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The Art of Bicycle Maintenance Our Bicycle Diaries blogger Katelyn Coyne’s installment on bicycle maintenance has received numerous responses. Here’s one: Wow, some surprisingly negative feedback on this article. Dan, I’ll mostly bypass you. The “just google it” argument is about the lowest form of response that anyone can offer. Suggesting that the service performed, a tune-up and chain repair—which the author acknowledged helped her bike a lot—could be comparably done through a quick googling and household items (everybody has lube laying around, right) is offensive to the trained, skilled staff that performed these repairs. Alright Big Neal, let’s tackle you next. After babbling on about numbers like some kind of an amateur mathmatologist you closed with a line that you were no doubt very proud of: “Learn how to take care of your bike, learn some basic math, and stop complaining.” You outlined maintenance fees for a car—do you know how to fix your own car? I don’t. I am not mechanically inclined and couldn’t fix a bike, if I owned one, either. I also can’t fix my watch—which is fictional, I don’t own one, my iPad—also don’t own one, or my typewriter—I do own that, what do you think I’m typing this on? If the author made it a year without needing to pay for major maintenance, my guess is that she takes pretty good care of her bike, and it’s unfair to expect her to do annual maintenance
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ear State Legislators who Support an Amendment to Ban Gay Marriage, Indy economic development A year ago I was in the midst of an activist, local entrepreneur, kickboxer and Virgo working intense race for state representative in the to help nonprofits, small busidistrict covering Downtown Indianapolis. nesses and startups. After going door-to-door and speaking with thousands of people, I’m well versed in the issues that matter to voting Hoosiers. I felt that the legislative priorities of the House Association of Indiana sees no evidence that Republican Caucus moving into 2013 lined a same-sex marriage amendment would up with the concerns I heard the most harm Indiana corporations, yet the day from voters — primarily issues relating to after announcing a project that will bring jobs and the economy. 500 new jobs to Indiana, Columbus-based Never were we given marching orders Cummins stood with Freedom Indiana indiwhen it came to the issue of gay marriage. cating the opposite. It’s not rocket science Social issues were not a priority and were to see that top talent will go elsewhere if a to be avoided. It is with great disappointconstitutional gay marriage ban is the welment that I see plans for the 2014 General come mat Indiana puts out for LGBT profesAssembly include a second vote on the sionals and their families. Pro-amendment proposed amendment to the Indiana legislators will be going head-to-head with Constitution banning same-sex marriages. the state’s largest employers on this issue. Last Wednesday at noon, I wove my way through a crowd of 250 other marriage equal- Furthermore, Robertson and others estimate that a referendum campaign will cost ity supporters in the Artsgarden Downtown $20 million-$30 million — the equivalent of for the kickoff of Freedom Indiana — a a competitive Indiana governor’s race. multi-partisan organization formed to defeat My friend Abdul-Hakim Shabazz laid out the ban (House Joint Resolution 6) in the the evolving opposition to an amendment in 2014 legislature and, if necessary, at the balhis June 27, 2013, column on NUVO.net. To lot box if voters are asked to decide the issue paraphrase: In March of 2011, a Greenberg in a statewide referendum. Quinlan Rosner poll found 47 percent of Speakers at the Freedom Indiana launch Hoosier voters opposed a gay marriage ban stressed that a ban is not only unneceswith just 43 percent in favor. A year later, a sary (same-sex marriage is already illegal in Howey/DePauw Indiana Battleground poll Indiana without tinkering with the constishowed less than 50 percent of Hoosiers tution), but would harm our state’s image would support a ban. Eight months after that, among employers and prospective top talent a Bowen Center/WISH-TV poll showed oppowe are trying to recruit to relocate here from places that do not discriminate against people based on their sexual orientation. For every Pro-amendment legislators will be Democrat present at the event, there was a Republican. Highgoing head-to-head with the state’s ranking GOP folks from the largest employers on this issue. mayor’s office and the state stood with their Democrat opponents and operatives from past campaigns to join in a fight that will put Indiana in sition to a ban at 54 percent with only 38 perthe national spotlight for better or for worse. cent in favor. If I were a legislator, I would be I’ve known Freedom Indiana campaign wary of the re-election ramifications of favormanager Megan Robertson for years. She ing an ever-less-popular amendment. I’d also has managed campaigns for Republicans all keep in mind that the first time the legislature over the state at every level. Indy voters know passed the resolution, more voters opposed her from running Mayor Greg Ballard’s rethe measure than supported it. election campaign. Robertson is one of the Finally, take a look at our Midwestern best campaign staffers in the state and has counterparts in Minnesota. Last year, that assembled a coalition of local and national state’s legislators passed a ban and sent it to organizations and premier Indiana compavoters who not only voted it down, but also nies to persuade Republican and Democrat helped establish the base and climate that legislators who voted in favor of the resoluled Minnesota to become the 12th state to tion in 2011 to reconsider in 2014. legalize gay marriage and completely shifted To those state representatives and senathe balance of power in the statehouse. tors who feel they should vote for the ban Maybe you should just let the amendand punt the issue to voters: ment die. Micah Clark of the American Family
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WHAT HAPPENED? Judge as ye would be judged The Honorable Kimberly J. Brown of the Marion Superior Court is facing 45 counts of alleged misconduct, according to a 53-page set of disciplinary charges filed Monday by the seven-member Indiana Commission on Judicial Qualifications. From January 2009 through July 2013, while Judge Brown led Marion Criminal Court Division 16 and Criminal Court Division 7, the commission alleged that unnecessary procedural delays led to release from incarceration delays of one to 22 days for at least nine defendants. Other charges include that Brown created a hostile working environment for her staff and others in the courtroom. She has 20 days to file her formal answer. The Indiana Supreme Court will weigh the charges and determine what consequences, if any, are warranted. Potential sanctions range from a reprimand to removal from office.
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For health or harassment? The American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana on Thursday, filed suit against the state on behalf of Planned Parenthood of Indiana and Kentucky , arguing that Senate Enrolled Act 371, which Gov. Mike Pence signed into law earlier this year, unfairly targets PPINK. The law requires clinics offering non-surgical abortions to have the same facilities as those performing surgical abortions. Doctors’ offices, however, are exempt for the requirement. The true face of homelessness On Monday, as city officials dismantled the Irish Hill homeless camp, located under a railroad bridge at Davidson and Maryland streets on the southeast side of Downtown, the Dayspring Center — an emergency family shelter at 1537 N. Central — sent out a reminder to local media. “The average age of a homeless person in Indianapolis is 7 years old,” the note read. “And on any given day, over 3,000 children are homeless in central Indiana.” As the community rallies to treat the root causes of homelessness, organizers emphasize the links between poverty and homelessness. In an announcement of the Coalition for Homelessness and Intervention’s annual fundraiser, the group highlighted the findings of an IUPUI study released in July: Researchers found a 19 percent annual increase over 2012 in survey respondents offering job loss as the primary reason for lack of permanent housing. From 4-6 p.m., Sept. 12 , at the NCAA Christine Grant Ballroom, CHIP fundraiser will feature a panel discussion on poverty, “The Cost of Doing Nothing.” Details are posted at chipcelebration.eventbrite.com. “The conversation … has shifted away from talking about civic engagement and philanthropy to making moral judgments of people,” said Christy Shepard, CHIP Indy’s executive director. “We want to initiate a discussion that highlights the economic impact and that there is a real and damaging cost to doing nothing to address poverty in our city.” We the People … In preparation for Constitution Day — which celebrates the anniversary of the signing of the U.S. Constitution on Sept. 17, 1787 — the American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana is participating in a national project to connect local classrooms with materials and speakers that will help them connect with the document that codifies freedom. Materials include pocket-size Constitutions, videos, brochures, bookmarks, temporary tattoos and bracelets. Adaptable lesson plans for classroom or homework are available for download at tinyurl.com/ IndianaConstitutionDay. Guest speakers are also visiting classrooms. Contact organizers at constitutionday@aclu-in. org by Sept. 9 to determine availability. — REBECCA TOWNSEND 6 NEWS // 08.28.13 - 09.04.13 // 100% RECYCLED P APER // NUVO
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At an “engagement” session between speakers, John Beeler of The Kinetic Project — one of We Are City’s organizers — enjoyed a Nicey Treat gourmet popsicle.
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lifelong resident of Indianapolis, Samantha Cross did not think of her hometown as cool while she was growing up. “Now I feel the city is being overrun by cool people,” she told an auditorium full of people at the We Are City summit held Aug. 22 at the Indiana Historical Society. Perhaps the summit exuded a hipster vibe because its whole purpose is to challenge people’s perception of what is possible in a city. As Tim Carter of Butler University’s Center for Urban Ecology — one of the event organizers — explained, by nurturing a convergence of experience and expertise, We Are City seeks to stimulate “exceptional” outcomes. Adam Thies, director of the Indianapolis Department of Metropolitan Development, would not count himself as a member of the “cool” class. He is a father of three who labors beyond full-time at the helm of a city department charged with, among other duties, city planning. In an interview
Audience member Brittany West, a coorganizer of the barter-supported Indy Trade School [see side-bar] found inspiration in Thies’s MacGyver reference. “It blew up on Twitter,” she said. The takehome message, West explained, boiled down to: “Government doesn’t have all the answers. If we have an idea, we have to act on it and be bold and we defend the idea.” Sometimes the work to actualize a
Monday he said he considered himself lucky to get through the day with enough time to mow his grass. So instead of sweating his non-existent hipster cred when it came time to speak at the summit, Thies embraced his ingrained “grumpy German.” “I tried to tell the crowd it’s not good enough to “Where are things in alingment and in conflict?” come up with an idea,” he said. “In — JUSTIN MOORE, URBAN PATCH some ways ideas are a little cheap; you can come up them and discard them at vision might mean confronting what may will. You have to marry yourself to an idea seem like insurmountable challenges. and ride it through both good times and bad; To reconnect Brooklyn, N.Y., neighborit requires … taking a risk to put an idea out hoods to the East River, summit speaker there and to show up and defend it. Susannah Drake of dlandstudio had visions “The status quo is popular — not that of replacing acres of abandoned industrial people rally around it, but that people zones with permeable greenspace. All that default to it.” stood in the way was an “incredibly comActualizing an idea, he said, means plicated” bureaucratic network to navigate, embracing a “MacGyver” approach, a willingness to believe that a kit of dispersed parts can be knit together into something S E E , R E N E W A L , O N P A G E 08 “with real bang and power.”
