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Cavs CEO Len Komorowski appeared before the Cleveland Planning Commission last week to publicly share the proposed replacement for the LeBron banner on the side of the Sherwin Williams building downtown. It is dumb, but that didn’t stop the commission from roundly applauding and approving the design, which features a close-up of one of the Guardians of Traffic statues along with the phrase “All for the Land,” and a script Cleveland logo. The actual Guardian statues are just a few blocks away, it should be noted, which didn’t stop the braintrust from thinking that people would want to look at a picture of what they can see in person instead simply by turning around. Thousands of crowd-sourced photos from Clevelanders and Cavs fans will make up the mosaic image of the Guardian in the fi nal product, Komorowski told the assembled crew of unimaginative officials.
“God bless the guitar,” quipped councilman Kerry McCormack during the meeting, “but I’m glad we’re getting away from it.” Judging by reactions on social media, no one outside of the room is a fan of the idea. “They managed to come up with something worse than a blank wall,” wrote one observer who speaks for us all. -Vince Grzegorek
Cleveland Media Sucks at Reporting on People of Color, Just Like We Did in 1968 Ten months after Carl B. Stokes took office as Cleveland’s 51st Mayor, and the fi rst black mayor of any major U.S. city, the Community Relations Board of the City of Cleveland held the Race Relations and Mass Media Conference, melding the minds of Cleveland’s marginalized communities and local news
outlets. The goal of the conference was to fi nd ways to “bridge the racial news gap.” A report of the event was recently made available thanks to the always incredible work of the Digital Preservation department at the Cleveland Public Library. The report is a digest of many hours of taped dialogue in which members of the community and the mass media engaged in an attempt to examine themselves and each other. This report sought to go beyond reporting what was said, and instead serve as an interpretation of what was meant by what was said. The Community Relations Board provided the report hoping that media officials would study the results of the conference and better conduct themselves in how they handle stories about people of color and the issues that impact their communities. Fifty years later, this report reads like it could have been written yesterday. Bertram Gardner, at the time
the Executive Director of the Community Relations Board, asked the media to show “an understanding of the impact of everything it does in the community and that the turn of a phrase, the use of a word, the choice of an expression, all have relevancy and impact and require responsibility.” An example of this is something called coded language, a word or phrase that appears to mean one thing to the general population but has an additional, different, or more specific resonance for a targeted subgroup. The report calls out Cleveland’s most dubious use of coded language: the phrase “east siders.” Even today, media outlets and individuals say “east side” or “east siders” to mean “black people.” Crime reporting often features “shooting on east side” in its headlines, a way to continue perpetuating the narrative that crime is committed in communities of color. This was a critique of the media 50 years ago, and a quick | clevescene.com | September 12 - 18, 2018
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outlets still tend to talk about gentrification in broad terms, analyzing the devastating effects of something like the housing crisis, with many outlets failing to identify that it disproportionately impacts communities of color. Sure, saying “the housing market is bad for Cleveland” sounds inclusive, but it’s also discounting how detrimental it is for poor communities and people of color, who are statistically hurt the most. The report cited an article printed in Cleveland after Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated. The former head of the Congress of Racial Equality, Floyd McKissick, was being guarded by two armed black men after being criminally charged, fearing for his safety post-assassination. The charges were dropped by the city, but news outlets failed to report the dismissal, instead reporting on the front page that two black men had been arrested on charges of carrying concealed weapons. “You’re missing the point if you think we got hung-up on the newspaper article,” a community representative said. “The article is just a microcosm of the kind of treatment the Negro community gets all the time.” The closest comparison we could make to a situation like this is the police justification some outlets gave in the killing of Tamir Rice. Almost five decades after this conference, and black communities are still plagued by unfair media coverage that paints them as villainous, and in turn, reflects the unfair treatment they receive in their daily lives. Selections from the report’s capsule judgements read like the Twitter feed of Fox News and those that are critical of their reporting. The “fair and objective” comment from the media is only a word away from the delusional Fox News’ motto of “fair and balanced.” It’s important to note that this conference was held only three months after the Glenville Riots, which occurred after gunfi re was exchanged for roughly four hours between the Cleveland Police Department and the Black Nationalists of New Libya. During the fi rst day of the riots, mayor Carl B. Stokes refused to allow white police officers to patrol the area. But when African-American leaders in the neighborhood were unable to quell the violence, the Ohio Army National Guard and the
rest of the Cleveland Police ooded the area to stop the violence. Financial losses caused by the riots were estimated at about $2.6 million, and proved to be the political death knell of Mayor Stokes’ Cleveland: Now!redevelopment effort to ďŹ ght the problems in Cleveland’s inner city. A white member of the media accused the black community of “nitpicking,â€? while another executive moaned, “Anything we do, you turn around and blame it on race.â€? Today, “nitpickingâ€? has evolved into what many of the plentiful comments on Scene’s Facebook page would call “racebaiting.â€? Whenever we try to cover the racial disparities within Cleveland, people accuse our publication of race-baiting. Addressing legitimate and research backed realities is not race-baiting; it’s providing factual information to the public. Many people like to believe we live in a post-racial society, but the unfortunate reality, as proven by this report, is that much like our map of redlininginspired segregation, not much has changed. -BJ Colangelo.
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previously estimated at $120 million. Like other TIF dollars, that portion of the increased taxes, (which are generated by a property’s increased value), would help ďŹ nance the debt on the skyscraper’s construction. The $18 million in the Stark proposal was sold as a good deal for the district because CMSD could have immediately applied the funds to new school construction and would have been eligible for matching state funding: up to two dollars for every dollar spent, supposedly. Gordon, for his part, said that he believed Stark has made a goodfaith effort to treat the district well. But with rising tax values, the $120 million estimate may be quite low. And Jarboe reported that CMSD is currently mired in disputes with the Ohio Facilities Construction Commission about school construction costs and the funds that are eligible for additional state money. If the deal had gone forward, it would have been the ďŹ rst such TIF arrangement locally. Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson has always insisted that the schools, which receive about 60 percent
of property taxes, not be shortchanged, so current TIFs only apply to the non-school portion of property tax increases. After Gordon hosted a series of meetings with parents and community members last summer, the board was slated to vote on the deal. But the topic stagnated. Then, in March of this year, a proposed state bill was drafted by a Stark Enterprises ďŹ nancial advisor that would give investors into nuCLEus and other potential “transformational mixed-use developmentâ€? projects an automatic 10-percent rebate. The bill was championed on the merits of nuCLEus’ business-attraction potential and its icon-status aspirations. “Can you imagine if the Terminal Tower Complex was never built, what the Cleveland skyline would look like?â€? Stark VP Steve Coven asked a statehouse committee in March, in a story ďŹ rst reported by Scene. “You can’t, because it is forever associated with our skyline. It is our goal that our great-grandchildren will be saying the same things about the nuCLEus project 100-plus years from now.â€? Jarboe reported in June that the bill has been broadened
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UPFRONT considerably. Though it was tailored specifically for nuCLEus at the start, much smaller projects, including the Flats East Bank, are now considered “transformational” in the bill’s new language. The bill has passed the Ohio House and is pending in the Senate. Evidently the market still just isn’t hot enough to build nuCLEus without additional subsidies. The project was initially pegged at 54 stories and $500 million, but plans have now changed. “Revised plans are more modest,” Jarboe wrote, “with shorter buildings, fewer apartments, more office space, no hotel — and a smaller budget. Stark also has broken the development into phases, spreading out the investment over time.” But can you imagine a nuCLEus that’s not a 54-story downtown icon? You can’t. -Sam Allard
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With less than two months until the November elections, and all eyes on Ohio, Democrat Richard Cordray and Republican Mike DeWine announced a trilogy of debates around the state, including one in Cleveland. Cordray, the former Ohio Attorney General and former director of the Fed’s Consumer Financial Protection Bureau during Obama’s presidency, and DeWine, Ohio’s current Attorney General, are vying to succeed John Kasich in the Governor’s office. The debates are the fi rst for any Ohio gubernatorial candidates since the 2010 election when John Kasich narrowly defeated sitting Governor Ted Strickland. The candidates will go head-tohead in a series of three debates: one in Dayton on Sept. 19, one in Marietta on Oct. 1 and one in Cleveland on Oct. 8, just two days before the start of early voting. The debate in Cleveland will be hosted by the Ohio Debate Commission and will take place at Cleveland State University. Only Cordray and DeWine
will be participating. Third party candidates (civil rights attorney and former Green Party co-chair Constance Gadell-Newton and fi lmmaker and journalist Travis Irvine) will not be participating. - Colangelo
Two Big Changes to Frank Jackson’s State of the City Address Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson’s annual State of the City address, in a departure from years’ past, will be a free evening event. The speech is scheduled for Oct. 10 at Public Hall and is open to the public. Registration is required (online at Eventbrite) by Oct. 5. “From improvements in public safety to economic development in our neighborhoods, Mayor Jackson will share updates about his vision for moving Cleveland forward,” reads the boilerplate event description. Jackson’s prior addresses have been held in conjunction with the City Club. They’ve been lunchtime events frequented by civic leaders and business executives. The packed public auditorium has been generally composed of tables reserved by the region’s top law fi rms and philanthropic organizations. Of this year’s two major departures from previous addresses, one is good and one is bad. The good one is that the event is now much more accessible to the public. It’s free, fi rst of all, and with a 7 p.m. start time, folks on traditional schedules can attend the address after work. But the other departure is that Jackson won’t be taking questions from the audience, or even from the press, after his remarks. He has said that he’ll meet with the media the following day. Part of the City Club’s forum structure is an audience Q&A, which yields sometimes wacky but sometimes quite pointed (and always uncensored) questions. It allows for direct engagement between the audience and the speaker. Without the City Club’s sponsorship, Jackson isn’t required to stand for questions, and it’s too bad that he’s foregoing the one spontaneous element of the program. Many residents who will be able to attend the event for the fi rst time won’t also have the
