiers, we saw MANY OF US IN THE Festival and humanity. how shocked many people THEATER COMMUNITY “This latest piece was all over were — when our AND BEYOND FELT begun over a year ago, governor signed RFRA into during last year’s Fringe, law. And this show is very THREATENED, AND and during the height powerful in and of itself, NOT SUPPORTED, BY of the anti-gay marriage but also as a reaction to THE VERY PEOPLE amendment. And by now, that,” Grube says. “And here I thought my work WHO WERE ELECTED with the Supreme Court’s would be out of date — recent decision to allow all TO BE OUR VOICE.” so, really I should thank the right to marry, —AMANDA GRUBE people the Indiana Legislature for I feel our play is not only keeping my work current,” timely and relevant, but a says Barron. celebration of that, too.” Amanda Grube is the director of I’m Grube continues, “RFRA, I don’t think, Not Gay, and although she’s not new to represents our state as a whole. My own Fringe, this is her first year as a direcparents are very staunch Republicans tor. “I got really lucky when Matt called and were pissed with the passing of this and asked me if I wanted to direct his bill. It made no sense to them. It was newest piece,” she says. “Although I explained to me, and others initially, know what we now have is not what he as it played out in the media that our originally envisioned, he did tell me he religious freedoms were under a threat was pleased, that he loved it. He really of some sort, and I didn’t see it. I don’t allowed us to explore the characters, and think many people I talked to saw that I’m so grateful for that. I think it really aspect at all. helped us to move the piece to another “Our intention with this play is not to level. Matthew and I go way back, he’s anger people, but to make them think quite talented, quite versatile. And I am critically, and to open spirited, respectful so proud of his work here, so proud of dialogue, as opposed to hostile, one-sidthe human elements he wrote into this ed debates. There are some people, howstory. I think it’s a really good show – that ever, who may be angry. But you have to it will open dialogue between all sorts of remember, when RFRA first came into different people.” focus in the media, I think many of us in To give you the skinny, the play “is the the theater community and beyond felt romantic story of an anti-gay Indithreatened, and not supported, by the ana senator, his loving wife ... and his very people who were elected to be our boyfriend. A political scandal causes voice. I’m happy now with the Supreme the senator to question his identity. He Court’s recent all-inclusive marriage insists over and over, ‘I’m not gay.’ His ruling but we still have a long way to go career hangs in the balance as he tries in order to be heard. What I really hope to define his sexuality,” according to the happens when people come to see our Fringe website at least. Grube further show is that they’re with us in creating a indicates that “there are comedic elements in the play, but this is a serious, humanistic story. I’m looking forward to S E E , F RIN G E , O N P A GE 1 0
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A MAN AND HIS PLANT What it takes to pull together a Fringe musical
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safe environment to be honest with each other, and to be heard,” says Grube. Barron agrees and adds, “Voters have short attention spans — that’s what really worries me now. Fall election is far away and voters may forget the anger they have now. It’s hard, and not necessarily a good thing, to hold onto a high level of anger. But I want vot- “I WANT VOTERS ers to rememTO REMEMBER ber that ripple THAT RIPPLE of betrayal felt OF BETRAYAL in the art community and FELT IN THE ART elsewhere and COMMUNITY vote accordingAND ELSEWHERE ly. I don’t want how we felt AND VOTE shoved under ACCORDINGLY.” the carpet or misdirected by —MATTHEW BARRON a jobs report for the state, which has nothing to do with RFRA itself. The art community will always survive, and there’s a little of that in my play, too, but it doesn’t mean that I’m not still worried. “With this play, I was really impressed with the cast,” Barron says. “They had a sense of movement and connection right from the beginning. And if I’ve done my job right, the audience should forget that this is just a gay political scandal cliché, and then forget they’re even supposed to hate the senator. This play is open to interpretation, as all of us are, as well, as individuals.” n
I’M NOT GAY
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ollowing last year’s successful run of The Great Bike Race, Producer Zach Rosing, writer/director Zack Neiditch and songwriter Paige Scott have teamed up again for Holy Ficus; the love story about a man named Rod, “a sweet simple soul,” searches through Heaven and Hell for his love Martha with nods to Dante’s The Divine Comedy. Also, Martha happens to be a ficus. Neiditch said the idea is one he has been wanting to do for a while, but this musical version he is working on with Scott and Rosing is different than his original vision. “The great thing about the process of writing a show for Fringe is you have the most creative license of probably anything you will work on,” says Neiditch. While they didn’t want to give too much away, the three said the show does have some similarities with other musicals in general. “For instance, we have a big number where people are singing as they are walking down the street, and other people just happen to join in,” says Neiditch. The sound is also similar to modern musical theater, such as Avenue Q. The show’s creators also say they don’t take the subject matter too seriously. “The story is pretty dumb,” says Rosing, “but it’s a good kind of dumb. That makes the music pretty unexpected. There’s a nice construct of the songs and the story.” “I also wanted to have a few songs that could stand out on their own,” adds Paige. After the tree was flourishing, the
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including acting groups from other cities script was proofread; next came the they’ve seen before, and performances by search for the right cast. other local actors and directors. As particiLuckily, Neiditch says, actors enjoy pants, they will have performer passes that working on IndyFringe shows. Plus, the will let them see other shows for free. timing of mid-August works well with “One of my favorite parts of IndyFringe most of their schedules because it is between seasons for many theaters. They is seeing other performances and networking with other performers,” says Neialso wanted to work with certain actors, such as Tim Hunt, who plays the lead ditch. “It’s so cool to be able to meet all the role of Rod, and others they’ve worked people who come in from out of town.” with before, including Betsy Norton and None of them has attended other Scott Keith who worked with all three Fringe festivals, a list of which, including of the them on last Fall’s Rocky Horror Chicago, Cincinnati, New Orleans, and Picture Show. Atlanta, is on the website for the U.S. As for the ficus, Rosing says Martha Association of Fringe Festivals. However, has been living in his basement and “is they have talked to some of the other kind of a diva.” They also hope she, um performers who’ve had shows at other — the plant — will have opportunities to Fringe festivals around the country. make cameos throughout the festival. One thing Neiditch says he consistently Fringe shows face numerous challenges hears is that the out-of-town performers when it comes to time. Actors, musicians, appreciate that IndyFringe venues are so puppeteers, and magicians get only one close together, making it fairly easy to get hour to perform, plus there is an abbreviat- from show to show. This is not always the ed amount of time to put together a Fringe case, such as in New York City, where the show. The creators of Holy venues are spread out much Ficus planned to rehearse more than in Indianapolis. for three weeks leading As for taking their shows “THE GREAT THING up to the show’s opening, on the road, Neiditch says ABOUT THE PROCESS it wouldn’t when a regular theatrical be practical as OF WRITING A SHOW performance could take at last year’s The Great Bike FOR FRINGE IS YOU least a couple months of Race and Holy Ficus have preparation. However, the a larger cast than many of HAVE THE MOST director and producer had Fringe counterparts. CREATIVE LICENSE OF their rehearsals scheduled with However, they have considPROBABLY ANYTHING ered expanding The Great the cast for almost every day of those three weeks, and, YOU WILL WORK ON.” Bike Race into a larger show for a one-hour play, they say a local stage, and might —ZACH NEIDITCH for that isn’t unreasonable. also consider expanding There is also less access Holy Ficus. to the theater spaces prior to and during As for their performances of Holy Ficus the festival. Rosing says that each show coming up, Neiditch says, “I just like to has up to two hours of “tech time,” the make people smile and laugh and feel an time it takes to figure out the lighting emotional connection with the characters.” and sound cues for a show. Each act also “It’s validation of our creative efforts only has 15 minutes to set up before when the audience reacts,” adds Rosing. each show, and 15 minutes to tear down. As for the music and lyrics, Scott adds, However, the creators of Holy Ficus say “As a composer, I try to always outdo myself they don’t want the time crunch to equate with each project. I think I’m getting better to lower production values. Neiditch says as I gain experience and expertise.” n they wanted the show to be a “legitimate musical production, including choreography,” and they will have a recording of HOLY FICUS musicians for the songs that accompany Theatre on the Square MainStage, the cast, even though they are performing 627 Massachusetts Ave. on a mostly bare stage. Saturday, Aug. 15, 9 p.m. They also have an advantage in using Sunday, Aug. 16, 7:30 p.m. their own original material for the show. Wednesday, Aug. 19, 9 p.m. “Because it’s our own, we can chip it Thursday, Aug. 20, 6 p.m. down,” says Neiditch. Friday, Aug. 21, 7:30 p.m. “And expand, if needed,” adds Scott. Saturday, Aug. 22, 4:30 p.m Scott, Neiditch, and Rosing also all look Sunday, Aug. 23, 3 p.m. forward to seeing other shows at the festival,
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Q&A: TIM HUNT
Lead actor in Holy Ficus
Last year’s IndyFringe Festival audiences might remember Tim Hunt from Q Artistry’s Journey of the Kookaburra. This year, he will play Rod in Holy Ficus, a musical by the team behind last year’s The Great Bike Race. We caught up with Hunt a couple weeks before Fringe. NUVO: What was the process to be cast for this show? TIM HUNT: I was approached in January. I didn’t know much about the show until we recently did the first photoshoot for promotional material. But I saw the show they did last year. It was really funny and well done, so I said yes right away. NUVO: You are no stranger to musicals: Chicago!, Damn Yankees, Jesus Christ Superstar, to name a few. Other than having songs and a musical score, how does Holy Ficus compare? HUNT: It’s definitely sillier.
