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hy do we have to teach kids they’re great at everything as 5-year-olds when the world will gladly tell them they suck as 25-year-olds? Why leave them so completely unprepared for reality? FreeRangeKids.com reported on the story of a Sacramento mother who was arrested and charged with a felony for allowing her four-year-old to play 120feet from her back door. “The boy was in a gated apartment complex and on a playground,” Lenore Skenazy of Free Range Parenting said. “What’s more, if the neighbors were worried, why wouldn’t they just talk to the mom? And if the cops were worried, why didn’t they tell her why this was dangerous (citing actual stats, not just ‘what ifs’), rather than threatening her with jail time, as they did? How does that solve any problems? The mom, Sonya Hendren, was arrested and charged with child endangerment — a felony.” These charges were later dropped to misdemeanors, but that doesn’t change the fact that Hendren now has to deal with the effects of everyone else helicopter parenting FOR her. “We have a CPS (Child Protective Service) case now,” she said. “And every time he’s not in my visual sight we’re in violation.” So that’s the kind of kid who could grow up to take a shotgun to a Planned Parenthood. Keep a child swaddled in cotton without any conflict of any kind until he’s 37. Release him back into the wild and watch his limited social skills shit on themselves when he sees that everyone will never always agree with him or his stunted world view or give him a trophy just for participating. Today, parents teach their kids to be so universally tolerant that they’re offended by everything and are intolerant of everyone. Imagine a nation of children who might grow up with their panties in a twist over anyone else’s differences. Not because – they claim – that they are intolerant. But because they are so tolerant that they don’t want anyone else to be uncomfortable. God forbid anyone should be uncom4 VOICES // 12.09.15 - 12.16.15 // 100% RECYCLED PAPER // NUVO
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fortable. Or out of place. Sometimes the beliefs or choices or actions of another person have nothing to do with you. NBCNews.com published a statement by the president of Oklahoma Wesleyan University. Dr. Everett Piper posted his message on the university website last week, expressing the unpopular opinion that today’s average college student demands far too much coddling. “This is Not a Day Care,” Piper said. “It’s a University!”
God forbid anyone should be uncomfortable. Remember the good ol’ days when going to college to be challenged by new ideas was actually the thing? When kids looked forward to experiencing other cultures and ways of thinking instead of whining when their vanilla pudding came dotted with a few too many rainbow sprinkles? The New Yorker stated in its article, “The Trouble with Teaching Rape Law” that law students now complain about learning techniques for sexual assault litigation. They also complain that their test scores could go down if they see questions having to do with rape law on an exam. So… when they graduate and somehow manage to pass the bar, are they going to turn down rape victims as clients? Are they going to tell rape victims not to get too deep into the gory details because their lawyers can’t handle it? Are we next going to allow our medical students to opt out of trauma training because they can’t handle the ordeal of treating rape victims? Consider the possibility that the rabid helicopter nurturing of the modern parent could be contributing to the growing number, severity and frequency of mass shootings. n
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Because you bled one week of every month. Because you wanted to build bridges and towers. Because you weren’t at home dusting the den. Because, for no reason. — Excerpt from 1 4, As More Than Just A Number by Anne Humphrey
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hen I was a year old, a man walked into a classroom in the University of Montreal engineering school armed with a semiautomatic rifle, a hunting knife, and a suicide note tucked away in his jacket pocket. He declared a war against feminism and murdered 14 women before turning the gun on himself. Three days shy of my 27th birthday last week, a man entered a Planned Parenthood in Colorado Springs with his fully loaded assault rifle, killed two people and a police officer called to the scene, and surrendered after a standoff lasting five hours. As a young woman, the two acts of domestic terrorism are crude bookends to my life so far. The long history of violenceagainst abortion clinics, Planned Parenthood facilities, and women’s health centers would fare better juxtaposed with the shooting in Colorado. The man responsible, a professed evangelical, reportedly made reference to a heavily edited and illegally obtained video of a Planned Parenthood official discussing fetal tissue research leaked to the public by a national pro-life group. But the 1989 massacre in Montreal provides context beyond the ongoing rhetoric of the abortion debate. The gunman in the engineering school classroom separated the women from the men and ordered the men to leave the room. Before he opened fire he said, “You’re women, you’re going to be engineers. You’re all a bunch of feminists. I hate feminists.” These are among the last words several women heard before they were shot, injured, and killed. His premeditated statement highlights a deep-seated hatred of women furthering their education in a male-dominated field, challenging gender expectations and socialized norms, asserting their right to choose their own path.
The mass reaction to the murders of the 14 women centered on their professional aspirations and rightly so. Over two decades later, the number of female engineering undergraduate students hovers between 17 and 20 percent in the United States and Canada. As I reread the story of the massacre, I focused on the uttered confession of the gunman further detailed in his suicide note. At the heart of his motive is a fear of a woman’s choice, the choices women make individually and collectively, and the fact that women have a choice at all. Choice is a privilege long passed off as indisputable right, directly impacted by comprehensive education and equitable opportunity. Choice implies and exemplifies a sense of freedom. The patriarchal nature of the world
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Instead, I believe people are offended by women out of their assigned place.” I am a patron and supporter of Planned Parenthood, but I do not align myself with pro-choice politics. Choice is predictably subjective and severely limited based on identity. Instead, I am a proud advocate of emotional and physical wellness, bodily autonomy, and reproductive justice. Abortion services are an important part of affordable and accessible reproductive and general health care, especially for poor families, disabled individuals, queer people, and women of color. Women and others seeking reproductive options at Planned Parenthood, independent abortion clinics, and health facilities both want and need informed choice over their own bodies. The shooter in Colorado Springs killed one woman, a mother of two, among his three victims. But he targeted a facility best known for representing women’s health and promoting pro-choice politics and access to abortion care. He did not care who was at the center to pick up the next month’s birth control, review their STI test results, get a referral Choice is a privilege long passed for prenatal care, or set an for an abortion off as indisputable right, directly appointment procedure. Each person within range of his rifle deserved his impacted by comprehensive or her fate for simply being in education and equitable a place that earned his hatred. His beliefs concerning aboropportunity. tion and fetal tissue research may well be grounded in his religious faith, but his actions and criminal behavior prior to both devalues and mischaracterizes the shooting are in direct opposition to what is conditionally associated with women and their choices. womanhood and femininity. When The 26th anniversary of the Montreal women exercise informed choice, they massacre fell on December 6th. It’s time disrupt the entrenched belief that to brazenly name and challenge the women have a predestined, subjugated underlying issue at hand and expand position in society. After the latest access to informed choice. The deaths shooting at Planned Parenthood, a of 14 women in Montreal, 3 people in friend of mine posited, “I do not believe Colorado, and every person in between people are so offended by abortion that must not be in vain. n they blow up places and shoot people. NUVO // 100% RECYCLED PAPER // 12.09.15 - 12.16.15 // VOICES 5
WHAT HAPPENED? Mind Trust awards charter conversion grants to IPS schools Two IPS schools will each utilize $50,000 to convert to Innovation Network schools — a fancy term for charter schools within the Indianapolis Public School system. The conversion will give the schools more autonomy over school day scheduling, funding, and other choices associated with autonomous schools. George H. Fisher School #93, in partnership with Phalen Leadership Academies, will use its grant to further implementation of the Project RESTORE model, which was created by IPS teachers to help low- performing schools succeed. Cold Spring School, an IPS environmental magnet program, will use its grant to support science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education initiatives and expand a partnership with Marian University, which is located next to the elementary school. The Mind Trust will also provide support and expert access for the schools in their conversion plans. Those plans will be presented to the IPS school board 2016 for final approval. Lesbian couples file lawsuit for birth certificate rights A group of lesbian couples is suing the state and associated officials for the right to have the names of both mothers listed on the birth certificates of their children. The suit, filed last week in U.S. District Court in Indianapolis, seeks a summary judgment from a federal judge to prohibit the state from denying parenthood to the female spouse of a mother who was artificially inseminated. Currently an Indiana birth certificate only allows for a mother and a father. If a heterosexual couple is artificially inseminated, the state allows the couple to “presume” the husband is the child’s father. The same is not allowed for inseminated mothers in same-sex relationships. To add insult to injury, the babies are listed as “born out-of-wedlock” despite the new legal status of same-sex couples. The plaintiffs argue the state is violating the Equal Protection and Due Process clauses of the 14th Amendment. — AMBER STEARNS Prescription drug abuse affecting Indiana workforce A recent survey has revealed that eight out of 10 Hoosier employers have been affected in some way by use and misuse of prescription drugs. The survey findings, released Monday by the National Safety Council and the Indiana Attorney General’s Prescription Drug Abuse Prevention Task Force, is the first of its kind, according to the National Safety Council. The survey shows 64 percent or nearly two-thirds, “of employers believe prescription drugs such as Vicodin, OxyContin and Percocet are bigger problems than illegal drugs.” The survey also highlighted that 87 percent of employers conduct drug testing, only 52 percent test for synthetic opioids. The council is recommending employers to expand drug testing and encouraging Hoosier business owners to educate employees and supervisors on how to detect misuse of prescription drugs. — THE STATEHOUSE FILE 6 NEWS // 12.09.15 - 12.16.15 // 100% RECYCLED PAPER // NUVO
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n 1968 a lanky Rev. Gordon Blossom armed with a toothbrush moustache, a Sunday morning preacher’s suit and a thousand dollars collected through church offerings and donations from local businesses and community members arrived in Albion, Michigan. The reverend joined four community leaders. Within a few hours Rev. Blossom became the director of two tax-exempt businesses — Honey Creek Christian Services and a corporation known as Honey Creek Christian Homes. It was a move set to rival Starr Commonwealth, a home for foster children in Albion, Michigan that held up to 180 wards located a few counties away. By the 1960’s Floyd Starr had carved out a foster home niche in Michigan, exuding a persona similar to that of Father Flanagan portrayed in the movie Boy’s Town. Floyd Starr won accolades from the community, judges, politicians and courts that placed kids in his homes. Blossom longed for Starr’s success — as a boy Blossom himself was placed at the home, rejecting his mother’s remarriage after his abusive biological father left the home. Blossom worked as Director of Homelife for Starr Commonwealth. Starr staff fondly referred to Blossom as one of the “good ol’ boys” and asked him on numerous occasions to speak at Starr Commonwealth celebrations. Armed with Starr Commonwealth’s network of judges, Honey Creek garnered support by speeches given to leaders throughout the community. Blossom’s wife Marion traveled throughout Michigan and Ohio to gain support and accept donations for the Honey Creek facility. Amid the clank of steaming porcelain teacups, members stirred in sugar and cream as Marion Blossom spoke to members of the Clarksville Bible Church at the Ladies Spring Tea in 1970. In the fall of 1970
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Original artwork by Theresa Rosado, “Mr. Brown, The Strap and the Haircut,”illustrates some of the punishments NHYM students endured. Mr.Brownand Mr. Blackarenamesgiven by NH staff of the strap used to spank children.
