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THIS WEEK AUG. 22 - 29, 2012

VOL. 23 ISSUE 23 ISSUE #1167

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INDYFRINGE 2012 All 56 shows, reviewed. Our top picks, all earning 4.5 stars, are Donating Sperm to My Sister’s Wife, BOT, Lady Bits, I Am Peter Pan, And I Am Not Making This Up and The Fabulous Problemas. B Y N U V O EDITOR S

NEWS

SCHOOL OVERSIGHT [GRASS ROOTS]

PHOTO BY MARK LEE

Cover: Q Artistry’s Bot

A city councilman and a grassroots educational reform group are promoting a plan they say can correct a power imbalance within Indianapolis Public Schools that causes unnecessary adversity between families and schools. B Y REBECCA TOWNSEND

in this issue 17 A&E 36 CLASSIFIEDS

sports

THE STATE OF THE CAGE

11 COVER STORY 27 FOOD 39 FREE WILL ASTROLOGY

MMA, which started out with no-holds-barred cage fighting, has grown into a carefully regulated, nationally televised sport. But a few promoters have been left behind, particularly on the Indy scene. B Y D A V I D B EC K

05 HAMMER 06 HOPPE 04 LETTERS 26 MOVIES

food

BEIGNETS AND BOCCE

08 NEWS 36 WEIRD NEWS

B’s Po Boys knows its way around its titular sandwich, especially the variety filled with fried shrimp. But, oh those beignets: We felt a little frisson just thinking about them. B Y N EI L CHAR LES

music

28 MUSIC

MUSICAL MALADY Electronic musician Adam Jay turned a turbulent hospital stay into an album, with help from sounds from the machines healing his body. B Y K YL E LONG

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Cataracts Madness: five sets of photos from local photogs from the day Gen Con: Balloon sculptures, fashion, afterparties and more

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Rocky Ripple floods

… Any Army Corps of Engineers flood protection project cannot induce flooding in any other areas near or far from the project, nor downstream, nor upstream — anywhere; this is law the Corps must follow. Rocky Ripple would be in the same position if the Westfield Blvd. alternative were constructed, that they are now. … The Corps of Engineers advocates for all communities to become familiar with flood preparedness plans and learn from reputable sources to gain understanding of how neighborhoods can advocate for life safety and be ready when the water rises. … While the completion of the project is under deliberation, it behooves all of us to inform themselves and learn about preparing for any potential flooding.

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The joy of riding

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Money shot

Can somebody tell me where all the hundreds of millions of dollars from the Super Bowl went to (“To arms! To arms!,” David Hoppe,

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Writing re: the radical right

Do you think that Obama is doing any better than these two can (“Taking the radical right to the furthest extreme,” Steve Hammer, August 15)? I do NOT think he is! I think that if the rich get more than the ones under them, the working class, there will be more working class. Without the “Rich” we would have no business, I can not start a business with what I have, but my “Rich” boss that keeps this company going would have and is having a hard time keeping going with this “Darky” (Mr. President that is) in office now. We the People need RICH 1%ers to keep our country going and most of YOU in a job! With out a “Rich person,” you Mr. Steve Hammer would not have a place you could put your thoughts on page, so think of a country where NO ONE has any money to start a business and the only place to get said money was from the government that We the People have no access to... I now, because of a 1%er, need to get back to work.

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Radical prez

“The Republicans will do their best over the next few months to portray President Barack Obama as a radical president when, in reality, the addition of Ryan means Romney ticket is the most radical and extreme in history.” OK? Emote much? Got anything besides your own radical and extreme opinion to prove it? This column is nothing more than parroted demagoguery. Drivel like this is the reason that there’s a shortage of wellinformed voters. It reads like it was written by a liberal Rush Limbaugh, kind of reeks of hypocrisy in that way.

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August 20)? Is it just me, but we are paying millions to a billionaire for his team, paying for his stadium, then we paid for all the police overtime to have the Super Bowl here, spent millions hosting it. So we paid for other billionaires to come and have a blast on our dime? WTF.

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HAMMER Pussy Riot’s punishment stands as an ominous omen On free speech, U.S. must lead by example

BY STEVE HAMMER SHAMMER@NUVO.NET

hilling news out of Russia last week: Three young women from Pussy Riot, an artistic collective, were sentenced to two years in a prison labor camp for performing a brief musical number in the main Russian Orthodox cathedral in Moscow earlier this year. This is bad news for all who believe in freedom of expression and especially bad news for Russia, which has been becoming more and more of an authoritarian state over the past 15 years or so. Their performance, captured for posterity and edited into a YouTube video that gathered millions of views, shows the young women performing a mock prayer asking the Virgin Mary to drive President Vladimir Putin out of office. The demonstration was less than a minute long and was not during a church service. Nevertheless, the three women were convicted of a hate crime and sentenced to serve at a brutal work camp, where prisoners are allowed a day off only if the temperature drops to minus 22 degrees. Two of the three women have young children. The blame for the disproportionate sentence falls squarely on Putin and his close ally, the head of the Russian Orthodox Church. But the path that led Russia to re-enter a new era of dictatorship was paved in part by American arrogance and flawed foreign policy in the 1980s and 1990s. Presidents George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton share responsibility for trying to rebuild post-Soviet Russia with corrupt Reagan economics, which created a large billionaire oligarch class and millions upon millions of poor and powerless people. Just like it did in America, the redistribution of wealth from the middle class to the rich brought misery to millions. Putin took power vowing to bring stability to Russia and to restore its self-image that the infusion of trickle-down economics damaged so badly. He has succeeded in jailing his enemies or driving them into exile while gradually assuming control of most of the media. His elections are rigged. His pursuit of dissidents is relentless. And anyone who’s even casually studied the history of Russia and the Soviet Union knows how merciless the state can be in punishing its citizens. Under Communist

rule, millions of political prisoners were sent to brutal gulag camps to die of starvation or be executed. The estimates range from 2 million to 20 million dead with an exact figure never to be known. This truth — documented in the works of Alexsandr Solzhenitsyn and, more recently, in Anne Applebaum’s 2004 Pulitzer Prize winner, Gulag: A History — must never be forgotten by Russians or Americans. Russians are quick to brush aside the history of the genocide committed in their country for reasons of national pride. And Americans are quick to overlook it because our decades-long war on communism is largely portrayed in history as a scheme by the military-industrial complex, Joseph McCarthy and the CIA to frighten citizens and make defense contractors rich. We neglect the lessons of history at our own peril. Russians again are allowing their country to slide into dictatorship while Americans sit by, as they did when Stalin was murdering millions, and do nothing. What this moment should teach us is that we need to build better ties with Russia so that we can reason with them as friends before we must deal with them as enemies. The policies of Mitt Romney call for a return to the tensions of the Cold War and provoking negative responses from Putin. And it should also teach us that freedom of expression is something we should hold close to our hearts and treasure. Imagine Kanye West being sent to prison for saying George Bush was a racist or even Rush Limbaugh sent to a prison camp for any of his antiAmerican, hate-filled screeds. Our system has made them both millionaires, while in Russia such things once again earn imprisonment. We should also not hold double standards when it comes to freedom of expression. Our pursuit of Julian Assange and Army Pvt. Bradley Manning for publishing documents through WikiLeaks goes against our desire to set a positive example for freedom of expression. Our national tendency to blacklist people who make controversial statements — from the CEO of Chik-fil-A to the Rev. Jeremiah Wright — also betrays our principles of freedom of expression. We set up “free speech zones” for protesters. Isn’t the entire country a free-speech zone? And how objective, exactly, is our mass media? Having listened to both recently, Fox News sounds a lot like the Voice of Russia in terms of distorting the truth, presenting a one-sided viewpoint and urging blind nationalism and intolerance. Fox News viewers receive an Americanized version of the Russian state media’s mission to downplay certain kinds of news in favor of viewpoints that they find more agreeable. Yes, the women of Pussy Riot should be freed immediately. But we run the risk of hypocrisy if we point to Russia, or any other country, and accuse them of stifling freedom of speech. We need to open a more constructive dialog with the Russians while trying to set a better example here at home.

We neglect the lessons of history at our own peril.

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HOPPE To arms! To arms!

Who needs cops?

BY DAVID HOPPE DHOPPE@NUVO.NET

o Indianapolis is $65 million in the hole. Our mayor, who got himself elected by running against taxes and crime, now finds himself in the awkward position of trying to fill a big hole in the city’s budget without looking like … well, like a guy who’s just been hit in the face with a reality pie. So what does he do? Among other things, he backtracks on a promise he made to give cops and firefighters raises. Oh, and it looks like there won’t be a new class of recruits joining the police force in the next 12 months because the city can’t afford to pay them. The Indianapolis police force is already understaffed. Last year we added park police to the rolls so we could make our numbers look better than what they actually were. As current cops retire or quit for greener pastures, the number of officers patrolling our neighborhoods is likely to decrease. You’ve heard of the thin blue line? It’s getting thinner in Indianapolis. But don’t worry about that. Think of this as an opportunity. Indianapolis is known for its volunteer spirit, so go out and buy yourself a gun. Or two. Or three. What else are we supposed to do? If, like me, you’ve been trying to make sense of the national hemming and hawing about the most recent spate of gun violence — shootings in Colorado, Wisconsin and Texas, not to mention the daily death toll piling up in Chicago — it seems the course of action being recommended to everyday, lawabiding citizens is to head for the nearest gun store so that all of us can start amassing our own personal arsenals. Apparently what went wrong at that movie theater in Colorado or that Sikh temple in Milwaukee was that no one in either of these places was packing heat. In the case of that shooter in Texas — one of his victims was a cop, so we can forget about that. You’ve heard about how, sometimes, an exception proves a rule? Just think of what happened in Texas as one of those times. America is so smitten with guns that, rather than talking about what we should be doing about guns, the American media has spent weeks now talking about how we can’t talk about guns anymore. Joe

Klein wrote a cover story in Time called “How the Gun Won.” I read it because I wanted to know how this happened. But Klein’s title was misleading. It turns out Klein is as flummoxed as any of the rest us unarmed folks. He sees Americans killing each other with guns at a mindboggling rate. He sees us accepting this as business as usual. But as to how we got here — your guess is as good as his. Personally, I think our love affair with guns has to do with our national obsession with youth. When I was a kid I loved nothing better than to play what we simply called “guns.” Every boy I knew owned a box full of toy guns: Fanner 50s and faux .45s, plastic M-16s and takkatakka Tommy guns. We whiled away the hours, happily slaughtering each other in backyards and vacant lots. A large part of our economy is dedicated to congratulating young people on their lack of age. And if you aren’t young yourself, there is a never-ending stream of products designed to make you think of this as nothing but an oversight, a trick of the light. America itself might be thought of as a kind of adolescent country, oversized and moody. The way we elect politicians from the left and right, you’d think our national voice was constantly changing. We want things simple and direct. We love our heroes and hate our villains. So guns make sense to us, I guess. The rich may be getting richer and the poor poorer. The middle class may be getting screwed. Perhaps you find yourself with a college degree in philosophy — good luck with that! — grateful to be making the minimum wage. But if you have a gun, it doesn’t matter how old you are or how poor or misguided. You have an answer for any question or slight. This, at any rate, seems to be the message we’re now getting about guns. Gun control laws don’t work. Owning them is a right, since each of us apparently counts as our own militia. Any attempt to constrain the sale or use of guns equals a certain step toward tyranny. Since Indiana has become known as a gun salesman to the rest of the nation (and parts of Mexico), it follows then that Indianapolis is better prepared than most cities to deal with a shrinking police force. Neighborhood by neighborhood, block by block, household by household, let the guns bristle! Make weapons training part of the school curriculum, the way driver’s ed used to be. Let boys and girls compete to see who can be the best shot. Our streets will be safe because no one in their right mind will want to step outdoors. And if the mayor needs to raise revenues, he can put a tax on ammunition.

Indianapolis is known for its volunteer spirit, so go out and buy yourself a gun.

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having given up on youth, candidates battle over Medicare special ops forces operatives attempt to Swiftboat Obama verdict on Pussy Riot is met with outrage and horror galore unhappy Russians sue Madonna for being gayterial girl Italian man sets self on fire hoping to spark justice movement hospital execs: WellPoint’s the worst, setting up a brawl with Braly Disney lets workers wear duck costumes but won’t let gal wear a hijab? wildfires in the west are scorching many acres — Idahorrific! IMA took their time but in the end chose new venerable chief even The Tonight Show not exempt from twilight of broadcast TV

THUMBSUP THUMBSDOWN PROACTIVE POLLUTION REDUCTION MARKETS

In a perfect world, industry would embrace the Boy Scouts code of leaving the world a cleaner place. In reality, the balancing act between profit and loss makes for murkier water — literally. In response a group of government officials, farmers and electricity producers has teamed up to unleash what they say is the world’s largest voluntary, market-based, multi-jurisdictional response to water pollution. Participants in the HYPERLINK “http://www.epri.com/ ohiorivertrading”Ohio River Basin Water Quality Trading Project will trade credits to offset nitrogen and phosphorus releases from 2012 through 2015. Select counties in Indiana, Ohio and Kentucky are participating and estimate they can reduce annual waterimpairing nutrient releases by about 45,000 pounds of nitrogen and 15,000 pounds of phosphorus. The project is the brainchild of the Electric Power Research Institute and is supported by Indiana’s departments of agriculture and environmental management. More info is available at epri.com.

RESTIVE ROCKY RIPPLE

Residents of Rocky Ripple continue to protest their proposed exclusion from a White River flood management project managed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Final decisions have yet to be made, but the favored proposal offers no protections for the little town nestled between Butler University and the White River. Residents fear the plan may exacerbate their flood risk — a charge the Corps denies. All interested parties have an opportunity for constructive dialogue this Thursday, Aug. 23. The Corps will hold an open house and hearing to provide handouts, answer questions and solicit written and oral comments on the various White River flood management scenarios. The open house is set for 5 p.m., followed by a hearing at 7 p.m. at Meridian Street United Methodist Church, 5500 N. Meridian St.

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As if helping the U.S. women’s basketball team win its fifth straight Olympic gold medal weren’t enough, the Indiana Fever’s Tamika Catchings arrived back in the states just in time to help lead her team to two victories in one week and earn her third WNBA player-of-week award this season. The award is the 17th she’s earned in her career, the second most in league history. The Fever’s next home game is Aug. 28 against the Washington Mystics.

