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PROPS FOR JIM IRSAY
He’s known to be a mad tweeter, a man prone to sending micromessages of epic proportions. His name is Jim Irsay. He’s the owner of the Indianapolis Colts. I think it’s time we gave him some love.
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from the readers From the Readers:
We had numerous letters in response to Katy Carter’s story, “Nein in my backyard,” about developers eying a SoBro property for a biergarten (Food, Dec. 5-12). Here’s a sample: I read the article in last week’s NUVO about the Bent Rail Brewery/Coffee house and most importantly - the event/concert venue. I live a block away from this site and I can tell you that most of the homeowners will be negatively impacted by the traffic, noise and parking that will go along with the 350 person restaurant. More significantly, the special events and concerts
for 800 people will be overwhelming for our neighborhood. We like the idea of the restaurant/brewery, but feel that the size does not fit the scale of our neighborhood at all, especially the concert component. I want to make sure that our voices are also heard. Mary Owens is on the side of the developers and for the development on all levels and is trying to push this through. Please tell the other side of the story and inform those small business owners and families who will be impacted on a daily basis.
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hope everyone out there is microwaving bags of popcorn to watch the financial cliff negotiations currently underway between President Barack Obama and the Democrats against House Speaker John Boehner, representing the 1 percent crowd, otherwise known as the forces of insanity. Normally, the party which just last month lost a presidential election by almost 5 million votes takes a minute or two to think about what happened to them. Even the crazy, pissed-off Al Gore and John Kerry voters, myself among them, ultimately understood why their candidates lost. And we shut up and went away for a while. But Republicans still don’t get it, so they’re now financial suicide bombers, threatening to blow up the economy on Jan. 1 and trying to force the president to negotiate a surrender.
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They’re turning our nation’s future into the plot of Die Hard 2. Obama should watch that on Netflix instead of reading policy briefings on the economy. Maybe he should name Bruce Willis as the new Secretary of the Treasury. Most Americans need feel no shame if they’re not following the political situation at the moment. It’s Christmas, after all, a season of goodwill, joy to all, et cetera. It’s OK because it’s ultimately going to work out. I credit the young people of America, those age 18-35, for being the first generation in 50 years to step up and assert themselves politically. As much as any other group, young voters helped push the president over the top in the election. They have earned their spot at the table due to their numbers, their intelligence and their common sense. They graduated from college and found themselves in a job market closed to them, except at the very lowest level. Together with the existing forces of the progressive movement with roots in the 1930s and 1960s, the eras most similar to the current time, young voters have created a majority coalition whose demands need to be addressed soon by the president and the Congress. They’re already being addressed in the states of Colorado and Washington, whose voters decided to legalize marijuana just because they could, as well as to see what would happen. This won’t be the only time that young voters help sway the course of elections. Their grievances are many and
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legitimate. College is too expensive and paying back student loans is impossible. Companies are still being rewarded for cutting jobs in America and sending them overseas. Well, at this time, young voters are saying what every other sane American is saying: Fix the economy. Help build middle-class jobs. Keep the country safe. Don’t start wars in faraway lands and ask our young men and women to go fight and die in them. It makes no sense to keep marijuana illegal in the states of Colorado and Washington. I’ve been there. Everyone I met there was smoking pot, maybe even the airline pilot who flew me there. Let them do it if they want to and let the rest of the states decide for themselves their policies toward marijuana. Having grown up in an era of prosperity during the Clinton years and then suffering through the misery of the Bush years, young voters are also questioning other things. For example, what is the wisdom for extending the Bush-era tax cuts, even for the middle class, all the way to infinity? We couldn’t afford G.W.’s harebrained fiscal policy 10 years ago and certainly can’t now, when we’re still trying to pay back our credit card debts from two failed wars. We can’t even make the minimum payment on our debts. Young people know what it’s like to be constantly harassed over the phone by bill collectors. Like them, I also do not like to pay back — or even discuss payment arrangements with — those to whom I am indebted. When the various collection agencies call, I do not even answer the
phone. They can leave their “important messages for Stephen Hammer” on my voicemail all they want, I’m broke and can’t pay my medical bills so I’m not paying until I have more money. I’m already working two and sometimes three gigs. They can kiss my ass. So can the Republicans, who talk a lot of crap but who haven’t been serious on financial policy since they cooperated with President Bill Clinton in the 1990s, a very long time ago. Young people know this, as well as the fact that they, along with the youngsters and teenagers of today, will ultimately be the ones who finally sort out the entire accumulated mess 20 or 30 years from now. The Republicans want to give you a $2,000 annual tax increase and shut down the rest of the economy on Jan. 1, just to keep intact tax cuts for people making $250,000 a year or more. We just decided an election on that very issue. Young people see that it’s bullshit. We should listen to them.
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Indiana University Men’s Soccer earned its eighth national championship title in a 1-0 victory over Georgetown on Sunday. Bloomington boy Todd Yeagley, a successful player in his own right, coached his hometown team to success and demonstrated his adherence to the core principles of utter futbol domination as practiced by his father Jerry, the team founder and coach of six national-championship-winning teams. Todd’s passion for intensity is apparent in comments to NCAA.com: “It was a really hard-fought final. … Words are hard to explain what we shared in the locker room and what we shared on the field.” Words cannot express the joy of knowing IU soccer remains in Yeagley hands!
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U.S. Census Bureau statistics underscore the economic disparities facing Native Americans: Their median household income is $35,062, a third less than the national median income of $50,046. Nearly 30 percent of the Native population lives poverty, compared to the 15.3 percent nationwide average. During this holiday season, Hoosiers with reservation connections are collecting coats and clothes for the children of the Wanblee Community on South Dakota’s Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. “Success of getting them out there is dependent upon getting enough gas money together to get out there and back,” said organizer Kylo Prince. To help support the trip, Max’s Place at 108 W. 6th St. in Bloomington is hosting a “Groovin’ for Gas to Pine Ridge” from 7 p.m. – 1 a.m. on Friday, Dec. 14. The lineup includes Indian flute music by Bill Whitefeather, bluegrass and rock ‘n roll, plus a silent auction and 50/50 draw. Donations of clothes and coats are also welcome. Cover is $4.
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Building on three years of archival research and oral history interviews with community elders, a group of IUPUI anthropology students, under the direction of Susan B. Hyatt, associate professor of anthropology in the IU School of Liberal Arts at IUPUI, have authored a book chronicling the history of a Southside neighborhood remarkable for its deep bonds of friendship and cooperation between its Jewish and African-American residents. A celebration of the book, The Neighborhood of Saturdays: Memories of a Multi-Ethnic Neighborhood on Indianapolis’ Southside, is set for 7-10 p.m. on Dec. 20 at the Jewish Community Center, 6701 Hoover Rd. The City Council is also set to recognize the neighborhood’s legacy with a special resolution.
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HOPPE Props for Jim Irsay
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BY DAVID HOPPE DHOPPE@NUVO.NET
e’s known to be a mad tweeter, a man prone to sending micromessages of epic proportions. A photographer once got him to pose barechested with a guitar for a not-so-complimentary profile in the Chicago Tribune. Then there was that time he got his name in the papers because an appetite for prescription drugs got the better of him. His name is Jim Irsay. He’s the owner of the Indianapolis Colts. I think it’s time we gave him some love. I realize there’s a moving van-full of reasons to take exception to the guy — especially in a town where jaywalking is enough to brand you a renegade. At first blush, Jim’s the quintessential plutocrat. One of Indiana’s richest individuals, he came by his fortune through his father, Bob, a harddrinking, foul-mouthed cuss who made his money in Chicago. After promising the people in Baltimore he wasn’t going to move their team, Bob loaded up a convoy of Mayflower trucks and moved the Colts to Indianapolis in 1984.
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Two years later, Sports Illustrated had this to say about Bob Irsay: “Getting a fix on [the] Indianapolis Colts owner … isn’t easy, but this is certain — he has turned one of the NFL’s best franchises into a laughingstock.” Bob Irsay died in 1997. The Colts were Jim’s inheritance. He made his first moves within weeks, hiring Bill Polian to head the Colts’ front office, then giving Polian the goahead to select Peyton Manning in the 1998 draft. The rest is football history. Manning led the Colts to a Super Bowl victory, winning multiple Most Valuable Player awards in what will be a Hall of Fame career. Just as important, the Colts went from laughingstock to being one of the NFL’s most respected teams. Not only did they win, they were good citizens — smart and classy. Jim Irsay didn’t stop there. He made sure his team wove itself into the fabric of life in central Indiana. He was smart enough to realize that fans here were fickle. They weren’t drawn to sports or teams so much as to winning itself. As the Colts won, their following increased to the point where, today, Indianapolis is a football town, with a taxsupported stadium and a roundly-praised stint as Super Bowl host under its belt. Getting that stadium, of course, was sticky. It required posturing and tough talk. There were, if not threats, then broad hints that if the Colts couldn’t play in a new megastadium, well, maybe they’d have to go elsewhere, to a larger market. Irsay the younger tried hard not to sound like his dad, but comparisons were inevitable.