opportunity to interact with their mayor. It was honestly anybody’s guess if Jackson would even bother with these addresses in his fourth term. They’ve generally been held in the spring, but Jackson told Cleveland. com’s Bob Higgs that he delayed his remarks so that he would have more to talk about. “In March, I could have talked about some things, about what I wanted to do,� he said in a recent interview. “Now I can talk about things we have done.� -Allard
L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti Gives Cleveland a Fleeting Taste of Real Leadership In a speech that seemed likely to culminate in the announcement of his presidential candidacy, Eric Garcetti, the Mayor of Los Angeles, diagnosed American political ills and celebrated the resolve of American cities at the City Club of Cleveland Friday afternoon. Garcetti, who in Los Angeles has enacted legislation to raise the minimum wage, created a $120 billion infrastructure spending plan, kick-started the largest homelessness and affordable housing initiatives in the country and created a coalition of American Mayors to battle climate change, reminded the City Club audience what a driven and energetic city administrator looks like. When the audience rose in a standing ovation at the conclusion of Garcetti’s remarks, the applause seemed to gasp: We want one of those! Among the more striking differences between Garcetti and Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson? Garcetti actually appears to enjoy politics, which he gracefully described as a learned craft that includes listening to constituents and building coalitions. He said he goes door-knocking when he’s not campaigning because it’s just so gratifying to hear what residents have to say. Cleveland didn’t come up when Garcetti cited the creative work of mayors across the country, evidence, he said, that leaders in Washington should be following the lead of American communities, not the other way around. “We must ip Washington on its head,â€? he said, citing the preamble to the U.S. Declaration
of Independence, (speciďŹ cally the line which holds that it is the right of the people to “alter or abolishâ€? any form of government which becomes destructive to people’s inalienable rights; i.e. life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness). “Washington should be the enabler of America’s greatness, not the restorer of it.â€? Though Garcetti dodged questions about his own presidential plans — “I don’t know what I’m going to doâ€? — he did say his Jewish and Mexican ancestry were unlikely to be barriers. And he assured one questioner that his international experience was just as formidable as his domestic work. Not only did he serve as an intelligence ofďŹ cer in the Navy reserves for 12 years, he worked overseas in both Burma and Ethiopia. The speech was a real master class in political oratory. He forcefully rejected the divisions that he said have been exploited by political and corporate interests, and cited select personal information — his Jewish grandmother’s immigration; his foster children — that humanized his politics. He presented as a warm and bright politician eager and privileged to serve. And he concluded on a hopeful note, lauding Sen. John McCain and attributing to the American populace the dignity and hope that he said we sorely need more of. “When has ambition ever failed this nation?â€? He asked, inciting the awestruck Cleveland audience to dream. “Our reach must exceed our grasp.â€? Local ambitions arose briey in the Q&A. One questioner mentioned the recent economic development discussions underway and asked what Garcetti might do to improve Cleveland’s performance. Speaking in general terms, Garcetti said that it couldn’t hurt to get a handle on what the local goals are and what the narrative ought to be. “People don’t think of politics as talking about a narrative, but it’s what moves people,â€? he said. “Cleveland needs to say who it wants to be and then get everyone involved to say that together.â€? -Allard
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FEATURE FEDERAL PEN Meet Nico Walker, Cleveland boy turned Army medic turned heroin addict turned serial bank robber turned celebrated debut novelist By Lee Chilcote NICO WALKER’S NEWLY released debut novel Cherry, written while in federal prison in Kentucky where he’ll be until 2020 and based on the author’s own experiences, is this year’s literary Cinderella story. Since debuting in mid-August, it has garnered praise from highbrow critics and a milliondollar film deal with the Russo brothers. It’s both an ancient story we’ve heard before and one ripped straight from yesterday’s headlines. An aimless kid from a comfortable family living in Cleveland’s east side suburbs drops out of college and joins the Army. He’s shipped off to Iraq and becomes an Army Medic, where he spends his days watching porn, huffing computer duster, taking painkillers, and going on an endless run of, by the author’s view, useless missions. In this seemingly pointless war, he quickly finds he isn’t saving lives so much as scraping bits of his friends into body bags after they’ve been blown apart by roadside IEDs. He makes it home alive only to face nightmares so vicious that he eventually turns to painkillers and heroin, and then bank robberies to fund his and his girlfriend’s daily habit. With a one-two punch of lacerating prose and dead-eyed wit, Walker details how the character’s emotional trauma – echoing the author’s own severe case of PTSD after he returned home from Iraq – goes tragically undiagnosed. His long downward slide continues until his life revolves around the next fix. “I was only ever afraid of one thing in my life, that I wouldn’t be able to get heroin,” the narrator says. Christian Lorentzen of Vulture called Cherry “the first great novel of the opioid epidemic” and Ron Charles of the Washington Post said it was “a miracle of literary serendipity, a triumph born of gore and suffering that reads as if it’s been scratched out with a dirty needle across the tender skin of a man’s forearm.” Covering a trifecta of contemporary issues – white male
alienation, PTSD and opioid addiction – it seems to have struck a chord. After the New York Times ran an indepth feature story, calling it an “unsettling literary novel,” it debuted at number 14 on the bestseller list. His unlikely journey to literary stardom began in 2013 when BuzzFeed ran an in-depth profile of his turbulent life with the title “How a War Hero Became a Serial Bank Robber.” Walker’s arrest in 2011 and subsequent indictment for robbing 11 Northeast Ohio banks barely registered in the local media at the time. A brief 2011 Sun News article noted a “University Heights man” was
arrested for robbing the U.S. Bank on Mayfield Rd. following a car chase with police, and that the man was a suspect in other holdups. The lengthy BuzzFeed treatment two years later drew the interest of Matthew Johnson, co-owner of Tyrant Books, who contacted Walker in prison after reading the story. After a few months of sending him books to read – Walker devoured a lot of Thomas McGuane and some Henry Miller – Johnson told Walker he should write a book. Walker didn’t believe him, but he began writing at night and sending pages to Johnson, who’d send them back with comments. After several years of pounding
out pages on an old typewriter, then revising them by hand, Walker sold the rights to Tim O’Connell at Knopf. Unlike his narrator, who tumbles into a dark hole of scumbaggery he can’t get out of, Walker’s bad luck finally seems to be turning around. The Times piece led to an auction for the film rights to the story with several bidders in the mix. The only problem, in the course of that action, was they had to stop the auction when Walker ran out of minutes on the jailhouse phone. Joe and Anthony Russo ended up buying it through their new film company AGBO. They plan to make it as their next movie | clevescene.com | September 12 - 18, 2018
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FEATURE after the sequel to Avengers: Infinity War comes out next year. According to a story in Deadline, they grew up in a similar part of Cleveland and “they too have lost friends to the ravage of opioids that made them want to put a spotlight on the problem.” “Really my luck is absurd,” Walker presciently told Esquire in an interview published before the film auction. He had no idea how right he was. Scene recently interviewed Walker by email to ask him about his novel, what it was like to write a book in prison, what’s needed to address PTSD among vets and the opioid crisis, and whether he’s going to continue writing.
No Good Guys, No Bad Guys Cherry opens with a scene of the narrator in full-fledged scumhood. Starting his day unable to find a shirt without blood stains or pants without cigarette burns, he jokes about being “all heroin chic, like I were famous already.” The dog has left a “lake of piss” in the living room and he laments not being a good pet owner even as he scrounges for a needle. He finds “the rigs in the cupboard are all blood-used and crooked, like instruments of torture … they’re dull, but they’ll have to do.” Next, he overdoses and passes out. Then his girlfriend wakes him up by putting ice cubes on his balls. Somehow, they still manage to drop her off at school by ten. This is all by page three. The novel offers a disaffected take on a grimy subculture in recession-era Cleveland. The narrator comments on the city being “always dead” and living “on a street of red and white houses, where we don’t belong.” Later, right before he robs a bank on Coventry in Cleveland Heights, he complains about the tie-dyed street signs on Hampshire, saying, “I used to live here before they did that. Then I couldn’t anymore. It was like finding out you’d had some shit on your face the whole time you’d been talking.” The book resists easy answers as to how he got here. His parents send him to a good private college where he meets the love of his life, Emily. Still, he can’t keep a
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job, fails out of school, and spends his time drinking and doing drugs. When he finds out one of his friends might be joining the Marines, he enlists in the Army, perhaps because he’s adrift and it gives him a sense of purpose. “Before you go to war, you want stories, you know – that’s the really tragic thing,” Walker told Buzzfeed in 2013. “Because this is that story, and there are no good guys, no bad guys. And looking back, you think to yourself; What did you think was going to happen? Death or glory? And then you feel bad because this is exactly what you wanted. It’s real easy to get into, and real hard to get out of.” I asked Walker if part of the reason he went into the Army is because he’d fallen prey to a culture of toxic maleness that sends young men off to war with the promise of action and adventure. “I didn’t want to give anyone the idea that the Army was an especially misogynist culture,” Walker told me. “Most of the guys I knew in the Army were good, down to earth people. For instance, there were a lot of guys who became fathers at a young age and were in the military because it was the surest way to provide for their families. I’ve seen far more and far worse a misogynist culture on college campuses than I ever saw in the Army. “But you’re right, I did want to make a statement about how our culture defines what it means to be a man. To me, our culture rates killing as the ultimate realization of manhood, and I don’t hold with that idea.”