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news A grassroots approach to school reform

Local School Councils pitched as solution

BY RE BE CCA T O W N S E N D RE BE CCA @N U V O . N E T

city-county councilman and a grassroots educational reform group are promoting a plan they say can correct a power imbalance within Indianapolis Public Schools that causes unnecessary adversity between families and schools. A report released Aug. 15, “Local School Councils: Can Democracy Save IPS?” suggests hyper-localized control of schools can “more consistently raise test scores, and promote remedies to ‘social toxins’ such as poverty, alienation, unemployment, violence, inadequate housing and health care” better than plans offered in other reform strategies. Councilman José Evans, who represents Indy’s 1st District, joined report authors John Harris Loflin of the Black & Latino Policy Institute and Alex Sage of the Education-Community Action Team in their assertion that Local School Councils (LSCs), a concept they credit with revitalizing Chicago Public Schools, could provide similar benefits to Indianapolis. “With The Mind Trust plan out and the IPS plan, there needs to be more options that actually work for inner-city schools and schools that are failing,” Evans said. “Through this plan we came out with, it looks like a great opportunity for Indianapolis to improve its educational system. It worked in Chicago, so why can’t it work in Indianapolis?” Chicago’s councils include six parents, two community representatives (elected by peers), the principal (whom the council hires), two teachers (whom the principal hires, also elected by their peers to the council), one non-teaching staff member, and (for high schools) one student. Slight modifications are made for magnet schools. Development of the councils has not been without growing pains or challenges. After enacting the framework that first made the reforms in Chicago possible in 1988, the Illinois legislature tweaked the law in 1995 to, as the report’s authors note, enable increased oversight and external accountability of the councils. The report casts the councils as providing a “mechanism through which the school remains accountable ... where stakeholders may discuss their concerns on a regular basis, instead of simply ‘speaking with their feet’ once a year,” the report

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less. This point dovetails with another said, referencing the theory that consumer dissatisfaction will condemn unsustainable of the report’s central assertions: that enabling greater student, parent and comschools because parents won’t send their munity voice within the system will result children back to them. in the development a more educated and “We need more community involveengaged citizenry. ment in our schools, not less,” said Systems that emphasize “top-down Deputy Mayor of Education Jason Kloth, bureaucratic management, the silencnoting that he still needed to do an ining of student voices, a focus on complidepth reading of the new report. ance and control “The purpose of of behavior over the ongoing comcritical thought and munity conversacreativity” result tions [see side in the lack of civic bar] is to better engagement among understand what other social ills, the that role might authors said. be. We’re pleased “These days, to see Councilor education reformEvans, the Black ers focus almost & Latino Policy exclusively on colInstitute and – Councilor José Evans lege and career the Educationreadiness,” author Community Action Loflin said in an Team putting forth announcement of the report’s release. their ideas for the future of our schools.” “Of course, both are important, but in Without offering an explicit endorsement the rush to ‘fuel the economy,’ we have of the proposal, John Althardt, a spokeslost sight of public education’s higher man for IPS, acknowledged the importance civic responsibilities … . We need public of an engaged community. schools to fuel our democracy.” “Our focus is to ensure all Indianapolis Building from the assertion that “(g) Public Schools’ children have access to overnment schools exist to create a conall the resources our schools, teachers, cerned, enlightened, and active public parents and community can provide so who practice self-rule,” the authors coneach student reaches their full potential,” clude that LSCs can “serve as an example Althardt wrote in an emailed response to a to the world of just how U.S. citizens request for comment. practice their democracy, and how much “Children are our priority and we know they believe in self-determination and the value of having teachers, parents and America’s possibilities for equality, jusa community that supports our children tice, and liberty.” beyond all other issues.” They contrast their approach to The LSC proposal offers an alternareform to philosophies that stoke tive to the idea presented by local noncompetition among schools, referprofit The Mind Trust, set forth in its encing a quote from journalist David Opportunity Schools report issued last Moberg, who wrote: “While competition December. The Mind Trust plan suggests improves efficiency in a business model, transferring authority for IPS from an nowhere in human history has competielected school board to mayoral control, tion led to equity.” saying that could help fix what it called a broken system. The full report is available at tinyurl.com/ By contrast, advocates of LSCs say the LocalSchoolCouncils. councils result in more democracy, not

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Rocky Ripple rally and demonstration by Emma Faesi

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“It worked in Chicago so why can’t it work in Indianapolis?”

Comedy connection And now for something a little different … WHAT: An evening of comedy with IPS Superintendent Eugene White TIME: 7 p.m. DATE: Aug. 31 PLACE: Arsenal Technical High School Anderson Auditorium, 1500 E. Michigan St. PURPOSE: To raise funds for the Arsenal Technical High School Centennial Celebration. COST: $10 tickets at the door or in advance by contacting techcentennial2012@gmail.com

Indy’s income problem by Abdul-Hakim Shabazz

Perspectives in Education featured contributor: Indy’s NAACP

Community conversations A series of community conversations is underway exploring three core questions: How can we ensure that all kids in IPS have access to a high-quality preschool program? What is a great school and how do we ensure all schools are great for children? How can we ensure neighborhoods have equitable access to great schools and diverse options to meet student needs? Facilitators include the Greater Indianapolis NAACP, the Indianapolis Mayor’s Office, Indianapolis Public Schools, the Indianapolis Urban League, La Plaza, The Mind Trust, UNCF, United Way of Central Indiana, and Stand for Children Leadership Center.

Upcoming events @ Challenge Foundation Academy WHEN: 6-7:30 p.m. , Aug. 21 3980 Meadows Drive @ Kaleidoscope Youth Center WHEN: 7:30-9 p.m. , Aug. 22 4186 N. Broadway St. @ Christamore House WHEN: 6-7:30 p.m. , Aug. 23 502 N. Tremont St. @ Purpose of Life WHEN: 6-7:30 p.m. , Aug. 23 3705 Kessler Blvd. N. Drive @ Englewood Christian Church WHEN: 9-10:30 a.m. , Aug. 25 57 N. Rural St. @ IPS Longfellow Magnet Middle School WHEN: 6-7:30pm , Aug. 29 PLACE: 510 Laurel St. @United Way of Central Indiana WHEN: 8:30–10 a.m., Aug. 30 PLACE: 3901 N. Meridian St. @ Eagle Library WHEN: 6:30–8 p.m., Aug. 30 PLACE: 3325 Lowry Rd. @ IUPUI School of Education/ Center on Urban and Multicultural Education WHEN: 4:30–6 p.m , Sep 5. PLACE: IUPUI Campus Center ROOM 450 A & B 420 University Blvd. @ IPS Center for Inquiry 2 WHEN: 6 -7:30 p.m., Sep. 6 PLACE: 725 North New Jersey St. @ New Era Baptist Church WHEN: 6:30- 8 p.m., Sep. 6 PLACE: 517 W. 30th St. Additional parent and student focus groups are also being organized. Contact 759-2792 or whatspossible@stand.org for more details.

Right to Work debate returns to the General Assembly Opponents debate law's effects BY S U Z A N N A H C O U C H E DI T O RS @N U V O . N E T A fresh debate erupted this week over the effects of the state's so-called "Right-toWork" law passed by the Indiana General Assembly earlier this year. According to Daniel Hasler, who leads the Indiana Economic Development Corporation, officials at 20 companies have said Indiana’s passage of the law earlier was a factor in their decisions to bring more jobs to the state. Nancy Guyott, a union leader and the state’s biggest right-to-work opponent, questioned the numbers. The conflict occurred Monday after Hasler presented the information to the General Assembly’s Interim Study Committee on Economic Development. Hasler said companies have told the agency that right to work “does matter.” The Republican-controlled General Assembly approved the law during its 2012 session despite vehement opposition from Democrats and labor groups. The law means employees don’t have to pay fees or dues to unions they don’t join, even if those groups represent them in bargaining situations. Republicans and Gov. Mitch Daniels said the law would bolster the state’s economic

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Pence, Boneham meetings complete B Y LE S L E Y W E I D E N B E N E R ED I T O RS @N U V O . N E T Republican Mike Pence said Tuesday that Indiana should not act to set up a state-operated health care exchange under the federal Affordable Care Act. Pence’s comments come after Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels sent letters to Pence, Democrat John Gregg, and Libertarian Rupert Boneham asking for their opinions regarding whether the state should operate its own exchange, which is a system meant to foster an affordable environ-

development efforts but opponents said it would weaken the state’s unions and lead to lower wages and benefits for workers. On Monday, Hasler distributed documents that included data meant to show that companies that have expressed interest in the right-to-work law will pay higher hourly wages than the state’s current average wage. He also passed out quotes from business leaders who said the law factored into their location and expansion decisions. “The recent enactment of the right to work legislation is further evidence of Indiana’s commitment to providing the most competitive business environment possible for global companies like us to grow,” Barry Schnieder, the vice president and general manager of Steel Dynamics’ engineered bar products division, said in a quote in Hasler’s presentation. But Guyott – a member of the committee and president of the AFL-CIO of Indiana – said she has reviewed the list of business leaders and quotes and found that many had committed to coming to Indiana before the state passed the right-to-work law. Earlier this year, Gov. Mitch Daniels said that MBC Group was an example of a company that planned to expand in Indiana thanks to the right-to-work bill. But the company’s president, Eric Holloway, later told The Associated Press that wasn’t much of a consideration. “We are not a union shop,” Holloway told The AP. “The effect that this was going to have was not going to affect our decision one way or another.” Guyott said that raises serious questions about Hasler’s presentation. But Hasler said he could only report what the company leaders said was important to them at the time the quotes were collected. Hasler also said: • 74 companies have “communicated to

ment for individuals to buy coverage. If the state does not take on the exchange, federal officials will step in to create one. “There is too much uncertainty surrounding the Affordable Care Act for Indiana to even consider implementing our own exchange,” Pence said in a statement. “The national debate is far from over and the regulatory, fiscal and legal implications have the potential to cost Hoosier taxpayers and employers millions.” Daniels has estimated that creating an exchange could cost Indiana at least $50 million annually. Daniels was seeking input from the candidates because while initial decisions about the exchange must be made yet this year, the program wouldn’t be implemented until the next governor takes office. The health insurance exchanges are a key part of the federal law and are meant to foster an affordable environment for individuals to buy coverage. Daniels must tell federal authorities whether the state will create an exchange, leave the job to the federal government or create a hybrid partnership by Nov. 16, just weeks before Daniels will turn the gover-

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Union members packed the Statehouse in January to protest the Indiana General Assembly’s support of so-called “Right-to-Work” legislation.

the IEDC that Indiana’s enactment of rightto-work will factor into their decision making process” about locating jobs in Indiana. • Of those, 57 are in what the agency calls the “pipeline stage,” which means they are talking with the state about incentives. He said those companies have the potential to create more than 7,500 new jobs and make $1.6 billion in investments. • Of those, 20 companies have “already accepted the IEDC’s offer” of incentives. They account for more than 2,000 projected new jobs and more than $270 million in investments. • Hasler did not name those companies and a message sent to the IEDC requesting the list was not immediately returned. Suzannah Couch is a reporter for The Statehouse File, a news service powered by Franklin College journalism students and faculty.

nor’s office over to a successor. The state must also select an Essential Health Benefits package that will be offered in small and individual group markets, even if the state doesn’t move forward with its own exchange. The state must make that decision by Sept. 30. Pence and Boneham met with Daniels’ staff last week to talk about the issue. John Gregg’s spokesman, Daniel Altman, said that although a meeting has yet to take place, the Democrat looks forward “to talking with Gov. Daniels about how to make healthcare more affordable and accessible for all Hoosiers.” The health care law originally mandated states to expand Medicaid coverage to more people, but a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision made the expansion optional. Daniels has expressed concern that an expansion might be so expensive that it would crowd out funding for education and other programs, but the Medicaid decision will be made after he leaves office. Lesley Weidenbener is managing editor of The Statehouse File.

“ … Right-to-work legislation is further evidence of Indiana’s commitment to providing the most competitive business environment …” Barry Schnieder, Steel Dynamics

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Like the cyborgs on our cover from from Q Q Artistry’s A Bot (see pg. 13 for our 4.5-star review), we cannot be stopped. We are made of durable critical alloys, with adamantine adamantin authenticity detectors, hypersensitive blocking radar and Acme brand laugh meters Johnny Five, we are most definitely alive. And so we give this comprehensive Fringe revi ew nestled deep within our guts. But like Jo h package to you with love. Keep in in mind mind that th we often saw opening night performances, so some kinks may have been worked out (or may have developed) by the time these out. Fringe runs through Sunday, Aug. 26, with the final show starting at time you you check c schedule. 10:30 p.m.; head to indyfringe.org for a complete com

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COOK THEATER MAYA: ILLUSIONS INTIMATE OPERA OF INDIANAPOLIS r Yes, there’s more to Gustav Holst’s repertoire repertoire than than The Planets. Savitrii is a three-character chamber opera based on a Hindu le legend. gend. Death Death tells tells Savitri Savitri he’s taking her husband. She says says she she respects respects Death’s right to take a li life. fe. Touched, Touched, Death Death grants grants her a wish. She asks for for her her right right to to live, live, adding adding that she needs her husband in order to live full fully, y, thus tricking Death into restoring her her husband. husband. Framed by two Holst hymns, Intimate Opera layers more mysticism on this simple story, story, with with scenic scenic design by Kyle Ragsdale that seems like one o off his his

pain paintings come alive. Fine singing, acting, music, mak makeup and costuming couldn’t quite make up for the absence of clear articulation. (RK) Thu 7:30 p.m p.m., Sat 9 p.m., Sun 10:30 p.m.

traveling circus troupe that flaunted danger, making especially pertinent the Ringmaster’s double-edged question: Why do we do this? Why do you come? (RK) Thu 9 p.m., Sat 3 p.m., Sun 1:30 p.m.

NE BLUE NEW THE BLUE MONKEY SIDESHOW r As a always, the Blue Monkey crew do stuff you definitely don’t want to do at home, including walking nite on g glass, resting on a bed of nails, hanging stuff from earlobes and attaching toys to nostrils. The faint of heart are compelled to look away as the fain rest of the audience eggs the sword swallower on to g greater dangers. It’s a living remnant of a kind of

A REAL MODERN FAMILY: FROM HIPSTER TO DIPSTER SCOTT LONG t Long draws the comedic out of serious situations, starting with a provocative question about having a baby and then taking us into the realities of meeting that child’s special needs. Through a series of vignettes Long paints seemingly ordinary situations with a rainbow of sensory and emotional hues. He makes us answer for

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our choices and actions, and sends us home with a more caring heart. Opening night jitters will surely be refined for a tighter, smoother presentation. (RK) Wed 6 p.m., Sat 10:30 p.m., Sun 4:30 p.m.

DRACULA: THE PANTO ECLECTICPOND THEATRE COMPANY y If you’re into kicking back with a kitchy, campy parody, you’ll love the broad physicality and bounding energy, even if you can’t hear a word coming out of the soft-spoken females or catch the lyrics of musical numbers. Playwright siblings Thomas Cardwell and Lucy Cardwell brazenly dissect The Count’s attempt to relocate from Transylvania to England, using the novel’s main characters and inserting a pair of blundering sidekicks. Fun, but it needs to be trimmed to the requisite 60 minutes, and performers will have to adjust to the space to make themselves heard. (RK) Wed 7:30 p.m., Sat 1:30 p.m., Sun 9 p.m. SOUVENIR FOOTLITE MUSICALS e John Phillips and Lori Ecker beautifully deliver Stephen Temperley’s poignant, funny play directly into our hearts. Souvenir is about the honest relationship between a deluded diva and her musically accomplished accompanist. Phillips’ well-rendered body language covers the gamut from “I can’t believe her audacity” to “I have to respect that level of audacity.” Ecker tosses off-key, off-tempo arias with serious abandon, making us realize what she hears is in her head, not in our ears. (RK) Fri 9 p.m., Sat 6 p.m. JUST AMAZING TRIGG WATSON r The fast-paced, fast-talking Watson mixes up magic with comedy for

a family-friendly show including juggling, unicycle riding, personal history and audience participation. Wearing a Charlie Chaplin-esque too-small jacket, he appears to bungle his act, but proves his prowess over the course of the show, aided by clever lighting to distract viewers from looking too closely. Watson’s cleverly funny routine ran to 75 minutes at his Aug. 18 opening, which made getting to the next show a bit tricky. (RK) Wed 9 p.m., Fri 7:30 p.m., Sat 7:30 p.m., Sun 3 p.m.

ILLUSIONISTORY: THE HISTORY OF MYSTERY TAYLOR MARTIN’S INDY MAGIC MONTHLY t Taylor Martin moves from telling how Stone Agers originated the cup and ball trick to material involving a QR code in a wide-ranging show. The low-key, slow-paced Martin as Madame Esmerelda Fallendo introduces three emerging illusion artists as part of the on-going show. Bill Cook, the recently-passed medical products magnate who helped fund the renovation of the Indiana Landmarks Center (of which the Cook Theater is a part), also pays a tongue-in-cheek visit. (RK) Fri 6 p.m., Sat 4:30 p.m., Sun 7:30 p.m. CINDERELLA: A FAR-FETCHED FAIRY TALE OPERA THE STEELE PROJECT y When three opera singers gather to choose which version of Cinderella to put on stage, they end up deciding to “do it their way,” creating a mashup of snippets from Disney to Rossini. Propelled by two fairy godfathers Cinderella alternately despairs and takes charge; the love-smitten Prince, no matter what version, always defies believability. A bit thin in content, it’s fun to watch. (RK) Thu 6 p.m., Fri 10:30 p.m., Sun 6 p.m.