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Finally landing Super Bowl 46 forgave all that. The corporate orgy that doubles as America’s Big Game put Indianapolis on the national stage. It was the culmination of 30 years’ worth of downtown rehabilitation that started before the Irsays came to town but, oddly enough, might never have been so fully realized without that crazy contest to serve as focus and ultimate prize. As this history has unfolded, Jim Irsay has followed his idiosyncratic star: hanging out with aging rock legends, collecting their guitars, spending a small fortune for the scroll on which Jack Kerouac typed his novel, On the Road. In these pursuits, though, he has revealed little more about himself than that he is a pop culture fan of a certain age, albeit one with a commodious checkbook. It took a crisis to show us who Jim Irsay really is. First was last year’s lost football season, as St. Peyton languished on the sideline after a series of surgeries to his neck. The team lost all but two games, meaning they would have first dibs on the nation’s top college player, a quarterback improbably named Andrew Luck. After a calamitous season, it’s easy to talk about backing up the truck. In fact, few owners actually have the nerve to dismantle everything they’ve built. It’s a gamble, and if it doesn’t work you’ll be called a fool, or worse. But, in a rapid sequence of tectonic decisions, Jim Irsay not only backed up the truck, he stuffed it. He cleared away his front office staff and jettisoned most of his veteran players. He bade a tearful farewell to St. Peyton, a
move that, it turns out, was brilliantly accommodating for both men. Incredibly, everything Jim Irsay did worked. What the Colts have accomplished so far this year is the stuff of sports fairy tales. Things could have gone wrong in so many ways. Who could have foreseen the new head coach, Chuck Pagano, coming down with leukemia? And if all Luck’s wins were losses, how do you think we’d be feeling about Manning’s success in Denver? Jim has been bold in ways that put most sports moguls to shame. Even better, in a town that likes to order its changes anges in petite sizes, he’s he s put on on aa clinic nic about the good things smart risk-taking k-taking can bring. Last winter nter a lot of people probably obably thought Jim’s radical dical moves were nuts ts — that he was Jim m being Jim again and, d, well, Jim’s a nut. But ut he is our nut and, and , when hen it comes to football, ll, he’s really pretty etty cool.
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They’ve had to take pay cuts, or they’ve taken lower-paying jobs. So, while they’re still working, they’re still not able to meet the needs of their family.” Statistics correlate underemployment with food insecurity. In Gleaner’s service area, a recent Feeding America analysis found 311,290 food insecure people — equivalent to 15 percent of the population. Of these, 118,800 were children. The children’s food insecurity rate was 22 percent — more than one out of every five. Feeding America, formerly America’s Second Harvest, first published its Map The Meal Gap project in early 2011 to learn more about the face of hunger at the local level. Gleaner’s website — gleaners. org — links to the project and features interactive maps about local and national food insecurity issues. Feeding America reports that for 1 in 6 people in the United States, hunger is a reality. That’s 50 million Americans living with hunger and food insecurity, which exists in every county in the country. The number of individuals seeking emergency food assistance is up 46% since 2005. “We’re here to give not only food for the stomach,” Fulbright said, “but hope, as well.” Fulbright underscored that there is no shame in visiting the food bank. “If you or someone you know is in need, call 211,” Fulbright said, explaining that it’s a free hunger hotline service to help connect people in need to resources, such as food and energy assistance, in their communities. Gleaners Food Bank of Indiana, Inc. was founded in a three-and-a-half-car garage in 1980 with a mission to lead the fight against hunger and serve Indiana’s hun-
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Members of the Bryan Herta AutoSport team tweet about their Gleaners volunteer work. Several IndyCar drivers spent a recent afternoon donating time at Gleaners before heading to the league’s annual Championship Celebration.
“Last fiscal year, we served 16 million meals. We’re definitely working hard to feed people,” — Carrie Fulbright, Gleaners’ director of external affairs gry “until every bowl is filled.” Gleaners secures and stores food and grocery items for redistribution to more than 350 hunger relief agencies that serve Indiana’s hungry. Charlie Kimball, who races on the Novo Nordisk Chip Ganassi team, “Gleaners Food Bank does so much … in the offseason, when we’re not racing at 200 miles an hour, it’s nice to be able to slow down and make sure that we give back.” His racing colleague Simona de Silvestro, a driver for KV Racing Technology, agreed. “It’s a lot of fun to give back to the community,” she said. “They do this job 365 days a year and we come in and help for a few hours.” Peter Dempsey of Belardi Racing also called the volunteer experience “fun,” noting “it was a lot of boxes — we appreciate the amount of effort people put in down here, it’s a lot of work.” Local food donors include more than 400
How you can help Gleaners People interested in getting in on the action out at Gleaners can visit gleaners. org or call (317) 925-0191 ext. 144. The website also features materials to download to assist with outreach efforts, learn about organizing a food drive and access a map of donation drop-off sites. You can also share the link to Gleaners’ homepage in your Facebook news feed. Donations may be dropped off directly to Gleaners’ southwest side warehouse at 3737 Waldemere Avenue, Indianapolis 46241.
companies and organizations; items range from meat and fresh produce to dairy products, frozen foods, personal care products and diapers. Since its inception, Gleaners has provided over 300 million pounds of food to hunger relief agencies. That’s the equivalent of 230 million meals to Hoosiers in need. Al Green is one of those Hoosiers. Now he runs volunteer crews at Gleaners and can say with authority that a regular crew of ladies from a local Missionary Baptist church is the most efficient crew he encounters as he guides the wellmeaning masses who come in to donate a few hours. “I really enjoy this work,” Green said. “It’s marvelous. I’m really blessed to have a job like this. Although I’m getting paid, I was in a position where I received this food. Now, I get the opportunity to give back.”
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Because Ideas MatterRecommended Readings by the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Butler University Doctor Who: Shada: The Lost Adventure by Douglas Adams Gareth Roberts Ace 2012 Reviewed by James F. McGrath
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I recently finished reading Doctor Who: Shada: The Lost Adventure by Douglas Adams, completed as a novel by Gareth Roberts. The novel has all the comedy you would expect from a “Doctor Who” episode written by Adams and starring Tom Baker. For those who may not be familiar with it, the “Doctor Who” episode Shada was partially filmed in 1979 when a strike brought production to a halt. Filming was never completed and thus the episode never aired. The book’s opening paragraph indicates a “theological” theme in the book which is just what one might expect from Adams: “At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist. The revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways–with relief or with despair. Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, Wait a second. That means there’s a situation vacant.” The story follows the attempt of Skagra to do just that– create a universal mind by extending his own mind into every other in the galaxy, forming “one godlike entity.” For longtime fans, the novel explores the show’s mythology about the time lords and their history. But if you are not a regular viewer or fan of “Doctor Who,” but love Douglas Adams, you should still appreciate this novel. The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy almost gets a mention in the novel at one point! — James F. McGrath, Clarence L. Goodwin Chair in New Testament Language and Literature, Butler University
Go to www.butler.edu/BookReview for more recommendations by the faculty and staff of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Butler University.
