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UPFRONT THE PROBLEM WITH ‘BLOCKLAND’ ONE EMERGENT PROBLEM FOR the vast array of Cleveland leaders now promoting blockchain evangelism as part of the so-called Blockland initiative — a sweeping plan to make Cleveland the national epicenter for all things blockchain — is the apparent impossibility of explaining what blockchain is in layman’s terms and, more importantly, of defi ning its value for locals. Last week, nearly 200 people gathered for a Blockland meeting at the Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association on East Ninth. Chairs and co-chairs from the 10 Blockland “nodes” provided updates on their efforts, most of which, other than percolating plans for the rapidly approaching Solutions Conference and lofty goals for the development of a blockchain campus, consisted of committee meeting reports and subcommittee chairmanship announcements and the like. There are close to 800 people involved in the effort, this estimate courtesy of car-salesman-slashBlockland-progenitor Bernie Moreno, and despite a fair bit of mumbo jumbo, it was clear that elbow grease had been applied by several of them for the planning of the inaugural Solutions Conference. That’ll arrive at the Huntington Convention Center on Dec. 1, and if people show up, it should be an interesting and productive few days. Among the more innovative ideas proposed were “BlockStudy” sessions, at which panels of experts and attendees will discuss how to solve specific problems with blockchain technology. But during a brief Q&A session, a local barber named Waverly Willis stood up from the front row of the auditorium to ask how “average ordinary blue-collar” guys like him could support the movement and build blockchain capacity in the region. This was a good and pointed question, and it cut directly to one of the most important considerations of the Blockland initiative, and of other economic development strategies now being discussed: Who are they for? And who will benefit from them? Willis’ question was gentle — how can ordinary people support Blockland? — but it was impossible
not to consider its corollary: Why should they? Steven Santamaria, co-chair of the Blockland Thought Leadership node alongside Destination Cleveland’s David Gilbert and Citymark Capital’s Dan Walsh, said that Willis and other smallbusiness owners could help by preaching blockchain’s gospel. “We ask that you look at this technology and understand it and learn what you can and embrace it, and then spread the word,” Santamaria said. “If you think back 30 years ago, before the fi rst iPhone came out, we were telling you that, hey, there’s a thing
coming out that you’re gonna make all your phone calls on and play games with and hold in your hand, you would’ve laughed. But now everybody has one. Blockchain is a similar type of revolution. It’s going to impact you across broad swaths of your life. As you talk to your network, explain: This is the future ... In 10 years, everything’s going to be blockchain.” But what on earth does that mean? As we talk to our networks, what do we say when they ask us what a world where “everything is blockchain” looks like? For that matter, what the hell is blockchain? What are the tangible
products associated with it? This sure doesn’t sound like computers or cell phones, or autonomous vehicles or the Hyperloop, which are not cutting-edge technologies themselves, but cutting-edge applications of them. As a technological genre or platform, all this blockchain stuff can get pretty abstract in a hurry. You may have heard that blockchain is a “decentralized ledger,” not that that clears up anything. On the official Blockland website, blockchain is described as a “distributed ledger technology secured by cryptography, used to maintain a continuously growing
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that it’s quickly losing meaning.â€? The ďŹ rst blockchain was the one that undergirded the cryptocurrency Bitcoin. From Jeffries, it “consists of a digital ledger that records all transactions from the beginning of time to the present. Copies of the ledger are not stored in a central place; instead, they are kept by superusers called ‘nodes.’ Some of these nodes, called ‘miners,’ batch transactions and add them to the ledger in ‘blocks,’ cryptographically linking each block to all the previous blocks.â€? Other blockchains now undergird “other distributed ecosystems.â€? They are presumed to involve hordes of coders and super-users and will, if you ask local leaders, revolutionize the internet by helping citizens trust contracts. (Citizens refers ďŹ rst and foremost to “corporate citizens,â€? the ominous oxymoron uttered twice at last week’s meeting.) Moreover, we are told, the possibilities for the civic and social justice applications of blockchain are endless. It’s a revolutionary technology after all. That it may be. But good luck taking “distributed ecosystemsâ€? on a regional barber shop road show and expecting Clevelanders with limited internet access to start singing Blockland’s praises. At the meeting, the nodal chairs were throwing out ideas that clouded, rather than speciďŹ ed, the technology’s potential impact. If blockchain is everything, then it is nothing. Ronn Richard, the president of the Cleveland Foundation and co-chair of the Philanthropy node, said that blockchain would be huge in the art world. Art collectors tend to be scrupulous about the provenance of the pieces they purchase, he said, and blockchain could help trace and validate a given piece of art’s ownership history. Later, during the Q & A, Richard cited, at Bernie Moreno’s urging, violence in Cleveland. He said that young men are often reluctant to call in tips because of their distrust in the police. But a blockchain-supported anonymous tip line — that might be the answer. It’s true that blockchain startups with wildly divergent products and aims are sprouting up all over the world. I have landed, for example, on the mailing list of Dentacoin, a blockchain company based in the Netherlands that appears to be harnessing blockchain’s power to validate online dental reviews. It’s also true that positioning Cleveland as a blockchain hub to
attract companies of this sort may be a viable business development strategy. Charlie Lougheed, of Explorys and the Unify Project, said that “digital authentication” is the area with the most market potential. That could mean authenticating contracts for law firms, hospitals or financial institutions; or even, as MetroHealth’s Akram Boutros suggested, authenticating vital documents. Meetings have been underway, he said, to make Cuyahoga County the first county in the nation to support (or store?) birth certificates and death certificates with blockchain. There may be an announcement on that front coming soon. But again, this particular version of blockchain — the private kind favored by financial institutions — may “just be a confusing name for ‘shared database,’” according to Princeton professor Arvind Narayanan. Confusion about blockchain, at any rate, certainly seems as tall a hurdle as criticism, which Bernie Moreno cited as Blockland’s biggest roadblock last week. “Naysayers,” Moreno said at a Greater Cleveland Partnership event. “Being honest, that’s the
biggest impediment.” But anything short of ironclad support should not be construed as “naysaying.” And Blockland’s leaders would do well to bear in mind that their initiative may fail to animate the hearts and minds of “average ordinary blue-collar” Clevelanders for legitimate reasons. Here are two. 1. This tech stuff is just way over most of our heads. 2. Even if we do manage to get a handle on it, blockchain doesn’t seem (for now) to have the practical applications everyone keeps saying it will, at least not in ways that we’ll be able to personally interact with. It all seems kind of back-endy. Even Bitcoin, blockchain’s marquee thing, doesn’t typically figure into the lives of people without home internet access, or people without the disposable income to speculate in new and volatile financial markets. Here’s a bonus reason: Blockchain, like the tech world generally, is overwhelmingly a sandbox for white dudes. Take a look at the keynote speakers for the Solutions Conference. All seven are men. Six are clearly white. Of the Blockland nodal chairs, six out of 20 of whom are women, only one
is African-American: the Calfee, Halter & Griswold attorney Teresa Metcalf Beasley. (Bernie Moreno later said that KeyBank VP Don Graves, who had been appointed as a co-chair, and Dr. Akram Boutros, were also African-American.) During the Q & A, Ronn Richard responded to a comment about diversity and inclusion by saying there was “better diversity” at the Blockland meetings than in any other setting he’d experienced in his 15 years of Cleveland philanthropy. But if leaders are serious about everyday Clevelanders learning and embracing blockchain technology in order to evangelize on its behalf, they (the leaders) must seriously study and reckon with the technology’s potential effects on poor and working people, which should specifically include black and brown people. It’s possible, for example, that Blockland may be harmful for “average, ordinary, blue-collar” Clevelanders. The most realistic applications of the tech seem to be business-facing, and have been promoted on the basis of their efficiency. This, despite the fact that the most serious and enduring complaint about blockchain
relates to its inefficiency. In fact, inefficiency is sort of baked into it; it’s the one attribute sacrificed for things like security and decentralization. Take a look at this conversation in Crain’s from March, before the first local Blockland meeting and before Jon Pinney’s June City Club speech that kicked a lot of these conversations into a sustained high gear. It’s a sponsored article — that is, a paid advertisement — from Benesch, the region’s thirdlargest law firm, which incidentally employs only five minority partners of its total 82. Benesch attorneys Sean T. Peppard and Michael D. Stovsky were speaking about blockchain to promote their firm’s engagement with related issues. Their take was that blockchain’s applications in the business world had a lot to do with contracts. “Imagine a manufacturing company that wants to use 3-D printing vendors all over the world to manufacture thousands of highly engineered parts for it,” said Stovsky. “Rather than the inefficiency of having face-toface negotiations with hundreds or thousands of vendors, the parties can agree in an electronic
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its own capital expenditures by farming out manufacturing to 3-D and 4-D printers all over the world,â€? he said. “These are companies that can manufacture precision parts to spec better, faster and cheaper — all while maintaining the integrity of the contracting process and the intellectual property rights of the company in the speciďŹ cations and other materials provided to the vendors.â€? This is a hypothetical paragraph, but it sounds like some Cleveland employees may be out of work in the scenario it envisions.