“I’ve been trying not to be preachy lately, but I’m failing,” — STEWART HUFF

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COMEDYSPORTZ PUBLIC NUDITY PHIL VAN HEST e Former Fringe 2011 NUVO cover dude Phil Van Hest is used to being naked — really, he sometimes forgets his pants when he goes out. However, in this Fringe creation, Van Hest strips down emotionally, to great effect. A former anarchist clown wrangler — you’ll have to go to the show for the story on that one — Van Hest is experiencing a series of milestones: his first child, his first governmentmandated unbastard-making marriage proposal, etc. From his much-mined material about moving to the Midwest to anxieties about his new bundle of joy — currently named “Pixel” — Van Hest has once again crafted a one-man show that’s equal parts hilarious and touching. A perfect blend of a standup set and a one-man show. (KCop) Thu 9 p.m., Sat 6 p.m., Sun 9 p.m. YOU RUIN EVERYTHING BRAD HINSHAW u “That joke worked last night,” isn’t a welcome refrain during a standup set. Unfortunately, that’s what the crowd heard frequently during Brad Hinshaw’s performance. Hinshaw was challenged by the small size of the crowd — his show was the first of the day — and a collection of fairly weak material. He began his set, “I’m here to tell you about all the shit I’ve seen over the past 30 years,” and proceeded to set up a joke about exactly that — shit (in a bathtub; we’ll spare you the exact details.) Although Hinshaw’s material was halfbaked, his topics were relatable and endearing, culled from his history as an Eagle Scout and young cop. He’s got interesting physical chemistry, but his work needs some polish. Major points for earnestness. (KCop) Fri 9 p.m., Sat 10:30 p.m., Sun 6 p.m. AFTER PAUL MCCARTNEY ROB JOHANSEN, VICTORY DOG e Rob Johansen takes the audience on a journey — including cars, trains, planes and the aptly named Atomic Fireball helicopter — during this David Hoppe-penned narrative about the search for the knighted Paul McCartney. Crisscrossing the Atlantic, two recently reunited friends — one a quiet family man, another an obsessive Beatles tribute artist — find unlikely help and an enduring, worldwide love of The Beatles as they seek to pay homage to the man whose work has meant so much to them both. Johansen’s firecracker performance popped off the stage; I frequently leaned forward to attempt to come closer to the performer, whose masterful switch between accents, genders, songs, locales and emotions riveted from start to finish. (Editor’s note, David Hoppe is a long-time employee of NUVO.) (KCop) Thu 7:30 p.m., Sun 7:30 p.m. DONATING SPERM TO MY SISTER’S WIFE STEWART HUFF w “I’ve been trying not to be preachy lately, but I’m failing,” remarked Stewart Huff during the midday show of Donating Sperm to My Sister’s Wife . He was in the midst of explaining his interesting procreative situation — exactly as the title suggests, he recently became the “fucked-up babydaddy uncle” to an impending youngin for his wife’s lesbian sister. Huff’s set was comprised of a collection of beautiful things about humanity — ingenuity, family, friendship. It was an inspirational show about love and hate and understanding, and Huff has a few zingers we won’t spoil here. He may claim to avoid being preachy, but I found his set more emotionally uplifting than any church

service I’ve been to in recent memory. And, at the end of the set, Huff was hugging, laughing and shaking hands — exemplifying the love that he so obviously believes in. Clocking in at around 50 minutes, Donating Sperm is a snappy, delightful success. (KCop) Wed 6 p.m., Sat 3 p.m.

IRIS AND ROSE: WILD AND THORNY ROXANNA KELLER, DAMARIS WILCOX r A joke! A limerick! A fairytale! A nursery rhyme! A toast! — all delightfully pervy, and presented by Iris and Rose, two sisters who are Coloradoan muralists when not busy making dirty jokes. During this reviewer’s time slot, the duo provided an enjoyable selection of particularly blasphemous Sunday jokes (“Sundays are notoriously ... awkward for disgusting songs,” Rose remarked before setting into a real zinger). Lots of kin-loving, animal-sexing, nationality-insulting goes on here (“Bad Scottish Joke Time” was a particular favorite). Iris and Rose are old pros — claiming to have done this for “mumbley-mumbley” years — and most of the show consists of them measuring how far the crowd will let them push the dirty envelope. And this Sunday afternoon, it was far. A bawdy sing-along romp. (KCop) Fri 10:30 p.m., Sat 9 p.m., Sun 1:30 p.m. CABERGAY! INDIANAPOLIS MEN’S CHORUS e A saturation of Sondheim complements a few original selections by the Indianapolis Men’s Chorus. Standouts include the two company numbers and a truly hilarious one-two punch of Indianapolis Starbucks love. Mostly solos, this collection by artistic director Greg Sanders highlighted the variety of powerful voices in the Chorus. Come for the Sweeney Todd and a touchingly mournful “Mr. Cellophane,” stay to see how 16 men can fit onto the teeny ComedySportz stage. (KCop) Fri 6 p.m., Sat 1:30 p.m., Sun 10:30 p.m. DAYCARE DITTIES LEAH ISAACSON t Before Daycare Ditties begins, a children’s song plays on infinite loop: “Sharing is caring, and caring is sharing ...” repeats a dull man’s voice over and over. As actress Leah Isaacson wiggles her way onto the stage, she joins in the mind-numbing chorus. Is the track stuck in your head? Welcome to her world. And so begins the one-woman show, featuring a variety of impressions of the child care coworkers and toddlers that make every day so infuriating for frustrated actress Isaacson. A bit like sitting at a bar with your long-suffering girlfriend, Isaacson’s impressions are harsh but well done, showcasing a cast of ladies with a range of diagnosis-ready issues. A fairly weak setup allows her room to explore the characters, some of which are done with great aplomb. (KCop) Wed 7:30 p.m., Sat 7:30 p.m., Sun 4:30 p.m. SUMMERPOCALYPSE LEFT RIGHT TIM e Two-sets worth of improv comedy by a group of young, funny dudes with plenty of facial hair and good chemistry. Opened up by having someone in the audience shout out a word, but had to backtrack when the first word was “dildo.” The word “substitute” launched into an hilarious exploration of some uncomfortable scenes at a high school, including a janitor with sexual problems and a mumbling new student. This crew is packed with talent, the kind of personalities who can make just about anything seem funny, just through their delivery and their conveyance of the sense their having a blast doing it. (GC) Wed 9 p.m., Thu 6 p.m., Fri 7:30 p.m., Sat 4:30 p.m., Sun 3 p.m.

THEATRE ON THE SQUARE MAIN STAGE THE BEST OF SUPER SOUL DANCE KALEIDOSCOPE e Dance Kaleidoscope’s Best of Super Soul started slowly, with a lack of soulful attitude sorely missing in the early numbers, but soon picked up steam as the Motown started to flow. Soloist Brandon Corner soared in his featured piece, dazzling audiences with tricks, turns, jumps and a smile that just wouldn’t quit. As one of the hottest tickets at Fringe, arrive early for a snowball’s chance in hell of securing a seat. (KCoy) Thu 9 p.m., Sat 3 p.m., Sun 10:30 p.m. BONNIE BITCH’S OBEY STEVE DALY PRODUCTIONS t The Las Vegas-based Bonnie Bitch offers novelty in more ways than one as a female impersonator hypnotist, the only one of her kind. Her fabulous stage presence is complemented by a commanding voice that rocks her volunteer subjects into the depths of sleep. It’s a lot of fun, but only if you’re in the right state of mind. Bring a witness and become part of the show. (KCoy) Fri 6 p.m., Sat 9 p.m., Sun 9 p.m.

THEATRE ON THE SQUARE STAGE TWO SINGULAR SENSATIONS A WING AND A PRAYER PRODUCTIONS r This series of 10 short monologues and dialogues varies from mildly snarky to downright dark, from a confusing scene on a park bench, to a beyond-the-grave monologue about 9/11. But the most interesting scenes are those that tackle more complex issues like gender identity and misogyny, and that’s what it seems like playwright Bob Berry really wants to address. Adam Grandy brings some serious fire into the otherwise mostly mono toned nature of these scenes, with his roles as a convicted killer and a hapless bro on a date. Some of the other vignettes are forgettable, but there’s no shortage of thoughtprovoking moments here. (GC) Tue 6 p.m., Wed 9 p.m., Sat 3 p.m., Sun 10:30 p.m.

DON’T CROSS THE STREAMS MIKE SHERMAN t A regional theater’s attempt to produce a Ghostbusters-inspired play hits a major snag: the inability to actually refer to the film by name. The framing device of a play within a play can be tricky, and in the case of Don’t Cross the Streams, the frame leaves plenty of loose ends as the punch-line driven script finds itself in a corner. If you can forgive the lack of plot and gag for gag’s sake attitude, Don’t Cross the Streams is delightfully quirky and highly inventive. Plus, a spot on impression of Rick Moranis as Louis Tully will have audiences howling. (KCoy) Wed 6 p.m., Fri 7:30 p.m., Sun 1:30 p.m.

COLABORAÇÃO: THE INTERSECTION OF STREET DANCE AND CONTEMPORARY MOVEMENT IN PARTNERS r Colaboração offers a raw look at an exciting new collaboration with our sister city in Brazil, Rio Grande do Sul. The under-rehearsed performance was filled with awkward gaps between dance numbers. Plus, a bulky piano solo at the top lulls audiences into boredom before the show even begins. But once the performers took the stage, they simply captivated. In both solo and duet dances Kristen Jackson of New York and Rubieben Medeiros flawlessly connected every breath, each movement. (KCoy) Fri 10:30 p.m., Sat 1:30 p.m.

JFK VS. THE UNDEAD J. NICHOLAS SHOEMAKER y J. Nicholas Shoemaker rewrites history with this piece of Camelot fantasy, in which a reanimated JFK faces off against his undead assassin as he attempt to win the heart of a star-crossed Marilyn Monroe. Hilarious video production, a fishnet sporting J. Edgar and a host of other historical characters combine to create this satirical historic thriller. Sloppy production values are forgivably Fringey. Yet, unclear character introductions complicate the plot making it difficult to follow the story line from the get-go. (KCoy) Wed 9 p.m., Thu 6 p.m., Sat 4:30 p.m., Sun 3 p.m.

BOT Q ARTISTRY w BOT brilliantly combines Grecian myth with Dada-esque noise art and musicality to create a one-of-a-kind Fringe adventure. Performed entirely in robot (a language of beeps, boops, clicks and various vocalizations), the play cleverly employs alternative storytelling techniques, such as shadow puppetry, to challenge our conventional understandings of theater. Impressive costumes and a charming ensemble of seven futuristic robots are both entertaining and moving. (KCoy) Wed 7:30 p.m., Sat 6 p.m., Sun 7:30 p.m.

chology of a familiar animal and also into human behavior, as the cat bemoans his owner’s habits. However, when the scenes turn to other species, they tend to fall flat. The whole humans-asanimals conceit only works if fundamental truths of human or animal behavior are being explored. (GC) Fri 9 p.m., Sat 6 p.m., Sun 1:30 p.m.

WHERE IS MY MIND? SCHEDULE C PRODUCTIONS u Apparently there is a “point” to this self-consciously self-indulgent one-man show. I know that because the playwright obviously had so little confidence in it that he felt it necessary to explain it at the end. But why not write a monologue or scene that achieves that point on its own or allows room for interpretation? There is obviously some deeply serious issue the playwright wants to address, but the sudden emotional turn at the end felt totally undeserved. (GC) Tue 9 p.m., Thu 7:30 p.m., Sat 9 p.m., Sun 3 p.m.

CREATURES OF THE NIGHT PRAIRIE DITCH PRODUCTIONS e A funny and heartwarming window into a friendship between two grown men literally and figuratively searching for something more in their lives. Obvious chemistry between the two performers drew me into this one early and didn’t let me go. It develops very nicely with well-crafted and believable dialogue that reveals a lot about the characters and with well-handled exposition. At best it’s an effective study of relationship dynamics. At the very worst it will make you laugh. (GC) Wed 7:30 p.m., Sat 7:30 p.m., Sun 6:00 p.m.

WE’VE GOT POWERS! THE POWER COUPLE t I really want to hate this little husband and wife variety show, but I just can’t. I must confess to a few well-earned laughs. Sight gags, props, storytelling, and a few charmingly transparent magic tricks to entertain and give insights into the “powers” that we all have within us, ending, finally, with the “Power of Love.” Aww. Erin Adams is irresistibly cute as a nearly mute Eskimo who can only say her name, and Jason Adams does a nice job of emceeing the whole affair. (GC) Wed 6 p.m., Thu 9 p.m., Fri 7:30 p.m., Sun 4:30 p.m.

BORN TO BE WILD ASSORTED FRUITS AND VEGETABLES t This series of scenes between clearly-labeled anthropomorphized animals starts out with a house cat which is intent on taking control of his house. It resonates because it digs into the psy-

LADY BITS GUNSTAR PRODUCTIONS w Take a neurotic, sexually timid divorcee (Shelby Plummer), put her in a hotel room with a prostitute (Catherine Du Bois) and a jilted middle-aged wife (Nan Macy) and you, my friend, have got

the recipe for a good old-fashioned sex comedy. The story as much about sexual awakening as how we might confront any of our problems with the help of others. The sexual gags are a salacious vehicle for the underlying subtext, even if the dialogue gets a little too self-consciously snarky at certain points. (GC) Mon 9 p.m., Fri 10:30 p.m., Sat 1:30 p.m., Sun 9 p.m.

PURRRR-LESQUE! ANGEL BURLESQUE r In Purr-lessque! a cast of regulars to the Angel Burlesque performance troop offer quirky stripteases with a feline focus. This terrifically old-fashioned show brings the best parts of vaudeville back and celebrates the female body in all forms. A cast of pasty wearing pussies is rounded out by a hilariously simple, crazy-cat lady who emcees. Smart and sexy, Purr-lesque! brings female objectification to a whole new level. (KCoy) Fri 9 p.m., Sat 10:30 p.m., Sun 6 p.m. 465: SEX DRIVE … A MUSICAL RED BOAT PRODUCTIONS y Five Indianapolis sex addicts converge in group therapy sharing their personal sexual journeys. Campy but thematically cohesive, this show lays the double entendre on thick. Though it fails to truly push the boundaries of our understanding when it comes to doing the nasty, 465: Sex Drive did explore a diverse range of sexual quandaries. Still, bogged down as it is by individual character development that just can’t seem to wade past innuendo, the show becomes tiresome in its lack of originality. (KCoy) Thu 7:30 p.m., Sat 7:30 p.m., Sun 4:30 p.m.