Mrs. Blossom showed slides and spoke to a living room gathering of 17 women about Honey Creek at the Jonesville Child Study Club in Jonesville, Michigan. The slideshows and speeches paid off. By 1972 Rev. Blossom raised enough awareness of his new foster home through community leaders, gathering a substantial amount of funds to proceed with the second half of the Honey Creek expansion. By 1972 Honey Creek Christian Home expanded from a cottage holding 10 boys to four new residential buildings that held up to 80 boys on a half-million-dollar campus. At Honey Creek’s second dedication ceremony, renowned Word of Life youth ministry founder Jack Wyrtzen traveled all the way from New York stating, “Usually, when I am asked to speak at a dedication service, it could be called Mortgage Manor. But this dedication is different — six new buildings, a campus of a half-million dollars and not a mortgage on the grounds.” As the motto of the school was announced, “Put a
Boy in God’s Hands”, 11 boys proceeded to the podium in the new gymnasium, reciting Ephesians 2:2-3 from the Bible. “Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience: Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others.” Applause arose from the gathering, the crowd unaware of the unfolding events that would end at Rev. Blossom’s own hands in his role as director at Honey Creek. On May 1, 1973 Floyd Starr Day was declared in Michigan on Starr’s 90th birthday, drawing special recognition
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Rev. Gordon Blossom began his youth ministries empire in Michigan with the development of Honey Creek Christian Services, a program similar to rival Starr Commonwealth. Honey Creek began as a residential facility for Michigan’s foster children. Honey Creek rose in popularity and allowed Blossom to found New Horizons Youth Ministries as an alternative facility serving delinquent youth — both state and private wards.
Splendid in the northern part of Port au Prince. What an exciting and stimulating change this was from my responsibilities as general director of Honey Creek Christian Homes, a program for delinquent boys near Grand Rapids, Mich.” The actual program deviated from what was advertised to parents and students. New Horizons generated an image of culture and education, publishing fliers and showing slides in the quest to convince parents of the benefit of their life-changing program. A boy that attended Caribe Vista writes, “It was the first day of spring, but the stifling tropical blanket tossed over me as I exited the tiny New Horizons distinguished itself by aircraft, foretelling of a miserable, limiting its intake to children between humid hellhole not imagined in the ages of 12 and 17 and by engaging in colorful slidepractices that were often found in conflict the show with which I had been presentof state statutes by judges, parents and ed (suckered) a month ago. I dutisocial service agencies. fully followed the Reverend Timothy Blossom, the leader, founder, and self-appointed guru In 1971 under Blossom’s direction, of Caribe Vista Youth Ministry.” A 1972 Honey Creek Christian Homes sent their article in the Bryan Times read, “Caribefirst group of children and staff to Haiti Vista is a short-term accredited concenas a group called Caribe Vista Youth Safari. Rev. Blossom’s son, Timothy Blos- trated program for selected US teenagers, som, was working as the general director offering cultural and personal enrichment in a homestyle atmosphere. When Ben of Honey Creek Christian Homes and [Blossom] returns he will have experiled the group in Haiti. Tim wrote, “It was April 23, 1971 and twenty-four of us were enced living a close neighboring country, studying their customs and problems. The on a missionary junket to Haiti. We were teenagers not only continue their regular staying at the venerable old Hotel Es from the House and Senate of the state of Michigan, the state of Ohio, as well as Michigan's Governor William G. Milliken, and former Michigan Governor George Romney.” Invited to speak at the event, Blossom garnered immediate respect through his association with Starr Commonwealth, solidifying his new position as director of Honey Creek Christian Homes and his new venture as director and founder of New Horizons Youth Ministries, an alternative facility that focused on serving delinquent youth, both private contract and state wards.
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high school courses, but also will be involved in sociological and anthropological field trips, participate in peace corps type projects, native festivals, sugar-making and native crafting studies in cooperation with the University of Nebraska.” In 1972 Rev. Blossom incorporated New Horizons Youth Ministries in Grand Rapids while working as director of Honey Creek Christian Homes, initiating a shell game of ministries and leadership. It was a move that conflicted with Honey Creek’s Articles of Incorporation. The Haitian program now relied heavily on private contract students, shifting its status toward a for-profit corporation. Blossom’s failure to maintain both staff and student visas and failure to legally incorporate the facility in Haiti revealed a critical evasion of taxes generated by the facility in Haiti. In February of 1974 Rev. Gordon Blossom disclosed his revocation as director of Honey Creek Christian Homes to the Grand Rapids Press. When Michigan Supreme Court Administrator Russell Baugh questioned the legality of out-of-country placements in a letter to judges in 1974, five Michigan courts ordered the immediate return of their wards. Michigan’s State Department of Social Services also halted payments from the Child Care Fund. By January of 1975 Rev. Blossom was legally removed from Honey Creek Christian Homes Board of Directors. Modeled after the residential facilities of Starr Commonwealth, New Horizons distinguished itself by limiting its intake to children between the ages of 12 and 17 and by engaging in practices that were often found in conflict of state statutes by judges, parents and social service agen-
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cies. Holding a Bible certificate from New York, Rev. Blossom coined the term “culture-shock therapy” as one of the foundations for his program’s approach. “Culture shock is one of the major reasons my staff are able to change behavior. The teen experiences a feeling of loss and loneliness and becomes extremely dependent on those nearby. At the same time he is more receptive to new ideas.” The program also utilized a confrontational approach to the children housed at their facilities. Placed on a strict point and level system, those that failed to make their points faced staff that yelled and threw them about or forced them into lengthy punitive exercises. Antiquated penal methods of punishments utilized thousands of years ago resurfaced in the ministry including strappings, enforced silence and haircuts. An adult male could whip students violating New Horizon’s policies using a wide leather strap. They braced themselves over a chair to prevent from falling over from the force. The straps left cuts that bled as well as bruises and blisters. Others would be forced into silence, only allowed to communicate through notebooks. Haircuts were another ancient form of penalization used throughout the ministries’ history. The punitive aspect of the program was often discovered as an after fact. The Blossoms inconsistently revealed the extent and true nature of their therapeutic treatment, at times citing punishment as a valuable aspect of the program’s therapeutic success. Following his loss of license in Michigan and support of judges, Rev. Blossom embarked on an elaborate interstate shell game of staff and facilities. By establishing facilities in Florida, Indiana, Canada and the Dominican Republic, Blossom embarked on a journey of dual status profit, non-profit corporations under the names of his son Timothy Blossom as well as other staff. n [EDITOR’S NOTE: In part three of “To Hell and Back: a NUVO series” Rosado continues following Blossom’s growth of New Horizons Youth Ministries, including the expansion into Marion, Indiana, the Dominican Republic, and an attempt to expand into Florida, while exploring some of the peculiar methodologies NHYM claimed were “therapeutic.” Look for part three Jan. 6.]
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The Aztecs were fermenting agave pulp as far back as 1000 B.C., but the milky, funky finished product was nowhere near the tequila we know today. It wasn’t until the Spanish arrived in the 1400s that distillation of the agave spirit into actual liquor began. Even then, the liquor was produced with mud stills and was fairly primitive. Enter the Cuervo family. In 1758, the Cuervos started commercially distilling tequila, followed by the Sauza family in 1873. The Sauza pater familias, Don Cenobio Sauza, was the first to figure out that the blue agave plant produced superior tequila, and the commercial tequila market was born. One other factor that sets tequila apart is that agave has some stimulant properties, which explains the old adage “gin gets you drunk, but tequila gets you pregnant.” Here’s where the names come in: All tequilas are mezcals — defined as any spirit distilled from agave — but not all mezcals are tequilas, which must be made from Blue Agave. Personified, tequila has two sides: the spirit of the Cuervo family, who first brought tequila to life in Mexico. Then there is the true spirit of the modern tequila lover, perfectly channeled in a Doc Sportello, Inherent Vice ensemble. You can feel the dry, hot wind in every sip of finely crafted mezcal. Or you can hear every note of the avant garde jazz ensemble you’re listening to at 4 a.m. in the middle of a vice-fueled night of investigating yourself, man.
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See Sean Webster’s (left) Canadian Whiskey profile on page 12. There are some things in life that are just finer: tailored suits, leather-bound books, rugs made of the furs of exotic animals. Cognac, like other excesses, has become somewhat of a favored son among those with expensive tastes. However, the origin of distilling wine into brandy has much more humble beginnings. Way back in the 1400s, the Dutch were having problems shipping wine from France. They needed a more stable product that would make the trip back relatively unscathed by the shock of a rolling boat and temperature shifts, so the wine was distilled into brandy using the same methods farms did for distilling their excess grapes. Before this, farmers were the main consumers of the grape-based liquor, which was usually produced when there was a heavy grape harvest. More than they wanted to drink wine, the Dutch wanted to get wasted on French grapes, and so brandy was born. At the time, it was just called “eau de vie,” and was sold as a clear double distillate simply to economize room on the ships. It wasn’t until the turn of the 17th century that producers began storing and shipping the eau de vie in oak barrels from the Cognac and Armagnac regions, which they noticed changed the taste and color of the product. These days, cognac and brandy are often served all on their own, usually with a well-cut blazer or pantsuit.
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Technically speaking, “whiskey” is any spirit distilled from grain, whether it’s corn, wheat, rye or barley. It’s a heavily regulated spirit around the world, especially when it comes to regional differences in production that make Scotch and
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the rules surrounding what is or is not bourbon. In Scotland, to become “Scotch,” you have to adhere to similar rules that bourbons bearing the “Bottled In Bond” label do: They have to be made in a Scottish distillery and aged in a governmentcontrolled warehouse for no less than three years. There are a few more strict rules about composition, but none more confusing than the terms “single malt” and “single grain.” Confusingly, single malt is made with only malted barley and water at a single distillery in a pot still. “Single grain” is made with a mix of grains but at a single distillery. While Scotland’s distilling market is healthy with over 100 distilleries in operation, war in Ireland caused a major upset to their exportation, and only a handful of Irish distilleries remain open today, mostly owned and controlled by larger liquor conglomerates like Pernod’s. Perhaps least surprising is that Irish whiskey is most popular in the U.S. than any other country, including Ireland.