Moral Anti-Gravity It isn’t long before the “cherry” loses his innocence to gruesome killing and death in Iraq. At first, the war is painfully boring, and the narrator’s life ironically doesn’t seem to have changed all that much. He makes fun of “the Army pretending to be the Army.” The men around him complain that they haven’t gotten to kill anybody yet. Sometimes they shoot dogs just to kill something. Then his fellow soldiers are hit by a roadside bomb, and he’s sent to help them. To get there, he has to swim through a sewage canal while loaded down with armor, weapons and fire extinguishers. When he reaches the bombedout vehicle, he asks where the casualties are and another soldier
says, “They’re already dead, you fucking asshole.” “I looked again at the body of the gunner,” the narrator says. “He was burned away, scraps of IBAS clung to his torso, legs folded up, femurs and tibias and fibulas with black tissue, arms melted, body eviscerated and lying on its guts, face gone, head a skull. The smell is something you already know. It’s coded in your blood.” The scene is based directly on Walker’s real-life experiences. “I couldn’t close my eyes without seeing that for a long, long time,” he told Johnson of BuzzFeed . “You couldn’t anticipate anything like that. It’s so sudden and pointless and just meaningless. It’s moral anti-gravity.” After that, the narrator and his fellow soldiers shoot a local unarmed Iraqi. Again, it’s based on a real experience -- to this day, Walker still doesn’t know whether the guy he watched get gunned down was actually an insurgent or was just running because he was scared. In the book, the narrator is supposed to treat the guy, but the victim dies. Then two women come out and begin pouring dirt on their heads, moaning and wailing over the dead man. Coming under fire, the men drag the body out, attach it to the hood of their Humvee, and drive back to the base. “I’m completely out of my mind at that point,” Walker told BuzzFeed . “I got back to the Bradlee, but no one wants to ride in the back of a Bradlee with a corpse, so we draped the guy over the hood of the Bradlee, like a fucking deer or something.” In our interview, Walker told me he didn’t intend for his novel to take a stand for or against the war; he just wanted readers to feel what he and other soldiers felt, like the narrator who’s dispatched to treat Iraqis with severe illnesses or wounds armed with nothing more than bandages and Ibuprofen. “I just wanted to convey what it was like when I was there without any exaggerating to make it more interesting,” he told me. “I don’t know enough about the course of the war to be an authority on anything apart from what it was like where I was when I was there. I was only there for a year, less than a year actually. So, all I could do was give my perspective, offer no judgment outside of that, and let the reader figure it out.” Distancing himself from
the story is one of the reasons Walker decided to write a semiautobiographical novel instead of a tell-all memoir. (Also, of course, to avoid running afoul of Son of Sam laws.) This, and the fact that he claims that he’s boring in real life. He changed a lot about the story to dramatize it and make it more interesting. “You can’t make a career out of writing memoirs, especially when you’re not interesting,” he said. “And I wouldn’t want to write one anyway. Too many judgments in memoirs. A novel’s better. What happens happens.”
Sliding into the Abyss After the obligatory hero’s welcome back in the States, one to which he feels he is not deserving, the narrator in Cherry is immediately swallowed up by his old life in Cleveland. He begins his long, slow downward slide into addiction and bank robbery by hanging out with his friends, binge drinking and doing drugs. Despite having severe posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), he never gets treatment, much like Walker himself. “In those years I didn’t sleep and when I slept I dreamt of violence,” Cherry’s narrator relates. “I dreamt of Iraq. I dreamt of movies I hadn’t seen. I would die in my dreams and not wake up. I’d be dead in my dreams and then die some more, and when I woke up I was tired. No matter what else, I was unhappy.” This passage closely echoes Walker’s actual experiences following the war. As Johnson of BuzzFeed writes (in far less compelling and more histrionic prose than the author conjures up, I’d argue), “Walker found it impossible to fall asleep naturally. Ever. When he closed his eyes, images of Iraq immediately crowded his vision. Over and over again, he saw the man who had appeared in the field, saw him falling, watched him die a slow and agonizing death, a death followed by more deaths, and the unraveling of a mission into slaughter and grotesque absurdity.” At Walker’s trial, forensic psychiatrist Pablo Stewart told the judge that Walker was the victim of “a grave clinical error that was very damaging to Nicholas in the long-run.” Basically, the implication is that he self-medicated with heroin. In Cherry, however, Walker’s narrator is so fatally selfdestructive that the reader is left
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FEATURE to wonder if anything could have helped him. I asked Walker if he believes his life would have been different if he’d been given proper treatment for PTSD. “I don’t think the medical system could have helped me,� he said. “I can’t speak for anyone else but what’s helped me the most has been time, distance between me and the things that happened.� The thing that’s helped the most, Walker related in an interview with Esquire, is writing about it. “One thing I did do, and that worked for me, was a doctor here at the prison had me tell him over and over again about some traumatic thing that happened to me,� he said. “And then when I wasn’t there with the doctor, I was supposed to take time to write it down over and over (this was before I started working on Cherry). The idea was that, if you went over the thing enough instead of trying to avoid thinking about it, you would get so used to
thinking about it that it wouldn’t affect you like it did before.� “So, I tried that, and it helped. Whereas before I couldn’t think of what happened without bringing myself three quarters of the way to a breakdown, after going over it so many times the memory of it didn’t take me that way anymore. It got to be almost like it were something I had read about, something that had happened to someone else.�
This is a Robbery It isn’t long before the narrator and Emily are using his student loan money to shoot heroin every day. Then the money runs out, of course, and they get desperate. Our narrator, who early on in the book is screwed over by a bank overdraft fee, turns to robbing banks. It feels like an impulse buy in the checkout line – except instead of grabbing a tabloid or breath mints, he passes a note to a bank teller. “I don’t imagine that anyone goes in for a robbery if they are not in some kind of desperation,� the narrator says. “Good or bad people has nothing to do with it; plenty of purely wicked motherfuckers won’t ever rob
shit. With robbery it’s a matter of abasement. Are you abased? Careful then. You might rob something.� He doesn’t even bother to conceal his face, and it ends up on the local TV news. “No plans. No stopwatch. No ski mask. No gun,� he says after his second robbery. “Because I didn’t like shit like this I didn’t give a fuck about doing it the proper way. Emily was sick and all it was was I had to rob the bank or go to jail and I could say I had tried.� In real life, Walker was similarly calm when he planned his first robbery. “I woke up that morning and knew that I was going to rob a bank,� he told BuzzFeed . After going on houseto-house raids in the desert with an M16, he relates, robbing banks seemed easy. He walked out with his pockets stuffed with cash and scored more dope. Over the next four months, he robbed a total of 11 banks before getting caught. One of the things that makes Cherry so interesting is that the narrator is such a royal fuckup – albeit a roguishly charming (and vulgar) one – that it’s hard to imagine anything saving him. “Personal choice is certainly
a factor,� Walker told me. “But then there are things that are out of his control. Certainly, his circumstances are aggravated by his living in a backwards society that locks people in prisons for being addicts. Kind of took some of the impetus away to go and look for help.� Walker says it was extremely tough writing a book in prison, but the obstacles thrown his way have made him a much better, more disciplined writer. “A lot of thing slowed me up: the institution schedule, security procedures etc.,� he said. “But I think in a way it all helped me. If I had written the book in a year, say, it wouldn’t have turned out like it had. I wouldn’t have had time to develop as a writer.� He doesn’t know what he’ll be doing or where he’ll be living when he gets out of prison in 2020, which is when his sentence is slated to end. However, he does know one thing. “I plan to continue writing,� he said. “I’m working on another novel right now. It’s set in Cleveland.�
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Che Apalache A four-man string band based in Buenos Aires, Che Apalache features members from Argentina, Mexico and the United States. A North Carolinian multi-instrumentalist, singer-songwriter and composer, founder Joe Troop formed the group after he moved to Argentina in 2010 and taught himself to play bluegrass and old-time music and started teaching others how to play the music. Bandmates Pau Barjau (banjo), Franco Martino (guitar) and Martin Bobrik (mandolin) had originally been his students. Though Che Apalache began as a bluegrass band, it has also incorporated Latin American styles into its repertoire. Last year, the foursome received grants from the North Carolina Humanities Council and the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities to tour the United States for five weeks. At the Appalachian String Band Music Festival in Clifftop, West Virginia, it won first place in the neo-traditional band competition. The group has returned to the States for another tour and will perform at 7 tonight at G.A.R. Hall in Peninsula. (Jeff Niesel) 1785 Main St., Peninsula, 330-657-2528. peninsulahistory.org. SPOKEN WORD
Cleveland Stories Dinner Party Cleveland Stories Dinner Party is a weekly series that pairs fine food with storytelling. Through it, the folks at Music Box Supper Club hope to raise awareness of the mission of the Western Reserve Historical Society’s new Cleveland History Center. The goal of the Cleveland Stories Dinner Party is to “bring to life some of the fun, interesting stories about Cleveland’s past — from sports, to rock ‘n’ roll, to Millionaires’ Row,” as it’s put in a press release. Admission is free, although a prix fi xe dinner, designed to complement the night’s theme, is $20. Doors open at 5 p.m., dinner is served at 6, and the storytelling starts at 7. Tonight, Plain Dealer reporter Michael Heaton talks about the the things that make Cleveland “unique and unusual.” (Niesel) 1148 Main Ave., 216-242-1250, musicboxcle.com.