And if one of blockchain’s applications will be to make outsourcing local labor even easier and cheaper than it already is, that’s a step in the wrong direction for the region’s economy. Average ordinary blue-collar Clevelanders aren’t unique in the respect that tangible items are much easier for them to understand than abstract ideas. Leaders, too, are hampered by this inclination. That’s one reason why they intend to build (or redesign) an ~$150-million, 300,000-squarefoot tech hub to incubate blockchain companies, though
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they don’t yet have any blockchain companies to incubate. Folks, this is outrageous. Many of these leaders clearly don’t know blockchain from LeBron James, but boy can they ever get behind a building. The physical hub, or campus, is a key component of Blockland, and it’s the most potentially harmful. (Though it’s superuous to state, its harm, as I see it, corresponds with its expense). First of all, building a blockchain campus goes against very speciďŹ c advice delivered to local leaders earlier this year. Consultant and “startup whispererâ€? Chris Heivley, in his TechStars talk in March, disparaged placemaking in a list of  awed strategies that cities pursue in their attempts to build an innovation economy. “Let’s build an innovation center!â€? Heivley mocked in that talk. “Who’s been to one of those? It’s usually in some park outside of town that no one ever goes to. Place does not make — we call this the Field of Dreams strategy. If you build it they will come ... but they don’t.â€? (You’re invited to take a close look at the Global Center for Health Innovation for slam-dunk local corroboration. It’s honestly baf ing that anyone can take a blockchain campus seriously while the Global Center squats downtown, after years of existential crisis and restructuring, with ample available space.) Nevertheless, a brand-new or redesigned campus is what’s evidently in the works. Jon Pinney provided the update at Tuesday’s meeting. He cochairs the Blockland Place node, alongside Teresa Metcalf Beasley. Pinney said that they had hired an architect (Vocon) and had narrowed down potential sites to three, which may or may not include Tower City. Pinney said that he’d be “going darkâ€? for a few months to hammer out the negotiations and said he planned to make an announcement at the Solutions Conference. As was reported after the last meeting, the campus is envisioned as having startup desks, showers, apartments and event spaces, in the style of similar incubators in Paris and Chicago. Tuesday, it was revealed that a K-8 school, dubbed “Genesis,â€? is now also in the works. Pinney said that some of the items — treadmill desks, presumably — are just on the “wish list.â€?
When asked during the Q & A where the money for all this was coming from, Pinney reminded the audience that he and his cochair, not to mention the Greater Cleveland Partnership and the other nodal chairs, were all familiar with the sort of subsidies available for major development projects in Cleveland. (No kidding!) He referenced tax credits (both new market and historic), Tax Increment Financing, “to the extent that it’s available,â€? the Opportunity Zone incentive, which will allow investors to forego capital gains taxes on investments in so-called ‘high-poverty areas’, and funding from investors. “We’ve built a preliminary capital stack,â€? Pinney said, “and we’re in the early stages, but we feel really good about where we stand. In terms of feasibility, I would not be allocating this many resources unless I truly believed it was feasible. Stay tuned. I promise you we can make it pencil.â€? Well, one of the ways they can “make it pencilâ€? is by snatching every last available incentive they can get their hands on, and even dreaming up new incentives if the existing ones don’t prove sufďŹ ciently enticing. Remember, these are
experts, and they’re familiar with the pliability of the elected ofďŹ cials they control. Ever since nuCLEus broached the subject of a full TIF, that arrangement should be considered permanently on the table. Up until nuCLEus, Cleveland mayor Frank Jackson had been uncompromising in his stance that TIF exemptions, which allow developers to pay off construction debt with their taxes on a given site’s increased value, only apply to non-school property taxes. He didn’t want Cleveland schools to get short-changed. But nuCLEus got creative, and it’s a good bet these leaders will try their hand at something along those lines. Akram Boutros, “Political Environmentâ€? co-chair, also said that the Blockland team had met with Ohio governor John Kasich’s full cabinet, and that the cabinet was supportive. For all we know, they’re cooking up a specialized piece of legislation that will give investors automatic rebates or discounts on investments made in, for example, “transformational innovation hubs.â€? (A similar 10 percent automatic discount was cooked up by the nuCLEus ďŹ nancial advisor and promptly written into
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law.) Moreno has said that the Blockland campus will not entail a “big public askâ€? ďŹ nancially, but it’s worth noting that these various tax incentives, taken together, amount to an enormous public subsidy and will have to be closely monitored. — Sam Allard
‘Old and Not Smart Leaders’ and Other Weaknesses of Cleveland’s Civic Culture Friday, the City Club hosted a “deep-dive� discussion about the Two Tomorrows report, an economic development report published earlier this year by the Fund for Our Economic Future. The report advised that the region could choose to be extraordinary, as opposed to just average, and recommended that job creation, job preparation and job access be prioritized in regional economic development. It also centered systemic racial exclusion in its prognosis, the only such report to do so. The morning session was a prelude to the Friday forum, which tackled economic development issues more broadly. It was billed as a follow-up to lawyer Jon Pinney’s “Dead Last� speech in June.
City Club CEO Dan Moulthrop posed a series of questions to roughly 80 participants, the majority of whom (57 percent) were female and under the age of 44. About a quarter of the respondents identiďŹ ed as African-American. On a live-polling and chat software, attendees were asked to suggest answers to Moulthrop’s questions and vote on their favorites. The 11 answers below were the responses receiving the most votes for the question: “What’s the most signiďŹ cant weakness of our civic culture?â€? Virtually all of them were about poor leadership. 1. Lack of collaborative, inclusive leadership. 2. Old Boys Club. 3. It’s an insiders’ club. 4. Lack of power in diverse communities. 5. Old and not smart leaders. 6. Lack of inclusion. 7. Lack of change in leadership. 8. Leaders won’t step aside and let new voices take the role. 9. Silos and territorialism.
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FEATURE MAKING NICKELS AND DIMES COUNT Enjoying Cleveland on a college student’s cheapskate budget By Sarah Parr FROM TUITION TO BOOKS TO all the tangential expenses of college, most times there’s little left in the ol’ bank account for fun. But, lucky for us students, plenty of businesses know that and are eager to help us get the most out of living and learning in Cleveland. There are lots of discounts and cheap things for college students to do to keep themelves out of (or maybe help them get into some) trouble. But I know what you’re thinking. “I don’t have a car, I’m not spending $100 on rideshares every few weeks and there is no way in hell I’m walking 20 miles or crossing a dangerous highway.” Good thing the Greater Cleveland RTA has got you covered. RTA U-Passes are actual game changers, and there’s a good chance your college gives you access to one of these semesterly reduced-price RTA passes. Free shuttles also frequent University Circle, and even go up to Coventry Village. While in University Circle, you should take advantage of all the heavily discounted experiences and museums at your fi ngertips, because there’s nothing wrong with getting schooled outside of the classroom. The Cleveland Museum of Art is free for all, and the Museum of Contemporary Art’s admission rate for students is just $5, and on the fi rst Saturday of each month, admission is free for everyone. And even though the Cleveland Orchestra is one of the best in the world, it understands the importance of involving young people in classical music. It offers the Student Advantage Program ($15 per ticket plus exclusive invitations to master classes and open rehearsals) as well as the Frequent Fan Card, which levies a one-time fee of $50 to attend as many performances as you want during a season. For the outdoors lover in all of us, spending time at Wade Lagoon and in the Cultural Gardens is a must. Lush plants, exciting wildlife, beautiful fountains and more gorgeous sights await your gaze — all for the low price of nothing.
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When in Coventry Village, you can shop for amazing deals even if student discounts technically aren’t offered. You literally never know what’s in store at Avalon Exchange consignment shop. Not only are prices amazing, but you can make some decent money by selling what you don’t use anymore. Mac’s BacksBooks is basically the same deal for anyone who geeks out over used books. And for a variety of concerts with hit-or-miss affordability, look no further than the Grog Shop. It sometimes hosts artists who charge as little as $5 per ticket. Finding affordable food and drink when having a night out on the town is not the simplest task. But our Happy Hour Guide from earlier this summer is defi nitely the place to start when looking for some of the best deals in Cleveland, whether you want $1 drafts or cheap appetizers that can make a satisfying meal. There are also countless restaurants in our city
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that offer great buffets for $10 or less, so never hesitate to do some research for those. They exist, and not all buffets are disgusting. A favorite westside destination, Tremont is full of young adults and establishments that swing well into the a.m. hours most nights. Barrio offers cheap tacos, Edison’s and Crust offer massive slices of amazing pizza for budget prices, and most every joint offers a happy hour special, on drinks and food, that will keep you living happily but within your means. For entertaining pastimes from movies to live shows, you don’t have to break the bank, either. Cedar Lee Theatre offers $8.75 studentdiscount movie tickets during evening screenings, and tickets are only $5 for everyone all day Monday. Up the same street, Dobama Theatre usually runs a couple special ticket deals per production, including a discounted preview performance and a pay-as-you-can night. Student
rush tickets are also only $10. And Great Lakes Theater offers $13 tickets to students for most productions each season, while its counterpart in Playhouse Square, Cleveland Play House, offers student tickets starting at $15. Broadway quality for a fraction of the price? Yes, please. Always check with your school to see if they have any connections that get you even better discounts, but you should now have a general idea of how affordable it is to stay cool, classy and cultured in Cleveland. And, of course, depending on the time of year your break is, Cleveland hosts some pretty badass free events, performances and festivals, so keep up with our blog to see what’s going down every week.
