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Welcome to the machine As part of NUVO’s runup to our 25th Anniversary Issue, we’re taking a look back over our last 25 years. We began Oct. 1 — 25 weeks away from our birthday in March of 2015. We’re going waaay back this week — a whole year, in fact, just to be prove that the more things change, the more some things stay the same, to coin a cliché. In the December 18, 2013 issue of NUVO, our David Hoppe begged the question, “What are people for?”
Ongoing demonstrations by fast-food workers demanding higher pay, along with the renewed effort to raise the federal minimum wage beg a much larger question: What are people for? Work has been the traditional answer to that question in the United States. ... A recording went viral of a McDonald’s worker being told by a corporate rep to supplement her income with tax-supported programs like food stamps and Medicaid. … The trouble is, whatever happens to fast-food pay, it’s likely those jobs, and many more like them, will eventually be eliminated by technology.
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is the season,” they say. And so, no matter whatever else is currently besetting the world — government sanctioned torture, police brutality, sexual violence — we are offered the soft off. In all these movies, Capra seemed landing of sentiment. intent on creating a distinctly American Thank heavens! mythology, one that gave form and Without sentiment, which Merriamexpression to what it was that made this Webster.com defines in part as, “refined society like no other. That’s why these feeling: delicate sensibility especially as films still work: though their language expressed in a work of art…emotional and imagery may at first seem dated, idealism,” our so-called better angels they are actually timeless. would be missing in action. Instead of One thing that these movies never raising a glass to “auld lang syne,” we’d fail to show is just how vulnerable the just be raising a glass — and then anothAmerican idea of trust and fair play can er, and another. be. When you trust other people and I remember one Christmas, many try to do the decent thing, you leave years ago, that was bluer than most. I yourself open to being cheated or taken felt beat, broke and more than a little advantage of. You can look like a sap. strung out. I was far from home and Nobody likes that. out of luck. And then I saw Frank Capra’s movie masterThere are always piece, It’s A Wonderful Life. That film’s been trotbig men, smart men, ted out so often since then I suppose it’s lost some of rich men, who are its edge. But it was new to ready to take over. me at the time. It’s the story of George Bailey, a modest guy, with a modest life in a modest town. George So there are always big men, smart men, has a conscience; he looks out for other rich men, who are ready to take over. people and often puts their needs They say they have a better idea. They ahead of his own. He has a loving wife claim to be tougher, more realistic. and kids and makes a solid living as Freedom to them means getting head of a local savings and loan. what they want, when they want it. But when George is wrongfully The scary thing is that these accused of bank fraud, every guys make a certain kind of sense. choice he has ever made sudThey see the world as a cold and denly seems wrong-headed or unforgiving place — because naïve. He feels like a sap. It that’s the world they’ve made. takes an angel to show George These are the guys that tell us that the essential decency that torture is necessary, that with which he’s lived his life cops who kill unarmed civilhas actually added up to ians have no other choice, something truly wonderful. that rape victims must Capra made the film have been asking for it. in 1946. It picked up The world, to where previous them, is a danCapra films, like gerous place. Mr. Smith Goes to Anybody who disWashington and agrees is a sap. Or Meet John Doe left just sentimental. n
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The Vision Center and The Grindery are both initiatives of Dr.Ivan Hicks, Senior Minister at First Baptist Church North Indianapolis, to help new entrepreneurs develop and grow.
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ne Sunday morning while gazing over his congregation from the pulpit at First Baptist Church North Indianapolis, Dr. Ivan Hicks counted the number of people he knew were unemployed. That thoughtful count and internal desire to help those parishioners build a better life for themselves led Hicks in 2012 to found The Northwest Vision Development Center, known these days as simply The Vision Center. The idea behind the center was to help those in Central Indiana who want to start their own businesses move past the fear of the idea and obtain the knowledge and resources necessary to bring their vision to reality. With the help of other business professionals in the community a business incubator called The Grindery was born. When one thinks of a business incubator in Indiana, the vision that forms is typically one of software, hardware, and other high-tech businesses seeking assistance to grow and thrive. The Grindery, though, is anything but typical, designed to incubate business people and potentially revitalize the near northwest side of Indianapolis. “We have had a broad scope of ideas for businesses come through,” said Hicks. “Security, upholstery, lawn care, catering, barber shops. We run the gamut of people looking for help to start their own business and achieve their dreams.”
Flu season prompts restrictions The current flu season has already proven to be a bitch. Marion County hospital emergency rooms reported nearly triple the number of flu cases the week of Nov. 30-Dec. 6 compared to the same week last year. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention also announced the available vaccine may not be as effective against the H3N2 virus that is dominating this year’s flu season. As a result, all Marion County health networks have agreed to restrict visitation at all hospitals until further notice. “These restrictions serve as a necessary step to help protect patients, visitors and hospital staff from exposure to the flu virus,” said Dr. Virginia Caine, Marion County Public Health Director. The Tier 1 visitation policy restricts visitors who have a flu-like illness, fever or cough and visitors under age 18. Visitation will be allowed only for immediate family members identified by the patient. Indiana college free speech ratings
An inner city business incubator helping people help themselves (According to Forbes.com, the fastest growing sector for freelance business in 2011 included auto repair shops, beauty salons and dry cleaners.) Hicks says the idea is to attract people who have a “million-dollar idea” for a business, but don’t know or are afraid to take the steps to turn that dream into a reality. To make The Grindery a reality, Hicks reached out to the city’s business and civic communities for support and resources. John McDonald, President and CEO of Cloudone, joined the initiative. McDonald, a former IBM executive, said once he learned of the vision and mission of The Grindery, he knew he had to get involved. “It was the influence of a former colleague at IBM,” said McDonald. “He believed in paying it forward. I got help in growing and setting up our business. Now I help others do the same.” Cloudone is a small business based in Indianapolis that has been in existence for only 4 years, but has been on the fast track to success ever since. In August of this year Cloudone SEE, GRINDERY, ON PAGE 06
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Indiana colleges and universities were collectively considered better than most states when it comes to freedoms of speech on their campuses. The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) released the results of its annual “Spotlight on Speech Codes” for 2015. FIRE looked at the policies of 437 institutions across the country to determine restrictions on free speech. Out of the 49 colleges and universities in Indiana (with each IU and Purdue regional campus rated separately) FIRE rated only 16 campuses in the report. Four campuses were given red light status, meaning the institution had at least one policy that clearly and substantially restricts freedom of speech. The remaining 12 campuses were given yellow light status, meaning the school’s policies could easily be used to restrict protected expression. The study focused on public institutions and private universities with large populations or high public profiles. Community health assessment The Marion County Health Department released the results of the 2014 Community Health Assessment. The assessment looks at the overall health of the community and the biggest issues facing six age groups of the population. According to this year’s report, children from birth to age four are not getting adequate prenatal care while many children ages 5-11 have asthma and weight issues. Teens in the city have a high rate of death at his or her own hands or someone else’s. Depression and violent death are leading factors for Indy adults while senior citizens face chronic disease management and mental health issues. Unhealthy weight, mental health and poverty were issues that reached over several if not all of the age groups. The health department uses the assessment to develop a Community Health Improvement Plan. — AMBER STEARNS NUVO // 100% RECYCLED PAPER // 12.17.14 - 12.24.14 // NEWS 5
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Animal Shelter Donation Drive Dec. 11-Jan. 1. IndyVet Emergency and Specialty Hospital is collecting supplies for sheltered animals. The supplies will be distributed to the Morgan County Humane Society and Indianapolis Animal Care and Control. The types of items being accepted include dog and cat food, dog and cat collars, tapeworm tablets, kitty litter, bleach, paper towels, laundry detergent, dish soap and various office supplies. IndyVet will accept donations 24 hours a day. Monetary donations can be made online. IndyVet, 5425 Victory Dr., indyvet.com Regional Transportation Public Hearing Thursday, Dec. 18, 9 a.m. The Indianapolis Regional Transportation Council’s Policy Committee will hold a public hearing on proposed amendments to improvement programs. The public participation process is a requirement of the Federal Transit Administration grant received by the Indianapolis Public Transportation Corporation. Copies of all of the plans and proposals are available for viewing at the City-County Building and online. Only comments about amendments will be accepted at the hearing. Metropolitan Indianapolis Board of Realtors, 1912 N. Meridian St., indympo.org American Red Cross Blood Drive Monday, Dec. 22, noon & 2 p.m. The American Red Cross will host two blood drives in an effort to maintain blood supplies through the holidays. Eligible donors of all blood types are needed with a special demand for types O negative, A negative and B negative. Eligible donors must be at 17 years of age or older, weigh at least 110 lbs. and be in generally good health. Youths age 16 and over can also donate with the consent of a parent or guardian. Scheduled appointments are encouraged. Lawrence Government Center, 9001 E. 59th St., noon-5 p.m.; Conveo Corporation, 6302 Churchman Bypass, 2-6 p.m.; redcrossblood.org
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The future home of The Grindery is located in a small strip mall at the corner of 27th and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. street, which is also home to this building mural honoring Dr. King’s legacy.
