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very day we hear or read about another man in a position of power or authority who abused that power by harassing or assaulting women (or men) over whom they had control. Liberal or conservative, Republican or Democrat, religious or secular, the accusations add up. I’m not sure there is enough room to list every man in every walk of life who has harassed — or worse — the women in his path. The latest — NBC Today Show host Matt Lauer and Garrison Keillor, former host of Prairie Home Companion. Lauer was canned by the network this week because of a sexual harassment allegation and since the initial news broke a more serious charge of sexual assault has been leveled. The network, after a brief investigation, acted swiftly to remove him from the morning lineup. Keillor, the former radio host, lost his contract with Minnesota Public Radio because of an accusation of inappropriate touching. In the media world, Lauer follows in the footsteps of CBS news host Charlie Rose, Fox’s Bill O’Reilly, former ABC journalist Mark Halperin and…again, too many to name and if I tried I would probably leave out one. Of course, in the realm of politics, there’s John Conyers, Al Franken and Roy Moore and let’s not forget our Tweeter-in-Chief, Donald Trump, accused by a dozen women of inappropriate behavior in the past. That doesn’t even include his own admission recorded in 2005 in a conversation with Billy Bush of how and where he likes to grab women. Every new story of abuse and harassment is disturbing and should make all of us wonder how many are there, and who is next? Before we go further, keep a couple of things in mind as accusations mount. These cases are not equal. The depraved behavior of a Harvey Weinstein is much, much worse than the boorish and crude actions of an Al Franken. Lauer’s actions border on the criminal, while Keillor’s behavior is repulsive and loutish.
There is a line that separates the merely obnoxious from the dangerous and possibly criminal and it can be drawn by answering these questions: Was there a physical assault? Was a person’s career or livelihood threatened directly or indirectly by the behavior? Did the behavior create a workplace environment where victims were harassed or intimidated? An unwanted kiss or touch is upsetting and, make no mistake, it’s wrong and the perpetrators should face consequences. But to suggest that all bad behavior deserves the same punishment or even the same fall from grace creates a false equivalency that trivializes the real trauma of assault, rape and ruined lives. That is why the case of U.S. Rep. John Conyers, the long-serving Democrat from Michigan, is worse than Franken’s, the Democratic senator from Minnesota. Conyers has pressed women who work for him for sex and Franken has behaved like some high school creep. Conyers’ legacy as a hero of the civil rights movement doesn’t give him a pass for his current behavior. His actions matter and that is why he should go. It is also why the behavior of Roy Moore, the Republican candidate for the Senate from Alabama, is worse still. He was a grown man prowling the local mall for teenage girls. Meanwhile, at the White House, Trump rallies to the defense of Moore even as he attacks Franken and lobs critiques at NBC in the aftermath of the Lauer firing. What kind of person thinks Moore’s behavior was ever OK? The answer is Trump and some of the so-called Christian leaders who supported Trump and now rally behind Moore. They say Moore is a long-time defender of Christian values who will provide the vote Republicans need to assure passage of the tax cut/reform bill. Sorry, but Republican or Democrat, religious or secular, political expediency shouldn’t trump basic human decency — not for John Conyers and not for Roy Moore. N For more opinion pieces visit nuvo.net/voices
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WHAT DID PENCE KNOW? BY MICHAEL LEPPERT // EDITORS@NUVO.NET
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he expression that something is like “shooting fish in a barrel” has been mentioned more regularly in the political world in recent days. It’s an old expression, but a really good one. Mike Flynn, President Donald Trump’s first National Security Adviser, pled guilty in federal court to one count of lying to the FBI on December 1. This is the second guilty plea to this process crime that has come from the investigation of special prosecutor, Robert Mueller. Those close to Mueller and his career have regularly described his investigative method as one of “shooting upward.” That means he is only going to make plea deals with people who will help him nail someone or something bigger. The plea deal with Flynn is nothing more than a step up on the ladder to give Mueller a better angle to shoot into the barrel. There are only a few fish in that barrel. It’s a list so short, they can be listed: Jared Kushner, Donald Trump, Jr., Jeff Sessions, Steve Bannon, Stephen Miller, Reince Priebus and Ivanka Trump all had large roles in the presidential campaign and the transition to power. And Vice President Mike Pence was in charge of the transition. Sources have reported that Jared Kushner is likely the next target of Mueller’s probe, which would have been an easy guess since he has spent much of 2017 disclosing and correcting virtually every filing he has made to obtain and retain his security clearance. He has sloppily managed his clearance to the point that many in Washington, in both parties, believe it should have long since been revoked. The most telling development though is his apparent fall from grace in the president’s eyes. A few months ago, Kushner seemed to be in charge of everything. Now he seems to be hiding in the other room.
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the Russians by the Obama administraWe already know that Flynn lied to tion for interference in our elections. The Pence. This was the lying that got Flynn important part of this bargaining is that fired. It now appears that reports are it was being done on behalf of the United indicating that Kushner directed Flynn States, when Presito engage in the dent Obama, and his conversations Flynn subsequently lied Pence could be the last administration were about. in charge. man standing before all of stillAnd So what are these he was adlies even about? this is over, and that only vocating a different President Trump position than the happens if he effectively tweeted on DecemU.S. government. ber 2, 2017 that Flynn argues that he didn’t know This is a violation should not have lied of the Logan Act, a anything about anything. poorly underto Pence or the FBI stood 1799 law, of because “his actions which Americans are about to learn real during the transition were lawful.” Really? well. This matters because presidential He was bargaining with the Russian transitions, particularly when parties government regarding a U.N. resolution on Israeli settlements and sanctions against are shifting, lends itself to scenarios this
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law intends to address. There can only be one government here. It changes when a new president is inaugurated. Obama announced sanctions for election interference by Russia on December 29, 2016. Flynn lied about a phone conversation he had with Russia that same day. This was a conversation he claims he was directed to have by someone in Trump’s transition. It is becoming increasingly difficult to even imagine that Pence was not one of two things during the transition: complicit to, or ignorant of it all. Now that’s a choice a politician in charge of such a small barrel of fish doesn’t want to make. But they are the veep’s only remaining spin options. Pence is a poor manager of government. I was aghast when I heard he was in charge of the transition. While I appreciate he knows more about government than any of those listed a few paragraphs above, his experience managing government is highlighted by his failures more than his successes. It is entirely possible that this entire mess grew out of a staggering amount of naivety by a group of people who are simply unfamiliar with it. They may possibly not even be interested in it. In his defense, Pence did not pick this bunch. There aren’t many fish separating Flynn from Pence. Kushner is likely the last one. Politically, it is also hard to imagine Kushner getting clipped by Mueller, without impugning his wife and his father-in-law. And this battle won’t be decided on Twitter. Pence could be the last man standing before all of this is over, and that only happens if he effectively argues that he didn’t know anything about anything. And that’s not much of a campaign slogan. There are only a few fish left in the barrel into which Mueller is shooting. They can be counted on less than two hands. Which is just enough to fill a historic pair of handcuffs. N For more opinion pieces visit nuvo.net/voices
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THOUSANDS OF RAPE KITS GO UNTESTED IN INDIANA
More than 2,500 rape kits from potentially viable cases are waiting BY JANET WILLIAMS // NEWS@NUVO.NET
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ore than 2,500 rape kits from potentially viable cases currently sit unprocessed in police and sheriff evidence rooms across Indiana, a review of the untested kits has revealed. The statewide county-by-county count of the number of untested rape kits took place over the summer and early fall through the combined efforts of the Indiana State Police and the Indiana Prosecuting Attorneys Council. “We had no idea what the number would be and now we know and that gives us information and that gives us power to move forward,” said Tracey Horth Krueger, CEO of the Indiana Coalition to End Sexual Assault, of the audit results. Krueger joined state Sen. Michael Crider, R-Greenfield, at a Dec. 1 press conference where the audit results, commissioned by lawmakers last spring, were announced. Crider had pushed for Senate Resolution 55 requiring the state police to audit the number of untested kits across law enforcement
jurisdictions throughout Indiana. as false reports, and 751 were from cases that Crider said he will propose legislation ear- had already gone through the court system ly next year to address the issues that led to where the suspect might have confessed. the backlog of untestPowell said the goal “Now we can begin ed rape examination of testing is to identify kits. However, because suspects and if the looking at how the it is a non-budget year, DNA is already in the his proposals won’t in- system is working, where system there is no clude requests for new to go through are the gaps, how we are reason money but encourage the time and expense doing as a state to meet of running the tests. officials to seek grants to test more kits. However, the count the needs of victims, and leaves After getting survey about 2,560 kits information from 91 of really that is the most from cases that will 92 counties, the audit need to be reviewed important thing.” found there were 5,396 by law enforcement — TRACEY HORTH KRUEGER, and prosecutors to derape kits in the custody CEO OF THE INDIANA COALITION termine whether they of law enforcement TO END SEXUAL ASSAULT that hadn’t been should be tested and in tested. But not all were what order. viable cases, said David Powell of the IndiMaj. Steve Holland of the state police lab ana Prosecuting Attorneys Council. said that to fully test all the elements in a Of those cases, 416 were from victims who sexual assault kit, which can include 15 to 20 didn’t want to proceed, 1,669 were identified samples, the cost can run from $750 to $1,250.