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defaulted on their student loans. It’s pressure felt particularly hard by millennials. Studies have shown that college debt is making the generation less entrepreneurial, with the percentage of people under 30 who own their own businesses falling 65 percent since the 1980s. It’s no wonder homeownership and childbearing rates have plummeted among millennials as well. The crushing debt is affecting other aspects of our lives, too, with 1 in 8 divorcees blaming student loan
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FEATURE debt for the end of their marriage, according to a report from Student Loan Hero. The whole situation has led to an entire recent genre of Kafka-esque essays, like “I’ve paid $18,000 to a $24,000 student loan, & I still owe $24,000â€? in Bustle and The Wall Street Journal’s saga of Mike Meru, a Utah dentist whose college debt is more than $1 million and grows by $150 a day. So how can you take out student loans and not get totally fucked? There are a few key things to look out for. Each year, ďŹ ll out a Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) form. This is the ďŹ rst step in qualifying for federal loans, so make sure you ďŹ ll it out ahead of the deadline. There are also ďŹ nancial aid options that don’t involve taking on loans — many colleges and other organizations offer scholarships, and many colleges have grant-based ďŹ nancial aid for ďŹ rst-generation students. Aid is also available for people who serve in the military or in AmeriCorps. More information is
available at studentaid.ed.gov. It should go without saying, but make sure you read the ďŹ ne print in your loans. Some loans have variable interest rates, which means they can uctuate with the market, and student loan companies have been known to quietly change the rate without telling borrowers. Make sure you pay attention to interest rates: The amount you pay
expected, but again, look out — your loans are still accruing interest during this time. The grace period just means you won’t be ďŹ ned for not making your payments. Again, if you can start making payments now, do it. Another way to extend the grace period is to continue your education by going to graduate school — this will delay your payments until you
And if you take out student loans, know that you’re making a deal for life. Collectors can garnish your wages, tax returns, Social Security and more. It’s a bond that outlasts even death. is applied to paying off the interest before it touches the principal balance. If you miss a payment, you get ďŹ ned, and that ďŹ ne and the unpaid interest gets compounded with your next payment. Things can get out of control if you don’t stay on top of those payments. Also note that interest accrues while you’re in school — so if you can start marking payments, do it. After graduation, most student loan borrowers are given a six-month grace period before payments are
graduate again. Do so at your own peril. The government allows for even easier borrowing for grad school, and your total costs will only balloon even higher during this time. If you can swing it, it’s better to ďŹ nd an employer who might help pay for graduate school. And if you take out student loans, know that you’re making a deal for life. Collectors can garnish your wages, tax returns, Social Security and more. It’s a bond that outlasts even death: Depending on the terms
of the loan, your parents or spouse could be on the hook to assume your debt. Even bankruptcy cannot wipe out student loan debt. Some experts have warned that the ballooning student debt could be the next ďŹ nancial crisis, likening it to the housing market before the ďŹ nancial crash of a decade ago. In recent years, there has been much talk about what to do about it, with ideas oated that involve student-loan forgiveness and free college. (Navient, the country’s largest student loan servicer, is facing several lawsuits accusing the company of misleading borrowers, among other things.) In the meantime, some employers like Carhartt are offering nominal loan repayment programs as a perk of employment, and there’s even a new game show, Paid Off, which — you guessed it — offers winners cash to pay off their student debt. Sure, statistically speaking, those who have a college degree are projected to earn more over their lifetime than those who do not, and most college students in the U.S. do manage to pay off their loans. Still, it’s worth asking — is it even worth it?
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THE COLLEGE STAYCATION Staying on campus over a school break? It doesn’t have to suck By Sarah Parr CAN’T SPEND SPRING BREAK IN Florida because you got called for Cleveland jury duty like I did? Whatever the case may be, you’re going to spend a school break on campus. Which isn’t a bad thing, because when classes end, your falling in love with Cleveland can truly begin. Lake Erie may not be a light blue ocean whose waves stroke infinite beaches of fine sand, but it’s a damn fine local alternative. One of the Cleveland script signs resides in Edgewater Park, and with picnic tables and grills, it’s a great spot to potluck with friends, play outdoor games, hit the beach and, of course, get burnt as all hell. If the wholesome nature found in Cleveland Metroparks isn’t your scene but you appreciate a boardwalk with a beautiful view of the Cuyahoga River and great eateries, spend a day in the Flats. Grab some drinking buddies and get on a booze cruise, bring some fancy foodies to try some oysters at Alley Cat, or enjoy both local and big-name musicians at Big Bang Dueling Pianos Bar, Music Box Supper Club and Jacobs Pavilion at Nautica. If food is what revs you up, Cleveland’s Little Italy is home to the area’s most authentic Italian food and some of the most historic establishments in the Cleveland food scene. Conduct an informal taste test of Presti’s and Corbo’s bakeries and decide which reigns supreme, treat yourself to dinner at classic restaurants like Guarino’s, Maxi’s or La Dolce Vita. After your splendid meal, visit art galleries and quaint shops and maybe even experience one of Little Italy’s frequent festivals. Also spend some quality time at the special markets Cleveland has to offer, including Galluci’s Italian Food Market, Park to Shop in Asia Town’s Asia Plaza and the famous West Side Market. Without wasting all that time on essays, problem sets and studying, there’s finally time to conduct some experiments in the kitchen. Hit up the venerable West Side Market, Saucisson or Ohio City Provisions
and get busy in the kitchen. For those with a sweet tooth and nothing else, there’s no shortage of candy and ice cream shops in Cleveland. Mitchell’s Homemade Ice Cream’s flagship store in Ohio City levels up. Not only does the store have two floors and all the ice cream flavors you could want, but it also showcases how the classic ice cream is made. Malley’s Chocolates also sweeten any excursion from the east side to the west side. The chain’s pastel pink color scheme brings you back to childhood. And the Alice in Wonderland theme that pervades the Lakewood store enhances your chocolate-savoring and ice creameating experience after a long day of bowling and live performances at Mahall’s. Meantime, Piccadilly Creamery, the slowly expanding ice cream store chain, is all about the experience. The shop is known for its whimsical energy, supply of board games and its unique, organic ice cream flavors frozen by liquid nitrogen to order, right in front of your eyes. Still, lots of Clevelanders claim that Sweet Moses Soda Fountain & Treat Shop in Gordon Square makes the best ice cream in all of Ohio. Whether you agree with that or not, its old-fashioned homemade ice cream, authentic Bastion-Blessings soda fountain and overall aesthetic make it an iconic destination sure to throw you back to “the day.” The Gordon Square Arts District itself is a thrilling place to visit, as you can play at a pinball parlor, gorge on donuts infused with craft beer, visit a record store and see plays at Blank Canvas Theatre, Near West Theatre or Cleveland Public Theatre, as well as admire art galleries at 78th Street Studios. But if you could only visit one place while on a break, Downtown Cleveland is it. With the arcades, East Fourth Street, Playhouse Square and more, shops, entertainment and restaurants galore await you. If you feel like blowing some of the money you don’t have in a swanky setting, Tower City’s Jack Casino allows you
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FEATURE HOW TO NAVIGATE SEXUAL CONSENT By Jerilyn Jordan
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SOMETIMES, ESPECIALLY WHEN you’re young, it can be hard to tell if rape is rape, and I have typed, “Was I raped if…” into Google on more than one occasion. I went to Google because, for me, it didn’t look like how I thought rape looked. It wasn’t a stranger in a bar. It was a friend in one case, and significant others the other times. As for consent, I said “no,” I said that I wasn’t ready, and in one case, said nothing at all. Having lost my virginity through rape, despite explicitly communicating that his advances were unwelcome, the idea of healthy and honorable consent seemed to me, for a long time, akin to a unicorn. Since my assaults, though, there has been an increase in the number of proactive and educational efforts spotlighting the importance of consent and how to navigate communication during sexual encounters. Most notably, there’s been the rise of the #MeToo movement, which has been a vital force in
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providing visibility for victims. The reality is consent is mandatory, and sex without it is rape. And no one understands consent better than those who have been raped. Let’s change that. SO, WHAT IS CONSENT? Silence is never consent. Ever. Consent is all about communication. It is clearly — and enthusiastically — expressed agreement to participate in sexual activity, and must be given without pressure or coercion. And consent to one activity does not mean “yes” to everything. All parties must feel that they can express their approval without fear of repercussions. WHAT DOES CONSENT SOUND LIKE? Giving consent means making it clear that you are freely and happily agreeing to the activity. Always ask before initiating, moving forward, or changing pace or activity.