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ndy D is the type of artist who provokes extreme response from an audience — you either love the idea id of a raging, shirtless disco Viking, or you y don’t. A quick glance at this publication’s cover reveals which camp we lic fall in, as we pay homage to the hardfa partying Greenwood native by making p him our honorary poster boy for this year’s coverage of NYE festivities. It’s a fitting choice as Andy D (née Andrew Duncan) has established an impressive reputation around Indianapolis for his crazed, sweatfilled live shows, which often feel more like a raucous house party than your typical local club gig. “My musical goal is definitely to start a party,” Andy tells me. He accomplishes that through an over-the-top blend of twisted humor and ov low-budget Casio beats. low But B D insists he’s not a novelty act. “I’m a musician who uses humor. I’m “ not no musical comedy,” he says.”Not necessarily all my songs are gonna be funny. ess I use us humor in a strategic way to get people to laugh in key moments of a song peo because the closer someone is to laughing, beca closer they are to dancing. I’ve never the cl anyone have a bad time when they’re seen a laughing or dancing.” laughin What exactly are Andy D’s fans laughabout? ing g ab a ou Well, there’s his larger-thanlife sstage tage persona for starters, featuring his ttrademark tr ademark exposed beer gut, rattail hairdo hodgepodge of ’80s fashion staples, from and hodge packs to Zubaz. fanny pack anything that screams awesomeness,” “I like an D says of his h fashion sense. “I’ll wear anything bright and shiny. The world is drab enough that’s brigh as it is; we might as well peacock it out as much possible. Style-wise I think everyone should as possible they want and I happen to like wearing be what th shiny, bright things.” glittery, sh are also his lyrics, which abound with There ar perverse, ssexually charged fantasies involving werewolves, unicorns, wizards, mutants, magic werewolve robots: Andy D has a serious fascination and robot things mythological and supernatural. with all th always had a thing for mythology “I’ve a have a degree in religious studies from and I ha NYU,” D explains, while mentioning he also received a second degree in anthropology university. from the same s studies have informed my lyrical content as “My studie well as my song son themes and album themes,” says D. content is informed by my anthro“The sexual lyrical lyr The stuff that’s about mytholpological background. back ogy and folklore, folklor that comes from my religious
studies degree. So my lyrics are kind of a marriage of those two things.” It was during his time at NYU that Duncan created the Andy D character, resulting in a series of fortuitous events that would lead the artist back to his Indiana roots. At his second-ever Andy D live performance, the singer met his future wife and musical collaborator, Victoria. “I pulled her in to my music,” D says. “It took me a couple years to convince her to play shows with me live, but even on my first album she helped me write. She’s been singing on my last two albums and now she performs with me regularly. She has no prior experience in music, but she’s a naturally good singer.” In 2008 Victoria’s academic career brought the couple to Indiana, where everything began to coalesce for Andy D, culminating with the release of his well-received second album, 2011’s Songs in the Key of Magic . The LP finds D’s odd musical vision blooming to full fruition, combining DIY electro beats, crude 2 Live Crew-era hip-hop and squealing hair metal guitars into a distinctly catchy and individual sound that defies easy categorization. “What I’m doing now kind of goes in the face of genre,” D explains. “I don’t even know what genre to put me in. If you were to give it a name it would be so divided as a sub-genre it wouldn’t have any meaning.” D says this genre-blurring approach was influenced by the years he spent gigging the Indy all-ages scene with his high school band, Wemmick. “We were a weird Primus-type metal band,” says D. “We played all-ages venues like Smith-Valley Community Center and Smedley’s Dream. There was no other band doing what we were doing, so we would play with all kinds of groups: a two-piece punk band, a hardcore band, Goth bands. It would always be a mix. There were never two bands of the same genre. “At that time punk kids and metal kids were listening to the same loud music together. They weren’t antagonistic about what type of obnoxious music they listened to. I’ve taken that ethos to its natural conclusion and I’m just making the music I want to and letting people make of it what they will.” I wondered if D’s pubescent lyrical fantasies and obsession with late-’80s-early-’90s culture was an expression of nostalgia for these adolescent years. He insists that’s not the case. “I don’t necessarily draw these things from my childhood. I don’t consider my music or lyrics nostalgic. It’s not that I’m yearning for the past. But the things that I liked at that point I still like and will always like.” That attitude seems to be the cornerstone of Andy D’s philosophy. “Why do we stop wanting to do the things we liked when we were young? Is it because we feel a pressure to be a certain way since we’re adults? People forget that being an adult isn’t just about having responsibilities. It’s also about being able to do whatever the hell you want because nobody can tell you not to. You should be able to say ‘To hell with what everyone else thinks; I’m going to be my own person.’ ” D’s dedication to that philosophy has allowed
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NEW YEAR’S EVE EXTRAVAGANZA Vogue Theater, 6259 N. College Ave. | 9 p.m., $25, 21+ The Vogue always throws together a fun, dancey time, and this year is no exception. DJ Marcus will be joined by DJs (TBA), and all the traditional party accoutrements (champagne toast, party favors, etc.) Of special note: balloons full of cash will drop from the ceiling at midnight – perhaps bring something sharp to deflate them with? Scratch that – just put on your best (read: sparkliest) duds and get ready to bring it for the Best Dressed Couple contest.
NEW YEAR’S EVE ROCK ‘N’ ROLL BALL Hyatt Regency, 1 S. Capitol Ave. | 6 p.m., $40 GA, 21+ The Rock ‘n’ Roll Ball is stuffed with funtivities: three music stages, massive dance floors, fortune tellers, fantasy casinos, DJs and more. What we’re saying is: this will certainly sell out, so pick up your tickets sooner rather than later. Bands on the docket are The Flying Toasters, Don Stuck Band, Duke Tumatoe, Dave & Rae band, Virgin Millionaires and DJs Helicon and Brian Jackson. The best part? You’re already in a hotel! Reserve your rooms and forget about dealing with DDs or taxis.
STELLA ARTOIS NEW YEAR’S EVE MASQUERADE BALL Union Station, 123 W. Louisiana St. | 8:45 p.m., $55 GA, 21+ Grab your best glittery mask – what, you don’t have more than one? – because one of the most mysterious New Year’s Eve parties will happen again in historic Union Station. Tunes will be provided by My Yellow Rickshaw, Jamestown Revival and The Michaels. More than music – organizers promise caricaturists, fortune tellers and all manner of performers. And there’s plenty of room to spread out: the dance floor’s been doubled, and a brand new bar called the Prohibition Lounge is open for the event. Don’t forget to bring your phone to keep track of your friends in the sprawling Station; it’ll come in handy to vote for the best costume as well. The Illinois Street Ballroom is added to the party for the first time – take in views of the skyline and tunes provided by DJ Weedman from the Smiley Morning Show. It’s not the only WZPL member on hand – the whole she-bang is hosted by weatherman/funnyman Paul Poteet.
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Anna Vision, Andy D’s musical and marital partner.
life is inherently void of meaning. the singer to fearlessly indulge So I might as well have fun and his wildest artistic whims, no play with that.” matter how ridiculous they Over the course of Andy D’s may seem. That attitude has career there has been some certainly carried over onto the debate as to whether his artistic creation of his new LP for Rad identity is an earnest form of Summer, Warcries. self expression or ironic hipster “It takes place in a sci-fi, postashtick. If his 130 shows per year pocalyptic future with robots and and multiple festival invitations mutants fighting each other. All don’t convince you, perhaps my albums are concept albums, the sincerity of but this is the first one with a the singer’s partstrong narrative. There will be ing thoughts to an accompanying comic me regarding the book in the album that importance of explains the story.” imagination in his If that concept work will. They left strikes you as me with little doubt. absurd, that’s “It’s the greatbecause it is. It’s est gift we can give a quality that Andy D’s currently on ourselves when we Andy D embraces tour accross the region. imagine the world in his work. different than it is. I Log on to NUVO.net “I definitely think that’s the root dabble in absurfor a complete listing of art, the root of scidity. I use it as a of upcoming shows, ence, the root of culmedium,” says D. including dates in ture ... and the root “I do absurd things Bloomington and of religion too.” because I believe Indianapolis.
CIROC THE NEW YEAR Regions Bank Tower, 1 Indiana Square | 9 p.m., $125, 21+ Party on top of the city with DJs Indiana Jones, Gabby Love, Lockstar and GNO. Mindy Winklar is the MC, but the real draw is the view from the top of the town – literally, it’s the highest NYE party in the city. $125 gets you top shelf bar all night, gourmet hors d’oeuvres, champagne and fireworks. Seriously, fireworks. We’re in.
TOXIC REASONS, CREEPIN’ CHARLEY & THE BONEYARD ORCHESTRA, RICKEY RAT PACK, DAN GLENZIG Radio Radio, 1137 Prospect St. | 9 p.m., $10, 21+ Not one for glittery masks or top-of-the-town locales? You belong with the punks. Some of our favorite punks, to be specific. Radio Radio has a jammed-to-the-gills lineup topped by Toxic Reasons, who almost lit the place on fire last year – rock in 2013 covered in sweat and beer at Radio Radio.
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REV. PEYTON’S BIG DAMN BAND NEW YEAR’S EVE BASH The Bluebird, 216 N. Walnut St. | 9 p.m., prices vary, 21+ If you’re looking to journey to our sister city this NYE, please consider the Bluebird, where local roots legends Rev. Peyton will attempt to bring down the stage. After the release of Between the Ditches earlier this year, the Rev. cruised across the states. They were back at the Vogue for a sold-out show in late November, and then off again. But the album is homegrown — recorded in White Arc Studios in Bloomington — and their NYE show should be too. Grab your washboards and plaid shirts. It’s a down home NYE down south.
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MORE BALL DROPPIN’ TWELVE PLACES TO BE WHEN THE CLOCK STRIKES TWELVE ROCKIN’ INTO THE NEW YEAR WITH STYLE Rock House Cafe, 3940 S. Keystone Ave. | 9 p.m., $7, 21+ Featuring Veseria, Midwest State of Mind, Verdant Vera, Radio FX and a very special secret guest. (We know who it is, but we promised we wouldn’t tell!) Lazy Hawk Promotions is bringing the heat this year with hard rock shows concentrated on the Southside, so it’s fitting that their NYE bash (their first) will be at Southside hard rock venue Rock House Cafe. If you’ve picked up NUVO regularly, you’ve read that Veseria and Verdant Vera are two bands we’re pretty excited about, so do yourself a favor and get a double dose of V’s.
PUNK ROCK NIGHT NEW YEAR’S EVE The Melody Inn, 3826 N. Illinois St. | 9 p.m., $10 advance, $12 at door, 21+ Beyond worth your time. The Zero Boys will appear at PRN for the first time ever (kind of unbelievable, isn’t it?). They’ll be joined by Werewolf with a Shotgun — featuring legendary drummer Bam Bam — The Dockers and Teenage Rehab. Fallen Angels Burlesque will bring sultry charm and a PBR toast at midnight will cap it all off. Happy punky New Year’s Eve.