The director and one of the stars from Chained for Life will be on hand for the film’s Cleveland premiere at the Cinematheque. See: Friday. DRINK
Hoppy Hour The Cleveland Botanical Garden offers an educational take on the beer tasting with its weekly Hoppy Hour, which takes place today from 5:30 to 8:30. You can sample pale ales, dark lagers and other cool craft brews while discussing hops and horticulture with staff from the Botanical Garden and experts from a guest brewery. Tickets are $5. The event is free for members. Twelve ounce beers are $4, while a tasting flight is $6. Also, there will be seasonal dinner specials from the Garden Cafe, fire pits, lawn games and flashlight garden tours. (Niesel) 11030 East Blvd., 216-721-1600, cbgarden.org. 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 piece of performance art examines the global scale of the socalled “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.
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Heights Music Hop Heights Music Hop features a slew of bands performing for free in three separate Cleveland Heights business districts. First, Coventry Village will host performances tonight by acts such as AJ and the Woods, Corey Grand, Floco Torres, Gretchen Pleuss, Madeline Finn and Maumin Collective. Tomorrow, venues in Cedar Fairmount will host the shows, and venues in the Cedar Lee area will feature performances on Saturday. Music begins at 6 p.m. today and tomorrow, and at 5 p.m. on Saturday. The Bottlehouse hosts a special after show on Saturday. (Niesel) heightsmusichop.com.
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Luenell Fearless when it comes to making jokes and making the audience erupt in laughter, Luenell, a comedian who left a lasting impression as the “hooker with the heart of gold” in Borat, regularly jokes about being a full-figured woman and getting married later in life. She can find humor in any topic and situation. She performs tonight at 7:30 at the Improv, where she has shows scheduled through Sunday. Tickets start at $20. (Hannah Borison) 1148 Main Ave., 216-696-IMPROV, clevelandimprov.com.
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Chained for Life Charlie Korsmo, a Case Western Reserve University law professor and lawyer who’s had roles in films such as Hook, What About Bob? and Dick Tracy, returns to the screen in Chained for Life, a new film directed by Adam Schimberg (Go Down Death). Both Korsmo and Schimberg will be on hand when the Cleveland Institute of Art Cinematheque screens the | clevescene.com | September 12 - 18, 2018
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GET OUT movie at 7:30 tonight. The film also stars Jess Weixler and British actor Adam Pearson ( Under the Skin). In the flick, one of the highlights at this past summer’s BAMcinemaFest, Korsmo plays Herr Director, an amalgam of directors R.W. Fassbinder and Werner Herzog. Described as a “meditation on beauty, physical deformities and disabilities, and their appropriation/representation on screen,” the movie chronicles the shooting of a low-budget horror/exploitation film about the gruesome surgical experiments that take place in a hospital. Schimberg and Korsmo will answer audience questions after the screening, the film’s local premiere. Tickets cost $12, or $9 for Cinematheque members and students. (Niesel) 11610 Euclid Ave., 216-421-7450, cia.edu.
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Embargo Exhibit Opening Three previous resident artists from Chile and Cuba along with a Ukrainian photojournalist return to the Cleveland Print Room for the new exhibit, Embargo. Alexey Furman, a freelance photojournalist based in Kiev, Ukraine, who has been documenting the ongoing conflict in his native country, will show six works from three different series. In addition, Cuba’s Sandra Ramos, Bolivia’s Pilar Rubí and Chile’s Pablo Serra Marino, from Chile will show their work. Marino has teamed up with Cleveland-area artist Greg Martin for a piece new work made specifically for Embargo. An opening reception takes place today from 5 to 9 p.m. Also on display during the Embargo exhibition, on the Print Room’s specially-designated “Wall 5,” will be current work by University of Akron’s Galleries Director, Arnold Tunstall. He explores the
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Michael Kosta A former tennis player who made an attempt to go pro, comedian Michael Kosta likes to joke that he was once ranked No. 864 in the world of professional tennis. We’re guessing that still means he was pretty damn good. Kosta, who has a long list of TV and late-night show credits on his resume, generally takes a cordial tone in his routines. But he also likes to get in fans’ faces, especially if they spend too much time texting during his set. He performs tonight at 7:30 and 10 and tomorrow night at 7 and 9:30 at Hilarities, where he has shows scheduled through Saturday. Tickets are $28. (Niesel) 2035 East Fourth St., 216-241-7425, pickwickandfrolic.com. ART
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The Dollop Fans of both comedy and history like The Dollop, a podcast featuring history buff and comedian Dave Anthony and fellow comedian Gareth Reynolds. Anthony writes up an unknown story from American history and has Reynolds read it. They’ll host a live event tonight at 8 at the Ohio Theatre. Tickets start at $25. (Niesel) 1501 Euclid Ave., 216-241-6000, playhousesquare.org.
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to win games since the beginning of the season and threw in the towel a few weeks ago. The first in a three-game series, tonight’s game begins at 7:10, and tickets start at $15. It’s also Sugardale Dollar Dog night so be sure to bring your appetite for some cheap eats. (Niesel) 2401 Ontario St., 216-420-4487, clevelandindians.com.
Kusama — Infinity Seventeen years in the making, Kusama — Infinity, a new documentary film about visual artist Yayoi Kusama, debuted at this year’s Sundance Film Festival and also screened at the Cleveland International Film Festival. An Akron native, director Heather Lenz uses archival photos, letters and film clips to paint a portrait of Kusama, who currently has a major exhibit on view at the Cleveland Museum of Art. The film screens tonight at 7 at the Cleveland Museum of Art. Tickets are $12, $9 for CMA members. (Niesel) 11150 East Blvd., 216-421-7350, clevelandart.org. FESTIVAL
The Lazy Daisy Festival The JiMiller Band will perform all Grateful Dead songs at the annual Lazy Daisy Festival, a three-day affair that commences today at Nelson Ledges Quarry Park. JP and the Chatfield Boys, Cats On Holiday and An Unexpected Party will also perform at the intimate, family friendly festival. Admission is $60 ($45 presale) for Friday through Sunday, or $40 ($30 presale) for Saturday through Sunday. There is no extra charge for camping. (Niesel) 12001 State Route 282, Garrettsville, 440-548-2716, nlqp.com. FESTIVAL
Round Town Music Festival Produced by the Crooked River Arts Council and Main Street Kent, the fifth annual ‘Round Town Music Festival will feature free live music by 33 bands and artists at more than 30 venues. Launched 50 years ago as the Kent State Folk Festival, the event has transformed into the ‘Round Town Music Festival. It takes
place today at the restaurants, bars, galleries and shops in downtown Kent. Locals such as 15-60-75 (The Numbers Band), By Light We Loom, Cory Grinder Band, Monica Robins and the Whiskey Kings, Outlaws I & I, Roger Hoover, Ray Flanagan & the Authorities and Wallace Coleman are slated to perform. Acts making their ‘Round Town debut this year include Thieves of Joy, Americana/pop singer-songwriter Kim Kennedy, Ka De Dunna and Michael Stanley band veteran Marc Lee Shannon. (Niesel) kentroundtown.org. FESTIVAL
Walkabout Tremont During this month’s Walkabout Tremont, you can stop by any of the Tremont art galleries to see their current and/or new exhibits. Of course, there are plenty of bars, restaurants and specialty shops in the neighborhood, too, that participate in Walkabout Tremont, so don’t overlook them, either. The stroll takes place from 5 to 10 tonight; this month’s theme is “Let’s Luau.” Check out the website for a schedule, maps and a listing of food and drink specials. (Niesel) walkabouttremont.com.
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10th Annual Firefighter Chili Cook-Off Every year since 2009, Rivals has teamed up with most of Northern Ohio’s fire departments and hosts a chili cook-off to raise money for the Make-A-Wish foundation. Last year, 25 area fire departments participated. At this year’s event, which takes place today, about the same number of fire departments will be on hand. There is also a celebrity category for local breweries The event begins at 2 p.m., The teams compete for two prizes, the Celebrity Judge’s and People’s Choice awards. The panel of judges is made up of several area hospitality professionals, food writers, volunteers and Make-A-Wish beneficiary families. Tickets are $15. (Niesel) 6710 Smith Rd., Middleburg Hts., 216-267-0005, www.rivalscleveland.com. MUSIC
Blues Fest Cleveland Some of the top local blues acts will perform at today’s Blues Fest Cleveland, which takes place at 4 p.m. at the Perici Amphitheater in Twinsburg. Frankie Starr will open the show, which will also include
acts such as Armstrong-Bearcat and the Mighty Smithtones. Various ticket options are available, starting with $20 general admission ticket that must be bought in advance and a $25 at the door GA ticket. Upgraded ticket options include admission to a Bourbon Barrel Aged Wine & Beer Tasting. Food trucks will also be available all throughout the show. (Niesel), 10260 Ravenna Rd., Twinsburg, 330963-8722, rocktheparkconcert.com. FESTIVAL
Chalk Festival Over the past 27 years, the Cleveland Museum of Art’s Chalk Festival has become one of the museum’s most highly anticipated community art events. This weekend, the event returns. It’s based on a Renaissance tradition from 16th-century Italy in which beggars copied paintings of the Madonna by Raphael and his contemporaries by using chalk on the plazas outside cathedrals. Large squares (approximately 3-by4-feet of sidewalk) can be reserved for $20 (includes a 24-color box of chalk), and small squares (approximately 2-by-3-feet) are $10 (including a 12-color box of chalk). It all takes place from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. today and tomorrow, rain or shine. (Niesel) 11150 East Blvd., 216-421-7350, clevelandart.org.