It doesn’t have to be hard. You can say: “Do you like that?� “Do you want me to ___?� “Is this okay?� “Are you open to that?� “Does that feel good?� “I’d like to do ___. Do you?� “What do you want to do next?� In terms of giving consent, you can say: “Yes!� “I like that.� “Let’s keep going.� “Let’s try that.� “I’m open to that.� Alternatively, there are ways to decline: “I don’t like that.� “I’m not into that.� “I’m not ready for that.� “I don’t feel like it today.� “I like you, but I don’t want to do that right now.� “I’ll only do that if we use a condom.� “How about we do ___ instead?� If you say “no� or “stop� and your partner continues, that is sexual assault.
reconnecting with your partner with clear communication in regard to each others’ needs or wants throughout the sexual encounter. Both partners should “check in� before moving on to another sexual activity. In addition to verbal consent, which is the clearest form of communication, you should be mindful of physical signs, body language, and other nonverbal cues to gauge whether or not the experience is consensual and that your partner is comfortable. Next day check-ins are also great ways to facilitate communication around consent. CAN CONSENT BE REVOKED? Absolutely, 100-percent yes. People are allowed to change their minds at any point, for any reason, during a sexual encounter. If you do not want to do something, if you are not ready to do something, or you no longer want to participate in the activity, you have the right to revoke your consent and for that revocation to be heard and respected. Consent applies to all sexual relationships. WHAT ABOUT CONSENT WITH MY BOYFRIEND/GIRLFRIEND/ SPOUSE? Romantic or sexual involvement is
WHAT IS CHECKING IN AND SHOULD I DO IT? Checking in is the act of
never permission to have unwanted sex. Rape is not limited to one-nightstands, hookups, or casual dating. In fact, 29 percent of all sexual assaults of adult women were perpetrated by a husband or lover. Having frequent sex, or sharing a home or even a last name are not license to negate consent. “Noâ€? still means “no.â€? WHAT IF DRUGS/ALCOHOL ARE INVOLVED? Sex under the inuence of alcohol is not automatically non-consensual, but substances make it difďŹ cult to understand if you have been given consent or if you yourself have given it. If someone is not capable of communicating their needs, you should not proceed with sexual activity, even if consent was given when sober. Ask yourself: Can this person communicate clearly? Are they coherent? Are they sober enough to know fully what is going on? If you answered no or have any doubt that the answer is a no, then you should assume that the other person is too drunk to consent to sex. Outside of the sexual experiences themselves, a lot can be done in helping move the conversation of consent into the spotlight. First, normalizing consent with your
peers and partners is key. There’s a social pressure to appear to be “down for anything� and that to talk about sex in the moment is considered a “mood killer.� The stigma against consent only further perpetuates dangerous rapeculture norms that silence victims, survivors, and anyone seeking a healthy sexual experience. Secondly, look out for one another. Though you may understand consent, the likelihood that you will have to educate a friend or date about what constitutes consensual sexual activity is high. Lastly, put an end to victim blaming. It is never the victim’s fault and if you are the victim, then know that it is not your fault. Though it has taken years for me to understand, I now know that it wasn’t my fault, either.
If you are a victim of sexual assault or want more information on sexual assault, you can contact the Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network at 1-800-656-4673; rainn. org.
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Accidental Comedy Fest VII What began as a bunch of comedians telling jokes under a bridge is now entering it’s seventh year. The Accidental Comedy Fest returns this week, bringing together some of the country’s most popular performers with the absolute best of Cleveland’s talent for an affordable, five-day festival at Hilarities. Returning is Doug Benson’s Doug Loves Movies podcast; plus the raunchy and popular Cum Town podcast, from Nick Mullen, Stavros Halkias and Adam Friedlan, is also making an appearance. National acts like Ramon Rivas II, Liza Treyger, Clayton English, Joyelle Johnson and Sean Patton will perform. Local acts include Mike Polk Jr., Bill Squire, Juanda Mayfield, Joshua Morrow, John Bruton, Cody Cooper, Jimmie Graham, Martin Malloy and Mary Santora. The festival starts today and continues through Sunday. For ticket information, visit the Hilarities website. (BJ Colangelo) 2035 East Fourth St., 216-241-7425, pickwickandfrolic.com. SPORTS
Indians vs. Minnesota Twins When the Minnesota Twins came to town last month, they took two of three games from the Tribe and had no trouble hitting Indians’ pitchers. Since that time, many of the Twins players have been traded, and the team is a shadow of its former self. Expect the Indians to have their way with what’s essentially a Triple-A team tonight at Progressive Field. Part of a three-game series, the game begins at 7:10 p.m. The two teams face off again tomorrow at 1:10 p.m. Tickets start at $15. (Jeff Niesel) 2401 Ontario St., 216-420-4487, clevelandindians.com. ART
Love Story Love Story, a video installation by artist Candice Breitz, aims to explore the “mechanics of identification and the conditions under which empathy is produced.” Based on the personal narratives of six individuals who have fled their countries in response to a range of oppressive conditions, this
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piece of performance art examines the global scale of the so-called “refugee crisis” by presenting interviews with the six participants in the countries where they are seeking or have been granted asylum. Exhibit hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. today through Sunday at the Helen Rosenfeld Lewis Bialosky Lab Theatre. Admission is free. (Niesel) 1407 Euclid Ave, 216-241-6000, playhousesquare.org. MUSIC
M.A.K.U. Soundsystem Earlier this summer, the Cleveland Museum of Art and Front International announced the schedule for City Stages, CMA’s summer concert series. Tonight’s concert takes place at the PNC Glenville Arts Campus at East 105th Street and Wade Park. It features the Colombian groove band M.A.K.U. Soundsystem. The concert starts at 7:30 p.m.; admission is free. (Niesel) clevelandart.org. MUSIC
MJ B-Day Celebration Today would have been Michael Jackson’s 60th birthday, and the Rock Hall will celebrate with a
big party. DJ HazMatt and the 93.1 WZAK crew will be on hand, and there will be live dance crew performances and crowd tutorials, costume contests, a Zombie Transformation Station, Jacksoninspired live art installations, giveaways and trivia contests. The free event takes place from 6 to 9 p.m. Come up with the price of Rock Hall general admission ($23) and tour the MJ exhibit, view some Jackson 5 artifacts, and see the Thriller Album Spotlight in the Foster Theater. Details are on the website. (Niesel) 1100 Rock and Roll Blvd., 216-515-8444, rockhall.com. FOOD
Walnut Wednesday Walnut Wednesday is one of summer’s great traditions. Today it continues, from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at Perk Plaza at Chester Commons — at East 12th and Walnut streets — as food trucks gather to serve up lunch to area residents and employees. Today’s roundup includes Zydeco Bistro, Touch Supper Club, Krav Food Truck, DonutLabCleveland and plenty more. Check out the Downtown Cleveland Alliance website for weekly updates on vendors,
entertainment offerings and more. The series continues through Sept. 26. Admission is free, but the food will cost you. (Niesel) downtowncleveland.com.
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Charles J. Koutnik Book Signing Charles J. Koutnik, a Maple Heights native who now resides in Virginia, is an accomplished photographer and educator. He recently made his debut with Nite’s Passage, a work of historical fiction that follows a young soldier through the end of the American Civil War, Appomattox and his eventual journey north to Ohio, all the while facing pervasive prejudice and bigotry. The book references the American Civil War, railroads, baseball, social issues and philosophy. Tonight’s reading and signing takes place at 7 at Visible Voice Books. Admission is free. (Niesel) 2258 Professor Ave., 216-961-0084, visiblevoicebooks.com. FILM
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GET OUT Letter, an adaptation of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s literary classic about adultery and intolerance in 17thcentury Salem, centers on the exploits of one Hester Prynne (Lillian Gish), the Puritan woman who falls for her pastor (Swedish actor Lars Hanson). New Englandbased silent fi lm accompanist Jeff Rapsis will provide live keyboard accompaniment at this special screening of a rare 35-mm print of the movie. It all goes down tonight at 7 at the Cleveland Institute of Art Cinematheque. Tickets are $15 or $12 for Cinematheque members and students. (Niesel) 11610 Euclid Ave., 216-421-7450, cia.edu.
p.m. to midnight, and the fun runs through Monday. (Niesel) 19201 East Bagley Rd., Middleburg Heights, 440-243-0090, clevelandoktoberfest.com. SPORTS
Indians vs. Tampa Bay Rays If it weren’t for the fact that they happen to play in one of baseball’s
7:10 tonight at Progressive Field. Tickets start at $15. (Niesel) 2401 Ontario St., 216-420-4487, clevelandindians.com.
Animals, Badfi nger, the Hollies, and the Beatles) will perform. Admission is free. (Niesel) 25333 Cedar Rd., Lyndhurst, 216-382-3871, legacy-village.com.