Crider said he expected the number of unprocessed rape kits to be higher, based on what he has heard from advocates and assault victims over the years. “I didn’t know. I requested the audit to try and find out. I’m grateful we have something we can quantify now,” he said. Krueger said she is optimistic that with an understanding of the problem, rape victims will begin receiving justice. “Now we can begin looking at how the system is working, where are the gaps, how we are doing as a state to meet the needs of victims, and really that is the most important thing,” she said. The numbers, however, may not be complete. The report prepared by the state police noted that Marion County’s number of 256 untested kits was not a specific count but a representation of untested kits in 2015 based on a 10-year average. The numbers in Lake, Madison and Pulaski may be incomplete because not all law enforcement agencies in those counties reported. N NUVO.NET // 12.06.17 - 12.13.17 // NEWS // 5
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COMPLICATIONS OF PLACEMAKING Recapping a busy First Friday all around town BY JENNIFER DELGADILLO // ARTS@NUVO.NET
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n Romance languages, things become gendered; a table is feminine, a newspaper is male. Names can define identities too; Gautam is named after Buddha, Sameena is the Arabic word for fulfilled, Kremena means flintstone. Artists Kremena Todonova, Gautam Rao and his wife Sameena Rao bear these names. Together, from a triangle of places far away, we discussed language and how it affects our perception of objects and concepts. We were waiting for the Englewood Project Celebration — at Englewood Recreation Indianapolis — to begin. How did we all end up in the Near Eastside Indy neighborhood of Englewood Village and why is it that four of the five placemaking projects — at this closing reception for artists hosted by iMOCA and Englewood Community Development — are spearheaded by non-Englewood residents? “My work is about the artist voice versus the government voice in public,” explained Gautam. “I want to give people a moment to think about their place, turn the bureaucratic voices on their head.” This associate professor of art at Butler University, originally from Washington D.C. — who has also lived in Bangalore, India — created a set of street signs inspired by the ones pedestrians and drivers are used to seeing on the streets. Except this stop sign-inspired one doesn’t say STOP. None of the signs displayed here give any type of clear direction. “Placemaking is meant to bring out the vibrancy of a neighborhood,” he says. When Kurt Gohde and Kremena Todonova first visited Indianapolis, it was for a project where they photographed people with discarded couches. The professors from Transylvania University in Lexington, Kentucky spent five days listening to the stories of residents and came to the realization that in contrast to their experiences in Lexington,
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in Indianapolis everyone knew the name of their neighborhood. The artist duo had been working on a different needle project involving tattoos in Lexington, then in Boulder and Cincinnati, but their Love Poem to the World grew beyond anything they could have planned with anyone being able to download the images of the project. They received photos of tattoos from people from all over the world. The only place where the whole Love Poem to the World exists in tattoo and cross stitch form is in Indianapolis, with original circular elements meant to reference Monument Circle and synchro symbols for Englewood Village’s eclectic history. “Every time we come back to Indianapolis, it very much feels like coming home,” Todonova explained. The celebration was the premier of a video documentation of every person who completed a cross stitch or received a tattoo. Everyone in the gym knew someone in the video. In addition to Todonova and Gohde’s Englewood project and Gautam’s signs,
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recipients of the placemaking project grants included Wonderland Film Festival and permanent/semi-permanent art installations by Indianapolis artists Josh Betsey and Quincy Owens. Now, Englewood Village is where I live, but Mexico is where I am from. Driving west on Washington Street and South on State Avenue, I ended up at Circle South Gallery on 1315 Shelby Street for the Sergio Sanchez Santamaria print exhibition organized by La Sardina and AMIGOS (Association of Mexicans in Indianapolis Generating Opportunities). The artist, who resides in Mexico, was not present at the exhibition which consisted of a collection of prints the artist lent to Nopal Cultural. They were displayed in the Day of The Dead exhibition at the Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art, sponsored by Nopal Cultural, on Oct. 28. With an attendance of mostly people from Mexico, the print collection presented a coincidental placemaking situation where the prints, which make generous use of Latinx iconography and symbols, became a home
away from home. At the exhibition I ran into my pal Esteban Ortiz, who briefly filled me in on his recent travels through the country and the alarming state in which farm workers are finding themselves in our current political climate. Santamaria’s portrait of Cesar Chavez reminds us that symbols come to their meaning when the meaning stays the same, as many Mexican farm workers continue having their basic human rights threatened no differently than several decades ago. I’m amazed by how the artist is able to create this moment, in spite of his absence. My last stop was The Monument Project exhibition at the Speck Gallery, where Nathan Foxton shared a group of drawings and paintings of the Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument on Monument Circle. The project, on view through Dec. 29, began as a meditation and response to the Charlottesville, Virginia Robert E. Lee statue removal. The project is meant to invite the audience to reflect and critique public spaces. Foxton takes on the task of interpreting the archaic language utilized in the city’s favorite epic by detailing figures and analyzing the same landscape from dusk ‘til dawn. It’s a poetic depiction of perspective and change. “As the city looks for new ways to develop its spaces, how do we include different voices and share our combined culture?” Foxton asked. It’s a good question because we share our spaces with neighbors, visitors, ancestors and descendants. But it means something different for each of us; planting ideas, re-evaluating symbols or a living poem. A monument is not a lie or a truth, but the loudest and potentially most permanent voice in the room (or city). Place is not the only narrative we create for our public spaces but the words that will become our given names. The narrative must welcome all. N
STAND-UP FOR THE JUGGALOS
Comedian Brian Posehn is a metalhead who can’t get enough of Ronnie James Dio BY SETH JOHNSON // ARTS@NUVO.NET
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rian Posehn’s been acting since the mid-'90s. You might have seen him playing a patient on Seinfeld in the episode where Kramer pretends he has gonorrhea. You might also have seen him on Mr. Show, The Sarah Silverman Program, Californication, and in various movie roles. If you have kids of a certain age, you might’ve heard his voice on the PBS program Wordgirl as Dr. Two Brains’ obsessed fan Glen Furblam. This tall comedian (6’7”) with the distinctly nasal voice also has a thriving stand-up career. And he’s a huge heavy metal fan. The latter fact didn’t prevent him from doing his stand-up routine in front of thousand of Insane Clown Posse fans at Gathering of the Juggalos. (Insane Clown Posse is a hip-hop duo, of sorts, distinctly non-metal though they surprisingly share an overlap of fans.) He released his third comedy album, and first Netflix DVD The Fartist, in 2013. I caught up with the multi-talented comedian/actor ahead of his upcoming stand-up sets at The Comedy Attic in Bloomington on Dec. 8 and 9.