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GET INVOLVED Marching for the American Dream The King-Kennedy Memorial Initiative will host a 50th anniversary celebration of the March on Washington, including a march beginning in front of the Landmark for Peace Memorial, the march will conclude with speeches from Rev. Michael K. Jones, senior pastor at Progressive Baptist Church, and AFL-CIO President Nancy Guyott. Representative Andre Carson and Mayor Greg Ballard are also expected to be in attendance. Free. Wed., Aug. 28, 5:30 p.m., King-Kennedy Park 601 E. 17th St. Girls Like Us This study session will take a look at sexual exploitation in the United States through the book Girls Like Us: Fighting for a World Where Girls Are Not for Sale by Rachel Lloyd and the film Very Young Girls, which explores sex-ploitation of girls in New York City. Participants are asked to read the book in advance. See http://purchased.org/events/summer-series/ to purchase a copy. Sat., Aug. 31, 7 p.m., Nehemiah Project Church, 611 N 800 E Avon, IN 46123 LOL for IKE. This night of improv comedy will support the ongoing efforts of the nonprofit Improving Kids’ Environment. The $20 ticket proceeds benefit IKE — laughs and a fountain drink are included as well. Tues., Sept. 3, 7:30 p.m. (Doors open 6:30 p.m.) ComedySportz , 721 Massachusetts Ave. Envisioning the Near Westside Land use recommendations for the area between St. Clair and Ohio streets along with streetscaping recommendations for Michigan Street will be discussed. Tues., Aug. 27, 2013, 6:30-7:45 p.m. Haughville Branch Library, Community Room 2121 W. Michigan St. L’Histoire de la Hoosier To narrow down the more than 60,000 archeological sites identified in Indiana, universities, museums, organizations and individuals statewide will be celebrate Archeology Month by exploring French influence in the state. For a full list of the month’s activities, visit tinyurl.com/INarcheology2013.
THOUGHT BITE They call it, “Disclosing Classified Information.” The accurate name for the crime is, “Telling The Truth About Government Lies.” — ANDY JACOBS, JR
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INDY DO DAY / SUPER SERVICE CHALLENGE LAUNCH PARTY To stoke enthusiasm for an upcoming city-wide day of service, organizers will host a block party Friday night Downtown on Georgia St. DJ Kris and Flat Bed Twitch will provide the music. The Ardbeg Whiskey Rocket tour will lubricate the affair. To find a project and register a team for Indy Do Day, which will run Oct. 10-12, visit indydoday.org.
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RENEWAL , FROM PAGE 06 project, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency designated the site as Superfund reclamation project. But the vision lived. And that message of resilience reverberated in the comments of speaker after speaker. “In our institutions and places of work – we have to ask the hard questions,” Imhotep Adisa of Indy’s KI EcoCenter said. “We have to resist people telling us we can’t do it. We can. Have to resist people telling us we can’t work together. We can.” From its base at 28th and North Capital Avenue, KI EcoCenter is embracing a range of empowerment projects — from personalized rain barrels to an aquaponic system from which they are trying to grow enough arugula to supply the needs of the Midtown restaurant DUO’s. When a 58-year old woman came into the center looking to be productive after a struggle with addiction, Adisa examined her attributes and discovered she could sew. He dubbed her the center’s head of eco-fashion and put her to work sewing handbags from reclaimed fabrics. “When I think about what anyone could accomplish in Indianapolis, the sky is the limit,” West said. “If anyone has a good idea, Indy is a good place to launch it; you’ll have lot of good support behind you.” “She comes in there with passion now,” Adisa said. Many of the societal problems Adisa sees he associates with a tendency to put property before people, with consumption culture. “We need to look at other ways of creating economy,” he said. Speaker Justin Moore of New York City’s Department of City Planning grew up in Indy and continues to pursue urban revitalization efforts here through Urban Patch, which the include the Stone Soup Garden, a collaborative and educational community garden at Fall Creek Gardens; renovation of a historic, affordable home for rent on Delaware; the Park Garden; a new urban green space in Mapleton Fall Creek; and a demonstration rain garden in partnership with the Fall Creek Watershed Project. In exploring questions of urban design, Moore asks, “ Where are things in alignment and in conflict? In addition, he is working on Indy Redbud Project. Taken by the notion that small actions can add up and his childhood love of redbuds, Moore is in the process of replanting vacant lots with redbuds. “The Indy Redbud Project creates new
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Karla Romero, editor of Humanize Magazine, works the room during a Sun King-sponsored “engagement.”
urban tree canopy that improves the environment and bolsters community identity, (helping) to re-imagine and remake the community to something legible that people can be proud of and are happy about.” Embracing the creative community is another way of cultivating economic growth, several speakers said. Michael Seman, whose doctoral work focuses on the artistic dividends of the Denton, Texas, music scene, explored how artists can fuel economic development by re-envisioning blighted neighborhoods and abandoned space. “It’s MOD: music-oriented development,” Cross quipped. Artists and farmers, who share the characteristics of perseverance and longevity, are currently working together to counteract Detroit’s urban decay, explained Kt Andresky of The Yes Farm. “We cannot rely on our government or city to provide any basic services,” she said. “It takes two hours to get the bus in a food desert. What will you survive on? What liquor store supplies.” In response to these conditions — and surfeit of vacant land, Andresky said, “the urban farming movement in Detroit is a really powerful movement.” Through her work in urban agriculture, Andresky said she has come to believe that sustainability is not a broad enough goal. “You can sustain a human as a vegetable in a hospital on a machine,” she said. “What we really want in our cities is viable living.” Coming up in November, We Are City’s import program will host a pair of artists from Brooklyn who will explore civic memory and empowerment by using capes and riffing on the notion of invisibility. The group’s previous exchange artist from the Bureau of Manufactured History produced a book titled, “O Indianapolis! Lay your Head Down and Dream.” To subscribe to the free “We Are City” briefing, released every Tuesday and Thursday, at 7 a.m., visit wearecity.us.
In its first year of operation (and just six months of programming), the Indy Trade School has hosted 78 single-session and series-length barter-supported classes. Topics have ranged from the culinary arts to constitutional law, to cuddling. More than 600 people have participated in these classes — and no money has changed hands. Indy Trade School’s anniversary party will feature a veritable buffet of interaction and activity. One-dollar raffle tickets can be used for food, drink, goods and the teacher meet and greet. Musician Glenda White will play and the White Ox Studios photo booth will document the affair. A “Hoosier Hob” element will enable people to bring barter items to display and trade. Incidentally, the anniversary falls on cofounder Brittany West’s birthday, offering an additional reason to celebrate. The evening will also serve as the platform to announce the fall class schedule and conclude the school’s 41-day Kickstarter campaign, which aims to raise $10,000 for a “pop-up” mobile classroom that can relocate to different neighborhoods throughout the city to widen the reach of available experience beyond the Downtown-centered events the school has hosted so far. West emphasizes that any amount of support — from $1 to $1,000 and beyond will help the Trade School expand its operations. With about a week left in the campaign, the Trade School is nearing 20 percent of its goal. To chip in, visit tinyurl. com/IndyTradeSchoolPopUp. Classes can beproposed until the end of August. So far, about 40 are planned for October and November. The class schedule will be posted to http://tradeschool.coop/ Indianapolis following the party. — REBECCA TOWNSEND EVENT
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“Do you hate snakes?” Dan Ripley asks, as his pontoon boot pulls away from the dock, accessed near a parking lot behind McDonald’s in Broad Ripple. A dock? Behind McDonald’s? It’s an overlooked fact that a river even exists in Broad Ripple, let alone flows through and far beyond the city of Indianapolis. But that’s one mystery Ripley is intent on revealing. The inaugural WARMfest (White River Arts & Music Festival), coming up Labor Day weekend, at Broad Ripple Park, will feature more than 100 artists performing across five stages over three days, Indie Vintage Arts & Marketplace (temporarily relocated from Glendale Town Center), live theater and other river-related activities, including riverboat rides. Ripley, former reggae nightclub owner, current antiques dealer and auctioneer with other projects incubating, has coalesced his lifelong passions into this three-day event. In addition to bringing worldclass music to Indianapolis audiences, WARMfest realizes a vision for what the White River could do for the community, what it could become — and how it can be ecologically sustained. This event is presented under the umbrella of the Carl Fisher Society, an organization Ripley founded that works with other institutions (including Friends of the White River, Friends of Broad Ripple Park, Reconnecting to Our Waterways and others) to realize the goals of promoting environmental stewardship specifically related to the White River. Long after the last notes sound at WARMfest and the stages are hauled away, Ripley envisions increased engagement with the river in and extending beyond the Broad Ripple Park riverbank: pedestrians picnicking along boardwalks, sightseers in kayaks and canoes, families on bicycles, seniors on 10
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riverboats, docks, a marina, a visitors center, lots of live music — even drunken revelers on water taxis. All in the name of a thread of water that has become largely obscured by a thick wall of impenetrable overgrowth (namely, honeysuckle, grapevine and poison ivy), and in some places rendered hazardous by snags, or submerged natural debris, which can pose hazards to river travelers.