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“When someone comes with a business idea, the immediate challenge is making sure that what they seek to do is their passion. You shouldn’t go into business to make money; it won’t be a success if it isn’t within you.” Hicks says anyone looking to start a business needs to ask himself or herself, “What are you doing for free that you could make money at? What has God driven you to do?”
was listed as one of America’s Fastest Growing Private Companies according to Inc. magazine. Earlier this month the company secured over $4 million to accelerate growth and broaden the company’s platform. McDonald serves The Grindery as chair of the advisory board and also led a capital fundraising campaign to fund the creation of a physical “We run the gamut of people looking presence. His practical knowledge of what for help to start their own business it takes to build a new and achieve their dreams.” business and desire to give back to the com— DR. IVAN HICKS, SENIOR MINISTER munity couples with Hicks’ vision very well. AT FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH, INDIANAPOLIS Other organizations and community leaders are involved in the The Grindery’s curriculum is divideffort, including the Indianapolis ed into eight weeks. Participants are Chamber of Commerce, Launch led through detailed instruction on Fishers, The Indianapolis Museum of creating a business network, developArt, and Marian University. With great ing their core idea, sharing that idea, board leadership and support, Hicks business 101, developing a brand, takdeveloped a curriculum and deliving that idea to market, funding and ery system to provide education and finally starting their business. After networking opportunities for those the eight weeks is complete Hicks enrolled in the program. says they hold something called the “When [budding entrepreneurs] “Hustle & Grind.” come, we try to attach resources and “The Hustle & Grind is The relationships to help them get advice Grindery’s version of Shark Tank,” says and mentorships from the right people Hicks. “Participants give their ‘elevator to help them succeed,” says Hicks. pitch’ to the group based on every-
thing they have learned.” The ultimate prize from the Hustle & Grind is a variety of things, from the opportunity to utilize The Grindery as an office to start their business to possible micro loans offered by the businesses and leaders listening to the pitches. Still, Hicks says everyone wins because they get to listen to each other’s pitches and learn from each other. It’s been two and a half years since Hicks began The Vision Center. The Grindery classes have been operating out of the Bradley Building, the education structure on the campus of First Baptist Church on Udell Street. A physical presence for The Grindery is currently under renovation in a small strip mall in the 2700 block of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Street. Once complete in early 2015, The Grindery will serve as an incubator space providing office support for the start-up businesses as well as classroom space for the program. Hicks believes The Grindery also stands as a beacon of potential in revitalizing a once economically depressed area of the city. Hicks and McDonald hope that this is just the beginning of more opportunities and more development as they empower people to take a business idea and run with it. “It really is business helping business and it’s growing,” said Hicks. “All are in agreement that it’s a good idea and people are volunteering to see it succeed.” n
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et’s start with a peek at my process. I spend a large chunk of each week writing the music section calendar you’ll find at the back of this issue. Each edition of Soundcheck includes about 90 events and runs about 3,000 words. There’s no doubting it: There’s a ton of music happening in Indianapolis weekly. I’m 25, only four years removed from that sinking feeling familiar to most young music fans: the one you get in the pit of your stomach when a band you absolutely adore comes through town, only to play at a 21+ venue. It is, truly, a huge bummer. But even in the four short years since I aged into the club and bar venue scene, Indianapolis’ all-ages scene has changed drastically. So, in the spirit of that change, we’re profiling the owners and operators of spots around town that are open to all ages. The venues we’ve profiled run the gamut of new, historic and multipurpose. Yes, most of the Live Nation-operated venues in town (The Lawn, Old National Centre, Klipsch) are all-ages. However, this profile series focuses on smaller, locally owned and operated all-ages venues. We also did not include the plethora of house venues that are scattered all over Indy. Our reason for that is two-fold: first, because these venues are occasionally operated without the knowledge of landlords; and second, because we’ve got to stop somewhere, don’t we? We’ve chosen one show to highlight for each of these places, but additional shows are listed in Soundcheck weekly. On to the venues. —
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If you’re on Virginia Ave. during the day, you’ll see the chalkboard sign: General Public Collective is open. The space, run and co-founded by six friends: Abby Goldsmith, Jason PittengerArnold, Rachel Peacock, Jeremy Tubbs, Jessica Lykens and Lisa Jackson, is open during the day so visitors can peruse the gallery, which features new work monthly, and shop a healthy collection of zines, vintage clothing and music. But it really comes alive at night, during the many poetry readings and movie screenings that have graced its floor over the last year — and the music. Some of the best local music shows of the last year have gone down at GPC, including album releases, video premieres, stacked local shows and First Friday events galore. It’s all going according to plan. “GPC was established to support emerging artists within Indianapolis and then bring outside national and international artists to Indianapolis,” Pittenger-Arnold said. “After a year, that mission really hasn’t changed much. We’ve been granted this privilege of being about to do that full-force.” Last October’s First Friday was their official opening date in the Virginia Ave. spot that formerly housed Joe’s Cycles. “Having it all-ages is a really important facet of [GPC],” Peacock said. “I grew up in Indianapolis … and I remember trying to go to shows all the time, and so rarely being successful. It really sucked. Being underage in this town for a long time was kind of shitty. … I’m really happy that spaces like [Hoosier Dome and others] exist now.” GPC is a long, narrow space split halfway by a bookcase that divides the gallery from a shared artist workspace. Equipment is added as frequently as new gallery art, including several new printers. They say they plan to start publishing zines in-house very soon. (“Everyone’s built up ten zine ideas by now, so it’s probably going to be a freak out when everything gets going,” Goldsmith said. “Probably will be. We’ll be covered in paper,” Pittenger-Arnold agreed.) The founders say they’ve planned 2015’s exhibiting artists through August. They host about five events per month, a schedule that has slowed down a bit since the beginning after, “we realized we want all events to be thought out and specific,” Goldsmith said. “We maybe want to have fewer events, but make sure [each is] very well thought out.” Although they say this year has not been without its share of difficulties, co-founders say they’re not afraid of the financial burden or time constraints of co-running the space.
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“I think this project is going to sustain itself for as long as we want it to,” Peacock said. “We’re very lucky that we made this happen at the time that it did. There was such a need for it. I feel like artists flocked to us.” “We do have plans to open it up a little bit more,” Goldsmith says. “We’ve talked about having open meetings … where we open to the community. Since we’ve began, so many people have offered their time and so many people have offered to volunteer.” It’s been a good year for GPC — for attendees (like me) and the co-founders, too. “One of the more rewarding things I’ve ever done was being involved with this,” Peacock said. — KATHERINE COPLEN
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The Hoosier Dome has been one of the mainstays of the Indianapolis all-ages music scene for almost five years. The Fountain Square venue is the home of local all-ages booking company Piradical Productions, currently preparing for its ninth year of hosting allages shows in the Circle City. Though helmed by founder Stephen Zumbrun, Piradical Productions has cemented its place in the Indianapolis music scene with the help of Zumbrun’s friends, a dedicated street team and word of mouth supported by the roster of musical acts they have hosted. Amongst the various people Zumbrun is excited to have on his team is Nathaniel Wolos, owner of Open Shut Buttons and founder of Radder Day Rides. Wolos heads the street team of young, eager volunteers who spread the word of the allages venue, while also helping to run the door and sell concessions. “He’s been a great addition to our venue and his excitement for all-ages music has helped us continue to put on fantastic concerts for local and national bands,” said Zumbrun, noting that the volunteer team is always looking for new members who are willing to help the venue. One of the more popular acts to take the stage of the Hoosier Dome is Nashville power pop group Diarrhea Planet. After recently selling out a show at the Dome, Zumbrun notes that Diarrhea Planet frontman Jordan Smith was wearing a Hoosier Dome hoodie. “He had been wearing his Hoosier Dome hoodie as they toured all over the country and he was talking about how well known the Hoosier Dome was becoming nationally,” said Zumbrun. “People would talk about how their bands had played here and had a great time or about how when they come to Indy, that’s where they want to play.” After Piradical Productions struggled to keep a space for the first several years of operations, the Hoosier Dome has finally become an all-ages venue Zumbrun is
Why does the DoItIndy Radio Hour broadcast from inside Fountain Square’s Grove Haus? “It sounds beautiful and it looks amazing, so the artists and the audience are always happy in that respect,” broadcaster MP Cavalier said. “There is something to be said for the all-ages component. When they do the monthly Saturday Eclectic Market it’s very gratifying to be able to take my kids into the Haus to hear the bands play. And for us, as broadcasters, we can have bands like The Breakes [a band with all members under 21] on the show and they don’t have to deal with the bullshit of waiting outside in the rain until set time.” The converted church, owned and operated by Carrie and Mark Ortwein, opened as the Grove Haus in January. They’ve hosted a handful of concerts and weekly DoItIndy radio broadcasts, plus contra and swing dancing every week, art exhibits, theatre, artists markets and music lessons. On December 21, Bob Barrick’s band Coyote Armada will release their new album How Not To Be Lonely at the Grove Haus. “It wasn’t too long ago that I was in the same boat as a lot of these all-ages venues’ audiences. Growing up in Noblesville, I wanted nothing more than to see the Old 97’s when they came through the Vogue, but it was always out of my reach,” Barrick said. “That experience, or lack thereof, really limited the extent of my exposure to intimately set, live performances.”
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“I’ll be looking for a new location more geared towards a show space,” John Zeps says about changes to his record shop in 2015. “And maybe even doing rehearsal rooms and a collective of homegrown businesses.” The community vibe (pun intended) the shop has channeled in the last year has grown out of interest and necessity. Bringing in vendors like United State of Indiana and Lux & Ivy has brought a more diverse crowd into the shop that had previously featured mostly physical copies of heavier music and guitars for sale. Over the last year, Vibes has played host to a few dozen in-stores, including a rollicking, packed GloryHole Records showcase on Record Store Day in April. LIVE
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Vibes’ John Zeps The location may change, but the music he loves will stay the same. “I’ve always been passionate about metal, hardcore and this gear thing. I still want us to be that store.” He’ll highlight live music at his new space (if Vibes does end up moving), as well. Collaboration between artists, musicians and even other shops is a priority for Zeps, too.