SETH JOHNSON: Mr. Show with Bob and David was one of the first big shows you were involved with. How was that early experience beneficial for you? BRIAN POSEHN: That’s one of the first things people knew me for. It’s still one of my favorite jobs. I already knew David Cross from him performing in San Francisco, where I lived. We became friends.
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WHAT // Brian Posehn WHEN // Dec. 8, 9, 8 p.m., 10:30 p.m. WHERE // The Comedy Attic, Bloomington
Then, when Mr. Show started its early stages, we were just doing it in theater spaces around L.A. I was a part of it in the very beginning and would do these live scenes. I remember very early on going, “This is amazing. These guys are doing something really cool.” I was stoked to be a part of it. And, that got me a lot of sitcom work, from writers that were fans of Mr. Show knowing what I could do through that. NUVO.NET // 12.06.17 - 12.13.17 // STAGE // 7
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NUVO.NET/STAGE SETH: Speaking of sitcoms, I know that you were in an episode of Seinfeld. How was that experience? BRIAN: It was really cool. That’s still something that sticks with me, how cool Jerry Seinfeld actually was as a person. I had auditioned for it a couple of times, and he was always in the room with the other producers. At the time, this guy was one of the biggest comics, if not the biggest comic, and he still is. He was so cool to me. In one of the auditions early on where I didn’t get it, I was leaving the room, and he goes, “Hey. I don’t want you to be discouraged. Just know we really like you. You may not get this, but please keep coming in.” No one ever says that! He was the only person to ever say that to me in a sitcom audition. I respect him even more after working with him.
SETH: Being the metal fan that you are, have you had any surreal run-ins with metal heroes of yours over the years?
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to meet your heroes, the biggest one [laughs]. It was the most money I ever is probably Ronnie James Dio. I’ll die made for performing a stand-up set. It proudly knowing that this metal god was was incredible. I said yes because the sitting in my backyard waitmoney was ridiculous, and ing for us to do this little vidthen also because I knew I “I think it’s eo shoot that we were doing. would have a story. And, he was a fan of mine. I opened by saying, “Hey. I only good that don’t The whole thing was surreal. do drugs,” and peothere’s not just ple booed me because they At one point, we were standing in my kitchen, and we did [laughs]. 400 people white guys in were just talking about Black booed me at once. It was Sabbath. I’m just like, “I can’t suits talking like they had a meeting and even believe this is happen“Hey. If this guy says about being a said, ing.” So that’s the biggest. he doesn’t do drugs anyI’ve met a lot of big guys, and white guy.” more, let’s boo the crap out I’ve met younger bands. I’ve of him.” And, that’s what — BRIAN POSEHN happened. hung out with Lamb of God, Mastodon, Metallica … but, SETH: Being someone that’s done standthat’s gotta be the biggest. up for so long now, would you say that SETH: Staying on the topic of music, stand-up has changed from when you what was it like performing at Gathering started doing it? BRIAN: Well, it’s the biggest it’s ever of the Juggalos?
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been. And, one of the great things about it is how there’s not just one style. When I started, the mainstream stuff was not for me. I always just did my own thing. I feel like there are a million comics doing their own thing now, and that’s great. There are so many different voices. I love how diverse it is now. I think it’s only good that there’s not just white guys in suits talking about being a white guy. I love that there are a million different points of view in stand-up now.
SETH: You’ll be at The Comedy Attic again when you come to town this time around. What do you enjoy about performing there? BRIAN: It’s one of the best clubs in the country. The owner of that club really cares about comedy, and that makes a difference. When you’re playing a club, and they really only care about selling appetizers or drinks, it shows. N
GENRE BUSTER Three Billboards is a movie with strong, independent voices BY JARED RASIC // ARTS@NUVO.NET
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am not what you would call an unbiased observer when it comes to the work of Martin McDonagh. He’s responsible for my favorite play ever written, The Pillowman, which I’ve driven several hours to see performed live and also directed locally. I’ve seen his show, A Behanding in Spokane, on Broadway during its original run, which featured Anthony Mackie, Zoe Kazan, Sam Rockwell and Christopher Walken. The two movies he’s written and directed, In Bruges and Seven Psychopaths, are all-time favorites of mine. All of this is to say, I’m like the Fox News of critics when it comes to Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri. I might proclaim to be fair and balanced, but we all know whose political team the network is on during its newscasts. McDonagh’s balance of pitch black comedy, gallows humor, heartbreak, violence and empathy transmits right to my wavelength, causing me laughter and tears sometimes in the context of the same scene. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri follows Mildred Hayes (Frances McDormand), a middle-aged single mother (divorced from the man that abused her) who’s still dealing with rage and guilt over the rape and murder of her teenage daughter seven months earlier. She’s disgusted with the local police department, which hasn’t made a single arrest or found any clues, so she rents three billboards on a dead road no one uses to call out the beloved local Sheriff, Bill Willoughby (Woody Harrelson). Hijinks ensue. The film is impossible to categorize, as it’s not interested in tonally matching anything we’ve ever seen before. Three Billboards is a primal scream against being forgotten, a tender and humanist look at how we exist in society and a revenge thriller that never stops building in intensity. The film dares audiences to judge it as either deeply cynical or
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refreshingly optimistic, but it’s both, neither and some other unquantifiable emotion that only McDonagh has discovered. McDormand’s performance is breathtaking as she dances between an acidic toughness and a numbing vulnerability that makes Mildred Hayes one of the most fully realized characters of the decade. This, combined with Woody Harrelson and Sam Rockwell turning in career-best work, makes Three Billboards a transcendent film experience and one of the best films of the year. The film isn’t perfect since several characters exist only as easy “Small Town America” jokes that don’t further the story, and there are a few narrative dead ends that could have been explored further. But Three Billboards is another sign that motion pictures backed by strong, independent voices aren’t dead yet. This year has been the strongest year for those idiosyncratic voices since 2007, when we received all-time masterpieces like There Will Be Blood, No Country for Old Men, Zodiac and The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford all within a few short months of each other. Three Billboards won’t please everyone (as the grumbling audience after the screening I attended proved), but movies shouldn’t. Pop culture that exists to appeal to every demographic is boring and too broad to bring anything really interesting to the table. Some pieces of culture — whether they’re movies, television or music — feel like they were invented just for us, individually, and the rest of the world be damned. McDonagh’s voice sounds like my conscience, begging me to be a better person, even as it laughs at me when I’m not. Maybe someday I’ll listen. N
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ven the most urban of dwellers has probably passed by a bright yellow sign asking for Governor Eric Holcomb to “Save Yellowwood.” There’s a chance they’ve also received a knock on their door from an Indiana Forest Alliance canvasser like Jill Young. “There are a lot of practical reasons why I’m motivated to canvass,” said Young. “One is that less than five percent of forests in Indiana in 2017 are protected from logging, according to a letter from 228 Indiana scientists asking Governor Holcomb to set aside more forests from logging. And that’s down from 40 percent in 2002. I’m afraid of what this means for the future of conservation in our state.