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Ripley’s WARMfest vision begins here, in a spot along a cleared section of riverbank he has subtly tricked out into a makeshift marina where he docks his pontoon after a 4.15-mile water commute from his home upstream on the Northeastside. With the permission of the DNR, he installed a metal stairway repurposed from an airport terminal, and reappointed a neighbor’s dock that he rescued from the top of a tree. As we pull out from said dock — no snakes to be seen — I quickly assure Ripley that not only do I not hate snakes, I love them. At a distance, of course. “There’s often one sunning over there,” he says, gesturing to a low-hanging tangle of branches and tree roots. “What kind?” I ask, recalling the black water snakes I encountered as a teenager, swimming with friends in Sweetwater Lake — a sighting that would often send me dog-paddling hastily to shore. “Black rat snakes and garter snakes, mostly,” Ripley replies, idling the boat for a moment as we both stare at the still shoreline. He’s also sighted minks and bald eagles, he says, clearly animated by the telling — and he fishes for bass, which have recovered so well since the fish kill from a chemical spill 14 years ago that the river is now one of the top sport fishing spots in the state. If you’ve strolled through Broad Ripple Park
over the years, you may have heard shouts, splashes and the thrum of motorboats through the opaque screen of branch and leaf. But you were unlikely to see the activity that generated the sounds: teeming along the waterway that spans 26 unobstructed navigable miles bordered by dams in Broad Ripple and Noblesville. And that’s just the Central Indiana portion. The mighty White River — dubbed the Wapahani by the Native Americans who once lived along its light-dappled banks — is the largest watershed contained solely within the state. The river flows in two forks across most of Central and Southern Indiana, is punctuated by dams, and has suffered the onslaught of raw sewage and, years ago, that chemical spill that decimated flora as well as fauna. The major harms to the river, Ripley says, continue to be pollution (including dumping), run-off and development that restricts the flow of the river. And yet, reclaiming the river’s former glory as a modern-day iteration of what was once called the Coney Island of the Midwest would not be without its challenges. Ripley sees his role as “cultivating stewardship” through education and awareness, as well as action — not just when it comes to the river, but in all he does. That includes being a business owner in the village of Broad Ripple. “I see Broad Ripple Village struggling with its identity,” Ripley says. “But to envision Broad Ripple as those few blocks on either side of the canal completely neglects the scale of Broad Ripple. It’s much more inclusive of its surroundings than it gets credit for. “This,” he says, gesturing to the river, “is specifically where it was named, and this is specifically where it belongs. It’s the reason Broad Ripple’s here, and it’s the reason Broad Ripple has its name.”
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The river has been seen variously as a natural resource and, like so many waterways that go through natural flooding cycles, a nuisance; and yet it is beloved by the many who have — and do — live along its shores, water-ski and fish its lengths, or otherwise enjoy its recreational and aesthetic bounty. Ripley has, as a resident along the river, for the past seven years. Ripley grew up in Morgan County, attended Monrovia High School and spent summers on Lake Tippecanoe. “That’s how I developed a passion for being on the water and the outdoors,” he says. All that has been missing when it comes to making Central Indiana a water-lover’s paradise is a lack of imagination, and the will to energize the myriad of institutions and agencies that might support that vision. WARMfest began as a means of bringing music to Broad Ripple Park, as part of its concert series; but it also connected the dots for Ripley, who had already been thinking about ways to enliven the White River along Broad Ripple. “The village doesn’t really have access to the river,” Ripley clarifies. Shoreline clearings of invasive species and other debris along the riverbank would not only offer access to pedestrians and bicyclists, but would also afford a view of the river from Broad Ripple itself. Ignorance of the river’s existence, or at least its potential, is typical, Ripley believes, of most people he talks to, even those who have lived here for as long as I have (upwards of 30
years). I’ve always been aware of the White River, rafting on it in the ’80s (turning my white bikini a permanent brown), canoeing on it in the late ’90s — but I hadn’t thought of it as more than that: a place you enjoyed on rare occasion. And with great caution. (What was that brown stuff, anyway?) The river is so much more than a source of drinking water, and a site for controlled sewage overflows downriver, where, Ripley assures me, the water is not sourced for drinking. More than a 100 years ago, in the portion of the river called the Broad Ripple Pool, which is bordered by the Broad Ripple Dam, Carl Fisher and like-minded individuals envisioned a recreational paradise: swimming beaches, an in-ground swimming pool fed from the river, where Broad Ripple Park is now. And while it took years for the vision to become a reality, it did, eventually, until a fire took out the amusement park. Ripley, well aware of this history, would like to repeat it — with modifications, and sans fire — and return Broad Ripple and the White River to its former splendor as a place where nature lovers, families and revelers of all kinds go to enjoy what the river has to offer. “Being able to take your boat and go out to dinner or entertainment is significant to my purpose here in Broad Ripple,” Ripley says, as the boat pulls back into the dock. But there’s far more to it than that. By envisioning the river as a place to be enjoyed and appreciated, and as a place to be lovingly sustained from an ecological standpoint, the ripple effect could be enormous. As Ripley puts it, “I can cultivate stewardship for the environment as well.”
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There’s a multitude of ways to enjoy this riverside festival. A few of our favorite picks are listed below. Find the full list of activities online at warmfest.org. All events listed will take place in Broad Ripple Park. Wapahani Boat Cruises Pick up your ticket for a private cruise on the White River paddleboat Perseverance II. (We won’t ask what happened to Perseverance I). It’s only $5 per person to tour the river – but certain cruises have festival performers and intimate sets (and a corresponding higher price point). Every day, Prices vary Yoga Moves in the Park Bring your mat on Monday morning for a centering session of Labor Day yoga accompanied by live music. Karen Fox of The Yoga Studio will lead the adults; Meg Faber will instruct children 6 and up. Monday, FREE with festival pass Ripple Effect 4-Mile Run/Walk Lace up your shoes and get ready to race through Broad Ripple Village on Labor Day. All funds raised will go to the Broad Ripple Village Association, which works to enrich the community. Monday, $20 advance, $25 day of Indie Arts & Vintage Marketplace The September iteration of the Indie Arts & Vintage Marketplace will take place on the banks of the White River. New, vintage and antique pieces are available. Every day, FREE with festival pass Waterfront Exhibitions Local rowing, water skiing and kayaking groups will take over a piece of the riverfront, exhibiting their activities for those looking to get involved with something wet’n’wild. Every day, FREE with festival pass NUVO // 100% RECYCLED PAPER // 08.28.13 - 09.04.13 // COVER STORY 11
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“There’s something for everyone at WARMfest,” Jack Shepler, WARMfest festival director, says. The diverse music lineup, includes headliners Mayer Hawthorne, Big Head Todd and The Monsters and Michael Franti. Happily, there’s a huge amount of locals on the bill as well. That’s in part due to Shepler’s other position as organizer of Broad Ripple Music Fest, which was folded into WARMfest this year. “This past winter I looked into the option of involving Broad Ripple Park with BRMF when I heard that Dan Ripley was wanting to start a big festival with a cause,” Shepler says. “I heard about his vision for improvements to the White River in Broad Ripple, and I knew I wanted to help make that vision a reality. We decided that BRMF and the Indie Arts & Vintage Marketplace would make a great foundation for this new festival.” Shepler’s joined by Ripley, Josh Baker and Doug Weitkamp as main organizers for the event, along with 15-20 others. In addition to the soul, rock and reggae-pop headliners (Hawthorne, Todd, Franti, respectively), unique to this fest is the robust group of locals. “I’m always up to see Party Lines, Pravada and Max Allen Band,” Shepler says. “Plus DJs like Rusty Redenbacher, Action Jackson, Steady B and Kyle Long.” I chatted with five performers set to play WARMfest, all with a connection to eco activism or the White River. The full lineup is accessible at warmfest.org. 12
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Homegrown duo Lily and Madeleine reflect on Broad Ripple roots At first, I have trouble telling Lily and Madeleine Jurkiewicz’s voices apart when I call them before their festival debut. But when I listen — really listen — it becomes so obvious I can’t believe I was ever confused. Madeleine’s voice is slightly higher; her laugh is melodious. It’s one of the only times the description “twinkling” has ever really felt fitting. Lily’s is slightly huskier, a bit lower and darker. And on the phone, like in the few tracks that have made them famous, they speak in harmony. They finish each other sentences, and agree on most every question I ask. It’s uncanny, a bit like listening to their music. “Madeleine and I know each other as well as you can know somebody,” Lily says. “We know exactly where each other is going to go, with harmonies and [everything else]. We can read each other’s body language; we know if a song is going well.” This delicate combination and the resulting sweet harmonies brought them viral fame in January. A well-placed link to their track “In The Middle” posted by a neighbor on Reddit garnered more than 300,000 YouTube views, and all of a sudden the girls, then a sophomore and senior in high school, were on their way. A few carefully chosen shows (Indy, Chicago, Philly), a debut EP (The Weight of the Globe), label signing (Asthmatic Kitty) and high school graduation (Madeleine’s) later, Lily and Madeleine are on the edge of something big — really big. Their first single, “The Devil You Know,” off the selftitled debut LP due out in October, premiered on All Songs Considered a few weeks ago. They’ve been written up in the New York Times and The Guardian, sent off for a show in New York City and blogged about all over. The sisters agree their music was shaped by their Broad Ripple upbringing, when they spent time wandering around little shops and seeing small music shows. “I remember when I was in middle school and I first heard about Margot and the Nuclear So and So’s song ‘Broad Ripple Is Burning,’ Madeleine says. “It was such a novelty, this really cool song that was about my town! They kind of introduced me to alternative music.”