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Legacy Live One of Northeast Ohio’s most popular free concert series, Legacy Live has become a tradition that families and couples look forward
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Star Wars: A New Hope In Concert, Live Vinay Parameswaran conducts the Cleveland Orchestra as it plays the John Williams’ score to Star Wars: A New Hope while the movie shows on a big screen. The concert begins at 8:30 tonight, and performances also take place at the same time tomorrow and Sunday at Blossom. Weather permitting, fi reworks will follow the performance. Check the Cleveland Orchestra website for information regarding tickets and parking passes. (Niesel) 1145 West Steels Corners Rd., Cuyahoga Falls, 216-231-1111, clevelandorchestra.com.
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ALL SUMMER LONG 9/1-3 Labor Day Weekend Live music including US Navy Band, our last “Summer Hours” Saturday, plus great views of the Cleveland National Air Show!
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Summerdance 2018 The preeminent end-of-summer jam returns to Nelson Ledges Quarry Park this weekend, with Lotus holding down tomorrow, Saturday and Sunday night headlining slots. The rest of the lineup is fleshed out with the likes of Pigeons Playing Ping Pong, Broccoli Samurai, Luke the Knife and the Magic Beans. And that’s just the musical offerings. It’s Labor Day weekend, and the season’s quiet slumber is upon us. Summerdance is the only spot to celebrate the day in all its glory. Can’t we live while we’re young?! Ticket prices vary by day. Consult the website for more info. (Eric Sandy) 12001 State Route 282, Garrettsville, 440-548-2716, nlqp.com.
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Cleveland Oktoberfest It’s a tradition in these parts to celebrate Oktoberfest over Labor Day weekend. The annual fest, which takes place at the Cuyahoga County Fairgrounds, features German food, beer and music over the course of the long weekend. A variety of musical acts will perform too. E5C4P3 will perform the music of Journey, and the Spazmatics will deliver an ’80s tribute. Several microbreweries will compete in the annual Micro-Brew Competition. Admission is $13 for adults; children 12 and under are free. A four-day pass will set you back $35. There are a few VIP ticket options as well. Today’s hours are 4
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Details & tickets: rockhall.com/onstage toughest divisions, the Tampa Bay Rays might be a decent team. They’ve got some solid young players and have played .500 ball most of the season. But given the way division rivals such as the New York Yankees and the Boston Red Sox have performed, there’s little chance they’ll make the playoffs. They come to town for a three-game series that kicks off at
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The Sundance Film Festival’s Short Film Program Talented directors such as Paul Thomas Anderson, Wes Anderson, Damien Chazelle, Jay and Mark Duplass, Lynne Ramsay, Dee Rees, Jill Soloway and Taika Waititi have gotten their big breaks at the annual Sundance Film Festival. Tonight at 9:15 and tomorrow night at 6:35, the Cleveland Institute of Art Cinematheque will screen a special program of short fi lms from this year’s festival. The program includes fiction, animation and documentary fi lms, and features three Jury Award winners as well as Niki Lindroth von Bahr’s animated fi lm The Burden . Tickets are $10, or $7 for Cinematheque members and students. (Niesel) 11610 Euclid Ave., 216-421-7450, cia.edu.
to each summer. The concerts, which take place on the Legacy Village lawn at 6:30 each Friday and Saturday night throughout the warmer months, feature local bands that play everything from blues to jazz and rock. Tonight’s entertainment comes from the rock/ blues act Blue Drivers. Tomorrow, Bluestone Union, with a playlist of “British Invasion”-era rock (think
The 2018 Cleveland National Air Show The Cleveland National Air Show has been Northeast Ohio’s Labor Day weekend tradition since 1964 and attracts throngs of visitors to Burke Lakefront Airport. This year, the Tiger Airshow Team will show off their close-formation aerobatics while fl ying through smoke rings in the sky. Wing-walking will return with the debut of husband and wife team, Greg and Ashley Shelton, and during the patriotic “Salute to Veterans” performance, air show pilot Mark Sorenson will narrate an introduction from
GET OUT the cockpit as he climbs to 3,000 feet. The U.S. Navy Blue Angels will headline, and the U.S. Air Force F-16 Viper Jets will conduct demonstrations as well. Consult the website for ticket prices and a complete schedule. The fun begins today and continues through Monday. (Niesel) clevelandairshow.com. SHOPPING
Peninsula Flea It’s not just a city thing: Good fleas can be found beyond Cleveland’s city limits. To wit: The Peninsula Flea, which is held on the fi rst Saturday of every month from June to September at the beautiful Heritage Farms, in the Cuyahoga Valley. The location provides a perfect escape from the crush of city life, perhaps best enjoyed by taking a hike in the surrounding Cuyahoga Valley National Park — the third most-visited national park in the country. This is the fi nal flea of the season, but don’t fret: A slew of local vendors will be on the lawn, with indoor sales taking place in two of the barns on site. The flea is the perfect opportunity to get some antiques, handmade collectibles, local gear and delicious fresh food while taking in all that Peninsula has to offer. Shoppers are welcome from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. (Halle Weber) 6050 Riverview Rd., Peninsula, 330-657-2330, heritagefarms.com. FILM
Rocky Horror Picture Show Boy, how time fl ies. In any case, it’s the fi rst Saturday of the month again, so tonight the Cedar Lee Theatre hosts its usual midnight screening of The Rocky Horror Picture Show, the 1975 cult classic that still draws an exuberant, costumed crowd that likes to throw rice and dry toast and sing along to the songs in the movie. In addition, locals act out a floor show that mimics the movie, turning the event into a veritable party. Tickets are $9.75. (Niesel) 2163 Lee Rd., Cleveland Heights, 440-528-0355, clevelandcinemas.com. DRINK
Savor Summer Tremont Vodka Release Party Now with statewide distribution, Western Reserve Distillers has teamed up with Prosperity Social Club for a special Savor Summer
Tremont Vodka Release Party from 1 to 4 p.m. today at Prosperity Social Club. Folks from Western Reserve will be onsite to answer questions, share samples and talk about just how they handcraft their organic vodka made with non-GMO grains. Complimentary passed hors d’oeuvres will accompany the prebatched tasters, and there will be a special $7 drink menu for the event that will include a Catfi sh Collins, Mr. Bitterness and other “citrus forward” specialties. Local honky tonk heroes the Cory Grinder Band will be on hand to provide some tunes. There’s no cover charge, but there are limited quantities of hors d’oeuvres and vodka samples. (Niesel) 1109 Starkweather Ave., 216-937-1938, prosperitysocialclub.com.
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Sunday Beat As part of a Sunday Beat promotion at Visible Voice Books, if you purchase a New York Times at the store, you’ll receive a free cup of coffee or tea and a Jim Alesci’s Place pastry. An added bonus: A jazz, Americana, samba or bossa nova band will perform from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. Anyone who shows a Sunday receipt from Music Box, Prosperity Social Club or any of the Tremont restaurants that offer brunch can enter a same-day drawing for a $30 Visible Voice gift certificate and a $25 Visible Voice Loyalty Card. They’ll also receive 10 percent off any Visible Voice book purchase. The bookstore is open today from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. (Niesel) 2258 Professor Ave., 216-961-0084, visiblevoicebooks.com. BURLESQUE
Toxic Burlesque Over the past few years, the folks at the local burlesque promotion company Toxic Burlesque have thrown a number of events at Brothers Lounge. According to promoter Frank Ian, who runs the company with his wife, there’s been a “packed house every time.” For tonight’s show, in celebration of their sixth anniversary, they’ve booked Gilgamesh Taggett, Samantha Echo and many other performers. Champagne Charlie hosts. The show begins at 7 p.m., and tickets are $15. (Niesel) 11609 Detroit Ave., 216-226-2767, brotherslounge.com.
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Indians vs. Kansas City Royals Because it’s Labor Day, today’s Tribe game against the Kansas City Royals has a special start time of 4:10 p.m. The Royals got off to a rough start this season and never fully recovered; the team currently possesses one of the worst records in the league. That’s a good thing since the Indians will need all the wins they can get as they enter the regular season’s fi nal month. The two teams face off again tomorrow night at 7:10. Tickets start at $15. (Niesel) 2401 Ontario St., 216-420-4487, clevelandindians.com. FILM
Movie Mondays Every Monday, Cleveland Cinemas hosts $5 Movie Mondays, where fi lm fans can catch up on the latest Hollywood fl icks for significantly reduced prices. Bring your friends and family and make Movie Mondays a weekly tradition — many theaters even offer discounted concession stand items. Participating theaters include Apollo Theatre, Capitol Theatre, Cedar Lee Theatre, Chagrin Cinemas, Shaker Square Cinemas and Tower City Cinemas. Unfortunately, additional charges apply for 3-D movies. (Alaina Nutile) clevelandcinemas.com.