A NIGHT WITH COYOTE ARMADA WITH JEN AND PATRICK ROBERTS, CYRUS YOUNGMAN
W H E N : SUNDAY, DEC. 21, 6:30 P.M. W H E R E : GROVE HAUS, 1001 HOSBROOK ST. T I C K E T S : $5 (DONATED TO SHEPHERD COMMUNITY), ALL-AGES He picked the Grove Haus for his band’s album release for that reason. “With this show at the Grove Haus being a holiday benefit concert for Shepherd Community, it’s really important to me that listeners feel welcome to bring their families along to join in on the celebration,” Barrick said. In their second year of operations, the Ortweins will add a lighting system and begin renovations that will result in a VIP area (currently a choir loft) and a Green Room (currently a men’s bathroom). Carrie says they may pursue a license to sell beer and wine, but the Ortweins don’t plan on becoming 21+ any time soon. “It works two ways, having all-ages spaces,” she said. “Young musicians themselves can get more experience playing in front of people and they can also catch other musicians that they may never get to see in other venues. It’s important to a city’s music scene because it has the potential to ‘bring up’ a strong set of musicians. If you want a strong music scene in our city, you need to start that cultivation at younger ages.” — KATHERINE COPLEN
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One of the very newest all-ages show spaces in Indy is Kismet, run by Joe Fawcett. He has big goals for his new space, on S. East St. “I want people to come to support and engage in earnest creative expression and discussion,” Fawcett says. “The venue will be equipped to digitally record as many performances as possible, both audio and video. I want the space to facilitate creating content that can be published online in an accessible way in order to contribute to the conspicuousness of our local culture. Eventually we’ll sell local art and band merch.” Fawcett has experience with all-ages spaces, including a Fountain Square spot, Maltese Tiger. That space, which hosted the Musical Family Tree New Music Showcase this fall, is currently rented out to performers as a rehearsal and recording space. He envisions hosting between four to eight shows per month at Kismet, which has hosted a combination of hip-hop, punk and rock shows since opening this fall. He’ll add more if it’s sustainable – and it will stay all-ages. “I know there are a lot of creative and passionate
Kismet/Maltese Tiger’s Joe Fawcett people in Indianapolis who don’t want to wait until they’re 21 to get started performing and attending shows,” he said. “All-ages spaces provide a place for that exposure to happen.” — KATHERINE COPLEN
“I’d like to see more of a collaboration between record stores. It’s getting harder and harder to keep one open. The only reason I have my brick and mortar store is because of the Internet. 95 percent of my business is done on the Internet,” Zeps said, noting Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen are loyal online customers — and “they tend to buy reggae.” — KATHERINE COPLEN SEE, MUSIC VENUES, ON PAGE 10 NUVO // 100% RECYCLED PAPER // 12.17.14 - 12.24.14 // COVER STORY 9
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Big changes have come to the historic Emerson Theater this year. “Some of these improvements include a brand new PA, a brand new lighting system, an improved stage, the addition of a drum riser, a new paint job, and several other small changes,” Ashleigh Morgan, said. “We have begun to add more and more large shows, hosting a wide range of regionally, nationally, and internationally touring artists of all genres.” With all of this revamping, Morgan knows there is still a ways to go. “We also have several other cosmetic changes and improvements to make to our venue,” she said. Having operated as an all-ages space since 1993, the Emerson Theater draws all styles of acts, including hip-hop, EDM, indie, punk, pop punk, metal, hardcore, metalcore and more. Front of house staff member Sam Kirby sees this expansive draw of acts as a result of
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Joyful Noise is on the move. The label, long-loved by physical media fetishists, first set up shop in Suite 207 of the Murphy Art Center, but slowly reached its tentacles into other rooms on the second floor, including space for a record store and a storage/workspace. This winter, founder Karl Hofstetter tells me, the label will make an even bigger jump: taking over several rooms on the second floor. Don’t fret: they’re keeping a space for (often) super low cost, (always) all-ages shows. Hofstetter says it was about “six months ago when Rachel [Enneking] took over” booking shows for the space. “We try to make all of our shows pay-what-you-want,” he said, of recent shows in the space.” They have to donate something, but it can be a penny. All the money, 100 percent of it goes to the bands,” he said. “We want to keep it special and intimate. … We’re not a traditional music venue or bar, more of just an intimate, special show kind of place. Expect larger events from the label in 2015, too. “We have an idea to create an annual summit of sorts, where we would have all of our bands come into town once a year,” he said. ”Part of it would be internal business, but we would also have a panel component … and also a show component that we would probably do at venues in Fountain Square.”
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Earlier this year, Indy Indie Artist Colony Gallery Director Bobbie Zaphiriou decided to start up an inhouse event called Sound Check, designed to showcase the talent of the residents living in the apartment complex’s 72 units. “It’s a quasi-vaudevillian open mic night showcasing the neighbor’s talents, whether it’s one of the house bands, a solo singer-songwriter, a stand-up comedian, poet or essayist, or even somebody with some mad shadow puppet skills,” he said. “The point was that the people wanted and needed a space to hear and be heard, see and be seen.” Much to Zaphiriou’s delight, the success of these events “opened the floodgates of interest from groups and individuals who wanted to use the space for music and performance,” allowing the gallery to
SLAVES, VOICES, THE BEAUTIFUL DISPLAY, NOTHING IS SOUND, STRANGERS
W H E N : FRIDAY, DEC. 19, 6 P.M. W H E R E : EMERSON THEATER, 4630 E. 10TH ST. T I C K E T S : $12 IN ADVANCE, $14 AT DOOR, ALL-AGES
the Emerson’s commitment to exclusively throwing all-ages events. He explained, “Having an all-ages venue in Indianapolis gives us the ability to diversify the different genres of shows and packages that come through the city, and ultimately gives us the ability to please a larger audience.” “Helping new musicians develop their bands and music is a vital part of developing the local scene here in Indianapolis,” Morgan says. “We feel that by operating as an all-ages venue, we are contributing to new bands growing in this scene.” — SETH JOHNSON
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also serve as an all-ages venue. Initially, bands would just accompany Indy Indie’s First Friday events (the post rock act Shipwreck Karpathos was the first of these, according to Zaphiriou). However, the number of concerts increased, with the space hosting a wide variety of musical performers thanks to the help of New Noise Entertainment, Galt House Records and the residents of the Colony. Looking forward to 2015, Indy Indie plans to continue providing monthly events and opportunities for audiences and performers both young and old, offering them with the creative hub they’re looking for. “Indy Indie wants to bring meaningful experiences in all of the arts to as many folks as are open to receive them,” Zaphiriou said. “Whether it’s an 8-year-old whose life is changed by getting to watch a drummer go to town 10 feet from their face, or a young band who can finally land a gig beyond their basement because they were given an opportunity, these lives are positively affected and we’re all about that.”
LUNA MUSIC
NEIGHBORHOOD: SOUTH BROAD RIPPLE CAPACITY: 90
Hot off the heels of a rare solo Ben Watt show at the Hi-Fi a few weeks ago, LUNA Music is deep in its 20th anniversary celebrations, which owner Todd Robinson kicked off with a surprise low in-store in October. “We have quite a few in the offing and are waiting, moment-by-moment, to see how the timing will work out,” Robinson said. “We’ve already dropped a hint about Mark Kozelek playing at the shop, in 2015 — probably mid-spring. If all goes according to plan, we’ll have a total of seven (or so) 20th anniversary events/shows. A live recording could even be released for Record Store Day!” The store generally hosts about 25 in-stores per year, but Robinson & Co. are peppering their calendar with surprise shows to celebrate LUNA’s anniversary (including, he mentions, possibly their first one in the middle of the night). Robinson also plans to continue to work with Laundromatinee to film and record in-stores. “[Being an all-ages space] gives the under-21 crowd a chance to immerse themselves in a true, live experience (not behind a screen) — perhaps planting the seeds of enjoying live music and, importantly, inspiration that they might want to become a musician/performer, too,” Robinson said.
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“Getting to experience a wide range of cultural events from a young age sets a great precedent for years to come,” Paul Humes, Indy Hostel general manager, said when NUVO reached out to speak about the Broad Ripple hostel-cum-show-space. “We even have under 21 artists who play here as well, Katie Krauter being a great example. Her show last year brought in a bunch of her school friends and the event was full of young energy and excitement.” The SoBro-area hostel recently renamed the rooms in the house – Vonnegut, Letterman, Monument, Monon, Florence, Speedway, each designed with local art and a bit of history from the namesake – and they’re making changes to their musical offerings as well. “We are bringing in new local acts this year as well as trying to team up some acts from around the coun-
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try,” Humes said. “We have a new pre-sale system and are open just a bit later on show night, 11 p.m.” Indy Hostel hosts about three shows per month in the winter; in the summer, bands relocate outside to the backyard stage, which can accommodate many more. But their blockbuster events are August’s Indy Folk Fest and October’s Harvest Fest. “During this year’s Indy Folk Fest, we used the backyard and connected alleyway and had an awesome turnout of over 400,” Humes said.