AND TWELVE MORE WHITE RABBIT CABARET’S NEW YEAR’S EVE BIG-ASS BURLESQUE BINGO BANGO SHOW | 10 p.m., $25, 21+ We really don’t have to tell you why this is worth your time, do we? BELLA VITA AT THE MARINA’S NEW YEAR’S EVE | 9 p.m., reservations encouraged A surprising new arrival for live music -- we covered a hip-hop show at Bella Vita at the Marina and were pleasantly surprised at the scene. THE MOUSETRAP’S HYRYDER 7TH ANNUAL GRATEFUL NEW YEAR | 8 p.m., 21+ One of our favorite Grateful Dead cover bands (and man, there are a lot) ring in the New Year, gratefully. NEW YEAR’S 2012: BIG JAMES & THE CHICAGO PLAYBOYS, THE WHY STORE | Slippery Noodle Inn, 21+ A classic blues evening in John Dillinger’s favorite bar. BU DA LOUNGE’S NEW YEAR’S EVE WITH PUR | THE COMPANY 10 p.m., 11 p.m., $25 and up, 21+ Cigars, sushi, martinis, and tunes by DJ Iron Lion and DJ Allready. BLU LOUNGE’S NEW YEAR’S EVE | 9 p.m., $80 and up, 21+ Music from The Agrophonics and DJ John Larner and an open bar. MO’S IRISH PUB’S NEW YEAR’S EVE CELEBRATION | 8 p.m., 21+ Raise a pint, grab some grub, claim your table early. Featuring Through Being Cool 8 SECONDS SALOON’S NEW YEAR’S EVE | 7 p.m., 21+ Shots and shots and shots and music from Cornfield Mafia. SENSU’S PARTY ROCKIN’ NEW YEAR’S EVE | 8 p.m., 21+ Luxurious VIP experience from 100.9FM — and perhaps a little bit of LMFAO as well.
6 X 13: NEW YEAR’S EVE AT THE IMA Indiana State Museum, 650 W. Washington St. | 8 p.m., $125
BRITTON TAVERN’S NEW YEAR’S EVE | 9 p.m., 21+ Featuring The Big ‘80s Band — time for parachute pants and big, big hair.
That’s six, referring to the six works of art to be acquired by the IMA on the evening of Dec. 31 and displayed in the Davis Lab — multiplied by 13, representing, of course, the year 2013. That makes 78, which may have some kind of numerological significance that escapes us (aside from it being cartoonist R. Crumb’s RPM of choice). Partiers will have a chance to peruse the galleries, look at those new works of art, meet up with the IMA’s new CEO, Charles Venable, enjoy entertainment by the Cultural Cannibals, dance to classic soul by The Vallures, imbibe beers provided by the Upland Brewing Company and dance, dance, dance, just not in the galleries, or at least not if there’s anything to be knocked over (stay away from Glick’s glass collection, please). General reservations run $125; patron reservations go for $175 per guest, and include a reception with Venable and other perks.
And our last two picks are brand new clubs opening this week and planning New Year’s Eve events. Read on below for the details.
COMEDY NIGHT IN INDIANAPOLIS Collin Moulton at Morty’s Comedy Joint, 3625 E. 96th St. | 7:15 p.m., $20; 9:30 p.m., $40, 21+ Nikki Glaser at Crackers Broad Ripple, 6281 N. College Ave. | 7 p.m., 10 p.m., prices vary, 21+ James Johann at Crackers Downtown, 247 S. Meridian St. | 7 p.m., 10 p.m., prices vary, 21+ Each of our town’s fine comedy clubs have a New Year’s thing going on, and we’ll start with Morty’s Comedy Joint, which is bringing in Collin Moulton for a couple shows, the latter one rolling until the midnight hour. Moulton’s done a Showtime special, was compared to Seinfeld by Jeff Garlin and annually hosts a drag show in Iowa. We’re pretty excited that Crackers is bringing two comedians to celebrate the New Year — it’s a comedy Choose Your Own Adventure. Broad Ripple features Last Comic Standing and popular podcast host Nikki Glaser. She’s a rising New York star whose just been granted her own MTV late night talk show airing in early 2013. Downtown we’ve got Midwestern boy James Johann, a ten-year veteran of the regional circuit and regularly accompanies massively popular touring acts like Larry the Cable Guy and Jeff Foxworthy. Pick your funnyperson: or attend each show — they’re both on twice during the night!
FAMILY NEW YEAR’S EVE Indiana State Museum, 650 W. Washington | 6 p.m., $6 member, $11 non-member, all-ages Face painting! Stilt walkers! Not-at-all-depressed clowns! A balloon drop (right at 8 p.m.)! Teetotaling! The Indiana State Museum is once again one of the best bets for those who wish to celebrate the new year’s arrival without leaving the wee ones at home. It’s an alcohol-free event, running from 6-9 p.m.
NEW YEAR’S EVE CELEBRATION The Jazz Kitchen, 5377 N. College Ave. | 9 p.m., $110 GA, 21+ It’s a classy, fabulous time at the Jazz Kitchen. A bit pricey, but you’re set to get a lot of bang for your buck -- $110 includes dinner, dessert, champagne, tax, tip and, of course, a show. That show? An all-star cast of Indy musicians, including songstress Brenda Williams, Cynthia Layne, Bill Lancton, Rob Dixon, Kenny Phelps, Frank Smith and Reggie Bishop. We’re excited just typing that list out! A night of genre-bending tunes will more than compensate for the lack of cash-filled balloons that rowdier places -- like the Vogue -- will have.
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RA NIGHTCLUB 6283 N. College Ave. Peppers Broad Ripple is no longer — welcome to RA Nightclub, which moved into the space in late November. They’ve been busily remodeling, getting ready for their grand opening (tomorrow!) and a hot NYE party. What’s on the schedule? Each Wednesday, Crush Entertainment will take over. DJs Indiana Jones and Lockstar downstairs and acoustic cover bands upstairs. Thursdays are christened “Unapologetic,” with Ninja Toji and dUb knight spinning electro and dance music — just down the road from Altered Thurzdaze at the ‘Trap, making Thursday perhaps the most electro’d night of the week. Fridays bring back DJ Indiana Jones, as well as DJ Orion and Cool Hand Lex, with more cover bands upstairs. Saturdays are hosted by Megatone and Nicolas Rage on the stacks. A smart casual dress code will be enforced on all nights. On NYE, they’ll feature DJs Megatone, Nicolas Rage, Ninja Toji and Slater Hogan. Their opening night is this Thursday, Dec. 13. It’s free until 11 p.m. with an RSVP on the Facebook invite.
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4016 E. 82nd St. We’re excited by the prospects of Latitude 39, opening this week in what was formerly the Clearwater AMC. It’s big business filling up an entire movie theater, but the brains behind Latitude 39 have two previous monster clubs to their name. We’ll break it down the best we can: Envision a casino without any actual games of chance — but with the labyrinthine passageways and plethora of drinks and snacks. Luxury bowling is just down the hall from an arcade, a dine-in movie theatre with luxury seating, a restaurant and bar and a sports theater. But we’re the most excited for the live programming; they’ve installed a Vegas-style show room for 400 and plan to bring DJs, comedians and national artists in regularly. But, remember, it’s not a casino: kids are welcome until a certain time in the evening (we hear 10 p.m., but it could be earlier). Sound big? It is — 70,000 square feet, to be exact. These guys are opening a similar space in Chicago currently, as well as continuing to operate their Pittsburgh and Jacksonville locations. They open their doors next Wednesday, Dec. 19. And a massive grand opening party and NYE jam is in the works — log on to NUVO.net for the exact details.
Editor’s note: Pick up the 12/26 issue for even more New Year’s Eve events.
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Martinis & Mistletoe @ Cabaret at the Columbia Club
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2011’s Totally Bazaar
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Cabaret poohbah Shannon Forsell and the redoubtable Brenda Williams lead the way in this holiday jazz show, accompanied by the Buselli-Wallarab Jazz Septet, special guest Laney Wilson and, presumably, a few of those titular martinis. Dec. 15, 2 p.m. (all evening performances Dec. 12-15 sold out); $34-55 ($12 food/drink minimum); thecabaret.org
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Yelp’s Totally Bazaar @ City Market
LOST ANGELS: SKID ROW IS MY HOME (2010)
Hard not to be impressed by the number of vendors Yelp is including in its Totally Bazaar event, a free event open to those 21 and over and featuring complimentary food and drink samples (including mulled wine and roasted nuts), a gift wrapping station and a fashion party. Participating businesses include People for Urban Progress, Smoking Goose Meatery, Indiana Humanities, Hoosier Momma, Saturday Afternoon Housewife, Historic Indianapolis, Trader’s Point Creamery and Indy Reads Books.
CHRISTMAS VACATION (1989)
Gerard Butler is handsome, sexy and charming. But is he so special that every adult he meets turns into a full-blown numpty? Butler plays a former soccer star who dreams of becoming a sportscaster. He attempts to rebuild the fractured relationship with his son (Noah Lomax) and the scenes involving him the kid and his ex-wife (Jessica Biel) are agreeable. But the people he meets – Judy Greer, Catherine Zeta-jones, Uma Thurman and Randy Quaid – behave like schoolgirls at a One Direction concert in his presence. It gets downright embarrassing. The core relationships make the standard-issue redemption comedy watchable, but just barely. 105 minutes. — Ed Johnson-Ott The 2010 documentary Lost Angels follows eight homeless individuals living in Los Angeles, showing how they arrived at their lot in life and what measures might be taken to better address the needs of the homeless population. Proceeds from Tuesday’s screening will benefit the Indianapolis 100K Homes Campaign, a grassroots effort to house the community’s most vulnerable citizens. Dec. 18, 7 p.m. @ The Athenaeum, $10 suggested donation The last Vacation at all worth watching. Dec. 14 and 15, 2 and 7:30 p.m.; Dec. 16, 2 p.m. @ Artcraft Theatre, Franklin
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Come Hear(t) Change @ Tin Roof All proceeds from Come Hear(t) Change: Slavery to Liberartion, a fundraiser organized by IUPUI students, will head to Chab Dai, a Cambodian not-for-profit organization devoted to raising worldwide awareness of sex trafficking. Bands include The Vintage Union, The Hangdog Hearts and Sugar Moon Rabbit, and former IU basketball player Steve “Gambo” Gambles will make an appearance. From 7 p.m. @ 36 S. Pennsylvania St., Ste. 190; donations accepted
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Black Nativity @ NU Corinthian Baptist Church
If you’ve run into Sofiya Inger in the past year, she’s probably asked you for your story, in one form or another — written, painted, drawn, scratched, stamped or sewn. And for the past year, she’s been working on combining those stories, along with some of her own, into, a “story dome,” described by exhibition materials as “a world made of paint, paper, cloth.” Her show, opening Friday, concludes her term as Skip McKinney Faculty of the Year at the Indianapolis Art Center. Three more shows will open the same night: exhibitions of recent work by local sculptor George Kim, whose preferred material is black walnut, and the Dutch artist Aak Lengkeek; and a college invitational exhibition featuring students from Ball State, IU, Purdue and Herron.