465: Sex Drive ... A Musical at Theatre on the Square, Main Stage

G-D THEATRE NON NOBIS y G-D takes the form of a staged discussion of religion, spirituality and faith between a half-dozen seemingly upper-middle class people. Character and conflict aren’t the emphasis here; and to that end, I suppose G-D works. The characters swap stories, ask each other questions, prod each other to dig a little deeper and explain their religious beliefs. Unfortunately — and although there is one Muslim character — everyone on stage seems to be coming from a similar spiritual place. Yes, there are slightly tense moments when characters really push someone to explain themselves, but those moments are handled in such a sterile, overly reverent, “new-age” way as to be deprived of the possibility for significant change. (GC) Thu 6 p.m., Sat 10:30 p.m. SCREW YOU, I’M NANCY DREW KIM MCCANN r Our favorite yellow mystery books are turned on their head in this one-woman show that explores the mysterious death of a male publisher. Kim McCann is Carolyn Keene, who ruminates on female fiction censored for a man’s world as men in her own world confront her with unanswered questions. McCann’s even, ultra-precise delivery is eerie; she’s a captivating performer who needs the barest of ladylike props to unfurl the story of a less deferential, more badass Nancy Drew. (KCop) Fri 6 p.m., Sat 4:30 p.m., Sun 7:30 p.m. 100% RECYCLED PAPER // NUVO // 08.22.12-08.29.12 // cover story

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“In I Am Peter Pan, Ryan Mullins escapes from the impending loss of a family member and into Neverland, where you eat fruit roll-ups all day and definitely don’t have to grow up.” — SCOTT SHOGER

FRANK & KATRINA BASILE THEATRE, THE PHOENIX BREAKING RANK HOWARD PETRICK e Petrick is funny, engaging, sweet, sour and all the rest in his monologue about his year or so as a Vietnam-era draftee, when his extracurricular activities as an anti-war activist drew the ire (and surveillance) of U.S. Army Intelligence. Much of the script could’ve been written for an anti-establishment version of Sgt. Bilko, with jokes about mess hall malfeasance and dumb-ass generals. Therein lies one problem, maybe the only: Petrick skims over swaths of his life that might’ve proven more surprising and less cliched, like his engagement with socialist wings of the anti-war movement. (SS) Fri 6 p.m., Sat. 4:30 p.m., Sun 9 p.m. JOE’S CAFE RUPERT WATES AND FRIENDS t It’s the third time around at IndyFringe for Wates’s revue of songs about American life, from the Dust Bowl to the war in Afghanistan to a hot night in Queens and back again. Wates is an insightful songwriter, a gentle singer and a versatile guitarist, but the Joe’s Cafe concept is thin to the point of invisibility (just a cafe table and boring projected slideshow) and the proceedings felt rushed, with Wates introducing each song with just a sentence or two. Of course, economy can be a virtue; and shorter intros allow for more songs, notably the outstanding “Days of Mercy.” (SS) Fri 10:30 p.m., Sat 7:30 p.m., Sun 6 p.m. GO TO HELL JIM MAY t You can’t beat spending time with a relaxed, smart, caring storyteller who can bring life to just about any incident from his past, throwing in clever wordplay, punchlines or germane quotes (Nietzsche on love, for instance) to boot. May spends much of his time exploring his notion of hell as a child, when one All Saint’s Day, he invented the “reverse genuflection” in order to more economically par-

don those in Purgatory. But I wish May had fleshed out the last few minutes of the show, when he talked about how his notion of a black-and-white world made it hard to him to adjust to the liberated climate of the late ‘60s. (SS) Fri 9 p.m., Sat 6 p.m., Sun 1:30 p.m.

I AM PETER PAN NOEXIT PEFORMANCE w Ryan Mullins’ imaginative boy of a very impressionable age is just about as funny, charming and ingenious as can be as he escapes from the impending loss of a family member and into Neverland, where you eat fruit roll-ups all day and definitely don’t have to grow up. Touchstones include Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, in the monologue’s portrayal of a playful super-dad (a reference acknowledged, I think, via seeming non-sequiturs involving Tom Hanks), and The Pillowman, a way more grotesque piece about the power of storytelling staged earlier this year by NoExit. Director Michael Burke is at his cleverest with a propulsive soundtrack and fun use of a wagon turned pirate ship turned storybook stand turned imaginarium. (SS) Thu 7:30 p.m., Sat 9 p.m., Sun 3 p.m. STORMS BENEATH HER SKIN REBECCA KLING e Kling’s monologue about, among other things, her cock and what she plans to do with it as part of her gender transition is perhaps at its most essential when Kling is at her angriest, facetiously reading off a litany of apologies for not being easy to classify for the close-minded, self-centered, ignorant, prudish and whatnot. Slightly less successful are the mixed-media elements and poetic passages; her take on her body as a weather system ranges from funny and unexpected to a little trite and, um, flowery, while a dance segment seemed superfluous, against her extremely effective and funny first-person material. (SS) Wed 7:30 p.m., Sat 3 p.m. FEED YOUR NIGHTMARES MARY HAMILTON t The amateur scary storyteller tends to over-dramatize all the head-chopping and hook-embedding, yelling out when the

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body drops as if we’d just walked in on it ourselves. Not so with Hamilton, whose collection of spooky Kentucky folk tales belongs to a world where people just plum died more often, murdered by their mother or the guy in the woods, and it wasn’t the death that was necessarily the focal point, but the manner of death and its aftermath. Too bad the show’s conceit (a menu of spooky meals) is so Halloween-are-theybrains-or-are-they-noodles corny. (SS) Wed 6 p.m., Sat 10:30 p.m., Sun 4:30 p.m.

DANDELION CHAINS SHANNA SHRUM y The thing about a non-linear, “puzzle” narrative is that the viewer/reader/whatever wants all the work to be worth it. Such isn’t quite the case with Dandelion Chains, a fragmented monologue whose moments of brilliance are nearly canceled out by lame stock characters (a redneck Olive Garden waitress who got herself knocked up, a Polish maid whose accent veers between Eastern Europe and Mexico). Shrum is nonetheless convincing in just about every role in her play about mother/fatherhood — she just didn’t give herself enough to work with as a writer, and those dandelions are, as symbols, portentous but empty. (SS) Thu 9 p.m., Sat 1:30 p.m., Sun 7:30 p.m. VICTORY?! JUDY LOMBARDO i It’s one of the toughest Fringe staples to write or talk about critically: The sincere monologue about traumatic life experiences, created by a amateur whose presence on the stage is something of an accomplishment, which nonetheless lacks most elements that make for a decent show. No doubt that Lombardo deserves praise for her determined recovery from the removal of two brain tumors, but she might better get the word out about brain health by incorporating other characters and survivors more fully into her story (not to mention nixing all those blackouts and title card changes between vignettes). (SS) Wed 9 p.m., Thu 6 p.m., Fri 7:30 p.m., Sun 10:30 p.m.

SCHOOLHOUSE WRONG TO! EVEN MORE WRONGER THREE DOLLAR BILL COMEDY r Three Dollar Bill presents its second take on Schoolhouse Rock, romping through vaudeville, spirituals, hard rock, jug band tunes, and every musical style in between — “because we’ve got to learn some shit.” Relying heavily on the excellent Claire Wilcher for vocals, some of the guys have trouble staying on key, but they make up for it with their skilled physical comedy. The skits take on topics that are sometimes shopworn (useless liberal arts degrees) or on the edge (the pimp’s percentage), but that’s a quibble when most of them, as well as the transitions between lessons, are funny and impeccably timed. (SM) Fri 9 p.m., Sat 6 p.m., Sun 10:30 p.m. SIMPLICITY MONTERCERMUNDO u Carlos Monte describes himself as a “thirdworld clown,” using props, circus stunts, song, and audience participation to tell his tragicomic tales. While Monte sets the stage and uses it well, the show feels disjointed, with no clear relationship or transition between sketches. At least one Spanglish ballad misses the mark when clowning alone couldn’t convey much about the character or situation. Monte’s nimble, Gumby-like body and expressive Mick Jagger mouth are great tools for a modern-day jester, and he manhandles the bullwhip like a pro, but this piece needs more polish to meet its potential. (SM) Wed 7:30 p.m., Thu 9 p.m., Sat 7:30 p.m., Sun 6 p.m. DO RE ME FA SO LATINO YES THEATRE CO. y Are stereotypes funny and based in truth, or harmful, fabricated from individual experience? Both, writers Carlos Portillo and Kristopher Owens suggest, most pointedly with a couple of clever game-show skits and the revelation that, yes, there really was an Operation Wetback at the INS during the 1950s. The show’s pacing, transitions, and joke timing could be sharpened; at times it plays more like a couple of guys riffing in their living room. This satire lacks subtlety, sometimes dealing in trite assumptions that already plague the discussion on immigration, but it’s still an amusing look at a timely topic. (SM) Fri 6 p.m., Sat 4:30 p.m., Sun 7:30 p.m. IS THAT YOUR REEL HAIR? TIFFANIE BRIDGES e In an exploration of a childhood hair disaster that made her the butt of her classmates’ jokes, Bridges explains how she found solace in movies, music, and the women who perform them. She powers through songs from a dozen stars with solid vocals and a canny ability to mimic and spoof individual singing styles and physical tics, demonstrating all the while just how hard she and her fellow divas work to entertain us. Hair and image, while fun to play with, are the least of the things that define her, and Bridges easily secures her hoped-for last laugh with her stellar showmanship. (SM) Thu 6 p.m., Sat 10:30 p.m.

THE LAST NICKEL WISDOM TOOTH THEATRE PROJECT t In this family drama, crazy, irrepressible JoJo soothes her “high lonesome” by forcing late night talks on Jamie, who’s the responsible, sober sister. Or is she? While it’s clear that something is amiss, the play doles out hints before its eventual revelation, and the existential dialogue can lag. But puppets add levity and a twist to this piece written well before Avenue Q used similar tactics. “Is feeling good the point? Or working through it?” the sisters wonder, until one of them begins to understand that the memories she’s holding tight have become a limiting tether. The real tenderness displayed between the two actresses makes the play work. (SM) Wed 9 p.m., Sun 1:30 p.m. THESE SHINING LIVES CARMEL HIGH SCHOOL t In the Roaring Twenties, women not much older than the student actors in this piece joined the workforce at the Radium Dial Company. No one told them the material used in their work would poison them. While some of the early exposition was delivered too quietly or quickly to catch, this kink will likely be worked out in repeat performances. The script saddles the actors with stock characterizations of real women, so the cast sometimes struggled to flesh them out. Overall, however, they elicit genuine sympathy and sorrow for the Radium Girls, helping maintain the legacy of women who feared they’d be forgotten. (SM) Wed 6 p.m., Fri 7:30 p.m., Sat 3 p.m., Sun 4:30 p.m. AND I AM NOT MAKING THIS UP NELL WEATHERWAX w Weatherwax, who’s developed her own style of movement-based storytelling, begins by explaining how her creative process works and imagining the audience’s response: “Oh shit. I should have gone to that show at ComedySportz. It looks more accessible.” Don’t fall for that line of thinking. She has the unique ability to mine how our minds veer sideways in the stream of consciousness, and embody it, weaving seemingly unrelated images, moments, and stories from her life into a surprisingly coherent, funny, and powerful show. Each of her performances at the Fringe will be different, and Weatherwax makes this improvisation look effortless. (SM) Fri 10:30 p.m., Sat 1:30 p.m., Sun 9 p.m. THE BLIZZARD SELLS OUT! BLOOMINGTON PLAYWRIGHTS PROJECT r The BPP brings a new Blizzard to this year’s festival, pelting you with 30 microplays in 60 minutes, a format inspired by the popular Neo-Futurist show Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind. Indianapolis businesses inspire each piece, and the cast ricochets from Broadway dance number to rap video to silly gross-out scenes in the order chosen by the audience. The seven actors are all adept, serving as smart-mouthed stage managers in between set pieces. While the sheer volume of plays guarantees a mixed bag, the fun is often the surprise of where the group’s absurd imagination will take you next. (SM) Thu 7:30 p.m., Sat 9 p.m., Sun 3 p.m.

“You know audience members will get the goods, but it’s amusing to watch the characters hurl resentful barbs at each other.”

Going ... Going ... Gone at IndyFringe Basile Theater

— DAN GROSSMAN

INDYFRINGE BASILE THEATER THE SUNSET LIMITED INDIANAPOLIS URBAN THEATRE AND DANCE COMPANY e In this abridged version of a Cormac McCarthy-scripted play, two characters, one white and one black, face off across a table arguing the meaning of life — and death. We learn soon enough that the AfricanAmerican character prevented the other from throwing himself in front of a train called The Sunset Limited. Kevin Johnson plays this guardian angel, of sorts, who believes in redemption through Christ. Jeff Roby plays the professor who once believed in art, but now believes in the power of The Sunset Limited to deliver him from an empty life. Roby plays his withdrawn character effectively, as does Johnson whose voice — similar to Chris Rock’s — is an extraordinary instrument used to extraordinary effect. (DG) Sat 1:30 p.m., Sun 1:30 p.m. FACEBOOK ME YOUNG ACTORS THEATRE e As Facebook Me commences, 10 teenage girls march onto the stage in a distracted state. All are plugged into Facebook on their smartphones; their postings are projected on a screen behind them in real time. When the father of Penny Carlisle — played with spot-on emotion by Allie Russell — posts about her, “I thought kids outgrew tantrums at 13,” all of her friends can see it. Penny’s reaction becomes the center that the rest of the performance revolves around. Even if you wonder whether the introduction of suggestive props warrants a more drastic reaction, you won’t be able to forget this thoughtprovoking performance. (DG) Thu 6 p.m., Sat 4:30 p.m, Sun 3 p.m. SIRENS: CHASING THE SUN TWILIGHT PRODUCTIONS t You might think of this performance as Indigo Girls meets Jack Kerouac’s On the Road. kRi is the raconteur, telling the tale of this two-girl band in a mixture of song and spoken word to Hettie’s guitar strumming and harmonizing vocal accompaniment. We learn about how they quit their day jobs and

hit the road, following their musical muse. They recount — among other adventures — seeing forest fires in Arizona and meeting “a real mean pussy, orange and white.” All the while, they encourage you to engage in “all out living.” Hoop dancers add a note of burlesque to this performance that might work better for those who can embrace their inner child without cringing. (DG) Wed 9 p.m., Sat 9 p.m., Sun 10:30 p.m.

GOING … GOING … GONE TWO FIRST NAME PRODUCTIONS t As you enter this auction/performance, you’re handed a bag of toy money with which you can bid. If you win the bid, you can bring those props home. In the Aug. 17 performance, the two auctioneers were played by Diane Kondrat and Matt Roland. See, actors and characterization/ plot change with each performance. Kondrat played Stacy, the stepmother of career-challenged Ronny. His father, who died “after a long bout of hammer toe,” had a stipulation in his will that stuff in his auction house be sold. Not a lot of dramatic tension here. That is, you know audience members will get the goods. But it’s amusing to watch the characters hurl resentful barbs at each other. (DG) Sat 10:30 p.m., Sun 6 p.m. THE FABULOUS PROBLEMAS CELEBRATION BARN THEATER w In the first scene of this outré offering — purportedly based on the history of the criminal gang The Fabulous Problemas — you see a man and a woman seated at a Parisian café. Another man comes and offers the woman flowers. The man she’s with offers him payment, but he won’t accept. He wants the woman instead. What follows is the slapstickiest love triangle you’ll ever see, involving threesome sex, a triple-knot tango, numerous heists and food-induced orgasms. Except for a musical number, this exuberant performance is accomplished largely in pantomime. (DG) Thu 7:30 p.m., Fri 6 p.m., Sun 7:30 p.m. AQUARIUM THE ARDEN THEATRE UNION y This one starts out promisingly — and humorously — enough. A woman named

Lee walks into the aquarium where she works after hours and sees a woman, naked under a blanket, and asks her why she’s sleeping there like that. “Blankets are less of a commitment,” responds this woman who happens to be named Calypso. “Clothing constrains you.” At about midpoint in the performance a shift in tone takes place; the girl gets girl romance takes over from the comedy and in this context the characters’ flowery lines sometimes sound stilted. (DG) Wed 7:30 p.m., Fri 10:30 p.m., Sat 7:30 p.m., Sun 4:30 p.m.