For instance, some of the jokes are a little more colorful. It’s not a dirty show, but it’s a little more adult in humor, as in adult content, not highbrow. However, most traditional musicals are family-oriented or at least family-friendly. Holy Ficus is not completely out there, but it caters to an audience that appreciates goofy adult humor. NUVO: As an actor, what are some of the main differences in how you prepare for an IndyFringe performance as opposed to a regular show? HUNT: I think especially for this show, because it is original material, the script wasn’t set in stone until recently. We’ve done an initial read-through, but I suspect there could still be some small edits. Most of the other shows I’ve done are already written and set in stone. That’s probably the major difference. Also, because it’s for Fringe, it’s pretty silly. NUVO: What are the benefits or challenges of
performing a show no one has seen before? HUNT: One disadvantage is that people have no idea what to expect. They don’t know if they’ll like it, or if there will be a particular thing that will make them happy. But for some of the same reasons, it’s also an advantage that audiences don’t know what to expect, audiences don’t already know all of the jokes, they don’t know what will happen in the story. Also, one of the really great things about doing a new show is that actors can create a character from scratch, as they and the director see it, instead of having to consider the audience’s preconceived expectation of a character. NUVO: Where did you get your motivation for this role? Did you go to greenhouses to check out ficus plants, really get to know them? HUNT: Um, I’ve not done a lot of technical research on the ficus plant, but
I think about different movies and things with similar characters and themes. Also, some people have commented how the promotional photo on the Facebook page looks kind of like the movie poster for The 40-Year-Old Virgin. I can totally see that in the poster, and they are similar characters in terms of their naïveté. NUVO: Have you ever owned a ficus or other houseplant with which you had a special bond? HUNT: I tend not to have good luck with plants, at least houseplants. I kill them all even if they are supposed to be easy to care for. I have a history of failed relationships with plants. … But once or twice a year I’ll buy “Mother-in-law’s Tongue.” It looks like grass, really pointy on the end. I’ve forgotten to water them for up to a monthand-a-half. They can still come back, but not always. I’m better with plants that are outside. n — REBECCA BERFANGER NUVO // 100% RECYCLED PAPER // 08.12.15 - 08.19.15 // COVER STORY 11
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weeks out of the year, and that’s no way to establish a dream. I was just losing my mind at my day job, but had the honor of chatting with I didn’t really plan, not financially, comedian Matt Holt this past anyway. But it all worked out. While weekend as he prepares for his sec- performing in Michigan, I caught a ond year at IndyFringe. film at the theater — and it happened to be George Clooney’s NUVO: Do you really Up in the Air. And when believe that general “I’VE ALWAYS Clooney’s corporate cleanstatement that all comeBEEN A WISE er character asks one of the dians are depressed in individuals he fires, “How ASS, BUT ALSO some way? much did they pay you to LOVE LOOKING MATT HOLT: There is give up on your dream? … FOR THE BEST some validity to that When are you going to go OPPORTUNITY TO back to what you love?” statement, although I am the more normal element NOT GET FIRED” or something very close of my peer groups. But I that, I just sat there in —MATT HOLT to do have friends who are the theater, in awe, until dark, very dark and very the end. Really, I sat there twisted. They definitely until I was asked to leave. have past events that led Over the next few weeks, I them to this vocation. knew. I sleep with the TV Now me — I’ve always on and when that movie, at been a wise ass, but also that exact scene, woke me love looking for the best several times, I knew I was opportunity to not get being given a choice. And I fired. chose to leave and pursue my dream — and I haven’t NUVO: Speaking of not looked back. This will be getting fired, and all that my 17th year in comedy. goes with it, how did you come to decide to leave the trenches of corNUVO: Hey, congratulations! And I porate America and begin comedy should say that any awkward pauses full-time? you hear is just me taking notes.
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HOLT: Working 50 hours a week in corporate America for two decades took its toll. I could only hit the road a few
HOLT: I’m used to silence. NUVO: (laughter) Describe for me your time with the cruise lines. I know
some of us out here consider that a dream career, but did you? HOLT: Five to six minutes of my act is dedicated to my time with the cruise line. It seemed mysterious and interesting and great in theory, but in actuality, it was really not a good fit for me. It was for Carnival, specifically, but I found the environment to be very corporate, with bosses often terrified of comment cards. A huge part of my act is interacting with the audience, and that was just frowned upon during cruises. They didn’t want me in the casino, with the guests at dinner, nor in the bar. It was a very spartan existence on board. And if someone was offended, they could potentially fill out that comment card and then you’ve had it. After I left, it took me a year to get back into the swing of comedy, even. My time with Carnival felt like my time at a club in Birmingham. Both places you know you don’t want to go back to. n
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CHATTING UP THE CAP
Talking nerd rock and accordions with Fringe performer Captain Ambivalent
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’ll admit it right off the top: I’m a massive fan of the accordion. And Daniel Bierner — performing as Captain Ambivalent at this year’s Fringe — is in possession of just an absolutely beautiful one, luxuriously gold and ivory-colored, with just the right amount of sparkle. Luckily, for one in possession of such an instrument, he’s also damn good at making the thing sing. He’ll appear at Fringe all week with his accordion and a new biographic show detailing (with tongue firmly in cheek) how Captain Ambivalent came to be the accordionplaying, comedy song-singing, writerperformer he is. Below, our brief chat with Bierner. NUVO: How was Gen Con? DANIEL BIERNER: Fantastic. I can play songs there that other audiences just don’t “get” and people love them. “The Miskatonic University Fight Song,” for example, is all references to 1930s pulp horror writer H.P. Lovecraft’s work. NUVO: Describe the first time you played the accordion — I know you inherited it from a relative. What draws you to that instrument? BIERNER: I don’t know that I remember the first time — it was middle school or high school. I took piano lessons for 9 years as a kid. I found the accordion is a lot more portable and a lot less fuss. But I put it aside for a long time to pursue electronic keyboards, until I finally realized the accordion is a lot more portable and a lot less fuss. (Face palm.)
NUVO: What are some of your favorite rock operas that you pull inspiration from? BIERNER: The tongue is a little in the cheek there with that term. My songs are most often compared to They Might Be Giants, or Weird Al Yankovic, or more locally, Heywood Banks. I realized after the fact they fell naturally into a pseudoautobiographical origin story, and called it a “rock opera” because that sounded funnier than “musical” or “revue.” NUVO: You’re doing a sort-of tour de Fringe fests — what’s unique about Indianapolis? How do Fringes vary from place to place?
makes everything nerd rock. NUVO: Why is it important to keep your writing clean? BIERNER: I really don’t fit into the usual tightly demographically-targeted music genres, and perhaps because of that find folks of all ages and backgrounds enjoy the material — and I’d like to keep it that way. I’ve had multiple reports of my CDs being the “family road trip” music preteens, teens, parents, and grandparents can agree on. It’s not “children’s music” at all, but safe to play with children present. n
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BIERNER: I developed the show at small theaters in Waukegan and Chicago, but this summer is actually my first Fringe Festival tour. My parents grew up in Indianapolis and I have family connections there, plus Gen Con is there, plus it’s awesome. I’ll get back to you next year on how festivals vary. NUVO: Tell me more about that dinosaur you tease in the descriptor. BIERNER: Ah, Bernie the Dinosaur (not to be confused with any other purple dinosaur) joined me during a previous act I called “Special Guest and the Technical Difficulties” which involved playing cover songs on electronic toy instruments. That format became too limiting and I moved on to accordion, but once you own a 10-foot inflatable dinosaur you can’t just leave him at home. NUVO: What draws you to nerd rock? BIERNER: It’s just kind of the way my life comes out. Plus, the accordion kind of
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FOLLOWING HER OWN ROAD How a Wizard of Oz spinoff came to be, and how its poetry saved a life.
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he pretended to be. Ultimately, she realizes that she had passed by family and companions who already made t the end of the day Gabrielle her happy. Patterson calls herself a writer “Sometimes we as women have more than anything, and how a tendency to pass up really good she spends most of her time doesn’t guys for our ideal perfect guy,” says dispute that. Between working in local Patterson. “Along the way my main high schools to teach spoken word character Camille goes along and meets workshops to traveling around the Thomas who is representative of the country to perform scarecrow and she says competitively, she is ‘well Thomas isn’t smart constantly writing; and enough,’ ‘the tin man not just in one style. is too blue collar.’” The Patterson is a poet and man who represents the recent playwright. In lion is a bouncer who fact, this year will mark won’t fight, so Camille her first production of a sees him as a coward. Fringe show. And drumroll — yeah, Her show The Wizer everything about Oz’s of Odd is a retelling of perceived personality is the house-crushingbasically a lie. brick-road-walking The dialogue is offered tale of The Wizard of through spoken word Oz. The play began at instead of standard lines. “POETRY ALMOST OnyxFest, Indianapolis’ Originally, the play only festival dedicated LITERALLY SAVED MY was three acts with an to the stories of Africanhour and a half run time. LIFE. IT HAS ALLOWED American playwrights. After the revisions, the ME TO WORK OUT SOME Pauline Moffat, show has been whittled the woman behind ISSUES THAT HAVE BEEN down to two acts and an the curtain at Fringe, hour on the stage. DORMANT, THROUGH mentioned to Patterson Patterson decided to THE WRITING.” that she should consider do a complete overhaul —GABRIELLE PATTERSON of the ending. In the using the script in a Fringe show. Lots of Onyx version, Camille auditions, practice and came home to her an ending rewrite later, the final story grandmother, broken and feeling like is something that’s a point of pride. she should have never left home. The Each character is highly personal for Fringe production will have a grand Patterson. finale poem where every cast member The play doesn’t have the fantastical gives their perspective. To close out the setting of the classic predecessor (with show, Camille makes a declaration of 15 minute set changes that just couldn’t her strength. fly). Instead, it borrows the archetypes The story on face value is about and a bit of the narrative progression. letting things slip by you, but for The main character Camille (Dorthy) Patterson it’s more. “It’s about leaves home with her grandmother friendship, it’s about family, it’s about (Glenda, in the play) to search for her love, it’s about finding yourself.” And mother, who happens to be the Wicked for Patterson, the writing continues to Witch of the West. During the trip be a way back to herself. Camille is simultaneously looking for “What my play is about is … being the love and affection of her mother and able to recognize what is good to us and the “perfect man” in Oz. what is good for us,” says Patterson. Along the road she meets the The relationship with Glenda and scarecrow, the tin man and the lion, Camille is by far the strongest in the all men who are better alternatives play. Glenda has cared for Camille than the “perfect man” in her mind’s her entire life. Even after giving her eye. Eventually she ends up in a bar everything she needs, Camille wants finding “Oz” — who is nothing like to run away to find her mother. The
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characters are a near perfect reflection of Patterson’s personal life. “There are pieces of me in Camille everywhere,” says Patterson. “Especially in her relationship with her mother. That was tough for me. Her poem to her mother is very personal to me. It is the most personal poem in the play for me.” Patterson was raised by her grandparents while her mother worked nights. As she got older, her relationship with her mother became “strained.” “The desire to have a relationship, a good relationship, with your biological parent is something that never really goes away,” says Patterson. “I had to be able to take a look at my own relationship with my mother [while writing]. “It’s one thing to write it out,” she says. “It’s another thing entirely to see it performed.” Writing has become Patterson’s means of working through the tough times in her life. In 2001 her 9-year-old daughter died. Instead of taking prescription drugs or going to group therapy, Patterson decided to keep a journal. “That’s how I got started writing,” says Patterson. “Trying to write my way through my grief.” During this time she attended a spoken word event with a friend. She started to write poetry and eventually brought her pieces onto the stage. “Poetry almost literally saved my life,” says Patterson. “It has allowed me to work out some issues that have been dormant, through the writing.” She has been a spoken word artist for the last 11 years; for the last five it has been her main source of income. She was even granted the opportunity to open for Erykah Badu. “Right now I am following my passion,” says Patterson. “And my passion is take those poems to reach to the next level.” Level up Patterson. Level up. n
THE WIZER OF ODD
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ark Sheldon’s signature black and white photography has been featured in a multitude of publications including: Downbeat, Jazz Times and Living Blues. He sifted through his library of work and compiled images of past and present Indiana jazz legends into one Hoosier-centric show. The Naptown Scene examines Indiana’s jazz legacy — how the greats like Wes Montgomery helped beget the up-and-coming jazz legends. I sat down with Sheldon after the show’s opening to learn about his passion for jazz photography. NUVO: How did you get started with photography? MARK SHELDON: As a kid I used to look through my grandparents’ photographs around the house. I always felt there was some importance to documenting things. My grandfather was always taking pictures of something. While he didn’t point me towards photography and we never had a conversation about it, it was his photographs of family and travel that showed me the importance of legacy and documenting events, however mundane. NUVO: Why jazz photography?
