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Editor’s note: In response to Kyle Long’s column “A Cultural Manifesto: For the street musicians” (NUVO, Nov. 27-Dec. 4), we received the following online comment: Great article, Kyle. I couldn't agree more.

I think it's also important to think back to a year ago, when the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra faced severe budget cuts and the locked-out musicians took to the streets to promote awareness of their situation. After several days of performing in front of the Hilbert Circle Theatre, which brought attention from every local news source, the musicians' lock-out ended and the budget was more or less restored. Street performing effectively saved an Indianapolis cultural institution!

Not to mention the Get Down On It day last summer which brought out droves of people to celebrate the opening of the Cultural Trail. That day alone, I saw 8 marching bands and drum corps, and I even followed one, The Jefferson Street Parade Band, down the cultural trail to go to work. It pains me to think that these beautiful, serendipitous moments of music in unexpected places could be over for Indianapolis.

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his Thanksgiving my husband and I traveled to his hometown in the Deep South to celebrate with his family — they’ve always been very Almost immediately I sensed Tommy accepting of our relationship. I consider relaxing. He was laughing more easily his parents and siblings to be my own and actually initiating conversation family. This year we had a new visiwith me … “the gay.” tor: my brother-in-law’s best friend. I’d The rest of the trip consisted of fire heard stories about him for years, but we pits, a Duck Dynasty marathon and had never met. We’ll call him Tommy. more than our share of beers. Before Tommy is in his 40s; a compact, we left, I made sure to shake Tommy’s muscled factory worker who still lives with his parents. We were introduced in hand again and even drew him in for a bro hug, which was reciprocated. the kitchen among a flurry of chopping, It wasn’t until after the Thanksgiving grating, and sautéing. We shook hands feast that my husband confided in me and exchanged pleasantries before sitting down for Thanksgiving dinner.

I had heard a lot “I suppose I take my own acceptance about him: stories of of family and friends for granted.” high school and college shenanigans, of career achievements and famthat Tommy had been vocal about not ily tragedies. It turns out he hadn’t supporting our relationship. It had heard much about me, save the fact been a long time since I’d been around that I’m gay and living with his best people who were against my “lifestyle.” friend’s brother.

I suppose I take my own acceptance of Over dinner, I noticed Tommy eyefamily and friends for granted. ing me warily. At first, I assumed he I like to think that my husband and was admiring my No Shave November I caused a small shift in Tommy’s handiwork, which made me look like a worldview. I don’t think he’d ever mountain man (I’d even donned some met an openly gay man in his corner flannel to allow for better assimilaof rural South Carolina, let alone one tion down south). But after noticing with whom he could break bread and his furtive glances, I realized he was exchange laughs. deeply uncomfortable.

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WHAT HAPPENED? Safe travels to South Africa People gathered at the Christian Theological Seminary’s Sweeney Chapel on Tuesday for a service in celebration of the life and legacy of “God’s mighty warrior and peacemaker” Nelson Mandela. Part of the service involved the commissioning of Professor Allan Boesak, his wife, Elna, and his daughter, Andrea, who are preparing to travel back to their homeland of South Africa for Mandela memorial ceremonies. Boesak, who applied his theological expertise to the problem of apartheid — working hand in hand with icons such as Mandela and Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu — holds the Desmond Tutu Chair of Global Peace, Justice, and Reconciliation Studies at Butler University and CTS. The Boesak family will stop in Washington D.C. where on Wednesday Boesak will preside over the “Official National Memorial Service for Nelson Mandela” at the National Cathedral. Boesak spoke briefly Tuesday, thanking the CTS/Butler community for making the trip possible and noting his happiness to be building a home with his family in Indianapolis. “We are lucky to be going home and coming back home,” he said.

Too tender for words In Tuesday’s sermon of meditation on Mandela’s legacy at CTS, Pastor Frank Thomas drew inspiration from the death of major biblical figures such as Abraham, Ishmael, Isaac and Jacob. These transitions are “peaceful, natural and beautiful,” Thomas said.

“The scene is tender, almost too tender for words.” Great leaders help the people come to understand themselves, Thomas said, “They name our deepest longing.” Thomas asked those in attendance to make a promise: njalo/always.

“Now that we know who we are, Madiba, always,” Thomas said, using an affectionate nickname for Mandela. We will always do our best, to forgive, to laugh, to pray, to live, to love, to bless, he said … always.

Never-ending need Staff members from the Peace Learning Center brought to Tuesday’s CTS service a mural of Mandela that hangs in their office among a series of peacemaker portraits used to educate local children about pacifism.. Even as they work toward peace, staffers see ongoing challenges.

PLC’s Naeemah Jackson said she is seeing cutbacks of federal support programs “wreaking havoc” among families with low incomes. “There are mothers who are eating less so their kids can eat,” she said. “I’m afraid some of the kids will go out and steal to get food … the crisis is already starting.”

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Reflections on the life and legacy of Nelson Mandela

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n 1975, in the midst of his 27-year imprisonment, Nelson Mandela wrote to his wife, Winnie, a prominent leader in her own right who was facing imprisonment: “Incidentally, you may find that the cell is an ideal place to learn to know yourself, to search realistically and regularly the process of your own mind and feelings.”

This was no romanticization of captivity, of course, but rather a poignant word of encouragement to his spouse and partner. And at the same time, it was a striking, paradigmatic example of one of the secrets of Mandela’s success, a kind of signature move that goes to the heart of his distinctive genius.

Mandela had an extraordinary ability to discern and perform a special kind of reversal. He knew how to take adversity, even one of the most severe forms of adversity imaginable (imprisonment in Robben Island, that remote, inhospitable “Siberia” of the apartheid-era South African prison system), and transform it into a tool of empowerment and resistance.

As the book and film Invictus made famous, Mandela could take a longdivisive symbol — the green and gold Springboks rugby jersey, beloved by the white Afrikaner minority and loathed by the black majority — and turn it into a sign of national unity and pride. When he wore the jersey out onto the field of the 1995 Rugby World Cup final, it caused a sensation. The delighted crowd spontaneously erupted into a roaring chant, “Nelson! Nelson! Nelson!”

A symbol of division, reversed and remade into a symbol of unity. Likewise, Mandela’s emergence from prison could easily have been an occasion for a call to vengeance and civil war, but he reversed that expectation entirely, transforming the moment into an occasion for a call to reconciliation and democracy.

Mandela’s prison cell in Robben Island, then, is yet another instance of this signature reversal. A room meant to break his spirit, remade into a room that strengthened it. A prisoner’s cell of confinement, recast as a monk’s cell for self-examination. A cage designed

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Pastor Frank Thomas blessed the Boesak family at a service held at the Christian Theological Seminary on Tuesday as they prepared to travel to Mandela memorials in Washington D.C. and South Africa.

[Left] A painting of Mandela from the Peace Learning Center.

for bondage, now transformed into a pilgrimage site, a shrine to the liberty of the human heart.

There is a deep defiance in this moral jujitsu, a refusal to give in not only to the oppressor, but also to the very idea of oppression itself. Such defiance can

flow only from profound conviction, along with deep self-knowledge and self-confidence. Mandela knew who he was. Accordingly, throughout his life, he carried himself with a dignity and grace that few have matched on the world stage.

But if he knew who he was, it’s equally true that for him, as for each of us, that self-knowledge was hard-won. Indeed, his letter to Winnie is also a window into his own disciplined commitment to “know thyself,” as the ancients put it, to “search realistically and regularly the process of your own mind and feelings.”

And so as we say farewell to this giant — husband and father, revolutionary and reconciler, prisoner and president — we truly honor him only if we seek to follow his example, both in terms of his discipline and in terms of his creative ambition. There are divisions right here at home, in Indianapolis, in Indiana, and beyond; plenty of occasions ripe for vengeance; and even more experiences of adversity, discouragement, suffering, and

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UVO has been asking a variety of religious and political leaders to weigh in on the legacy of former South African President Nelson Mandela, who died Dec. 5 at the age of 95. Here’s our conversation with the U.S. Representative for Indiana’s 7th District, André Carson.