Sherri Brown-Webster, executive director of the Genesis Theatre Company, returns to direct Langston Hughes’s Black Nativity for the second year, with a venue change from the Walker (where the play was revived last year) to the NU Corinthian Church. Local pastors will once again play Wise Men and elders. Rita Kohn said of last year’s performance that “the spirited production of poet/dramatist Langston Hughes’ iconic choreo-poem retelling of the Birth of Jesus (based on the Gospel of St. Luke) was propelled by the forces of gospel music, modern dance and preaching.”
Exhibitions open through Feb. 3 (opening reception Dec. 14, 6-8 p.m.), free, indplsartcenter.org
Dec. 14, 7:30 p.m.; Dec. 15, 2 and 7:30 p.m. @ 5935 W. 56th St.; $15 advance, $20 door; genesistheatrecompany.com
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STARTS 15 SATURDAY A tale of two Messiahs
We refer not to Jesus and, say, Mohammad (who have pretty much equal claim to Messiah-dom according to ye olde Qu’ran, if not the Gospel). Nah, we’re talking about two productions of the Messiah worth your time and money this week. The first is the Indianapolis Symphonic Choir and Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra’s rendition (Dec. 15, 8 p.m. @ Clowes Memorial Hall, $23-56, indianapolissymphony.org), conducted by Choir director Eric Stark. And following on Sunday afternoon is a period performance featuring the Indianapolis Baroque Orchestra (Dec. 16, 3:30 p.m. @ Christ Church Cathedral, $10-20, cccindy.org), conducted by Cathedral Director of Music Dana Marsh and featuring the Choir of Christ Church Cathedral and tenor-abouttown Steven Stolen as soloist.
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Irvington Noir book launch @ Irving Theatre Nicole Meisberger probably didn’t expect to find herself perched on a building ledge, wearing a blonde wig and a sleek black dress, when she first agreed to be the president of the Irvington Photo Club. But this summer, she happily volunteered as a model for Irvington Noir, the club’s new book, which will be launched Dec. 14 from 7 p.m. at the Irving Theatre with a signing party featuring models and photographers. The ledge Meisberger stood on — located on the outer wall of Irvington’s Bona Thompson Memorial Center — was a little over five feet high, but you wouldn’t know it from looking at Steve Griffer’s photo, which shows a terror-stricken Meisberger standing next to a fedora-wearing man, played by Ethan Crane. Historic Irvington is itself a character in Irvington Noir, a collection of mostly black and white photographs, some of which refer specifically to classic noir movies. “The subject itself is a little edgy and we weren’t sure what to expect,” says Meisberger. “Everyone has their own interpretation of the word ‘noir.’ We
Photographs from Irvington Noir, by Steve Griffey (left), Nicole Meisberger (middle) and Valerie Schaewe (right).
ended up with a group effort of about four shoots per week all spring and summer.” In preparation for a shoot, Meisberger, featured as both model and photographer in the book, watched a number of classic noirs, looking for movies in which the historic setting of Irvington might serve an impressive backdrop for photographs using a particular movie motif. For her photo based on the movie The Untouchables, she was able to procure the use of a Model-A Ford, as well as beer barrels from Sun King Brewery.
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Among the 50 models involved in the project was Mayor Greg Ballard, who Meisberger says was more than willing to participate. Her photo shows the Mayor dressed as a judge, bringing the gavel down to put a criminal behind bars. This is the club’s second book. In 2011, the club published 24 Hours in Irvington: An Historical Documentation of One Full Day in Irvington. About the club’s most recent project, Meisberger says, “To myself, and I believe
the rest of the club, it was about bonding as a club of like-minded individuals, exploring new photo techniques and creativity, having fun, and then as a bonus, actually walking away with a product.” Irvington Noir is available through Blurb. com for $34.95 (soft back) or $49.95 (hardback image wrap). ReTulled (5607 E. Washington St.) is accepting cash payments to reserve a book that can be picked up at the Dec. 14 event. — DAN GROSSMAN
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Kim Jones began his “War Drawing,” seen here on Graphite’s opening night, on oil cloth before expanding it onto the IMA’s walls.
VISUAL ARTS GRAPHITE INDIANAPOLIS MUSEUM OF ART, THROUGH APRIL 7 w Graphite is an allotrope of carbon, the fourth most abundant element in the universe. And like carbon, graphite isn’t particularly rare. It’s been in artists’ toolkits, in one form or another, since the 16th century. But tradition is only one element of Graphite, a collection of new and old work employing the titular material that opened last week on the top floor of the IMA; several artists in the show, curated by the IMA’s Sarah Urist Green, go well beyond pencil and paper to explore the mind-bending sculptural and installation potential inherent in the medium. Take Joyce Hinterding’s “Wave Form: Induction Drawings,” comprised of four abstract graphite drawings on paper set on a table, each drawing hooked up to a circuit and attached to a sound system. Touch the drawings themselves — this is a hands-on installation — and you’ll hear amplified sounds ranging from scratches to booms. Graphite conducts electricity, and by touching the paper and interrupting the sound field around you, you create noise. You also, for a brief moment, become a part of this very clever installation. Adam McEwen’s “Switch,” on the other hand, is more like a bait and switch. Looking up at the fifteen light fixtures above you, you see, instead of glowing fluorescent tubes, tubes of pitch-black machined graphite. This installation might make you think about the role of such fixtures in our lives and how we take them for granted as they hang above us in our offices and hallways.
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Dan Fischer, rather than riffing on mass production, draws your attention to the way artists produce art. In his case, he’s reproducing photographs with pencil and paper on a 1:1 scale. In order to do so, he lays gridlines over the photographic portrait that he wishes to copy. Fischer leaves the gridlines in the backgrounds of his portraits, drawn with mechanical pencil, to reveal his process. But, you might wonder, is the end result somewhat mechanical and cold? Kim Jones’ “Untitled (War Drawing)” is anything but mechanical. It takes up two entire walls of the exhibition space, chronicling an ongoing battle between xs and dots for supremacy. Depicting numerous city states bordering seas and battling armies between them, it owes something to both Homer’s Iliad and Edwin Abbott’s Flatland. Yet in the way that it has emerged from the head of the creator onto the gallery walls it seems utterly original and without precedent. Robert Longo acknowledges his influences explicitly in his Heritage series of graphite on paper drawings of iconic artworks, which spans a timeline putting Roy Lichtenstein’s cartoon-like imagery on one end and the cave paintings of Lascaux, France on the other. Consider this: 17,000 years or so ago a man picked up a piece of charcoal and marked the wall of his cave for the first time. By portraying the world he knew, he just so happened to influence a fellow artist tens of millennia later, one working with a similar material. One age is continually eclipsed by another. Ways of creating art are also eclipsed, forgotten, and revisited. But the act of creating art remains visceral and alive throughout the ages. Graphite succeeds in tapping into some of this excitement.