And just like Canadian manners, Canadian whiskey is known for being a lighter, smoother version of its overseas cousins thanks to the addition of a lot of corn spirits. Canadian whiskey is also known to have quite a bit of flavorful rye in it, and most Canadians (including the government) use Canadian whiskey and rye interchangeably. It’s smooth and unobtrusive, like a Canadian hello. The process of distilling liquor from grains is literally as old as the Roman Empire, where we get the phrase “aqua vitae” or “water of life” (and “eau de vie”). The Romans knew what we still know today: whiskey makes you want to do stuff. Whiskey is famous for making shy people extra chatty and turning otherwise peaceful people into prizefighters.
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Gin, like so many good recreational substances, began its life in the Middle Ages as a medicine. These days, the varieties of gin are separated by their production methods and sugar content. “London” gin is legally defined as having less than .1 grams of sugar per liter of finished product, which is why it’s also known as “dry gin.” The process of flavoring gin involves the precise yoking of science to the forces of nature that make flavor, so gin is the spirit of choice for those who studiously observe the wonder of nature. And there’s no better encapsulation of the spirit of rum than a white guy in a tropical shirt and sunglasses. Even in the beginning of the production of rum, the liquor was produced to send back to countries like Holland and England. These days, rum is the spirit of vacation, tiki bars and backyard barbecues, with its rich history often buried under a canopy of fruit on skewers and tiny umbrellas. Finally, the Green Fairy once again finds herself having to be defensive, just like her long and unfair history. The delicious licorice-flavored wormwood spirit was blamed, along with marijuana, for the violent outbursts of criminals, artist and housewives alike. A little less than 100 years after it was first banned, absinthe is making a welcome appearance back on bar and store shelves, with a new Millennium awareness that the spirits’ effects are from alcohol and not a psychoactive effect. The Green Fairy flies again.
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Bourbon is the ultimate American spirit. We took spirits distilled from the finest corn and grain grown on Kentucky soil, we put them inside a charred oak barrel and then we waited. Even before we as a nation decided to protect the purity of our medicine, we passed a law that protected the purity of our bourbon. The Bottle in Bond Act meant that the government could ensure the purity of the spirit and the production origin, and hucksters trying to make a quick buck off grain spirits colored with tobacco wouldn’t be able to sell their product as “bourbon” anymore. It was one of the first uniquely American products traded internationally, with a set of laws made by the U.S. government determining what was and was not bourbon. Asian markets are seeing an explosion in collectible American bourbons. Even Prohibition couldn’t put a true damper on the bourbon market, with doctors prescribing it as “medicine” and households being allowed to have a certain allotment every week. Our love of bourbon is so deep that we winked-andnodded the entire nation into bypassing its own temperance law so we could all continue to have a little. n
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hough the Indianapolis Art Center is chock-full of classes geared toward traditional art, its exhibitions are as contemporary as it gets. The upcoming Winter Exhibition Series — with takes on DIY culture, hand-made and the out-of-the box — might just be an indication that Millennials are firmly in control of this Indianapolis art institution. The opening reception for the Winter Exhibition Series will feature four separate group and solo exhibitions. “We have all of these different gallery spaces and instead of having all of these disjointed shows, I really want them to be unified and have a dialogue with each other,” says the (early) thirtysomething director of exhibitions Kyle Harrington. “And that’s something that I’m really thinking about when curating different kinds of shows.” The artists in the group show Doing It Themselves: Artists Exploring the Handmade are definitely in dialogue with each other; most of them hang out (and hanging art) together. And if you’ve been to the gallery that serves as a barometer for local art trends in Indy (General Public Collective in Fountain Square) the aesthetic may appear familiar even if you aren’t acquainted with the individual work of Indy-area artists: Erin K. Drew, Jenny Ollikainen, Nat Russell, Emily
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Gable, Eric Stine and Thea Meussling. “It’s really sort of celebrating the aesthetic of handmade,” says Harrington. You can see this DIY aesthetic at work in Nat Russell’s wall-hanging sculpture entitled “Modern Library Fresh Titles,” that is made to resemble a bookshelf. And with his work’s resonances, it’s not surprising that Russell’s gaining renown outside Indy. But, as Harrington notes, Russell has chosen to help define culture here. Harrington sees templates for that kind of thing elsewhere in the history of contemporary art, pointing to the Bay Area Artists of San Francisco. “They were a gang of artists, and they all had a similar style of work and I think that’s true of here too,” he says. “But I think it’s impor“Accompaniment” by Sean Derry (at left) and “Dragonfruit” by Amelia Toelke (above). SUBMITTED PHOTOS
tant to show what’s going on outside the Midwest too.” Or way outside the Midwest. Amelia Toelke, now based in Thailand, has several wall-hanging sculptures. Looking at her rose-colored, laser-cut acrylic work “Dragonfruit,” you can see your reflection in it. I’ve always been inspired by jewelry, reflective materials,” says Toelke. “And being in Thailand, seeing these amazingly seductive surfaces on lots and lots of things, mostly on temples there, I usually gravitate towards metals and things like that. I love the idea of seeing yourself in the architecture; you come up to the building and you’re a part of it.” And visitors can participate in the Interactive Snowflake Exhibition, making their own snowflakes in the Ruth Lilly Library. But perhaps the pièce de résistance of the Winter Exhibition Series is Sean Derry’s “Accompaniment,” which features a handmade player piano powered by the same engine turning the turntable of an old record player playing “Moon River.” While the piano’s keys move, no sounds emanate from its interior. Derry, the head of the sculpture program at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, says of this piece, “I’m interested in digging into that notion of companionship, the potential to animate inanimate objects and the quality of the act that goes into repurposing these materials.” n
There is a Child in Me w Through Jan. 23. Okay, at first I wasn’t enamored with the sheep wool sandwich. I’m talking about the Shetland sheep wool pressed into chicken wire, and slapped on the wall. This work still reeks of the sheep from which it was sheered. (The three other pieces in this work, “Animals in Shape” use different types of wool from different types of animals.) But I grew to appreciate the smelliest work in this exhibition by Milanese textile artist Marco Querin and I’ll tell you why. First, though, let’s talk about “Digital Audience,” which employs nothing from the digital realm. Querin employed a wood loom and wool yarn — mediums as old as civilization itself — to create two wall-hanging works of stunning visual impact. On the first of these works, the red yarn is pulled tight on a large loom attached to the wall like strings on harp, several inches from the surface of the wall. But this is no ordinary loom. It consists of three blocks of wood lined with nails; one large piece and two smaller ones. Does the yarn here approximate the flow of digital information from, say, online news amalgamators to their audiences? Art like this, pushing beyond reductionist art speak, prompts such questions — without any gallery wall text to push you in that direction. These questions arise naturally in the contemplation of this elegant work. Speaking of elegance, the work “Beauty Rest” speaks to another kind of beauty. It employs a curtain of black yarn — on each strand of yarn dangles a bolt — hanging down form the iMOCA ceiling to outline a curving female form in the negative space created by the work. And then there are the works in this exhibition, where he employs wool yarn like paint on his canvases, to approximating Hard-edge painting. In “Orbiting Around You,” you see clearly delineated spaces of white, yellow, and black. Or not so clearly delineated. Many of the individual strings of yarn also have tinges of black. And in “How long will it Take Before I’ll be Shaped into a Man?” you see the artist playing with complementary color — strands of red and green yarn alternating with one another — and nodding toward representation. That is, you see the artist’s green profile in the foreground. Spend time with this exhibition. Contemplate it, breathe it in as you might breathe in the Shetland sheep smell of “Animals in Shape.” (Wool is, after all, the raw material Querin works with, and he wants you to appreciate it like he does.) This is an exhibit without pretense; this is work with enormous intuitive energy, spontaneity and playfulness; this is art doing what art should do. — DAN GROSSMAN iMOCA (Indianapolis Museum of Contemporary Art), 1043 Virginia Ave., Ste. 6, indymoca.org
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TINY CHAT Cirque Dreams Holidaze comes to Indy Neil Goldberg is bringing the holiday Broadway hit combining cirque acrobatics and an elaborate 300 costumes to Indy for the first time this year. The show Cirque Dreams Holidaze has been in existence for over 23 years, toured in over 300 cities, and comes with a million-and-a-hal-dollar production price tag. The show began when Goldberg was 8 years old, walking home from Hebrew day school, picking up discarded tree ornaments. Today he has a 10,000-piece collection. Eight years ago he brought the collection into his studio and asked his design team to start making costumes based on the decorations. From there they built a story and eventually the show. NUVO: What is your favorite costume in the show? NEIL GOLDBERG: Wow. I am really partial to the tree-topper, the ornament that sits on top of the tree. I am not quite sure the audience would ever be able to figure this out, but there are probably no less than 300 Swarovski crystal rhinestones on the costume itself. I think at this time of year any entertainment product, or show, or scene, or product or costume needs to sparkle and dazzle like the holiday season. NUVO: It sounds very Nutcracker. GOLDBERG: A little bit. I will be honest, there have been others that have made that reference. I think the difference is unlike Nutcracker, the Grinch and White Christmas, you never know what is going to happen next. I think that’s what keeps audiences coming back year after year, and certainly sitting on the edge of their seats. This show is so fast-paced. It’s 100 minutes in two acts with an intermission. NUVO: When was the first time you saw an acrobat or this kind of performance? GOLDBERG: I went to see my first Broadway show when I was 6 years old. It was The Miracle Worker which was the Helen Keller story. I was fascinated by what happens on the stage. That ignited a spark within me to pursue that sort of artistic lifestyle and inclination. Honestly, I was not a fan of the circus as a kid. Because it was too noisy and too distracting. I remember my mom would take us, me, my brothers and sisters, to the circus, it was more so to keep us occupied and out of trouble. — EMILY TAYLOR Murat Theatre at Old National Centre, 502 N. New Jersey St., $28-$98, indianapolis.broadway.com
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t’s theater without the theater; or the stage, or lights, or even blocking. Just actors, scripts and a few unusual settings. This is the concept behind Lou Harry’s (Indianapolis Business Journal’s arts and entertainment editor) most recent performance production. Sitelines is a project developed by Harry and John Thomas that will bring play readings to unique locations and audiences around Indy. The two started theatrical work together about four or five Fringe Festivals ago, when they created the show Going ... Going ... Gone, that is still running today.