IMAGINE THAT JEH PRODUCTIONS e What if you had an imaginary friend who hampered your life to the point that you had to spend time in an institution? That’s the dilemma of Evan, who’s in group therapy with his brother, a fellow patient named Amy and his imaginary friend Vivianne. The onstage therapy session is run by one Dr. Feelgood, who doesn’t want to kill Evan’s imaginary friend but “move her on in a non-threatening manner.” Great performances abound with kudos to Lisa Marie Smith who plays an amped up Amy with a thing for prescription medications. A surprising, enigmatic ending caps this thought-provoking comedy. (DG) Wed 6 p.m., Fri 9 p.m., Sat 3 p.m. CABARET ABSINTHE: THEATRE DU GRAND GUIGNOL MAIN STREET ARTISTS e The IndyFringe Theatre’s church-like setting is perfect for playwright Darrin Murrell’s Gothic horror play, which explores the altered states of mind that can lead mankind to acts of horror. Murrell establishes the theme of his three-act domestic drama by opening with Duparc’s song set on Baudelaire’s poem, which states, in part, “Beauty is bizarre.” “The Green Fairy,” a character representing the psychoactive side of absinthe, appropriately flits in and out and around the action of the play. Actors superbly segue through three theatre styles: absurdism, melodrama and expressionism. (RK) Thu 9 p.m., Fri 7:30 p.m., Sat 6 p.m., Sun 9 p.m.

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IndyFringe is calling it like it is this year. It’s not the Fun Tent, the Music Tent or the Super Tent. It’s the Beer Tent, and it’s where you ought to go if you’re running low on funds or just need a place to reconnoitre during that half-hour window between shows. Or if you just need a beer. The tent is officially open from 6-11 p.m., though performances will likely start an hour or so later on a given night. Here’s the lineup:

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Karen Mason: A Broadway Songbook @ The Cabaret at the Columbia Club Karen Mason’s Broadway songbook might include “Eternal Youth Is Worth a Little Suffering” (from Sunset Boulevard), “Dancing Queen” (Mamma Mia, naturally) and “(The Legend of) Miss Baltimore Crabs” (Hairspray), all of which she’s sung on the Great White Way. She’s also a 10-time Manhattan Association of Cabarets award-winner, so she’s pretty much conquered that world too. Aug. 24 and 25, 8 p.m. @ 121 Monument Circle, Ste. 516; $35-55 (with $12 minimum); thecabaret.org

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A “toadstool” at Camp Chesterfield.

SATURDAY

Camp Chesterfield Experience From the mid-19th century through the early 20th, a goodly number of prominent intellectuals — including Arthur Conan Doyle and Booth Tarkington — found themselves compelled by spiritualism and its notion that we can easily enough communicate with the dearly departed if only we can find the right frequency (with the help of a qualified medium for a modest

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The Humane Society of Hamilton County is a mighty busy place. It accepts all stray, unwanted and injured animals in Hamilton County — and they’ll stick around just as long as they need to, in accordance with a “low-kill” shelter policy to not euthanize animals based on arbitrary length of stay limits or shelter capacity. That’s not a cheap road to go, so pet lovers and fellow travelers are urged to head to the society’s daylong fundraiser, Dog Day Afternoon, which features a fundraising walk, the Parade of Paws, live music on the Woofstock stage and a ton of vendors, purveying pet supplies and food for both adults and humans. 3-8 p.m. @ 5 Center Green, Carmel; $5 (free for children 10 and under); carmeldogday.org PHOTO BY KELLY LYNN MITCHELL

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charge). Spiritualism central in Indiana was Camp Chesterfield, an enclave on the banks of the White River near Anderson that grew from a summer tent camp to a 40-acre settlement over the years, with periods of growth and activity being most pronounced following World Wars I and II, when the bereaved were naturally attracted by the possibility that they might talk to their loved ones killed in battle. Camp Chesterfield remains home to the Indiana Association of Spiritualists, but Historic Landmarks is more interested in its former glories. The day-long Camp Chesterfield Experience will feature lectures on the history and evolution of the spiritualist movement given by resident mediums, as well as tours of the grounds, which include a river rock grotto, a “Trail of Religion” and a meadow full of concrete chairs and minipedestal tables known as “toadstools” where readings were once conducted. J.P. Hall of Indiana Landmarks will talk concerning preservation issues, including needs at the Cathedral of the Woods and a vacant 1914 hotel. 9:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. @ Camp Chesterfield (50 Lincoln Drive, Chesterfield); $45 per person (includes lectures, lunch, tours); register at chesterfieldexperience.eventbrite.com or by calling 317-639-4534.

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Dig IN @ White River State Park More than 30 chefs will whip up new creations using local produce and meat for this year’s Dig IN, A Taste of Indiana, one of the state’s premiere showcases for artisans, vintners and brewers. Well, look there now: It’s Regina Mehallick, walking down Mass Ave from her R Bistro with a chilled peach

soup with smoked duck salad. And is that Second Helping’s Sam Brown I see with a strawberry and banana soup? And I reckon that’s Mr. Goose himself, Chrisopher Eley, with a barbacoa de chivo walking taco. A bunch more food celebs and their dishes will be on hand Sunday, along with wineries (Thomas Family, Wildcat Creek), breweries (Three Floyds, Brugge), artisans (Hoosier Mamma, Burton’s Maplewood Farm) and food trucks (Scratch, Duos). Noon-5 p.m. @ 801 W. Washington St.; $30 advance (digINdiana.org), $40 gate

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Civil Rights Game @ Victory Field Negro League ballplayers are the guests of honor at Saturday’s inaugural Civil Rights Game, presented by the Indiana Civil Rights Commission and the Indianapolis Indians, at the behest of Minor League Baseball. The Indians will wear a throwback Indianapolis Clowns jersey as they take on the Columbus Clippers; the Clowns were the city’s traveling Negro League team, and something of an equivalent to the Harlem Globetrotters in their playful but skillful approach to sport. The guests of honor are: • “Jumpin” Johnny Wilson, who played outfield for the Chicago American Giants in 1949 before joining the Harlem Globetrotters for five seasons. Later in life he was athletic director for Chicago’s Malcolm X College. • Johnny “Lefty” Washington, a Korean War vet with two purple hearts who pitched for the Chicago American Giants and Houston/ New Orleans Eagles. • Nathan “Sonny” Weston, another Chicago American Giants vet and the last to be cut at spring training for both the Brooklyn Dodgers and Chicago White Sox in 1951.

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• Ernest “Ernie” Westfield, who pitched in the final East-West (Negro League) All-Star Game in 1960, then in the Chicago Cubs minor league system. • Ray “Boo Boy” Knox, a catcher for Chicago’s Hardwood Sports in the Industrial League. 7:05 p.m. @ Victory Field, $10-30 (with discounts for groups and children), indyindians.com

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Mom and Pop Porno Shop BY PAUL F.P. POGUE PPOGUE@NUVO.NET It’s 8:45 p.m. at the White Rabbit Cabaret, 15 minutes before the premiere of Mom and Pop Porno Shop, Matt Kramer’s latest live-action sitcom, and Kramer is nowhere to be found. “You’ll have to excuse Matt; he’s out there looking for an erection to put into that guy’s pants,” Corey Jefferson, assistant director and occasional stage messiah, tells me. This is apparently standard procedure around here, given that the show is about the worst familyrun workplace you can imagine. Kramer’s made his name around the Indy comedy scene through work at ComedySportz and Three Dollar Bill. He and his creative partner, John Patrick Coan, made quite a splash over the summer with Jesus Is My Roomie, their first attempt at a live-action sitcom, in which Jefferson portrayed the Almighty as a modern-day slacker. The idea actually took root at the Children’s Museum, where Kramer did a run as the Tin Man on stage. “I was thinking, what would happen if you combined The Wizard of Oz with Three Men and a Baby?” he says. “I tried to write a sketch on that, and realized I could write a sitcom. And since I don’t exactly have the rights to either of those things, we had to go with something original.” Coan, whom Kramer calls “the funniest guy I know,” moved to Chicago over the summer after stealing just about every scene he appeared in on Jesus Is My Roomie. That show was an instant hit, selling out all its performances, and the premiere of Mom and Pop Porno Shop was sold out a half-hour before curtain time. “We really hit the ground running, and I was really floored that we got stronger as we went on,” Kramer says. “I want to run with concepts they wouldn’t do on TV. I don’t want to do a Friends episode; I want a Friends sitcom with Jesus as the main character. And if I’m going to do a workplace comedy, I’m not going to do The Office; I want to do a workplace comedy in just about the worst family business I could conceive, which led me to a family-run porno studio.” Both shows follow the traditional sitcom tropes almost to the letter, starting with a deep-voiced opening announcement — “This show was NOT filmed in front of a live studio audience” — and replete with improbable misunderstandings, wacky neighbors, intentionally silly public service announcements and commercials of questionable taste, at best. “People are actually paying to advertise,” Kramer laughs. “The first two shows I just made up the commercials, but after that people came to me and wanted me to write commercials for their businesses!” The public service announcements tend to be highlights, as anyone who ever grew up

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The Mom and Pop Porno Shop team.

watching David Hasselhoff warn you about running off with strangers might remember. “We’re really catering to the 25-to 40-year-old crowd, who grew up on everything that’s on Nick at Nite now,” Kramer says. And like the traditional TV structure, they’re going at it in seasons, with different concepts every time. Kramer expects to take a winter break after wrapping up Mom and Pop and return in January with a series about a boy band reuniting. “We want to do different comedy formats, with selfcontained seasons,” he says. Kramer was rewriting the second episode of Mom and Pop before the first one wrapped. “Everyone’s feeding off the energy onstage. I have a whole bunch of improvisers, so if anything goes awry” — “Which has happened!’ Corey Jefferson interrupts “We can roll with it,” Kramer finishes. “I want to see how the audience reacts, who they like, who they don’t like, and what really works.” He keeps three dry erase boards — actually, a shower panel cut into thirds — that serve as ground zero for his creative process. “I’m always walking by and constantly writing ideas; this takes a lot of brainstorming,” he notes. “Sometimes I should be eating dinner and instead I’m in front of those boards. There’s a lot of late-night phone calls.” All in all, each episode takes about 25 hours to produce. The whole plan is to stay as open-ended as possible; everything from being filmed to doing an Internet show to working on other stages has been discussed. “I have a five-year plan in Indy, although if someone from NBC calls and they want me to develop a sitcom, I’m outta here! My goal is to build this up and make it self-sustaining to the point that I could leave someone like Corey in charge and then bring the concept to whatever city I go to. I’ve seen a lot of groups pop up, do a show and then do nothing. I want to get a following and a brand.” Mom and Pop Porno Shop airs Sept. 6 and 20 at 9 p.m. (this week’s scheduled episode was pre-empted by IndyFringe) @ White Rabbit Cabaret, 1116 Prospect St., $5, whiterabbitcabaret.com 100% RECYCLED PAPER // NUVO // 08.22.12-08.29.12 // go&do

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Clockwise from top left: Balloon sculptor Tim Thurmond; horse-human hybrids play rock, paper, scissors); Cornelius from ‘Planet of the Apes’; Firestar, sans flames; a pixelated attendee; Mr. Predator.

Dispatches from Gen Con 2012 BY ROBERT ANNIS EDITORS@NUVO.NET It takes a lot to make people’s heads turn at Gen Con. A 13-foot-tall latex dragon — not a euphemism — is one of them. Tim Thurmond, aka The Balloon Sculptor, was about halfway finished with the massive creation Friday afternoon. He said he’d been bombarded with comments from admiring passersby since he’d started work at 7:30 that morning. As Thurmond and I talked, two men dressed in medieval garb stopped by to chat; one identified himself as a sculptor and expressed his admiration. Thurmond beamed. “It’s great when a fellow artist sees value in what I’m doing,” Thurmond said. “He gets what I’m trying to do here. It’s not a toy, it’s actually art.” Thurmond has been doing balloon sculptures for 22 years, and like most great artists, he started because of a woman.

“I had a crush on a girl,” Thurmond said. “Her church had a clown school, so I did that. That’s where I fell into the balloons.” I didn’t ask if he ever won the girl, but he did earn a Guinness Book world record in 2006 for creating 6,176 balloon sculptures in 24 hours. Thurmond expects to finish most of the dragon Friday night, adding embellishments Saturday before the charity auction. He hopes a group of cosplayers will pony up a couple hundred dollars for his creation to use — and potentially destroy — in a YouTube video. You can check out other examples of Thurmond’s work at theballoonsculptor.com.

Stop touching Dr. Octopus

Gen Con attendees can spend thousands of dollars on a costume, but with some Styrofoam, fishing wire and an old trenchcoat, Brock Morgan was able to create a costume that has made him one of the most photographed conventiongoers this year. Cosplaying as Spider-Man villain Doctor Octopus, Morgan says he’s been stopped hundreds of times during the convention. When I saw him at one of the vendor tables and asked for a photo, a brief flash of weariness crossed his face, but he quickly got into character.

The Swayze, Ind., native says he likes the attention, but the massive crowds at Gen Con were doing damage to his tentacles — in the span of a few hours, his mechanical claws (actually Styrofoam) had broken off from several of his arms because of people bumping into him. (If that had been a problem with the real Doctor Octopus, he likely would never have become one of Peter Parker’s most deadly villains, but he still would have been a cooler member of the Sinister Six than the Vulture.) This isn’t the first time he’s dressed up in costume for the Con. Last year he and his friends came as the X-Men, with him as Havok. They’ve also dressed as various video-game characters for previous Gen Cons. The highlight of the 2012 convention so far? Posing with Spider-Man’s paramour, the Black Cat.

Women are gamers, too

Gaming is often thought of the exclusive territory of guys, but more and more women are taking their place at the table. In the seven years Jondi Soper has attended Gen Con, she’s seen a marked increase in the number of women attending. “Before, it was guys dragging their girlfriends around the convention,” she said. “Now you see a lot of women dragging their boyfriends around.”

Jen Corbett said her Dungeons & Dragons-playing father got her gaming nearly 20 years ago. It’s a family affair — her brothers, sisters and several cousins also play. “If you don’t dress like your typical gamer geek, like in jeans and a T-shirt with your hair pulled back in a ponytail, some guys (who don’t know you) might think, ‘Oh crap, we’re going to have to teach her to play,’” Corbett said. Corbett’s younger sisters are more casual gamers, and she feels they may be concerned about the potential negative, geeky stigma attached to gaming. She said that’s perhaps the largest obstacle most women need to get around. However, the emergence of role models such as The Guild star Felicia Day has made women freer to enter the male-dominated community, and that’s led to a backlash, said Soper. “You always have to prove yourself,” Soper said. “Some guys will ask you all these specific or obscure questions, and if you can’t answer them, they won’t think you belong. Guys don’t ask other guys those same types of questions, but we have to? If you like games, you’re a gamer. “We just want to sit at the table and play. We don’t want you to treat us differently or watch your language or anything. We’re gamers, just like everybody else.”

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A typical bout in the now-regulated world of MMA, held in mid-June at 8 Seconds Saloon.

The State of the Cage A look at the Mixed Martial Arts scene BY DAVID BECK EDITORS@NUVO.NET June 15, 2012: Tonight, Tremors, the bar in the back of 8 Seconds Saloon, becomes the warm-up room for mixed martial arts fighters. As fans trickle into the Saloon, young men stretch, shadowbox, punch mitts and mingle among friends and coaches. Others sit at a table while a doctor takes their blood pressure. Zach Jenkins, 24, wears a Hooters t-shirt and bounces from foot to foot, then ducks, bobs and weaves. Tattoos reach from his shoulder to his hands. His orange hair almost glows in the semi-dark surroundings. He pauses, smiles, and tells us, “Make sure you stick around for my fight. I do all kinds of crazy shit to get the crowd into it.” Jenkins is a local veteran with over 35 fights, amateur and professional combined. He remembers a time when rules and regulations were minimal. “People didn’t worry about weight divisions and all of that. I remember guys fighting two or three times a night.” In some ways, Jenkins — with his showmanship, flamboyance and attitude — is a throwback to those earlier mixed martial arts events. Not that all of those aspects are gone, but they’re no longer the norm. No sport has evolved more in the past twenty years than mixed martial arts. What started out as a sport one step away from being illegal has gone mainstream. No-holds barred cage fighting — with few rules or regulations — has become, well, an art. Gone are the barroom brawlers who just liked to fight without getting arrested. Today’s fighters, especially the top-level ones, are

finely conditioned athletes who train in boxing, wrestling, Maui Tai and jujitsu and MMA is now broadcast on network television. The rise in popularity can be seen locally, as more gyms sprout up and more local fighters make the big time in the Ultimate Fighting Championships (UFC), the major leagues of MMA. Audiences are more knowledgeable and more sober. With increased fan interest comes increased attention. Enter the Indiana Gaming Commission. Beginning in July 2009, the commission began regulating professional mixed martial arts as it did boxing.