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Cleveland Eats More than two dozen chefs will serve speciality dishes at today’s Cleveland Eats event that takes place from noon to 10 p.m. at Mall B above the Huntington Convention Center. Several local bands will perform and local breweries will be on hand too. Admission is $5, but the food prices are a la carte. (Niesel) tri-c.edu/clevelandeats.com. DRINK
Nature’s Brew The Holden Arboretum’s popular outdoor Nature’s Brew beer tasting event that takes place from 6 to 9 tonight features more than 30 local, domestic, international and glutenfree beers, as well as live music, food concessions and a raffle. Each ticket includes 20 tickets for 3 oz. pours, a take-home Holden beer tasting glass, three blind raffle tickets, complimentary pop, water, coffee and snacks. There will also be live music, and free parking is available at the Corning Visitor Center. Tickets are $60, $50 for members. (Niesel) 9500 Sperry Rd., Kirtland, 440-946-4400, holdenarb.org.
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John Oates and the Good Road Band Earlier this year, Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Inductee John Oates showed off the Americana side of his sound with his new album, Arkansas. Backed by the Good Road Band, a group that includes Sam Bush on mandolin, Russ Pahl on pedal steel, Guthrie Trapp on electric guitar, Steve Mackey on bass, Nat Smith on cello, and Josh Day on drums and percussion, Oates sounds particularly invigorated. He and the band perform today at 2 p.m. at the Rock Hall. Local rockers Falling Stars open the show. (Niesel) 1100 Rock and Roll Blvd., 216-515-8444, rockhall.com. FESTVAL
Tremont Arts and Cultural Festival The 20th Annual Tremont Arts and Cultural Festival features over 130 vendors in five Festival Villages. The festival also includes free live music and dance performances on three stages. Expect to find local artists who make everything from jewelry to ceramics at the event.
This year’s festival takes place from noon to 7 p.m. today and from noon to 5 p.m. tomorrow at Lincoln Park. Admission is free. (Niesel) 1208 Starkweather Ave., tremontartsfestival.com. STAGE
The Uncle Louie Variety Show The Uncle Louie Variety Show has been a hit with Italian American audiences and has proven to have great crossover potential as well. The current world tour began in February in Australia and comes to the Hanna Theatre tonight at 8. Tickets are $35 to $45. (Niesel) 2067 East 14th St., 216-241-6000, playhousesquare.org.
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East Side Flea A self-described “small business incubator” that draws thousands of local shoppers to Tyler Village, the Cleveland Flea features a range of unique items you won’t find at the typical retail store. As much a social gathering as a shopping experience, the Flea also serves as an excellent hang, a place to meet and make friends while supporting your local creatives. Today’s special East Side Flea takes place at the Van Aken District in Shaker Heights from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. (Niesel) theclevelandflea.com.
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The Woman in Black Tonight at 7:30 at the Allen theatre, the Cleveland Play House takes on The Woman in Black, a play that was a hit in London’s West End. The ghost story centers on a guy who never believed in the supernatural until he came face to face with an apparition. Tickets start at $25, and performances continue through Oct. 7. (Niesel) 1407 Euclid Ave., playhousesquare.org.
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Gospel Brunch The monthly Gospel Brunch has been a spiritual Sunday staple for years at the House of Blues. The recently reinvigorated show puts a bit more emphasis on the music. As for the food, the all-you-caneat musical extravaganza features Southern classics like chicken jambalaya, biscuits and gravy, and chicken and waffles. Seatings are offered at 11 a.m. Tickets are $40 and are available online, by phone or
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Nemr Critics credit Nemr, a Lebanese/ American stand-up comedian, with establishing the stand-up comedy scene throughout the Middle East. Nemr actually grew up in San Diego but then moved back with his family to Lebanon, where he sought to “break down barriers.” He performs tonight at 6:30 at Hilarities. Tickets are $30 to $50. (Niesel) 2035 East Fourth St., 216-241-7425, pickwickandfrolic.com. FILM
The Rise and Fall of a Small Company Based on James Hadley Chase’s The Soft Centre, The Rise and Fall of a Small Film Company represents director Jean-Luc Godard’s contribution to the 1986 French TV series Serie Noire. It centers on a frustrated filmmaker who struggles to cast and finance his thriller. A new digital restoration of the film screens tonight at 6:30 at the Cleveland Institute of Art Cinematheque. Tickets are $12, or $9 for Cinematheque members and students. (Niesel)
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Woofstock Billed as the “largest outdoor dog and family friendly festival and fundraiser in Northeast Ohio,” the annual Woofstock festival features live music from local musicians, adoptable dogs from local rescue groups, games and contests for you and your dog, shopping along Vendors Rrrow, and so much more. Organizers thousands of human and dog attendees to join them at this unique event. It takes place from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Cleveland Metroparks Polo Field. (Niesel) Chagrin River Road and State Route 87, Chagrin Falls, 440-338-4819 ext. 50, geaugahumane.org/woofstock.
Ryan Humbert: Old Souls, New Shoes 10th Anniversary Concert Ten years ago, local singersongwriter Ryan Humbert released Old Souls, New Shoes. Humbert recorded the album in Nashville in 2008 with producer Eli “Lij” Shaw. It features members of Third Eye Blind, the Counting Crows, the Black Crowes, the Dixie Chicks, Sheryl Crow’s band and the Nashville Opera. Now, Humbert just announced plans to celebrate its anniversary with a special concert at Gervasi Vineyard. At the event, which takes place at 8 tonight, Humbert will perform with a band that includes longtime bandmates Emily Bates, Ben Evans, Erin Vaughn, Brian Poston, Brian Piper and Brandon Covey. In addition, Michael Houff will lead a string quartet. Tickets are $19. (Niesel) 1700 55th St. NE, Canton, 330-497-1000, ryanhumbert.com.
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Pacifists Making Guns: The Galton Family and Britain’s Industrial Revolution As part of the Baker-Nord Center for the Humanities lecture series, Stanford professor Priya Satia will talk about how a Quaker-owned biggest gun-making company in Britain in the 18th century supplied guns to the slave trade in West Africa as well as to the East India Company and other settlers and trading companies. The talk takes place at 5 p.m. at the Tikham Veale University Center’s Ballroom A. Tickets are free. (Niesel) . 11038 Bellflower Rd., 216-368-5681, humanities.case.edu.
Indians vs. Chicago White Sox While the Chicago White Sox will end this season with a losing record, the young team has steadily improved throughout the season. In August, the squad won more games than it lost as its rookies have started to blossom. Expect them to give the Tribe a tough time when the two teams match up tonight at 7:10 p.m. at Progressive Field. Tickets start at $15. (Niesel) 2401 Ontario St., 216-420-4487, clevelandindians.com.
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Wing Dang Doodle Blues icon Howlin’ Wolf famously covered “Wang Dang Doodle,” the old blues tune penned by Willie Dixon. Prosperity Social Club in Tremont has adopted that slogan, calling its wing night Wing Dang Doodle. The weekly event features specials on Buffalo wings and cold brews. Prosperity will not only serve up substantial, $1 whole wings, but it’ll also offer meatless Monday “wing” baskets for vegans. Discounted drafts and a playlist of vintage-electric blues and soulful R&B curated by local musician Clint Holley will be on tap as well. Wing Dang Doodle takes place every Monday from 6 p.m. to midnight. (Niesel) 1109 Starkweather Ave., 216-937-1938, prosperitysocialclub.com.
Path of Blood Path of Blood centers on young thrillseekers who sign up for a jihadi boot camp and subsequently plot to overthrow the Saudi government. They detonate three car bombs at Western compounds in downtown Riyadh and become embroiled in a nail-biting game of cat and mouse with government forces. As their plans unravel, they become even more desperate. The documentary film, which shows tonight at 7:30 at the Capitol Theatre, uses Al Qaeda home-movie footage captured by the security services to show how “brainwashed idealism and the youthful pursuit of adventure can descend into madness and carnage.” Tickets cost $9.75. (Niesel) 1390 West 65th St., 216-651-7295, clevelandcinemas.com.