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SHELDON: Indianapolis has always had a good jazz scene. There are some music authors and historians who say there is an “Indianapolis sound” to jazz, just like there is a New York, Chicago, New Orleans, or LA sound. Some of the more
SHELDON: I used to shoot mostly rock; I grew up on The Beatles and Motown. I would sneak my camera in places to get pictures. I had to hide it and bring it in with me. Back in the day I photographed Led Zeppelin, Santana and Queen. It wasn’t until “I would sneak my camera in places my late ’20s that I knew what jazz was. I heard it to get pictures. I had to hide it and the first time and kind of hated it. What was going bring it in with me.” — MARK SHELDON on here? I don’t get any of this. But ultimately, it just grew on me. You have to legendary musicians who have come listen to the music and how they play it and what they do to really get a feel for it. from here and influenced generations of players are: Wes Montgomery, J.J. I would go to festivals and clubs and things like that and it morphed into that. Johnson, and Freddie Hubbard. If you’re playing trombone, guitar or trumpet — I I still photograph different things, but don’t care if you’re 15 or 16 or 40 — I’m more entrenched in jazz. these Indianapolis musicians will have influenced you. I think it’s pretty odd for NUVO: How would you describe the a city this size to have a handful of musiIndianapolis jazz scene? Has it changed cians who have influenced thousands of since you started shooting?
performers. Every musician who comes to Indy wants to whip out some Wes Montgomery tune at the Jazz Kitchen. NUVO: What can we expect to see at The Naptown Scene” SHELDON: This is my first exhibit of solely Indiana musicians. It’s about 55 photographs and all feature Indianapolis or Indiana musicians. Around the walls there are two-foot square prints that I did of all the younger musicians. They’re tightly shot, their eyes are in focus, but everything else is blurry. You’re drawn to their eyes immediately because they’re big and in your face. In the middle of The Naptown Scene there is a display of 36 of the older, more legendary musicians. There’s a bio of the musician next to each image that David Williams wrote. Having the little vignettes next to each photograph was really a plus. A lot of times at an exhibit you look at an image and you might not know who it is and you fly by it. Last night there were people who read all 36 bios and it was really cool. You get a history lesson with the older musicians and a nice peek into the younger musicians. Typically my exhibit may not include those same guys — but when you’re talking about a legacy you’ve got to look at what’s coming and not just what’s passed. n
Katrina Murray: Particle Physics e Through Aug. 29. There were actually two separate destinations to hit if you wanted to check out the work of Katrina Murray on Friday night at the Circle City Industrial Complex. There were both the Nancy Lee Designs Studio on the ground “Where the Wild Things floor and her second Are“ by Katrina Murray floor studio where a dozen or so of her paintings in various styles were on display, including “Kubrick’s Camera,” which depicts an onlooker ogling said camera in the LA Contemporary Museum of Art. The painting is realistic in style, although the colors are primarily washed out blues and yellows, like a faded film print. That painting was from California Series Yet to Be Named, and whether or not she’s ever named it, she’s moved on, into the world of particle physics. The inspiration for one painting in this new series was by the Quebecois painter Jean Paul Lemieux, who died in 1990. His painting “Figure, Turned towards the Cosmos,” is a stylized depiction of a young child staring up at the stars. But Murray’s painting of the same name — on display with five others in the Particle Physics series in the Nancy Lee Design Studios — depicts instead bluish and purplish abstractions against a pink field. (It figures that an artist who frequently crosses the line from abstraction into representation and vice versa would be inspired by a painting in one style to paint in the other.) In “Where the Wild Things Are,” however, you just might be able to recognize a wild thing or two. Certainly, there is beauty in the gestural playfulness of these painting, the odd color combinations. But then, reading the text supplied by the artist, you realize that these depicted scenes most likely are taking place on the subatomic level. “My new work is based on particle physics,” she says in her artist’s statement. “I am fascinated with the Large Hadron Collider and the process of smashing protons and the information that comes from that. I am a maker, not a scientist, but I do meditate on these scientific findings while I make.” The one painting that stands apart from the others in this series remains untitled. In this painting the color contrasts are sharper and the pointillistlike touches of her previous work in this series — as if depicting particles beaming about in a particle accelerator — are gone. Perhaps she was on the verge of a new discovery, a new turn in her work when randomness — an element in human life as well as in particle physics — intruded. She had an auto accident in April that resulted in a brain injury. All proceeds from this exhibition go directly toward offsetting medical expenses while Murray recovers. — DAN GROSSMAN Nancy Lee Designs Studio, Circle City Industrial Complex, 937-1652, nancy@ndesignsmetal.com, by appointment
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This year’s $10,000 5x5 winner: An Indy-centric coloring book competition — and she loves connecting 5x5 participants to potential partners. “We have energy, we have new approaches and we have the community connections to put our ideas into practice,” says Taft. Images of Grant Thomas’s project will include neighborhoods, events and landmarks. Thomas’s idea is intended to connect adults and children to specific places, while teaching the history of the city. During Thomas’ residency at the Harrison Center, he walked around Indianapolis for a 48-hour project and created
ommunity building and artsfocused innovation gave some of Indianapolis’s brightest minds a reason to highlight their neighborhoods during “Look Indy: The City is Your Classroom,” the 5x5 Arts and Innovation Prize Competition on Aug. 7. The winner this round: Grant Thomas with his concept of “Color Me Indy,” an adult coloring book that is based around Indianapolis neighborhoods. Hosted by the Harrison Center for the Arts, the event brought together local visionaries to pres“I think most of these applicants ent their ideas in the Harmade the judges smile or pause rison Center’s courtyard. Five finalists have been to think in a way that the other selected to compete for a $10,000 prize and were applicants didn’t.” judged on a five-minute presentation. Audience — JOANNA BEATTY TAFT members were able to vote but judges had the final poll. Joanna Beatty Taft, executive direcillustrations based on what he saw. tor of the Harrison Center for the Arts, Those drawings are the backbone of his explained what made these five stand “Color Me Indy” entry. out. “I think most of these applicants It’s “a great way to get funded to do made the judges smile or pause to something you love while creating a rethink in a way that the other applicants lationship with a city like Indianapolis,” didn’t,” says Taft. Taft also helps the says Thomas. He hopes to connect the finalists develop their ideas after the
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community through creation — not just 5X5: START COMPETITION release a book. UP INDY “The idea teaches people about the city and hopefully will expose them to W H E N : O C T . 15 ( T H E N E X T 5 X 5) parts that people don’t necessarily interINFO: TBD. SEE NUVO.NET AND THE FALL act with on a daily basis,” says Thomas. ARTS GUIDE FOR DETAILS Finalist Brittany West’s TICKETS: FREE, RESERVATION REQUIRED “Your Neighborhood Trade School” project series to foster local was well received by discourse around current the crowd and judges. events, history, science She won the audience and the arts. The “Open vote and gave one of Air Lyceum” is named the strongest presentaafter the tradition of the Brittany West tions of the evening. She American Lyceum Movehoped to scale down the citywide Trade School model into Jonathan Harris ment. By educating and engaging its participants a semester of Trade School workshops through dialogue “Open held in three neighborhoods. West’s Air Lyceum” also hopes to provide Herproject aimed to organize classes in ron students a chance to share their community centers and public spaces, research. in the hopes of creating an opportunity Mary Jo Bayliss’s for neighbors to share ideas and skills. “LifeLines” project “Your Neighborhood Trade School” intended to display two hoped to showcase how the communilarge-scale, steel sculpty can learn to complete projects withtures designed by her in an environment of trust and respect, students from Christel without solely relying on income. West House Academy at the believes a project like this could create Mary Jo Bayliss Indianapolis Art Center’s sustainable neighborhoods. Teach a Artsgarden and in each man to fish, right? student’s neighborhood. For Bayliss — Mark Kesling’s “The whose high school students serve as Hidden City” aimed to her inspiration for the project — comemploy 3D artists to munity artwork is “a souvenir of sorts.” work with businesses, The project takes a community-buildhelping them both ing model from Bayliss’s school and identify and paint threebrings it to the other neighborhoods. dimensional murals on “The goal is to include people from city buildings, sidewalks, Mark Kesling walls, and streets. Kesling the Indianapolis Art Center and other high schools.” Bayliss’s project will also intended to merge art with science in feature community meetings, team a way that encourages people to be a building exercises, food, music and bit more fascinated about the space welding lessons to give people who around them. “For years, I have been curious about don’t usually socialize an opportunity what lies behind or underneath,” says Kesling, who believes in the power of art to transform “The idea teaches people about the perspective. “I love how artists can work together city and hopefully will expose them with architects, engito parts that people don’t necessarily neers, technicians and scientists to reveal the interact with on a daily basis.” hidden world in which we live.” According to — GRANT THOMAS Kesling, “The Hidden City” project is “a powerful way to get the public to engage in thinking to get to know each other. and learning in informal settings.” Although only one of the pitches Jonathan Harris’s “Open Air Lyceum” received the award, here’s hoping that project at Herron High School prothe others will eventually come to fruiposed an outdoor meeting place for tion. After all, who doesn’t want things inspirational discussion and engagelike sustainable agoras with 3D artwork ment. The presentation came with the made by students? n idea to introduce a free public lecture NUVO // 100% RECYCLED PAPER // 08.12.15 - 08.19.15 // VISUAL 17
MAC RESULTS Excitement! Speed! Mayor Ballard in, um, interesting garb! Crashes! Beer! Some more crashes! A hell of a 2015 lot more beer! OK, enough — the 2015 edition of NUVO’s Mass Ave Criterium is in the books, and a big part of the joy of making the podium is seeing your name in newsprint in 8 pt. Fruitiger condensed typeface. GLORY! In the marquee/top-dog/main-event-type matchups the results were: MEN’S PRO CAT 1/2 The top categories were vying for a grand prize of $1,999. • Ryan Knapp, Columbus — Zone-6 Cycling • Aaron Beebe, Grand Haven, Michigan — ICC BISSELL-ABG-GIANT (NUVO, too) • Kyle Perry, Muncie — Texas Roadhouse WOMEN’S CAT 1/2/3 Again, the top prize is $1,999, because gender equality! • Sierra Siebenlist, Indianapolis — Scarlet Fire • Sher Smith, Louisville, Kentucky — Clarksville Schwinn-Rapid Transit • Jane Vanni-Nooner, Indianapolis — Zone-6 Cycling You can find a complete list of all the results for each race at usacycling.org and nuvo.net.