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audience. For example, the first reading will focus on visual art. The Credeaux Canvas by Keith Bunin will be read by four professional actors in Gallery 924, surrounded by a visual art installation. Harry hopes to find niche groups, then plays and locations to match. He makes a quick note that there is a play about Frank “People think of play readings Lloyd Wright that would be perfect for architecture sometimes as a preliminary thing. aficionados and build... But I see them as experiences in ing preservationists. A few other locations on his and of themselves.” — LOU HARRY bucket list are the locker room at Victory Field, the woods at Conner Prairie, Crown Hill Cemetery and a jazz club. “I love play readings,” says Harry. “This starts with finding a group of “People think of play readings sometimes people who aren’t first and foremost as a preliminary thing. That it’s a way of theater-goers,” says Harry. “What subject getting an idea of what a play is. But I see and area are these people interested? And them as experiences in and of themselves then — we have a long list of those groups not as a prelude to something else.” — we find a specific high-quality play that Harry went on to explain how L.A. speaks specifically to their interest group. Theatre Works opened his eyes to how Not in an didactic way, not in an academic compelling this format can be way, but in a real with just a script in hand and storytelling way. a few actors. Each Something that production will doesn’t just take start with place in their a targeted
world, but really speaks to their world.” Based on the idea alone, the curation looks like it will leave a cultural breadcrumb trail, and provide the kind of cross pollination that feeds creative communities. Harry hopes to strip down theater productions to their core — a strong narrative and actors who are not bound by costumes or memorization. “It’s giving them license to be creative and explore it in interesting ways,” says Harry. The first three productions by Sitelines are funded by an Individual Artist grant through the Indiana Arts Commission. Paying the actors is a priority for Harry. “There are only so many times you can say, ‘Oh, this is exposure,’” says Harry. The plays will also have a thematic tie to place. Harry will only select plays that have not yet been performed in Indy (and are established works.) He hopes the combination will be a catalyst to bring in people who wouldn’t normally consider seeing a play. “We are taking the theater experience to them on their turf in a place that they feel comfortable,” says Harry. “In this case I would want to be able to push the theater people who are in the audience to get out to more gallery shows and museum shows, and push the gallery people to get to an occasional theater and see what’s available there.” n
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yan Felton remembers sitting in the back seat of his parents’ car, heading home from their family Christmas. The then 9-year-old boy fervently listened to the discussion at hand — why his uncle had stopped the tradition of reading a story or poem to kids in the family when they were all gathered for the holidays. This was the first year in his young life there had been no story. This memory is what inspired Felton to write The Christmas That Never Was last year for his young cousins, a story poem about what might happen if everyone thought Christmas was off that year. “I can’t remember if I sort of daydreamed it or just woke up one morning with this image in my head of a calendar grid for December that had a square missing and jumped from Dec. 24 to the 26,” laughs Felton. “And what kind of panic that would instill in people, especially kids.” Felton wrote the tale as a narrative
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poetry piece, similar to the ones that his uncle used to tell 15 years ago. “The original motivator for that was definitely just me wanting to have something special to share with my family,” says Felton. “I felt like our annual get-togethers were missing some sort of tradition or flourish.” As Felton is a core member of performance art collective Know No Stranger, he
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eventually showed the piece to his artistic colleagues. Today, it is the premise for a storytelling show that will debut at the Festival of Trees at the Indiana State Museum. “We all became interested in what it could be beyond the scope of a written word piece,” says Felton. First, they created a partially animated video with original illustrations by Michael Runge, one of the founding members of
Know No Stranger. Now, it’s a live work that utilizes Know No Stranger members as narrators, along with text projections, shadow puppets and illustrations to make it feel like a storybook come to life. “This kind of thing is really in our wheelhouse, as far as shadow puppetry and projection … ,” says Felton, referring to the mixed media. “It’s definitely in the neighborhood of what we do best.” n
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RECURRING EVENTS Indy Word Lab First Monday, 7-9 p.m. Indy Word Lab has been called “what writing workshops are supposed to be.”
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Indy Reads Books, 911 Mass. Ave., FREE Jabberwocky Second Tuesday. Jabberwocky is put on by Storytelling Arts of Indiana, the same folks who put on the stories at Crown Hill around Halloween. This particular event has hosted our very own Managing Editor Ed Wenck. Some of the past themes have included favorite books, teacher’s pets, beer, enduring love and spiritual journeys.
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ryan Kocis had lost nearly everything, until he got an email. It was a message from a young man named Danny Moilin, who was interested in coming to work in Kocis’ gay porn empire. Kocis said he could stay in the house for the night; they would discuss filming the next day. Just a few hours later Kocis would be brutally murdered, and his home set on fire. Danny Moilin was not Danny Moilin. He was actually another player in the porn industry named Andrew Stoner Harlow Cuadra. Kocis had been running a successTO FILM ful porn studio known as Cobra Films. His cash COBRA cow was a young man KILLER named Sean Lockhart, who became famous for AUTHORS: his youthful look. Lockhart ANDREW E. was approached by Cuadra STONER AND and his partner, Joseph PETER A. Kerekes, who were in debt CONWAY and needed a star to sell PRICE: $10- $14 their own brand. The only person standing in the way of their fortune was Kocis. So Cuadra and Kerekes devised a plan to kill him. This is the premise for Andrew Stoner’s book Cobra Killer: Gay Porn, Murder, and the Manhunt to Bring the Killers to Justice. The rights to the book were purchased and are currently being made into a movie. The filming just wrapped up this fall. The film will star James Franco; something that Hoosier author, Stoner, is particularly excited to see. “I am a big fan of James Franco,” says Stoner. “It’s exciting to think I might get to meet him at some point. I would love to invite him to one of my classes. He is a real titan of social media; I teach a social media class, so he would fit right in.” Stoner left Indiana in 2010 to complete his PhD in Colorado. Eventually he landed at the California State University in Sacramento, where he teaches public relations. But before leaving his home state, Stoner had become accustomed to dealing with crime and media. Stoner was former gover-
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Burned remains of Bryan Kocis’ home in Dallas, PA. Front pages of Citizens’ Voice.
nor Frank O’Bannon’s deputy press secretary and the public information officer for IMPD. The connection to “true crime” goes back to his family roots. His brother is a police officer and Stoner used to write about crime for The South Bend Tribune. “We grew up with a scanner in the kitchen,” says Stoner. “That was just normal in our house. ... My brother had a huge desire to be a police officer … and I worked at Indianapolis Police for several years. I was their second civilian in the role of PIO.” He was in that role when Mike Tyson
was arrested for rape. “[Working with the police] confirmed a lot of what I have since learned about the nature of crime,” says Stoner. He recalls being at IMPD looking up at bulletin boards of criminals who the officers knew were guilty, but they didn’t have what they needed to make an arrest. “When I read the autopsy report in the Cobra case — with a slit throat and almost decapitated head — most people would read that and cringe,” says Stoner. “I read that and thought, well, this is fairly typical. With a very personal crime like this people act in really horrific ways.” Stoner’s first book was a biography on governor O’Bannon. His second book followed murders around the state. Once that was finished, Stoner wasn’t. “I was kind of looking for the next thing,” says Stoner. “I wasn’t done with true crime” He began following Kocis’ murder case. Stoner found a blog written by Peter Conway, who was also following the case. The two eventually decided to write a book on the subject. Conway, an independent computer consultant, had never written a book before but did used to live in the same building as two of men who were convicted for the murder. “An amateur sleuth is what I would call him,” says Stoner. “I remember one of my first messages to him, I thought he was either a law school student or a reporter because he had, well, we used to call it being a bloodhound in journalism.” Between the two of them, the reporting lead to a compelling narrative of betrayal, crime and human nature. Stoner visited the crime scene and interviewed Joseph Kerekes in prison. He recalls how open and calm Kerekes was when he spoke about slitting someone’s throat. Stoner’s interest in crime has been accused of being an exhalting of criminals. “People have one of two reactions when they see true crime stuff of any kind,” says Stoner. “They either are really attracted to it and can’t get enough of it, or they are just really repelled and look at you very strangely and wonder what’s wrong with you, why does that hold your interest. “I don’t want to celebrate perpetrators,” says Stoner. “I am a liberal democrat but I still want criminals in jail.” n
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FILM EVENTS B-Movie Bingo: Samurai Cop Dec. 10, 8 p.m. Developed at the Hollywood Theater in Portland and now franchised to the IMA, B-Movie Bingo makes an interactive game out of the most awesome movie clichés ever committed to celluloid. To play, the audience grabs a bingo card and looks to fill squares like “Long Boring Scene or Male Ponytail” while watching some of the worst/best movies of all time. This week’s movie is the 1991 cult classic Samurai Cop. The crime thriller revolves around a Los Angeles police officer trained by masters of Japanese martial arts. He finds his ancient skills put to the test when the infamous Katana gang starts wreaking havoc across the city.