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Sabiha Al Khemir, the Tunisian art history expert who compiled the 200-piece exhibition Beauty and Belief, which premiered at Brigham Young University in February, is fond of repeating a saying of the Prophet Mohammed, “God is beautiful and loves beauty.” While his exhibition includes items of everyday use as well as massive scrolls and tapestries, common concerns such as the oneness of God and the celebration of beauty in all its forms and instances infuse the journey with a remarkable consistency. It’s a consistency across a diversity: Islam has spread across continents and countries over the course of centuries, and cultures from Indonesia to Spain are represented in the show, with everything from ancient fragments to massive textiles telling a story of courage, conquest and faith. The concept of infinity informs “VAV + HWE,” a 1972 acrylic on canvas piece by Iranian artist Charles Hossein Zenderoudi that blends warm orange and red tones in a circular pattern that seems unending. In Islam, repetition, whether seen in massive tapestries found in the exhibit, or 20th century work like Zenderoudi’s, is viewed as a way to draw closer to God. This concept is reinforced by the exhibition’s soundtrack featuring the quiet, rhythmic chanting of Islamic prayers. Anonymous artisans, perhaps inspired by Mohammed’s celebration of beauty, have left us a surfeit of everyday items transformed into pieces of quiet and enduring beauty, such as an earthenware bowl from Iran dating to the 13th century and titled here as “Bowl with Animals.” Despite, or because of, its quotidian origins, it’s an unforgettable masterpiece, with its stunning shades of blue and detailed paintings of animals. The concept of the interconnectedness of all things is amplified by several ancient calligraphic scrolls in the show, one dating to 14th or 15th century Syria or India. Ink, watercolor and gold were used to write words within words across the canvas as an allusion to the Islamic concept that nothing is complete on its own, everything being part of a larger whole. — KRISTIN WRIGHT
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From Something Is. LAUREN ZOLL: SOMETHING IS INDIANAPOLIS MUSEUM OF ART, THROUGH APRIL 14 r For the past few years, Indy-based artist Lauren Zoll has been creating large-scale paintings by pouring black latex paint on drywall and letting it congeal. When I first laid eyes on the results in this exhibition, I thought of Google Maps. When you look at the topography of a lava field in Google Maps, as if from above, you see lava frozen in place as it was when it first congealed. The lava on the surface dries first and the molten basalt flows underneath, forming tunnels. The surfaces of these fields crack as they dry. Something similar happens in Zoll’s paintings. The thickly applied paint dries first near the surface but remains liquid for a longer period of time underneath. But unlike the surfaces of lava fields, these poured paintings have reflective qualities that Zoll has found novel ways to explore. During one such exploration, she attached a painting to the roof of her car and filmed its reflections as she drove around Indianapolis. Another video, available on the IMA website, has an enthusiastic Zoll explaining her installation in plain English. This video isn’t a bad way to start a tour of her work. — DAN GROSSMAN
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THEATER INDIANAPOLIS OPERA: AMAHL AND THE NIGHT VISITORS BASILE OPERA CENTER, THROUGH DEC. 16 r As a subdued, gentle retelling of the Adoration of the Magi in a modern setting, this intimate production occasionally takes on a dream-like power to transform us physically and emotionally. Production designer and director Joachim Schamberger created amazing visual effects for Gian Carlo Menotti’s 1951 one-act opera, utilizing the small stage space to maximum effect. James Caraher directs the Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra, Indianapolis Opera Chorus and the lead singers, employing a modulated pace, almost like a lullabye. It’s because of this pace that, while the relationship between Amahl and his mother is tender and loving during the opening scenes, later scenes are deprived of their dramatic potential because sung at the same quiet dynamic and in the same deliberate cadence. For instance, “All That Gold,” sung by Mary to the Wise Men, fails to stir the audience to ponder what it means to her to see all this wealth and have none for the welfare of her own child. It is as if she is distantly commenting on her plight, rather than feeling depths of despair at her own poverty and inability to provide for her child. Still, the Three Kings interact with dignity and humanity, and the villagers with humorous pomp. — RITA KOHN
THREE DOLLAR BILL: FANCY SCHMANCY RAZZLE DAZZLE CHRISTMAS SHOW INDYFRINGE THEATRE, THROUGH DEC. 15 r Three Dollar Bill’s alternative Christmas pageant — featuring Todd Kenworthy, Jeff Clawson, Will Pfaffenberger, Chad Woodward and a token lady humorist who often steals the show, Claire Wilcher — pushes the boundaries of holiday cheer with raucous sketches, racy songs and an off-beat sense of humor. No topic is off limits, from roofie-induced rape to racial slurs. The writing teeters between intelligent, clever takedowns of traditional Christmas favorites to base humor that grabs for the lowestcommon-denominator laughs, with the latter variety tending to detract from the former. A more careful editorial eye could
With Old Blue Eyes, Cynthia Pratt places Sinatra within the context of other entertainers, choreographing with zip, zap and zing. Particularly poignant is the theatrically realistic setting of Marilyn Monroe singing “I Wanna Be Loved by You,” featuring Aleska Lukasiewicz and Zach Young with the Company. David Hochoy’s choreography centered totally on Sinatra during the second act, opening and closing with spirited, company Vegas-like production representations of “Come Fly With Me” and “Theme from New York, New York.” For “Bewitched” Hochoy placed Timothy June within the context of a multi-faceted “other” portrayed by Mariel Greenlee and Caitlin Negron. Liberty Harris defines “The Lady is a Tramp” as a highbrow more comfortable with lowbrow. The Company has great fun pantomiming “High Hopes” and exploring “Almost Like Being in Love.” Trulock and Lukasiewicz are tender and flirty in “Something Stupid,” Emily Dyson leads off for a humorous “Nice Work If You Can Get It” and Jillian Godwin punches out the gutsy “That’s Life.”
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INDIANAPOLIS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: CLASSICAL CHRISTMAS SCOTTISH RITE CATHEDRAL, DEC. 7 r Created by Raymond Leppard in 1998 when he was the ISO’s music director, Classical Christmas showcases, in part, Leppard’s own excellent arrangements of four Italian offerings, a mix of pieces by Pier Francesco Cavalli and the great Renaissance/Baroque crossover master Claudio Monteverdi. Three of them featured mezzo-soprano Nancy Maultsby, whose rich, opulent voice was perhaps not in keeping with the singing tradition of that era. After the break, winds and brasses joined the strings for a complete change of pace, The Lark Ascending, Romance for Violin and Orchestra by Ralph Vaughan Williams — in my view, one of the Brit’s best works. Concertmaster Zach de Pue soloed, provoked by the composer’s wistful, pastel harmonic patina into making it the most moving offering of the late afternoon. Regrettably, Leppard closed with a piece of froth, unworthy to follow what had preceded, the Sinfonia in E-flat by Johann Christian Bach, which features vapid melodies and simplistic harmonies. For more review details visit nuvo.net.
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FOOD Microbrew pioneer headed to Winterfest New Albion founder back in action BY RI T A K O H N RK O H N @N U V O . N E T Indy beer fans will get a chance to drink some history at Brewers of Indiana Guild Winterfest on January 26. Originally brewed by Jack McAuliffe in Sonoma, Calif., New Albion Ale is making its comeback as a brewing partnership between McAuliffe and Boston Brewing Company, a.k.a. Samuel Adams. McAuliffe will be at Winterfest to share and talk about the re-launch of the first offering from New Albion Brewing Company, recognized as the start of the modern-era U.S. craft brewing industry. New Albion Ale offered a complex taste profile at a time most American were drinking unassuming lagers made by the big breweries. Brewing a line-up of English and Scottish-style ales, porters and stouts, McAuliffe attracted a following in California, and gradually people nationwide who traveled to where New Albion
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beers were available. But the concept of a craft brewery was new; McAuliffe has said it was like being a Martian trying to convince bankers a microbrewery was worthwhile. When New Albion closed in November 1982, McAuliffe, a Navy veteran who was an engineer by profession, left Sonoma and pretty much dropped out of the craft brewing scene. But starting in the 1980s, his example inspired others, and one new microbrewery followed another. McAuliffe developed his taste for good beer while stationed in Scotland. Realizing he wouldn’t find his new favor-
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ites easily when he got home, McAuliffe learned to homebrew and became part of the 1960’s-‘70s culture of homebrewers who were making styles forgotten in the U.S. since Anheuser-Busch. Ken Grossman, co-founder of Sierra Nevada Brewing, took McAuliffe out of brewing seclusion to co-brew a dark American barleywine to mark Sierra Nevada’s 30th anniversary in 2010. This tribute led to the 2011 invitation from Jim Koch at Boston Brewing to bring back New Albion Ale “for a modern age.” Boston Brewing’s equipment is vastly dif-
ferent from the setup New Albion was working with in the ‘70s. But Koch is reported to have said, “We should do it Jack’s way.” And “Jack’s way” is the sip of history patrons at Winterfest will be sampling. “Saying that Jack McAuliffe was a great influence on the craft beer movement in American is a gross understatement,” says Bob Mack of World Class Beer. “Jack didn’t just influence a generation of brewers; Jack influenced the people that created the craft beer industry and showed them what was possible.”
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Buying wine for the wine lover on your Christmas shopping list is fraught with peril. A gift certificates for a nearby wine shop is a nice gift. But unless you are certain of the person’s wine tastes, stick with wine accessories.
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easoned by an assortment of festivals under their belts, a Rolling Stone Super Bowl Party Show and a string of big city shows, Main Squeeze anticipate leaving The Vogue “freshly squozen” at their Friday show. Born in Bloomington, these multi-faceted funk fanatics made the migration to Chicago at the end of this summer. A self-titled “raging post-funk experience,” the group has flourished as a regional act far from their modest college town roots. Originally known for hashing out versions of your mom’s old favorites like “Superstitious” and “Use Me” to modern hip-hop classics like “The Next Episode,” the Squeeze cut their chops polishing the art of rendition. But they’ve always cultivated true creative aspirations. “Our first show at the Bluebird had one original song, compared to our last Bluebird show, Oct. 3, which had 17 original songs and three covers,” said Ben “Smiley” Silverstein, keyboardist. They attribute much of this evolution to a focus on studio-based work, and gaining feedback via festivals and tours. But fans of their live shows will swear it’s their passion that ultimately drives them. The Main Squeeze are masters of awakening the inner dance spirit of anyone who steps into their show. Mothers, fathers, cousins and siblings are subject to shaking what their mamas gave ‘em when they’re at a Squeeze performance. The charisma and energy that emanates from the stage while they play is gigantic and electrifying. They got the chance to prove that on the big stage February. After building an enormous reputation in Bloomington and doing some touring, the Main Squeeze entered a competition to perform at a the Rolling Stone-hosed Super Bowl party on the same bill as The Roots and Jane’s Addiction. This highly sought-after slot was determined by an online popularity vote, which ultimately crowned the Main Squeeze as the winners. “Rolling Stone actually picked the band out of the top three finalists, so it was pretty cool that they chose our band after listening to our music and all,” said Corey Frye, vocalist. “The party itself was pretty wild, and Reuben [Gingrich, drummer] got to play on ?uestlove’s drum kit.”