SPORTS EVENTS Beaver Chase, the Urban Trail Race Aug. 15, 7:30 a.m. It’s a full, half and quarter marathon — but it’s a trail run through Indy. Urban wilderness, anyone? Stacked Pickle, 910 W. 10th St., $35-60 Tour de Upland Aug. 14-16, times vary. You bike as much or as little as you like. You drink beer. You camp. You repeat. IS THIS AWESOME OR WHAT? CYO Camp Rancho Framasa, 2230 Clay Lick Road, (Nashville), prices vary, uplandbeer.com Indy Eleven V. Tampa Bay Rowdies Aug. 19, 7:30 p.m. Your next chance to see Mr. Ring, interviewed on this very page, is a Wednesday night matchup against a Florida team that’s seen a bit of a dropoff lately. Michael A. Carroll Stadium, $10 and up Indiana Fever V. New York Liberty Aug. 23, 6 p.m. Freddy Fever rode a bike in the MAC mascot race. He seems a little less intense than Boomer. Anyway, this is the first of a three-game home stand for the Fever after a long August road trip. Bankers Life Fieldhouse, $15 and up
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Brad Ring digs burgers, Chatham Tap and Australia. Oh, and sleeping in.
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e reached out to the Indy Eleven with an idea — eleven questions for an Indy Eleven player. They liked it so much they’ll be putting it in their game programs (GOAL!) and we’ll have a new edition online every week at nuvo. net even when the Eleven’s on the road. Let’s kick off this new weekly Q&A feature series with Indy Eleven midfielder Brad Ring. You might remember Ring from his playing days at Indiana University, where he earned All-Big Ten honors his senior season. NUVO: What is your favorite local restaurant? BRAD RING: I guess the first one that jumps out at me is Bub's Burgers in Carmel. NUVO: What is your perfect meal? RING: I like to start off with a salad so I feel like I’m being fairly healthy. Then maybe some sort of seasoned steak, potatoes, and steamed broccoli. NUVO: Favorite local place to catch a match if you aren’t playing? RING: Chatham Tap in Fishers is probably where I’ve been to the most. NUVO: If you had a walkout song like baseball players do, what would it be? RING: I think I could use an hour to prep for this question. (Editor’s note: We proceed to push this question to the end of the interview.) NUVO: What is the best goal celebration you’ve seen throughout the years? RING: I kind of like the celebration [that’s] not much of a celebration. Maybe after you hit a goal just stand there in awe of yourself a little bit. Kind of like you’ve been there before, you’ve done it. I’m a fan of that. NUVO: You’ve won a free vacation and can go anywhere, where are you going? RING: I think I’d say Australia.
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fully mean sleeping in a little bit because that’s pretty rare. If I make it to eight I’d be pretty happy. Ideally my wife would have that day off as well. We’d just hang out at home with our son, maybe go to a splash park or some sort of park.
NUVO: You get a big signing bonus and you’re trying to roll through the streets looking like a big shot — what are you driving? RING: That’s a great question. To be honest, if I got a big check I wouldn’t spend a whole bunch of money on a car. I’d probably just get your average Mercedes, a pretty nice car but nothing over the top like a $200,000 car.
NUVO: If you could swap shoes with any athlete for a day, who would it be?
“I kind of like the celebration [that’s] not much of a celebration. Maybe after you hit a goal just stand there in awe of yourself a little bit.”
NUVO: What is your favorite part about Indianapolis? RING: The people that live here are very friendly and welcoming. ...There’s a lot of things to do in the city. It offers a lot.
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RING: I’ve got a two-part answer. If it didn’t have to be a current athlete I’d switch with Michael Jordan back in the ’90s when he was dominating the NBA every single year. He could pretty much do what he wanted to do — win championship after championship — so that’d be the first part. Second part would be [Lionel] Messi. He’s at the top of his game and the best player in soccer in my opinion and most people’s opinions. Just the speed that he plays with and his touch, I feel like he makes the game look easy and it would be fun playing with that skill set.
NUVO: What is your ideal day off?
NUVO: If any person could play you in a movie, who would best fit the role?
RING: I think an ideal day off would hope-
RING: I’d guess I’ll go with Ryan Gosling.
RING: Hold on one second, I’m asking a few teammates for help on this one. (Editor’s note: Phone[ask] a friend was allowed during this interview.) When I was in San Jose the song that the fans sung for me was an old song, “Ring of Fire.” Johnny Cash. I’m not super happy with that answer but I’m not coming up with anything better. (Editor’s note [we swear this is the last one]: We offered Brad the chance to send us a different song if he thought of a better one) Ring via email: Chicago Bulls theme song. Boom. n
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Unity Aug. 12. Playing worldwide for one day only, this documentary features an unprecedented cast of 100 celebrity narrators from the worlds of film, television and music. The list Aaron Paul, Ben Kingsley, Deepak Chopra, Dr. Dre, Ellen DeGeneres, Geoffrey Rush, Helen Mirren, Jennifer Aniston, Joaquin Phoenix and 90 more! Seven years in the making, the film “takes an in-depth look at what it truly means to be human,” through compelling footage of important events across the world over the last two centuries. Visit specticast.com/en/titles/unity for local showtimes.
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ong ago, decades before most of you were born, there was a hit TV series named The Man From U.N.C.L.E. Co-conceived by Ian Fleming (James Bond’s daddy), it was a stylish actionthriller about two spies fighting evil and being cool. Robert Vaughn played Napoleon Solo, dashing American secret agent, and he was popular, but the bulk of the attention went to David McCallum as his partner, soulful Russian agent Illya Kuryakin. He was quieter, more exotic, and he had a groovy Beatles haircut. Fifty-one years after its premiere, The Man From U.N.C.L.E. is back as a feature film, directed by Guy Ritchie (Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels) and starring Henry Cavill, the current Superman, as Solo and Armie Hammer, the Lone Ranger, as Kuryakin. The movie is fun, if you’re content to view it as an exercise in style and fashion. That’s the way I watched it, though it wasn’t my plan. Truth is, I missed some plot points early on because I couldn’t stop thinking about Henry Cavill’s voice. Where had I heard that rolling, glib style of speech before? As key information about the story passed by, I searched my memory and finally came up with three possible sources: First, Cavill sounds like Wheel of Fortune host Pat Sajak on episodes when he seems particularly determined to make sure we understand
he delivers a nuclear warhead to some very evil people. The story serves as an excuse to throw Solo and Kuryakin at each other and OPENING: THURSDAY, WIDE-RELEASE watch the sparks. Cavill’s Solo is suave, R A T E D : P G - 1 3, r or as suave as one can be with that voice. Kuryakin is a sullen loner prone to tantrums. Despite his size (Hammer is 6’5”) that he thinks the show is beneath him. and absurd strength, he comes off more Second, he sounds like Matt Keeslar, star like an emotionally bruised boy than a of the delightful 2008 spy spoof TV series, behemoth. And he doesn’t have a Beatles The Middleman. And finally, Cavill sounds haircut, which is sad. a bit like Keith Morrison, the Dateline NBC Solo and Kuryakin lob insults back journalist that narrates true crime stories and forth, and the homoerotic subtext so like the host of a late-night horror show. common to buddy movies is less than subtle at times (a “top – bottom” bit of business concerning locks Guy Ritchie has made a sturdy is hard to miss). Cavill and movie with interesting camerawork, Hammer are interesting, though their characan effective score and entertaining, even ters feel more like constructs than people. Alicia if insular, characters. Vikander gets lots of screen time, but the focus remains on the men. Guy Ritchie has made a sturdy movie So there you go. with interesting camerawork, an effecFor what it’s worth, here’s the actual plot (I looked it up): In 1963, near Berlin’s tive score and entertaining, if insular, characters. Nothing earth-shaking is goCheckpoint Charlie, rival secret agents Solo and Kuryakin try to capture German ing on here, but it’s a nice way to spend a couple of hours. I hope there’s a sequel auto mechanic Gaby Teller (Alicia Vi– I’m interested in where they might kander from Ex Machina), whose father, take the characters next. By the way, Udo Teller, is a renegade Nazi rocket exU.N.C.L.E. stands for United Network pert. Eventually, the rivals are instructed Command for Law and Enforcement. by their respective organizations to work together with Gaby to grab Udo before Kind of a stretch, don’t you think? n REVIEW
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IMA Summer Nights: The Big Lebowski w Aug. 14, 7 p.m. One of the Coen brothers’ best films, this comedy is as breezy and beguiling as its hero — a devil-may-care dude played to perfection by Jeff Bridges. Mistaken for a millionaire and roped into a ransom plot, “the Dude” enlists his bowling buddies to help him through the ordeal. Wildly hilarious and pure of heart, this film is like cinematic chicken soup for the soul. For IMA’s outdoor screening, attendees are encouraged to dress up as their favorite characters, show off their bowling skills, and enjoy beer and food from Sun King and King David Dogs. IMA Amphitheater, $12 public, $6 members
CONTINUING The Fantastic Four i Writers have been in a frenzy over the last week trying to insult this reboot of the Fantastic Four in the most outrageous way possible. The movie isn’t so-bad-you’ve-got-to-see-it bad, it’s just dreary and disappointing. The filmmakers opt to tell a revised origin story (no one cares about their origin at this point) and it takes an hour – an hour – before you see any superpowers. Making Reed Richards so young severely weakens the character’s long-time position as one of Marvel Comics’ grand old men. The Thing, meanwhile, has lost his distinctive brow, not to mention his shorts and his genitalia. And Dr. Doom’s new appearance makes him look like a minion of the real Dr. Doom. Even when the superpowers finally kick in, not much happens. The Fantastic Four I grew up with were a rollicking family of superheroes that acted more like real people than most superheroes. They suffered and squabbled like real people too, but they had fun. This movie has none of that. PG-13, in wide-release
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he 48 Hour Film Project is a pressure cooker — for participants and judges. Each team of filmmakers has two days to write, shoot and edit a 7-minute film of a randomly chosen genre. And the judges have just a few minutes after watching the 30-plus films to choose the best entry. I had the honor of judging Indy’s contributions in the international competition on Saturday night. When I joined the other judges at the IMA, sponsors from the art collaborative Big Car quickly treated us to some beer — free beer is the best kind of beer. Then they led us into the Toby Theater, where we sat in a balcony overlooking the action like Roman emperors at a gladiator game. We joked about giving a thumbs up or thumbs down after each film like the emperors did after the gladiators battled. But the atmosphere of the screening wasn’t grimly competitive. The filmmakers buzzed with a giddy, childlike exuberance that rumbled through the walls of the theater.