ANDRÉ CARSON: I think it’s clear that Nelson Mandela will go down in history as one of our great moral and spiritual giants. Here’s a man who spent 27 years in prison, and he was the first black South African to be elected president.

Throughout [that] 27 years of incarceration his spirit was never broken. I think with his death the world has lost one of its most unwavering advocates for democracy and freedom. His administration — he was a one-termer — dismantled apartheid, he tackled institutional and systemic racism in South Africa and he really led the effort to start the process of healing racial issues, not only in South Africa but that effort resonated into the United States of America.

We saw his evolution, [going] from militant to prisoner to … this global ambassador. From his example, I think we can really learn the science of forgiveness, what it means to withstand unjust treatment, deep levels of discrimination, deep levels of dehumanization,

and still come out loving all of humanity.

NUVO: Did [Mandela] influence you at all when you were considering a career in politics?

CARSON: Without question. I think the fact that he spent his early years as an activist certainly inspired [me when I was younger.] … He shows that no matter where you come from in life, you still have value as a human being, and your talents can be utilized to improve the condition of not only a particular group but all of humanity.

NUVO: As you mentioned, he seemed to have no bitterness toward the people who imprisoned him, and I think that surprised those who had been radicalized in their approaches to social injustice.

CARSON: I think that kind of experience could make even the most peaceful person become resentful. But he demonstrated a kind of Christ-like behavior, a kind of Buddha-like behavior, and he embodied what all of our religious traditions talk about in the way of forgiveness.

I think most importantly he will inspire a new generation that [doesn’t seem] to have the same kind of fervor we’ve seen

munally, examining “realistically and regularly” our common life together.

For example: Can we seize upon Indiana’s infamous historical connection to the Ku Klux Klan (so powerful here “Mandela knew how to take less than 100 adversity … and transform it years ago), and resolve to into a tool of empowerment become the country’s most and resistance.” welcoming, just, reconciling place to live? Can we turn and would encourage us to do, is this: to reverse a caustic history of racism into embrace these adversities in ways that a legacy — a truly Hoosier legacy — of reverse them, turning them into opporequality, fellowship, and hope? tunities for progress and flourishing. To Of course we can. But not without each strive, in disciplined and creative ways, to know ourselves individually and com- other, not without disciplined commitdespair. Each of us can identify a range of ways in which we are captives, ways in which we continue to require liberation.

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in previous generations. We live in a [time] where social media is prominent. … I think it has taken away from the communal behavior that we had before when we would meet up at a religious house or a coffeehouse and bring awareness, [talk about] social justice through civil disobedience and those kinds of things. We have to get back to that.

NUVO: How do you think we alert a generation that might not be familiar with Mandela as to the kind of impact that he had?

CARSON: I think it’s important that we highlight his legacy beyond two weeks from now. Once the ceremony has gone away, I think we still have to talk him up when we talk about Dr. King, we have to talk him up when we talk about Jesus, when we talk about the example of Mohammed, the example of the Buddha, the example of Abraham and all of the greats; Harriet Tubman, Fannie Lou Hamer — we have to talk up Mandela.

President Obama said it best: “He no longer belongs to us, he belongs to the ages.” Certainly he’ll become mythologized like all of the greats, but … [don’t forget] he was labeled as a terrorist by the United States until 2008. He still managed to come without any indication of bitterness, any indication of hatred toward those who oppressed him, urging all of us to come together as one human family. That is phenomenal. n

ment, and not without inspiring exemplars such as Nelson Mandela, golden lanterns to help guide us on the way.

The time is right for this kind of renewal. Christmas, after all, is a season of great reversals. The story begins with a young woman in a forgotten town, singing a song of praise about how God has “lifted up the lowly.” Mary’s song is typically called the “Magnificat.” And it is magnificent, isn’t it? How the tyrants fall? How prisoners become presidents?

How even and especially those things that keep us captive can be recast, and reversed, and transformed — and make us free? n Matthew Myer Boulton is a professor of theology and president of Christian Theological Seminary in Indianapolis.

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Mahern is a member). This Thursday, they’ll be presenting these achievements of sonic delight in the form of a music revue at White Rabbit Cabaret.

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Rewind It’s April 1983 and you’re strutting down the street with Dexy’s Midnight Runners in your headphones. Sure, you’ve enjoyed their No. 1 hit single “Come On Eileen,” but when it ends you’re in unfamiliar territory with the rest of the Celtic soul-pop group’s album. You can’t skip this track with the simple controls of your Walkman.

So you just keep listening – with a concentration sought after today by labels like Magnetic South Recordings.

Fast-forward to 2008: that Dexy’s Midnight Runners cassette sits in a moldy basement box, along with more recently discarded formats like CD-Rs. We live in the cloud now, man.

But don't count out those hissing tapes just yet; not when Bloomington’s Magnetic South Recordings and other boutique labels are still hard at work making specialty cassette releases.

“We did not start doing the label because we had a business plan for a record label. We just wanted to make

records,” says label co-founder and engineer John Dawson.

Label founders Dawson, Seth Mahern and Aaron Deer, all formerly of Bloomington soul-punk band John Wilkes Booze, among other individual projects, needed a way to fill the inactive time between bands and tours. Not

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only did they find delight in the honest charm of the analog recording process and medium, they also knew that working with the older format would make it financially easier to introduce to the world the music they loved.

“We wanted to put stuff out but we obviously didn’t have hardly any money.

It was either cassettes or CD-Rs, and cassettes seemed to have a lot more personality,” Mahern says.

Now five years in, Magnetic South Recordings boasts a roster of tapes — and, increasingly, vinyl releases — that personify the strange breed of lo-fi psychedelic music that’s been pouring out of the state for more than 30 years. Think The Dancing Cigarettes, The Gizmos, Zero Boys; bands that put Indiana on the map as a place for experimental punk music.

They’ve turned ears on with this year’s releases of A Goodbad Man is Hard to Find by Thee Tsunamis, a selftitled LP by Thee Open Sex (of which Dawson is a member) and a recording of Apache Dropout’s Bubblegum Graveyard (which was released on Chicago's Trouble in Mind and of which

Mahern, Dawson and Deer began by recording the friendship–fueled jamming that would happen so often at their quaint yellow house on the southwestside of Bloomington. Though Deer has since moved to Oakland, Calif., his connection with Magnetic South is evident in one of their latest releases — Deer's project Daring Ear’s cassette Afterflash.

They used old equipment that was either already around, donated or posted in the “free if you can come and get it” section of Craigslist.

Both have had the opportunity to work under Paul Mahern, Zero Boys frontman and esteemed producer — and Seth Mahern’s uncle. Dawson worked as an assistant engineer on Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band’s The Gospel Album and The Whole Fam Damnily which [Paul]Mahern produced, and works in the Media Preservation Initiative at Indiana University.

Their first release was a hand–duplicated Sitar Outreach Ministry cassette, closely followed by a pre–Mahern Apache Dropout cassette. Soon after, they acquired the tape duplicators that established the group as a label.

“The commercial viability was not a concern at the time. We were just doing something to keep ourselves entertained,” Mahern says.

The owners noticed a group of peers emerging, like Burger Records from Fullerton, Calif. It’s not as inaccessible a culture to penetrate any longer, with bands like The Flaming Lips, King Tuff and At the Drive–In releasing cassette tapes, along with hundreds of other artists. And of course, there's Indy's Joyful Noise Recordings, whose specialty box

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One of the most exciting new acts out of Central Indiana is the trio of surf-rocking ecstasy that is Thee Tsunamis. These ladies rip through absorbing no-coast songs about love and monsters and everything in between. Check out the Magnetic South–released tape A Goodbad Man is Hard to Find – you’ll find it full of powerfully performed weirdo surf songs penned by Betsy, Josie and Sharlene Tsunami. And keep ears open for the release of their upcoming Delirium and The Dark Waters 7’’.