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But, for many, the effort to stop logging in the Yellowwood State Forest Backcountry area is deeply personal. “My dad and I used to spend a lot of quality time together hiking the trails in Yellowwood. By canvassing, I hope to spread awareness of the issue, and motivate people to call on Governor Holcomb to reconsider the sale,” Young finished. Yellowwood State Forest was created in 1940, deeded to the state in 1956 and had a portion set aside as Backcountry in 1981. Conversation about the Backcountry heated up this fall after the DNR announced plans to log a 300 acre portion of the forest. The timber sale went through on November 9, amid protests from about 200 people.
Environmental advocates like The Indiana Forest Alliance — most recently victorious in a campaign to halt construction of the old growth forest of Crown Hill North Woods — is continuing to coordinate efforts in an attempt to persuade Governor Holcomb to revisit the decision. Those efforts include the yellow yard signs, continued canvassing and a protest camp near the Backcountry area. We’ve rounded up a collection of explanations and responses from advocates, scientists, the DNR and others to explain why the fight to protect Yellowwood State Forest’s Backcountry has come to yard signs in our own backyard. — KATHERINE COPLEN
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he Indiana Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has sold the rights to log part of the Yellowwood State Forest Backcountry, removing approximately five to seven trees per acre on 299 acres. Environmental groups, including Indiana Forest Alliance (IFA) and Hoosier Environmental Council (HEC), are still hopeful that Governor Holcomb will cancel the sale. Meanwhile, DNR assistant director of communications, Marty Benson, has confirmed that the contract is finalized, though a signed contract was not available upon request. DNR director of forestry, John Seifert, helped me understand the timber sale process a little better. The Indiana State Forest system is on a 20-year rotation, meaning tracts of land are considered for logging every 20 years. DNR spends a couple of years assessing a tract before making a recommendation that it be cut. Once a cut is recommended, they engage in a non-mandatory 30-day public comment period, review the comments, approve the logging plan (unless public comment brought out new information that would lead them to stop), and schedule a timber sale. The morning before the Yellowwood timber sale, Castlewood Inc., a Tell City wood flooring manufacturer, offered the State’s asking price of $150,000 to preserve the forest for 100 years. Hours later, the logging contract was sold to Hamilton Logging for $108,785. If you’re looking at this purely from an economic viewpoint, it appears the state was shortchanged. The Indiana Democratic Party shared a recent IndyStar story on Facebook with a comment saying, “Let’s get this straight. Governor Eric Holcomb sold Yellowwood to a logging company for LESS than he could have for preserving it?!” To be fair, that’s not a true statement. First, Holcomb and DNR did not sell Yellowwood. They sold the logging rights to 1,700 trees in Yellowwood. Second, the
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$150,000 offer was to preserve the Backconsider. Many of the people who oppose country for 100 years, which means the logging in the Backcountry were supportive State has the potential to make more than of increased funding for DNR in the most half a million from logging in that area recent legislative budget planning. A lot of based on the 20-year rotation. people who would ordinarily be friends of In explanation of why DNR accepted a DNR, including advocacy groups, constitbid that was so much uents and legislators, lower than the premay not be so inclined The morning before viously stated value to be supportive in the of the trees, Seifert if logging conthe Yellowwood timber future said it’s because they cerns are ignored. sale, Castlewood Inc., a DNR manages a lot actually didn’t end up marking as many trees land. Numbers from Tell City wood flooring of for the sale as originally 2016 show that they manufacturer, offered own a little over 405,000 anticipated. Castlewood’s offer acres, about 1.7 percent the State’s asking was also denied of the state’s acreage. price of $150,000 to because they are The U.S. Forest Service not a licensed and another 200,000+ preserve the forest for owns bonded logger, which acres. Of those 600,000+ 100 years. is a requirement for acres, 347,000 acres are DNR timber sales. off limits from harvestNaturally, many opponents of the sale ing. For the mathematically challenged, question whether there is a way around that’s more than 50% of DNR-managed land these requirements. For what it’s worth, a that is protected from logging. representative of Castlewood confirmed But opponents to logging want to make that their offer still stands if the Governor sure you understand that those calculawere to cancel the sale. tions don’t tell the whole story – there’s a There’s another side of the economics to bit of nuance to the numbers. DNR-man-
aged land includes state parks, lakes, state forests, state park inns, fish and wildlife areas, nature preserves, law enforcement headquarters, and recreation areas. So, a portion of that acreage isn’t really loggable in the first place. In 2006, DNR, along with other partners, started a 100-year research study called the Hardwood Ecosystem Experiment (HEE). Their goal is to learn about the long-term impacts of forest management practices, like timber management. Seifert is prepared to confirm that “there’s always going to be some species that win and some that lose.” From his perspective, they oversee all of the natural resource assets of the entire state. Meanwhile, advocacy groups (like IFA and HEC) and scientists specialize. Seifert doesn’t believe that opposing groups and scientists can fully understand the big forestry picture. Opponents say he has a narrow perspective that is entirely focused on forest management and not the bigger ecological picture. The keyword being management. Tim Maloney, a policy director with HEC, points out that DNR holds tight to the philosophy of management, “They believe that we should be managing everything, but NUVO.NET // 12.06.17 - 12.13.17 // THE BIG STORY // 11
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if we’re going to have old-growth forests, then they should be old-growth forests that aren’t logged.” (Editor’s note: Sweany is Special Projects Manager for HEC.) IFA’s conservation director, Rae Schnapp, says, “The HEE has shown that some species can use recently harvested areas. That does not demonstrate that they benefit from harvesting, only that they can tolerate it relatively well,” which contradicts DNR’s messaging that timber management will help at-risk species in Yellowwood. The DNR says that they target mostly dead and dying trees for logging, but IFA and HEC argue that leaving dead and dying trees plays an important role in a healthy ecosystem. Schnapp says, “Standing dead trees provide critical habitat for woodpeckers and bats. When trees fall they provide habitat for insects, mice, voles and lizards that form the foundation of the forest food chain.” Fallen trees also return nutrients to the soil. IFA also shared an interesting theory on how removing diseased trees could be detrimental to the future of trees. Consider the emerald ash borer, a beetle that is killing ash trees across North America. IFA director of communications Anne Laker makes this comparison: a person who takes
antibiotics all the time is not able to build a natural resistance to disease. Cutting and removing all ash trees could be impeding the species from building a resistance to the emerald ash borer. In 1981, DNR, under Governor Orr, designated 2,700 acres in Morgan-Monroe and Yellowwood State Forests as “Backcountry.” At that time, the press release stated the intention behind this designation, including things like being relatively free of roads, no camping within a quarter mile of an access point, no transportation other than walking, no horses, and unimproved hiking trails – basically, a primitive experience with nature. Laker says, “What a gift to the people of Indiana that we should continue to expect.” And she questions whether the logging planned for Yellowwood fits the original intention set by Governor Orr. It’s true that the 1981 press release also says, “The management of the timber resources within the Backcountry will be compatible with all other uses permitted.” You read that right. They never said, “no logging,” meaning DNR is perfectly within their rights to use timber management practices in the Backcountry.