“This crowd is kind of rowdy. I like it,” my fellow judge, Ben Johnson, said behind a wide grin. The film teams cheered when their entries appeared on screen. I noticed a few filmmakers watching with a certain detached wonder, as if they couldn’t believe they were seeing their work on the big screen. When the screening ended at midnight, Big Car’s cultural programs director Anne Laker whisked us away to “the green room,” where we had to pick the winning film and runner-up. Three films stood out — Bobby, Dessert and Wonderful Neighbors. The team behind Bobby lost some points for deviating from its assigned genre — detective drama — and taking a detour into horror. But it’s one hell of a horror film, elegantly embedding otherworldly elements in an ordinary suburban setting. It has one of the best uses of an evil clown that you’re likely to see. Dessert struck us as the best example of its genre, dark comedy. Lit like a jazz club in Mad Men, it revolves around an old-fashioned dinner date
that grows hilariously creepy. Our choice for the best film, Dessert will go to Hollywood for a screening at Filmapalooza in the TCL Chinese Theater. A comedy about suburban superheroes, Wonderful Neighbors was the runner-up. Fellow judges Amy Pauszek and Scott Tucker fought hard for this one while Ben and I argued in favor of Bobby and Dessert. “You guys have dark minds,” Amy quipped. Although we had only 30 minutes to decide before we were locked in at the museum, our choices were hardly rushed. These three films jumped off the screen and into our notebooks, where we wrote copious positive comments about them. And we managed to squeeze in discussions of other excellent entries, bouncing in our seats with delight despite being under a time crunch. When Laker came to gather us at the end of the night, she said something that applied to everyone involved in the 48 Hour Film Project: “Thanks for showing grace under pressure.” n
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alking around New York as a bornand-raised Hoosier, you have to constantly remind yourself that the city inspired the fiction that used it as a set, not the other way around. Fictional Gordon Gekko dominated real Wall Street. Fictional Holly Golightly walked down real Fifth Avenue. The scenery on which directors paint our favorite stories is right there in front of you, and the city feels as much like a celebrity as Hepburn ever did — more dimensional and legendary than all the stars on the Walk of Fame combined. Mention that you’re going to any Hoosier and they’ll name a friend or family member who has moved there with reverence, like they might a combat-worn soldier. Brushes with celebrity, like when Louis CK dropped in to do a set while some Hoosier Beard House diners took in a late Wednesday show at the Comedy Cellar, make it seem like anything is possible with dogged dedication and good timing. And the city’s fierce reputation for chewing up and spitting out those unprepared to meet her challenges has an effect of lionizing the people who get to go be a part of her most legendary traditions. But listening to the group of Hoosier chefs talk over dinner, you might mistake them for tattooed farmers, not the much-lauded semi-celebrities from their home cities. As I sat in the middle of a long table with chefs Jonathan Brooks, David Tallent, Peter Schmutte and Chris Eley (Aaron Butts dined with his lovely family
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Still, the discussion rarely circled back around to the dinner they planned on cooking the next day at the historic house once owned by America’s most groundbreaking chef. Instead, they’re talking about missing their kids’ first days of school, about liquor distribution problems, general business. They made jokes about drinking way too much at Holiday, a great dive bar owned by a friend of Thunderbird owner Joshua Gonzales. When Chefs Night Off’s RJ Wall started in with a familiar line of questions about prep times at the James Beard House, they were mostly quiet. Peter Schmutte shakes his head. Barman Joshua Gonzales needed limes. Chef David Tallent was slightly concerned about the fate of a few flats of live microgreens. Chris Eley shrugged and drawled exactly three words: “I’m good, man.” Fictional Holly The first time I saw this group of people preparing Golightly walked for the James Beard Dindown real Fifth Ave. ner, it was at the Joseph Decuis wagyu farm for a ... the city feels as sold-out crowd of about people. They cooked much like a celebrity 130 all their dishes outdoors as Hepburn did. on open spits and open flames, plated them >>>
that night), I expected them to talk prep strategy or platings. Instead, they chatted about the prices of citrus in the midst of a brutal California drought. They asked Schmutte if he picked up anything cool at a restaurant supply store. He didn’t. They politely asked Mission Chinese wait staff questions about the drinks available. They didn’t mention a strong preference. They sipped cocktails and beers, passed plates and occasionally commented on the dishes being brought out. Mostly it was just a lot of pleased grunting, brief summations of each dish’s flavor profile (“super bright,” “the mapo is insane”), interspersed with the expected, touristy thumbs-ups/thumbs-downs on the city’s sights and restaurants. PHOTOS BY SARAH MUR
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<<< on picnic tables and watched their creations be carried down a gravel road and placed in a barn that was transformed into a dining room for the night. But more impressive than the dishes themselves was watching five chefs, all at the top of their game in a scene that loudly celebrated their individual accomplishments, jump in and help each other cook and plate as if they’d been working on the same line together for years — no yelling, no ego, just a job that needed to get done. And it was done exceptionally well. It turns out that you do not get ahead in the Hoosier food scene by imitating Gordon Ramsay. And although it’s always been a dream of mine to hold two pieces of bread against an obtuse person’s head and make them declare themselves an
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idiot sandwich, a chef that acted like that wouldn’t last long with an attitude like that in this group of chefs. If I learned anything about the rules of Hoosier hospitality on this trip, the first three would probably be, “1. Don’t be an asshole. 2. Help when you’re needed. 3. Get and keep your shit together.”
When I arrived at the James Beard House on the lower west side of Manhattan Thursday night, the mood in the kitchen was high-energy but overwhelmingly calm. It felt much like watching athletes at the Olympics: a lot of focused gazes and precise, practiced movements. Think all of the excitement of track and field speed and with a healthy dose of figure skating artistry, with almost none of the ego and drama (although barman Joshua Gonzales, for his part, did not remove his signature and subtly mocking “Vodka Soda” hat for the event, his way of having some fun at the expense of patrons who come into craft cocktail bars and then intentionally avoid flavor of any kind). The five heads chosen for the kitchen and the one behind the bar kept
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that RJ Wall had chosen the right chefs to take on this challenge. There was something familiar and ultimately Hoosier about cooking this meal in an actual person’s home. And not just any person, but the chef who first had a cooking show, who was the first to collect all of America’s regional culinary quirks and traditions and declare the patchwork of flavors “American Cuisine.” To have chefs there representing a state known for our hospitality was as logical as using film and television to broadcast cooking demonstrations into homes across the U.S. For me, the dinner was familiarly perfect: Joshua Gonzales mixed balanced, perfectly-paired cocktails. Chris Eley took everything there is to love and taste in a goose and condensed it to a single perfect bite. There was Dave Tallent’s, well, talented, thoughtful approach in every bite. Jonathan Brooks perfectly executed his gift for taking the familiar and supercharging it with novelty. Aaron Butts remained to the good news of wagyu what Pope Francis is to the word of God. And Peter Schmutte, in the face of 70 stuffed diners, served a dessert that was impossible to leave unfinished and criminal not to photograph. After dinner, the chefs and bartender were presented with certificates by the Beard Foundation to recognize the accomplishment it is to cook at the Beard house. After we had filed outside to catch some air and have a few cigarettes, some of the chefs drifted magnetically back to the kitchen to mingle. Butts’ daughter took the opportunity to throw a few slices of zucchini in a pan left on the historic stove, and her dad leaned across the bar to demonstrate a textbook wrist-flick of the pan. We made plans to meet up at a bar after the Foundation hosts spat us onto the sidewalk at 11 p.m. sharp, just in time to catch the fireworks Donald Trump had commissioned to celebrate a “successful” GOP debate — an event I was doubly grateful to the chefs for sparing me. It felt like watching your home team win and meeting up at a bar later to celebrate with them. There were families having fun on the field after the game. Then at that bar, there was little discussion of the dinner itself; that it was outstanding didn’t seem to be particularly pressing to any conversation, though there were plenty of handshakes and hugs. If I could suggest to our incompetent boob of a governor a couple words that might help define our state, at least as I saw it presented in New York, it would be “honest pride.” Honest pride is what you earn from putting in long hours to become a little better every day. That monastic brand of work-study that
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From left, the back of Chris Eley’s head, The Star’s Liz Biro, Aaron Butts, David Tallent and Jon Brooks tear it up (calmly) in the Beard House’s small kitchen.
CNO’s Andrew Whitmoyer, barman Joshua Gonzales and CNO coordinator RJ Wall.
you can’t achieve by any other means than racking up those all-important ten thousand hours. Put in enough time and sweat, and you will have the best product, and if you worked your whole life and career to be the best, you deserve to be proud. Joshua Gonzales, Chris Eley, Jonathan Brooks, David Tallent and Peter Schmutte deserve to be very proud. If there was any way to define Hoosier flavors, the best way might be “subject to change.” If the personalities of those that are currently defining it are any indication — and not just referring to the ones who came to the Beard House — the food scene is a reflection of creative curiosity, continuous study of technique and a perfect balance between farm-worn traditions and dazzling innovation. Walking back from a wine bar where the group had convened following the meal at Mission Chinese, Chris Eley and David Tallent
walked past the open doors of a bustling noodle shop. The variety of preparations across the diversity of Asian noodles piqued the interest of the chefs, and they wandered into the fluorescent haze of the flour-fogged shop. They inched closer and closer to the men pouring white powder into big tumblers, trying to see if they were soba, udon, alkalized ramen, or something else. An older Asian man in a white uniform and a permanent tired grimace shuffled out of an office and waved off the tall, strange white men like they were birds trying to steal a little product. An hour later, Eley would explain to me in the back of the cab how he’s been across the country “visiting” his product made by the company he started seven years ago, how the next “tier” of competition, when they grow that large, may have them competing with megabrand Boars Head. The motivation to learn more and make a better product — the same instinct that drew both chefs to learn the noodle makers’ secrets — seemed to be the common, honest thread of all of their success. The best part about the trip to New York wasn’t really even eating the dinner or any of the food, but finding out that the people being praised were, both professionally and personally, worthy of their praise. No one complained about making it back to their home restaurants to work their weekend service. No one expected that the Beard dinner would lead them to anything but a little bit more sustained business, which they seemed to be as thankful for as rookie restaurateurs. n
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or Harpeth Rising, the art of arranging the trio's blend of neoclassical chamber folk means occasionally stepping on the toes of those who prefer their music in more staid fashion. The three members are often referred to as genre benders, but they've also struggled to throw off the idea that being classically trained — theirs coming via Indiana University's Jacobs School of Music — means being tied down by rules. “I've got to say, proper classical training actually really avoids rigidity in a sense,” says violinist Jordana Greenberg. “You should be free even within the confines of written music to express yourself. I think people get scared because they want to preserve tradition. And that's certainly worthwhile, absolutely. But I think there's also validity in simply creating a musical expression regardless of boundaries. What I have to say doesn't necessarily fall within a genre that already exists, so I'm going to say it in whatever way I can.”