Enter bureaucrats, stage right

Andy Means, director of the Athletic Division of the Indiana State Gaming Commission, believes the change was needed. “Most states now regulate mixed martial arts. In fact, the UFC won’t even hold an event in a state without regulations.” That move opened the door for a UFC card in 2010; another one was scheduled for this September, but was moved to Minnesota. Why the need for regulation? Well, anyone who has seen tapes of the sport in its embryonic days knows the answer — safety for the participants. In the past, weight classes were a luxury and fighters often fought several times in one night. And don’t even think about blood tests in an often bloody sport. Means says that the fighters are the ones who benefit the most. “It’s not just the safety and health of the fighters; some were not getting paid what they were promised.” Moreover, according to Means, in 2011, 64 MMA events were held in Indiana, placing the state sixth in the country. Ron “the Beast” Carter, 34, shadow boxes while awaiting his June 15 fight at the 8 Seconds Saloon. At, 6 feet 6 inches, he towers over most of the people stretching, talking, and warming up. Carter, who works fulltime as a car salesman in Clarksville, Ind., remembers the “unregulated” days. “Man, it was the wild, wild west,” he says. “You didn’t know who you were fighting, if he was a pro or amateur. You could

get knocked out and go somewhere the next day and fight.” Under state regulations, a fighter who is knocked out receives a minimum of a 30-day suspension. Also, the state requires that promoters insure the fighters on their shows, in case they are injured in the cage. “A few fights back I broke both bones in my leg. I didn’t have to pay anything.” He laughs, throws a few punches at an invisible target. “Now, I’m back and ready to go.”

Breaking even

Of course, what’s good for the fighters might not always be good for the promoters. When the state stepped in, many smaller promotions died a quick death. “We set a fee on each event,” says Means, “based on the size event. Also, there’s a 5% ticket tax.” Scott Sims is the president of The Legends of Fighting Championship, the largest and most established mixed martial arts promotion in Indiana, bringing fights to Indianapolis since 2005. The LFC has featured a number of fighters who have gone on to fight on a worldclass level. Fighters such as Chris Lytle, Matt Mitrone, Dustin Neace, and Dave Herman competed in the LFC cage before moving on to the UFC. “We are the springboard in the Midwest for fighters hitting the big time.” But nurturing local talent comes at a cost. And, according to Sims, since the state began overseeing the sport, the cost for promoters is becoming prohibitive. “Before the commission stepped in, we made anywhere between $7,500 to $15,000 a show. Since then, we’ve made no more than $5,000. In our last show [June 15], we broke even.” He adds, “For the Gaming Commission it’s no risk. They come in and take their fees, regardless of how much I take in or have to pay out.” He argues that small promotions are at a huge disadvantage. “People don’t realize that big promotions like the UFC don’t have to rely on gate receipts. They can give out comp tickets to make the crowd look bigger, because that’s not their total take. Where they make their profits are from pay

per view buys and sponsorships.” Sims sees the advantages for the fighters. “I just wish that the commission could be as much for the promoter as they are for the fighter.” He cites an example from his last card. “I had two guys who signed contracts and pulled out the week of the show. I asked the commission if they could then suspend the fighters. Their response was that their hands were tied since neither fighter had a state license.” He laughed in disbelief: “Both are licensed nationally!” “Look,” Sims says, “the Indiana Gaming Commission is going to do to mix martial arts what it did to local boxing. When was the last time you saw a pro boxing show in Indy?” Sims realizes that the economy and previous market saturation have also hurt the professional shows. “The first ten shows we did at 8 Seconds Saloon were over capacity. Our last show drew around 700.” Over-saturation might be a problem that will eliminate itself. James Porter, executive director and promoter of Indy MMA, began putting on shows in 2011. So far, they’ve done three. “The commission definitely helps the fighters. And overall the safety is much better. At the same time, I have to bring in more money to break even, after paying the fees and meeting the requirements.” Porter says that he needs to sell 1,000 to 1,200 tickets to make it worthwhile. That bottom-line has made him reconsider his previous venue, the Indiana State Fairgrounds. In fact, concerns over finances caused him to postpone a card scheduled for June. “We just need to get the word out. I believe the interest is there, but we just need to get a place and hope the fans will come.” For promoters, their biggest opponent is a combination of the economy and the lack of local media attention, making promoting a risky business. Porter sees the local scene as growing but only in “fits and bursts.” He says, “The way some promoters get out of the paying the sanctioning fees is to promote all amateur shows. That might be the future for some.”

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“LIGHTS OUT” SPEAKS OUT Chris “Lights Out” Lytle has been the most successful and popular fighter to come out of the Indy area. Having over fifty professional fights, Lytle, 37, retired after winning his last fight against Dan Hardy last year. After an unsuccessful run for the state Senate, Lytle continues his full-time job with the Indianapolis Fire Department. The fighter and the politician in him are evident when he begins talking about the local mixed martial arts scene. He sees the problems and offers some remedies. “What the commission is doing is nickel and diming the sport to death. My first question is, Why did the athletic commission dissolve into the gaming commission? And what do the people at the gaming commission know about the sport?” Like many of the local promoters, he believes the new regulations will limit the amount of local professional shows. “I understand the

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need to clean out the bad promoters and making sure a doctor is at each fight. Okay. But what they did was reinvented the wheel. It needed tweaking, not an overhaul.” Lytle still works out and trains fighters at Integrated Fighting Academy. “A few of my fighters just had the show they were going to be on cancelled. My guess is that the promoters who still want to promote pros will go outside of the state and that’s not good for young fighters trying to build their career.” Besides his background in mixed martial arts, Lytle has also fought 15 professional boxing matches and is familiar with the changes that have happened in that sport. “If the state is going to oversee MMA, then we need to get people in charge who know and understand the sport. If not, look for it to go the way of local boxing.” And that’s a fate that fans and fighters don’t want to see. — DAVID BECK

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An uncertain future

Keith Palmer, who’s been involved in combative sports for several years, promoted the first mixed martial arts show at the thenConseco Fieldhouse in 2007. He has coached boxing and has promoted mixed martial arts in Indianapolis. He is the co-founder of Indy PAL/MMA on the city’s eastside. “A few years ago you could put on a show and make some money. It’s much harder today.” Palmer sees fewer promoters willing to put on professional shows because of the financial risk. But he doesn’t see the state’s regulations as the main reason. “We have a shortage of small, affordable venues in Indianapolis. I did my last show at the Murat, and you just can’t make money there.” Palmer’s concerns echo those of Porter who found the State Fairgrounds financially risky. If the cost outweighs the profit, promoters will put on fewer shows. And fewer shows will eventually mean fewer fighters. Why train for fights that might not take place? Like Sims, Palmer sees a similar parallel with boxing: “Unfortunately, it seems the local MMA scene is going down the same road of professional boxing. Now you don’t even see boxing in the Indianapolis area. It’s gone.” He adds that mixed martial arts is still a relatively new sport. It has surged and has even gone mainstream. “There’s always the risk of over-saturation. You can see the UFC on network and cable stations where it used to be regulated to pay-per-view.” Palmer believes that a new local superstar would further boost the interest of local fighters and fans. “Another Chris Lytle-type of fighter would increase interest. But I think the local scene is a good barometer for the direction the sport is going to go. If we lose local shows and local talent, fans will lose interest.” While it is clear that mixed martial arts has evolved from a backstreet event to a mainstream sport, the question of where it will go from here is uncertain. Anyone who attended early events saw a certain subculture — tattoos, piercings and dyed hair — that has been replaced with the largely coveted white 18-34 demographic. In some ways, mixed martial arts resembles racing that went from dirt tracks to NASCAR. The transgressive element that some found appealing is largely gone. Still, local shows provide better trained athletes and safer events. But for how long? Sims’ next show will be an all amateur card. “That way I can minimize the loss that comes from paying the commission their fees.” Only time will tell if this recent “marriage” between the state and mixed martial arts will eventually lead, not just to safer competitions, but to events that will produce the money that will keep the sport alive.

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Farewell, My Queen e Sidonie Laborde (Lea Seydoux) is an appliance. She reads for her queen, Marie Antoinette (Diane Kruger), who uses her like someone in our era would use a radio. Laborde comes to the queen’s room each morning to do her job. The rest of the time she remains on standby for her majesty. The young woman worships her queen. She also enjoys her slightly elevated status as a woman who can read and as a servant in direct contact to royalty. When not doing her duties, Laborne lives in squalor. She is looked on with distrust and envy by many of her peers, but brushes that off. The access to her queen means everything to her. Never mind how easily she is dismissed when Antoinette is finished with her services. Laborde’s position allows her to overhear gossip and to learn a bit about the social and political goings-on in the area. Something is wrong, something big. There is lots of anxious chatter about rebellion on the outside. There is much distress among the privileged, though Antoinette appears to either be oblivious to the discontent or actively blocking it out. Set in 1789 Versailles, Farewell, My Queen takes place at the beginning of the French Revolution, but the story is presented through the eyes of Laborde, so don’t expect a lot of details about the revolution. The royalty live in insulation within Versailles and Laborde only

overhears a tiny fraction of what they know. Ignorance abounds, coupled with growing tension. Imagine living in a house of cards and feeling the first brush of a breeze. Costume dramas usually make me groggy, but director Benoit Jacquot establishes and maintains a sense of urgency here. All the fussiness one expects from a costume drama is here, but the ominous tone, accented effectively by Bruno Coulais’ score, makes the characters seem like more than just overdressed magpies. Lea Seydoux, who reminds me of earlycareer Julia Stiles, is fine as Laborde, an intelligent young woman trying to work her way forward through the fog of ignorance and misconceptions. She is driven, despite having no clear picture of her destination. I’ve not said much about Marie Antoinette because the structure of the film prevents us from gaining much insight. Diane Kruger’s smart performance offers a self-absorbed, fiercely disconnected royal focused on fashion design and obsessed with her companion, Gabrielle de Polignac, masterfully played by Virginie Ledoyen. Her love for de Polignac humanizes Antoinette enough to partially offset her pampered ugliness and lack of concern for most of the people around her. Some critics have complained that the film does not go into more detail about Antoinette and the politics of the time. They are missing the point of the film. Farewell, My Queen deals with blind devotion. Most of the characters are in the dark, by circumstance or choice. In this instance, too many facts can only get in the way of the truth of the tale. — ED JOHNSON-OTT

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BILL CUNNINGHAM NEW YORK (2010)

When our Martian invaders look back upon our cultural artifacts as we do upon shattered Greek vases, they’ll probably find Bill Cunningham one of the best chroniclers of trends in fashion and consumption in the waning years of late capitalism. He’s been shooting the New York City scene for decades for The New York Times; this unassuming doc tells his unassuming story. The final film in series related to Snapshot, the IMA’s exhibition about painters drawn to the first point-and-shoot Kodak, which closes Sept. 2. Shown in Blu-Ray. Aug. 23, 7 p.m. @ The Toby, Indianapolis Museum of Art; $5 public, $3 member

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Ray Harryhausen’s final Sinbad film, featuring a stop-motion menagerie including a giant walrus, troglodyte, sabre-tooth cat and wasp. Shown in 16mm. Aug. 25, 8 p.m. @ Garfield Park Arts Center, $3

FOOD Bocce ball and beignets

B’s Po Boy hits the spot BY NEIL CHARLES NCHARLES@NUVO.NET It’s all about the bread. It’s easy to imagine that without the simultaneously crusty and fluffy New Orleans take on the classic French baguette, the po’ boy sandwich just wouldn’t have achieved the kind of cult status that it enjoys today. It certainly wouldn’t be the same with real French bread: way too chewy by half. B’s Po Boy, a recent addition to the burgeoning Fountain Square/Shelby Street dining scene, sources its bread straight from what has to be the most authentic source in the country, the Leidenheimer bakery in the Crescent City. Perfectly situated just across the street from the Fountain Square Brewery, B’s occupies an old timber-framed house which has been tastefully and simply renovated in a modern urban style. Outside there’s plenty of seating and a bocce ball court for the sportingly inclined. There’s a decent amount of parking in the immediate area and the Cultural Trail goes right by the front door. Access couldn’t be easier.

B’s menu is admirably focused and to the point, offering a handful of the eponymous sandwiches, a few salads, a tasty selection of sides and one dessert. It’s the only dessert you’ll need. There’s an efficient wine list which covers most of the bases, including dry rosé, and a flexible tap assortment featuring local brews and the essential Louisiana brew Abita Turbodog. Po’ boy sandwiches are traditionally prepared with fish and seafood, and B’s offers these as well as a few less obvious fillings to satisfy the more eclectic diet. There’s even a vegetarian option with hummus and red peppers. Available as a full size for $9, or a half size for $6, the sandwiches are generously proportioned and sensibly priced. On a recent visit, my wife and I stuck with the more traditional fillings, opting for the shrimp, oyster and andouille sausage. All were excellent, although if I had to rate them I would put the shrimp, lightly breaded and perfectly crunchy, at the top, closely followed by the andouille. My wife has a bee in her bonnet about exploding sandwiches, so she particularly enjoys the fact that the po’ boy’s uniquely fluffy bread permits it to be compressed into an easily edible form without losing its essential shape or any of its ingredients. It’s these little things that matter. Although not included in the price of the sandwiches, I recommend the house remoulade, a slightly pinkish mayon-

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Rock Bottom downtown, “Brewer-is-in night,” 6-8 p.m. Brewmaster Jerry Sutherlin promises, “I will be hanging out after a long day of brewing ready to take all of your questions and comments on all things beer related, so come to the Downtown Rock.”

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Aug. 18, while Fringers along Mass Ave. were sipping the “official” Flat 12 Midsummer Apricot Wheat, Beer Buzz took a break from covering Cook Theatre to see what was happening at the Dorman Street Brewery. It was swimming with neighborhood regulars and guests from Planet Adventure, BrewBus, a surprise birthday party and the annual, by-invitation Purdue PubCrawl. Smoking Goose was serving from a borrowed cooker; Wild Boar BBQ had a specialty of smoked Gouda melted around shells, enhanced by Flat 12’s Kiwi Hefe; and Kolsch and Tangerine Porter sent us back to Cook fortified for another round of Fringe plays.

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Stan Stephens, owner of Muncie gathering place The Heorot, and his brewing partner, Bob Cox, are gaining national attention for Indiana beer with Sierra Nevada’s release of the StephensCox Imperial Red Ale. Their brew was selected for inclusion in a 12-pack Best of Beer Camp Mix as one of the best brews created during a Sierra Nevada-run beer camp the two attended last year. It’s also on tap in selected locations. On Aug. 24, from 6 to 8 p.m., the Imperial Red Ale will be one of 20 Sierra Nevada brews on tap at The Heorot as part of a local edition of that “beer school.” The slated guest speaker is Steve Thiel, Sierra Nevada’s area manager. The event is open to the public, but potential “students” need to register in advance for the free school by calling The Heorot at 765-287-0173. Black Acre in Irvington is introducing “Firkin Friday” with a 7 p.m. weekly tapping of guest beers.