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Truck Stop Tuesday As if to provide a westside counterpart to Walnut Wednesdays, Crocker Park in Westlake has launched Truck Stop Tuesday, a weekly food truck gathering that takes place from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Needless to say, admission is free, but the food will cost you. Truck Stop Tuesday continues through Sept. 25, so you still have a few more weeks to get out there. (Niesel) 189 Crocker Park Blvd., Westlake, crockerpark.com.
Shit Show Karaoke Local rapper/promoter Dirty Jones and Scene’s own Manny Wallace host Shit Show Karaoke, a weekly event at the B-Side Liquor Lounge wherein patrons choose from “an unlimited selection of jams from hip-hop to hard rock,” and are encouraged to “be as bad as you want.” Fueled by drink and shot specials, it all goes down tonight at 10 p.m. (Niesel) 2785 Euclid Hts. Blvd., Cleveland Heights, 216-932-1966, bsideliquorlounge.com.
Vinyl Night Jukebox owner Alex Budin has described his 1,350-squarefoot music-focused bar in the Hingetown ’hood as “a place where people can expect to hear and learn about music of multiple genres, all of which is concentrated in a constantly evolving jukebox.” The club hosts a vinyl night every Tuesday that serves as a listening party for new releases, partnering with Loop in Tremont so patrons can hear a new album on vinyl. You can bring your own vinyl and spin it too. It all starts at 5 p.m. (Niesel) 1404 West 29th St., 216-206-7699, jukeboxcle.com.
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Open Turntable Tuesday Tonight from 6 to 9, the Winchester hosts its weekly Open Turntable Tuesday. DJ Kris Koch offers 20-minute slots to people who want to bring their own vinyl and spin their favorite songs or deep tracks. Turntables are provided; you can play three to five songs during your time slot; and a mic is available to talk about the selections. (Niesel) 12112 Madison Ave., Lakewood, 216-600-5338, facebook.com/ TheWinchesterMusicTavern.
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STAGE IFS AND BUTS What could have been takes center stage in Bloomsday at None Too Fragile Theater By Christine Howey OH, IF WE COULD ONLY TALK to our younger selves and give them advice on how to handle their affairs, romantic and otherwise. How wonderful our lives might have turned out! Every life is full of lots of things, but it’s usually regret that leads the way. What if I hadn’t decided to be a proctologist? What if I had bought Google stock the fi rst week it was available? And, of course, what if I had hooked up more meaningfully with that person I found so damned attractive when I was in my 20s? Those “what ifs” have been powerful fodder for all kinds of stories, movies and plays for eons. And so it is in the inventive Bloomsday by Steven Dietz, now at None Too Fragile Theater. One couple’s story is spun around and through the warp and weft of the dense novel Ulysses by James Joyce. And just as in the novel, chronological time is considered merely a playground where a person can conduct conversations with himself, herself and others at any time in their history. In less skillful hands, this premise could become grindingly precious, but Dietz is a deft wordsmith and his dialogue is immediately accessible (unlike many of Joyce’s convoluted phrasings) and quite pleasing. And the cast, under the well-tuned direction of Katia Schwarz, fashions a lovely, wistful “what might have been” romance. It begins with the 50-something Robert looking at Cathleen when she was 20, leading a tour through Dublin on Bloomsday, the day when Joyce freaks dress up in period costume as characters from his enormous tome. It’s named after Leopold Bloom, one of the story’s protagonists, who rides a stream-ofconsciousness wave on a single day in Dublin. Robert is a professor who teaches Ulysses, reluctantly, since he considers it a mountain of overpraised drivel. But once he spies young Cathleen, standing a few feet away just as she was when he was also young, he is mesmerized. And so are we, as Robert and Cathleen begin to communicate:
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He speaks ruefully, knowing how things eventually turned out; she chats innocently, in the glow of her ignorance of the future. As Robert notes, the words in Ulysses are meant for the ear rather than the eye. Joyce’s interminable sentences, often connected nonsensically by colons, are feasts of words that are both fulsome and fucking impenetrable. Happily, Dietz’ take on all that goes down much easier. This game of hide and seek is played across two acts, and it maintains its hold thanks to some wonderful performances. As Robert, Tom Woodward is amusing as he registers his distaste for Joyce’s masterwork (he refers to the opus as a “debauchery of run-on
Particularly in the second act, Turner’s delightful reactions to young Robert (who at that time was known as Robbie) and his descriptions of his car are properly giddy. The older version of Cathleen, called Cait, is played by Derdriu Ring with the dry snap and sass that comes with older age. Her wellearned cynicism about relationships comports fittingly with Robert’s dark view of Ulysses in particular and life in general. What works especially well in this production is the way Turner and Ring fi nd a way to match their portrayals, so that we totally believe that each are different versions of the same person. Those differences are stark, and yet the actors
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sentences”). But his deep fondness for Cathleen shines through that cynicism, and you ache for the longing he feels when he met that girl on that one, singular day. As young Cathleen, Brooke Turner fi nds the core of her character’s naive essence and turns it into irresistible charm.
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create so many attitudinal and postural through-lines that it seems perfectly believable that they share identical DNA. The fourth character in the play is Robbie, Robert’s younger self, and Nicholas Chokan has some effective moments with this somewhat under-written role. He
is properly awkward and at a loss, when dealing with Cathleen, and that feels real. But Chokan never quite captures the younger version of Robert — the body energy and sly wit — as crafted by Woodward. This is apparent in Act 2 when Robbie clearly falls ass-over-teacup for Cathleen. That is the time when we yearn to see how budding love is transporting Robbie in ways that will inform and haunt his future years. But Chokan plays Robbie’s stiff cluelessness a bit too long, and the love connection never feels fully sealed. Still, director Schwarz makes most of the scenes work with precision and deep empathy. This is particularly true at the end when Robert and Cait, dressed in turn of the 20th century garb, share a table as strangers while their more passionate younger selves cavort in the background. It is a fitting tableau that ends this play on precisely the right note. It indicates that our lives are often ruled by choices that we might have made differently, if only we could see the results of our decisions without that persistent bugaboo of time getting in the way.
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MOVIES STRANGER THINGS The Little Stranger — a darker Downton — spooks without thrills By Sam Allard DOMNHALL GLEASON IS AN actor whose considerable talents are equaled by his artistic discernment. The fi lms in which he appears are eclectic, from The Last Jedi to Peter Rabbit , but they’re always interesting, and they’re generally very good. Gleason is a lot like post-Twilight Robert Pattinson in the respect that he seems to sign on to projects only that he’s personally interested or invested in. In The Little Stranger, directed by ROOM’s Lenny Abrahamson, Gleason plays Faraday, a country doctor in mid-20th-century England. He is a staid and respectable bachelor who has lived his life in the shadow of a Downton Abbey-ish estate called Hundreds Hall. Having grown up poor — his mother worked at Hundreds — Faraday nurses a lifelong obsession with the wealth and status of the Ayres family, for centuries the occupants and owners of the estate. That obsession persists, despite the fact that Hundreds, at the fi lm’s outset, has fallen into disrepair. The lone member of the diminished staff has fallen ill. The badly disfi gured Roderick Ayres (Will
Poulter) is no match for the estate’s fi nances and is haunted by a spirit that he says lurks at Hundreds and wants him out. The matriarch, Mrs. Ayres (Charlotte Rampling) is haunted too, in part by the decline of her home but also, much like the Crowleys of Downton Abbey, by the decline of her way of life. Faraday fi rst comes to Hundreds to treat the maid, but asks if he might return to try an experimental medical treatment on Rod, whose war wounds may be as deeply mental as they are physical. From the start, Faraday is angling to spend more time at Hundreds, a scheme that ultimately leads to the courtship of Rod’s sister, Caroline (Ruth Wilson), the sanest member of the family. Caroline is hesitant to progress toward marriage. Terrible things start happening at Hundreds: A child is mauled by the beloved family dog at a dinner party; Rod breaks down completely and sets his room on fi re; Mrs. Ayres becomes convinced that the ghost of her daughter, who died as a child, is communicating with her. The Little Stranger thrums through these episodes with a grim
and moody energy. It’s not quite a horror fi lm. Nor are there thrills, in the traditional sense, but its mode of presentation is a kind of genteel Henry James spookiness. It is Gothic. Based on the 2009 novel of the same name by Sarah Waters, the fi lm is fertile with literary allusion and symbolism. Its fi nal act — indeed, its fi nal image — may be seen as a twist, but it follows elegantly from the brickwork
laid in earlier scenes. There will be room to debate, for example, the extent to which supernatural factors influence key plot points. But that debate enhances, rather than detracts from, this ghostly tale. The Little Stranger opens Friday at select theaters.