“From the start, we've always wanted our sound to be loud and unmistakenly rock and roll,” says Betsy. “But more than anything, we want our sound to be one people can dance to. And preferably, it'll be a really weird dance.”

Thee Tsunamis will open up for idol Lydia Lunch’s Teenage Jesus and The Jerks in Bloomington in February.

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These Bloomington punks have been hell-bent for feathers since 2009, spitting out tapes that broker a compromise between snotty punk and artfully reticent post-punk. With Seth Mahern of Magnetic South on drums, Sonny Blood (Alexander) on guitar and vocals and Nathan Warrick on bass and vocals, the group’s last LP Bubblegum Graveyard was a playful but dark journey through one of rock ‘n’ roll’s strangest times.

While their appearance at Magnetic South Revue will be the first performance in a few months, the group has plans for next year that include a new album. According to Mahern, their new material has the feel of earlier Apache Dropout recordings.

“It’s grittier, more damaged and exponentially more mind-warping than Bubblegum Graveyard. But you can still expect straight-forward, simple songs that blend modern paranoia with classic rock and roll,” Mahern says.

Thee Open Sex

Started as a solo venture into minimalist tape music by label co-owner John Dawson, Thee Open Sex has become one of the must-see bands in the nation for fans of harsh, fuzzy psychedelia. As the group evolved Dawson looked to artists with the same simplistic and powerful sound, like The Velvet Underground and Iggy Pop and The Stooges.

Using the open-structured songwriting and embracing the changing dynamics of the group, Thee Open Sex has solidified over time into its current live lineup of John Dawson on guitar and tapes, Miss Mess (Rachel Weidner) on vocals and keyboards, Mike Anderson on guitar, Sonny Blood on keys, bass and guitar, Will Staler on bass and viola and Tyler Damon on drums. Their upcoming release in spring of next year will find the band exploring the possibilities in reducing the trademark hypnotic melodies.

“This is the sort of tried-and-true rock band format approach that builds the psychic link of musical communication really well,” Dawson says.

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A Goodbad Man is Hard to Find by Thee Tsumamis released on cassette.

sets of cassettes for Dinosaur Jr. and other analog releases have received international attention.

“When you make something you want to have an object, not just have a Bandcamp or whatever. That’s really unsatisfying for everybody,” Dawson says.

New tape enthusiasts are born every day. It's cheap to get into, and while a Walkman may lack the storage capacity of even one gigabyte, the intimacy of choosing a tape to listen to, of carrying that tape around and listening to it again and again, is worthwhile to these converts.

“The end product is what’s important,” Dawson says. “Ultimately, you want to listen to it and think it’s exciting and think that other people might think it’s exciting too.”

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romance. Remember the delicate act of winding the magnetic tape back together after it’s been strewn out by a malicious tape deck? The hardy plastic shell stands up against time. For some, it’s a nostalgic trip to the past to listen to a cassette.

Others, many younger, find the tactile format appealing — and tapes are a pocket –sized souvenir to take away from a show.

Modern cassette culture is strong enough to support the existence of a plethora of tape labels and even Cassette Store Day this year.

“For me, because of the generation

that I come from and my fear of computers,” Dawson says, “The path of least resistance was just to make tapes.”

The Studio Magnetic South Recordings’ studio control center has taken a form in every room of Mahern and Dawson’s home.

In its early incarnations, they sat behind the panel in the basement with only a curtain separating them from the band.

But that setup wasn’t ideal. The control station moved several times around the

basement until it made its way upstairs, where it bounced from bedroom to bedroom until this past summer when a roommate moved and freed space.

Upgrades have been made here and there, but for the most part, the gear they use has remained the same.

“We don’t need the top–of-the-line anything. We just need it to work until the end of the project,” Dawson says.

By working within the limitations of their available equipment, including vintage studio treasures like an Echoplex, a plate reverb system, they have been able to produce remarkable albums which have established a signature sound of hazy, lo–fi brilliance for the studio.

Attention from outlets like Pitchfork and Paste Magazine for the work of Thee Open Sex and Apache Dropout in particSEE, SOUTH, ON PAGE 10

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Vacation Club Live, these Fountain Square super freaks come on loud and without restraint and with a vibe unlike any other — heavy, flowering psychedelic lead guitar riffs rain down upon the audience through chord progressions into a fascinating abyss.

The group plans to tour in the future in support of its Magnetic South released LP Heaven is Too High, blasting wild jams across the U.S. Drummer Jered Sheline, bassist Mitch Duncan and guitarists Jeb Lambert and Sam James romp through their gritty take on pop while sharing vocal duties.

From their start crashing shows uninvited to the band practices that focused on Chinese takeout and jokes, these dudes are one of the best bands in Indianapolis because of their live energy and raw sound.

Psychic Baos Will Fist (Johnson) has been jamming both solo and accompanied under the name Psychic Baos since before his part in the prolific era of rock and roll stompers Three Man Band. Psychic Baos' recent tape on Magnetic South, Nuh-Uh: Death of Bob Plant, bleeds through an endless chasm of gleaming lo-fi rock. Fist employs the use of dark imagery and tones while punching each song to its limit. Psychic Baos normally performs as a two piece, but the lineup is evolving.

“I like to write about things that happen to me during the day, like not being able to pay rent or running your foot over with a lawnmower,” Fist says.

Sitar Outreach Ministry Sitar Outreach Ministry is another project out of Magnetic South that began with just a single dude, Nick McGill, an enthusiast of classical Indian music and raga. He’s built a rotating cast of players who join him for live functions, including Seth Mahern and Sonny Blood of Apache Dropout, but also Miss Mess from Thee Open Sex and regular percussionist Bryce Martin.

Apart from his beloved sitar and surbahar, McGill’s developed delicate tunings to match the group’s unique sound for the instruments that join him on stage, which can include effects, guitars, viola, bass, vocals, electric harmonica and vibes. McGill stresses the genuine tone of his musical endeavor.

“I would say our style is much more authentic than you will usually find, for example where sitar is just used as a goofy prop to 'emphasize Eastern religion,' or some such hogwash,” he says.

SOUTH , FROM PAGE 09 ular has credited the recording prowess of Magnetic South for each group’s success.

“We already knew that our favorite records were experienced people working with exciting, inexperienced artists — these situations where you can get a pretty good representation of something that’s maybe kind of fucked up and wrong. A lot of times that translates into something exciting,” Dawson says.

The Revue Five years to the day after their very first showcase, held at the now-gone Cinemat in Bloomington, Magnetic South Revue takes place on Dec. 12.

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(Mahern’s band), Thee Open Sex (Dawson’s band), Vacation Club, Thee Tsunamis, Sitar Outreach Ministry and Psychic Baos, all of which have tunes from Magnetic South out, or upcoming releases on tape or vinyl.

Dawson confirms that the drive that he and Mahern feel to release music comes because they’re both purely fascinated.

“The [cassette] isn’t really the new thing — it’s the music,” Dawson says.“...

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BOOK REVIEW PAINTING INDIANA III: HERITAGE OF PLACE RACHEL BERENSON PERRY Indiana University Press, $40 w

I grew up learning about landscape painting en plein air. Coming from the Catskill Mountains, a century-plus after the Hudson River School first created idealized scenes, I was schooled daily to notice the beauty of The River, The Varieties of Trees and Birds, The Animals of the Forests, The Cascade of Ranges — all nouns in capital letters. It was expected I would savor the bounty of the place — and moreover, I would take care of this gift as a treasure for the next generation, being but on loan to me. Not able to afford paints, I sketched with pencil on paper, leaving color to imagination. So it is no surprise that I take to heart and soul the Indiana University Press books created by the Indiana Plein Air Painters Association.