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From tiny youngsters to elderly women, the Irving Theater’s programming aims to serve a multitude of W H E N : FRIDAY, DEC. 19, 8 P.M. creative needs for those of every age, explains venue W H E R E : IRVING THEATER, 5505 E. WASHINGTON ST. owner Dale Harkins. T I C K E T S : FREE, ALL-AGES “Today we had a gift fair, tonight we do Rocky Horror, and tomorrow we’ve got country music, so it bounces all over the place,” he said via phone on a From pop punk to hip-hop, the Irving’s stage has busy Saturday. welcomed all kinds of genres over the years. Still When Harkins took over the Irving back in 2006, though, Harkins hopes to improve upon his showhe admitted he didn’t really know what he was throwing abilities even more, saying, “I guess my goal going to do with the space. But one day, while all along has been to just do the shows better.” cleaning the building out, a young band looking Looking forward, Harkins is aware of the chalfor somewhere to play a show approached him. lenges that face his space — ones that he believes Since then, the venue has hosted more and more live music, welcoming local groups as well as inter- both larger and smaller venues are battling. Nevertheless, he plans to continue throwing all-ages nationally touring ones. In being able to support events, having seen how much it has meant to the the endeavors of so many young adults (whom he community over the years. also refers to as kids) Harkins has found a great “The kids need a place to go — a good, clean, safe deal of satisfaction. place to hang out — and I think it’s neat that we can “These kids are coming in and they’re traveling provide that,” he said. “I think we fill that need, and I the world,” he said. “It’s neat to have the venue think we do it fairly well.” be a part of that rise to stardom, fame or whatever they’re looking for.” — SETH JOHNSON
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WESTGATE
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INDY CD AND VINYL
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We reported on the purchase of Indy CD and Vinyl by Annie and Andy Skinner and Eric Davis 11 months ago, including their extensive renovations. During their overhaul, the trio made sure to prioritize live music with a new, bigger stage and better sound. So naturally, it’s been a big year for shows for the store, including monthly showcases curated by Musical Family Tree and free, daylight showcases from national acts before their nighttime shows at venues that are frequently 21+. (They also snagged a Best of Indy win in the category of Best Local Record Store.) “We have no plans to change anything next year,” Andy Skinner said. “We are very happy with our big new stage, full sound, and monthly MFT showcases and monthly Kids Day! Possibly we will be having more national acts perform, but really we are quite happy being an asset to the music community in our current state.” Up next on that big new stage: breakout sister duo Lily and Madeleine – who are both under 21 themselves. — KATHERINE COPLEN
The Skinners (pictured here) purchased Indy CD and Vinyl with Eric Davis. LIVE
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It’s been just a little under 11 months since far Westside venue Westgate opened its doors and stage to local music. It’s nearly survived the one year mark. So what’s up for 2015? “As we’re going to continue to do shows and things like that,” Dimitri Morris says of his space, “We’re also going to be doing gallery art, things of that ilk. We’re going to continue to do Let’s Do Lunch [with Oreo Jones] and a lot more live sessions, where we get bands to come in and record. Diversifying from doing shows and putting out tapes, broadening the creativity of the space as a whole.” (Editor’s note: Music editor Katherine Coplen and Oreo Jones host a weekly radio show together on Alt1033.) Morris estimates about 60 percent of the space is used and about 15 percent of attendees are under 21. It’s all very fluid, an open creative space that’s constantly in flux. “[DIY music venues] give [Indy] variety,” he said. “To be able to have a spot where pretty much anybody can come listen to music and be able to connect with people that enjoy what they do musically makes a big difference. It’s really exciting to have a space where we can do that as well as allow people to feel like they can come in here with ideas and be creative. A lot of venues are just venues and don’t really do anything other than that. To be able to have a venue where you can move the stage around, have creative space where you can have a TV and different things like that, it really diversifies and opens up what the city can become, as well as what the space can become.” It hasn’t come without challenges. “I feel like we lent our ear to a lot of people’s ideas,” Morris says of 2014’s efforts. “Indianapolis has a lot of idea men, but not a lot of people who like to follow through. It’s been interesting trying to siphon through what needs to be done, who is
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FILM EVENTS Winter Solstice Dec. 18, 5-8:30 p.m. Featuring ice sculpting, Christmas caroling, reindeer petting, fire warming, food consumption and vintage tree trimming. Indianapolis Museum of Art, FREE, imamuseum.org Creme de les Femmes: Boughs of Folly Dec. 18, 8 p.m. The first of a couple holidaythemed burlesque nights this week. With music by No Pit Cherries and guest appearances by Ru Bella and Regina Sweet. Birdy’s, $7, birdyslive.com David Koechner Dec. 18-20. The improv vet — whom you may know as Todd Packer (from The Office), Champ Kind (Anchorman) and T-Bones (The Naked Trucker and T-Bones Show) — told NUVO in September, when he performed at Bloomington’s Comedy Attic, that he thinks of his standup gigs as “happenings,” where he and the crowd “experience something together.” Crackers Broad Ripple, $22.50-32.50, crackerscomedy.com Black Nativity Dec. 19-21. The Indiana Performing Arts Center brings Langston Hughes’ take on the Christmas story to Hedback (home of Footlite Musicals) with Sherri Brown-Webster directing. Hedback Community Theatre, $10, ipacindy.org Rocket Doll Revue: ‘Twas the Nocturne Before Christmas Dec. 19, 10 p.m. Rob Dixon and the Naptown Fantasy Swingers will provide the soundtrack to Rocket Doll’s holiday-themed burlesque night. White Rabbit Cabaret, $12 advance (whiterabbitcabaret.com), $15 door Festival of Carols Dec. 20 and 21. You’ve got three more chances to see Indianapolis Symphonic Choir’s annual holiday show — and take home a copy of their new CD, The Best of Festival of Carols: Volume One. The Palladium (Carmel), $20-42, indychoir.org Dave Chappelle Dec. 22, 7 p.m. This is stone-cold soldout, but tickets were still available when we went to press for Chappelle’s Dec. 21 date at the Louisville Palace. Egyptian Room at Old National Centre, SOLD OUT, oldnationalcentre.com
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White Rabbit’s Spilling Bee pairs unlimited craft beer with unrepentant nerds
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o you think you’re good with words. Try spelling endometriosis after a drink or two. Or zanzithophone. Or otolaryngology. Not so smart now, are ya, punk? The Spilling Bee, a new monthly event at White Rabbit Cabaret, injects humor and booze into the stiff format of a Scripps-Howard-sponsored event. “You spell for cash and prizes,” says Carrie Fedor, a local actress who pitched the concept to White Rabbit after seeing a similar show in Washington D.C. “And you essentially get beer. Depending on how well you spell, you get a lot of free beer!” Fedor leads the show in the character of “Frau Heifer,” a German schoolmarm with a mustache, unibrow, bosoms to her waist and a bawdy sense of humor. Callie Burk plays her sidekick, a ditzy schoolgirl who clamors to be teacher’s pet but often winds up the butt of the joke. A beer server dressed in a bee costume and an emcee who provides snarky commentary on contestants and amusing but unhelpful information about the spelling words round out the cast. Admission to The Spilling Bee costs $5, and anyone can spell after signing a waiver. Contestants chug a beer provided by a local sponsor at the start of the bee and then between each round, provided they spell their word correctly. It’s like Drunk History without the hard liquor. “We have a lot of people who come who are really serious about it — they are just phenomenal spellers and I have to work really hard to stump them,” Fedor says. “Some other people come and just want to get on stage and act goofy.” Rocky Ripple resident Courtney Callahan, 21, was one of the first contestants to sign up for a recent show. She says she won a spelling bee in the fourth grade, but was relying on the beer to sustain her confidence during the Spilling Bee. “I think I’ll feel better about being on stage,” said the IUPUI student, who practiced spelling words with her friend, Lauren Webb, 24, while making din-
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Contestants duke it out at the inaugural Spilling Bee in March. The official rules that night? 1) Don’t fuck up. 2) Say it. Spell it. Say it. EVENT
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ner before the show. “She’s a great speller,” said Webb of Callahan. “I’m not confident sober!” Webb got knocked out the first round, while Callahan made it through three. Fedor/Frau Heifer baffled contestants by mixing in difficult words on a Thanksgiving theme, including Native American names like Massasoit, Wampanoag and Tisquantum. In her exaggerated German accent, she teased the spellers and generated laughs from the audience with quips like: “You’ve
got nice boobs, but you’re stupid.” A bearded man sporting hipster flannel and flowing blond locks, whom Fedor called “Sexy Jesus,” outspelled about 15 contestants to take home top honors, along with $50 and a gift bag. In addition to the Bee, the White Rabbit offers myriad shows for bookish entertainment seekers. Speakeasy: A Story Tellers Show provides a platform for locals to recount their own stories on stage, a concept that will ring familiar for those who follow The Moth Radio Hour and associated events and projects. An Evening with Authors is a scripted show featuring comedians posing as authors reading from their fake books. “It’s definitely not an accident, but I wouldn’t say it’s a strategic plan either,” White Rabbit owner Debra Silveus says. “One of our goals is to bring unique entertainment here.” Part of that includes events that, like the Bee, rely heavily on audience participation, such as the Burlesque Bingo Bango Show and Let’s Make a Date, a live matchmaking show modeled after The Dating Game. But those who have stage fright, don’t fear — no one will drag you up to the mic! “If you don’t want to participate, you can still just come and watch the show,” she adds. “You don’t have to participate to enjoy it.” n
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Ray Bradbury Unbound By Jonathan R. Eller University of Illinois Press, 2014, $34.95 Ray Bradbury, a fearless visionary, uncensored political activist and my generation’s penultimate storyteller, continues to engage new generations through writing that remains ever fresh and essential. In the second volume of a planned three-part biography of the Waukegan, Illinois-born author, who died in 2012 at age 91, Jonathan R. Eller chronicles Bradbury’s life and career from 1953 to early 1970s. The first volume, Becoming Ray Bradbury, spans childhood, early writing and the seminal publication of Fahrenheit 451. In both volumes, Eller’s compelling writing style rivals Bradbury’s — richly direct, building incidents towards the crucial “a-ha” moment. Eller, the director of the Center for Ray Bradbury Studies at IUPUI, makes his case incrementally, interlacing descriptions
Lorado Taft: The Chicago Years By Allen Stuart Weller University of Illinois Press, 2014, $39.95 Sculptor Lorado Taft (1860-1936) was intimately connected with Chicago beginning with the 1892-93 Columbian Exhibition. But he also spent plenty of time in Indiana. A contemporary of the famed Hoosier Group and the Richmond Group Artists, in 1894, Taft mounted an exhibit of five Hoosier painters in his Chicago studio, and in 1896, with Indiana painters and sculptors, co-founded the Society of Western Artists. A native of Elmwood, Illinois, Taft’s love of the Midwest matched that of T. C. Steele, William Forsyth and other Midwest contemporaries. Individually and collectively they sought not only to create works of art both universal and specific to the Midwest experience. Taft studied in Paris at the Ecole des Beaux Arts, 1880-1885, the same years T.C. Steele and his fellow Hoosier group studied in Munich. Taft’s sculptures are present throughout Indiana. In Lafayette at Courthouse Square is his 1886 monument to the Marquis
EVENTS The writers are coming Novelist Denis Johnson and children’s author Lois Lowry are on the manifest for Butler University’s Spring 2015 Vivian Lois Lowry S. Delbrook Visiting Writers Series. The complete list follows.