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n the world of electronic music, Indianapolis native Adam Jay is a major force. The producer has racked up 50-plus twelve-inch vinyl issues and over 100 digital releases on a plethora of international labels, including his own Chroma Recordings. While researching this piece, the praise I heard for Jay was universal. Legendary Detroit techno DJ Claude Young told me, “Adam Jay is one of my all-time favorite electronic music artists. His music is dense and always funky. I have the utmost respect for him as a producer and a person.” Local techno luminary Lisa “DJ Shiva” Smith said, “Adam is one of the unsung heroes of electronic music living here in Indianapolis. He’s traveled the world, he has a discography as long as my arm and unlike many who find success, he has continued to live here in his hometown. He’s not one for self-aggrandizement, so let me do it for him. Adam Jay is a techno badass.” When a recent health issue landed Jay in the hospital, he used the experience as a source of musical inspiration. Recording the beeps and buzzes of the life-sustaining machines for future use as compositional elements in his music production. Jay is releasing the resulting music as a four-track EP called Mediastinum. The project also serves as a fundraiser for Adam’s outstanding medical debts. Like many independent artists, Jay is severely under-insured. I recently spoke with Jay at a coffee shop near his Eastside home about his medically inspired project and his recovery. NUVO: Can you tell me about the genesis of this project? ADAM JAY: After playing at the Movement Electronic Music Festival in Detroit this May, I developed a harsh cough. At first I thought it was just a bad cold, so I went to the doctor for some antibiotics. My condition continued to worsen and a few days later I made the decision to go to the emergency room. I found out that during a violent coughing episode, I had ruptured a perforation in my left lung. It made it incredibly difficult to breathe. So I was hospitalized and the next day they put me in intensive care. I was there for a few days at Community Hospital East. The last day I was in the intensive care

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unit, things were becoming more clear to me. I was becoming more coherent and I was in much less pain. I could kind of get a better read on my surroundings. I had done some field recording before and utilized found sound in my productions. So I decided to use my Android phone to record the sound of the machines that were monitoring me. I got various sounds, [including] the sound of the nebulizer, which is a breathing apparatus that made for some cool, textural sounds. [I also got] some beeps from different monitors. What’s interesting about those sounds is that the intention of the sound is to be disarmin g. It’s usually two or three tones; those that create a discord. Using those sounds was creatively interesting; they’re meant to alert you and alarm you and it’s hard to strip that away and turn it into something else. I had to surrender to the intent of the sounds, and I utilized them heavily in production of the last two tracks on the EP. A lot of the tension and unease I was experiencing in the hospital came through in those songs — in the way the sounds arrest you.

think having started the track from this chronological point just before the incident helps tell the story. It’s a good introduction. The way the music is programmed on Mediastinum and how it evolves, it sort of paints the emotions I was going through.

NUVO: How soon after being released from the hospital did you start composing the tracks on Mediastinum? JAY: It was around a month later. I had a good bit of recovering to do and some soul-searching too. The majority of the first track on the EP, “Inward,” was already produced. It was a track I had written for the Movement festival. When I wrote it, I was happy with it, but I felt it needed something else. One of the sounds I recorded at the hospital fit really well and I also

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NUVO: Do you remember a specific moment when the idea for the project came to you? JAY: Yes, they had just changed me over to a different monitoring system and it was much more — I don’t want to say musical, because it was definitely not musical — but it was noisier. Two ideas came together for me at that point. One was the musical idea of utilizing the sounds of the machines. The other was to turn it into a fundraiser. Like most independent musicians, I’m pretty underinsured. At that moment I could see the connection where I could turn this misfortune into a creative statement. If you’re a working artist in the United States and you have to pay for your own individual health care, it’s incredibly expensive and I have pre-existing conditions that make it unaffordable. When I got out of the hospital, some of my friends and colleagues had heard about what happened. For my friends in Europe, describing the financial implications of my situation was eye-opening for them and made it clear to me how different the health care situations are. For my European colleagues, the music they produce and the art they create in their respective countries is seen as [an investment] in the culture there. Because of that, they’re paid back through society with universal health care. The EP has became a platform for me to

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highlight these differences. NUVO: What have you taken away from this experience? JAY: Musically, it made me take a more serious look at field recording, which is something I’d only dabbled with in the past. I can see the benefits of it in terms of sound design. How you can create complex textures, sounds and rhythmic elements through field recordings. That’s cool because I’d been needing some new technical inspiration. Musically it’s inspired me to look at my own process differently and how I can inject more of my own experience into my output. I think it’s easy to get cynical, and this has re-instilled some faith in me that there are people willing to help. I’ve seen how every little bit helps and that if we work together we can solve all sorts of problems. After this experience I think it would have been very easy for me to get down and pull away from music. Not just from a mental health perspective, but I might have also felt that I needed to get some bullshit job that would give me health insurance. But I feel that a lot of the help I’ve been getting on this project is an affirmation that I should continue to follow my dreams. I feel stronger for this experience. As much as it’s put me in serious debt, I’m grateful for the experience. It’s taught me a lot.

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Adam’s crowd funding campaign is scheduled to end this week. See NUVO. net for more info on how to purchase Mediastinum as a digital EP or limited edition twelve-inch vinyl release.

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GOLIATHON PRETEND IT’S NOT HAPPENING SELF-RELEASED

e Goliathon said no ideas were off the table when writing their second album, Pretend It’s Not Happening. Judging by the results, they weren’t kidding The Southside quintet’s sophomore effort is an album that actually flows like one, not just a collection of hoped-for singles. Given all the shifting dynamics — often in the same song — if there’s one part you don’t like it’ll likely change in short order. That can make Pretend It’s Not Happening feel like a meandering opus depending on your attention span, even though it clocks in at a taut 37 minutes. Opener “Diogenes,” destined to be a live staple, is a fine example. Every instrument creeps along initially, even incorporating some midnight movie-sounding keyboards, until

THE CONSTANTS NO ORGAN AURIS APOTHECARY

The new cassette release No Organ from Indianapolis’s The Constants is a thoroughly satisfying piece of garage rock. The songs here share a style of doo-wop and bubblegum inflected garage rock that’s been run through the lo-fi ringer with current heavyweights like Ty Segall and Thee Oh Sees. Remarkably, No Organ sounds refreshingly timeless, like a single that you could find in the back of the bin as easily in the ’60s as today. The band is at their catchiest on opener “Reigning Sorrows.” The melody sounds like it’s only just reaching escape velocity, just barely making it out of the speakers. The vocals swell in and out, sometimes allowing the beginnings and endings of lines to drift out of focus. The bass and guitar puncture the

it turns into a shuffle that aptly backs Chris Probasco’s Robert Plant-level wail. That morphs into a bluesy dirge, then a proggy labyrinth before returning to that shuffle and ending with the group (drummer Matthew Fields, guitarists Derek Kendall and Christian Wren, and bassist Colby Holmes) howling in unison. So it goes with much of Pretend’s 10 compositions. “Jettison” and “Mak e Tracks” are cinematic in scope, merging everything from action scene tempos and astral trances to Southern-fried stomp and sax sweat courtesy of Probasco. The instrumental “Kebab” deviates from carnivalesque keys to spiraling jams, fathomless depths and a Mars Volta-ian freakout. “Deep Breath” is merely 40 seconds of gelid, solitary piano that comes off like a Floydian reverie. “Frozen White Wasteland” is about the most conventional song here, but still speeds up and slows down with near vertiginous zeal. As if that wasn’t enough, “Sing” closes the proceedings on an interesting but odd note: a Dixie-style jamboree. It may seem like too much for a band this early in their career, but Goliathon clearly aren’t waiting on anyone. The chimera of Pretend It’s Not Happening may not make for Top 40 material, but it is a thrilling odyssey that should continue ameliorating from sound to stage. — Wade Coggeshall

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almost monochromatic wash of guitars at just the right frequency; the song never descends fully into noise, but neither does it fully coalesce. Instead, it rides the tension between melody and texture to great effect. The closing track, “Darkness of the Night,” however, is the real zinger here. The song’s blues architecture morphs as the song progresses, collapsing over the song’s four-minute length into a buzzing swirl. All of this, of course, would be totally unconvincing if The Constants hadn’t somehow found a way to make the sounds they use, which have been used countless times before by countless other groups, convincingly their own. And though they’re not yet totally successful, they do seem to be developing a voice that’s recognizably their own, one that cuts through the familiar fuzz and borrowed melodic turns. That voice is loudest by far on “Darkness of the Night.” Indiana label Auris Apothecary released this album, which seems fitting. Though the cassette wasn’t encased in wax or wrapped around in brightly colored condoms — both of which have graced past Auris releases — the music itself shares a tone with many other Auris releases. There’s a certain fondness for the strange ephemera of rock music, the bits that are hard to find or that can’t be reproduced. Somehow the songs on this single manage to feel like the songs you read about as a kid but never find, because even the Internet hasn’t managed to scrounge up a copy. That feeling alone is worth the price of entry, and it’s only sweetened by the strong songwriting. — Taylor Peters

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Jane’s Addiction is notoriously turbulent. Reunite, break up, scramble members, repeat. The hard rock band formed in LA in 1986 and alternates between constant touring and being completely unable to stand one another. Drummer Stephen Perkins has been there since the beginning — since meeting guitarist Dave Navarro and singer Perry Ferrell in the early ’80s, Perkins has crafted not just Jane’s signature tribal rhythms but also drums for Red Hot Chili Peppers, Porno for Pyros, Infectious Grooves, Hellflower and Methods of Mayhem. Perkins described the intense sense of community that compels him in both his personal and professional life — which are constantly intersecting. I wasn’t sure if I’d be able to talk to him openly about Jane’s multiple breakups, but Perkins volunteered the information happily, summing it up with, “If [we’re] having a good time and can jump in the ocean together and have dinner and have a laugh, [we] can definitely get on stage. If we can enjoy each other, than I think we can enjoy music forever.” Read on for more about his inspirations (including his favorite African artist, Babatunde Olatunji), his bar mitzvah and his new light, his 2½ year-old son. NUVO: You’re in the middle of another world tour — how do you put up with the relentless touring after all of these years? How do you stay balanced?

PERKINS: You know, I love playing drums. I’ve wanted to play ever since I was 8. And every time I get on a kit I feel, I’m at home, I’m a hero, I’ve done it. I can die now, it’s all perfect. The payoff is the drum set. [Jane’s] music is timeless, the lyrics are timeless. It’s all about the performance and what happens that day. “Mountain Song” was written in 1986 and the new record was written a year and a half ago. You don’t want to rely on what you used to do [when you were writing]. So you’ve got to pull from the moment. When the music was written, we were pulling from the environment. You have to do it on tour. That’s when I get to a town and I’m totally burnt, I go to check out the town. I go for a walk. If there’s a cool walk, or fountain or punk rock area where people hang out, I go do it. That way, when you’re done, you can look back at the last four weeks and think, “I did experience some cool things. I met people and tried new restaurants and listened to some new records.” That’s how you keep the balance. You get in a rut if you stay in the hotel room or on the bus day after day, if you have some time, and you don’t get out. You start getting into that, and it gets dangerous. You go out to the gig and then come back into your little cubby hole. That’s not living. That’s like a factory worker. I really want to go and enjoy it. I like to taste the flavor. If I’m in Maine, I want lobster. If I’m in New Orleans, I want jambalaya. And I think that helps with the performance. NUVO: It helps ground you to where you are. PERKINS: Absolutely. You don’t get out at the sheet and see New Mexico and say, “Hello, Albuquerque!” You have to feel New Mexico. You feel the red dirt, you saw the sunset. You got the breeze. And then you can feel it and be authentic. That’s why I think Jane’s Addiction has always been really real and authentic.Because if we’re not, we break up. If we’re not feeling each other, we can’t fake it in front of people, even though there are obviously money and con-

MUSIC tracts and deals in front of us. But if you’re not getting along, you don’t want to be on a bus for 18 hours, or even in a studio. The studio time is the creative time. It should be the best time in your life. The bus time is the hang time. You want to be with the people. And people go through changes. I envy The Chillies [Red Hot Chili Peppers] and Metallica. They go through changes and never break up. But Jane’s, we really needed elbow room from each other to become better people. Back in the day, all we had was Jane’s. Our pie was Jane’s Addiction. Now, we’ve got a slice of Jane’s, and other slices. My life is full. It’s nice to bring that full life to the music, and bring the music back to my life. NUVO: After so many years — over 30 playing the drums — and so much music, what’s interesting you musically and creatively now? PERKINS: I love it when I hear or see a new band and something stands out. It’s not about the chops, it’s about the personality for me. I’m a big fan of the drummer for Mutemath. [Editor’s note: Mutemath will play a free in-store performance Saturday at LUNA Music.] I just really love his playing. It’s inspiring for me to see how this guy approaches the kit. I’ve got to study this. Not to rip him off, but to get behind my kit and get some fuel. He’s good, man. What’s he doing? I love personalities. I love musicians, I really do. Music can really change the tempo of my life. I’m listening to Slayer and I’m eating? I’m going to finish that meal really quickly. But if I have Brahms on? I’m going to relax and eat it. Music really dictates my world. Growing up, it was jazz and rock. And then, as a drummer, I needed to experience other rhythms, Indian and African. African really stuck with me and I lean on African records for inspiration as a drummer. NUVO: What are some of your most inspirational African musicians? PERKINS: Babatunde [Olatunji]. He just passed away maybe four or five years ago. He has records called the Drums of Passion. He actually would hollow out trees, 30-to 40-foot trees and turn them into drums. There’s something very attractive about it. It’s very primitive and simple, but it’s really about the pulse and what it makes me feel when I hear it. Like I say, I put Slayer on and I feel a certain way. You put on a suit and you walk a certain way. When you put on Babatunde, I feel really good about myself. Just like when you hear “Satisfaction” by the Stones. African music can do that to me, just like rock and roll. Just like gospel can for some people, but not me. Or bee-bop can turn someone on, but not me. Fela Kuti is amazing, but that’s more of a James Brown funk thing. But Babatunde is like a true African shaman drum leader. Fortunately I was able to see them. Mickey Hart brought him out with the Grateful Dead, and I was able to see and experience that. There’s something great about the simplicity of it. It brings me back to my favorite drummer growing up, Gene Krupa. He’s a very African drummer, even though he’s in a swing band with Benny Goodman. He wasn’t your normal swing player with [sings

swing rhythm], he’s all African and tom-tom and cowbell. He had a sense of humor. He would make you smile with his drumming. And that’s the way African drumming is. Latin’s more serious, and Indian [drumming] is like a conversation. But the African drumming, which is also very social and conversational, it’s very tongue-in-cheek. You see African guys playing djembe and they’re having fun and playing off each other. I love listening to “Mountain Song” where I really infused African drumming into the parts. And I can feel exactly what got me off on those records. NUVO: Where do you think Jane’s will be in 10 years? Will you be broken up? Will you have reunited? Will you be broken up and reunited two times? PERKINS: [Laughs] Well, we just got the news that we’re getting a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. So, you know, ten years ago I could never say that we would be back together with a star. We weren’t even talking. The band and the friendships go hand in hand. If we can be friends, we can be a band. If you can unite as a friend you can unite as a band. My best memories are in Jane’s Addiction. I met Dave when I was 14 and Perry when I was 17. These guys are lifelong. And Chris Chaney’s been in the band longer than the original, Eric Avery. I was in Methods of Mayhem, Tommy Lee’s band [with Chris], for instance. There’s really long friendships here. I think that’s the trigger. If you’re having a good time and you can jump in the ocean together and have dinner and have a laugh, you can definitely get on stage. If we can enjoy each other, than I think we can enjoy music forever. We’re all very different people with different friends and record collections. That makes it hard to be in the band, but it also makes it very original. NUVO: Could you highlight a single moment from each decade with Jane’s that sticks out for us? The ’80s, the ’90s, the aughts, the 2010s, whatever it is we’re going to call them. PERKINS: In the ’80s was when the bands first started and there was a downtown show. There was the Chili Peppers and Fishbone and X and believe it or not, everyone was there. The Sunset Strip and downtown scene was starting up a little. There was a moment when I was just a kid from the Valley, and the next day I was in the band that was leading the scene. And I felt confident. It was really right. The Chillies and Fishbone, they already had a record out. We were just starting. And there was a moment when everyone was like, “You guys are what the voice of LA is.” And I felt it, and I believed it. That was the pebble that we threw into the still lake and the ripples are still going. And that was a gig in downtown LA in 1986 called the Belive. There was maybe 20 great musicians there. That was a great night. In the ’90s, I would say that was Porno for Pyros at Woodstock. It was one of the weirdest, sickest shows we put on. Navarro was in the Chillies, and he was there on the side of the stage. Porno for Pyros is one of

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the darkest experiences I’ve ever been in. even though Jane’s is known for darkness, Porno ... was 100 times darker. Also, they put us between The Allman Brothers and Bob Dylan. Very strange night. In the decade before this one was, of course, Jane’s reuniting with Eric in 2009. It was something that felt like an old shoe, but it also felt like we were stepping into the future. It was that moment when I really felt like there was a chance for the original band. People said, “Were you surprised when he quit again?” I was actually surprised he stayed that long. There are challenges it takes to be Jane’s Addiction; it takes a lot of energy. And I knew he wasn’t ready to bite that. Me and Perry and Dave had been doing that for so many years. But I could see, even with Duff McKagan and other cats, it’s not easy to join this band. We have so many eclectic and weird ideas. And my son was born two-and-a-half years ago, so that’s been the highlight of everything. Now that I have a boy in my life and a family, I look at music in such a different way. NUVO: How so? PERKINS: I always thought, I make people happy with my drumming. And that’s important. But now I realize, to make our son happy and somehow make all these strange people and acquaintances happy too, I loved that. I loved being there for them. But now I want to be there for my man. My little guy. I’m not going to say no to Omaha, not say no to Cincinnati. But that hour on stage, I’m really going to go for it. Because I’m away from my son for that hour. The only reason I left for three days was to play for that one hour. I look at music as this really important thing I need to do. I need to stay focused. And then I take that lesson to my son. Be in the moment with him. Because, 2½, then 3, then he’s 10. Life goes on. My time has come and gone and now it’s his time.