Plein air painting gained traction in Indiana with the return of T.C. Steele and J. Otis Adams following their studies in Munich in the early 1880s. Subsequent generations have followed in their path and are responsible for works collected in Painting Indiana’s now three-volume series, including Portraits of Indiana’s 92 Counties (2000) and The Changing Face of Agriculture (2006).

Developed in partnership with Indiana Landmarks and designed to foster “an interaction between visual artists and historic preservationists,” Painting Indiana III: Heritage of Place (2013) takes us outside during an 18-month dedicated time frame when artists set up their easels at various sites around Indiana. They worked together at “paint-outs” or alone to depict their choice of a place with which they connected.

Here we witness the interplay of natural and built environments throughout all four seasons, thus bringing us to contemplate changes of light, color, texture, inviting us to travel throughout all of Indiana and seek out its bridges, cabins, pioneer farmsteads, formal gardens, church yards, monuments, fountains, marsh lands, waterfronts, springs and valleys. Some views are recognized as the subject of multiple artists over many years; most are newly represented.

Leafing through the 200 pages of full-color images was at first a challenge because there is no logical order — it’s a random presentation with no index by county or topic or place name or artist’s name. But as I visited the book again and again, I found pleasure in making my own associations, turning back and forth to compare and contrast three different versions of the Irwin Home and Gardens in Columbus. I did the same with barns and log cabin homes of Brown County. And I now feel compelled to travel to the various bridges and to pay closer attention to the sites right here in Marion County. More orderly are the essays by art historian Rachel Perry, who writes about the core values as well as the challenges and joys of plein air painting.

— RITA KOHN

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When Two Worlds Collide: Justin Vining and Jon Smith e Jon Smith and Justin Vining aren’t the kinds of artists you’d expect to hit it off. Smith shoots pellet guns at light bulbs filled with paint or feathers and photographs their demise at high speed. Vining paints whimsical cityscapes and forsaken rural landscapes that allude to the accelerating loss of the family farm in America.

What happens when Vining paints his landscapes on Smith’s light bulbs? KABOOM, that’s what! But you also see a vision of the world — coming apart at the seams — portrayed in an arresting way.

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New Day Meadery through Dec. 27 Toyin Odutola and The Highwaymen w In Toyin Odutola’s large-scale self-portrait, “The Paradox of Education,” the artist stares directly at you, sizing you up. Are you comfortable among those with a different skin color than you? Are you comfortable in your own skin? This conceptually open-ended work manages — paradoxically — to provoke such specific questions, at least for this viewer. Aside from that, there’s much to appreciate in these portraits (selfportraits and otherwise) on a purely aesthetic level.

That is to say, the 29-year-old Nigerian-born Odutola can do a helluva lot with the art supplies she usually acquires from Walmart. She leaves the impression that she’s bundling together luminous lines of black ink, charcoal and/or pastel, and then masterfully 2

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weaving those bundled cords together to create her mixed media on paper portraiture.

Odutola’s work occupies iMOCA’s second room through January; up front in the space are the Highwaymen, a group of 26 self-taught African-American artists who sold their art door-to-door (or out of car trunks) from the ‘50s to ‘80s. My favorite of these is an untitled oil on Upson board painting by Ellis Buckner. It’s an astoundingly beautiful swampscape, lit by a crepuscular sun. The Highwaymen overcame many economic and racial barriers to create such art. Thanks to iMOCA, selected works can now be appreciated up close in Central Indiana. iMOCA (Indianapolis Museum of Contemporary Art) through Jan. 25 TINY II r There are hundreds of works by 80-odd artists — each 216 square inches or smaller — in this show, but Brendan Day’s work leaps off the walls for me in a really big way. One piece, “Rhuthmos” (watercolor and graphite), portrays five men in white robes. Maybe they just emerged from a sauna — or an inquisition. And then there’s “In-Between,” a watercolor of a worn-out landscape with a high tension power line cutting across the horizon. This is the type of neither-here-nor-there landscape that many of us find ourselves living in. Be careful, as you walk in this gallery, that Anila Agha’s black, thorny installation “Unbearable Beauty” (acrylic on Hawthorne branches) doesn’t install itself into your arm. Apparently, this is just the beginning of some much larger 3

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by Anila Agha work coming down the line. Watch out.

Gallery 924 through Jan. 3 Words of Art: Borshoff & Herron Annual Gallery Show e Eric D. Johnson’s monoprint “Wash on, Wash off” was created and — just like all the work by Herron School of Art & Design artists on display here — in response to a tweet. The text of this particular tweet: “So I’ve apparently become a soap hoarder.” Johnson’s work suggests the rhythmic, figure eight strokes that you might use in applying soap to your body. The particular soaps you use, depending on the brand, might foam up in a variety of colors. But it’s apt to be the suds’ final hurrah as they roll down your nether regions towards the drain.

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REVIEW A Very Phoenix Xmas 8: Angels We Have Heard While High e The Phoenix Theatre’s annual Christmas pageant is a dependable, lively holiday tradition, with just the right amount of cheerfulness and sentimentality, comedy and music. Hosts Scot Greenwell and Ryan O’Shea are playful, particularly in their catchy duet, “Present Face.” IndyFringe fan favorites The Fourth Wall add a dash of Christmas magic and musical levity. It’s hard not to feel jolly as they dance from wing to wing, instruments in hand. The performance reaches a sentimental peak with Tim Minchin’s “White Wine in the Sun,” a tender carol about family that expands as the ensemble’s voice swells.

— KATELYN COYNE Through Dec. 22 at Phoenix Theatre

PERFORMANCES Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra: Handel’s Messiah ICO maestro Kirk Trevor has two more of these Messiahs to go (he’ll step down following the 2014-15 season). This rendition features several soloists, plus the combined choral talents of Encore Vocal Arts and the Tab sanctuary choir.

Tabernacle Presbyterian Church, Dec. 13, 7:30 p.m. and Dec. 15, 3 p.m., $30 adult, $12 student, icomusic.org Toy Chest: A Burlesque Celebration Toys shall come to life in a slightly more salacious way than in the Toy Story films in this burlesque revue presented by the team that brought you last year’s Burlesque in Brushstrokes.

Athenaeum Theatre, Dec. 13, 8:30 p.m., $12 advance (bottomsupburlesque.com), $15 door Rejoice!

The 28th annual edition of Butler’s gospel spectacular will include six Butler vocal groups, including the a capella group Out of the Dawghouse, performing a version of “Rudolph.”

Clowes Hall, Dec. 13-14, 8 p.m., butler.edu Indianapolis Opera: Amahl and the Night Visitors If you need a good cry or your cable is out and you can’t get the Hallmark Channel, this is the heart-warming story to get you through the winter months. Written for TV in a time when an operetta could be written for American TV, it’s the tale of Amahl and his widowed mother, and the star that guides them to a miracle.

Basile Opera Center, through Dec. 15, times and prices vary, indyopera.org

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hree Dollar Bill takes comedy seriously. Created in 2009, the sketch comedy troupe has produced more than a dozen revues, including sold-out runs at three consecutive IndyFringe festivals. Producer and company member Will Pfaffenberger speaks for the troupe as they prepare a raucous holiday show.

“It’s going to be R-rated, edgy sketch comedy,” he says. “We are turning traditional Christmas concepts on their ear, tapping into mainstream events and pop culture to demonstrate different versions of how Christmas might play out.”

The members of Three Dollar Bill constantly engage audiences to garner comedic inspiration. Many perform weekly at ComedySportz Indianapolis.

“Sketch comedy relies on the timeliness of the zeitgeist: Being aware of what the tone of the community is at the time and tapping into those sensibilities,” he says. “We rely on what the audience is talking about; like twerking is a good example of something that has stuck around a long time this year. These things that come up over and over again cue us to know what is embedded in the culture of the time.

We use those to our advantage.”

Influenced by famed sketch groups like The Groundlings and Second City, each of the six members of Three Dollar Bill brings a different comedic sense to the stage.