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Considered: The lives of writer Ray Bradbury and sculptor Lorado Taft
of Bradbury’s far-flung projects with profiles people who influenced, aided and abetted him. We also hear from Bradbury regarding each significant activity. Eller presents us a fully dimensional sculpture in the process of creation rather than a framed portrait, snugly secure on a wall. For those of us who sat in the audience wowed by John Huston’s epic film adaptation Moby Dick, to have the back story is an even bigger wow. Bradbury looked at himself as someone who had walked through fire in his professional life after working with Huston on the screenplay. Eller shows how Bradbury ‘unbound’ himself from the expected stories that made him beloved and moved to new platforms — stage plays, films, radio and television drama, and the poetry that emerged
from his poetic prose style that originally garnered praise from reviewers of his early books. We learn as well, in Bradbury’s words, his philosophy about writing and managing the life of a writer. In that sense Bradbury Unbound serves as a manual for aspiring writers as well as a straightforward biography. Bradbury Unbound is not a book to zip through. You want to read and reflect and perhaps, as I did, digress into reading or rereading Bradbury’s books. In Bradbury’s world the voice of the carnival magician is ever clear. He never stopped being the 12 year old touched by “Electrico’s sword” along with the pronouncement “Live Forever!” Bradbury from that moment onward never stopped writing — that was his way to “live forever.” Eller’s biography glows with the same light. Eller tells NUVO that “the third volume will pick up the thread around 1970 (where Ray Bradbury Unbound leaves off), and will continue through the final four decades of his life. I’m beginning to pull research notes together, and I hope to finish it in the next two or three years.” — RITA KOHN
of Lafayette; in Indianapolis at University Park is the 1887 memorial to Schuyler Colfax; in Winchester at the Randolph County Courthouse is the 1890-92 Civil War Memorial. From 1886 onward Taft received commissions from the Indianapolisbased A.A. McKain Artistic Monuments Company and, in September 1887, he was living on Market Street, designing low-relief decorations for fireplaces. And another Indiana connection with Herman C. Krannert, founder of the Indianapolis-based Inland Container Corporation, ultimately led to the installation of his tour de force sculpture, “The Blind,” at the Krannert Art Museum at the University of Illinois. All this is said as way to introduce Taft to an Indiana audience. But even without these connections, his life and work make for good reading. While the bulk of his sculptures are found in Chicago, he is represented nationwide. He wrote widely about visual arts, was intimately involved with the Art Institute since its founding in 1887, as a teacher and public lecturer and as an advocate of arts education
in public schools and urban green places with public sculpture. Through his popular “clay talks,” Taft put into practice his visionary statement that “art is to inspire people to live better, to accomplish more, to stimulate patriotism [civic involvement] and other desirable virtues.” He opened his studio to women and African Americans to train in sculpture. Taft was a charismatic, complex personality, who provides one of the fullest self-portraits of a student in Paris through letters he wrote home and that were saved. These became the basis for Allen Stuart Weller’s 1985 biography, Lorado in Paris, and this new volume. Weller died before he completed his comprehensive study. Consequently, working from Weller’s notes Stephen P. Thomas, Henry Adams and Robert G. LaFrance brought the work to publication. Important too are the appendices by Henry Adams, which distill Taft’s years as a student and give breadth and depth to Weller’s role as an art historian and his work at the University of Illinois. — RITA KOHN
• Feb. 4, 7:30 p.m. Denis Johnson (National Book Award winner for Vietnam novel Tree of Smoke) • Feb. 10, 7:30 p.m. Maurice Manning (Kentucky poet; 2001 collection won Yale Younger Poets Award) • Feb. 23, 7:30 p.m. NoViolet Bulawayo (on National Book Foundation’s “5 under 35” list)
• March 4, 7:30 p.m. Lois Lowry (Newberry Medal winner; author of 30-plus children’s books, including The Giver) • March 25, 7:30 p.m. Louise Glück (U.S. poet laureate from 2003-4, father invented the X-Acto Knife) • April 1, 7:30 p.m. David Gessner (essayist who wrote about a year spent
on Cape Cod in A Wild, Rank Place) • April 6, 7:30 p.m. Catherine Barnett (poet-in-residence at Children’s Museum of Manhattan) and Ellen Bryant Voigt (1995 collection Kyrie is sonnet sequence about 1918 influenza epidemic) Butler University, FREE, open to the public and unticketed, butler.edu
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Indianapolis Museum of Art to charge general admission fee The Indianapolis Museum of Art announced Friday that it will begin charging a general admission fee to non-members in April 2015, though several exceptions apply. An $18 adult general admission ticket will include parking and access to all exhibitions and permanent collections (including special exhibitions such as Dream Cars that were separately ticketed when general admission to the museum was free). General admission for children ages 6-17 will be $10 and ages five and under will be admitted free. Admission will remain free for students attending four-year, non-profit and public colleges and universities in Marion County and Marion County public and charter school students on field trips. Admission will also be free for the general public on the first Thursday of the month from 4-9 p.m. Some of the museum’s outdoor areas, including the Virginia B. Fairbanks Art & Nature Park: 100 Acres and the Dudley and Mary Louise Sutphin Mall (which features Five Brushstrokes and Robert Indiana’s LOVE sculpture), will remain free for the general public. General admission was free to the museum from 1941 to 2006, when a $7 fee was instituted for non-members. But by January 2007, the museum had reverted to a free admission policy. “For some people, the relatively modest cost of visiting an art museum prohibits them from ever setting foot on our beautiful campus,” Maxwell Anderson, the museum’s CEO and president at the time, said in a press release announcing the decision. “At IMA, that’s a barrier we can and will remove in order to fulfill our mission.” Charles Venable, the museum’s current CEO and president, told NUVO in November 2013 that the museum was considering a change to its admission policies: “I don’t know what the outcome is going to be. But the board is definitely going to be doing a study and really taking stock of what does it mean to be free in a world where virtually everywhere else you go in Indianapolis to an institution, you pay — at the Children’s Museum, the Eiteljorg, and on and on. What is the value of being free? Who actually takes advantage of that? Who wouldn’t be able to afford a ticket otherwise? I think it’s a wise decision on the part of the board at this moment in the history of the museum to take stock and really look at that. I don’t quite know the timing. I don’t know the outcome, but it’s something that will be evaluated.” — SCOTT SHOGER
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OPENING Annie y Undistinguished, but agreeable musical update of the story of a little orphan and a rich businessman. Beasts of the Southern Wild breakout star Quvenzhane Wallis plays Annie, a plucky kid living in a foster home with several other girls and a foster mom (Cameron Diaz), who suffers from overactingitis. Annie crosses paths with business tycoon/New York mayoral candidate Will Stacks (Jamie Foxx) and both of their lives become ever so much more complicated. Other reviewers are howling about how awful the movie is, but I thought it was pleasant enough. To my ear, the rhythm tracks push the vocals too far back, but I’m told that’s the current style.
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FILM EVENTS The Polar Express (2004) Dec. 18-20, 10 a.m. If you can stomach Tom Hanks’ dead eyes, this is free for the taking at Georgetown 14 (across the road from Lafayette Square). Georgetown 14, FREE, georgetowncinemas.com Four Christmases (2008) Dec. 18, 7 p.m. The Vince Vaughn/Reese Witherspoon rom-com is presented free as part of Latitude 360’s Girls Night Out programming. Latitude 360, FREE, latitude360.com
Scrooged (1988) Dec. 19-25, 1 and 7 p.m. Did you know: Jack McGee ad-libbed his line, “You can hardly see them nipples.” Thank you, IMDB. Cinemark Greenwood, $1.75-2.50, cinemark.com
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Cheryl Strayed (played by Reese Witherspoon) takes on the Pacific Crest Trail.
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ometimes you have to do something big to disrupt the patterns of your life. In 1995, 26-year-old Cheryl Strayed decided to hike the 1,100 mile Pacific Crest Trail, which runs from the Mexican border to Oregon. It was not a carefully considered decision. Strayed wrote in her memoir, “I hadn’t factored in my lack of fitness, nor the genuine rigors of the trail, until I was on it.” Strayed’s journey and the events that led to it are presented by director JeanMarc Vallee (Dallas Buyers Club), working from a screenplay by Nick Hornby (About a Boy) based on Strayed’s book. The result is a solid film elevated by a strong performance by Reese Witherspoon in the lead role, with Laura Dern providing support as Strayed’s mother. Early in the proceedings we watch Strayed pack and put on her oversized, overloaded backpack. The mere act of standing up while wearing the thing proves to be a challenge, but Strayed soldiers on, indicating the determination we will see when she hits the trail. Understand, Wild doesn’t manufacture obstacles for Strayed to heroically tackle. The drama (leavened by comic moments) comes directly from the demands of the
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trek — especially daunting to someone as unprepared as Strayed — coupled with flashbacks from her life. Strayed’s birth name was Cheryl Nyland. She changed her last name in 1995, after her divorce from her husband. Following the death of her mother, she engaged in a number of behaviors ranging from unhealthy to flat-out dangerous, before reading a description of the Pacific Crest Trail. “At the moment I was feeling very small and insignificant,” she told a Sierra Club interviewer, “And I thought if I just attach myself to this big grand magnificent thing in some way maybe I can be part of the world again.” The flashbacks show Strayed’s very close relationship with her mother, her drug use, her sexual exploits, but it always returns to the trail where she keeps trudging along. For the film to work, it is vital to see this small human being with the large backpack as she continues putting one foot before the