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STAGE A CHILD OF THE REVOLUTION Mary-Francis Miller’s standout performance gives Sunset Baby an enduring glow at Dobama Theatre By Christine Howey IT’S HARD ENOUGH TO BE THE child of a celebrity who is praised for their talents in any of the various arts. But when both your parents were black civil rights activists, spending all their time working for change while fighting enormous opposing pressures, that has to distort your life. Such is the situation facing grown up Nina in Sunset Baby, a wonderfully multi-layered play written by Dominique Morisseau. And the three-person cast under the direction of Justin Emeka has some stellar moments in the course of this almost twohour intermission-less play. Unfortunately, there are some elements that don’t quite click, both in the script and in this production, that eventually soften the impact the work should produce. One of those wrinkles is visible immediately, in the scenic design by Laura Carlson Tarantowski. This immensely talented designer has produced a supposedly “distressed” apartment in Brooklyn that looks not particularly distressed at all. Indeed, it looks virtually empty, in move-in condition, save for a slightly cluttered small bookcase against the rear wall. While it may be unusual to mention the set of a play this early in a review, in this case it is important since it’s where virtually all the action takes place. This is the home of Nina, the daughter of Kenyatta and Ashanti X who were leading revolutionaries in the black power movement decades earlier. That is, to say the least, an interesting family background, full of embedded contradictions, that could be expressed in some way in the appearance of her apartment. In any case, she’s sharing her oddly pristine space with her lover Damon, a young hustler who runs scams with Nina who poses as a prostitute, in addition to his other nefarious activities. In short order, Nina is visited by her estranged father Kenyatta, who
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is looking for the letters written to him by Ashanti X while he was in prison after staging a botched “revolutionary” robbery of an armored vehicle. As written, these are three engrossing characters since playwright Morisseau doesn’t take the easy way out with any of them. Nina is a closed-off “bitch,” in Damon’s term, but she has a softer side that dreams of moving to Europe, having kids, and doing normal family things. Her years of growing up under the glare of her parents’ battles for social justice—and being separated from her dad who was in jail during her formative years—have annealed her, hardened her, and she refuses to let down her guard. Damon is equally complex, far from just another street thug. He is well read and expounds on philosophical theories at times. But he also brandishes the hairtrigger temper of a man who has learned to protect his turf. This is fi rst seen when he’s caressing Nina on the couch and his ire suddenly emerges when he asks about the visit from Kenyatta. He is disturbed that the encounter has rattled Nina, since he wants to be the only person who has that power over her. The one person in this trio without any power is Kenyatta, who tries to connect with the daughter he was distant from when she was younger. His anguish over that, and her deep sadness, is scored by the music
Francis Miller as Nina; she is simply amazing, capturing both the edgy and cushy sides of this woman’s persona. Later in the play, her intense confrontation with Kenyatta, when she sends him packing, is startling in its visceral strength. She is complemented well by Ananias J. Dixon, whose Damon is an intentionally off-putting mixture of good sense, barely restrained sexuality, and rash impulsiveness. They make a fascinating pair. In the role of Kenyatta, the superb actor Greg White seems slightly off-center during the entire play. Although this character is on the downside of his life, White’s interpretation
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of Nina Simone—the person Nina was named after. Snatches of her songs are played at different times during the show. And it is no insult to the creators to say that Simone’s recorded words, both audio and video, compete to be the most powerful moments. But nothing surpasses Mary-
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feels a bit too defl ated. There should be a sense of Kenyatta’s former strength, shown by the residue of pride in his voice and the speaking tempo of a man who could once move people with his words. It isn’t entirely White’s fault, since he’s also saddled with
a few un-actable monologues when Kenyatta is recording his soppy feelings (“I wanted to give it all to you.”) and faux-deep musings (“Too much apathy. Too much ignorance. Not enough selflessness.”) into a video recorder for his daughter. These interludes are the weakest part of Morisseau’s script, becoming preachy and obvious pauses in a piece that avoids those traps everywhere else. There are projections designed by the master of such things, T. Paul Lowry, and some are effective—particularly those involving Nina Simone and activist Stokely Carmichael. But other video projections that are thrown against the back wall of the set just become visual static and don’t enhance the experience. Sunset Baby is worth a trip to Lee Road, for Mary Francis Miller’s stunning performance, for a few clips of Nina Simone’s singing, and for a story that touches on the personal sacrifices that people make when they try to move the world in a different direction.
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MOVIES A WOMAN SCORNED Glenn Close delivers an Oscar-worthy performance in The Wife By BJ Colangelo WITH A MOUTHFUL OF VODKA and lips around her first cigarette in decades, Joan Castleman (Glenn Close) tells biographer Nathaniel Bone (Christian Slater), “Please don’t paint me as a victim, I am much more interesting than that.” Based on the Meg Wolitzer novel of the same name and directed with a sensation of strangling intimacy by .. Swedish filmmaker Bjorn Runge, The Wife is a compelling drama serving as a vehicle for a careerhigh performance by the six-time Academy Award nominated Glenn Close. It opens areawide on Friday. Taking place in 1992 with a few fl ashbacks to the late 1950s (with early Joan played by Close’s remarkably talented, doppelganger daughter Annie Starke), the movie centers on Joan’s husband Joe (the fantastic Jonathan Pryce), who’s just been notified he’s the winner of the Nobel Prize in literature. Joe is overwhelmed with joy, while Joan expresses her excitement in a smile that feels both warm and completely disengaged. The two travel with their son to Stockholm for the ceremony, and something is noticeably and tangibly off about Joan. It’s the greatest honor her husband could ever achieve, and her focus is on staying out
of the public eye and playing the doting wife by making sure her husband remembers things like reading glasses, medication and his daily schedule. With the exception of the psychological drama Regeneration , Pryce has never really had his “leading man” moment. He fortunately nabs what is also the role of his career as the overbearing, charismatic and wholly unlikable Joe, turning a character leaking of toxic masculinity into something compelling and mesmerizing. Every moment and every movement of Close’s performance is meticulous and calculated. In a fl ashback, we learn that Joan was once an incredibly promising writer, herself a former student of Joe’s at Smith College. However, the late ’50s weren’t an ideal time for women writing during a time where publishing houses, critics and marketing companies were all run by men with little to no interest in differing perspectives or literary voices. Joan seemingly abandoned her dreams to become the unnervingly calm, stoic wife she presents herself as today. The Wife serves as an examination of the consequences of unchecked male privilege and
the archaic gender politics that have influenced the decision making and sacrifices made by women of older generations. It also examines the painful existence of women conditioned to live their lives as the quiet “woman behind the man.” After 40 years of sacrificing her talent and dreams to help her husband rise to great success, 40 years of enduring infidelities
rooted in softboy artistic insecurities, and 40 years of hiding a secret that would shake the foundation of their world, Joan has had enough. She says it herself when she explains, “There’s nothing more dangerous than a writer whose feelings have been hurt.”
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SPOTLIGHT: THE BASEMENT In the opening scene of The Basement , a horror fi lm that opens on Friday at Tower City Cinemas and also arrives on VOD that same day, a guy wields a blow torch while a topless woman screams while strapped to a chair. It’s a gruesome start to a movie that aspires to be a cult classic but falls woefully short of the mark, even if that initial scene does make you want to see how things got to that gruesome point. After the shock and awe of the opening, the fi lmmakers subsequently dial things back in the next scene that fi nds a yuppie couple speaking sweet nothings to each other before hubby Craig
(Cayleb Long) gives his wife Kelly (Mischa Barton) a quick kiss and zips off to the convenience store in his sports car. While there, he begins texting the woman with whom he’s been having an affair, and before they can rendezvous, a half-crazed clown (Jackson Davis) abducts him and ties him up in a dark warehouse. And thus, the torture, both psychological and physical, begins. Preposterous even by horror standards, The Basement resorts to rudimentary suspense as it concentrates on the role-playing that takes place after Craig is captured, and the clown takes on the personalities of everyone from
a prison warden to a concerned mother to a priest. The abrupt change in tone is jarring as Craig admits he doesn’t really know who he is and feels “lost,” as he puts it in a tear-fi lled testimony. “I’m not perfect, but I’m a good man,” he says as he begs for his life from the psychotic killer who admits he was once kidnapped himself and seeks to recreate the traumatic experience with Craig. The gore returns in the fi lm’s penultimate scene, again signalling another abrupt shift in tone (and at one point, things go completely overboard). Better actors might’ve elevated the pedantic script, but the cast
here simply isn’t up to the task. Even though she’s potentially the story’s true villain, Kelly plays such a minimal part in the proceedings, you wonder why she’s even in the movie. One publication declares the fi lm features “stellar lead performances,” but the back and forth that takes place between Long and Davis isn’t anywhere close to being on the level of something like Silence of the Lambs or Funny Games. — Jeff Niesel
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EAT ENDLESS DELIGHTS A whole lot to love at the new Koko Café, one of the best additions to Cleveland’s Asian dining scene By Douglas Trattner IN A SINGLE DAY I DEVOURED lamb kidney kebabs in University Circle, beef curry dumplings in Asiatown, and leftover Singapore noodles that had been lingering in the back of my fridge at home. The past couple of weeks has been a dizzying discovery tour filled not only with kebabs, dumplings and noodles, but also buns, soups, stirfries and hot pots. Welcome to Peak Chinese Restaurant. If it seems like a new Asian eatery debuts on a nearweekly basis, that’s because one practically does. Most make landfall in and around Asiatown and University Circle (Asiatown East?), and though those neighborhoods don’t hold a monopoly on the action, one of the newest and best to come online calls Asiatown home: Koko Café, an offshoot of the popular Koko Bakery on Payne Avenue. For roughly a dozen years, astute eaters have been making habitual visits to Koko for fresh-baked sweet and savory buns, fanciful fruit tarts, cakes and pastries, and lunches of shatteringly crisp pork katsu, all washed down with glasses of sweet, chewy bubble tea. When you already have a loyal and appreciative following, it makes perfect sense to cut a doorway into an adjacent space, plop down some tables and chairs, and debut an extensive menu of largely Cantonese delights. I’ve plopped down into one of those 40 chairs on four separate occasions and I’ve barely made a dent in the offerings. That might be because I can’t seem to pull myself away from the steamed dumplings. There are eight different fi llings from which to choose, but the Triple Dumplings ($6.95) combines on a single plate varieties starring juicy pork and kimchi, savory and spicy beef curry, and a bright, fi nely textured vegetable mixture. Those dumplings are part of a larger array of dim sum-style snacks that are fun to mix and match. Chewy, glutinous rice
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noodle rolls ($3) – a love it or leave it food if ever there was one – come rolled around fi llings like cooked shrimp, dried radish, and beef with bitter melon. There’s sweetened soy sauce to go with. Fluffy softball-size steam buns ($3.50) come fi lled with ground chicken and vegetable, pork and leeks, and the always popular barbecue pork. To more than a billion people, congee is the ultimate comfort food. Here, the silken rice porridge is topped with sliced beef, pork liver, or the classic pork with thousand-year
place of thick, doughy wrappers are delicate parcels fi lled with shrimp and pork. Also bobbing in the aromatic, fl avorful broth are heads of bright green baby bok choi and a bird’s nest of bouncy egg noodles. There are more than a dozen satisfying noodle soups, including the beefy meal-in-a-bowl brisket and tendon ($9.95) with thick udon-like noodles and bok choi. It takes a bottomless well of will power to not always order the Cantonese pan-fried noodles with pork ($8.95). Tender shredded
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egg ($6.95). If you love the fl avor of beef short ribs and don’t mind eating with your hands, order the ribs with honey sauce ($7.95). The thin-sliced, cross-cut meat is saucy, sweet, garlicy and chewy in all the best ways. Noodle soup lovers have a reliable new friend in Koko. The fresh shrimp wonton ($7.95) is a different breed from the clunky versions we grew up slurping at the neighborhood carry-out. In
pork, plump bean sprouts, thinsliced pea pods and fat scallions are tossed in a slightly thick, faintly sweet gravy that seeps into the bed of crispy fried egg noodles, softening them up for the kill. Likewise, the curryscented Singapore-style noodles ($9.95) are always a table-pleaser owing to the addictively thin rice noodles. Elaborate “Chef’s Specials” like squid in XO sauce, salt
and pepper pork chops, and a version of Hainan chicken join carry-out chestnuts such as sesame chicken, General Tso’s, and beef and broccoli. If roast chicken is considered plain then Hainan-style chicken ($12.95) is downright austere. Poached, cooled, hacked and soft-skinned, the succulent bone-in chicken is paired with punchy gingerscallion dipping sauce and plenty of rice (though not rice that has been cooked in broth as is typical of the dish). Desserts, as one might expect, come courtesy of the adjacent bakery, where items like fruity fl an, mochi ice cream, mango cheesecake and Korean shave ice keep sweets lovers on a perpetual sugar buzz. After a handful of meals I’ve only sampled a small portion of the menu. Not only is the multipage roster formidably extensive, it seems to change and grow with each visit. I’d like to say that I plan on returning to fi nish the task, but two new Asian eateries just opened that require some attention.