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White Christmas Dec. 11 and 12, 2 and 7:30 p.m.; Dec. 13, 2 p.m. This is the film Chevy Chase is talking about in Christmas Vacation when he says, “We’re going to have the hap-hap-happiest Christmas since Bing Crosby danced with Danny fuckin’ Kaye!” This 1954 musical is a fun time for the whole family. Now you can see this dazzling dancing spectacle on the big screen! Historic Artcraft Theatre, 57 N. Main St. (Franklin), $5 adult, $4 senior/student, $3 kids 12 and under, historicartcrafttheatre.org It’s a Wonderful Life Dec. 12, 7 p.m. It simply isn’t Christmas without the story of small town businessman George Bailey (played by one of the finest actors in film history, Jimmy Stewart). His daughter Kelly Stewart will be in attendance at the screening of this holiday classic to share stories about his life off-screen. Kelly, on behalf of the Stewart family, will also join Heartland Film President Stuart Lowry for a special announcement of an all-new award in honor of Jimmy Stewart, set to debut at the 25th annual Heartland Film Festival. The Athenaeum, 407 E. Michigan St., $8 online, $10 door, heartlandfilm.org
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he latest big screen adaptation of the tragedy probably written by Shakespeare is shot mostly in Scotland, which means there’s a lot of beautiful, foggy scenery that aches melancholic. The majestic gloom is enhanced by a score that blends industrial sounds with low, mournful strings. You can sense right away that this is going to be the best bummer ever! Macbeth is the second feature film by Australian director Justin Kurzel. His first movie was The Snowtown Murders, which dealt with an Aussie serial killer. His next film will be the video game-based Assassin’s Creed. Looks like Justin likes it rough. Then again, I should have noted that when he opted to add a grisly scene depicting a battle only referred to in the play. There’s a lot of killing going on in Macbeth’s neck of the woods, and we get close-ups galore of flying hunks of flesh and drizzling blood, shot with blue filters, then gold, then blue … how horrific and trippy! Later, the red filters appear, a sure sign that things are getting even grimmer. Macbeth is played by Michael Fassbender, the reigning Magneto in the XMen franchise. He’s very good, as always – seething and shouting and regretting. He regrets a lot. I know it doesn’t make any sense, but during one highly dramatic moment in Macbeth I caught myself thinking of Fassbender’s celebrated full-
Lesslie, and Todd Louiso – are not content merely to trim down the text to fit in 153 minutes. They also tweak the story, because hey, it’s only SHAKESPEARE. They OPENING: FRIDAY, KEYSTONE ART spend a lot of time outdoors, too. It takes RATED: R, r 49 minutes before we reach our first castle. With so much fighting and bleeding and emoting in the misty countryside, it was frontal nude scene in Shame and saying hard not to think of Monty Python and the to myself, “You’d think a guy as well-hung Holy Grail. I understand that the filmmakas he is wouldn’t be so mopey.” er was going for a bare bones feel, though, Marion Cotillard (La Vie en Rose) plays and acknowledge he more or less got it, Lady Macbeth, who takes a surprisingly even if the warriors had to hack through short time to go from from ambitious spouse to OCD hand-washer. Her perfor- muscles and skin to get there. I’m not even sure what the end of that mance is out, damned spot on, and her last sentence meant, but hey, fair is foul, and foul is fair. Or something like that. Bottom They also tweak the story, because line: This Macbeth is a solid enough version, intense and hey, it’s only SHAKESPEARE. violent, and well-acted by a strong cast, including Fassbender and Cotillard, who will also star in James Kurzel’s French accent underscores her characvideo-game-to-cineplex adaptation of Aster’s status as outsider. We’ve reached the point where I usual- sassin’s Creed. Video game. Shakespeare. Could it be ly offer a plot description, but I’m pretty that the difference doth not matter? I’ve sure that if you aren’t already familiar heard that “Life’s but a walking shadow, a with Macbeth, you’ve probably stopped poor player that struts and frets his hour reading this and moved on to the Food on the stage and then is heard no more: section. Speaking of which, have you it is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound eaten at Nick’s Chili on Lafayette Road? Best chili in town – as good as my Mom’s. and fury, signifying nothing.” But I disagree. As opposed to Macbeth, But I digress. I’ve always considered myself a glass half I should tell you that the film’s three full kind of guy. n screenwriters – Jacob Koskoff, Michael REVIEW
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rampus is the kind of fantasy film I loved when I was a kid. Like Gremlins and The Witches, it is the sort of wicked and wondrous ride that my parents would let me watch without realizing how incredibly creepy and gross it is. Krampus emulates those movies and many others from the late ’80s that straddle the line between Spielbergian warmth and spine-chilling horror. The film starts off as a holiday comedy in the vein of Christmas Vacation and Home Alone. The characters are akin to John Hughes archetypes. Like Clark Griswold, Tom (Adam Scott) is an embittered everyman struggling to put on a happy face in the midst of family chaos. Toni Collette plays his wife Sarah — an obsessive, uptight mother much like the one Catherine O’Hara portrays in Home Alone. David Koechner is the rude and crude Uncle Howard, who pulls up to their house on Christmas Eve in a Hummer loaded with hunting gear. Their son Max (Emjay Anthony) is the face of innocence, clinging desperately to the hope that the spirit of Christmas will rid his family of anger and resentment. Like any good family comedy, this one crackles with tension. Scott and Collette effectively illustrate how parents can quietly explode during the holidays. You can feel the weight on their backs as they struggle to get along with their loud-mouthed relatives. This film makes a stronger case for why people should put up with their annoying families than many other holiday films. Best of all, it does so without turning into soft, sentimental mush. The family’s eventual closeness is subtle and sincere. Unfortunately, it takes a demonic spirit to bring them all together. The family gets a visit from Krampus — “the shadow of St. Nicholas.” As explained by Tom’s German mother (Krista Stadler), Krampus is a figure of European folklore that she encountered as a child after losing
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her Christmas spirit. This backstory is told through rich, earthy animation reminiscent of an old claymation Christmas special. It’s warmly familiar, fun and truly a feast for the eyes. The film takes you even further down memory lane when Krampus and his little helpers invade the family’s home. You haven’t seen creatures like this since the days of Stan Winston and Rick Baker. They spring to life with a crude, handmade quality that makes them all the more terrifying. You can practically feel their fur tickling your nose. Krampus recalls the magic of Poltergeist, making monsters out of mundane objects, embedding the otherworldly in the everyday. In addition to the horned, hulking manbeast Krampus, this mon-
sterfest includes a razor-toothed teddy bear, a sinister snow angel and a giant jack-in-the-box. They’ll all make you squirm in your seat. Local director Joshua Hull was in the audience when I saw the film, and he lit up like a Christmas tree. Hull is the man behind the indie horror comedies Beverly Lane and Chopping Block. Krampus seemed to confirm his love of that genre, filling his head with all kinds of creepy and comedic ideas. As the film unfolded before his wide, gleaming eyes, I could see Hull falling in love with horror all over again. While they make many viewers uncomfortable, the best horror movies make filmmakers feel like they’re right at home. As Hull once told me, “These are some of the most cathartic and imaginative films you’ll ever see.” Like he did with his Halloweenthemed horror anthology Trick ’r Treat, co-writer/director Michael Dougherty infuses the film with a rich sense of mythology. By the end of the movie, you get the sense that there are many stories left to be told in the world of Krampus. Although it’s based on folklore and evocative of other films in the fantasy genre, it feels ferociously original. Fortunately, Krampus isn’t a nostalgia-inducing cash-grab. This film may be a new classic. n
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FOOD EVENTS Beer and The Bible Dec. 9, 5:30 p.m. If you haven’t stepped into the majestic St. Joseph’s — and you love talking about God — this event is alllll for you. St. Joseph’s monthly Beer and The Bible events are a great time to sample a pint in God’s House and take part of a community discussion, too. St. Joseph’s Brewery and Public House, 540 N. College Ave., 5:30 p.m., FREE, all-ages 12 Chefs of Christmas Dec. 12, 7 p.m. On the twelfth day of Christmas / my true love sent to me: one Ricky Hatfield, one Paul Haveck, one Cindy Hawkins, one Roger Hawkins, one Braedon Kellner, one Eli Laidlaw, one Craig Mariutto, one Ian Phillips, one Percy Romo, one Alan Sternberg, one George Turkette, one Ty Wald and a City Market on Market Streeeeet. Okay, please excuse our songwriting adaptation attempts and just go buy a ticket to this delicious food event. Each chef named above will prepare a dish to complement one of 12 seasonal beers brewed by Flat12. We’re salivating just thinking of it. City Market, 222 E. Market St., 7 p.m., prices vary, all-ages Holidays On The Rocks Dec. 13, 6:30 p.m. Proceeds from this tasty five-course CNO meal benefit NUVO’s downstairs neighbor — literally, their offices rest below our feet — the Hoosier Environmental Council. And oh, the chefs that will prepare them! DUstin Taggers (THe Diner, Ten Tables, more); Neal Brown (Libertine, Pizzology); Craig Bakers (Plow & Anchor, The Local, Bent Rail); Chris Benedyk (Love Handle); and Pat Dennis (Three Floyds Brew Pub) will take on a course. Yay, Chefs Night Off! Brugge Brasserie, 1101 E. Westfield Blvd., $85, 21+ Good Beers and Ugly Sweaters Dec. 16, 5 p.m. We assume you’ve been combing Goodwill racks for the perfect holiday sweater since the temp dipped below 45 degrees, so you’re well prepped for this Historical Society event. Bonus points if your sweater lights up somehow. Seasonal brews provided by Bier Brewery, Sun King and Taxman. Josh Turner will provide some tunes, too. Indiana Historical Society, 450 W. Ohio St., $10 advance, $8 IHS members, $15 door, 21+
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ell, that didn’t take long. Hotel Tango Artisan Distillery, which opened its doors a little over a year ago, racked up enough awards this year to make the partners who run the Fletcher Place distillery determined to push themselves even harder and bring home the gold in a variety of spirit competitions. The distillery’s Romeo Rum, Victor Vodka and Lima Lemoncello took silver medals and its Golf Gin brought home bronze from the Denver International Spirits Competition last spring. At the recent New York International Spirits Competition, which drew nearly 500 spirits from more than 35 countries, the gin took another bronze and the rum another silver. “It wasn’t really unexpected,” said Hotel Tango co-founder and
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distiller Travis Barnes. “We’re starting to see where we fit in in the spirits world.” Hotel Tango co-founder Brian Willsey, who handles the business end of the distillery, said the Denver medals meant the team was “definitely looking” when they entered the New York competition. “We were looking for some reassurance that we’re headed in the right direction,” he said. And they got it. In addition to the bronze and silver medal, Hotel Tango also took home the award for the Indiana distillery of the year, which they were not expecting. “The distillery of the year was quite a surprise,” said Willsey. “We’re pretty stoked. With just north of a year in operation, it’s a lot of affirmation.” But, as Barnes points out, “we didn’t get a gold medal yet. We just want to keep our feet to the
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fire and put ourselves out there,” adding, “There’s so much to do, so much to learn.” The learning curve seems like it would be pretty steep for a group of lawyers and their MBA pal to begin making craft spirits. So how did the Hotel Tango owners decide to launch an artisan distillery in the first place? “It was a combination of bad grades and a worse economy,” said Barnes, who along with his wife, Hilary, met Hotel Tango partners Adam Willfond and Willsey’s wife, Nabeela Virjee, while they were all in law school. >>>
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But after a Scotch tasting at a local club, a group of aficionados invited the Hotel Tango team to pitch their idea. “It literally turned into an episode of Shark Tank,” said Willsey. “It was terrifying but awesome.” And it worked, he said, but they knew they would be operating on a shoestring. “We didn’t have a lot of money initially,” Willsey said. “We just raised enough to get us open, and we said we’ll take it from there. It’s still a little surreal that this is my day job, running this distillery.” Barnes and Willsey credit the whole Hotel Tango team for making it possible for them to focus on the business. “It was one of those now-or-never moments,” he said. “My wife said, ‘Go for it.’ They both did. They’ve allowed us to take a big leap of faith.” Consumers can expect even more craft distilleries to join Hotel Tango and its Fletcher Place neighbor, 12.05 Distillery, located just up the street at 636 “We’re starting to see where we fit in Virginia Ave. Cardinal Spirits is operating in in the spirits world.” Bloomington; Bear Wallow Distillery opened last — CO-FOUNDER TRAVIS BARNES year in Nashville; and Starlight Distillery, part of the sprawling Huber’s Orchard, Winery & Vineyards operation cube on Excel all day long.” near Louisville, also began selling craft Barnes’ interest in distilling was despirits last year. Brewers such as Sun veloping at the right time. Changes in an King and Three Floyds, have distilling Indiana law in 2013 allowed for craft spirit manufacturers to sell directly to consumers plans as well. “There’s this craft movement, but it’s by obtaining an artisan distiller’s permit, the first time spirits have been allowed to but it was only available until the end of do this since Prohibition,” said Barnes. that year. After that date, anyone wanting “I think we’re seeing the infancy of the to distill spirits would first have to hold a entire industry. I don’t think it’s going to brewer’s or vintner’s permit for three years. slow down a bit.” In order to apply for a permit, though, Hotel Tango certainly isn’t slowing down. they had to have a location. The team spent months driving around looking for They’ve already expanded into Ohio, and hope to add several more states next year. the right spot. “We’ve got several lofty goals for 2016,” “We literally drove by that building six said Willsey. “We want to expand our or seven times before we really noticed footprint in Indiana by teaming up with loit,” Willsey said. “But all of us said, this cal grocery stores and liquor stores. We’ve has got to be it.” Still, the building was pretty rough — not launched into a new state. We have expansion plans of a bigger production facility.” at all like the cozy tasting room it is today. Plus, you’ll see new products next year “We had to put our creative vision as well, such as orangecello, a coffee corgoggles on,” said Willsey. “It hadn’t been dial and a cherry cordial. “And mid-to-late touched in over a decade. You had to see summer/early fall,” said Barnes, “we’ll the potential.” start releasing couple of our whiskeys.” So by the summer of 2013, they were If it seems like a lot of progress in a filling out paperwork, and by the end of short amount of time, you’re right, says that year, they had secured their license. Willsey, who credits Barnes’ military “The next step was finding funding,” background. said Willsey. “We heard a lot of nos be“The guy doesn’t know what slow fore we found some yesses.” means,” Willsey said. “He’s got his foot Willsey, as the self-described “busion the gas, and he’s not letting up.” n ness guy” in the group, was envisioning traditional funding methods. “I thought of venture capitalists,” he Jolene Ketzenberger covers local food at said, “or raising money through the bank.” eatdrinkindy.com. Follow @JKetzenberger.