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We squeezed in five questions for The Mundies, a fourpiece improvisational rock group based in Bloomington. They’ll perform with Main Squeeze Friday at the Vogue. NUVO: How how has the transition to the Indianapolis music scene challenged you as a band?
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NICK JOHNSON: Well, Bloomington is a very active, bustling music scene, but it’s also smaller. There are less people, and fewer venues, so Indy has challenged us because it has opened us up to a bigger audience. It’s almost like we’re smaller fish in a bigger pond. NUVO: How would you describe the dynamic of performing in a group with both a father and son? SUBMITTED PHOTO
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Frye said the Downtown Indy party was “like a dream” and mentioned that Rolling Stone’s follow-up coverage bolstered their fan base. What could be more appropriate for the guys after playing a Super Bowl party, than performing at arguably the largest music festival in the United States? Absolutely nothing could be more natural for the Main Squeeze than to play at Bonnaroo Festival in Manchester, Tenn. “The festival scene is cool. Those people love music and that’s what they’re there to do,” said Gingrich. “At Bonnaroo, we played at 12 in the afternoon and there was still close to a thousand people watching us.” “Festivals are a great thing to be a part of just in general,” said Max Newman, guitarist. “But then having the gift and blessing to be able to put your stamp on a performance and contribute is the best.” The guys also “squeezified” tunes at the festivals Hyperion and Equifunk, and competed –– and won –– an international jazz competition in Macau, China. Winning comes naturally to the Main Squeeze. The Venetian Jazz and Blues Festival in Macau, brought a hefty cash prize. “China was awesome,” said Frye. “It helped pay for our CD and a band van. It gave us international recognition, and opened a door to the East Asian market that we hope to continue to play in for years to come.” In conjunction with their myriad of successes on the festival circuit, and otherwise, the Main Squeeze decided to make the move to the Chicago.
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The choice was made at the end of the summer. It was a big choice, but one that has already started to show profit. “We’re really laying the seeds,” said Newman. “There isn’t a lot tangible yet, but we’ve connected with lots of other bands and it’s going to be great.” This enthusiasm demonstrates what could very well be the biggest, and most positive decision so far in their careers. With the move came a new bassist, Jeremiah Hunt, who had joined the band around the time of the release of their self-titled album. Since they dropped their debut full-length compilation, Main Squeeze –– released on June 2, 2012 –– the crew has embarked on tours around the country from New York City to Madison, Wis. And the material they’re touring on is strong. “Our song writing process is so different now,” says Smiley. “We spend so much time in the studio honing our albums now –– compared to [working on] our live work, which is how we started.” Progressing as instrumentalists and songwriters, the album displays the band’s varied dimensions. Full of fan favorites, like “I’ll Take Another” and “Mama Told Me” there are still plenty of soon-to-be classics that wait for discovery. Main Squeeze is totally deserving of its lengthy promotional tour.
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KRIS FRICK: At first it was different, because we had an original drummer –– then it was more of hobby. Once my dad joined the band, things got a lot more serious, because he would have to drive from Indy to Bloomington when we first started playing together. It is a lot of fun working with him, though, because he’s been playing for 20 –– 30 years and he has a lot of experience. He’s played with lots of older bands, and it’s a different experience I’m proud of. JOHNSON: It’s really cool to see the father-son dynamic, especially when it comes to improv, because it’s almost like a higher connection or consciousness between them when they’re communicating through music. It’s definitely something I’ve thought about before. It’s funny to watch Philip [Frich,the drummer, and Kris’ father], because he straddles that line of band member and parent. I think he does a good job of keeping us in line. NUVO: Yeah, I imagine that’s an aspect that’s really important to a growing band who’s working on their audience and what not. FRICK: Yeah, he definitely tells us some things that we should and shouldn’t do. [laughs] NUVO: The Mundies are opening for another Bloomington band, The Main Squeeze, on Dec. 14 at The Vogue. What do you anticipate about this show? FRICK: When we first started, the Main Squeeze were the band to help us get our foot in the door at The Bluebird down in Bloomington. We played their album release show. JOHNSON: It’s really cool to play with them, because when we were first starting down in Bloomington the Main Squeeze was hustling hard. They were really on their game, so it’s great to see a band like that moving on up to Chicago and playing in all the places that they’ve played. NUVO: I know that you all are mostly known for your live improvisational rock style, but tell us about the studio album you’ve been working on. FRICK: It’s an 11 song album,and there’s both some new material on it and some old stuff that has evolved over the past two years. We’re really proud and happy with it.
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Os Mutantes Last week I hosted a performance by Brazil’s legendary psychedelic rock band Os Mutantes. Despite enjoying mass popularity in Brazil during the 1960s, Mutantes were largely unknown in the United States until the early ‘90s. That’s when American stars from Kurt Cobain to Beck began to champion the group’s work, earning them a spot in the pantheon of cult rock icons alongside bands like the Velvet Underground and Modern Lovers. After the concert I sat down with the group’s founder Sérgio Dias Baptista to discuss Mutantes’ participation in the Tropicalia movement –– an artistic rebellion against the military dictatorship that ruled Brazil. NUVO: You were so young when the Tropicalia movement happened; were you interested in the political agenda or was it just about playing rock music? SÉRGIO DIAS BAPTISTA: I think both. We were young and restless. Every kid comes up rebelling against something and we really had something to rebel against. The dictatorship was a mess. Many times we were under threat of being arrested. There was a perpetual cat and mouse situation between us and the dictatorship, but we never gave in. NUVO: Your fellow Tropicalistas Gilberto Gil and Caetano Veloso were forced to leave Brazil. Did Os Mutantes ever face that pressure? SÉRGIO DIAS BAPTISTA: We were lucky, because we were too cute. Our image wasn’t easy to vilify. They couldn’t sell the idea that we were terrorists. I don’t think the dictatorship knew what to make of us. We blew their mind, we went totally beyond what they could understand. NUVO: Do you remember the first time you heard rock music?
NUVO: You were part of a very important artistic resistance movement. Tell me about the ability of artists to influence social change, in your eyes. SÉRGIO DIAS BAPTISTA: Of course, just think of Bob Dylan, or movies like Easy Rider and One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. These things were like a slap in the face to society. I think artists are mirrors. A good artist reflects what the person didn’t even see at first. We can answer questions that weren’t even asked. NUVO: Is the new music you’re making as rebellious as the original Os Mutantes work? SÉRGIO DIAS BAPTISTA: Sure, I’m talking about things like foreclosures and all these things I’m seeing here that affect me. The next album is all about the values you American guys were raised on –– Thomas Jefferson and Abraham Lincoln. NUVO: In the ‘60s, Os Mutantes’ music was not available outside of Brazil. Are you surprised that your music has found this huge international audience? SÉRGIO DIAS BAPTISTA: Yes, when we started playing shows in the U.S. I thought the audience would be a bunch of guys my age. But everywhere we went it was kids. It was great; there’s nothing more humbling than seeing your music outlive yourself –– which is what happened to us. We didn’t do anything, there was no record company promoting our music, no publicity. This thing happened because people like you decided to hear the music. That’s how I think music is supposed to be. Now I can’t stop because of all of you guys. It’s a big responsibility when you realize your music is bigger than yourself. You just have to give and give until you die –– I have no other choice. LISTEN UP Kyle Long creates a custom podcast for each column. Hear this week’s at NUVO.net.
SÉRGIO DIAS BAPTISTA: I definitely remember the first time I was inoculated with rock and roll. I was at my cousin’s house, I was about 6 or 7 and I heard “Jailhouse Rock.” I was jumping up and down on the couch for the entire afternoon using a pillow for a guitar. Then it was The Beatles; the first time I heard “She Loves You” I got the hair. I was a Beatle from then on. NUVO: The Beatles were such a huge influence for you; did you ever get to meet them? SÉRGIO DIAS BAPTISTA: No, I had a couple chances. In the ‘60s, Ravi Shankar invited me to go study at his school in India. But I was busy working with Os Mutantes and I ended up not going. I could have met George Harrison and everybody. Also, I went to Apple Records in 1968. I put my hand on the doorknob, but I didn’t dare to open. Sometimes it’s better to let a dream be a dream.
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SOUNDCHECK Wednesday
SINGER-SONGWRITER MIEKA PAULEY
Irving Theater, 5505 E. Washington St. 8 p.m., $10, all-ages
Pop singer-songwriter and former Starbucks Emerging Artist competition Grand Champion –– that’s no joke; those stores (and their accompanying albums) are everywhere! –– will perform at the Irving Theatre as part of a Segment of Society concert production. Her last album was completely financed by her fans. Pick it up –– and see Mieka! –– tonight at the Irving.