Those aren’t the only prominent locals Lily and Mad are musically connected to. Zero Boys’ Paul Mahern is their manager and producer, and Gentleman Caller’s Kenny Childers assists in writing and performs on a variety of tracks. And local label Asthmatic Kitty will release their October LP. “We’ve been fans of Sufjan Stevens for a long time, so to be on his label and be connected with him through our music is so cool. We’re really grateful, and just really lucky. We haven’t met him yet, but we’re hoping to at some point!” Madeleine says. Monday marks the first week of Madeleine’s freshman year at Indiana University, and the first significant separation for the sisters. But I’m fairly sure the physical distance won’t shake the musical connection between the two. “Mad, sometimes you’ll write something and I’ll be surprised that I’m feeling the same way,” Lily says to her sister over the phone, about their songwriting. “We’re separated now, but we’re going to keep working. We’re dedicated to our studies … but with our music, we’ve just got to keep going,” Madeleine says. Musically, Lily and Madeline’s songs are characterized by gently strummed guitar (Lily) and easy, lulling piano (Madeleine) cruising under those impeccable harmonies. Lyrically, their songs touch on love and loss through their interactions with the natural world. They write about hidden tree lines, high mountains, endless seas, a fading sun. And, as I bring up in our phone conversation, rivers. Is the river on their track “Back to the River” the White River? Madeleine says they didn’t have a specific river in mind for that song – “just the idea of a river,” she says – but there’s another song in their small but mighty repertoire about the river Ripley’s looking to change. “In the song ‘In the Middle,’ that river is the White River,” Madeleine says. In fact, the reference is explicit. The song’s opening stanza reads,“The river is white / It’s tangled and dry /But I still remember you here / Swimming in the middle.” “When I was in fifth grade, around 11 or 12, I used to go on bike rides all the time,” Lily says. “We lived right in the middle of Broad Ripple and my mom would say, ‘You can go anywhere — just not to the White River because I don’t want you to get hurt.’ But my friends and I would always go anyway, to the river, and put messages in bottles.” And if they could spend one perfect day in Indianapolis, doing exactly what they want to do? They’d go back to the river. “We would eat at the 3 Sisters and ride on the Monon Trail all through the city,” Madeleine says. “And then we would go see Gentleman Caller or Margot and the Nuclear So and So’s in Broad Ripple Park, like at the [Musical Family Tree Listen Local concert in June].” So a perfect day with Lily and Madeleine would be seeing local music in Broad Ripple Park. Why not join them this weekend and have a perfect day together? SUNDAY, SEPT. 1, 12:45 P.M., RIVER STAGE
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Michael Franti and Spearhead go green Michael Franti has seen the sort of transformation in his own neighborhood Dan Ripley hopes for the White River. “I live in Hunters Point [in San Francisco], which is a former naval base,” Franti says on the phone. “Due to the activism of people in our community, it’s been turned into a green space, instead of being a, literally, toxic dump with tons of radioactive material. I’ve seen with my own eyes how a place that’s just known as ‘the hood’ and an industrial area can become something really beautiful.” But Franti doesn’t spend a lot of time at home; he and his reggae/hip-hop/pop band Spearhead play more than 200 dates a year. They’re currently touring new LP All People, released in late July. Spearhead is just the most recent incarnation, albeit one that’s almost two decades old, of Franti’s music-making, which previously took form as The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy and The Beatnigs. The through line in all of his music is the message — explicit discussions of peace and social justice issues. “The artist’s responsibility is to make great art; but, intrinsic in making any great art is that you have to find some great truth,” Franti says. “It can be a spiritual truth, a truth about love, a truth about things happening in the world. For me, it’s always been part of what I do. [Although] I don’t feel like every artist has to be a mouthpiece for social change, but every artist has to make the best art that they can make and put their truth into it. Along with lyrical messages of peace, change and love, Franti and his band are leaders in the industry effort to be more green. His tour bus runs on biodiesel and he uses biodiesel generators onstage whenever possible. Franti’s own festival, Power to the Peaceful, held yearly in San Francisco, has an eco-village and variety of green vendors. He works hard to be conscientious, in major ways. But for Franti, one of the most simple changes has made the most difference. “We used to use two cases of water a night, which is like 48 bottles of plastic. We’re averaging 200 shows a year, and when we worked it out, it was something like 19,000 bottles of water,” Franti says. “Some crazy number, being consumed just by our band. So we switched over to refillable bottles … and we see the difference.” MONDAY, SEPT. 2, 8:30 P.M., RIVER STAGE
If you’ve ever watched the opening credits to Mad Men, you’ve heard producer RJD2’s work. Of course, his discography runs much deeper than the minutelong Don Draper opener “A Beautiful Mine.” RJD2, real name Ramble John Krohn, reinvents himself musically constantly. After 2002’s smash hit Deadringer, a collection of instrumental hip-hop, Krohn released a series of divergent LPs, including the poorly reviewed The Third Hand (Pitchfork called it a “lyrical trainwreck and one manband overreach”) which featured Krohn’s singing and live instrumentation. Then came 2010’s The Colossus, the first release on his own label. More Is Than Isn’t, his fifth LP, is due out in October, and, perhaps a bit burned by reactions to his previous musical evolutions, Krohn is declining to describe the upcoming release at all, instead imploring his listeners to come to the LP with “fresh ears.” Krohn knows what he wants — and he does it, critics be damned. And he knows what he thinks — and he says it, controversy be damned. He gets political on Twitter and Facebook often, and, during our phone conversation, wasted no time telling me exactly what he thinks about ongoing eco efforts, in the music industry and otherwise.
“We’re not a political band, ever,” Tyler Bancroft, lead singer of Said the Whale, says on the phone. “On a principle level, we all care for the environment a very great deal. Being from Vancouver, which claims to be the greenest city in North America, it’s a part of our lives every day. When we first started touring and going to other cities, I would ask, ‘Hey, where do I put this bottle?’ and someone would answer, ‘Oh, the garbage.’ I would think, ‘What the fuck!’” Bancroft and his band Said the Whale are releasing hawaiii in September, another upbeat collection of sunny pop. Credit some of that to the band’s Vancouver roots — beautiful music produced in a beautiful place. “It’s something that’s been engrained in our culture, environmental consciousness,” Bancroft says. “Vancouver is surrounded by nature, and I always try to do my best to resist change [to our natural resources].” Bancroft stepped in to co-produce hawaiii during a series of sessions in Washington state last year. Out of those sessions came the single “I Love You,” the biggest radio hit Said the Whale’s had to date. MONDAY, SEPT. 2, 5:45 P.M., HERON STAGE
On climate change deniers and personal green movements I recycle, I don’t drive whenever I don’t need to — that said, I am a citizen in America that is part of the system. I am a contributing economic cog in a system that is barreling forward. So, part of what I’m saying is that there’s causes that I feel are common sense, that we all can contribute to. But at the same time, when, politically, we still have a large number of politicians that deny climate change … I’ll give you an example. I’m on Reddit last night, reading ‘Senator Ron Paul think climate change is a hoax.’ It’s 2013. This is our elected official. Am I really going to put my recycling bin out on Monday morning and think I’m saving the world? No.” On the ruining of Earth for human life “At risk of sounding like a contrarian, I think there’s a fairly plausible outcome where the future of human life on Planet Earth is ruined. But I am a fairly avid reader, and when you look at the monumental changes that have happened geographically, and environmentally throughout the history of the Earth, you realize life found a way to sustain itself throughout that. I don’t think we’re ruining the Earth. We’re ruining our potential to live on Earth. But life will find a way. [laughs] There was a time when 80 percent of Earth was covered in ice a mile thick, and life lived through that epoch.” On greening music festivals “Every music festival on Earth could find some magical way to go zero net emissions and it’s still not going to make a fucking difference at the end of the day. My instincts would be to say that people would be better off throwing their glass bottles in the garbage, then going home and spending the next year being politically active, or active in some way. The bottom line is that that’s where we’re going to make differences that will actually make a dent.” SATURDAY, AUG. 31, 8:30 P.M., EAGLE DANCE TENT
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The Sketchbook Project It’s not a taco truck, but it does satisfy a kind of hunger — to view and create art, and share it with the world. It’s The Sketchbook Project’s Mobile Library, and it’s coming to the Indianapolis Art Center Sept. 3 and 4 from 2-8 p.m. The Mobile Library allows you to check out for free any of approximately 4,500 traveling sketchbooks made by Sketchbook Project participants. And if you’d like, you can participate by buying a blank book (in physical or digital form) and mailing it back in time (by Jan. 15, 2014) for it to be included in next year’s Mobile Library tour. Those with drawing anxiety should fear not: The Sketchbook Project’s motto is “And don’t even say, ‘But I’m not an artist.’” “We feel that anyone could do it regardless of their background or talent level,” says Ben Shine, director of communications at the Indianapolis Art Center. “It’s more about the process than it is about being perfect.” The Sketchbook Project has a home base in the Brooklyn Art Library in Brooklyn, New York, where the permanent collection of 27,843 sketchbooks is housed. It was hatched in 2006 by two college friends — Steven Peterman and Shane Zucker — attending the Savannah College of Art and Design. More than 27,000 people worldwide have now participated. The Mobile Library will be stationed in the Art Center parking lot, adjacent to the tree-shaded ArtsPark. “So people are going to be able to take their books out to browse on the banks of the White River,” says Shine. It’s currently making its way through the Midwest on its annual summer tour; after Indianapolis comes Milwaukee, by way of Alexandria, Va. Jessica Sugerman, an assistant director of The Sketchbook Project, was on tour with the Mobile Library last summer and has fond memories. “We’d been touring with the project for consecutive years in Austin, L.A. and San Francisco but increasingly we were visiting new cities that we haven’t been to before,” she says. “We were at a tour stop and someone came up, not knowing what it was and said ‘I thought this was a food truck, but, hey, this is cool.” — DAN GROSSMAN Indianapolis Art Center, September 3 and 4, 2-8 p.m. Free to browse; $25 for basic sketchbook, $60 digital, sketchbookproject.com
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his weekend, graffiti crews armed with scaffolding, aerosol cans and colorful nicknames will roll into Indy for the 11th annual SubSurface paint jam. For three days, the event attracts top-caliber talent from across the country and showcases an art form that’s bold, entertaining and oft-times misunderstood. In the words of local organizer 6Cents, participants are looking to further embed their “tentacles” into the Fountain Square area, where their work has, in most cases, received positive feedback. Seven large walls were “subsurfaced” there last year. All seven have been approved by building owners for new paint in 2013, and five new walls have been added to the mix. The first two SubSurface events were held in 2002 and 2003 in Broad Ripple, but by 2004, a newly-elected village association declined to host future events. Ironically, Eras of DF Crew works on his portion of a multi-panel piece at last year’s Subsurface. PHOTOS BY MIKE ALLEE
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much of the artwork from that earlier period still decorates Broad Ripple walls. Next stop was the American Tent and Awning building on South Palmer Street, a near-southside abandoned warehouse known for years as a “free wall” location where painting was allowed. For the next seven years, every Labor Day weekend, SubSurface writers met there to turn out large, colorful and innovative artwork that, for the most part, no one saw.
“SubSurface consistently produces some of the highest level of true mural art in the city, that is, fine art on a larger than life canvas,” says Shannon Wilson of BRIDGE Collective, an organization dedicated to promoting local artists. “However, Palmer Street is not easily digestible for some people. It was not the location in which to move SubSurface to the next level. To me, the next level, involves getting the work in places where it will be seen and appreciated by more people. Artwork on this scale can create a very inspirational backdrop to the daily life of a neighborhood.” Another problem with the Palmer Street location is its reputation for being available to all comers. It’s a living canvas that changes week to week. Murals are covered by lesser quality work, that lesser-quality work by tags, then those tags by other tags. It’s big, bright and raw. For its 10th anniversary in 2012, the group hoped to move SubSurface back to Broad Ripple. But finding the village’s lead-
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“Moles in Train Cars” was painted during last year’s SubSurface Expo.
ership still largely unreceptive, SubSurface teamed with Shannon and Mike Graves (the other half of BRIDGE Collective) to move the event to BRIDGE’s own neighborhood of Fountain Square. Wilson then set out on the task of securing legal walls by contacting property owners and issuing follow-up emails. Her serene, non-threatening manner helped open doors and dispel misconceptions about graffiti artists. Many SubSurface attendees are award winning commercial artists, gallery exhibitors and product designers who feel their works can enrich a neighborhood. And while Fountain Square is as much a destination for property destructive tagging as any other urban neighborhood, SubSurface murals have remained unspoiled. “No walls from last year’s event have been tagged or painted on,” Shannon said. “We feel this is out of respect for the quality of the art itself.” Jeanette and Taki Sawi, owners of Santorini’s Greek Kitchen, are enthusiastic supporters. “They are extremely talented,” Jeanette said. “The professionalism of the art makes the alleys along Prospect Street more inviting and less attractive for the local taggers.”