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BITES Owners of the Plum to open casual neighborhood bar in Battery Park By Douglas Trattner PARTNERS BRETT SAWYER, Jonah Oryszak and Vince Thomascik, chef-owner, owner and chef de cuisine of the Plum, respectively, have just signed a lease on the former Vita Urbana space in Battery Park. That short-lived restaurant and retail marketplace, located at the Shoreway Building, closed this past December. When it opens in the next couple months, Good Company (1200 W. 76th St.) will be a departure from the formula at the Plum (4133 Lorain Ave., 216-938-8711). While everything still will be made from scratch using the best possible ingredients, the finished products will be decidedly more approachable and familiar. “We love doing food the way we do it here at the Plum; it keeps things fresh,” explains Sawyer. “But we were looking to do something completely different. It’s still food that we love to do, but on the simpler side. We are going back to the basics with simple bar food that’s done very, very well.” Sawyer describes Good Company as “an updated sports bar” that will appeal to vegans, vegetarians, families and everybody else who likes good-quality but unfussy fare. In addition to the cold beer and flatscreens, there will be Cobb salads, “smash” burgers, fried mushrooms, fried chicken sandwiches, veggie burgers, and hearty mains like chicken parmesan and chicken paprikash. Plum-style items like cured and fried chicken wings and beer-battered celery root with vegan ranch dressing will likely make appearances. Family friendly foods like chicken fingers will also be on hand. “The idea is to be more of a neighborhood spot, where if you and your kids are coming back from a day at Edgewater Beach you can stop in and there’s something for everybody,” adds Sawyer. While the attractive space with an open kitchen is essentially turnkey, the partners will warm up the space and make it more conducive to the concept. Tables will be
swapped out for booths and the rear retail section will be turned into semi-private dining space for events and overflow seating. A new catering kitchen in the rear will help service the building’s tenantsand the community at large. A new lot will be set aside for restaurant parking. Look for Good Company to open in time for the holiday season. When it does, the restaurant will likely be open for happy hour and dinner only plus football Sundays.
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Tri-C’s Cleveland Eats Festival Returns to Mall B for Second Annual Event On September 15, more than 30 restaurants and food-driven businesses will descend upon Mall B downtown for the second annual Cleveland Eats festival, which is organized by the Hospitality Management Center of Excellence at Tri-C. The stated intent of the event is to showcase the hospitality industry’s impact on the Northeast Ohio economy and Tri-C’s role in training the skilled workers needed to power it. The festival’s Culinary Village tents will be filled with chefs, restaurants and food-related businesses offering small plates for $5 or less. Admission to the festival is another $5. The event, which runs from noon to 10 p.m., also features live music and entertainment. “Deciding what to eat may be the toughest decision people make all day,” said Michael Huff, the College’s dean of hospitality management. “I recommend coming hungry, because you’re going to find some of the tastiest food available in Northeast Ohio.” Live cooking demos will be taking place all day and a marketplace will feature foods and products from local vendors.
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MUSIC STILL MONKEYING AROUND Michael Nesmith brings his First National Band to town By Jeff Niesel BEST KNOWN AS A MEMBER OF the Monkees, singer-guitarist Michael Nesmith also fronted the First National Band, a country rock group that included musicians from Nashville. Nesmith, who just played in town over the summer with fellow Monkee Micky Dolenz, returns to Northeast Ohio this week to perform with the reunited First National Band. They come to the Kent Stage on Saturday. Nesmith’s sons, Christian and Jonathan, are among the members of the new First National Band lineup. In a recent phone interview from his Los Angeles home, Nesmith spoke about the Monkees legacy and his affinity for the First National Band. You’ve had a busy year that included a few dates with Micky Dolenz. What was that tour like? There was 100 percent quality to it that I don’t get a lot. You go in and you think, “I hope this works out.” It worked out on a level of magnitude that I had never dreamed. That’s how it was with Mick. I love him as a man and a human being. I always got on with him very well. Our ability to go out and work together was a step of progress in that developing relationship. I don’t want to sound snarky or weird, but it gave us a chance to work outside the Monkees in a way that we have never been able to do. The Monkees have great songs, and Micky is a great performer of those songs. I like to play them and horse around on stage. There’s a thing that happened when the two of us got together inside the Monkees enclave that was a lot of fun. There was a lot of horse play going on in terms of living fast and hard and having fun with girls and booze and all the stuff that would happen when you’re a 20-yearold attractive boy band member. That wasn’t where I felt the bond with Mick. We appreciated the science part of the whole thing. He did the mad scientist thing in his basement, and I did Christian scientist in the sky. That’s pretty far gone, but it’s true. We shared those things. Mickey’s mother
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taught him metaphysics. I was inundated with metaphysics when I was growing up. I was trying to reconcile the Monkees into that manner of thinking. Mickey was a partner in that. I’m sorry I fell over [from heart failure] on stage, but that was just an interlude. We’ll see where it goes from here. It’s been fun. I’m back at it. We have a couple of shows that we have to
left over from the folk boom of the early ’60s. They weren’t the same. They were espresso and deep conversation kind of rooms, and the singer in the corner was never the focus of it. I curated who was playing, and I realized there was this treasure trove of talent that no one was paying attention to. Jim McGuinn came in one night and he had his 12-string. At that point, he
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make up because I got sick. The show that was coming together when I came apart was really outstanding. I thought to myself, “If I saw this show, I would love it.” You used to hang out at the Troubadour in West Hollywood back in the ’60s. What was the scene like back then? I’ve never seen anybody capture it or give it its due. It was sui generis. There were nightclubs
was Jim and not Roger. He played a Beatles set and he got booed. I thought, “How can it be that one of the preeminent players of our time can play Beatles songs and sing them well and was getting booed. How can that be? He played a short set because I think it upset him. From that point of departure, there was a way that the people who played the Troubadour got harder and harder and more and more rock n’ roll and more expressive. If
that’s what you wanted to hear, you have to go to the Troubadour. When you landed the role as Mike in the Monkees, did you have some sense that the show would be a hit? Television is dark magic. I mean that in precise terms. That’s hyperbole on one level, but on another level, it’s dark magic. Something is going on there that makes these anomalies like Trump, for example. I’m not addressing the politics, but I’m talking about how you can have this take over of a personality like that. That only happens in television. When I saw the Monkees, I thought, “This is a missed opportunity.” I thought about the music you could do. Imagine if instead of the Brill Building, it was Roger and the Byrds and Dylan doing our writing. Dylan gave us a couple of songs to sing. I always scratch my head and wonder if he was shining me on. As time has gone on, I realized he was being very candid. I wouldn’t be surprised if he had a place in his heart for it.
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I think the Monkees played here in Cleveland with Jimi Hendrix as the opener. What do you remember about that show? I do remember something about the Cleveland show. I didn’t know if he was still playing with. He walked off stage at Forest Hills [in New York], and that was the last show he played with us. Cleveland was the great chase around the city with the police and the fans and Monkees. We had come down in the elevator and as a prank, I pushed the wrong floor and it opened into a wide open hallway of teenagers. They took one look and said, “Can this be real?” When they saw the twinkle in Davy [Jones’s] eye, they screamed and came running. If you’ve ever seen 50 or 100 teenage girls running and screaming at something, you could see what World War III might be like. It’s terrifying beyond description. We took off running, but we were caught in the bowels of this hotel. I was running for open portals. I thought we were screwed. They didn’t want souvenirs. They were going to tear us apart. We ran outside and I saw a patrol car sitting parked. You can write up that they were having donuts and coffee, but I don’t think they were. I grabbed the back door. The police turned around like, “Who the hell are you?” We were all in costume, all the way to the green hats and the red velvet suits. I said, “We’re the Monkees. We have a show to play.” They took us back to the police station, and we were sitting in there and the police were atwitter. People were getting their autographs. Peter [Tork] had turned white as a ghost and was in some blind state of panic. I saddled up to him and asked if he was okay. I assumed he was reacting to the chase. He said, “I’m holding, and I have enough to put me away.” In one of my lesser moments, I thought it was best to move next to somebody besides Peter. Whether Hendrix was part of that, I couldn’t tell you.