“Jeff [Clawson] is an English literature media teacher; he has this very articulate sense of how to write and create a script,” he says. “Then there is me and Todd [Kenworthy] who love the lowest common denominator stuff. Claire [Wilcher] is a mix of both. Matt [Kramer] has a great sense for awkward characters and situations, and Chad [Woodward] writes with a social agenda.”

Everyone in the group writes; together they edit and refine the work into a polished piece. Often what’s seen on stage doesn’t align with what’s on the page.

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you can’t take away from a group of improvisers when they are performing.

There is a lot of fun to be had when you get comfortable with a scenario and characters. A sketch takes an unexpected tangent and it’s likely to be a good one.”

Trust is key between these performers, many of whom have been working together for as long as 10 years.

“If somebody starts ripping, you listen and try to respond as the character in the moment and support that,” he says. “We are such a tight knit group that we aren’t caught off guard if that happens. We trust nobody more than we do each other.”

Anticipating an improvised moment is second nature for the members of Three Dollar Bill. But when a performer is caught off guard and breaks character the troupe pushes further for funny.

“We know the ‘tells’ when people are tickled by something,” he says. “You just dig in and try to get that person to break.

We love those moments. There is nothing better than making each other laugh.” n Three Dollar Bill is (clockwise from top right) Jeff Clawson, Will Pfaffenberger, Chad Woodward, Matt Kramer, Claire Wilcher and Todd Kenworthy.

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lays by Indiana writers or about Indiana... or both!” exclaims the notice. After readings of nine new and old short and full length scripts and first scenes of works-in-progress — presented from Dec. 2-5 at Butler’s Schrott Center — I know a lot more about Hoosiers past and present.

Rehearsed readings by Butler Theatre majors and guest actors were followed by a Q/A session with audience members, actors, playwrights and directors.

Play readings are part of Butler Theatre department’s legacy. I remember them in Robertson Hall’s scrappy basement. I also remember readings at Broad Ripple Players in the 1980s, followed by Phoenix Theatre, Indiana Theatre Association’s and Beckmann Theatre “New Plays.”

These ceased; IndyFringe picked up.

Most recently playwrights gather at IndyReads to test scripts. So the circle comes round to Butler.

With script-in-hand, the emphasis was on words, with ideas brought forward by vocal and facial expressions and body language without reliance on movement, sets, costumes, props or lighting. The actors at Schrott strove to bring depth and breadth to the characters and their relationships.

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Andrew Black returns to Indianapolis with Cornflower Blue, a delicately touching slice-of-life brief between a girl, her mother and a visitor from the Make-AWish Foundation, set in a hospital. What would be your fervent wish if you were a teenager with a terminal illness? How would you as a parent react?

I’ve seen Jim Poyser’s Spots before; the satire was edgier in this interpretation, allowing us to understand more fully how pervasively advertising has entered into daily conversation, even during our most intimate moments.

Historian Stephen H. Webb developed his Traces magazine article about Harry Hoosier into a one-man play. The Barren Fig Tree provides a metaphor and a conundrum: Is renowned 19th century preacher Harry Hoosier our namesake?

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Elsie & Frances & Fairies is based on a 1920 London magazine article. Tom Horan takes us into the story of two girls “finding fairies” in 1914, how they over-

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came derision and gained support from Arthur Conan Doyle, for whom “the discovery” has personal meaning. Do we scoff or believe?

With Under a Tree at the End of Time, Dan Sherer creates an atmospheric family drama that opens with a father shooting his daughter, and spirals us back into what propelled this atrocity.

Dysfunction materializes as we listen to “what people choose to say and tell.”

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“Unstuck in place and time,” David Hoppe’s Dillinger is set in the kitchen of a woman cooking. Exploring the concept of fame, is Indianapolis-born Dillinger reinventing himself for a new generation?

Gari Williams’ Castle Gardens, set in Fall 1941, has the feel of Twyla Tharp’s Movin’ Out in its exploration of WWII’s effects on one community and one family.

As the first scenes of two-act plays, both of the above tantalize.

Matt Benedict’s Outside Providence was the most problematic of the scripts.

At the center is Shakti, the Hindu mother goddess. Benedict frames his play as a telephone conversation between a talker and listener; but the talker’s words are interrupted by Shakti’s exceedingly long ruminations and commentaries.

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I read Lou Harry’s full-length script because I had to be elsewhere. Lightning and Jellyfish, set in the ‘80s in a New Jersey boardwalk rock-and-roll poster shop, time travels out of a realistic episode to explode into a future based on the a choice made by 17-year old Angela. In the season of Dickens’ Christmas Carol, Harry’s cautionary tale is gripping on many levels. n Disclaimer: David Hoppe is a contributing editor and columnist at NUVO; Jim Poyser worked for NUVO from 1996-2013.

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OPENING All Is Lost Robert Redford attempts to survive a shipwreck in the Indian Ocean in J.C. Chandor’s (Margin Call) second feature film.

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Nebraska e A road trip movie directed by Alexander Payne (The Descendants, Sideways, About Schmidt), shot in black and white (gray and lighter gray, actually) to better accentuate the bleakness, populated mostly by people who are vacuous, quietly miserable or insufferable.

Woody (Bruce Dern) is an old coot who intends to collect his Publishers Clearing House-type winnings, even if he has to walk from Montana to Nebraska; his son David (Will Forte) decides to drive him there to clear things up. It’s a downbeat mix of comedy and drama that takes its own sweet time to get rolling.

R, At Keystone Art Philomena e In 1952, a naive Irish teenager named Philomena Lee met an attractive boy at the fair and had sex with him. Later she got screwed, sent to a facility for “fallen women” run by a group of nuns involved in, alas, baby trafficking. Stephen Frears (Tamara Drewe, The Queen) directs the film adaptation of Philomena’s story from a screenplay that takes some liberties with the facts, but hews much closer to the truth that most “inspired by” movies.

PG-13, At Keystone Art Out of the Furnace y The cast is impressive: Christian Bale, Casey Affleck, Woody Harrelson, Zoe Saldana, Sam Shepard, Forest Whitaker and Willem Dafoe. The premise is workable: A Pennsylvania steel-mill worker (Bale) sets out in pursuit of answers about his younger brother (Affleck), who returned from Iraq, got involved in bare-knuckle underground boxing, then disappeared. Writer-director Scott Cooper (Crazy Heart) tries too hard to make a big statement about the American Dream and the hard realities of blue collar life in the Rust Belt. Despite the efforts of his cast (especially Harrelson, in a ballsto-the-wall performance as a psycho criminal), the film never transcends its dour, over-familiar B-movie roots.

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o you thought The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey wasn’t exciting enough? Get ready for The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, the second film in Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit: Check Out Our Cumbersome Titles trilogy, where the camera swoops and whooshes over meticulously constructed and choreographed scenes of battles, derring-do, death, brushes with death, more battles, thrilling escapes, unlikely alliances, quips, even more battles, gorgeous scenery, the biggest, baddest, best CGI dragon ever created, and yet still even more battles!

It’s like the climax of The Adventures of Tintin, except better, because most of you actually know these characters and their eyes don’t look dead like the characters in Tintin. But why am I talking about Tintin when I should be shouting about Jackson’s super whiz-bang epica-go-go!? Gosh, how could anyone complain about a two hour and forty minute avalanche of thrills and chills!?

Actually, I’m going to complain a little.

Here’s the deal: I’ve never read anything

by J.R.R. Tolkien. Nothing against the man or his works; I just never felt the need to wade into novels requiring me to learn about the history, peoples, and cultural and political relationships between the nations, factions and colorful figures of fantasy worlds. I have enough trouble keeping up with this planet.

The first Hobbit flick put me to sleep.

This one almost did. I got through the first two hours due to the wham bam factor, especially during an over-the-top but undeniably dazzling escape/pursuit scene set on a raging river. But despite the great-looking visuals, I was acutely aware of the film’s lack of story. What I was watching seemed less like a quest for

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the ages and more like well-shot footage of a mega-cool amusement park ride or next-generation video game. When the travelers finally reached a town and the pace slowed, my eyelids began to droop and I had to fight to stay awake, until the best dragon ever (voiced by Benedict Cumberbatch) appeared and I perked up.