Interestingly, from 1981 until 2005, under both Republican and Democrat Governors, there was no logging in the Backcountry. From 2005 to present, the Backcountry has been logged four times. David Haberman, a professor of religious studies and ecology at IU and IFA board member, has been enjoying Indiana’s natural resources for many years. He recalls multiple times in the ‘90s when he would voice his objection to logging in other areas and was told that if he wanted to be in an unlogged area, “Just go to the Backcountry.” Referring to the IFA and HEC Ecoblitz, a comprehensive inventory of flora and fauna in the Backcountry, Haberman says, “The cut that they have planned is not an ordinary cut. This cut is vindictive. It is undermining a scientific study designed to show the value of oldgrowth forest in the state forest.” Another of IFA’s concerns is the collateral damage caused by logging – some trees have to be removed to get to others, access roads must be constructed causing habitat fragmentation, there’s a possibility of introducing invasive species, compacted soil, and other damage caused by equipment.
Before Hamilton Logging may begin cutting, they will go through a pre-harvest consultation with DNR. Loggers are required to complete a training designed to teach crews practices to minimize their impact on soil and water quality. For state forests, logging crews must have a minimum amount of industry-accredited training. Logging must be completed by March 31 because of the nesting and roosting habits of the endangered Indiana bat. The state executes an average of 40 logging contracts per year. The executive director of the Indiana Wildlife Federation (IWF), Emily Wood, weighed in with confidence, saying, “DNR has a track record of good practices and has had incredible success reintroducing and protecting many species.” IWF doesn’t particularly believe that timber management goes against the original intention of this tract of Backcountry; however, they do believe that the people of Indiana should be heard. Wood said, “Given the recent outcry regarding the logging planned, it is clear that this area has become a very special place for outdoor recreation and IWF feels strongly that the public concern for this area should be valued and considered in this decision.” — RENEE SWEANY
YELLOWWOOD STATE FOREST TIMELINE WHERE IS YELLOWWOOD? Yellowwood State Forest is 52.4 mi. south of Indianapolis off SR 46.
Some of the oldest still-standing trees in
U.S. government
Yellowwood State Forest begin growing
Indiana
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NUVO.NET/THEBIGSTORY THOUGHTS FROM AN ARBORIST The yellowwood tree (Cladrastis kentukea),
EXCERPT FROM A LETTER TO GOVERNOR HOLCOMB FROM 228 HOOSIER SCIENTISTS weakened by drought and insect infestation may at first glance make sense. However, dead and dying trees provide significant ecologi-
the namesake of Yellowwood State Forest, is
cal value. I have seen firsthand the scars left
one of the rarest native trees found in Indiana.
behind after logging equipment extracts indi-
The tree occurs naturally in only a few isolated
vidual trees. I have seen firsthand the spread
forest patches in Indiana. The Yellowwood
of invasive plants that forever spoil the purity
State Forest Backcountry area is a sacred place
of a forest after a timber harvest. As caretakers
largely free of invasive plants while being
of the Yellowwood State Forest Backcountry
home to many rare species.
area, we have a moral obligation to protect the
As an ISA Certified Arborist I am trained to look after individual trees. From this lens, harvesting trees in the Backcountry area killed and
sanctity of our forest from logging. — JEROME DELBRIDGE, ISA CERTIFIED ARBORIST
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arge tracts of contiguous mature forests are necessary to preserve the rich biological diversity of central hardwood forests. In Indiana the total acreage of documented old growth forests is small. The current timber management practice of removing large, older trees from state forests impairs the potential for any 2 significant amount of old growth forests to return for the next several generations. Our forest ecosystems cannot be sustainable if the only old growth forest is in nature preserves and state parks, which contain only one third of one percent of Indiana’s forest land. Our state forests and Hoosier National Forest are the only publicly owned forest acreages extensive enough to conserve biological diversity on a viable landscape scale. More than four-fifths of Indiana’s forest is privately owned. Forest inventories document that the majority of this private forest is relatively young, with the oldest trees less than half their natural life spans. Active logging in these forests will continue to prevent the return of old growth conditions on private land for many decades to come. Furthermore, nearly four-fifths of all state and federal public lands in Indiana are now under reservoirs or subject to commercial logging or wide-scale cutting of native veg-
etation. Thus, it is incumbent on the state to take active measures to conserve large tracts of mature forest in the state forests to achieve ecological objectives. … We need large tracts of mature forests for resilience in a time of uncertainty. Multi-aged forests that include areas of old growth have greater resilience and supply more pathways to recovery from unpredictable disturbances, such as drought, increased storms, and invasive pests. Invasive pests and pathogens in particular have caused the loss of ash, chestnut, tulip poplar, northern red oak, and more, with great ecological and economic effect. We cannot predict the arrival of new pests, so we need the diversity of intact, mature forests to ensure that there are some unaffected trees remaining. In addition, old trees continue to absorb and store carbon from the atmosphere; the rate of tree carbon accumulation increases with tree size. By preserving large tracts of our state forest from logging, the forest will have the potential to sequester and store more carbon due to increased structural and compositional diversity. — LESLIE BISHOP, PH.D. PROFESSOR EMERITA OF BIOLOGY, EARLHAM COLLEGE, SIGNED BY 228 SCIENTIST COLLEAGUES, DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR HOLCOMB
Area under protest designated “backcountry” by decree of Gov. Robert Orr. ( See above ) Brown County Convention and Visitor’s Bureau Executive Director
228 scientists sign letter delivered
66 additional acres
Jane Ellis asks Governor Holcomb to
to Holcomb encouraging him to
of land in total given
adjust timber harvests because of
halt timber sale
to the forest.