2013 CREWS AND ARTISTS: • BRAMEUW (INDIANAPOLIS) — NYC-RAISED WRITER FEATURED IN GRAFFITI HALL OF FAME • CRAZY IN STYLE ARTISTS (NORTHWEST INDIANA) — PIONEERS OF GRAFFITI FROM CHICAGO’S OLD SCHOOL • DEPH (LOS ANGELES) — KNOWN FOR 3-D STYLES AND AND RICH RENDERING TECHNIQUES • DEVIOUS (CINCINNATI) — PAINTED THE ROBOT ON BACK OF THE NEW DAY MEADERY BUILDING • DF CREW (NYC, CINCINNATI, DENVER) — A HIGHLY INFLUENTIAL, NATION-SPANNING CREW • FAB CREW/IWS (INDIANAPOLIS) — FAMOUS FOR COLORFUL AND WHIMSICAL MURALS • METAL FINGERS — CLOSELY ASSOCIATED WITH THE FREIGHT GRAFFITI MOVEMENT • MOMENTUM ART TECH (CHICAGO) — KNOWN FOR CONCEPT DRIVEN MURALS
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FRIDAY, AUG. 30 • 6-10 P.M. (ALSO OPEN AUG. 31, 1-4 P.M.) — POST-GRAFFITI ABSTRACTS CLOSING RECEPTION AND MODERATED DISCUSSION AT PRIMARY GALLERY, FEATURING SUBSURFACE ARTISTS FROM CHICAGO, INDIANAPOLIS AND NORTHWEST INDIANA SATURDAY, AUG. 31 • THROUGHOUT THE DAY — LIVE PAINTING IN FOUNTAIN SQUARE AREA • 10 P.M. — SUBSURFACE AFTER-PARTY AT WHITE RABBIT CABARET ($5, 21+); HOSTED BY DJ DICKY FOX WITH TOPSPEED, ECHOMAKER, THE PROFORMS AND HINX JONES SUNDAY, SEPT. 1 • FOLLOWUP LIVE PAINTING IN FOUNTAIN SQUARE AREA TUESDAY, SEPT. 3 • MIDWEST GRAFF, A SHOWCASE FOR MIDWEST GRAFFITI ARTISTS, OPENS AT IUPUI’S CULTURAL ARTS GALLERY; FEATURING TEAD, WAKE UP, SACRED, 6CENTS, STEPH, TRAZ, FLEX, OMS, ISH; UP THROUGH OCT. 2
A robot painted by Devious on the back of the New Day Meadery building in 2012 isn’t long for this world; New Day’s wall is one of 12 that will be repainted during this year’s fest (top). Chicago based Momentum Tech Art is one of several crews returning for this year’s event.
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EVENTS UFC Fight Night: Condit vs. Kampmann In this corner: Carlos Condit, aka Natural Born Killer, the number two Welterweight in the Ultimate Fighting Championship world. CONDIT VS. KAMPMANN In that other corner: Martin Kampmann, aka the Hitman, an aging Danish striker looking to stay in the running. It’s a must-win for both fighters, with both coming off losses to Johny Hendricks, aka Bigg Rigg, number one in UFC’s Welterweight division. Fights begin from 4:30 p.m., with the first televised bout at 6 p.m. It’s UFC’s second appearance at the Fieldhouse, the first being in 2010. Bankers Life Fieldhouse, Aug. 28, main card 8 p.m., $40-200 NHRA Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals It’s Labor Day weekend, and that can only mean one thing for people who like squealing tires, the odor of high-octane gasoline, going really fast and parachutes: the NHRA Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals. It’s the final event of the NHRA regular season, determining the 10-driver fields for the ensuing six-race Countdown to the Championship. Lucas Oil Raceway, Aug. 28-Sept. 2, more at nhra.com Indianapolis Indians How many regular season home games remain on the Indians’ schedule? Two, count em, just two, Friday and Saturday against the Louisville Bats. But that doesn’t mean the end of the baseball for the division-leading Indians, who will face off against the Durham Bulls in the first round of the Governor’s Cup championships beginning Sept. 4. Victory Field, vs. Louisville Bats: Aug. 30, 7:15 p.m.; Aug. 31, 6:05 p.m.
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f you’ve ever played a round of golf in Indiana, chances are you’ve played one of Pete Dye’s courses. One of the greatest golf course designers in the world makes his home in Carmel, and has built more courses in Indiana than anywhere else. We talked with Dye about his design philosophy and asked why his new course in French Lick is one of his favorites. Hint: It’s all about the view. NUVO: What’s influenced your design approach? PETE DYE: Alice [Dye’s wife of 63 years] and I went to Scotland in 1963, and we saw so many different styles. A variety of big bunkers, little bunkers, no bunkers — or 100 bunkers. I noticed that most of the American courses had bunkers on the first hole that were very similar to the bunkers on all 18 holes. So I just thought about that, and I tried to build different ones throughout. I don’t know if I did the strategy right, but they’re still playing the [PGA] Tour in places like Harbour Town [in Hilton Head] and TPC in Jacksonville. I’ve had 28 majors played on my courses, and I’ve only built 80 golf courses in my lifetime. NUVO: Do any holes or designs stand out from the courses you’ve built in Indiana?
NUVO: What are your favorite Indiana courses to play?
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DYE: I built the new course at French Lick. When you build a nice golf course, it’s about strategy and the length, and all that it’s great. But if you have one that has views of the ocean or views like they have at French Lick ... I mean, in some places you can see for 30 miles, and it’s just terrific.
Yoga in the Galleries Another six-week session of a course taught by certified instructor Erin Morgan and taking place in different areas of the IMA galleries and grounds runs from Aug. 31 to Oct. 5. Registration required (920-2679), limit 20 participants. Indianapolis Museum of Art, Saturdays, 10-11 a.m., $78 public/$60 IMA member, per session
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DYE: I’ve played Crooked Stick a dozen times, and I really like Woodland Country Club. NUVO: How have technological advances in
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Pete Dye, 87, has designed golf courses in the U.S., Dominican Republic, Guatemala and Israel.
golf balls and equipment changed the game?
NUVO: Have you ever hit a hole-in-one?
DYE: If you want me to get into that subject, we can have an all-night conversation. (Laughs) Nicklaus used to carry the ball about 265 yards; now, they carry it about 305-310 yards. Nicklaus used to hit a 7-iron 160-170 yards; now, they’re hitting it 190 yards. The game has given up 65 yards. I have a letter from Donald Ross, written in 1923, saying the the ball was going too far. I think the the ball going further has escalated the cost, and when you do that, there is going to be a problem.
DYE: Yes, I’ve had 5 or 6.
NUVO: How good of a golfer are you? DYE: I still play. The last U.S. Open I played in, I beat Nicklaus and Palmer. I haven’t played 18 in a few months, but this winter I shot a 76. NUVO: Do you ever take two off the first tee? DYE: Sure, I do it all the time. (laughs) NUVO: What’s the hardest course you’ve ever played? DYE: Probably, because of the weather conditions, The Ocean Course (at Kiawah Island Golf Resort in South Carolina) is the hardest. It could be the easiest, too. The winds change dramatically there.
NUVO: Why is the “island green” Par 3 at your TPC Sawgrass course so special? DYE: When Sawgrass was built, it was a swamp. When we were digging around the Par 3 17th, we found sand. I needed sand so badly for the rest of the fairways, so we kept digging and digging until finally all we had was a hole. I thought, “Where am I going to put this green?” Alice came down and said, “Why don’t you take some of the dirt you have and build it up to water level, fill it full of water, and turn it into an island green?” I said, “You’re crazy!” But I built it that way, and it’s only 130 yards. Believe it or not, the club professional put 100 balls down and hit every one on the green. Now you have got to tell me why those pros come there, and with a little wind and rain and a green about 5,000 square feet, they miss that green. I don’t know how they do it — but they do. NUVO: Do you agree that you can learn everything you need to know about people by playing a round of golf with them? DYE: I think that is a pretty true statement, yes. The Pete Dye course at French Lick Resort is built around one of Indiana’s highest points.