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bang, seems like just another member of the gang. The wizard Gandalf (Ian McKellen) is off on some side-task. He does that a lot, doesn’t he? A relationship between a female archer named Tauriel (Evangeline Lily) and hunky dwarf Kili (Aidan Turner) is promising, but won’t be resolved until the next installment.

I get that Jackson views this movie as simply the middle portion of a nearly nine-hour story. But I nodded during the first part and won’t see the finale for a year, leaving me with a beautifully imagined thrill-fest with too little personality and too many situations TO BE CONTINUED next year. The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug is going to be a massive hit with fans of the book and of Jackson’s uber-productions, but for me, viewing it as a movie unto itself, it’s eye candy without enough flavor. n

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— ED JOHNSON-OTT Roving Cinema: Big Trouble in Little China Indy Film Fest wraps up its 2013 mobile cinema season Wednesday with the Kurt Russell classic. It beat out a few other “guilty pleasure” action films in online voting to earn the right to be screened at Sun King, which is tapping a new brew for the occasion.

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White Christmas Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye and Rosemary Clooney in much-bigger-than-yourhead Vistavsion.

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Shelbyville’s Daredevil Brewing Co. is celebrating its first anniversary with Lift Off: West Coast Style India Pale Ale as its first in a lineup of 16-ounce cans. We visited Daredevil’s production brewery, where the four-packs were ready to ship out. They’ll find a spot on retail store shelves and in restaurants that are sans beer on tap.

We asked why a Hoosier-based brewery chose a West Coast innovation for its signature brew. “A brewer can be brash or artistic,” replied co-owner/ brewer Michael Pearson. “[Co-owner/brewer] Bill Ballinger and I try to be artistic. We prefer to take down the alcohol and bring up the flavor.”

Hence, Lift Off at a comfortable 7.2 percent ABV, offers a perfect balance between malts that provide a sunny hue and just right sweetness, in concert with an array of bittering and flavoring hops growing on the West Coast. Identified by co-visitor Jill Ditmire as “awakening with a pink grapefruit tang and a calmer fruit approach” than most West Coaststyle IPAs, we identified an array of herbal and floral notes providing a longer than usual bouquet aroma.

EVENTS Holiday Cheers A relatively rare “adults-only” event at Conner Prairie, hosted by the organization’s young professionals group, Horizon Council, is structured around a candlelit stroll through 1836 Prairietown featuring beer from Carmel’s Union Brewing Company, sausagemaking demonstrations by Smoking Goose and a lively party at the Campbell Home.

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on’t know what to get someone for the holidays? Then you can’t go wrong with something to eat or drink. This also holds true for busy people, hungry people and holiday-weary people — in other words, everyone likes a gift basket full of food. We put together a basket of goodies you can pick up quickly and conveniently, either by ordering online (through GreenBEAN Delivery, which is making a good case these days for a year-round membership) or making a few quick stops around town (starting from the City Market if you’re downtown).

1 Chocolate for the Spirit CFTS is changing the chocolate game in Indy, using only Grand Cru-quality chocolate sourced from around the world. The Mayan Spice Bar ($8, dark and milk) combines cinnamon with a blend of three peppers; the bar itself has a gold dust sheen. Head down to City Market and ask for samples, which are available for everything they sell. Their Forever Bar ($15) is created from the rarest kind of chocolate in the world — only 12 chocolatiers around the world were selected for the privilege.

2 Fermenti Artisan Fermenti Artisan has been making its way into refrigerators around town since 2010. Products aren’t shelfstable, so you’ll want to keep them cold, but they’re made without artificial ingredients and without any added sugar. Aside from being tasty, Fermenti’s products will help keep the holiday bloat and feelings of “winter bleh” away; fermentation is known to make foods more nutrient dense and helps balance your internal bacterial workings. Co-owner and chef Mark Cox suggests his pickles or apple kraut ($10-$12) as accessible first-time purchases.

City Market, facebook.com/fermentiartisan 3 Amazing Potato Chip Company Amazing Potato Chips is already well-known for turning out really good chips, but it also has an incredible blend of carmel and cheddar popcorn ($6). You can buy everything in smaller, individual sizes, but this is December, and it’s too cold for your stinking small servings. Grab a big bag to re-create that childhood memory of big gift tins of popcorn (“giftcorn” if you will), or put a variety pack together for the college student and/ or loveable stoner on your list.

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4 Hubbard & Cravens Suck on our H&C, Starbucks! These local roasters have been around for years, sourcing beans from around the world to make delicious coffee for local caffeine addicts. There are lots of really great independent coffee houses and companies around town, but Hubbard’s ubiquitous presence is what put it on our list. Stop by one of its many outposts to grab cans of tea or a pound of coffee, or any accessories (from mugs to French presses) available for purchase. hubbardandcravens.com BeeFree (available at Nature’s Pharm or via GreenBEAN Delivery) Gluten is often the backbone of lots of holiday sweet treats, which can make this time of year pretty fun-free for people with allergies to the stuff. Instead of making your G-free loved ones stare longingly at the cookie plate from across a crowded party, you could buy them a basket full of goodies from BeeFree, a Northside bakery owned by Jennifer Wiese, an avid crossfitter whose treats are paleo-friendly as well as gluten-free.

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Alternative Gift Fair: Holiday Edition It’s the sixth year that the folks behind the Alternative Gift Fair have brought together the finest in locally handmade crafts, goods, foodstuffs and anything else giftable.

12 Chefs of Christmas This Saturday, 12 of Indy’s best chefs will take center stage as they cook up specially-prepared dishes, allowing diners to chat them up about their food and craft. Each dish was built around one of 12 holiday beers brewed by Flat12 Bierwerks.

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e Big Chuck sure knows how to throw a holiday party.

It was First Friday in Fountain Square, and appropriately, Indy was coated with sheets of white just in time for Big Chuck’s fourth annual Xmas Bash, featuring We Are Hex and The Icks from Indianapolis, along with New York doom metal group Occultation.

Initially, it seemed as if the weather had scared off fans; however, as the night roared on, the listeners PHOTO BY BRYAN MOORE packed the room.

We Are Hex 7” release show Fountain Square’s The Icks started off the night, playing a great set of noisy rock and roll. Having played Radio Radio many times over the past few months, The Icks’ sound has undoubtedly improved with every new appearance at the venue. Often left victim to EQ difficulties because of their use of looping elements, this set was the group’s best yet, as the trio catered to the night of discord with several riotous jams of their own. ( Editor’s note: Psst. See more at right.)

New York’s Occultation implemented doom rock trends in a Teenage Strange sort of way. Fog machines met Kirk Hammett-esque thrash tones; the group’s mathematical theatrics reached for a Dream Theater-type appeal at times, but steering clear of the cheesiness often associated with the genre.

“We Are Hex sound like Yeah Yeah Yeahs, except if they were more into Jesus Lizard, Pop Group and Suicide than John Hughes movie soundtracks,” Detour Mag writes — a perfect description of the band’s occult, energetic grit. Lead singer Jill Weiss’ badass cries aren’t dissimilar from Karen O’s mystical knack, and they pair well with the band’s echoing crunches.

“Thanks for not being pussies about the snow,” Weiss said mid-set to the large crowd of late night devotees.

The band delivered a solid set of swampy death rock, thanking Big Chuck for the night of Xmas mischief. With a new album in the cards, Weiss warned fans of the band’s upcoming break from playing shows. Let’s hope for a shorter hiatus this time, guys.

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n icky crunch oozes into the Fountain Square streets as Jon Caldwell, Joe Ferguson, Cameron Holloway and their trusty beat machine prepare for an upcoming show at Radio Radio. Packed into a living room corner, the band works through several densely structured rock creations, filling the premises with a force field of noisy vibrations.