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Editor’s note: What follows are a few of our favorite entries from the project called “Letters to the Future,” a project that is best defined by the group’s own words: World leaders from more than 190 countries have convened in Paris for the long-awaited United Nations Climate Change Conference. Will the governments of the world finally pass a binding global treaty aimed at reducing the most dangerous impacts of global warming — or will they fail in this task? Letters to the Future, a national project involving more than 40 alternative weeklies across the United States (including NUVO, obviously) set out to find authors, artists, scientists and others willing to get creative and draft letters to future generations of their own families, predicting the success or failure of the Paris talks — and what came after. Some participants were optimistic about what is to come — some not so much. We hereby present some of their visions of the future as the talks continue. See more at letterstothefuture.org and at nuvo.net.
Annie Leonard Incredible People “Paris ... paved the way for an era of unprecedented innovation, as entrepreneurs and academics fine-tuned the best ways to harness the unlimited power of our wind, waves and sun.” It’s hard to imagine writing to the granddaughter of my own daughter, but if you’re anything like her — strong, smart, occasionally a little stubborn — then I have no doubt the world is in good hands. By now your school should have taught you about climate change, and how humans helped to bring it about with our big cars, big homes, big appetites and an endless desire for more stuff. But what the teachers and textbooks may not have passed on are the stories of incredible people that helped make sure the planet remained beautiful and livable for you. These are stories of everyday people doing courageous things, because they couldn’t stand by and watch communities poisoned by pollution, the Arctic melt, or California die of fire and drought. They couldn’t bear to think of New Orleans under water again, or New York lost to a superstorm. Right now, as politicians weigh options and opinion polls, people are organizing and uprising. It’s amazing to see and be a part of it. In the year that led up to the 2015 meeting of global leaders on climate change in Paris, kayakers took to the water to stop oil rigs. Nurses, musicians, grannies, preachers and even beekeepers took to the streets. The message was loud and
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clear: “We want clean, safe, renewable energy now!” Were it not for this glorious rainbow of people power, I don’t know whether President Obama would have stepped up and cancelled oil drilling in the Alaskan Arctic or the sale of 10 billion tons of American coal, that were set to tip the planet toward climate chaos. But he did. This paved the way for an era of unprecedented innovation, as entrepreneurs and academics fine-tuned the best ways to harness the unlimited power of our wind, waves and sun, and make it available to everyone. We’ve just seen the first ever oceanic crossing by a solar plane and I can only imagine what incredible inventions have grown in your time from the seeds planted in this energy revolution we’re experiencing right now. I want to tell you about this because there was a time we didn’t think any of it was possible. And there may be times when you face similar challenges. Generations before you have taken acts of great courage to make sure you too have all the joys and gifts of the natural world — hiking in forests, swimming in clean water, breathing fresh air. If you need to be a little stubborn to make sure things stay that way, so be it. Currently the Executive Director of Greenpeace USA, Leonard created the 2007 film, The Story of Stuff, which has been viewed over 40 million times. She wrote the 2010 New York Times bestseller The Story of Stuff and is on the board of Ben & Jerry’s, Wallace Global Fund and Story of Stuff.
Jane Smiley Brief Opportunities Dear Great-Great-Granddaughter, Do you remember your grandmother Veronica? I am writing to you on the very day that your grandmother Veronica turned 7 months old — she is my first grandchild, and she is your grandmother. When I was your age — now 20 (Veronica was my age, 65, when you were born), I did not realize how brief our opportunities are to change the direction of the world we live in. On the day I am writing this letter, the speaker of the House of Representatives quit his job because his party — called “the Republicans,” refused absolutely to work with or compromise with the other party, now defunct, called “the Democrats.” The refusal of the Republicans to work with the Democrats was what led to the government collapse in 2025, and the breakup of what to you is the former United States. The states that refused to acknowledge climate change or, indeed, science, became the Republic of America, and the other states became West America and East America. I lived in West America. You probably live in East America, because West America became unlivable owing to climate change in 2050. That the world was getting hotter and dryer, that weather was getting more chaotic, and that humans were getting too numerous for the ecosystem to support was evident to most Americans by the time I was 45, the age your mother is now. At first, it did seem as though all Americans were willing to do something about it, but then the oil companies (with names like Exxon and Mobil and Shell)
realized that their profits were at risk, and they dug in their heels. They underwrote all sorts of government corruption in order to deny climate change and transfer as much carbon dioxide out of the ground and into the air as they could. The worse the weather and the climate became the more they refused to budge, and Americans, but also the citizens of other countries, kept using coal, diesel fuel and gasoline. So there you are, stuck in the slender strip of East America that is overpopulated, but livable. West America was once a beautiful place — not the parched desert landscape that it is now. Our mountains were green with oaks and pines, mountain lions and coyotes and deer roamed in the shadows, and there were beautiful flowers nestled in the grass. Where you see abandoned, flooded cities, we saw smooth beaches and easy waves. What is the greatest loss we have bequeathed you? I think it is the debris, the junk, the rotting bits of clothing, equipment, vehicles, buildings, etc. that you see everywhere and must avoid. Where we went for walks, you always have to keep an eye out. But I know that it is dangerous for you to go for walks — the human body wasn’t built to tolerate lows of 90 degrees Fahrenheit and highs of 140. When I was alive, I thought I was trying to save you, but I didn’t try hard enough, or at least, I didn’t try to save you as hard as my opponents tried to destroy you. I don’t know why they did that. I could never figure that out.
Sadly, Great-Greatgrandma Jane A Thousand Acres Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1992 for her novel A Thousand Acres.
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Political Boneheads Hello? People of the future ... Anyone there? It’s your forebears checking in with you from generations ago. We were the stewards of the Earth in 2015 — a dicey time for the planet, humankind, and life itself. And ... well, how’d we do? Anyone still there? Hello. A gutsy, innovative, and tenacious environmental movement arose around the globe back then to try lifting common sense to the highest levels of industry and government. We had made great progress in developing a grassroots consciousness about the suicidal consequences for us (as well as those of you future earthlings) if we didn’t act pronto to stop the reckless industrial pollution that was causing climate change. Our message was straightforward: When you realize you’ve dug yourself into a hole, the very first thing to do is stop digging. Unfortunately, our grassroots majority was confronted by an elite alliance of narcissistic corporate greedheads and political boneheads. They were determined to deny environmental reality in order to grab more short-term wealth and power for themselves. Centuries before this, some Native American cultures adopted a wise ethos of deciding to take a particular action only after contemplating its impact on the seventh generation of their descendants. In 2015, however, the ethos of the dominant powers was to look no further into the future than the three-month forecast of corporate profits. As I write this letter to the future, delegations from the nations of our world are gathering to consider a global agreement on steps we can finally take to rein in the looming disaster of global warming. But at this convocation and beyond, will we have the courage for boldness, for choosing people and the planet over short-term profits for the few? The people’s movement is urging the delegates in advance to remember that the opposite of courage is not cowardice, it’s conformity — just going along with the flow. After all, even a dead fish can go with the flow, and if the delegates don’t dare to swim against the corporate current, we’re all dead. So did we have the courage to start doing what has to be done? Hello ... anyone there?
Maillard is a member of the Grammy Awardwinning troupe Sweet Honey in the Rock, an allwoman, African-American a cappella ensemble.
A national radio commentator, writer and public speaker, Hightower is also a New York Times best selling author.
