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a quickening
So the temperature outside is in the range of what I consider cold. And the gray bleakness still pervades most days. And yes, snow is still falling a bit each day…. but there is something in the light. A slant that despite the temps, speaks of spring...
Posted: 2/9/2011 10:22 AM in Micromovements:
Freedom- Jonathan Franzen
I recently finished Freedom, the new Jonathan Franzen book, and I’m man enough to admit I choked up a bit at the end. There, I said it. I should point out, though, that after a thirty-plus-year, nearly spotless record of not choking-up, since becoming...
Posted: 2/9/2011 10:14 AM in Stacked
Pomegranates gets remixed by Pop Empire
Ok, I really think this is my favorite remix. At least my favorite remix I have heard in quite a while. And it features two of our favorite band in Cincinnati collaborating. Of course you know the Pomegrantes, and are probably familiar with their song...
Posted: 2/9/2011 9:48 AM in Each Note Secure
Glee Cast Touring This Summer Again
But Rachel, Finn and the “Glee” gang won’t be stopping in Cincinnati. The 13 cast members will sing in 16 cities — but you’ll have to go to Indianapolis or Cleveland to see them. The “Glee Live! In Concert!” tour starts Friday, May 21 at the Mandalay...
Posted: 2/9/2011 8:59 AM in TV and Media Blog
Pomegranates Vs. Pop Empire Remix
Cincinnati Electro/Indie Rock & Roll duo Pop Empire just performed a show in honor of the release of its debut full-length, The Devil’s Party, which came out on PE member Cameron Cochran’s just-launched all-digital, all-free imprint, The Recording Label....
Posted: 2/9/2011 1:00 AM in CityBeat Blogs - Music
Listen to New Twilight Singers Now
Spin magazine is currently streaming Dynamite Steps, the new album by local native Greg Dulli’s Twilight Singers, in its entirety. Dulli’s first album under the Twilight Singers banner in five years is officially released next week (Feb. 15).--- Eager...
Posted: 2/9/2011 1:00 AM in CityBeat Blogs - Music
Jean-Robert at Cincinnati Pops
This weekend is one that Jean-Robert de Cavel, with his cadre of helpers from the Midwest Culinary Institute, is serving dinner at Music Hall before the Pops concert . It’s served in “action stations” so you get to mix and mingle as you eat. The menu...
Posted: 2/8/2011 5:41 PM in Campbell’s Scoop
More Great Old Cincinnati Kids TV Photos
Wanted you to know that we just posted 18 old photos from Cincinnati children’s TV shows: Uncle Al, Mr. Hop, Skipper Ryle, Larry Smith’s Puppets, Captain Glenn’s Bandwagon and others. Here’s a link to the gallery. My favorite: Uncle Al in 1958 with a...
Posted: 2/8/2011 5:26 PM in TV and Media Blog
In 50 years, people will be talking about Google the way we talk about the East India Company.
Now that journalist, blogger and “cultural critic” (whatever that is) Heather Havrilesky, has left Salon to write for a “iPad-only” publication, I’m enraged. Fortunately, she has written a book, a memoir, actually, available in paper, the subject of a...
Posted: 2/8/2011 5:02 PM in Stacked
Arthur’s opens tomorrow
Arthur’s in Hyde Park will reopen 11 a.m. Wednesday after being closed for three weeks due to a fire. The Jan. 18 fire, which originated in the furnace unit, caused $100,000 worth of damage. While being closed for cleanup, the owners updated wiring and...
Posted: 2/8/2011 4:52 PM in Campbell’s Scoop
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