On Dec. 14, The Icks will perform at Fountain Square’s General Public Collective in celebration of the release of their debut album Little Rotten.

Recorded at Indy’s Queensize Studios in the spring, the band’s first studio recordings perfectly showcase their experimental mindset as a band — something they take heart in.

“As far as the recording process, we just laid down the cake. We made the song, we put it down,” Ferguson says, comfortably seated on a couch across the room from the band’s practice nook.

“We knew the bare bones when we went in, and after we had all of that done, we added our fucking icing or whatever. We got experimental and had fun with it.”

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at Queensize, transforming their foundational ideas into new creations.

“We knew what we had, and then the process defined it I would say,” Caldwell says. “A lot of the songs changed.”

There’s no drummer in The Icks.

Instead, the trio relies on carefully pieced electronic backing beats to hold down their tunes. Initially, The Icks’ reliance on their drum machine came out of necessity. The Icks made the most of their situation, collectively crafting beats that fit each song.

“Now it’s just part of the process, [although] we’re not opposed to having a drummer,” Caldwell says. “We literally just sit here and bang on ourselves and talk about what we think might work.”

The band has a classically trained ear manning the organ. Holloway, who Ferguson refers to as The Icks’ “mad scientist,” is still committed to his more tra-

ditional music studies, despite he receives for his rock and roll extracurriculars.

“I have a piano teacher but she just has me play classical music, like Chopin,” he says. “I’ll show her a song that I wrote and she’ll be like, ‘Yeah that doesn’t sound like Beethoven so let’s get back to the music.’”

Since recording Little Rotten, the group has written nearly another album’s worth of material, progressively phasing out the soon-to-be-released tunes with even newer ones.

“If we are tired of hearing something, most likely the people listening to us have heard enough for a little bit,” Ferguson says. “And we can always bring it back out. It’s not that we don’t like the songs.”

With Little Rotten being the group’s first album since their birthing last October, The Icks are anticipating the release just as much as fans. They have a goal of ultimately getting the album distributed, but the trio from Fountain Square will bask in the glow of this milestone for the time being.

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s a DJ I’m frequently asked to backup hip-hop MCs at the various gigs I play. In that capacity, I’ve had the opportunity to work with Indianapolisbased artist Human (Howard Jones) twice over the last year. Human’s sharp lyrical content and charismatic flow left a huge impression on me, so when I heard the MC was dropping his first fulllength LP I was eager to give it a spin.

Released through A Million Other Things, I am Human is one of the best locally produced albums I’ve heard this year — and it also holds its own against classic titles from the Indianapolis hiphop library. I spoke with Human about the political, religious and musical influences that informed the thematic direction of the album.

NUVO: Religion has had a prominent role in your life and the first song on the album immediately touches on that subject.

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WITH KYLE LONG KLONG@NUVO.NET Kyle Long’s music, which features off-the-radar rhythms from around the world, has brought an international flavor to the local dance music scene.

NUVO: How did you integrate into the local hip-hop scene?

HUMAN: Actually it was just a little over a year ago. That process was interesting. I broke away from the religious movement and I started finding different ways of expressing myself through poetry and literature. I started making music on my own at home and I was sharing it with friends on Facebook. I linked up with Jace at A Million Other Things and I kept blowing up his inbox with music. Eventually he accidentally hit play and he heard one of my songs and liked it. He began to support me and allow me to craft my brand.

— HUMAN

HUMAN: I grew up as one of Jehovah’s Witnesses. I was involved with that religious movement for most of my life. I left the church four years ago when I was 26. I lost everybody when I left, all my friends, my entire village and community. My mom didn’t speak to me for three years, although recently we’ve reconciled. She’s more supportive now.

NUVO: Growing up did your family discourage you from listening to hip-hop?

HUMAN: Absolutely; you’re not supposed to listen to rock or hip-hop. Those are the music templates of the devil. If you’re involved with that, you’re in a relationship with Satan.

NUVO: How did you channel your creative energy while you were in the church?

HUMAN: It was a very secretive process. I felt like internally there was this revolutionary creative movement building inside my psyche that was just waiting for me to break free. My creative side was always there, but there was no way for me to express it at that time in that world.

NUVO: What’s the significance behind calling yourself Human?

HUMAN: It’s a very connecting name; like I am everyone, and everyone is me. I wanted to strip down anything anyone ever said about me, every label and every name, even the name my parents gave to me. I wanted to be fresh, hit the reset button and allow the art to come through me very innocently. The name is so broad it gives me so many places I can go musically.

NUVO: Having just released your debut LP do you find Indianapolis to be a good place to launch a music career?

HUMAN: It’s challenging, especially in the hip-hop world. It can be hard to bring anything different out and get the traction you need. But I think sometimes artists are too quick to leave Indianapolis. There are so many great artists here like Ejaaz, Methcoast or Grey Granite. I think it’s only a matter of time before someone projects their will out beyond Indy and people will start running here for more great art. n > > Kyle Long creates a custom podcast for each column.

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Save the Rock House It’s been a hard year for hard rock venues in Indy – Beale St., Indy’s Jukebox, Lizard’s, Vision’s and now Rock House have all experienced some degree of difficulty – with some closing forever.

But Rock House isn’t done quite yet, and there’s seven straight days of music, starting last Saturday, to raise money to keep doors open. All right, hang with us for a moment as we explain this monster event. Each night begins at 8 p.m.; some nights are $5 and the rest are free.

Wednesday’s an Open Mic; Thursday has Cabin Pressure, Wonderboy Dismissed and Dirty. And the Friday Night Finale features Bizarre Noir, September Sky, The Holland Account, Pragmatic and Haughville. Whew.

Got that? All money raised will go to proprietors of the Rock House, who will use funds to pay off back rent.

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HIP-HOP Justin Timberlake Oh, J.T. We’ve loved you since you’re Mickey Mouse Club days and we’re never going to stop — although we might inquire why you released a completely boring double set of albums this year. Alas, there’s no going back to the FutureSex/LoveSounds portion of your career for the time being, but we’re still going to come to your show, which stops at Bankers Life just a few days after fellow emo-hopper Drake was supposed to, but cancelled (again). Just further proof that JT is the better bet: always there when you need him.

Bankers Life Fieldhouse, 125 S. Pennsylvania St., 7 p.m., prices vary, all-ages Jenn Cristy, 86th St. Pub, 21+ The Family Jam, Mousetrap, 21+ Evening of Giving, Bartini’s, 21+ Pride of Indy Concert Band, Indianapolis Artsgarden, all-ages Rosco Bandana, Charlie Patton’s War, The Bluebird (Bloomington), 21+ Free Jazz Wednesdays with Sophie Faught, Chatterbox Jazz Club, 21+ Martina McBride, Emens Auditorium (Muncie), all-ages

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Vogue, 6259 N. College Ave. 7 p.m., $16 in advance, $18 at door, 21+ COUNTRY Kip Moore, Drake White We could tell you more about Kip Moore’s music, but instead, we’ll just let you know that his four singles are titled, “Mary Was the Marrying Kind,” “Somethin’ ‘Bout a Truck,” “Beer Money,” and “Hey Pretty Girl.” ‘Nuff said.

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glorious return to Indy stages with a show at the Mel alongside Tyranny is Tyranny and Harley Poe. We wrote of the four-piece in 2002, “[Saraswati has] developed into a sophisticated act whose songs are deceptively complicated and full of wit.” This is a one-time only reunion, so, fans, make sure you get there.

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FRIDAY HOLIDAZE Piradical X-Mas Party Those crazy kids at the Hoosier Dome are not messing around with their booking this year. They’ve been on point all year long, with blistering sets from melodic hardcore superstars (in our minds, anyway) The Menzingers and a super fun set from The Front Bottoms. That’s in addition to the High School Battle of the Bands, an impressive set from Title Fight and tons more shows inside this little space on Prospect St. Find yourself mainly hitting up Radio Radio and White Rabbit when you’re in Fountain Square? Venture a bit further east to check out The Hoosier Dome, whose X-mas party features Dr. Manhattan, Automagik, Blane Fonda and The Noise FM this year.