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Communist Daughter at DO317 Lounge, $10 OMG with DJ Action Jackson and DJ free Kristen Kelly at Tin Roof, free
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Happy Holidays from Butler Scion, Indy. It’s a free show featuring Ha Ha You, Sleeping Bag (who have a brand new album out on Joyful Noise now), Beer (lead by former NUVO cover dude and Everything, Now! ringleader Jon Rogers) and the ever-present Action Jackson. Prizes and fun are guaranteed, but the drinks are on you.
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Lucky us! Organizers released over 1,000 additional tickets this week for the “Surfjohn Stevens Christmas Sing-A-Long: Seasonal Affective Disorder Yuletide Disaster Pageant on Ice.” Yes, it will be a glorious disaster. The avant garde auteur’s a massive fan of Christmas music –– he just released another box set titled Silver and Gold: Songs for Christmas 6 -10 –– and attendees are encouraged to practice their carols before coming. Grab your holiday sweaters boys and girls. Sufjan is about to own this holiday.
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The Main Squeeze at the Vogue Theater (see our preview on page 22) Big Chuck’s Xmas Party at Radio Radio, $7 The Eclectic-Sorta-Almost Holiday Show at Birdy’s,
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Playing “trashgrass” with a name honoring a landfill –– the Rumpke Mountain Boys ain’t your typical roots-rockers. But they’ve got a banjo, mandolin and bass (and a couple guitars too). With covers and original tunes, these festival regulars are one of the surest bets for a hoppin’ Saturday night.
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Bilal, Kool’s Bazaar at The Jazz Kitchen, $15 advance, $20 door Hero Jr, Phoenix on the Fault Line at Rock House Cafe, $6 Pretty in Pink at Blu Lounge, $10
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BENEFIT CHRISTMAS WITH THE TROOPS Rock House Cafe, 3940 S. Keystone Ave. 12 p.m., donations encouraged, 21+
A massive lineup of do-gooder rockers will start at noon with the idea of sponsoring a platoon during the holiday season. See Ryan Noblitt, Eric Martin Smith, Chill Billy, Demaggio, Longshadow, Accept Regret, Falling Awake, Raven’s Keep, Cabin Pressure, Cabin FX and The New Guilt (set list in order) and spread holiday rock cheer.
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NEWS OF THE WEIRD
Panda graduation party Plus, the lost art of cuddling
Yes, This Is Really How They Do It: The Wolong Panda Training Base in Sichuan, China, released a series of photos to China Daily in October to mark the graduation from captivity, and into the wild, of the 2-year-old Tao Tao. Sure GRAND enough, Tao Tao and his mother, Cao OPENING Cao, were shown frolicking in the woods, accompanied by trainers each dressed in full-length panda suits, including panda heads, as they appeared to demonstrate climbing trees and searching for food.
The Entrepreneurial Spirit
• The Lost Art of Cuddling: (1) At the recently opened Soineya “cuddle cafe” in Tokyo, men buy hugging privileges (but no “sex” allowed!) with young women for from 20 minutes to 10 hours at prices (gratuity optional) ranging from the equivalents of $40 to $645, with surcharges for special services (e.g., foot massages, resting heads in each other’s laps). (2) The Deluxe Comfort Girlfriend Body Pillow, which began as a boutiqueonly niche product, recently became available at Amazon.com and Sears.com at around $25. The bolster-like, cuddling-enabled pillow is augmented with two strategically placed mounds and
a snuggle-up arm hanging to the side. (There’s also an Original Soft and Comfy Boyfriend Pillow, without the mounds.) • “You have wrinkles,” the inquiring customer was told, “and your left cheek is larger than your right,” explained “Tata,” the Bangkok-born woman who recently opened a salon in San Francisco to employ the supposedly traditional Thai art of face-slapping. Frown lines and droopy skin are curable with a 10-minute regimen of well- placed whacks across the cheek (and payment of the $350 fee), Tata told the Seattle Post-Intelligencer in October. Masochists are warned that Tata deals in therapy, not punishment. “If you want someone to hit you, go on Craigslist.”
Cutting-Edge Science
• Among the “Ig Nobel” prizes awarded to earnest academics in September by the Annals of Improbable Research was the one to Patrick Warren and colleagues who delved into excruciatingly detailed predictions (at the behest of a cosmetics firm) about how someone might ultimately look with a ponytail, based on hair characteristics. The team took into account the stiffness of the strands, the effects of gravity and the random curliness or waviness in the hair in a set formula to compute a “Rapunzel Number” for each head. Explaining his particularized work to reporters, Dr. Warren acknowledged (perhaps with underestimation), “I’ve been working on this for a long time.” • A research team at Lund University in Sweden, led by neuroethologist Jochen Smolka, concluded that one reason dung beetles dance in circles on top of dung is to cool off, according to an October report on LiveScience.com. To arrive at their conclusion, the team went to the trouble of painting tiny silicone “boots” on some beetles to protect them from the ambient heat experienced by a control group of beetles, and found that the booted beetles climbed atop the dung less frequently. Explained Smolka, “Like an air-conditioning unit, the moist (dung) is cooled by evaporati(on).”
Leading Economic Indicators
• While the U.S. recently nearly elected a multimillionaire as president, Uruguay’s chief executive, Jose Mujica, declared his personal wealth in 2010 as the equivalent of about $1,800 and gives away 90 percent of his $12,000 monthly presidential salary in order to remain true to his political roots with the leftist guerrilla group Tupamaros. He has rejected the government-provided mansion and instead lives with his wife at her family’s farmhouse, where he helps work the land, according to a November BBC News profile from Montevideo. “I have to do (this),” he told a reporter, “because there are many Uruguayans who live with much less.” • Financial advisers charge the big bucks because of their sophisticated understanding of money and markets -- or maybe because they know how the stars align. A September Marketplace radio program highlighted the newsletters of “financial astrologers” Karen NEWS OF THE WEIRD CONTINUED TO PG 30 100% RECYCLED PAPER // NUVO // 12.12.12-12.19.12 classifieds
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NEWS OF THE WEIRD NEWS OF THE WEIRD CONTINUED FROM PG 29 Starich and former Merrill Lynch stock trader Arch Crawford (who left the trading floor because, apparently, astrology is more lucrative). About 300 traders pay $237 a year to learn what Starich knows about Neptune and Saturn, and Crawford’s 2,000 subscribers (at least a few of which prefer receiving copies in unmarked wrappers) learned that any new business venture goes south when Mercury is in retrograde. • The Continuing Decline of American Manufacturing: A Drug Enforcement Administration agent told the Associated Press in October that factories in Mexico have recently been supplying American markets with especially potent and inexpensive methamphetamine. “These are sophisticated, high-tech (businesses) ... that are operating with extreme precision,” said agent Jim Shroba. The 90 percent-pure product offers “a faster, more intense and longer-lasting high.” Many Americans, meanwhile, continue to make small batches of inferior meth in 2-liter soda bottles.
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• In 2011 only 75 worldwide shark attacks on humans were reported, with only 12 fatal, yet researchers writing recently in the journal Conservation Biology found that about 60 percent of
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all media reporting about sharks emphasized just the serious dangers that human swimmers face. By contrast, only about 7 percent of the reports were focused on shark biology or ecology, though the sorry state of shark survival would seem more important, in that an estimated 26 million to 73 million sharks are killed annually from the harvesting of their fins.
Update
• Taunting of Third-World Laborers: First, as News of the Weird reported more than 20 years ago, Indonesian coffeemakers made “Kopi Luwak,” using only beans that had passed through the digestive tracts of native civet cats. More recently, Thailand’s upscale Anantara Resorts began offering coffee using beans similarly excreted by elephants. In both cases, these digestive-tract coffee beans, picked and processed by laborers earning as little as $1 day, wind up as a drink sipped by (in the words of an NPR reviewer) “cat poop fetishi(sts)” who may pay upwards of $10 for a single cup.
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Least Competent Criminals
• Recurring Themes: (1) In November, Jacory Walker, 19, pleaded guilty to one count of bank robbery in Waxahachie, Texas, and was sentenced to 37 months in prison. He had made the mistake of asking a teller at the 1st Convenience Bank to access his account (giving the teller his Social Security number), and only then, when realizing he had no money left, deciding to rob the place. (2) Almost No Longer Weird: Demarco Myles, 19, was arrested in Washington, D.C., for rape after he, as rapists sometimes fatuously do, decided that his second victim might have had eyes for him and left her his name and phone number, anticipating a follow-up rendezvous.
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• (1) Donna Giustizia lobbied the city of Vaughan, Ontario, in November to chop down all the oak trees in the vicinity of Stephen Catholic Elementary School, claiming that her children and others like them with nut allergies were in danger. She mentioned especially their “anxiety” from even glimpsing acorns on the ground and suggested that the allergic children could be easily bullied by acorn-wielding classmates. (2) In a parental-involvement program with 70 public schools and Walgreen Co., the City of Chicago announced in October that it would give previously uninterested parents $25 gift cards just to come by the schools to pick up their kids’ report cards. Thanks This Week to Sam Dillon, Russell Bell, Sandy Pearlman, and Mary Croft, and to the News of the Weird Board of Editorial Advisors.
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