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All three members — Greenberg, Rebecca Reed-Lunn on banjo and Maria Di Meglio on cello — earned performance degrees while at IU, and together they've toured America and the world playing and singing to growing audiences ready to lap up something different. Selfdescribed musical nomads, they've only recently attempted to make Louisville their permanent home, though they've spent plenty of time in Nashville as well. The Tennessean even once named them Best Local Band, quite some praise considering the number of locals vying for such a title in Music City. It is that sort of dedicated musical scene they're seeing pop up in Louisville at the moment. “I definitely think that we appreciate the culture of every place that we've lived, and there have been quite a few,” Greenberg explains. “We try to soak up those influences that come not only from living
in a place but also from all of our travels. We're definitely ready to settle down and call one place home. That place, for us, is Louisville. What's wonderful about Louisville is that right now it is a hotbed of creativity in terms not just musically but in the number of people starting projects and local businesses. The scene there is really growing.” When we spoke in Indianapolis on the night of America's shellacking of Japan in the Women's World Cup finals, the trio was more excited about the prospects of their current tour, which is so packed with dates they won't make it back to perform until October 24. “I love that we get to travel a lot,” Di Meglio says. “We've played everywhere from England to Colorado, and anywhere in between that, at least that's where we've been at the moment. And it's very interesting to see the regional audiences; every night the crowd is going to be different! In England they love singing and they will sing louder than any other audience. It's really fascinating and that's just something they do … they'll sing our original songs with us.”
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Reed-Lunn chimes in, instantly animated. “That was one of the things that most grabbed me coming from classical music,” she says. “There's definitely a feed off the audience in classical music, but it's much more intangible. You can't hoot and holler if there's a solo that you liked. But there's something so electric and wonderful about the audiences at our concerts. The communication is so that you can't think of anything else, you are 100 percent in one place and time. It really feels great!”
As accustomed as they are to the road, the band has also made plenty of time for the studio, releasing four albums in as many years before taking a bit of a break. Their fifth studio album, Shifted, hits stores on August 15. It is abundantly clear on the first listen that they've really worked to hone their sense of song craft. “We don't write anything out,” says Greenberg. “And because these songs are arranged carefully, there are areas set aside for improvisation and that can
“You should be free even within the confines of written music to express yourself. I think people get scared because they want to preserve tradition. And that’s certainly worthwhile, absolutely. But I think there’s also validity in simply creating a musical expression regardless of boundaries. What I have to say doesn’t necessarily fall within a genre that already exists, so I’m going to say it in whatever way I can.” — JORDANA GREENBERG
be incredibly fun. But for the most part the songs are what you might call precomposed. We do write the whole song but we just don't write anything down. We like to really use our ears to play off each other during the compositional and arranging process.” “I think people can be really personal about their songwriting process because it's so idiosyncratic, tied to each individual,” Reed-Lunn adds. “It's also something many people flat-out don't want to talk about because that's not what they want to share with you onstage. They just want to share the song with you! We've definitely worked through that.” All three agree what keeps them on the road for such long stretches is the role of music as the strongest communication tool. “It's just nice to know, especially when you're getting into international travel situations where you can't really interact with people in the way that you normally [do], you can still play a song and they understand it,” says Di Meglio. “You connect with them immediately, regardless of status in life or language barriers, political affiliation. You don't have to talk about politics to put on a concert and have a good time.” n
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ay Brookinz is without a doubt one of the most popular and recognizable personalities in the Indianapolis hip-hop scene. Much of the recognition Brookinz has accrued during his music career has come from his love for, and celebration of, two things: smoking weed and crafting hip-hop beats. As producer and mastermind behind the Gateway album series, Brookinz helmed the pot-themed MC compilation series featuring many of the biggest names in Indianapolis hip-hop, including Alpha Live, Rusty Redenbacher, Oreo Jones, Ace One and Sirius Blvck. He's also the driving force behind the annual Jay Brookinz Beat Battle, the 7th edition of which will go down Saturday, August 22 at the Vogue. Utilizing innovative marketing techniques and tapping into his own largerthan-life personality, Brookinz grew the beat battle into one of the most significant local music events in Indianapolis. This year Brookinz hatched his most ambitious publicity campaign yet. The Friday before JBBB7, Brookinz will host a live streaming 24-hour telethon featuring hours of local entertainment and opportunities to purchase discount tickets for the battle. I spoke with Brookinz at the WFYI studios. You can catch the full interview on Cultural Manifesto Wednesday night at 9 on 90.1 WFYI Public Radio. NUVO: A lot of hip-hop producers have a distinct and unmistakable sound. When we think of RZA we think of the Kung Fu style. When we think of Timbaland we think of the futuristic beats. When we think of Dilla we think of the soulful samples and innovative drum patterns. What's the trademark sound of a Brookinz beat?
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JAY BROOKINZ: Flipping things in ways that you didn't know could be flipped but still keeping the backbone of the boombap as the skeleton. That was my thing. Taking something and flipping it in a way where you'd be like, "How'd he do that?" NUVO: I'm guessing that some of our readers have no clue what a beat battle is. Break the concept down for us in the simplest terms. BROOKINZ: A beat battle is a production battle between people who make hiphop beats or any kind of beats period. It's kind of like an MC battle: You bring your beats and the other competitors bring their beats and we have judges to see who wins. In a nutshell that's what it is.
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NUVO: The way you've grown this event is amazing. It started out small in the first few years at Northside News and the Casba. Now you're at the Vogue and people are cheering and rooting for their favorite competitor like it's a Big Ten basketball game. It's not easy creating that type of excitement for local music in Indianapolis. How do you think you've been able to generate that sort of growth and response for the Jay Brookinz Beat Battle?
BROOKINZ: Being consistent. I remember days of shows and only People are cheering and rooting for throwing 20 people came out. It's all about sticking with it and their favorite competitor like it’s a having a passion for it and really going for it. I really Big Ten basketball game. love doing this. How can I transfer that to other people who aren't in the scene? This time it's a little different because I put myself out there completely. I'm not we've started a league. We did the beat scared to be like "I think this is dope." battle once every year. This year we're It also helps that the producers are going to have eight battles starting with getting better each year. In my mind the one at the Vogue on August 22nd. the producers are stars just like rappers Following that event we'll have six are stars. We know the Dr. Dres and the battles at The Hi-FI and then we'll end J. Dillas and the DJ Quiks. These guys with the championship battle back at the are world renowned artists and I think Vogue in May. It's on a grander scale this that people here have their own sound time because the producers are competand could achieve that level. But they ing over a season. It's not just one beat need a stepping board. and you're done. We carry points over to the next one until you find out who is the NUVO: Last year you camped out in front king of the beats in Naptown. of the Vogue in a tent for 48 hours before
the event. And this is hard for me to wrap my head around, but before the interview you told me that this year you're going to host a live 24-hour streaming telethon before the beat battle at the Vogue? BROOKINZ: This idea started last year. I knew exactly what I wanted to do after camping for 48 hours in front of the Vogue. I was like, "Next year I've got to do a telethon." Basically we're going to get together for 24 hours and let people do their thing. If you're an artist, come and do your art. We're not going to turn away anybody. We'll put you on to fill up the 24 hours and we'll have people calling in to purchase advance discount tickets. It's the day before the beat battle. So all day Friday we'll be doing the 24-hour telethon. It's going to be something so interesting people won't be able to take their eyes away. NUVO: Looking back on your work organizing these beat battles do any particular producers stand out in your memory? BROOKINZ: Tons! Let's start with the first one. 90 lbs. is a guy who used to do a lot of Oreo Jones productions. His beats were major. The second and third year was won by a guy named Firearms — he goes by Fire now. His beats were crazy. Then Blake Allee won one. Then Soul Cinematic. His beats were crazy insane. Last year we had Mandog who was the first pick of the draft this year. Even the people who didn't win came hard with it. Longevity always has good beats. I could go on and on. n
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WEDNESDAY TRIBUTES Tommy: A Bluegrass Opry feat. The Hillbenders 9 p.m. So you know and love The Who’s record Tommy. But will you know and love a live bluegrass interpretation of it by the Missouri outfit The Hillbenders? Bluegrass tributes and cover albums flourish on coffee shop playlists, but this live album recreation is a different animal. It covers the entire original album from start to finish in a 75-minute show, including bits for audience participation. White Lightning Boys will open. The Hi-Fi, 1043 Virginia Ave., Ste. 4, $10, 21+ FOLK Gillian Welch 7 p.m. Her newest work is as Dave Rawlings Machine (Nashville Obsolete), but we’re guessing Welch will perform plenty from The Harrow and The Harvest, her 2011 Grammy-nominated release (also written with partner Dave Rawlings). The Bluebird, 216 N. Walnut St. (Bloomington), $30, 21+