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REO SPEEDWAGON’S RESIDENT HOOSIER NEAL DOUGHTY Keyboard player Neal Doughty is not only the single remaining original member of REO Speedwagon, he’s also the single Hoosier in the band. I rang him up before the band’s show in Bloomington – one of several in the state in the last year or so – to talk about his Hoosier roots, plus his love for now-Hoosier Duke Tumatoe. (And yes, you can expect them to play “Time for Me To Fly” on Friday.) “Back in the day when I was actually preteen, there wasn’t really a big rock and roll thing going yet. When I was a kid, about the only rockers around were Jerry Lee Lewis and Elvis Presley. Of course to this day, you can hear a little Jerry Lee Lewis in my playing, and just about every other rock piano player. Of course going back before him was Johnny Johnson, who played for Chuck Berry, who really invented about every rock and roll lick that there is. Didn’t get much credit for it at the time. Then when I got into my high school age, that’s about the time the Beatles hit the Earth. That was all over. Probably the biggest contribution they made was that every kid in the world wanted to be a rock musician, because of the Beatles. … “I lived in Evansville until I was about 12 years old. When I was 12 years old, there was not current music as we know it, yet. I was listening to my mom and dad’s music, which was Dean Martin. They were into Perry Como, the crooners of the ‘50s. It would make a kid want to be a singer, but I wasn’t capable of doing that. … “Of course there was Mellencamp. Extending to your northern border, a lot of the guys out of Detroit probably influenced all Indiana musicians, as well as the ones over in Illinois at the time. This might be a known fact, but of course Duke Tumatoe, who is now an Indiana musician, was once in REO Speedwagon. Right now he’s my favorite Indiana band. He was just always such a creative guy. Tongue in cheek all day long, and of course a great musician. Right now, I’m going to call him my favorite Indiana musician.” — KATHERINE COPLEN REO Speedwagon with Tim Stop, Friday, Dec. 11, 8 p.m., Indiana University Auditorium, 1211 E. 7th St. (Bloomington), prices vary, all-ages
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James and the Drifters talk new EP, life, love
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am ecstatic to report romance is alive and well in 2015. And not just the dewy-eyed teen dreams of first love, either. All of the sticky aspects of passion are covered on Get the Spirit, the new James and the Drifters' EP: hometowns and illusions, innocence and obstacles, friendships and betrayal, and all of the messy in-between dealings that make us human. The Fort Wayne band's latest EP, is a lush, soulful, blues-filled medley of major life and love proportion. And if you don't already have some love and spirit – this album can help. Guitarist and co-songwriter Brent Chamberlin became a father and exchanged wedding vows in the same year. I asked Chamberlin what his wife thought about the final product. After all, I know many women who would love to have an album — hell, even a haiku — penned for them, about them, inspired by them. Hundreds of years of literature
have been dedicated to this very theme! “My wife was very pleased,” he says. “She hears all the songs before anyone else and is happy to tell me if they’re crap or worth recording. Not every song I write is about [my family] but every song is affected by them.” And how did they achieve that album's sound? A pedigree: Ben Tanner of the Grammy-nominated Alabama Shakes engineered; the band recorded at Muscle Shoals' FAME studios. The band's line-up now includes founding members Chamberlin, Kyle Jackson and Andrew Freehauf — and they invited guitarist Andy Scheer and drummer Dan Willig to join the group. It's this line-up that created the nuanced blues of Get the Spirit. According to Freehauf, the songs “just happened to come together over a weekend and they felt right. We wrote them, for the most part, at a house on a lake that we had retreated to in order to put ourselves in a good space to create. Since they all came out of that time away and carried some of that same spirit in
them, they grew and were shaped into a bit of a cohesive thought. It wasn't premeditated, but things just kind of came together that way.” Moreover, the mystique of musical knowledge adds to the romance of the album's sound: specific influences for this EP include the soulful Al Green, still performing as of 2015 and who received a 2014 award from the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. “The most obvious example is on 'Can't Take No More,' ” Freehauf says. “Green's influence was more subconscious in hindsight. As we listened to what we created, the melodies on the verses started to evoke some of the same feelings as classic Green. After we started hearing that, it made sense to add the horns heard on the track.” The band has also been influenced heavily by the Hoosier state and they have a particular goal in mind for the future. “The people have been a huge influence,” Freehauf says. “This whole project started from three individual songwriters deciding to pool their
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mitted against all 21st century obstacles to produce a sound while working around the clock to support all the loves of their lives. “Learning about how the music business works has made our lives a lot easier. We don't have it all figured out but the more we learn, the easier time we have navigating this tricky landscape,” says Freehauf. “Our lineups seem to be in a fairly constant state of evolution. Sometimes people's life situations change and that means a change for the band. That happened in a big way in between All That Gold and this new EP. The most important thing for our lineup is our relationTO PHO D ITTE SUBM ships with each other. We trust each other and enjoy spending time ers may hold. Between the release of the together. If there is someone that can last full-length album, All that Gold, and fit well with us relationally and can also the latest EP, the band has spent time, add something to our sound, we'd be “sleeping on each other's shoulders as down. And we've got space for at least five dudes in a pickup truck.” But let's be one more person in the backseat of that honest, therein lies more romance to the pickup truck.” n listener: Brothers in musical arms, com-
“Our lineups seem to be in a fairly constant state of evolution. Sometimes people’s life situations change and that means a change for the band. That happened in a big way in between All That Gold and this new EP. The most important thing for our lineup is our relationships with each other.” — ANDREW FREEHAUF 3826 N. Illinois 317-923-4707
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couple months ago on the radio edition of Cultural Manifesto I previewed a few tracks off Indianapolis MC Comdot's The Grey Maxell LP. Comdot's soulful hard-hitting sound left a big impression on me. Tracks like "Aqua" and "Peace" certainly rank amongst the best hip-hop music recorded in the Hoosier state lately, so I wanted to share some of our conversation with NUVO readers on the occasion of the album's release. Comdot will host an album release party for The Grey Maxell LP at The Hi-Fi in Fountain Square on Wednesday, December 16. An all-star cast of locals including J. Moore, Ace One, Pope Adrian Bless, Rehema McNeil and Januarie York will join Comdot for the performance. NUVO: You've been living in Indianapolis for awhile, but I understand you primarily grew up in Charlotte? COMDOT: I was born into a military family. My father was a drill sergeant for the first seven years of my life. I was born in South Bend and I have a lot of roots there. But I remember Germany or Kansas as much as I remember my early years. I moved around a lot, but Charlotte was the place we stayed the longest. That's the place I got a chance to find out who I really was.
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NUVO: You mentioned that your dad was a drill sergeant. As an MC you have a strong and commanding voice. I'm curious what role your dad's line of work may have had in influencing your style? COMDOT: You know, the crazy thing is my style is my father. I'm the spitting image of my father. I sound like my father. I walk like him. This hat I'm wearing right now is his hat. Big voices run in my family. It's funny that you don't know certain things about your parents until later in life. I didn't know how much of my style I owed to my father until one night he came to visit me from Baltimore. We were just chilling, having some drinks and vibing to some music. Then this record comes on and I noticed his left leg started bouncing. People who know me and come to my shows know that my right leg bounces. When I really get into the zone that's what I do. To find out I got it from this guy? I had no idea. The grey Maxell tape, that comes from my father. That was my foundation. He
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used to come home with the grey Maxell and TDK tapes. He was making mixtapes in the '80s. He still makes CDs and tapes to this day. I used to try to steal tapes from him and record my jams off the radio. I owe everything to my pops.
you talk about cassette tapes you're talking about an entire culture. We can't just pick up pieces of the culture that fit with us. We have to respect the entire culture. The tape deck was monumental in our lives because there was no other way to COMDOT: I had a problem with expression when I was younger. I don't know if get that joint. You had to record it off the it was because of all the traumatic things radio, or dub it off your man who had it. There was no internet or downloads. we were growing up around, but I had a You have guys to this day who have problem with expression and I wouldn't stuff that the whole world doesn't have speak a whole lot. What motivated me because it was only on that tape. I wantto find my voice was Biggie's second ed people to remember that era and album. Life After Death taught me a lot time and introduce it to cats who didn't about how to do what I do with what I know that era and time. We can't forget was born with. the stuff that made this culture great and The Grey Maxell LP is paying homage to that. “When you talk about cassette NUVO: You said big voices run in your family. When did you realize you had this big voice and that you could use it to your advantage as an MC?
tapes you’re talking about an entire culture. We can’t just pick up pieces of the culture that fit with us. We have to respect the entire culture.”
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NUVO: The first song you've released off your Grey Maxell project is the track "Aqua,” produced by Scott Matellic. It's a hard-hitting track musically and lyrically. Tell us about "Aqua.” COMDOT: "Aqua" is one of them classic raw hip-hop joints you used to see on Rap City back in the day when you got home from school. It wasn't a radio reach or nothing. It was like, "This is what I do.” No nonsense, it's just the raw rap we grew up on. You can't lose sight of that. You've got to keep your sword sharp in that arena because cats will come for you if they think you don' have no bars on deck. NUVO: You're releasing The Grey Maxell LP on December 16 at The Hi-Fi. Tell us about the concept behind the album. COMDOT: The grey Maxell tape is just as important to hip-hop as the DJ is. When
NUVO: I grew up in that cassette culture. I didn't have the grey Maxell tapes, I think I was using the generic K Mart brand. But what I remember is that I'd hit record when the songs I loved the most came on the radio. Is that part of your concept with the LP, that it's filled with classic material?
COMDOT: Yes, and there's 19 songs. There was more pressure on the artist to be great during the era of tape. Who wants to fast forward an entire album you just paid money for? The whole tape had to be excellent. I wanted to recreate the whole atmosphere of the tape. Sometime you never knew what was on the tape or you forgot. You may have halfway dubbed over your mom or dad's tape. He doesn't know that the smooth jazz programming on his tape is about to be interrupted by the Beastie Boys. That tape was an experience. n
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WEDNESDAY ROOTS Madisen Ward and The Mama Bear 7:30 p.m. One of our favorite emerging bands of the year is this mother/son duo, who sing simple bluesy roots songs that pull at your heart. (This is an official Will McCarty pick for the Winter CityGuide.) Egyptian Room at Old National Centre, 502 N. New Jersey St., $17 advance, $20 door, all-ages Collegiate Alliance of Musicians Benefit Concert, Melody Inn, 21+ The Punknecks, MG and The Gas City 3, The Slappies, 5th Quarter Lounge, all-ages Ash Rock Xmas, Birdy’s, 21+ Daniel Martin Moore, The Bishop (Bloomington), 18+
THURSDAY LOCALS Wet Heave Album Release 7:30 p.m. Wet Heave drops their new new Warm Shrimp alongside Brenda’s Friend and Psychic Wheels support.