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SPOTLIGHT: JULIET, NAKED BRIT AUTHOR NICK HORNBY understands how we can become incredibly obsessed with rock ’n’ roll. He captured that perfectly in his 1995 novel, High Fidelity. While Juliet, Naked, a Hornby novel from 2009, doesn’t succeed on the same level, it comes close. That tome forms the basis for the new romantic comedy by the same name, a rather subdued film that benefits from some terrific performances by its leads but doesn’t leave a strong enough impression to become a cult classic like High Fidelity. The movie opens area-wide on Friday. Juliet, Naked centers on Annie (Rose Byrne) and her struggles with her boyfriend Duncan (Chris O’Dowd), who has become increasingly obsessed with mercurial singer-songwriter Tucker Crowe
(Ethan Hawke), who’s gone into hiding and hasn’t released an album in years. When Juliet, Naked, a demo of some previously unreleased tunes mysteriously shows up in the mail one day, Annie can’t resist the temptation to give it a spin. She listens and then proceeds to write a scathing review, saying it’s the attempt “to squeeze a few more quid out of a long dead career,” on the fan site that Duncan runs. He immediately realizes that Annie wrote the review, and their alreadyon-the-rocks relationship begins to crumble. Things become complicated when Tucker himself emails Annie to tell her that she “nailed it” in her review of the album. The two strike up a friendship, and Tucker, who lives in his ex-wife’s garage and no longer tours or records, decides to
come to London for the birth of his granddaughter and to meet Annie. The two quickly fall for each other, and predictably enough, Duncan finds out that Annie has hooked up with Tucker and thinks it must be some kind of cruel joke. More awkwardness ensues. While Ryan Adams, Robyn Hitchcock, M. Ward and Conor Oberst all contribute to the soundtrack, the most memorable song is the old Kinks’ number “Waterloo Station,” which Hawke capably sings at one moment in the film. It should be noted that Hawke also holds his own on his rendition of Robyn Hitchcock’s beautiful ballad “Sunday Never Comes.” The cast here is terrific. O’Dowd perfectly portrays Duncan as the obsessive intellectual that he is. This is a guy who lectures about the
Shakespearean tragedy at the core of The Wire, and O’Dowd doesn’t flinch as he makes Duncan into the kind of guy who can philosophize about pop culture. And Byrne plays Annie as the woman who winds up stuck with a man-child who can never fully commit to a relationship. Director Jesse W. Peretz certainly gets the musical obsession part of the story. The former bassist for the indie rock group the Lemonheads, he captures the way in which even the most obscure artist can inspire a cultish following. But Peretz, who has more experience in TV than in film, just doesn’t elevate the story. — Jeff Niesel
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EAT STILL BANGING AWAY After more than five decades, Balaton remains an Eastern European comfort trip you shouldn’t miss By Douglas Trattner FEW MENUS MANAGE TO hamstring me with indecision the way that Balaton’s does. Having to choose between dishes like creamy chicken paprikash and the world’s best weinerschnitzel is like deciding who gets the fi nal rose. It feels so permanent. For decades, my father ran an auto parts store on Buckeye Road, and every single week he and a colleague would lunch at a tiny Hungarian restaurant down the road. He described the exotic fl avors of Székely goulash in a way that made the dish sound otherworldly. When we were lucky enough to join him at that squat brick building for lunch, my brothers and I would order only one thing: the weinerschnitzel sandwich. It’s funny to even call it a sandwich because, like a string bikini, the bread slices only managed to cover a sliver of the meat, which overshot its borders by a country mile. A millennium later and nothing has changed except the address. After more than 30 years down the hill, Balaton relocated to its present home at Shaker Square, where it just breezed past its 20th anniversary at that spot. Walking into the sunny storefront feels exactly like walking into an Eastern European cafe, where sturdy wooden furniture, family photos, embroidered textiles and colorful ceramics combine to create a homey Old World vibe. The service is pleasant and unhurried if not effusively affable. At Balaton, a steady drumbeat emanates from the kitchen with reliable consistency. Bang, bang, bang. That’s the sound of veal cutlets being pounded into carpaccio-thin leaves, which get breaded and fried until puffy, craggy, golden and crisp. They arrive in the form of schnitzel “sandwiches” ($11.95) or as an entree. Know going in that Balaton is like Alice in Wonderland , where “small” ($17.95) is large and “regular” ($24.95) is anything but. When servers use wheeled carts to deliver food to tables, you know
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they mean business. Until you’ve had paprikash sauce-covered spaetzle, you don’t know the meaning of comfort food. The squiggly, misshapen dumplings are the perfect saucedelivery vehicle for the sweet, velvety gravy that coats the bonein white and dark meat chicken ($15.95). Versions made with chicken livers or veal are also available. Balaton’s stuffed cabbage ($15.95) will make a convert of even the biggest cynic. Tidy little bundles are wrapped in cabbage that still has some fi ght to it, and its pleasant tang makes a nice foil
rice or dumplings. The Székely goulash ($15.95) is a beguiling and deeply spiced brew of tender pork, sauerkraut and thick sour cream. If you don’t think you like sauerkraut, give this dish a try. All entrees include bread and butter, salad, sides like spaetzle, and applesauce. Groups or couples who want to sample more than a few items should consider one of two platters that combine dishes like paprikash, weinerschnitzel, stuffed cabbage, smoked sausage and sides. Prepare to be gobsmacked by the quantity of food that gets wheeled over and
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to the savory beef and pork fi lling, which is more meat than rice. Of course, there’s plenty of gravy. Balaton’s stews and goulashes are hearty, comforting and layered with fl avor. The lecsó stew ($15.95) is loaded with peppers and onions, capped with a spiral-sliced smoked sausage, and paired with a mountain of mashed potatoes,
deposited in front of you. The good news is that pretty much all of the items reheat well. On a recent visit we ordered a few starters that were new to us — likely because it’s nearly impossible to sidestep the lacy potato pancakes ($8.95) that resemble fi ne fi ligree. One was a fry bread ($6.50) that was the size of a pizza crust.
You rip off pieces of the hot, airy dough and dip them into garlic oil and sour cream. It’s an incredible combination. The other was a stuffed crepe ($9.95) that will likely knock the potato pancakes out of the rotation. An eggy crepe is folded around a mixture of ground veal and mushrooms and bathed in a rich paprikash-like gravy. It’s decorated, like most dishes, with a tiny Hungarian fl ag on a toothpick. To drink there’s a small selection of Hungarian wines that include white, red and dessert varieties, presented alongside a few domestic pours and beer. For dessert, there’s a tantalizing array of luscious torts, cakes and strudels for those who managed to save some room. I recently took my father to lunch at Balaton, where he dove into his bowl of Székely goulash like it was 1978. The auto parts store is long gone, but his love for this dish has never waned. It’s every bit as good as he remembers, he said, as he wiped a smudge of sour cream from his lip before diving right back in for more.