other despite her fatigue and pain. Though she spends the vast majority of her trek alone, Strayed has encounters with fellow travelers and those who live and work near the trail. There is a familial sense that extends beyond the physical path — when Strayed suffers because her REI boots are too small, the company sends a better-fitting pair to her at a stop further along the trail. Cool. There are amusing encounters. Strayed meets a writer (Mo McRae) from The Hobo Times who is thrilled to encounter a girl hobo, despite Strayed’s annoyed insistence otherwise. The scenery is gorgeous and the soundtrack (The Shangri-las, Simon and Garfunkel, Leonard Cohen, etc.) appropriate. But beneath everything lies the sense of danger – we are watching a slight person traveling alone. A female slight person. Every time Strayed met a man, I tensed up, wondering “Will he be the one to attack her?” Sad that thoughts like that come so easily. Wild is careful to keep the story down to earth, which enhances the inspirational feel. Strayed laughs it off. “I wasn’t trying to be a hero,” she told the Sierra Club. “I was just following up on something that I decided to do. Anyone could do it if I can do it.” n
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CONTINUING All reviews by Ed Johnson-Ott. Big Hero 6 r Disney Animation teams with Marvel for the first time in this adaptation of a lesser-known Marvel property. The film is technically an origin story of a superhero team, but most of the attention falls on young robotics prodigy Hiro Hamada (voice of Ryan Potter) and Baymax (Scott Adsit), an inflatable robot designed by Hiro’s brother, Tadashi (Daniel Henney). Tadashi and Professor Callaghan (James Cromowell) are killed in a fire that turns out not to be an accident, setting Hiro and Baymax out to investigate. It’s colorful and fun, a good, but not great Disney cartoon. PG-13, in wide release Force Majeure w Swedish writer/director’s Ruben Ostlund’s crisp, handsomely-presented story of an attractive family on a skiing holiday raises intriguing questions: Are we hardwired to react in a certain way during a crisis? Are instinctive reactions a measure of a person’s character? While Tomas and Ebba enjoy lunch with their two children on a terrace, they witness the beginning of an avalanche. Turns out it’s just mist and when it clears, we see Ebba with her arms wrapped around the kids. Tomas is absent, though, having run away from the danger. This isn’t a grim study. There’s plenty of humor, the kind that comes from watching one cringe-inducing moment after another. Two incidents at the end of the film seem contrived but fail to tarnish the proceedings. It’s the best foreign language film — and one of the best films, period — that I’ve seen this year. R, at Keystone Art (closes Thursday) The Homesman r Tommy Lee Jones tries his hand at an anti-western here, co-writing, directing and starring alongside Hilary Swank (who should land a Best Actress Oscar nomination). Mary Bee Cuddy (Swank) lives outside of town, sorely alone but unable land a man. Three local women have gone crazy and need to be taken to Iowa to be tended to in a more kindly environment. Cuddy takes on the task and along the way encounters a grizzled fellow (Jones) with a noose around his neck. She’ll free him, but he must help her get the women safely off the plains. The film has been hailed as a bold look at the challenges, indignities and barriers faced by women. Some of that is certainly addressed, but
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please note that the movie is named The Homesman and Jones gets the most screen time. Too bad, as the production works better when focused on Swank. R, at Keystone Art Interstellar r Written by director Christopher Nolan and his brother Jonathan, Interstellar is an ambitious, complex and sprawling film set in the near future. The film offers grand visuals, including a bizarre-beautiful key scene in a location I couldn’t describe if I wanted to. I was entertained and fully engaged for the first two-thirds of the story, despite my frustration at the one-note characterizations of the two women (and most of the men). McConaughey delivers — who better to play a philosophizing space cowboy? How Nolan wraps it up will likely stir debate. For me, the conclusion of both through-lines were curiously muted. Interstellar is basically Nolan’s 2001: A Space Odyssey on a feedback loop. Do with that what you will. PG-13, in wide release
St. Vincent e Bill Murray is at his best in St. Vincent, an entertaining story about a grumpy old cuss and a young kid. The film skirts this close to sappiness, but Murray’s performance is so good that I didn’t mind. Murray plays Vincent, a coot who shares his house in Brooklyn with a cat named Felix. Vincent’s routine gets interrupted when new neighbors move in. Maggie (Melissa McCarthy) is a medical professional raising her son Oliver (Jaeden Lieberher) on her own. Thankfully, Murray’s fine performance is complemented by young Lieberher, who has a natural quality about him. McCarthy offers a fine performance as Maggie, toning down her loud and loose comic persona. St. Vincent shows what can happen to a routine story when it’s presented by an exceptional cast. PG-13, in wide release The Theory of Everything e A beautifully acted, handsome and somewhat glossy bio-pic based on Jane Hawking’s book about how she and revered theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking met, fell in love, got married and dealt with his degenerative illness. Eddie Redmayne (Les Miserables) plays Stephen in a brave, determined fashion guaranteed to snag him a number of Best Actor nominations. And Felicity Jones (The Amazing Spider-Man 2) plays Jane as a sweet, strong individual with traditional beliefs unafraid to veer from the more traveled path. The film made the real Stephen
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Hawking cry and it likely will do the same to many of you. PG-13, in wide release Top Five e Writer/director Chris Rock stars as Andre Allen, a comic trying to stay relevant. His bid to be taken seriously, a dramatization of the 1791 Haitian Revoltution called Uprize!, is getting tromped by the critics. Andre agrees to spend the day with New York Times writer Chelsea Brown (Rosario Dawson) for a profile and we get to join them. Rock is clearly influenced by Woody Allen — there’s so much walking and talking — while retaining his own distinctive style. The cast includes Gabrielle Union, Kevin Hart, Tracy Morgan and lots of surprise appearances from familiar faces. Rock’s best work yet. R, in wide release Whiplash q J.K. Simmons gives one of his best performances here as Terence Fletcher, a man in charge of college age musicians. You know Simmons as the monstrous Vern Schillinger in Oz, J. Jonah Jameson in the Spider-Man trilogy, the dad in Juno and ... hell, he’s got 140-plus credits, you’ll recognize him. Miles Teller plays 19-yearold drummer Andrew Neyman, and he’s just as good as Simmons, though he will probably get less attention during awards season because his performance is in a lower key. Whiplash is the second film from writerdirector Damien Chazelle, whose smartest decision is to focus almost completely on the ferocious teacher and the determined student. Whether the spectacle we witness is bullying or academic S&M, the film is riveting. R, at Keystone Art
Penguins of Madagascar y Spin-off of the animated Madagascar kid-flicks. The story concerns penguin spies trying to stop a villain from doing a very naughty thing. Celebrity voices include Benedict Cumberbatch, John Malkovich, Andy Richter and Ken Jeong. There’s lots of color and frantic action, which the children around me seemed to love. I was bored for most of the film. If you’re a grown-up with an iPod, I suggest you bring it along, just in case you react like I did. NOTE: The
FILM EVENTS CONTINUED National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation (1989) Dec. 19-20, 2 and 7:30 p.m.; Dec. 21, 2 p.m. We’re gonna have the hap, hap, happiest Christmas since Bing Crosby tap-danced with Danny fucking Kaye. Both 7:30 p.m. showings are sold out; tickets for all three matinees were available when we went to press. Artcraft Theatre (Franklin), $3-5, historicartcrafttheatre.org Vintage Movie Night: The Great Rupert (1950) Dec. 20, 7 p.m. Collector Eric Grayson provides the 16mm prints and pre-show commentary for this monthly film series that mixes out-and-out obscuri-
ties with cinephile-approved classics. The 2014 Vintage Movie Night season winds up with a family-friendly comedy starring Jimmy Durante and a stop-motion squirrel (the titular Rupert). Garfield Park Arts Center, $5, gpacarts.org Bolshoi Ballet: The Nutcracker Dec. 21, 12:55 p.m. A fresh simulcast of the Bolshoi staple. Various theaters, $18 adult, $15 senior/child, ncm.com
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Half Moon is pouring Hoptonium Imperial IPA with an explosive hop aroma and flavor from premium Marris Otter malt and a blend of Warrior, Millennium and Falconer’s Flight hops. Shawn Byrnes, head brewer at The RAM announces two new seasonals: Naked Bum Imperial IPA, featuring a balanced Malt Profile and big Hop Aroma and Flavor, and Sno Angel Weizenbock with hints of raisin and banana/clove Aroma/Flavor. “Look for an American Brown Ale sometime after Christmas and a White IPA around mid-January,” says Byrnes. Oaken Barrel donated $1,500 (20 percent of Dec. 10 sales) to Gleaner’s Food Bank. Its Epiphany Belgian Tripel is now available on tap and in bottles. This strong seasonal beer has an earthy aroma with hints of clove, apple, caramel and vanilla. Black Swan’s newest is a smooth, balanced Vanilla Blonde Ale. TwoDEEP made its first on-tap appearance at Lino’s Coffee on Dec. 11. Its Gump’s Blanket is brewed with loads of Bravo hops but carries along a smooth and subtle malt finish. Devil’s Trumpet in Gary now has an 11-beer flight with the return of Night Goat, a milk/sweet stout balanced with a hops tang. Crown Brewing’s bold seasonals include Scofflaw Imperial Steam, Batch 500 Baltic Porter, Winter Warlock, Stachu Pale, Choco/ Vanilla Porter and North Pole Tadpole. Chilly Water brews go from sunny, crisp Built to Last Pilsner to a lineup of dark-hued brews including White Room Cream Stout, Coffee ‘N Bed Java Stout (with locally-sourced Liberation Coffee), Peter Paul Coconut Porter and Rauchbeer, all marked by excellent balance and subtlety. Upcoming Events Dec. 18. Chilly Water Movie night also features Bad Santa and Krampus Belgian Strong tapping. Dec. 18, 7 p.m. TwoDEEP is partnering with Cheers for Charity for Children’s Neuroblastoma Cancer Foundation. Former Colts player “Ryan [Diem] will be our celebrity bartender during the event. He has raised over $1.1 million for CNCF,” says TwoDEEP’s Lizzie Hineman. Dec. 19, 5-10 p.m. Bier Brewery fourth anniversary celebration will spotlight two-time GABF Silver-medal winner Sanitarium Belgian Quadruple and live music by Kolo Bell. Bring a non-perishable food item for Gleaners. Dec. 19. Upland releases Barrel Chested Barleywine. It’s described in a press release as a complex strong ale, where “the essence of rich caramel, biscuit, toffee, and fig are coalesced during a long maturation period in oak barrels previously used by the Willett Distilling Company. Over time, these barrels add their own flavor contributions of vanilla, toasted oak and sweet bourbon undertones.” 9.5-percent ABV.