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OPENING The Grandmaster The ever-adventurous Wong Kar-wai (2046, In the Mood for Love, My Blueberry Nights) heads into martial arts territory with this bio-pic on Ip Man, played by Tony Leung (Hero; Lust, Caution), who started a hugely influential school in Hong Kong where he taught, among others, Bruce Lee. Reviews were mixed when it premiered in Berlin (“delicate tracery of description, flashback and vignette that requires a sizeable investment in concentration,” The Guardian; “a noble failure,” The Telegraph). The version playing the U.S. has been hacked from its 123 minute Berlin cut to 108 minutes by the ever-obnoxious Weinstein bros. PG-13, Opens Friday at AMC Theaters Closed Circuit A British legal thriller about terrorism and CCTV surveillance and “closed session” court hearings starring Eric Bana and directed by John Crowley ( Boy A). R, Opens today at Keystone Art Getaway Ethan Hawke plays Brent Magna, a race car driver who must follow the driving instructions of a deranged Jon Voigt to save his wife. PG-13, Opens Thursday in wide release One Direction: This Is Us Directed by Morgan Spurlock. PG, Opens Thursday in wide release and RealD 3D
NOW PLAYING In a World … r Lake Bell (Children’s Hospital) writes, directs and stars in a screwball comedy about a woman struggling to break into the mostly male world of voice-over announcing, which puts her in competition with her father (Fred Melamed), a giant in the field. The cast includes Rob Corddry (The Daily Show), Michaela Watkins (Enlightenment), Ken Marino ( Burning Love), Nick Offerman (Ron Swanson from Parks and Recreation) and other hip names. The goings-on get sitcommy, but the romantic comedy is funny. R, At Keystone Art The World’s End r Director Edgar Wright and actors Simon Pegg and Nick Frost re-team after making the popular comedies Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz for a story about an arrested adolescent (Pegg) dragging his friends on a pub crawl during which a sci-fi movie breaks out. The friends include Eddie Marsan (the hot-headed driving instructor in Happy-Go-Lucky), Paddy Considine ( In America) and Martin Freeman (Dr. Warson in the PBS version of Sherlock Holmes). Impressive cast. The movie takes a while to get rolling (the repeated scenes of Pegg annoying his mates grow tiresome), but once the boys start to loosen up, the movie kicks into high gear. R, In wide release
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Nuanced and well-acted, ‘The Spectacular Now’ is a satisfying, genuine coming-of-age flick
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t the end of The Spectacular Now, Character A encounters Character B at Location X. The two make eye contact and the film cuts to the closing credits. This prompted someone in the audience at the Landmark Keystone Art Cinema to scream “Noooo!” I was mildly surprised by the reaction. While the wrap-up was abrupt, the filmmakers had painted an insightful enough portrait of the characters that it was not difficult to imagine what would happen next. Still, I felt bad for the frustrated viewer. A couple of minutes later, however, a friend of mine walked up and said, “How about that screamer? You know, I saw her texting several times during the movie.” My sympathy went away as I realized that she probably missed the character development because she was busy arranging to meet her daughter-in-law for a late lunch or something equally important. I thought I had heard a burst of impassioned outrage from a cinema buff, but it just turned out to be movie karma. It’s a shame she didn’t focus her full attention on the movie. The Spectacular Now, directed by James Ponsoldt (Smashed) from a screenplay by Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber (500 Days of Summer) based on Tim Tharp’s novel, is a marvelously acted coming-of-age flick with interesting, nuanced characters that feel genuine. This summer’s charming The Way, Way Back showed the painful process of growing up by following a miserable kid on a seaside vacation as he dodges his relatives and finds his place in a “family” of colorful locals. The Spectacular Now has less plot and more close-ups (many of them unearned, but the offense is minor) as it uses its canvas as a character study. It’s very good. Sutter Keely (Miles Teller) is a popular
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high school senior with smart eyes, a winning demeanor and boundless enthusiasm as he struggles to live in the moment. The downside of living in the moment, alas, is that it leaves little time to plan for the future or reflect on the past. Sutter doesn’t address that stumbling block. Instead he plows ahead, stumbling and bolstering his enjoyment of the moment with swigs from his pocket flask. Teller is outstanding in the role. I can’t stress enough what a fine job he does. After screwing up his relationship with Cassidy (Brie Larson), a bright cheerleader, and partying the night away, Sutter wakes up on the front yard of Aimee Finicky (Shailene Woodley from The Descendants),
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a mild, withdrawn classmate. A relationship begins, with Sutter living in the moment with Aimee and a smitten Aimee eager to start a life of romance and adventure. Sutter’s relationship with his mom (Jennifer Jason Leigh) is strained and he eventually sets out on a road trip with Aimee to connect with his long-absent father (an excellent Kyle Chandler). That’s about all the plot there is. Again, the film is about characters and performances more than story. I wish Aimee had been given more of a life. Sure, her relationship with Sutter is her first and a degree of restraint is required, there are moments when, despite Woodley’s fine performance, Aimee seems more like a supporting player in Sutter’s story than a person unto herself. That said, the movie still works and Aimee eventually emerges as more than a story device. The Spectacular Now stumbles at points, but is one of the most entertaining and satisfying offerings of the summer. And the ending is just fine.
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Who Cares? Who Cares? (2012) The Campinas, Brazil-Indianapolis sister city committee picked a documentary made by Sao Paulo-based filmmaker Mara Mourao for a screening featuring Brazilian music and food and followed by a discussion led by some of the city’s leading activists. Who Cares?, featured at last year’s Heartland Film Festival, profiles social entrepreneurs such as Bengali banker, economist and Nobel Prize winner Muhammad Yunas and Canadian educator Mary Gordon. Athenaeum Theatre, Aug. 29, 6 p.m., FREE, brazil.provocate.org
Roving Cinema: Waiting for Guffman (1996) Indy Film Fest is wandering over to the Indiana Repertory Theatre this week to present Waiting for Guffman, Christopher Guest’s mockumentary following the manytimes-off-Broadway director Corky St. Clair as he puts together a pageant celebrating the 150th anniversary of the founding of Blaine, Mo. Admission is limited to 75 persons, but tickets remained available as of Aug. 27. Indiana Repertory Theatre, Aug. 29, 7 p.m., $8 Summer Nights: The Breakfast Club (1985) The IMA’s final Summer Nights film is already SOLD OUT. Indianapolis Museum of Art, Aug. 30, 9 p.m. Sandra Gibson, Luis Recoder and Olivia Block Three expanded cinema artists will spend their Friday afternoon at IU Cinema, starting off with a lecture (3 p.m.), and then presenting a live, collaborative cinematic work, Aberration of Light: Dark Chamber Disclosure (6:30
p.m.), that “reflects and refracts the role of projectionist-as-performer in the standard theatrical projection of the 35mm changeover system.” Here’s more from the cinema’s program: “Two Aberration of Light projectionists and a sound artist perform within the cinema theater to critically unmask the masked cinematic apparatus in a dazzling abstract play of sights and sounds.” Gibson, Recoder and Block have presented films at the Toronto International Film Festival, TATE Modern in London and Redcat in Los Angeles. IU Cinema (Bloomington), Aug. 30, FREE but ticketed King Kong (1933) Don’t be alarmed, ladies and gentlemen. These chains are made of chrome steel. 2K DCP presentation. IU Cinema (Bloomington), Aug. 31, 3 p.m., FREE but ticketed
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BEER BUZZ
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Brew Bracket’s Fall event on Sept. 28 will feature Oktoberfest style beers from eight Indiana breweries at Tomlinson Tap Room. A portion of ticket sales will be donated directly to King Park Area Development Corporation (www.kpadc.org). To mark Brew Bracket’s eighth event since April 2011, Beer Buzz visited with Mike Sale, BB cofounder. “We want our events to introduce people to the depth and variety within a style and to highlight some of the “people’s choice” four top beers within each featured style,” Sale says. But the event is as much about fundraising as education; according to Sale, Brew Bracket has raised $8,700 toward 10 different local causes. “We started out looking for ‘the best beer’ out of all the amazing local options,” says Sale. “But it’s become looking for ‘the best beer for you.’ We still do the votes and celebrate the beer that is preferred by the most people, but we really just want each participant to go home understanding more about the beer style and knowing what to ask about and look for in their future craft beer experiences. “Because the majority vote wins the event, the winners are often a beer that is very ‘true to style’ with a small unique adder to differentiate it. Beers that are too extreme or too mild may attract some permanent fans through the blind, side-by-side tasting process,” says Sale. “But the winning beers appeal to the masses. I loved the dry-hopped wheat from Triton at our Wheat event (along with about a hundred other folks), but the overall event winner was the delicious, ever so slightly spicy, Sheet Metal Blonde from Barley Island.”
Complete idiots A bit of brag time: The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Beer Tasting, published by Alpha Books/ Penguin, is hitting the bookstores in conjunction with Upland Brewing Company’s 15th anniversary. Senior Acquisitions Editor Brook Farling invited me to write the book, with Upland providing technical assistance. During a hectic six-month schedule, getting input from brewers nationwide, we fashioned an easy-to-read-and-use comprehensive guide to understanding and enjoying beer.
Let our people drink Lee Smith, Brewers of Indiana Guild executive director, reports that nearly 4,000 people signed a petition to “Bring Beer Back” to the Indiana State Fair during this edition of the fair. Smith expects the General Assembly in its upcoming session will consider a bill to allow the sale of Indiana beer in an adults-only area during the fair. Indiana is one of only 15 states whose fairs do not include beer. The last time beer was available was during the 1946 fair.
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erbalist and forager Greg Monzel wants you to take advantage of the free and abundant food that surrounds us. And finding that food is as easy as a stroll through the park. As we take an afternoon walk through green spaces at the heart of the city — from American Legion Mall to University Park — he points to countless (seriously — I gave up counting after a while) edibles growing in plain sight: clover, violet and wild strawberries on the ground; linden leaves, acorns and black walnuts on the trees. For Monzel, who shares his wisdom on the joys of foraging for edibles on scheduled plant walks in and around the city, the benefits of foraging are many. The enhanced connection with nature fosters a healthier relationship with the environment and an attitude of conservation and care. The nutritional punch of food gathered from the wild is immense, and at the same time, medicinal. Foraging encourages a sense of curiosity and brings with it the joys of discovery. And, of course, it’s free. Central Indiana, Monzel says, is unique in that “it is a hyper-diverse bioregion, where northern species of plants have their southern limits and southern species have their northern limits.” Likewise, he says, with the forestlands and prairie lands of east and west: “There’s a lot of food here.” “Often, for the sake of foraging,” says Monzel, pointing to a patch of clovers and dandelions growing among the grass, “the weeds are the most powerful plants.” He says that the weeds we expend so much energy pulling up from our gardens “were often plants brought to America from other countries as food or as medicine.” Take purslane, a hardy, drought-tolerant succulent with thick stems and fleshy leaves that thrives in the disturbed soil of WHAT YOU MISSED
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garden beds and planted areas. A favorite of Monzel’s, this “powerhouse of nutrition” can be found everywhere, growing “from a crack in the sidewalk, big and beautiful, and packed with vitamins and omega-3s.” Its juicy texture and slightly lemony tang make a nice addition to a salad, but Monzel says he’s more the plucking-and-eating type. A trot through a grassy lawn will even yield a surprising variety of tasty edibles, from plantains (whose leaves, Monzel says, are a hit with children), to dandelions (a touch bitter, with a host of uses, and one of the most nutrient-rich foods around), to violets (another culinary and medicinal favorite
of Monzel, who says their “easy-to-identify leaves” make a “nice, mild base for a salad”). Ground-hugging weeds aren’t the only plants fit for foraging around a park or green space, though. Trees can be prolific sources of food as well. “Trees are just really big plants,” notes Monzel. “And they make a heck of a lot more food than the herbs that surround us.” Oak trees, for example, bear acorns — “the most calorie-dense food on the planet, and probably the staple calorie food besides meat in this area” for indigenous peoples in earlier times. Likewise, black walnuts, hickory nuts, and gingko nuts make for tasty treats, though each nut requires some preparation work. Basswood (or linden) trees are another fine resource for foragers. Their heartshaped leaves — best picked when fairly small and tender — have a mild flavor,
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Three options at Sunday’s Dig IN: A Taste of Indiana at White River State Park: Chocolate Cremeux, Sweet Corn Custard and Citrus Foam with Hazlenut Crunch — the dessert offering from Cerulean (left); Focaccia Caprese Sandwich from Napolese (center); and Chile Spiced Beet Salad, created by Delicia chef Ricardo Martinez.