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FIRST LOOK WHEN BAC NGUYEN AND partner Dylan Fallon closed Ninja City in University Circle back in February, they estimated that it would be a few short months before the crew was back at work in the new and improved Gordon Square location. Then again, the process always takes longer than owners would like. That process ended this week: The new location (6706 Detroit Ave., 216-862-7200) opened on Tuesday. “There were some challenges,� Fallon says diplomatically. “We didn’t think we would have this long of a gap between one and the other based on the amount of construction we had.� Other than some equipment upgrades in the kitchen, the former Old City Libations space in Detroit Shoreway needed only some cosmetic tweaks to give it that “comic books meets hiphop� look that will be familiar to Ninja City fans. Graphic artwork, graffiti-style murals, comic book-style menus, and a small portion of Nguyen’s sizeable action figure collection brighten up the 2,500-square-foot storefront space. With seating for about 70, the space is slightly smaller than the original Ninja City but more unified and open. As one would expect, the menu offers tastes of both Bac, which closed soon after Ninja City in advance of the move, and Ninja City. But don’t expect a straightforward mashup of the menus. “There’s quite a bit of an overhaul in terms of the menu,� says Fallon. “We wanted to keep some of the dishes that we think
are important, but we added quite a bit to make this place more accessible to the neighborhood. We thought that was super important.� To start or snack, there’s edamame, spring rolls, green papaya salad, and potstickers, but also chicken wings, mozzarella sticks and lemon grass shrimp quesadillas. Bento boxes allow diners to mix and match three or four items in one, well, box. To slurp, there are bowls of ramen and pho, joined by steak and egg topped rice bowls, chicken or tofu capped rice noodle bowls, steam buns, banh mi sandwiches, and Korean lettuce wraps with a choice of meaty fillings. Those items join more “accessible� dishes like a Philly cheesesteak, chicken and waffles, fish and chips, and a Po’ Boy sandwich, all with some Asian twists. On draft are 12 beers and two boozes; yep, Irish whiskey and tequila will flow straight from the taps. An additional 25 beers will be in bottles and cans, while creative cocktails are also on the roster. While the space is new, Fallon says that regulars will spot many familiar faces in terms of staff and management. “It’s important for us to stay with and support the people who have been loyal to us,� he says. “I don’t know what we would have done if we had to start from scratch.�
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MUSIC STARING AT THE SKY Thompson Twins’ singer Tom Bailey gets conceptual on his new solo album By Matt Wardlaw DURING A RECENT PHONE conversation, Tom Bailey, of Thompson Twins fame, lays out a story that’s just one memorable example of why David Bowie became an international superstar. “I met him once at a concert that we did together and that’s all. It’s interesting, actually, because I did this concert, a big, big concert back in the ’80s and afterward, everyone said, ‘Did you meet him? Did you talk to him?’ I said ‘no’ because he arrived by car, and his limousine drove right onto the stage. He got out, I happened to be standing there, he just kind of nodded and then he walked up to the microphone and started singing,” Bailey recalls. He performs at 8 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 29, at the Kent Stage. “At the end of his show, he walked away from the microphone, got into the car and then drove away, so he didn’t speak to anyone there. I was thinking about this the other day, I thought, that actually is a way of making a gig exciting.” Bowie himself was a point of inspiration as Bailey was working on Science Fiction, his first album of pop-oriented material in over 25 years. “What Kind of World,” which was the first taste of the album to be released earlier this year, draws inspiration from Bowie as well as an unlikely source — Tesla CEO Elon Musk. “Stylistically, it’s a little bit of a nod to Bowie. Bowie’s death was a shock to me. Part of the shock, apart from his early passing, was realizing that he was more of an influence, I think, than I had recognized,” he says. “That kind of translates, by the way, into realizing that if someone like Bowie had been an influence and I didn’t realize it, then surely there must be thousands of other
people who are influencing me and I don’t realize that either. It was a kind of admission of being open to influence, if you like. And also, because in the chorus, which is talking about going to Mars and things. We all know there’s
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a famous Bowie song about that, ‘Life on Mars.’ So in essence, I felt free to kind of have one foot in the memory of his work.” But when you get into the heart of the song, Bailey points out that there are some concerning behaviors and schools of thought that are severely flawed and should be reexamined. “My curiosity [is] about this
of dangerous ideas. It’s like saying, ‘Wow, we now have an escape plan, so we don’t have to get this right.’ So really, the song just questions that, over and over again.” Science Fiction delightfully flies fairly close to the spirit of Bailey’s past work with the Thompson Twins — technologically, it has its feet firmly planted in the present day. As Bailey was working on
the album, he saw certain themes developing. “Three or four songs in, I realized it was a lot of imagery about looking at the sky. There was a kind of cosmological umbrella concept,” he says. “Maybe because over the last few years I’ve been doing a few science films with a friend of mine where we make films and music about the night sky. That’s all instrumental music, but I think the textural imagery of staring at the sky and wondering how that opens our minds to realizing things about what’s happening back down on Earth, that becomes one of the grand metaphors. It’s not really a concept album, but rather, those kind of ideas tie the songs together.” But no worries, even with all of those cosmic thoughts swirling around in Bailey’s brain, he’s
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perfectly happy being right here on Planet Earth. “I mean, I like thinking about the cosmos, but the actual tin-can technology doesn’t particularly interest me,” he says. “It’s funny, because I’m a real traveler on the planet, but not really looking to leave it.” During a 2014 conversation with Scene, Bailey indicated that he was contemplating the idea of making a return to recording pop music, but the circumstances would have to be right. As he found when he started recording the songs that would eventually form the core of the Science Fiction album, things unfolded very naturally. Outside of working with producer Hal Ritson (the Chemical Brothers, David Guetta, Katy Perry) on his vocals, Bailey says the new album was a mobile affair, “totally done on my own and mostly traveling around, laptop and headphone style.” “The honest truth is that one thing leads to another, you know. I just kind of started out with the process. In doing so, it reminded me that there are certain very specific skills required of a pop songwriter. You don’t just make things up as you go along,” he says. “There’s actually boxes that have to be ticked and requirements that have to be fulfilled. I think that very discipline is the thing that excited me. I love the economy and directness of a great pop song. Because I hadn’t been making that kind of music for quite some years, it was like bumping into an old friend.” Bailey found that he had a confidence that one might not have expected, based on his past work. “Maybe I’m being immodest, but I kind of thought, ‘Wow, you know, I used to have skills in this department; why haven’t I used them for all of this time?’” he asked himself. “So I kind of felt good about it from the word ‘go.’ The album took quite a long time, because I was doing it in between everything else and I was doing an awful lot of traveling during the process of making it, but it actually came quite easily in the sense that I was enjoying every minute of it.” Bailey’s current tour will find him playing tracks from Science Fiction , along with a mix of older Thompson Twins favorites and some deeper cuts, including some songs that go back to the early
days of the band. One particular highlight in the Thompson Twins catalog, is “If You Were Here,” a beautifully wistful song that found a greater audience thanks to its inclusion in the 1984 John Hughes film Sixteen Candles. Bailey says the way that song, which first appeared on the 1983 Thompson Twins album, Side Kicks , developed into being a pop culture favorite, was a big surprise. “I certainly wasn’t involved in that process. I guess it was just chosen by the director or the music supervisor and they used it,” he says. “The first that I knew about it is that we’re in some movie and I probably just rolled my eyes and went on with what I was doing. I didn’t realize that it was going to be such a massive big deal. But I really like that song, actually, it’s one of my favorites. So I was super-pleased to find that it kind of has a special place in the collective memory in the States; not so much elsewhere, but in the States, everyone knows that song very well. When I decided to sing it again, I added a couple of new verses, which has also gone down very well. So there’s an updated version of ‘If You Were Here.’” Looking back at the success that Thompson Twins enjoyed over the years, Bailey says that MTV was an unexpected factor which brought about an “enormous” change in their lives. “Suddenly, they saw our faces, and we were in everyone’s front room.” As you can imagine, it was quite the journey. “You never realize at the time, of course, how incredibly unusual and rare it is to have that level of success. A lot of it is just down to timing or good luck as well as hard work and a little bit of inspiration, maybe,” he says. “But at the time, we just kind of accepted that we were on this roller coaster of success. As if we deserved every second of it. [Laughs] And now of course, with a bit of the benefit of experience and hopefully a bit of wisdom, you realize that’s a rare thing. So the fact that it opened the door for us, the fact that we weren’t kind of just wishing that we had a break and that we actually had the opportunity to [do] whatever we want to, get into a studio whenever we needed to and even have our own studios, those kinds of things, it was just amazing.”
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MUSIC OUT OF THE UNDERGROUND GARAGE A chance meeting with Little Steven helped propel the Woggles’ career By Jeff Niesel A FEW YEARS BACK, Professor Mighty Manfred, the man responsible for the screaming and shouting in the garage-rock band the Woggles, met guitarist Little Steven Van Zandt for the fi rst time at a club in Brooklyn. When Van Zandt, a renowned DJ as well as a member of Bruce Springsteen’s E Street Band, met Manfred after the Woggles had played, he gave them a ringing endorsement. “We played and had a great set,” says Manfred in recent phone interview. He brings the Woggles to the Beachland Tavern on Friday for a show with Barrence Whitfield & the Savages, another veteran garage-rock band that’s playing as well as ever, and 45 Spider. “When I came down to the backstage area, he was already there. I don’t know how he got there so fast. He had a big grin on his face and said something to the effect that he had seen Sam and Dave, the Beatles at Shea Stadium and the Stones with Brian Jones. He said, ‘You guys got it. You totally got it.’” Feeling cocky since he just stepped off the stage, Manfred asked him to commit to the statement. “I set my hand on his shoulder and said, ‘That’s great, but what are you going to do about it?’” he recalls. “That caught him a little off guard. He said, ‘I don’t know. I guess I’m going to start a record label.’” Since then, Van Zandt took his Underground Garage radio program to Sirius XM and hired Manfred to work as a DJ in the afternoons (former Clevelander Kid Leo holds down a slot just after Manfred’s program). And Van Zandt signed the Woggles to his record label. It’s proven to be a great match, especially when you consider that Manfred, like Van Zandt, takes a musicologist’s approach to the garage rock genre. “To grow any plants, you have to get down to the roots and fertilize the roots,” says Manfred when asked about the band’s influences. “We’re fertilized with some good shit. That means R&B and early rock ’n’ roll. We’re not trying to re-live 1966. We have our own
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experiences, but there’s an aesthetic from that era that we like a lot and that colors some of the stuff we do.” For its most recent album, Tally Ho! , the band recruited Jim Diamond (the White Stripes, the Electric Six), a Detroit guy who now lives in France, to handle production duties. It marks the fi rst time that the group has worked with an outside producer. “Early on, our guitar player Flesh Hammer was producing our early records and then became the lead guitar player,” explains Manfred. “Over the years, we would play wherever we would play, and
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“Waiting for the Rain,” a song that nicely balances its pop and punk-y elements. Thirty years into its career, the band sounds as sharp as ever. And if you’re waiting for new music, Manfred says the band will release a new EP next month that’ll feature a song written by each of the Woggles. “As long as there is a life to be lived, there’s a reason to keep making music,” Manfred says when asked about the band’s longevity. “I’m the only original member, but the rhythm section has been with me since 1995. We do have a lot of time with one another. I suppose if we had been burdened with excessive fi nancial success, that might have made things problematic. But that never happened, and since we all live in other places, when we get back together, we get to really enjoy one another’s fellowship again.”
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