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Aaron Lewis 9 p.m. Staind singer/guitarist Lewis’ career has been curious since his solo debut in 2012; the metal singer has gone country – and he’s good at it. Lewis hopes to add to that solo collection with another solo release in 2016, so expect possible new material. The Bluebird, 216 N. Walnut St. (Bloomington), $30, 21+
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FRIDAY METAL Slipknot, Lamb of God, Motionless in White, Bullet For My Valentine They’ve sold millions of records globally, amassed hundreds of millions of online views and are considered at the forefront of today’s UK heavy metal scene. So what do Bullet For My Valentine decide to do as an encore to their 2013 album Temper Temper, which cracked the Billboard Top 20? Get even heavier, louder and darker. Venom, which is out Aug. 14, the same day Bullet For My Valentine take the Klipsch Music Center stage with Slipknot and Lamb of God, is a perfect summation of their convention: impossibly airtight rhythms, played at accelerated speeds and punctuated with big hooks, soaring solos and sing-along choruses. “People seem to like the direction we’ve gone,” vocalist/guitarist Matt Tuck noted during a recent phone interview. “They’re liking the fact we’ve gone heavier this time around. We’re always making sure we’re happy with what we’ve done first. Hopefully others like it too. But so far the response has been positive.” Temper Temper may have been on par commercially with Bullet’s previous three recordings, but reviews were decidedly mixed. That certainly didn’t escape the band’s notice. “The last album was definitely one of the lightest things we’d done,” Tuck said. “This time around we didn’t want to regurgitate what we’d done
previously, make the same album twice. We took some criticism for the last record. People wanted something heavier from us. We thought cool, let’s turn up the heat a little bit. We started with that mindset and it continued that way for the duration of the writing process.” That extended to Tuck’s lyrics. Opening track “No Way Out” exorcises his demons from growing up in a depressed part of Wales, where ambition seemed pointless and escape virtually impossible. The seething “You Want a Battle? (Here’s a War)” is a defiant response to the bullying Tuck endured in his youth for being artistic rather than athletic. “It was the way we wanted the album to be: aggressive and dark,” he said. “The lyrical content needed to keep with that theme. Those were subjects we hadn’t touched on in a while, with the last album especially. The music we were coming up with was exactly what we wanted. We needed something lyrically that was just as hard-hitting. We recaptured those darker times.” If Bullet For My Valentine (rounded out by lead guitarist Michael Paget, drummer Michael Thomas and new bassist Jamie Mathias) sound as in lockstep as ever with Venom, there’s a reason for it. “This album was the most we’ve ever done as far as writing and demoing the songs,” Tuck said. “It was seven months from the time we started writing to when we entered the studio. The album before was nothing like that. We went into the studio and started writing songs. So these two albums are very different from the way they were approached.” With the departure of former bassist Jason James last winter, Tuck played that instrument as well during recording of Venom. Bullet quickly found a suitable replacement in Mathias. “His audition was really good, so we invited him to come play with us,” Tuck said. “He did everything he needed to do, and did it unprompted. He came in and took to the role immediately. He’s got a good voice as well. It’s been an easy transition. We didn’t expect it to be so easy.” — WADE COGGESHALL LOCALS Henry Lee Summer 8 p.m. Ol’ Henry Lee is back and rarin’ to return to the Vogue for his Time For Big Fun tour we teased in our July 1st cover story. But is Indiana ready for Henry Lee? We’ll see Friday at the Vogue. Jason Squier will open. The Vogue, 6259 N. College Ave., $15 - $35, 21+
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DADS REO Speedwagon 8:30 p.m. We can’t fight this feeling anymore / We’re so happy REO Speedwagon keeps coming back and playing moooooooore. Hoosier Park Racing and Casino, 4500 Dan Patch Circle, prices vary, all-ages FESTS WAMM Fest 11 a.m. We love a good acronym, and this annual Southside fest has one that’s simple and straight to the point: W(ine) A(rt) M(usic) M(icrobrew). Damn. Those are literally all of the things that we like. A bit more on the M(usic) bit: Exit 99, Hairbangers Ball, HT3 Band, Indy Nile, Toy Factory and Blue River Band will all play. SUBMITTED PHOTO
Bullet for My Valentine, see our interview on the left COUNTRY Jake Owen 8 p.m. Owen’s got a Nashville beam with a beach bum mentality. Indiana State Fairgrounds, 1202 E. 38th St., $45, all-ages ALBUM RELEASES
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McHalo, Bier Brewery and Tap Room, 21+
Shadeland, The Bleeding Keys, Pillars, The Hi-Fi, 21+
Recoil, Britton Tavern, 21+
Kirk Whalum, Jazz Kitchen, 21+
State Street Pub, 243 N. State Ave., $5, 21+
Carol Weisman, The Cabaret at the Columbia Club, 21+
women317 with Tatjana Rebelle, Aisha Tariqa Abdul Haqq, Allyson Horton, VOICE, Tami J, Kim Crowder, Solo Solution, General Public Collective, all-ages Slim Pickens, Nickel Plate District Amphitheater, all-ages Harpeth Hill, Tin Roof, 21+ Social Distortion, Nikki Lane, Drag The River, Old National Centre, all-ages Smokes, The Ultrasounds, Chemical Envy, Memetics, Melody Inn, 21+
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FUNDRAISERS Dr. Ralph Stanley 8 p.m. This bluegrass master plays in Indy for a good cause: a portion of proceeds from Stanley’s performance at the Palladium will benefit Wheeler Mission. He’ll perform from his newest album Man of Constant Sorrow, which, on record, features Elvis Costello, Lee Ann Womack, Robert Plant, Ricky Skaggs and Del McCoury. Kim Robins and Forty Years Late will
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Creeping Pink Record Release Show 10 p.m. Here are some facts listed in quick order: 1) Landon Caldwell of Burnt Ones is back in Indianapolis. 2) He books State Street Pub now. 3) His other project, Creeping Pink, is excellent. 4) That project has a brand new release called Mirror Woods on Castle Face Records. 5) Jorma Whittaker will play at this show (his last performance of the year?). 6) There will be tacos from Love Handle Taco Shoppe in the State Street Pub Parking Lot. 7) This show will kick ass.
Return of the Dukes: John Schneider and Tom Wopat, Indiana State Fairgrounds, all-ages Travis Meadows, Whiskey Jack, Lawrence Nemenz, Brittany Kennell, The Billy Club, 21+ Bent Denim, Crescent Ulmer, Hovvdy, Jake Ryan, The Bishop (Bloomington), 18+ Big Smo, The Bluebird (Bloomington), 21+ Bigger Than Elvis, The Blue Collar Bluegrass Band, Radio Radio, 21+ Becky Archibald Quartet, The Chatterbox, 21+
Craig Park, 10 E. Smith Valley Road (Greenwood), $10, all-ages
Zanna Doo, Julia Kahn, The Rathskeller, 21+
Toy Factory, Saxony, 21+ Stolas, Artifex Pereo, Eidola, Hoosier Dome Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, Conner Prairie, all-ages Hillbilly Happy Hour with The Cousin Brothers, The Mooreland Bobcats, Melody Inn, 21+ Aaron Lewis, Lafayette Theatre, all-ages
SATURDAY HIP-HOP Chris Brown 7 p.m. Who dictates who is forgiven and whose career is destroyed by their (admittedly horrible) acts off stage? Is it this music editor? Nope. So, yes, Chris Brown is headlining Klipsch at this massive hip-hop concert. Also on the bill: Kid Ink, Omarion, Migos, Fetty Wap and Teyana Taylor. Klipsch Music Center, 12880 E. 146th St., prices vary, all-ages DANCE One Hell of A Night Tour Afterparty 10 p.m. DJ Stevie J, DJ Cash and DJ Limelight spin at this Chris Brown-hosted afterparty at Blu. Blu, 240 S. Meridian St., 21+
Da Brat, Digital Underground, Rob Base, Indiana Farmers Coliseum, all-ages Blue Rising, Jenn Cristy, The Bluebird (Bloomington), 21+ The Karaoke Machine, The Hi-Fi, 21+ Lewington and Downie of Jubilee Riots/Enter the Haggis, Nine Irish Brothers, 21+ Rich Hardesty, The Vogue, 21+ The Soft Machine ft. Drekka,Reservoir Dogwoods Oliver Boch, Josh Glinis, The Bishop (Bloomington), 18+ Iron Diamond, 5th Quarter Lounge, 21+ Blue Eyed Bel and The Big Bad Wolfe, Uncrown the Crook, The Mousetrap, 21+ Punk Rock Night’s Virgin Night: Transmissions, The Giggitys, Bearbones, The Pummels, Melody Inn, 21+ Shelby County Sinners, Bigfoot Yancey, State Street Pub, 21+ 1964 The Tribute, Honeywell Center, all-ages Tigerlilies, Birdy’s Bar and Grill, 21+ Flatland Harmony Experiment, Chilly Water Brewing Company, 21+ Julie Houston and Friends, The Chatterbox, 21+ The Stampede String Band, Oliver Winery, 21+ Brains Behind PA, Ellenberger Park, all-ages
SUNDAY LEGENDS Boz Scaggs 7 p.m. Scaggs recorded his latest,
SOUNDCHECK called A Fool To Care, in Nashville with the same group of players that accompanied him on Memphis in 2013. It includes a cover of The Band’s “Whispering Pines,” as a duet with Lucinda Williams, plus appearances from Bonnie Raitt, Ray Parker Jr., and more. Palladium at the Center for the Performing Arts, 1 Center Green (Carmel), prices vary, all-ages
Songwriter in the Round Showcase featuring Luke Austin Daugherty, Timothy Edward Brickley, Chris Wolf, Mallow Run Winery, all-ages
Bloomington Songwriter Showcase with Luke Austin Daugherty, Jenn Cristy, Ralph Ed Jeffers, Player’s Pub (Bloomington), 21+
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DoItIndy Radio Hour, Grove Haus, all-ages
Tic Tac Flow, Bert and Den’s, 21+
Charlie Ballantine Group, Jazz Kitchen, 21+
Tracksuit Lyfestile, Breakdown Kings, Dell Zell, Octagrape
Village People, Indiana State Fairgrounds, all-ages
Revolution with DJ Indiana Jones, The Casba, 21+
The Last 10 Seconds Life, Left Behind, Berrier, Hoosier Dome, all-ages
Paul Holdman, Rebeka Meldrum, Slippery Noodle, 21+
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Ghost Vibes 666 8 p.m. Irvington’s big, spooky spot The Irving is the most consistent host for wild and wacky experimental sounds in Indy, including this manifestation of Weird Vibes music series (now dearly departed but reincarnated as Ghost Vibes). Ariadne, Dante Augustus Scarlatti, John Flannelly, Miami Mice and Mememormee will trade sounds and space there Monday.