negative impact on tourism Timber sale to Hamilton Logging, Inc comes in at $108,785
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forest is more than trees for timber. If you followed media coverage of the sale at Yellowwood State Forest, you might be surprised to read that statement. The veteran foresters of the Department of Natural Resources planned and carried out the recent sale to harvest select trees from 299 acres of that forest’s Backcountry. The truth is both the well-meaning people who opposed the sale and the DNR love our state forests, but we differ on how to care for them. Their approach for the Backcountry is hands off, letting nature take its course. Ours is to scientifically manage an ecosystem that — when land was acquired by the state in the 1950s — barely existed until the foresters planted it. Indiana law dictates that the DNR “protect and conserve timber, water resources, wildlife and topsoil in forests owned and operated by the division of forestry” and use “good husbandry” to remove timber that has substantial commercial value “in a manner that benefits the growth of saplings.” The recent timber sale followed that course. Our goal is the health of the forests – not profit. The DNR has and continues to support studying the entire forest ecosystem, not limited to the trees. Our foresters’ research shows that periodically removing dead
and dying trees opens the forest floor to sunlight, allowing new trees of the same species to develop. Allowing too many unhealthy trees to stand lets smaller trees develop in the understory. This crowds out young hardwoods from developing. Part of managing for these conditions involves logging by single-tree selection, targeting mostly dead, diseased and declining trees. In the Yellowwood Backcountry, approximately five to seven trees per acre may be removed, which translates to about two trees per 100. The DNR’s forestry division weighs each tree on its own merits as well as on its health and impacts to the overall forest area. This method is proven and was used in the previous 13 harvests of the Morgan-Monroe State Forest Backcountry area. Studies by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, DNR and independent researchers show that rare and endangered species, such as the Timber Rattlesnake, Hooded Warbler, Worm-Eating Warbler and Indiana bat benefit from conditions created by periodic thinning of the areas like the Backcountry’s current closed canopy. In Indiana, timber harvests are allowed only from Oct. 1 through March 31 to protect bat species. Our state forests, including their Backcountry areas, are being carefully managed by those who spend a lifetime studying them. — CAMERON CLARK, DNR DIRECTOR
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he Indiana Department of Natural Resources’ plan to log Yellowwood Backcountry Area is being driven by an ideological obsession to manage trees in our state forests as a crop rather than concern about the health of the forest, as asserted by DNR Director Cameron Clark in a recent letter to NUVO. Rather than logging virtually all of the state forests, the law that Mr. Clark cites requires DNR to manage the state forests for all Hoosiers’ benefit. Mr. Clark is mischaracterizing the history of this forest and DNR’s role in its return. It was not “an ecosystem that barely existed until the foresters planted it.” Aerial photographs taken of this area in 1939 show most of it was closed canopy forest. Tract histories indicate DNR has inventoried forest stands, let the forest grow older and reforest naturally and done no planting, thinning or harvesting on most of the 29 tracts in the Backcountry Area. Nine of the “previous 13 harvests” that Clark refers to took place before the BCA was created in 1981. The other four were carried out since Jack Seifert, architect of the 400 percent increase in logging in the state forests, took over their management in 2005. These four were in single tracts on the perimeter of the BCA not extending across three tracts to its center as this logging will. While DNR’s forestry improves forests for timber harvests, forests thin themselves naturally and do not need foresters to accomplish this task. If DNR were logging for the health of the forest, it would recognize research that indicates certain percentages of each subspecies of ash are resistant to the ash borer although their genetic markers have yet to be determined. DNR’s plan to log ashes whether they’re resistant or not will hasten the demise of this species.
To reach these trees they will be building roads throughout the logging area, damaging many other trees, crushing box turtles, salamanders and other animals which hibernate in the humus, scraping forest to bare dirt and opening the forest to more sunlight. IU research shows that these very logging activities have caused explosions of Japanese Stiltgrass and other nonnative invasive plants throughout the state forests. 228 scientists from Indiana universities wrote to Governor Holcomb urging him to let areas in our state forests like this one return to the old growth condition to maintain their health and resiliency to an onslaught of diseases, pests and erratic weather. They assert that setting aside areas of our state forests as controls enables managers to understand whether adjacent forests are being logged sustainably and determine how natural forests are regenerating and responding to climate change. Indeed before 2005, 40 percent of Indiana’s state forests, 60,000 acres, were set aside for recreational and ecological purposes and as “Old Forest” control areas. Today that percentage has been reduced to 2.5 percent, 4,000 acres, so that 97.5 percent of our state forests can be managed for timber production. We do not have state corn fields or state soybean fields in Indiana. Our limited state forests should not be managed as though their primary purpose is to provide trees as a crop to a few private timber buyers. Governor Orr recognized the true public value of this more-than century-old-forest when he set it aside as a “Backcountry Area” in 1981 for the “wilderness seeker” to “experience a forested area looking much the same as it may have appeared a century and a half ago.” Please ask Mr. Clark’s boss, Governor Holcomb, to uphold this legacy for you and your grandchildren. N — JEFF STANT, IFA EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
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utter the phrase “greatest of all time” these days and you’ll likely get bombarded by overzealous basketball fans arguing between Michael Jordan and LeBron James. But when it comes to the Indiana Men’s Soccer program, it’s difficult to argue against their case. Indiana has won eight National Championships, second only to St. Louis (10), who hasn’t won a title since 1973. Indiana has won all eight of their titles since then, with the Hoosiers missing the postseason tournament only three times since they gained varsity status in 1973. In an NCAA quarterfinal on Dec. 1, Indiana defeated Michigan State on penalty kicks 3-2, advancing to their 19th College Cup — an NCAA record. For the aforementioned basketball fans — and others not acclimated to soccer terminology — the College Cup is soccer’s version of the Final Four, the four remaining teams in postseason play travel to a predetermined neutral site to decide a National Champion. The 2017 College Cup takes place at Talen Energy Stadium in Philadelphia, PA. Indiana plays North Carolina in the second National Semifinal on Friday, Dec. 8 at 8:45 p.m. The first, kicking off at 6 p.m., pits Akron against two-time defending NCAA champion Stanford. Winners then face off in the National Championship on Sunday, Dec. 10 at 1 p.m. A big reason why the Hoosiers are where they are is their defense. Indiana has allowed the fewest goals (6) in the NCAA this year. “There’s a commitment to defend from top to bottom,” Indiana head coach Todd Yeagley said. “A good defense is a commonal-
ity that allows most teams of championship caliber to be standing at the end.” While defense may have got them to the College Cup, Yeagley says making wise decisions in the attack will be a key against North Carolina. “We’re a very aggressive team going to goal,” Yeagley said. “We will still continue to be, but I think to pick and choose those moments against UNC will be important. Us taking care of the ball against a team that really likes the ball will also be important.” North Carolina has the second highest scoring offense in the nation at more than 2.5 goals scored per match. Yeagley mentioned how Indiana’s ability to control the style of the game will also play a big factor in which team advances. And that’s what it’s all about in the postseason. “This time of the year it’s [about] advancing, whether that’s 2-1, 1-0, whatever it is, we just want to move on,” Yeagley said. If the Hoosiers do advance Friday, they face a quick turnaround to Sunday’s match, something they’ve prepared for. “We’ve been in this position. Our first two weekends of the year we play in this format,” Yeagley said. “Largely it’s to get the games that we need in for the year but it is a good example of how you can manage bodies and get through those weekends.” Skillful preparation has led to Indiana being a contender year after year. Having grown up in the program, Yeagley agrees his opinion on IU’s all-time standing is rather bias, yet he adds, “I think the best context is the numbers.” And the numbers don’t lie. Whether the Hoosiers win this weekend or not, the program certainly belongs in the conversation. N
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IT’S TIME TO TALK There’s a major issue in the service industry
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ake up at 2 p.m. after getting home at 6 a.m. and winding down with a few beers and some Netflix before dozing off. Shower — or not — throw on work clothes, chug the first Red Bull of the day. Drive. Ride. Walk. However you get to work, you walk in with shades on, prep your bar or section, or if you’re back of the house, you set up your mise en place. You smoke. Have a cup or two of coffee and finish your prep. Then it’s 3:45 p.m. and time for staff drink. Everyone shoots some Fernet. Says, “Good luck.” Puts on their best customer-service-ready smile. Goes to work. By 3 a.m. you’ve had five more staff drinks. Five more cups of coffee. Half a pack of cigarettes. Your buddies came in, so you had a shot with them. Someone who’s new to town and wants to be a regular bought you a shot and a beer. You oblige, even if you don’t want to. Then your boss came in and bought a round for everyone to spread some cheer. Once again, you do it.