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EAT YOUR VEGGIES AND FEED THE CHILDREN Public Greens opens with an outstanding menu and purpose
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y friends and I often fight over what is the appropriate metaphor for a new restaurant’s place in the dining scene. For Public Greens, Martha Hoover’s new Patachou Inc. restaurant, it’s like a well-built closet full of a lot of things that all look great together. But before we get into silly clothing-based metaphors for food, I’ll give you a quick rundown of the nitty gritty details. The staff we met called the place “kind of a cafeteria,” which means orders are placed a la carte style, and prices go up based, obviously, on whether you get a single, double or triple order of your starter. This could be anything from roasted winter veggies to a green salad or wild rice. Then you can add a protein like beef, chicken or fish for an additional (and well worth it) upcharge. You can also order snacks like toast and hummus or arancini (both of which we did), plus cold-pressed juices, beer, bloody marys, espresso drinks and teas. They have a full dessert menu that we didn’t dig into due to sheer lack of internal space, but includes indulgences in the signature French style of Patachou restaurants like pot du creme. So how was it, you ask? In a word, great. Chef Tyler Herald has put together a menu filled top to bottom with really solid standalone dishes. Each of them has enough layers and nuance to stand alone as a dish, but they all taste really great together, too. It’s in the spirit of “if it grows together, it goes together,” so you’ll find fresh takes on combinations like roasted beets, carrots and winter apples, but tossed with a bit of granola to keep the texture interest-
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ing. Not exactly rocket science, sure, but it’s always good to know where you can find well-executed new-old favorites on a constantly rotating menu. It’s playful and delicious and interesting without too much overworking of really good ingredients, in the way that has been perfected by the Patachou brand: take something good right out of the ground, cook it in a way that respects the ingredient, and serve it in a new and interesting way. Herald is a guy who just knows how good high quality ingredients like spinach and olive oil and trout taste when they’re minimally screwed around with. Our fried chicken thighs, soaked in buttermilk and dredged in your standard (but of course not) seasoned flour, would put some grandmas to shame. Similarly, the roasted vegetables maintained some crunch and were not swimming in a dressing, because good produce doesn’t need a lot of seasoning. Turnover is quick when it comes to serving off the cafeteria-style line’s small bowls, so you’re always getting something made pretty recently.
The relaxed rules in a place where you seat yourself and the center of the room is dominated by a communal table means that conversation with strangers is inevitable. Though the Patachou’s ethos is a “student union for adults,” nothing in the world feels more collegiate than navigating a buzzing dining room with a stacked tray in hand while trying not to faceplant and/or drop your lunch all over the floor. There is a shared anxiety in watching a stranger place their food—their prize!—on the table with bomb squad precision and, moments later, bomb squad-level sense of relief. It invites conversations, about the food, about the music, and of course, about which one of you has the greatest sense of menu judgement in a place where you aren’t a diner so much as an a la carte remix artist of slow food. Luckily, transporting your food to the table is the most precarious moment of the meal. As far as the menu is concerned, you’re going to have to seek out foods you don’t like in order to have a bad meal at Public Greens. If you’re vegan, vegetarian, steak-loving, vegetable-loving, or just generally try to stick
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whip harissa into their potatoes. The seats are hard and shared, so the feeling is of a transient dining hall that’s a stop along the way—a meeting FILE PHOTO BY place but not a destinaSTACY NEWGENT tion. Patachou Inc. is an empire built on putting high-quality ingredients on each plate in interesting ways. Chances are, the two titans of the high-end, hipster-friendly brunch and lunch spots will be Public Greens and Milktooth—especially the loudlyYelping folks who were awfully butthurt over Milktooth’s no substitutions menu. Public Greens is the Netflix of veggieheavy, vegan-friendly midday fare: get what you want and only what you want. You can spend $10 and get a small plate and a cold drink, or drop $35 and get a huge meal. It’s up to you. Similarly to Milktooth, it’s for people who like real food, like plates piled with whole veggies that have been peeled and cooked in oil and salt, and hummus with a pool of settled olive oil on top; You’ll pay more because more human hands and less machines touched your food, and it all tastes amazing because of that. n
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It’s not that Native Sun didn’t already have a tight formation of live rhythm and blended samples on 2012 debut Step Into the Light. But their new EP Undeniable hews closely to its name and showcases an even deeper maturity. Bassist Brandon Meeks and drummer Richard “Sleepy” Floyd craft a funky ballast for emcee Bobby Young’s assured rapping, with samples seamlessly embedded. It sounds and feels like a million-dollar production, with all credits to Native Sun with the majority of mixing and mastering by Mr. Kinetik. Moods swing from the quixotic, life-affirming “The House” to the layered major-key hip-hop swing of “Burden of Proof.” In between are the other-dimensional cocktail “I Get Around,” the swirling soul of “Make it With Me” (courtesy of guest vocalist Kiana Bonds) and the vintage keys and cracking drums promoting Young’s assured, conversational flow on “Livin the Life.” Native Sun have been working together since 2006. They may have taken their time on initially releasing music, but with “Undeniable” they’re staking a claim as one of the city’s most progressive-sounding acts. And yet it feels like they’re still just warming up. — WADE COGGESHALL
A TRANSCENDENT LOCAL MUSIC MOMENT We’re collecting a transcendent local music moment from each of our regular contributors as part of our year in review. Head to NUVO.net for more memories of music in 2014. “I was standing at Radio Radio, enjoying KO’s EP release show back in September. With the previous song finished, the stage was quiet. The audience was still waiting to hear what was next. KO began looping vocal lines – singing notes, not words, to build a up a foundation. The melody was familiar. Well before the lyrics began, I knew that she was headed into “Stand By Me.” The chills ran down my back once Kristin launched into the chorus (even my ankles felt tingly). The vocal layers were perfectly composed and Todd added to the vibe with minimal drums and cymbals. The full power and range of her voice was evident and it was a beautiful moment to experience live.” — BRETT ALDERMAN “Cloaca’s a hardcore band I saw in a basement right around First and Henderson in Bloomington. They were playing with my Cincinnati buds Gazer and my Bloomington buds Fly Painted Feathers and I didn’t know anything about them because they’re riding that social media blackout train. I still know next to nothing about them except that they were loud and violent and precise beyond measure. The singer recklessly tossed herself into the crowd and I, shoved around and trying to angle in closer, barely noticed when I cut my head a little open on a low-hanging pipe.” — TAYLOR PETERS
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fighting with King Crimson, the musician was exploring his own vision with other bands and as a solo artist, all the while developing a sound that went well beyond what a listener might associate with standard guitar tones. From the elephantine bellows of Crimson and his solo stuff to the staccato beeps and whirring mechanical riffs on the Talking Heads’ Remain in Light, Belew redefined the word “electric” in “electric guitar.” Belew’s continued hunt for unique sounds leads to a lot of commiseration with the people who manufacture effects pedals. “I meet pedal people all along the way. I was with some people from Eventide last night …” His current favorite stomp box is by Digitech: “It’s called a Harmony Man. It’s become ingrained in some of the techniques I use for soloing. It’s a pitch pedal — I use it for setting pitches that I can sort of careen from one to another.” Beyond the pedals, Belew’s weapon of choice is a customized, limited edition Parker Fly guitar that’s “the price of a small Ferrari.” The instrument maker had given Belew the distinctive six-string early in his tenure with King Crimson. “I had it for about eight years. Whenever I played it, I thought ‘Why am I not playing this guitar?’ The guitars I was normally playing were so customized — the Fender Strats with sustainers and midi capability and all those kinds of things. Finally, it occurred to me to approach them and say ‘Could you customize a Parker Fly for me?’ We updated the electronics from what we could do in the ‘80s when the guitar was invented to state of the art now. And the paint jobs — I asked ‘em to put special custom-car paint jobs on the guitars.” For the past five years, though, Belew’s tech interests have moved almost completely into the digital universe. He’s developed a pair of apps, Flux by Belew and Flux FX, both designed not to just manipulate sound — but to manipulate content. SEE, BELEW, ON PAGE 22
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The other app — Flux FX — plays a role during Belew’s live performances with his Power Trio. With Flux FX, the iPad that Belew uses on stage becomes “a The Flux by Belew app delivers professional audio processor. … It takes Belew’s works in ever-changing pieces anything that you put into it — voice, that combine to create a stream of drum, keyboard, a track from a record — 30-minute content designed to vary and changes it, alters and angles it about with each listen. a thousand different ways depending “It’s never finished,” says Belew. on where you place your finger on the “It’s made up of small components of screen.” In addition to using the procesthings. Not ‘Here’s another four-minsor as a tool for making the music that ute song’ until you’ve got 12 of those. It goes into the other Flux app, “we’ve requires a ton of content, literally hundreds of tracks.” The app is designed so taken this idea of the randomness of Flux and applied it to the concerts. We’ll start a song at some point — not necessarily at the beginning — and Visuals painted by Belew himself, we’ll play it to a certain point and then it’ll be interrupted by some morph in time to the music. sound that comes from Flux.” These five-second snippets are cues for Belew, his bassist Julie Slick and drummer Tobias Ralph. After the snippet, the trio goes immediately into that you’ll never hear Belew’s compositheir next number. “I think I sing 22 tions the same way twice: “It’s done songs from 14 records.” with a software device that was inventOf course, this meant a lot of practice ed for this, it’s called The Roulette time for Slick and Ralph. “The band has Engine.” (Belew’s quick to note that it down now — at first it was touch-andhe had some great engineers doing go,” Belew chuckles. This doesn’t mean the actual coding.) Flux learns what that the entire set will be fractions of the user likes — with an assist from a songs: “We do some long instrumental “favorites” button — and increases the numbers —some of our most cherished probability of certain songs, segments pieces are these eight to ten minute of songs, sounds or even different things that have improvisational stuff instrumentations of songs appearin the middle of ‘em.” The blend of ing more often than others. The app’s small, tightly rehearsed segments and also got a visual component, a series long jams is designed to approximate of visuals, some of which have been the vibe of his Flux experiments in a painted by Belew himself, that morph live, concert-length setting. in time to the music. “It’s organized randomness — and it is very challenging.”n
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hen I heard that one of my favorite Indianapolis singers (Bashiri Asad) was recording a tribute to one of my favorite songwriters (Gil ScottHeron), I reached out to the former to talk about the latter immediately. Bashiri Asad should require no introduction to Indianapolis music fans, for the last decade or so the singer has been a dominant voice in the Indianapolis soul music scene. I caught up with him via phone to discuss his new Gil Scott-Heron tribute EP, slated for a December 23 release. NUVO: Tell us about your new project, The Gil Suite.