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great for salad use or simply eaten off the branch. Mulberries, fruiting in early and mid-summer, are a well-known regional treat. Crabapples, often found in parks, are commonly used for jams and jellies. For the more adventurous and observant, there are plums, persimmons, and pawpaws. The pawpaw — sometimes called the “Indiana banana” — is a tropical-tasting fruit with sweet, custardy flesh that ripens in late summer. Trees can be found growing on forest edges, and a shake of the trunk (look for those a couple inches in diameter) will release any properly ripe fruit. Persimmon trees can also be found at the edges of forests, and their sugar-rich fruit drops after the first frost. Monzel, a native Hoosier, learned his trade via classes at the Northeast School of Botanical Medicine, and serves on the board of the Indy Food Cooperative and as an officer for the Indiana chapter of the American Herbalists Guild. And he understands that, for every enthusiastic forager, there are plenty more who are wary of the potential dangers of gathering their own food. Foragers should take necessary precautions, but should not be dissuaded from exploring. It is best to become familiar with the common plants in the area, and especially with those that can be harmful. Carrying around good-quality photographs can help. “I don’t recommend that people just go out foraging in their lawn or their neighborhood without knowing at least a little bit what they’re doing. You should know your poison plants first,” he says, referring to a handful of plants all foragers should be aware of. Additionally, while most rural areas are safe for foraging, as well as many urban green spaces, there are some places that aren’t suitable for gathering food: “I avoid railways and I don’t gather along trails, as traditionally they use heavy herbicides not approved for agriculture. Stay away form brownfields. Avoid streams and other waterways, which could transfer E. coli onto the plants.” The foundations of older homes or buildings also present the risk of lead contamination, he adds. But with a little knowledge, foraging is quite safe, says Monzel. People are often aware that mushroom hunting can be dangerous, and he finds that the mentality about mushrooms gets adapted to plants, which, he points out, “are much less likely to hurt you.” Monzel maintains that the foraging mentality, which hearkens back to our ancestors, should be adopted more broadly in modern society. “Children in traditional cultures would learn up to 60 plants by about age 6, and how to identify them.” What has been lost in the modernization of human society is much of our connection to nature and the uses of the elements that comprise it. Even a little education at an early age, he says, goes a long way to bridging that gap. Likewise, he notes, for the many homeless and hungry that frequent areas such as Downtown parks, a bit of knowledge about the free food available could make an enormous difference. Finally, Monzel emphasizes that, on top of the clear health benefits of consuming wild foods, there is a strong “communitybuilding aspect” to foraging. “When we’re gathering food, it’s this feeding behavior that brings people together.”
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See those CDs? That’s just a small portion of what’s dropped into my mailbox weekly. It’s a wonderful and horrible problem — so much music to listen to (great!), not enough space to write about everything I love every week. (horrible!). Lucky for me, I’ve got a brand new outlet in which to deluge you with my favorite tunes. I’ve taken over the long-running Indy X-Files show on X103. It’s a two-hour block of all local music, every Sunday from 10 p.m. to midnight. I’ll be adding as much new music as humanly possible in coming weeks to the X103 database, and I’d love to hear your music. Send your new tracks (with a radio edit version, if needed, you dirty-mouthed scoundrels) to me at kcoplen@nuvo.net or upload them directly to the database at x103.com. So, fans of all things music and local, lend me your ears. I’m anxious to make my return to radio (after previous stints at WIUX-FM and WFHB-FM in Bloomington) and really anxious to hear more local music. Questions? Comments? Rants? Raves? My inbox is always open at kcoplen@nuvo.net (Seriously, it’s always open. I can’t figure out how to close it). — KATHERINE COPLEN, MUSIC EDITOR
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profound writer’s block that descended on Khan after the conclusion of her 2010 tour. She spent the two years in between records taking drawing classes, gardening and intensifying her dance studies while trying to shake the mental fuzziness. Now, all that in-between work, especially the dancing, has paid off. “This tour is definitely different due to [all the dance training Khan did in the interim],” Khan says. “I use it quite a lot onstage. Sometimes it’s almost like using my body as a percussive instrument. Because I’ve delegated quite a lot of the playing parts over to the band, I’m free to just sing and perform. I sometimes miss where I’ve written drum parts — I like rhythmic things — so I use my body as an instrument. I like embodying it, singing it in my performance.” Critical comparisons to Kate Bush have clouded Khan’s work in the past — they’re not undue, with those dark synth rhythms,
breathy, belted, English-accented choruses and dedication to an exploration of the supernatural world — but on The Haunted Man, it feels like she’s broken free. She’s an artist at her most confident, equally adept at simple ballads (including the striking “Laura”) and uptempo, layered jams (“A Wall,” “Oh Yeah”). The Haunted Man is perfectly produced, endearingly performed and a natural stylistic evolution from Two Suns. What’s new and notable, too? The break from the darkness that has tinged most of Khan’s previous output. She made a concerted effort to seek the positive in Haunted Man — to get away from the wizards and wolves of albums past and step into the light. And it was an effort. “When I was developing as a human being and looking more at my emotional spectrum, I felt that it had been harder for me to tap into the lighter side, the more joyous side, and write something from an honest place,” Khan says. “I think there can be joyous-sounding music — super happy, hyper kind of music — but I think coming from a true, joyous place is hard, because it’s such a fleeting emotion. So many of us chase it all of our lives. Sometimes it’s easier just to wallow in the sad stuff. I found it difficult, but I supposed I just wanted to see if I could do it.”
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Oh, Adam Ant, you return to us. For those tuned out of the Ant’s recent antics, I’ll catch you up quickly. After a few arrests and hospitalizations in the early Aughts, Adam chilled out, worked on a book (his autobiography) and decided to found a record label. He’s spent the last three years reactivating his long-dormant music career, beginning with a series of short tours and shows in his native England, progressing to a full-blown 2012 stateside tour with new album Adam Ant is the Blueblack Hussar in Marrying the Gunnar’s Daughter in tow. He returns to us now for a second U.S. tour as The Blueblack Hussar, his Kings of the Wild Frontier character “brought back from the dead.” He explains it to me as this: the Hussar is a wandering soldier, walking back from war alone. We spoke briefly before his Friday date at Old National Centre. NUVO: Adam, I love that blues guitar rip into “Cool Zombie” and I’m digging the Deep South blues infusion on the new album. ADAM ANT: Thinking back, when I first learned the guitar, I learned blues guitar. I bought a Teach Yourself Honky-Tonk Blues Guitar book by a guy called Stefan Grossman. The first music that I learned was blues and rock and roll really. I just really took respect to the basics. Most all these songs are written on guitar, so it had an autobiographical feel about it. I really incorporated some of the time I spent living in Tennessee in ’96 and ’97. You can see that the album is a double-sided gatefold vinyl. It kinda had that feel to it since day one: quite simple and stripped down. NUVO: How was your character, the Blueblack Hussar, conceived? ADAM ANT: It was really just looking back to my favorite album which is Kings [of the Wild Frontier] and wondering a scenario of what would that character, the young guy with the brocade jacket and the makeup, [that] look, like 35 years later. Perhaps he walked to Moscow and back in 1812 with Napoleon’s troops, because that’s something I’ve studied. And that was a sort of metaphor for some of the experiences that I’ve encountered in the music industry. People can expect me to be in quite a flamboyant stage outfit: something that I think, right now sadly, has a place in the music scene [only with women]. If it wasn’t for the Lady Gagas and Katy Perrys and Rihannas and Beyoncés, there’d be no attempt from the guys. I feel it’s quite an apt time to come back with something a little bit special. NUVO: You’ve always drawn on history as a major inspiration for your work. What are a few historical time periods or stories that you’re drawn to? ADAM ANT: London’s always been a fascination for me. I’m likely to live in a city where
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t was nearly 20 years ago, but I remember like it was yesterday. The high point of my short-lived academic career. It was the first semester of my freshman year at the high school I would soon be dropping out of and art was my first period class. Our teacher, Mr. Melevage, kept a small tape player on his desk. He typically played only classical music, so it wasn’t odd to hear the sound of an orchestra tuning up as I wandered into class groggyeyed in the morning. But it wasn’t Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos emanating from the tape deck this time. It was the famous intro to The Beatles’ psychedelic masterpiece Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. I sat transfixed for the next 40 minutes as a majestic carnival of audio delights poured out of the tiny speakers. This was my first experience with The Beatles’ music, or psychedelic music period. The consciousness-expanding attitude of the LP was the perfect antidote to the unbearable conservatism of the suburban wasteland I felt so trapped in. That experience changed my life and initiated my obsession with psychedelic music and art. That obsession was reignited last Saturday at Garfield Park as I caught the final moments of the Cataracts Music Festival. I arrived late as the festival was winding down. Following the sound of the music, I struggled to find my way through the darkness. I walked toward some lights flickering on the horizon, which
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turned out to be a performance featuring Friar Sonny und die Berlin Wallflowers. As I approached the band, I was reminded of the famous scene in Tarkovsky’s 1966 film classic Andrei Rublev where the movie’s protagonist accidentally wanders into a primitive medieval pagan ritual during his nightly walk. The monk Rublev finds himself seduced by the mysterious sensuality of the ceremony he witnesses. Friar Sonny and band were draped in ancient tunics and flowing dashikis and jamming on a droning, Eastern groove. The psychedelic light show was the only source of illumination in the whole field. As I stood among the gyrating bodies I was transported back to the late 1960s, a time when psychedelic sounds ruled the Indiana rock scene. The Hoosier state produced some of the best underground psychedelic music of the era. So if you’re still catching a buzz in the afterglow of Cataracts, then I hope this list of legendary Indiana psych bands will help you continue your trip.