You clean up. Share stories. Drink another beer or two because at this point, who cares. If you’re lucky you’re done in time to head to the industry bar around the corner to share a few rounds with your coworkers to celebrate making killer money tonight. You stumble home. Tomorrow is your day off. And then you wake up. Feel like shit. Drink a Red Bull and decide to go out for a greasy breakfast and a Bloody Mary. A little hair of the dog never hurt anyone. By 3 p.m. you’re already drunk, because you ran into a bartender you know and she had a shot and beer waiting for you when you sat down. And so on. And so forth. You wake up the next day, it’s already 2 p.m. and you’ve gotta head to work. And once again, you feel like shit. Josh Gonzales is behind his bar at Thunderbird staring at a small group of about 15 to 20 service industry professionals as he shares a scenario similar to this. Nods are coming all around from each person, because they’ve been there. Some of them were
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probably there yesterday. I know I’ve been there, and it was hell. There’s a reason Gonzales picked a Monday to host Addiction & Depression in the Service Industry: An Open Discussion. It’s one of the few nights of the week service industry professionals often have off. Now 14-months sober, Gonzales says he realizes how hard it is to have a discussion like this, especially for people whose job it is to act like everything’s all right all the time. (“How’s business?” “Business is great!”) Gonzales opened the event by pointing out the fact that the food and beverage industry has been seen as a career path lower on the professional totem pole for a long time. But in the last several years, culinary gigs emerged as a proud profession — something to base an entire cable television channel on — and something people can excel at and have good, productive lives in. But while service industry professionals take great care of their guests, they often don’t take great care of themselves. And Gonzales,
at 40, decided he needed to change that for himself and now he’s trying to spark a change in the food and drink industry in this city. Here’s some stats on drug and alcohol abuse in the service industry from the Department of Health and Human Services I learned on Monday night. Seventeen percent of people in the food and drink industry use drugs. (Gonzales clarified that 17 percent “admitted” to using drugs, before adding that, in his perspective, the number is more likely closer to 100 percent.) According to the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, service industry professionals have a 2.3 times greater chance of dying from alcoholism than the national average. That jumps to three times more likely if you are a woman. 71 percent of bartenders admit to drinking on the job, 33 percent admit that they drink even when they don’t want to. The numbers go on, and all are upsetting, but not surprising for anyone who has spent much time working in a restaurant or bar.
NUVO.NET/FOOD+DRINK There are some particular industry-speand feeling depressed after a long, hard 12cific problems: The bartender’s handshake, hour day of running around, being yelled at where bartenders will automatically dole by patrons, dealing with sexually aggressive out a drink to fellow industry people when patrons, going, going, going, and then trying they sit down at the bar, even if that person to find normalcy. may not need or want a drink. There’s the A few other voices join in, and soon that staff drinks shared to build camaraderie, tightrope snaps. It has been an hour, and we but that may be more detrimental than they finally reach “open discussion.” seem, especially as the night wears on. And And that is where this event has been there’s having an option on the menu to buy going all along. That’s the goal, to get people a round for the kitchen. All of these traditions in the service industry to feel all right talking can be problematic for someone who strugabout an issue that has burdened the indusgles with substances, even if they’re intended try forever. It is to start a dialogue. And it’s in the best possible way. time to start a dialogue. After Gonzales That way two openly shared his things can happen: Service industry personal story of his First off, people decision to become who have been in the professionals have a 2.3 industry for years can sober — thoughts times greater chance of of his own mortality start living healthier, were creeping around happier lives and can dying from alcoholism in his head; he wonhelp one another on than the national dered if he was bethat journey. And coming a detriment secondly, to change average. That jumps to to his own business; a the industry for the three times more likely coworker had to pull young people — him aside to call him 21-year-olds looking than average if you are on his issues, which for an occupation a woman. opened the door to that will make them sobriety — he opens good money, give the floor. them life skills, make The tension is palpable. It feels like watchthem a group of solid friends and be fun all ing a thriller, where the killer is waiting just along the way — so that they can make this a around the corner, and everyone knows it. sustainable, professional lifestyle. Here we are, a group of strangers, all dealing or I’m at this event because I lived it on and having dealt with the same issues, and everyoff at times in my life. It’s something I’m one is too scared to talk, to open up and share deeply interested in and I’m happy to see the — even though that’s what we’re here for. discussion beginning. I’m lucky: I had people And then, one brave soul, a woman who to talk to. And I had different goals for my life came in from out of town just to be at this — I knew I’d be happier writing about food event, opens up with a question about the and drink than serving food and drink and I idea of not allowing drinking behind the bar had family and friends to help me get there. at all. Gonzales and her have a little back and But, you shouldn’t have to leave an indusforth, and it cuts that tension ever so slightly, try just to be sober, happy and healthy and so like a dull knife to a tightrope. it’s time to make a change. It’s time to talk. “Anything else?” Gonzales asks, promptNow I’m doing my part to continue that ing that deafening silence to pounce back dialogue. I’m planning on doing a much into the room. more in-depth story next year, diving deeper 5 seconds. 10 seconds. 20 seconds. into the world of alcohol and drug abuse Finally, another woman who works at and the depression that comes with it in the a local brewery asks about winding down service industry. If you’re in the industry and once you’re home, not even worrying about want to share your story, let’s talk. Email me drinking on the job, just drinking at home at cmcginsie@nuvo.net. N
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New albums from Pillars and The Orchard Keepers reviewed ARTIST // Pillars ALBUM // Of Salt and Sea LABEL // In Store Recordings
er.”), stands out for its take on escaping a toxic environment, even if for another one (“She’s leaving the state ‘cause they got good shit on the border … Rock a bye baby high in the trees,
I have a great deal of respect for rock and
I’d stick around to help you but I gotta leave”)
metal bands which primarily deal in instrumentals.
and definitely bears up to repeat listens. (As for
They have it more difficult than their vocalist-led
the non-FCC approved name, songwriter Ayanna
counterparts, having the monumental task of
Miller says, “I grew up with a lot of good friends
convincing listeners to focus deeply on an album
whose families were impoverished and heavily in-
without the benefit of lyrics to tell them exactly
volved in drugs. I saw how it affected them, and
what to think or feel. Given the full headphone
I saw how people who claimed to really care just
experience, the best instrumental albums draw you
judged them or felt pity for them. The harsh title
into a world where you craft the story in your own
is to emphasize the harsh truth and reality of the
mind, without any excess baggage.
situation of these children. I want to make people
Indianapolis has had a resurgence of instru-
uncomfortable so that they will listen.”)