Attendees can grab Warm Shrimp for $3 in exchange for shelling out $5 for the door. (And by the way, doesn’t Warm Shrimp sound like something that would make you Wet Heave? Some synchronicity there, huh?) The Artifex Guild, 1017 S. Walnut St. (Bloomington), $5, all-ages ROOTS Cory Branan, Joe Fletcher 8 p.m. We’ll let country star Jason Isbell give his endorsement for punk folkster Cory Branan. He said: “Cory Branan is one of my favorite songwriters working today. He writes beautiful melodies, heartbreaking phrases, and very smart lyrics. This is the kind of record that makes you hit pause every so often to process what the crazy bastard just said. Brilliant stuff.” Branan just announced a tour with Gaslight Anthem’s Brian Fallon. Catch him at this intimate venue before he blows up, Leon Bridges style. The Hi-Fi, 1043 Virginia Ave., Ste. 4, $10, 21+
FATHERS AND SONS Jason Bonham’s Led Zeppelin Experience 8 p.m. Son of John, Jason Bonham’s touring tribute act is as genetically close as you can get to the real thing. Murat Theatre at Old National Centre, 502 N. New Jersey St., prices vary, all-ages METAL Havok 7:30 Local support comes from Occult Deceivr, Steel Aggressor and Axxios.
Decembersongs: Amy Speace, Doug and Telisha Williams, Rod Picott 7:30 p.m. This holiday show showcases tunes by and from Nashville singer-songwriters Amy Speace, Rod Picott, and Doug and Telisha Williams. The performers say: “Decembersongs is a bit of The Grand Ole Opry, a bit of Prairie Home Companion, a handful of gorgeous Christmas classics and a few gritty East Nashville troubadour originals.” The Warehouse, 254 1st Ave. SW, $25 advance, $30 door, all-ages JAM Dave Koz and Friends Holiday Show 8 p.m. Smooth jazz sax player Dave Koz brings his Friends out for a holiday show at the Palladium, including some of his own arrangements of holiday faves.
Palladium at the Center for the Performing Arts, 355 City Center Drive (Carmel), prices vary, all-ages
Steel Panther, Egyptian Room at Old National Centre, 21+ Vinyl Lounge with Nate Gibson, The Bishop (Bloomington), 18+
FUNDRAISERS Berning Down The House 8 p.m. Bernie Sanders has definitely cornered the artsy vote, both from art enthusiasts and actual art-making folks. Both parties will come together to raise money for The Bernster at a donationsbased show at the Back Door featuring Dietrich Jon, Thee Auqaholics, Vista Kid Cruiser and Blind Uncle Harry. Of course all money goes to support Uncle Bernie. #FEELTHEBERN The Back Door, 207 S. College Ave. (Bloomington), $5 donation, 21+
Hello Weekend, The Vogue, 21+ Kris Hitchcock, Tin Roof, 21+ Hyryder, The Mousetrap, 21+ Forever The Fallen, Tracksuit Lifestyle, Pragmatic, Lift The Medium, 5th Quarter Lounge, 21+ Shawn Goodman Quartet, The Chatterbox, 21+ Clearnoe Christmas Spectacular, Clearnote Church Bloomington, all-ages Stevie Stone, Emerson Theater, all-ages Colin Mochrie, Brad Sherwood, Honeywell Center, all-ages
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Bigger Than Elvis, The Blue Collar Bluegrass Band, Radio Radio, 21+
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Joshua Powell and The Great Train Robbery, Standout Story, Melody Inn, 21+ The McDonalds, Tory Fischetti, Jem Holden, Mike Boo, Birdy’s, 21+
FUNK The Main Squeeze 9 p.m. These Bloomington-toChicago transplants return quite often for hometown shows. The Vogue, 6259 N. College Ave., $15 advance, $18 door, 21+
The Headquarter, 5508 Elmwood Ave., Ste. 322, $14 advance, $17 door, all-ages
LIGHTSABERS The Music of Star Wars 1 p.m. Beatles scholar Aaron Krerowicz will present a detailed look at John Williams’ orchestral scores for all six movies. The perfectly nerdy way to pregame for the big day, which creeps ever-closer …
Phyllis, Melody Inn, 21+ Tad Robinson, Phoebe and The Mojo Makers, Slippery Noodle Inn, 21+ Andy Salge, Union 50, 21+ An Evening of English Country Dance, Garfield Park Arts Center, all-ages
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Burn Halo, Black Tide, SycAmour, Apex Predator, 5th Quarter Lounge, 21+
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HIP-HOP J Brookinz Beat Battle League 10 p.m. How much do we love J? How much do we love that he graced the cover of our Weed Issue along with Bill
Andy Davis Holiday Show, The Rathskeller, 21+
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SUNDAY Bongzilla, Conjurer, Blck Tar Prophet, Earth Witch, 5th Quarter Lounge, 21+ Merry and Bright: Holiday Music with the Butler University School of Music, Clowes Memorial Hall, all-ages The Buselli Wallarab Jazz Orchestra, Jazz Kitchen, 21+ Jennifer Fletcher and The Reckoning, Birdy’s Bar and Grill, 21+ Ford Theatre Reunion, Melody Inn, 21+ The Revivalists, The Vogue, 21+
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TUESDAY Cool City Swing Band, Jazz Kitchen, 21+ Annual Holiday Sing-A-Long, Chatterbox, 21+ Johnny A., Gene Deer, The Rathskeller, 21+ 17th Annual Christmas Brass Concert, St. Francis Episcopal Church all-ages Cirque Dreams Holidaze, Murat Theatre at Old National Centre, all-ages The WHY Store, Slippery Noodle Inn, 21+ Gout, Rikki Jean, The DWB’s, The Bishop (Bloomington), 18+
WEDNESDAY, DEC. 16TH HIP-HOP The Comdot Album Release Party 9 p.m. The Comdot moved to Indianapolis from Charlotte and has recently come on the scene as an eager emcee with a hearty bellow and restless delivery, ideal for his traditional sonic tastes. He’ll be accompanied by host J. Moore and performers Ace One, Pope Adrian Bless, Rehema McNeil and Januarie York. The Hi-Fi, 1043 Virginia Ave., Ste. 4, FREE, 21+ NUVO.NET/SOUNDCHECK
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“I’ve heard all kinds of anecdotal stories about caffeine and sex but none of them points to any consistent relationship.”
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CANCER (June 21-July 22): I hope you can figure out the difference between the fake cure and the real cure. And once you know which is which, I hope you will do the right thing rather than the sentimental thing. For best results, keep these considerations in mind: The fake cure may taste sweeter than the real one. It may also be better packaged and more alluringly promoted. In fact, the only advantage the real cure may have over the fake one is that it will actually work to heal you. Cancer
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LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): There’s a sinuous, serpentine quality about you these days. It’s as if you are the elegant and crafty hero of an epic myth set in the ancient future. You are sweeter and saucier than usual, edgier and more extravagantly emotive. You are somehow both a repository of tantalizing secrets and a fount of arousing revelations. As I meditate on the magic you embody, I am reminded of a passage from Laini Taylor’s fantasy novel Daughter of Smoke & Bone: “She tastes like nectar and salt. Nectar and salt and apples. Pollen and stars and hinges. She tastes like fairy tales. Swan maiden at midnight. Cream on the tip of a fox’s tongue. She tastes like hope.” Leo
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VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): I bought an old horoscope book at a garage sale for 25 cents. The cover was missing and some pages were water-damaged, so parts of it were hard to decipher. But the following passage jumped out at me: “In romantic matters, Virgos initially tend to be cool, even standoffish. Their perfectionism may interfere with their ability to follow through on promising beginnings. But if they ever allow themselves to relax and go further, they will eventually ignite. And then, watch out! Their passion will generate intense heat and light.” I suspect that this description may apply to you in the coming weeks. Let’s hope you will trust your intuition about which possibilities warrant your caution and which deserve your opening. Virgo
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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): “The secret of being a bore is to tell everything,” said French writer Voltaire. I agree, and add these thoughts: To tell everything also tempts you to wrongly imagine that you have everything Libra
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SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): My old friend Jeff started working at a gambling casino in Atlantic City. “You’ve gone over to the dark side!” I kidded. He acknowledged that 90 percent of the casino’s visitors lose money gambling. On the bright side, he said, 95 percent of them leave happy. I don’t encourage you to do this kind of gambling in the near future, Sagittarius. It’s true that you will be riding a lucky streak. But smarter, surer risks will be a better way to channel your good fortune. So here’s the bottom line: In whatever way you choose to bet or speculate, don’t let your lively spirits trick you into relying on pure impulsiveness. Do the research. Perform your due diligence. It’s not enough just to be entertained. The goal is to both have fun and be successful. Sagittarius
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CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Ancient Greek philosopher Epicurus was a pioneer thinker whose ideas helped pave the way for the development of science. Believe nothing, he taught, unless you can evaluate it through your personal observation and logical analysis. Using this admirable approach, he determined that the size of our sun is about two feet in diameter. I’m guessing that you have made comparable misestimations about at least two facts of life, Capricorn. They seem quite reasonable but are very wrong. The good news is that you will soon be relieved of those mistakes. After some initial disruption, you will feel liberated. Capricorn
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AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Aquarian inventor Thomas Edison owned 1,093 patents. Nicknamed “The Wizard of Menlo Park,” he devised the first practical electrical light bulb, the movie camera, the alkaline storage battery, and many more useful things. The creation he loved best was the phonograph. It was the first machine in history that could record and reproduce sound. Edison bragged that no one else had ever made such a wonderful instrument. It was “absolutely original.” I bring this to your attention, Aquarius, because I think you’re due for an outbreak of absolute originality. What are the most unique gifts you have to offer? In addition to those you already know about, new ones may be ready to emerge. Aquarius
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PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Here’s an experiment that makes good astrological sense for you to try in the coming weeks. Whenever you feel a tinge of frustration, immediately say, “I am an irrepressible source of power and freedom and love.” Anytime you notice a trace of inadequacy rising up in you, or a touch of blame, or a taste of anger, declare, “I am an irresistible magnet for power and freedom and love.” If you’re bothered by a mistake you made, or a flash of ignorance expressed by another person, or a maddening glitch in the flow of the life force, stop what you’re doing, interrupt the irritation, and proclaim, “I am awash in power and freedom and love.” Pisces
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