ZERFAS — ZERFAS (700 WEST) In the words of local psychedelic music scholar Stan Denski, this self titled LP by Zerfas is “The Sgt. Pepper of the Midwest.” Produced and released by the New Palestine-based 700 West Records the LP received little attention until it was rediscovered by the collectors community in the 1990s. “They were a gifted teenage band in a studio with limited technology, using every trick in the book to craft a record that
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offers surprises with every passing second,” Denski says. SIR WINSTON AND THE COMMONS — WE’RE GONNA LOVE (SUNDAZED) This reissue EP collects all releases by one of Indianapolis’ best and most important psych/garage acts. “We’re Gonna Love” is a fuzz guitar, garage rock classic. ANONYMOUS — INSIDE THE SHADOW (A MAJOR LABEL) Sir Winston guitarist Ron Matelic recorded this amazing private press LP in 1976. The vocals of Marsha Ervin recall Fairport Convention’s Sandy Denny and the band’s music has earned comparisons to classic Fleetwood Mac. PRIMEVIL — SMOKIN’ BATS AT CAMPTON’S (700 WEST) Heavy psych in the vein of Mountain or Black Sabbath. OSCAR AND THE MAJESTICS — NO CHANCE BABY (SUNDAZED) An essential collection of tough, fuzzed-out, blue-eyed soul from Northwest Indiana’s premier rock outfit.
FUNK INC. — CHICKEN LICKIN’ (PRESTIGE) Funk Inc. are famous for their groove driven souljazz sound. But the simmering psychedelic guitar work of Steve Weakley earns them a spot on this list. The paranoid “They Trying To Get Me” rivals Eddie Hazel’s furious guitar work on the Funkadelic classic “Maggot Brain” and contains what might be the greatest guitar solo ever pressed to wax by an Indianapolis band. COVEN — WITCHCRAFT DESTROYS MINDS AND REAPS SOULS (MERCURY) Debut release from Indy’s satanic rock pioneers. The LP contains a 13-minute recording of an actual satanic mass. Singer Jinx Dawson deserves wider recognition as an influential female rock personality. THE OLIVERS — COMPLETE RECORDINGS (BREAK-A-WAY) Includes their 1966 classic “Beeker Street” an incredible blast of psychedelic madness from the Fort Wayne-based group. EBONY RHYTHM BAND — SOUL HEART TRANSPLANT (NOW AGAIN) Includes the manic psych classic “Drugs Ain’t Cool,” the band’s winning entry in an anti-drug music competition sponsored by then mayor Richard Lugar. According to an interview I did with Ebony bassist Lester Johnson the band promptly “went out and bought about $350 bucks worth of weed with the anti-drug money.”
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WEDNESDAY ROCK Bat for Lashes Natasha Khan is a creep, and we mean that in the best possible way. Her music, under the name Bat for Lashes, is dark and layered; her writing proves she’s a dedicated Kate Bush fan (really, who isn’t?), with the spooky-scary narratives and atmospheric production to carry it off. Turn to page 22 to read our interview with Khan. Deluxe at Old National Centre, 502 N. New Jersey St., 8 p.m., $20 advance, $23 at door, all-ages ROCK O’Kingdom, Visionaries, Along Came a Spider O’Kingdom is three years old, releasing their single “The Appointed Boundaries” shortly thereafter. The Louisvillebased metalcore band quickly exploded online amassing over a thousand views on the video for the song within a few days. While the genre tends to be dark, the members of the band hope to “spread a positive outlook” with their music, and continue to grow their fan base across the Midwest and the nation. They’ll be playing alongside Visionaries, Along Came a Spider, Endeavor, and Wooden Hart as part of Long Entertainment’s lineup at the Emerson. Emerson Theater, 4630 E. 10th St, 6:30 p.m., price TBA, all-ages ROCK Open Mic Night Hosted by Jay Elliot Get a little taste of the Nashville dream (possibly discover the next great Indy vocalist) at The Tin Roof’s Open Mic Night, which runs every Wednesday night until Sept.
25. Host Jay Elliot, frontman of Stereo Deluxe, will be kicking it off with a solo set at 7, with the open mic starting at 10. Elliot’s solo performances showcase his soulful side, with guitar and vocals that will please the ears of John Mayer and Ray LaMontagne fans. The top performer will score $100 in cash, and everyone else in attendance will just have to settle for an awesome night out. Tin Roof, 36 S. Pennsylvania St., 7 p.m., FREE, 21+ Jessica Hernandez and The Deltas, DO317 Lounge, 21+ Blue Moon Revue, Melody Inn, 21+ Charlie Patton’s War, Sinking Ship, 21+
THURSDAY DANCING Thursday Night Live with DAM featuring Jay Jones and DJ Xross Fade 247 Skybar is bringing spinning talent to Indy from around the country. Making their homes right here in the 317 and as far away as Vegas and Colorado, this lineup promises plenty of mash-ups to get you dancing plus the kind of groove that keeps you on the dance floor until you’re all out of both bumps and grinds. 247 Sky Bar, 247 S. Meridian St., 10 p.m, FREE, 21+ Jeff DeHerdt, Chef Joseph’s, all-ages Cody Canada, The Departed, Chris Knight, The Vogue, 21+ Sons of Fathers, DO317 Lounge, 21+ Jeff Austin, The Here and Now, The Bluebird, Bloomington, 21+
POP Carly Rae Jepsen Call her, maybe? You have heard it whether you wanted to or not, and each time, its tooth-rotting sweetness made you bop right along. ... And maybe you even caught yourself singing about the pure unbridled insanity of giving your phone number to a stranger. What you might not know is that the pop princess has songs other than “Call Me Maybe,” which she’ll be performing at the White River State Park on Friday, Aug. 30. We support all expressions of youthful joy and dancing, so if you’ve been looking for a reason to bust out a late-summer hair wrap or glitter-shellacked Chuck Taylors, this is the excuse you’ve been waiting for. White River State Park, 801 W. Washington St., 7 p.m., $29.50, All-ages. FESTIVALS Friday Block Party with Indy DO Day Kick off your Labor Day weekend with some food, drinks, and free entertainment, plus the launch of Indy DO Day and the Super Service Challenge. Live music will be provided by DJ Kris and Flatbed Twitch beginning at 4 p.m. Organizers from Indy DO Day, a new community service event coming up in October, will be there to talk about two initiatives that they hope will create a more civic-minded city. This Friday’s Block Party is a chance to gather up some interested friends, chow down on some free food, listen to music and learn how you can help out your city, and help make Indy’s first-ever DO Day a big success. Georgia Street Boardwalk, Georgia & Meridian, 4 p.m., FREE, all-ages.
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DANCE Rusty Redenbacher’s Funkay Blowout Not only will Rusty Redenbacher’s Funkay Blowout be one of the grooviest parties happening on the Eastside this week, it will also be the most fun to talk about with your co-workers. DJ Kinetik will return to the Mousetrap to join the bill for the evening and get rumps shaking. The Mousetrap, 5565 N. Keystone Ave., Aug. 29., 9 p.m., $5, 21+ FEST WARMfest Turn back to page 10 for all your WARMfest-y goodness. This three-day fest runs through Labor Day and features a huge collection of local and national acts. Broad Ripple Park, 1550 Broad Ripple Ave., times vary, prices vary, all-ages LEGEND Smokey Robinson That voice! Those songs! Oh, Smokey. Palladium at the Center for the Performing Arts, 355 City Center Dr., 8 p.m., prices vary, all-ages Hang Nine, Pawn Shop Pub, 21+ Monika Herzig, Peter Kienle, Oliver Winery, Bloomington, 21+ Sugar Moon Rabbit, Melody Inn, 21+ Songwriter’s Circle, Irving Theater, all-ages
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SUNDAY PARTY Sabbatical One Year Anniversary Tent Party Breakdown Kings and Jenn Cristy will play at this anniversary celebration for new Broad Ripple restaurant/venue space Sabbatical. We were worried when the beloved Locals Only had to shut its doors, but the guys behind that operation quickly found another space to call their own, right on the Broad Ripple strip. Throughout the week, stop in for a margarita on the porch, a latenight beer or dinner and a show. They’ll celebrate Sunday with a day-long tent party featuring several local acts. Sabbatical, 921 Broad Ripple Ave., 11 a.m., FREE Hank III, Attention Deficit Domination, 3 Bar Ranch, Vogue, 21+ Cocoanut Grove Night, Melody Inn, 21+ Paramedic, Emerson Theater, all-ages
MONDAY FESTIVAL Labor Fest 2013 Replacing the Labor Day parade, Labor Fest will transform Georgia Street into a day-long festival celebrating both American and Hoosier union workers. Starting at 11 a.m. and ending at 6 p.m., the free event will feature live music, food and beverages, as well as many hands-on activities that highlight careers in various Indiana industries.The entertainment schedule includes the following free, family-friendly shows: 11 a.m. – noon, Taks Backs 12:25 – 1:25 p.m. The Jake Henson Band 1:45 – 2:45 p.m. Standout Story 3:05 – 4:05 p.m. The Cory Williams Band 4:30 – 6 p.m. The Flying Toasters Georgia Street, Downtown, 11 a.m., FREE, all-ages
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electronic music called trap, it was hip-hop and that’s always a lot of high hats and 808s, like the Dirty South stuff. I think that’s what the EDM producers are borrowing from the most, the way they do their high hats and shit. I think for what the electro producers are calling trap, it’s a lot of buildups and drops very similar to dubstep but without the real crunchy bro’d out baseline and huge snare drums. I think it’s also defined by the fact that its got more of a base in rap music than it does dance music.
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ILLINOIS North Coast Music Festival, Aug. 30-Sept. 1, Chicago This Labor Day weekend, Union Park in Chicago will host a variety of names that will get you grooving like Big Gigantic, Afrojack and the WuTang Clan. More headliners are still to be announced as the date approaches. And the fun doesn’t stop when the festival closes because numerous after parties will be hosted at venues around the city.
PENNSYLVANIA Made in America Festival Aug. 31 - Sept. 1, Philadelphia Yes, it’s a bit of a haul. Yes, it’s the same weekend as WARM Fest. But if you have a true love for the Queen B — that’s Beyonce — you’ll want to head to Jay Z’s Made in America Festival. Nine Inch Nails co-headlines.
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