ARTIST // The Orchard Keepers ALBUM // Stick Face LABEL // Self-released
mental bands in recent years, including the juggernaut that is Tracksuit Lyfestile, and it’s been my experience that listeners here are ready to embrace in-depth experimentation. Into that world
From there, it’s a nonstop ride, as Stick
Face draws together everything good about the band’s live show into one sonic punch after another.
comes Pillars’ Of Salt and Sea, which is a densely
The Orchard Keepers are smart.
layered piece of progressive post-rock worthy of
After packing the bill on their album release with
“Shit On The Lipstick” gives Ella Roberts plenty of room to open with a great bass solo, while the
your attention as we head toward the end of the
killer sets from Louisville’s Godawfuls and Bloom-
entire album is a playground for Nick Underwood
year. Due out December 15 on Indianapolis label in
ington’s Katatonics, the band hit the stage at the
to absolutely destroy on the drums. “Labyrinth of
Store Recordings, the album is their first entirely
Mel and opened with the strongest track off their
the Maker” opens with a touch of guitar noodling
instrumental collection of songs, and it showcases
latest album, Stick Face.
and then kicks into gear with Miller’s confident
PILLARS //
ably the level of craft that goes into each of these nine arrangements.
Ayanna Miller immediately took full control of
vocals leading the way, and the hidden track after
the stage, her blues-tinged vocals melding perfect-
“6, 5 & 9” which closes the album sets the band
things in a whole new direction. Though that same
ly with a frantic performance on guitar that drew
completely loose in instrumental territory, a nearly
song-cycle, individual tracks do stand out as good
repeated stretch is still audible in the background,
the audience closer and guaranteed we’d all want
six-minute exercise in how to rock without seeming
entry points if you’re uninitiated. The title track,
by the three-minute mark you hear a fully-formed
to know more about these songs.
to break a sweat.
“Of Salt and Sea,” lured me in instantly with a cin-
epic arrangement any film director would kill to
ematic arrangement that builds subtly throughout
feature in a critical scene.
Though the album plays at its best as a full
With Stick Face, the band’s first full-length album, the Orchard Keepers solidify their reputation as a
Watching this local three-piece band perform live, you gain a deeper appreciation for what the
its nearly eight-minute length, each layer adding
That’s clearly the band’s specialty, crafting
band to watch closely. I’ve heard about this band
Orchard Keepers have accomplished with Stick
elements to the mix, ebbing and flowing to create
songs which are cinematic in scope while main-
on a regular basis for quite some time, but that they
Face. By creating an album which sums up their
a song with real sonic depth. And though you
taining a deceptive level of audio complexity which
could capture their live sound perfectly on record,
sound and successfully draws upon their ample
could get caught in a loop of repeating that one
demands both repeated listens and for listeners to
with an album that instantly kicks into gear and pro-
talents live to form an unmatched double-punch,
song in particular, it really serves as an example of
seek the band out in a live setting. Pillars has me
vides listeners with ample material to ensure packed
they immediately set themselves apart from the
what the entire album brings to the table.
excited about the state of progressive instrumental
shows wherever they go, is certainly noteworthy.
rest of the local scene.
music in our city, and I hope to hear soon that they
The aforementioned “Crack Whore” opens
“Subtract / Submerge,” meanwhile, opens
Grab a copy of the album to familiarize yourself
gain the further national notice they deserve. Of
with the perfect hook: “Your mother is a crack
with what the Orchard Keepers bring to the local
upon each other almost in a round, before drums
Salt and Sea is an audacious album, start to finish,
whore, your father is a man of the law!”, melding
punk-rock table, then make sure to catch their next
come in to propel the song forward. And though
from artists who are ready to push their music to
the best Jack White-inspired vocal acrobatics
live performance. The two work in tandem, and you
the melodic structure seems simple, a repeated
audiences in innovative ways while in turn pushing
with straightforward punk rock. The song, which
won’t fully appreciate the band without capturing
four-measure stretch of ¾ time strings for the first
audiences to expand what they expect from a live
details the life of a woman who is seemingly a
their sound in an intimate venue while you still have
ninety seconds, it actually serves to lull you into
band, genre be damned.
victim of her circumstances (“Knocked up at 13,
that chance.
with lightly picked guitar strings that get layered
a trance before the band thunders in and takes
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yrus Youngman channeled a rare spirit on his debut disc with the Kingfishers, howling like a young Johnny Rotten fronting a ramshackle E Street Band. His album Trip To Try is one of the best Indy releases of 2017. While Trip To Try is technically Youngman’s first full-length as a tunesmith, the singer-songwriter has been plugging away for years. From a cross-country trek as an itinerant busker, to drumming with Indy rockers Full Monte, he’s had variety of projects. But Youngman seems to have truly found his voice on Trip To Try, both as a songwriter and singer. The sonic atmosphere of Trip To Try recalls an earlier vintage of rock and roll. There are echoes of Bowie and the Kinks during the album’s anthemic sing-along choruses. At heart, Youngman is a folkie, he wears his love for Bob Dylan on his sleeve. Lyrically speaking Trip To Try finds Youngman railing against a variety of inner and outer demons. The album’s title track is a highpoint, striking a note of hope in the turbulent era of Trump. On “Trip To Try” Youngman reminds us that victory can be found in the very act of stepping on the battlefield. “You can die on the cross for the whole universe, but you won’t stop your species from killing the Earth,” Youngman sings. Adding, “At the end of my life I just want to look back and say, ‘What a trip it was to try.’ “ Lookout for vinyl and CD pressings of Trip To Try coming soon to your favorite record emporium. KYLE: Busking has been a huge influence on your life and music making. What led from playing hardcore to busking with an acoustic guitar? CYRUS: I guess it was my junior year in high school that I picked up the acoustic guitar and began songwriting very seriously. I was very pensive during those days and music was a foundation I felt like I could build upon, where a lot of other things had kind of crumbled around me.
In college I met a guy named Josh Shoemaker, who I call Coyote. One summer we took a guitar, a banjo, an accordion, and a bunch of harmonicas and said, “Let’s try to make it out to the West Coast.” We left with $280 and played on different city streets ... That trip was important for me in a lot of ways. It showed me I could make money playing music, and that I’d be OK if I couldn’t get a job. KYLE: The music on your new album with the Kingfishers uses very full arrangements and seems very orchestrated. When did you decide you wanted to move away from that busking style of banging on a guitar to putting together this unique ensemble? CYRUS: I’ve always wanted to make music like the music you hear on the album. I think it goes back to listening to The Decemberists and these wonderful storytelling groups. During my senior year in high school I spent most of my time trying to record a full-length album, with lots of orchestration — you know cellos and accordions. But when I moved to Indianapolis I had a wonderful opportunity to join a band playing drums [Full Monte]. So I had to kind of put that on the back burner for a few years. KYLE: Your advance copy of Trip To Try had a note saying that the album represented everything you’ve ever wanted to say creatively. Can you explain what you meant by that? I know it’s an album very dense with lyrics, and you’re literally saying a lot of things on the record, but more generally what did that statement mean? CYRUS: I think that artists go through periods of mania, and there are certainly times where I have that, “I’ve done it!” moment. It fluctuates, but I do feel like I’ll listen to this album five years from now and still hear that truth. I think I’ve spoken my truth on this album. This is what I’d like to say to somebody if I was never going to have the chance to talk to them again. I’d like to just give them this record. N
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