You won’t find a more devoted crew of music lovers anywhere in this city.

Hoosier Dome, 1627 Prospect St. 7 p.m., $10, all-ages HOLIDAZE IndyFringe’s Disco Christmas Bar Crawl This is one of our favorite Christmas events. If you can find a bellbot-

tom jumpsuit in a festive red, or a leisure suit in a classy evergreen, get that bad boy out of storage. The ticket gets you access to a variety of events, plus a drink at each bar. End the night back at the Fringe and then dance the night away on Mass Ave. IndyFringe Theatre, 719 E. Clair St., 7:30 p.m., $30, 21+ SOUL The Main Squeeze Bloomington-based band The Main Squeeze is a funky bunch if there ever was one. The guys have been playing together for almost four years, and they have a dedicated following to show for it. Their style mashes up the backgrounds of each of their members, pulling influences from rock to jazz, funk to R&B, and hip-hop to electro.

The Vogue, 6259 N. College Ave., 8 p.m., $10, 21+ INSTALLATIONS Dream Babe Video Premier The first of two big events at General Public this weekend (the second being The Icks’ album release, featured on page 20) doesn’t feature any live music, but that shouldn’t deter you from attending – it’s all about one of our favorite local releases from the year, DMA and Oreo Jones’ August release Highway Hypnosis. Nate Karamanski directed the video for the EP’s closer “Dream Babe,” which will premier at this party, in addition to installations from Karamanski and Jones.

General Public Collective, 1060 Virginia Ave., 9 p.m., FREE, all-ages REUNIONS Saraswati Reunion Show Ten years to the day of the last show, Saraswati makes a

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ARIES (March 21-April 19): Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected President of the United States four times, more often than any other president. We can conclude that he was one of the most popular American leaders ever. And yet he never won a majority of the votes cast by the citizens of his home county in New York. I foresee the possibility of a comparable development in your life. You may be more successful working on the big picture than you are in your immediate situation. It could be easier for you to maneuver when you’re not dealing with familiar, up-close matters. What’s outside your circle might be more attracted to your influence than what’s nearer to home.

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TAURUS (April 20-May 20): In 2009, actress Sandra Bullock starred in three films, two of which earned her major recognition. For her performance in All About Steve, she was given a Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actress. Her work in The Blind Side, on the other hand, won her an Oscar for Best Actress. I’m thinking that you may experience a similar paradox in the coming days, Taurus. Some of your efforts might be denigrated, while others are praised. It may even be the case that you’re criticized and applauded for the same damn thing.

How to respond? Learn from Bullock’s example. She gave gracious acceptance speeches at the award ceremonies for both the Golden Raspberry and the Oscar.

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GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Almost 2,000 years ago, a Roman doctor named Scribonius Largus developed recipes for three different kinds of toothpaste. One contained the ashes of burned-up deer antler, aromatic resin from an evergreen shrub known as mastic, and a rare mineral called sal ammoniac. His second toothpaste was a mix of barley flour, vinegar, honey, and rock salt. Then there was the third: sun-dried radish blended with finely ground glass.

Let’s get a bit rowdy here and propose that these three toothpastes have metaphorical resemblances to the life choices in front of you right now. I’m going to suggest you go with the second option. At the very least, avoid the third.

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CANCER (June 21-July 22): Are you feeling a bit pinched, parched, and prickly? Given the limitations you’ve had to wrestle with lately, I wouldn’t be surprised if you were. Even though you have passed some of the sneaky tests and solved some of the itchy riddles you’ve been compelled to deal with, they have no doubt contributed to the pinched, parched prickliness. Now what can be done to help you recover your verve? I’m thinking that all you will have to do is respond smartly to the succulent temptations that life will bring your way in the coming weeks.

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LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Have you ever situated yourself between two big bonfires on a beach and basked in the primal power? Was there a special moment in your past when you found yourself sitting between two charismatic people you loved and admired, soaking up the life-giving radiance they exuded? Did you ever read a book that filled you with exaltation as you listened to music that thrilled your soul? These are the kinds of experiences I hope you seek out in the coming week. I’d love to see you get nourished stereophonically by rich sources of excitement.

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VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Mythically speaking, this would be a propitious time for you to make an offering to the sea goddess. In dreams or meditations or fantasies, I suggest you dive down into the depths, find the supreme feminine power in her natural habitat, and give her a special gift. Show her how smart you are in the way you express love, or tell her exactly how you will honor her wisdom in the future. If she is receptive, you may even ask her for a favor. Maybe she’ll be willing to assist you in accessing the deep feelings that haven’t been fully available to you. Or perhaps she will teach you how to make conscious the secrets you have been keeping from yourself.

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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Don’t linger in a doorway, Libra. Don’t camp out in a threshold or get stuck in the middle of anything. I understand your caution, considering the fact that life is presenting you with such paradoxical clues. But if you remain ambivalent too much longer, you may obstruct the influx of more definitive information.

The best way to generate the clarity and attract the help you need will be to make a decisive move -- either in or out, either forward or backward, either up or down.

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SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): “It’s a rare person who wants to hear what he doesn’t want to hear,” said TV talk show host Dick Cavett. I will love it if you make yourself one of those rare types in the coming week, Scorpio. Can you bring yourself to be receptive to truths that might be disruptive? Are you willing to send out an invitation to the world, asking to be shown revelations that contradict your fixed theories and foregone conclusions? If you do this hard work, I promise that you will be granted a brainstorm and a breakthrough. You might also be given a new reason to brag.

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SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): There are pregnant truths I could reveal to you right now that I’ve decided not to disclose. I don’t think you’re prepared to hear them yet. If I told you what they are, you wouldn’t be receptive or able to register their full meaning; you might even misinterpret them. It is possible, however, that you could evolve rather quickly in the next two weeks. So let’s see if I can nudge you in the direction of getting the experiences necessary to become ready. Meditate on what parts of you are immature or underdeveloped -- aspects that may one day be skilled and gracious, but are not yet. I bet that once you identify what needs ripening, you will expedite the ripening. And then you will become ready to welcome the pregnant truths.

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CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): “Finifugal” is a rarely used English adjective that I need to invoke in order to provide you with the proper horoscope. It refers to someone who avoids or dislikes endings -- like a child who doesn’t want a bedtime story to conclude, or an adult who’s in denial about how it’s finally time to wrap up long-unfinished business. You can’t afford to be finifugal in the coming days, Capricorn. This is the tail end of your cycle. It won’t be healthy for you to shun climaxes and denouements. Neither will it be wise to merely tolerate them. Somehow, you’ve got to find a way to love and embrace them. (P.S. That’s the best strategy for ensuring the slow-motion eruption of vibrant beginnings after your birthday.)

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AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): According to 20th-century British author John Cowper Powys, “A bookshop is a dynamite-shed, a drugstore of poisons, a bar of intoxicants, a den of opiates, an island of sirens.” He didn’t mean that literally, of course. He was referring to the fact that the words contained in books can inflame and enthrall the imagination.

I think you will be wise to seek out that level of arousal in the coming weeks, Aquarius. Your thoughts need to be aired out and rearranged. Your feelings are crying out for strenuous exercise, including some pure, primal catharses. Do whatever it takes to make sure that happens.

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PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): “I am not fearless,” says Mexican journalist and women’s right advocate Lydia Cacho, “but I’m not overtaken by fear. Fear is quite an interesting animal. It’s like a pet. If you mistreat it, it will bite, but if you understand it and accept it in your house, it might protect you.” This is an excellent time to work on transforming your fright reflexes, Pisces. You have just the right kind of power over them: strong and crafty and dynamic, but not grandiose or cocky or delusional. You’re ready to make your fears serve you, not drain you.

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