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NUVO: I’m going to let you go, but I have one final, kind of weird, question for you. You have an amazing Wikipedia biography. Have you ever read your own Wikipedia? PERKINS: [Laughing] I have not. How do you come up with amazing? NUVO: It’s almost kind of mystical. I’ll read it for you. “According to Perry Farrell’s comments during a Jane’s Addiction show in Tel Aviv on Sept. 1, 2011, Steven, who’s Hebrew name is Shlomo, celebrated his Bar Mitzvah on Aug. 31st 1980. The next day, he got his first drum set. The date of the show marking the 31st anniversary of Steven playing the drums.” It’s almost like the beginning of short story — that tying of getting the drums and “becoming a man.” PERKINS: It’s weird, but the connection that me and Perry have with Judaism — it’s deep. The fact that we were both bar mitzvahed and went through this ritual together. You know, there aren’t that many Jewish rockers [laughs]. Well, there are a handful of Jewish rockers. I definitely feel like I needed to be a drummer in this lifetime. It felt like, when I got the drumsticks, it was about the spirit and capturing what it felt like to make people happy. That was a really good fuel, and I know Perry recognizes that. I love to play and I love to have people watch me play. Thanks for noticing. It’s a honor for you to interpret it that way. I definitely think it’s a spiritual instrument. They all are, but the drums are below the waist. They get you moving. Without sex, we don’t go on as humanity.

Special thanks to Joey Shepard for his contributions to this article. A version of this article appeared on NUVO.net before the band’s date at Bunbury in Cincinatti.

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One-armed drummer? Bret Michaels’ mystery bandana? Why wouldn’t you be at this concert? Michaels may not be riding the Rock of Love bus anymore, but his one true love was always the stage. “Pour Some Sugar on Me” has been heard at every high school prom since, well, probably, since it came out 1988. This is the Rock of Ages tour — yes, the wannabe blockbuster starring a bewigged Alec Baldwin — and we won’t hazard a direct guess about the number of 20-year-old leather pants you’ll see emerging from the closets of attendees, but we guarantee it will be more than one.

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2012 is shaping up to be a big year for Bob Dylan. One that sees the 50th anniversary of his self-titled debut, an album that sold so poorly, Dylan was referred to as Hammond’s folly. John Hammond, the man who signed Dylan to Columbia, had the last laugh as Dylan went on to become one of the most popular and influential artists of all time. Dylan’s set to release his 35th studio album, titled Tempest, on September 11. Dylan likes to set his songs in new arrangements, don’t go in expecting to hear the studio version of “Like A Rolling Stone.”

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“And because Arizona is absolutely the polar opposite of England — there’s no desert in England at all — all the things that we saw there, you could not see back at home. It just seemed like a place that would be truly inspiring to us. I’m sure many places would have been. It was teeming with little insects and creatures that we would see everyday. It shaped the album, that space and sense of seclusion we hadn’t felt, and the culture there is very laid back.” Read the rest of our interview with A Silent Film singer Robert Stevenson on NUVO.net. ANNIVERSARY DEVIL TO PAY 10-YEAR ANNIVERSARY

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Local residents have teamed together to raise funds for 14-year-old Emily Whitten, daughter of the late Mike Linder and late Jill Whitten. All donations will go toward future education expenses for Emily. Musicians Miracle Mike Rodman & Co., Allen Stratyner, Doc and the Whiskey River Band and Andra Faye and the Rays will perform at this benefit show, which will last until 8 p.m. ROCK THE B-52S

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Thirty years of an unstoppable party has accompanied the B-52s, who steadily play over 50 dates a year. Whip out your leather boots, it’s time to get wild. They’re a little older, and they may be done releasing studio albums, but they’re still a great big party. We’re not sure how their music will translate in the seated Palladium, but you can stop by their namesake bar in Broad Ripple for a drink before the show.

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Suck Bang Blow files suit First Amendment Blues: (1) A bar in Horry County, S.C., named the Suck Bang Blow filed a lawsuit in May challenging the county’s new ordinance prohibiting motorcyclists’ “burnouts” (engine-revving with back-tire-spinning, creating smoke -- and enormous noise). The bar claims that burnouts are important expressions of its customers’ “manliness and macho” and as such are protected by the First Amendment. (2) Luigi Bellavite complained to reporters in Mountain View, Colo., in July that the theft of his “Vote Satan” yard sign ought to be prosecuted as a “hate crime” under state law -- as he is a member of the Church of Satan. Police called it an ordinary theft.

Government in Action!

• Miniature golf is remarkably simple to play, requiring neither experience nor much exertion, and even toddlers can negotiate their own brand of fun on the course. However, in March, a set of “accessible design” standards went into effect, under the Americans With Disabilities Act, governing such things as the “slope” of courses (maximum 1:4 rise on some holes), the maximum length of the blades if artificial turf is used, and the minimum area of the “tee-off” landing (48 inches by 60 inches, with a slope not steeper than 1:48). • The only unlimited-issue U.S. visa allowing fast-lane entrance for certain foreign workers is the O-1, available to those (e.g., scientists, technology engineers) who, in the opinion of the State Department, demonstrate “extraordinary ability.” Reuters reported in June that an O-1 recently went to British journalist Piers Morgan, whose extraordinariness seems limited to replacing Larry King on his CNN interview program, and another to Shera Bechard, Playboy’s Miss November 2010, whose other accomplishment seems to be the creation of an online photo-sharing experience called “Frisky Friday.” • Canadian rap singer Manu Militari was, until earlier this year, sufficiently patriotic to have received more than $100,000 in government grants that originated with the Canadian Heritage department. However, a June video released ahead of his new album “L’Attente” portrayed Afghan Taliban fighters targeting a convoy of Canadian soldiers, planting a roadside bomb and aiming their rifles at the Canadians’ heads. Over 150 Canadian soldiers have died fighting the Taliban and their insurgent allies. • Forgetful: (1) USA Today, quoting a Pentagon official, reported in July that, during the last decade, the Pentagon had paid “late fees” totaling $610 million for

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not returning leased shipping containers by the due dates. (2) A Government Accountability Office report in July revealed that the federal government’s vast properties include about 14,000 offices and buildings that are vacant (or nearly so), but which the government still pays to maintain (at about $190 million a year). (A large building in Washington, D.C.,’s Georgetown -- among the most valuable real estate in the city -- has sat mostly unused for more than 10 years.) (3) The MiamiDade County, Fla., government confirmed in April that it had discovered, in storage, 298 brand-new vehicles that had been purchased in 2006-2007, but which had never been used.

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• New Mexico is an “open carry” state, with otherwise-law-abiding adults authorized to display loaded handguns in public. However, in the town of Vaughn (pop. 500, located mid-nowhere), perhaps the only ones not authorized to carry are the town’s two police officers. Chief Ernest Armijo had been convicted in 2011 of criminal nonsupport of a wife and two sons, and among the conditions of probation was the prohibition on gun possession. Deputy Brian Bernal has his own domestic issue: a conviction for family violence that bars him, under federal law, from carrying. • Most people who call an FBI field office would be in serious trouble if they left an answering-machine message for a named agent, along with the caller’s name and telephone number, in a message consisting of at least 13 F-word epithets threatening to “break (the agent’s) (F-word) neck.” However, when Thomas Troy Bitter left the message at the San Diego field office, according to a July report in OC Weekly, the agency, after initially charging Bitter, quietly dropped the prosecution with no further repercussions. OC Weekly speculated that Bitter is a confidential informant whom the FBI was late in paying. • Specialist Perps: (1) In May, Chicago police arrested a man they believed had just minutes earlier used a Bobcat front-end loader to crash through the window of a Family Dollar store and steal two cans of deodorant and a handful of gift cards (and nothing else) and walk away. (2) Police in Lorain, Ohio, were looking in June for a black man about 18 years old who had been seen on surveillance video breaking into the same Sunoco convenience store several times recently and taking up to $600 worth of Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups.

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• People With Too Much Money: The dogs could not care less, but the luxury doghouse market is thriving, according to a June New York Times report. “Many of them have carpeting, heating and air-conditioning, indoor and outdoor lighting, elaborate ... entertainment systems,” wrote the Times, and some even have solar panels. But, said one owner, “Maggie’s never been in (hers). She’s a house dog.” Although walmart. com offers upscale houses for $4,400 to $4,600, the more tony ones can go for more than $25,000. Top-shelf interior designers have created dog beds suspended from the ceiling and houses in which the music kicks on only as the dog enters (meaning that it almost never kicks on).

Recurring Themes

• It has been reported variously as an urban legend and a true story, but a well-documented July report in Chinese media, picked up by CNN, looks unfortunately authentic. A 13-year-old boy in Shandong Province was severely injured by a prank at an auto repair shop at which he worked. Doctors at Bayi Children’s Hospital in Beijing confirmed that the co-workers had inserted the nozzle of an air pump into his rectum and shot air into the intestines, inflating his belly, damaging his liver, kidneys and stomach, and sending him into a coma for eight days. Doctors deflated him, but at press time, he remained in intensive care.

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• (1) Police in Lewiston, Idaho, discovered in July that someone had passed a counterfeit $1 bill recently. A veteran officer told the Lewiston Tribune that counterfeiting a $1 bill is so stupid that he had seen only one in his life, made by a junior-high student to pay off a bully. (2) In June,news firefighters were called to a trolley stop in National City, Calif., to free the arm of a 17-year-old boy after he got it stuck when he reached up a vending machine slot to try to steal a soda. The rescuers employed axes, crowbars, an air chisel and a rotary saw.

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• (1) Rodney Valentine, 37, was released from jail in Wentworth, N.C., on July 21 about 8 a.m., but adamantly refused to leave until deputies agreed to drive him to a local motel. They declined, and by noon, Valentine had been re-arrested and charged with trespassing in the jail. (2) TSA Meets Its Match: Jonah Falcon told Huffington Post in July that he had recently survived a pat-down at San Francisco International Airport. Falcon was named in a 1999 HBO documentary as having the largest penis on record, and apparently the “suspicious” bulge drew the attention of the TSA screener, who patted him down and dusted him with explosive-detecting powder before releasing him.

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CANCER (June 21-July 22): In the 16th century, Holy Roman Emperor Charles V ruled over a vast swath of land that included 12 modern European nations. According to some historians, he once said, “I speak Spanish to God, Italian to women, French to men, and German to my horse.” This is the kind of attitude I recommend that you adopt in the coming weeks, Cancerian. Tailor your language to the people and creatures you’re speaking to. Address them on their own level of consciousness, respecting their limitations and appealing to their particular kind of intelligence. Of course this is always a good policy, but it’s especially important for you to observe now. Fluency and flexibility will be rewarded in ways you can’t imagine.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): “Most people consider global warming somewhat of a mixed blessing,” wrote Aaron Sankin on Huffington Post. “On one hand, there’s ocean acidification, deserts gobbling up wide swaths of farmland and the massive die-off of the innumerable species unable to cope with the effects of the world’s rapidly rising temperature. But, on the other hand, you’ll be able to wear shorts for literally the entire year.” Sankin is being deeply sarcastic, of course. Let’s make his satire a jumping-off point as we consider some sincerely worthwhile trade-off s you might want to implement in your own sphere. Would you be willing to sacrifice a trivial comfort for a new privilege? Would you shed a small pleasure to gain a much bigger pleasure? Might you divest yourself of a pocket of resentment if in doin g so you’d attract a cleansing epiphany?

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Would you like to enhance your relationship with money? If so, do you have any specific ideas about how to do it? The coming weeks will be an excellent time to identify and implement those ideas. Let me make an initial suggestion: Keep your magical thinking to a minimum, but don’t stamp it out entirely; a small amount of frisky fantasizing will actually boost the likelihood that your more practical intentions will achieve critical mass. Here’s another tip: Imagine the presents you’d get for people if you had some extra cash. Stimulating your generous urges may help motivate the universe to be generous to you.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): I don’t expect your travels in the coming weeks to be like a smooth luxury cruise in a stretch limousine. Your route is not likely to be a straight shot through breathtaking scenery with expansive views. No, my dear Aquarius, your journeys will be more complicated than that, more snakey and labyrinthine. Some of the narrow passages and weedy detours you’ll need to navigate may not even resemble paths, let alone highways. And your metaphorical vehicle may resemble a funky old 1967 Chevy pick-up truck or a forklift bedecked with flowers. It should be pretty fun, though. Keep in mind that your maps may only be partially useful.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): A guy I know was invited to hang one of his paintings in a New York gallery -- on one condition. It had to be a piece he created on the spot, in the gallery, on the day the show opened. That would be way too much pressure for me to handle. I need to spend a long time on the stuff I make, whether it’s music or writing. I’ve got to fuss over every little detail as I constantly edit and refine and add layers. What about you, Virgo? Could you quickly come up with some new wrinkle or fresh creation that would show the world who you really are? I’m guessing we will soon find out.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): In medieval times, you didn’t need a priest to get married, nor did you have to be in a church or recite a set of vows. You didn’t even have to round up witnesses. All that was required was that the two people who wanted to be wed said “I marry you” to each other. Those three words had great power! In the coming days, Pisces, I’d love to see you draw inspiration from that lost tradition. Your assignment is to dream up three potent declarations that, while not legally binding, express the deepest and most loving intentions you promise to be faithful to in the coming years.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): If you’ve been reading my horoscopes for a while, you know I’m not a decadent cynic who thinks “no pain, no gain” is the supreme formula for success. On the contrary. I think it’s quite possible to enjoy tremendous growth spurts when you’re Homework: What’s the single most important question you’d like to find an answer for in the next five years? Tell all: Freewillastrology.com

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