BASHIRI ASAD: It's an EP featuring my interpretation of five Gil Scott-Herron songs. I plan on doing another volume in the future. There are a couple of his more popular songs on this installment, like "Home
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Is Where the Hatred Is." I also recorded "Pieces of A Man" which is a very personal song for me, because it reminded me of my father and the things I saw him going through as a man. I did a version of "Must Be Something" which is sort of a rallying cry. These songs are still relevant to the issues going on today. Look at all the injustice going on with people
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getting killed at the hands of law enforcement — which has been going on forever. I picked "A Toast To The People" which is a tribute to us as a people. Showing love and appreciation for who we are and how far we've come, while also stating we have a long way to go to get where we need — not specifically speaking to AfricanAmericans but just people in general. Gil was a great songwriter and he kept his finger on the pulse of what was happening during his time. His work wasn't always pretty, and that's one of the things that drew me to Gil. His voice wasn't the prettiest, the content of his songs wasn't pretty — but it was real, and honest. NUVO: The range of topics Gil covered in his music is really staggering, and so many of the subjects he covered are still hotly debated today, from the dangers of nuclear power to the welfare of undocumented immigrants. Where do you see Gil's place in American music? ASAD: For many people, Gil is a bit of an acquired taste. But he shouldn't be. If you look at the great songwriters in terms of socially conscious writing, he has to be in the top five. There are other writers who spoke about this stuff, but Gil lived it. He could tell the story from the view of the
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person standing on the sidewalk watching what was happening in the street. NUVO: I'm curious about the timing of this release. There's such a heightened awareness right now about the injustices Gil addressed in his music. ASAD: The spark behind the project goes back to my conversation with DJ Rasul Mowatt during the Gil Scott-Heron tribute show at the Jazz Kitchen. I was asked to do a couple songs in that show and I really identified with the songs I performed. It's something special when you're singing songs and you're moved by them no matter how many times you've heard them. Rasul said to me, “It would be fresh if you recorded a tribute to Gil Scott-Heron and just flipped the music. Mix in some electronica and do some different things with the music but keep the message the same." I thought it was a great idea, and fortunately I was able to get in touch with Davison Robie and Matt Vice who produced the EP. These songs are a soundtrack to what's going on in our world today. So the timing is perfect. n >> Kyle Long hosts a show on WFYI’s HD-2 channel on Wednesdays and Saturdays
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Thelma and The Sleaze, Sirius Blvck, Raw McCartney 9 p.m. After seeing Sirius Blvck absolutely destroy his album release set at the Hi-Fi last Friday, we’re ready to follow him just about anywhere. That includes this 5th Quarter Lounge show headlined by Thelma and The Sleaze and opened by boys of noise Raw McCartney. 5th Quarter Lounge, 306 Prospect St., $7, 21+
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2 Hole Tourism I always see guys press on girls buttholes in porn. Is this pleasurable? Do women like that? — Anonymous, from Tumblr SARAH: There you guys go again, addressing “women” as some unified being again. Some people would gladly tattoo a “Do Not Enter” sign on their butts just to drive home the point of how little they like their butts to be touched. Others might prefer a motel “VACANCY” sign to wear as a belt with the arrow pointing right to their poop chutes. Who’s to know? Just don’t go poking around in there without at least pausing for a quick check-in with your partner. DR. DEBBY: Some women do, yes; others do not. Same with men. You can try touching your own anal area to see if you like how it feels. And if you have a partner you can ask her or him about trying it together. It’s that easy: your bodies are playgrounds. See what feels good! Some people think it feels better if they use water-based lubricant, sort of like a massage. It’s not necessary if you’re just touching around the area, but if you are planning to insert your finger into your or a partner’s anus, it is highly recommended.
Every Week, More Blood I probably could have asked this at the blood center, but does missionary sex after giving blood count as “strenuous lifting?” Am I going to bleed out all over my lovely girlfriend mid-coitus because of my courageous act of life giving?
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DR. DEBBY HERBENICK & SARAH MURRELL problems. I’ve given a lot of blood in my life and tend to fly in the face of those warnings, and only helping someone move a few hours afterward (what can I say, I’m a giver) ever gave me an issue, and it was just a big ol’ bruise about three inches around. No biggie. DR. DEBBY: Probably not, but it depends on how you do it. Some people have pretty gentle, low-key sex and others are more vigorous with their sex. If you’re not sure, just keep a bandage on and/or wait a few hours before moving right along into sex.
Domestic Defuzzing What’s the best method for waxing your own pubes at home? Any way to keep it from hurting too bad? What about ingrown hairs? — Anonymous, from Tumblr SARAH: Carefully? Seriously, just get some stripless wax, sit on the floor and grab a mirror. It’s really, really messy and it hurts like a bitch, but it’ll get all the hairs the first time. Then, once you see the travesty that is your bathroom post-home wax, you’ll go straight to the salon every time. DR. DEBBY: You could wax at home, but why pour hot wax on yourself at home? Safer options for home including wax strips which don’t involve heating up buckets of wax. Or shaving. Or just going to a salon and getting waxed or a longer term solution like laser hair reduction. Do some people heat their own wax pots at home successfully? Sure. But I am a scientist who goes to meetings where doctors show slides of burns people have given themselves at home thanks to using at-home wax kits so I urge a little caution.
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TAURUS (April 20-May 20): In the 19th century, the Grimm brothers gathered over 200 old fairy tales from a variety of sources and published them in an unprecedented collection. Many of their stories are still popular, including “Cinderella,” “Snow White,” “Hansel and Gretel,” and “Rapunzel.” Around the same time they did their work, a storyteller named Franz Xaver von Schönwerth assembled his own compendium of fantastic ALLI myths, fables, and folklore. Unlike the Grimm brothers’ book, his work faded into obscurity. But it was rediscovered in 2011, and 500 lost fairy tales are now finding their way into newly published books. I foresee a comparable phenomenon happening for you in 2015, Taurus. Forgotten stories will return. Raw material from the depths will resurface. Interesting news from the past will come flowing into the present. Gemini
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GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Your first task is to ascertain the half-truth, the whole half-truth, and nothing but the whole half-truth. Only then will you be able to find the other half of the truth. I realize it may be frustrating to use this approach. You’d probably prefer to avoid wrangling with the deceptions and misdirections. But I think it’s the only way to jostle loose the hidden or missing information. For best results, be a cunning and unsentimental detective who’s eager to solve the mystery. Don’t focus on finding fault or assigning blame. Gemini
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makes yoga mats so soft and springy is the chemical azodicarbonamide. The same stuff is added to the soles of shoes. There’s a third place where it’s used, too: in the burger buns sold by McDonald’s, Burger King, Wendy’s, and other fast food joints. I’m not suggesting that you order a big supply of azodicarbonamide and ingest it. But I do hope you will consider the metaphorical equivalent: doing whatever’s necessary to make yourself bouncy and fluffy and pliable and supple and resilient. Pisces
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VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Studies suggest that 57 percent of all people with access to the Internet have engaged in the practice known as ego-surfing. This modern art form consists of searching Google for mentions of one’s own name. This is a suspiciously low figure unless we factor in the data uncovered by my own research — which is that a disproportionately small amount of Virgos go ego-surfing: only 21 percent. If you are one of the 79 percent of your tribe who does not indulge, I invite you to remedy the situation. It’s an excellent time to risk exploring the potential benefits of increased self-interest and self-regard. Virgo
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scopes many years ago, I was a good astrologer but an unexceptional writer. Eventually, the practice of composing 12 packets of pithy prose every week allowed me to improve my authorial skills. The stuff I composed in the early years wasn’t bad, but I wouldn’t want to present it as my work any more. So should I feel guilty that I got paid and appreciated for those old efforts even though I was less than perfect? Did I get away with something I shouldn’t have gotten away with? I don’t think so. I was doing the best I could at the time. And even my unpolished astrological musings were helpful to many people. Now, Libra, I invite you to apply these meditations to you own unfolding destiny. Aries
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): You may already know what I’m about to tell you. It’s a core principle at the root of your Scorpio heritage. But I want to focus your attention on it. In the coming months, you’ll be wise to keep it at the forefront of your conscious awareness. Here it is, courtesy of philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche: “You have it in your power to invest everything you have lived through — your experiments, false starts, errors, delusions, passions, your love and your hope — into your goal, with nothing left over.” Scorpio
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SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): “A savage desire for
strong emotions and sensations burns inside me: a rage against this soft-tinted, shallow, standardized and sterilized life.” So says Harry Haller, the protagonist of Herman Hesse’s novel Steppenwolf. His declaration could serve as an interesting point of reference for you in the coming months, Sagittarius — not as a mood for everyday use, but as a poetic inspiration that you periodically call on to invigorate your lust for life. My invitation has a caveat, however. I advise you not to adopt the rest of Harry Haller’s rant, in which he says that he also has “a mad craving to smash something up, a department store, or a cathedral, or myself.” Sagittarius
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CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): I have lived near an open space preserve for five years. Up until the last two months, it has been a peaceful, quite place. But then the coyotes moved in. Just after dusk every evening, a pack of them start yipping and yowling in the distance. At first I found the racket to be eerie and unsettling. It activated some primal unease in me. And yet the coyotes have never actually been a problem. They don’t roam into my neighborhood and try to bite people or prey on pets. So now I’ve come to relish the situation: The wild things are close and exciting, but not dangerous. I’m guessing this has a metaphorical resemblance to what your life will be like in the next six months, Capricorn. Capricorn
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AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Stanstead, Quebec and Derby Line, Vermont are really a single town that straddles the border between the U.S. and Canada. Many of the people who live there have dual citizenship, but they’re still supposed to carry their passports with them at all times. I suspect you may experience a metaphorical version of this split in the coming months, Aquarius. You will be in a situation that has a split down the middle or a seemingly unnatural division. Whether it turns out to be a problem or an opportunity will depend on your adaptability and flexibility. Aquarius
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PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): When a dead tree topples over in the woods, its withered branches may get entangled with the branches of a living tree that’s standing nearby. As years go by, the living tree must grow the best it can with the decaying wood trapped in its midst. Has something like that ever happened to you? Are you still carrying the rot that other people have burdened you with? If so, the coming months will be an excellent time to get disentangled. A tree isn’t capable of freeing itself from the dead weight of the past, but you are — especially in the first half of 2015. Pisces
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