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Dynamite with DJs Salazar and Topspeed, Mass Ave Pub, 21+
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Sunday Funday with DJ Helicon, Flatwater Restaurant, all-ages NEEDTOBREATHE, Drew Holcomb and The Neighbors, Switchfoot, Colony House, Farm Bureau Insurance Lawn at White River State Park, all-ages
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SARAH: So our hair follicles all over our bodies are reliant on a variety of hormonal and nutritional factors. The reason chemo patients lose their hair is because the chemo drugs attack cells that are turning over quickly, and our hair and skin cells turn over really fast, hence the lost hair. If you notice a lot of hair falling out, you should definitely go check it out with your doctor. Unless your partner is holding you off of the ground by your ponytail, I’d guess there’s probably something bigger going on than just pulling stress, but I’m not a doctor. I have, however, had my hair fall out when I was extremely stressed and extremely ill, and there are some other conditions that cause hair to become brittle and easily break. Either way, check it out with your doc to be on the safe side. DR. D: There are numerous reasons hair falls out including aging, stress, medication side effects, and various health issues. If you’ve noticed a change in the amount of hair you’re losing outside of sex — like in the shower or in your hair brush/comb — mention this to your healthcare provider.
Bondage by way of the First Aid aisle Is there something I can use that’s like tape to tie up my girlfriend but won’t pull her hair off? — Anonymous, Tumblr
Rhoid rage? Are hemorrhoids caused by anal sex? Are they related at all? — Anonymous, Tumblr SARAH: Hemorrhoids, which are just big inflamed butthole veins, are unlikely to be caused by anal sex, according to most of the science-internet, but they can definitely be irritated by anal sex. Generally, I’d say it’s good advice to not stick things in our inflamed orifices, whatever they may be on the day. However, during my research, I did come across an article titled “Anal Sex Cured My Hemorrhoids,” which I can only conclude is a mean internet prank. Just lay off the butt stuff until they heal. DR. D: There is incredibly little research on how anal sex, or how certain ways of anal sex (e.g., rough vs gentle; frequent vs rare), affects the human body so I cannot tell you for sure. This is striking given that around 40% of Americans have tried anal sex at some point in their lives, even though very few people have anal sex with any regularity. However, anal sex can certainly irritate hemorrhoids just like vaginal intercourse can irritate vaginal cuts
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Anal meditations I think part of the reason I haven’t been able to enjoy anal sex is I’m so worried that it’s going to hurt that I can’t relax. Is that a thing? Do you have any ideas for how to get myself to relax and (maybe) enjoy it? — Anonymous, Tumblr SARAH: Are you asking for some kind of yogic meditation phrase? “Breathe in serenity, breathe out through your unclenched butthole.” That I cannot provide for you, friend. What I would do, if you’re in the beginning stages of your sexual repertoire, is practice with some plugs or a vibe when you’re alone. That’s assuming you really want to do it, and it seems like you might not be that into it if you’re having trouble relaxing. If you want to do it because it feels good, go for it. DR. D: If anal sex hurts you and you don’t like it, it’s okay to accept that and just engage in other kinds of sex. People of all ages, genders, and sexual orientations have come to that conclusion and it’s a totally fair one to come to, as with any sexual behavior. If you think you might like anal sex or want to give it more of a try, consider checking out some of the better anal sex books on the market like Anal Pleasure and Health by Jack Morin (regardless of your gender) or, if you’re a woman, The Ultimate Guide to Anal Sex for Women by Tristan Taormino.
Spendy slippage I’ve never used silicone lube mostly because it’s usually so expensive. Why is it so much more and is it worth the money? — Anonymous, Tumblr
SARAH: The upside to the silicone stuff is that it stays right where you put it, and it has a super-silky, gliding feel to it, and it doesn’t absorb or evaporate. The downside is, you have to wash or wipe it off or it stays as slick as a greasy waterslide down there. If you’re looking for something that really lasts, this would be a good bet.
lake, or other water environment. However, they are not considered compatible with other silicone based lubricants such as silicone contraceptives or silicone sex toys because of their potential to degrade the other product in barely noticeable but real ways. So is it worth the money? Depends on your lubricant needs and your budget.
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We had a question last week from a reader who wanted to know what we thought would improve everyone’s sex lives. As we have a little extra room in our — ANTHONY BOURDAIN Sex Doc column this week, I thought I’d issue a revised version of that original, if perhaps more passionate, screed. I get asked a lot if I have the best job in the world. DR. D: Silicone products cost more to make and thus they In fact no, I have the second-best job in the world. The cost more to sell to consumers. This is true for silicone sex best job in the world is shared by the Chinese scientists toys (especially the ones that are made mostly of silicone, that get to snuggle with baby pandas all day and call it which are quite pricy, versus the ones that use a small “work.” Second to that is my post, one which allows me percentage of silicone but claim to be “silicone based” a Multipass of hedonism, if you will. that are somewhat more affordable but still pricier than Anthony Bourdain probably said it in the most tidy jelly and other similar toys. Silicone based lubricants are way: “Your body is not a temple, it’s an amusement not always called “silicone” based lubricants on their park. Enjoy the ride.” He’s also a man of ethics, who boxes but may also be sold as “premium” lubricants. They recently used his CNN column to urge diners to tip hold up in water so people tend to use silicone-based/ heavily, including an extra tip for the kitchen staff. And premium lubricants for sex in the shower, hot tub, bathtub, while Bourdain’s purview is limited to the food industry,
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TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Do you remember your first kiss? How about the first time you had sex? Although those events may not have been perfectly smooth and graceful, they were radical breakthroughs that changed your life and altered your consciousness. Since then, there may have been a few other intimate rites of passage that have impacted you with similar intensity. No doubt you will experience others in the future. In fact, I suspect that the next installments are due to arrive in the coming months. Get ready for further initiations in these mysteries. Taurus
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GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Two-thirds of us don’t know what our strengths and talents are. That’s the conclusion of a study published in The Journal of Positive Psychology. One reason for the problem is what the report’s co-author Dr. Robert Biswas-Diener calls “strengths blindness,” in which we neglect our real powers because we regard them as ordinary or take them for granted. Here’s the good news, Gemini: If you suffer from even a partial ignorance about the nature of your potentials, the coming months will be a favorable time to remedy that glitch. Life will conspire to help you see the truth. (Read more: bit.ly/truestrengths.) Gemini
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CANCER (June 21-July 22): In 1504, Michelangelo finished his sculpture of the Biblical hero David. But he hadn’t been the first person to toil on the 17-foot-high block of marble. Forty years earlier, the artist Agostino di Duccio was commissioned to carve David out of the stone. His work was minimal, however. He did little more than create the rough shape of the legs and torso. In 1476, Antonio Rossellino resumed where Agostino had stopped, but he didn’t last long, either. By the time Michelangelo launched his effort, the massive slab had languished for 25 years. I see parallels between this story and your own, Cancerian. I suspect that you will be invited to take on a project that has been on hold or gotten delayed. This may require you to complete labors that were begun by others — or maybe instigated by you when you were in a very different frame of mind. Cancer
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LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Many people harbor the unconscious bias that beauty resides primarily in things that are polished, sleek, and perfect. Celebrities work hard and spend a lot of money to cultivate their immaculate attractiveness, and are often treated as if they have the most pleasing appearance that human beings can have. Art that is displayed in museums has equally flawless packaging. But the current astrological omens suggest that it’s important for you to appreciate a different kind of beauty: the crooked, wobbly, eccentric stuff. For the foreseeable future, that’s where you’ll find the most inspiration.
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VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): “No tree can grow to Heaven unless its roots reach down to Hell,” wrote psychologist Carl Jung in his book Aion. My interpretation: We earn the right to experience profound love and brilliant light by becoming familiar with shadows and suffering. Indeed, it may not be possible to ripen into our most radiant beauty without having tangled with life’s ugliness. According to my understanding of your long-term cycle, Virgo, you have dutifully completed an extended phase of downward growth. In the next extended phase, however, upward growth will predominate. You did reasonably well on the hellish stuff; now comes the more heavenly rewards. Virgo
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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): The Great Balancing Act of 2015 doesn’t demand that you be a wishy-washy, eager-to-please, self-canceling harmony whore. Purge such possibilities from your mind. What the Great Balancing Act asks of you is to express what you stand for with great clarity. It invites you to free yourself, as much as you can, from worrying about what people think of you. It encourages you to be shaped less by the expectations of others and more by what you really want. Do you know what you really want, Libra? Find out! P.S.: Your task is not to work on the surface level, trying to manipulate the appearance of things. Focus your efforts in the depths of yourself.
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SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Muslims, Jews and Christians are collaborating to erect a joint house of worship in Berlin. The building, scheduled to be finished by 2018, will have separate areas for each religion as well as a common space for members of all three to gather. Even if you don’t belong to any faith, you may be inspired by this pioneering effort to foster mutual tolerance. I offer it up to you as a vivid symbol of unity. May it help inspire you to take full advantage of your current opportunities to heal schisms, build consensus and cultivate harmony. Scorpio
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SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): In some phases of your life, you have been a wanderer. You’ve had a fuzzy sense of where you belong. It has been a challenge to know which target you should aim your arrows at. During those times, you may have been forceful but not as productive as you’d like to be; you may have been energetic but a bit too inefficient to accomplish wonders and marvels. From what I can tell, one of those wandering seasons is now coming to a close. In the months ahead, you will have a growing clarity about where your future power spot is located — and may even find the elusive sanctuary called “home.” Here’s a good way to prepare for this transition: Spend a few hours telling yourself the story of your origins. Remember all the major events of your life as if you were watching a movie. Sagittarius
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CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): You have been slowing to a crawl as you approach an exciting transition. But I’m here to advise you to resume normal speed. There’s no need for excessive caution. You have paid your dues; you have made your meticulous arrangements; you have performed your quiet heroisms. Now it’s time to relax into the rewards you have earned. Lighten your mood, Capricorn. Welcome the onrushing peace and start planning how you will capitalize on your new freedom. Capricorn
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AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): “Most people reach the top of the ladder of success only to find it’s leaning against the wrong wall.” Aquarian actor Paul Sorensen said that. It’s no coincidence that I’m bringing this theory to your attention right now. The coming months will be a good time to determine whether the ladder you have been climbing is leaning against the right wall or wrong wall. My advice is to question yourself at length. Be as objective as possible. Swear to tell yourself the whole truth. If, after your investigations, you decide it is indeed the wrong wall, climb down from the ladder and haul it over to the right wall. And if you’re satisfied that you are where you should be, celebrate! Aquarius
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PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): When he served as Italian Prime Minister, Silvio Berlusconi denigrated the cuisine of Finland. “Finns don’t even know what prosciutto is,” he sneered. At best, he said, their food is to be “endured.” He mocked the “marinated reindeer” they eat. But Finland fought back against the insults. In an international pizza contest held in New York, their chefs won first Prize for their “Pizza Berlusconi,” a specialty pizza that featured marinated reindeer. The Italian entry finished second. I foresee you enjoying a comparable reversal in the coming months, Pisces. And it all begins now. Pisces
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