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embarked on various reunion tours. What has it been like to be a part of the group’s 50-year legacy? It’s like asking me how do you like living on the street that you lived on all your life. It’s an impossible question to answer. I don’t know. It’s turned into something that’s just continuously there. If it wasn’t such high value and plenty of room to fart around, which is what Kurt Vonnegut instructed us to do, it wouldn’t have been so fun and valuable. It was fun and it is fun. It’s weird being a part of it when you’re 65 or 75, but it still has a quality to it that I think has enriched my life. Do you think the band belongs in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame? Well, the direct answer is no. If you read my book, you realize that I go to some length to unpack the notion that the Monkees were a TV show. Something created this thing from the general cultural community and consciousness. It was permanent and deep. I don’t know who to describe it but there were thousands of 8- and 9-yearolds watching the Monkees in secret and nursing a broken heart over the fact that they wanted Davy [Jones] to be their boyfriend. There was this mixture of this strange fatuous reality of puppy love that just persisted. There’s substance there. I don’t know what that substance is. I just know that it’s there. Talk about what you have planned for the current tour? I’m coming in with the National Band tour. That First National Band is worth a complete article if not a book about how it came together. I thought I had lost them when they came out in the late ‘60s and early ‘70s and immediately went into oblivion. I took it out to play and after the first set of seven or eight shows, it just vanished. We couldn’t sell any tickets. For some reason, the world turned and came back around and poked its nose in the tent and said, “What do you guys have going on?” I showed them, and we played, and the reception was so great that we had to go play it live.
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MUSIC THE RIOT STUFF Yo La Tengo addresses the current political climate with its new album By Jeff Niesel YO LA TENGO BASSIST JAMES McNew says that as the veteran indie rock band began to assemble songs for its latest release, it used the working title There’s a Riot Going On, a reference to Sly and the Family Stone’s 1971 album. That title stuck, and the band kept the name for the finished product, which came out earlier this year. “I think we just thought that it felt right,” says McNew in a recent phone interview in advance of the band’s Saturday show at the Beachland Ballroom at 9 p.m. “In the early days of working on the record in earnest, it seemed pretty accurate as to our environment and our general surroundings. Six months later, when we were still working and fi nishing the record, all of us still thought the title was working for us.” Though not overtly political, the songs do speak to our troubled times and the current climate of fear and uncertainty. “It’s hard to imagine anything not speaking to it,” says McNew. “It’s hard to imagine not reacting. People react in different ways, and I think there’s a certain idea that people have about what protest music should sound like, and I don’t think that’s enforceable. Everyone resists and reacts in their own ways. While [protest music] is a common expression and way for us to come together, at the same time, it’s also a very personal means of expression.” The band took a different approach to the recording process, and that approach reaps some pretty fantastic musical dividends as the group puts an emphasis on creating rich sonic textures. It’s also the band’s first-ever self-production credit. “We all work together,” says McNew. “I think all three of us are credited on all the songs. That’s the way we worked for quite a while. In 1991, I started playing in the band as a fi ll-in. I had to learn a couple of dozen Yo La Tengo songs and covers, enough to get through a short tour here and there. I moved to New York, and we kept playing
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together. Eventually, I learned all the songs, so we started writing new material.” A few years ago, McNew says the band “stumbled into a mode of improvising and playing in practice where we had no destination, and we would just play and switch instruments and see what happened.” The group would create “crummy” cassette recordings and try to sift out the chord changes and rhythms that might become songs.
a different, new way of jamming. It was in a different part of the room. We did all the recording ourselves in our practice space. We did mixing with [producer and musician] John McEntire at his place. I think we were interested in different textures. We’re all fans in large degree of the surreal and psychedelic aspects of sound and music. It’s fun to explore that.” The album opener, “You Are Here,” commences with a shimmering hum before the
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percussion, bass and drums slowly kick in. It serves as a great intro to the intricate melodies to come. The album concludes with the equally exquisite “Here You Are.” “A lot of times when we’re writing songs for an album, there will be one or two songs that we all instantly could imagine beginning a show with or ending a show with,” says McNew. “ That’s how a
sequence gets built for us. We get the beginning and ending and then work on the middle.” “Above the Sound” comes off as a world music track with its tribal sounding drumbeats and shards of feedback and other found sounds. “There’s a lot of layers in that one,” says McNew. “A lot of the songs on the record are built off of these spontaneously recorded jams that were happening in the moment and carried over onto a multi-track recording session and extrapolated. There’s all sorts of crazy stuff going on. There’s more percussion than I can remember and electronic things and loops and an upright bass part and lots of guitars that don’t present themselves guitars, but they are. We haven’t played it live yet, but I hope we do.” “Out of the Pool,” another album highlight, begins with a bit of spoken before getting into a Talking Heads-like groove. “That one came out of a jam that we had done and recorded a rough version of,” says McNew. “We took part of it that was a microphone recording of us coming up with that rhythmic pattern and looped it and built that entire track on top of it. It’s kind of like every song on the record. It was really experimental and doing things that are unusual for us texturally, but they felt total natural as far as arrangements and sounds.” For the current tour, Yo La Tengo will perform without an opening act. “The fi rst set usually holds ten of the quieter side of things, and the second set, it gets loud,” says McNew. “Spoiler alert!” The past 30 years had brought so many changes to the music industry, but Yo La Tengo, which fi rst formed in 1984, has persevered by not worrying about the changes or trying to live up to anyone’s expectations but its own. “For better or worse, we do largely exist in a bubble of three people,” says McNew.
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All Souls/Contra/Daybreak: 8 p.m., $8 ADV, $10 DOS. Now That’s Class. The Aquabats/Koo Koo Kanga Roo: 8 p.m., $23 ADV, $26 DOS. House of Blues. Chromeo/Steve A Clark: 8:30 p.m., $29.50-$100.15. Agora Theatre. City of the Dead/Candy Ambulance/b.loop: 8 p.m., $5. CODA. Discount Nostalgia/The Movies/ Dad Light/Nothing Major (in the Locker Room): 8 p.m., $6. Mahall’s 20 Lanes. The Early November/The Dangerous Summer/Jetty Bones/ Save Face: 7 p.m., $17 ADV, $20 DOS. Mahall’s 20 Lanes. FreeByrds Musician’s Night: 10 p.m., free. Smedley’s. Givers: 8:30 p.m., $13 ADV, $15 DOS. Beachland Tavern. Chris Hatton’s Musical Circus (in the Wine Bar): 8 p.m., free. Brothers Lounge. Heights Music Hop Featuring Muamin Collective / Floco Torres / Kent Archie / Dj Corey Grand / Only Native Sounds: 7:30 p.m., free. Grog Shop. Jam Night with the Bad Boys of Blues: 9 p.m., free. Brothers Lounge. Karuna Trio: 8 p.m., $20. Bop Stop. Northeast Ohio Drum & Music Jam: 9 p.m., free. Beachland Ballroom. Pentatonix/Echosmith/Calum Scott: The Grammy-winning multi-platinum vocal act Pentatonic comes to town tonight
Ozzy Osbourne comes to Blossom one last time. See: Sunday.
in support of its new album, PTX Presents: Top Pop, Vol. I. A collection of covers, Top Pop features the group’s soulful takes on songs such as Dua Lipa/ Aaliyah’s “New Rules x Are You That Somebody?,” Ed Sheeran’s “Perfect” and Portugal. The Man’s “Feel It Still.” The vocal performances sound sharp even if the group keeps things a bit too poppy. For the current tour, the group has also promised to play some of its original material. (Jeff Niesel), 8 p.m., $25-$89.50. Blossom.
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Beachland Ballroom. Gordon Lightfoot: 8 p.m. Hard Rock Rocksino Northfield Park. Michael Nesmith & The First National Band: 8 p.m., $52-$150. The Kent Stage. Organ-Ism: 8 p.m., $15. Bop Stop. Seafair Single Release Show/ Automatic Weapons/Moonbeau: 8:30 p.m., $10. Mahall’s 20 Lanes. Square Records Anniversary Party with Party of Helicopters/ This Moment In Black History/ Kill the Hippies/GS Schray: For the Square Records 15th Anniversary Party, owner Dave Ignizio wanted to bring back the bill of bands from the first show he ever booked after starting his Akron-based record shop. That meant having to track down the guys from Kent’s own the Party of Helicopters, a band which broke up in 2004 when many deemed it just on the cusp of stardom. While the bandmembers have done a number of reunion shows over the years and played in various bands, they haven’t played a gig together in a few years. Known for their riotous indie-metal/ punk instrumentation paired with dreamy vocals, they’re back for a one-night-only show where old fans (along with the newlyinitiated) are invited to relive the happier and care-free times of their adolescence. (Laura Morrison), 8 p.m., $5. Musica. Chuchito Valdes International Trio: 7 p.m., $30. Nighttown. Jackie Warren: 10:30 p.m., free. Nighttown.
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BAND OF THE WEEK SUPERCHUNK By Jeff Niesel MEET THE BAND: Mac McCaughan (guitar, vocals), Jim Wilbur (guitar, backing vocals), Jon Wurster (drums, backing vocals) and Laura Ballance (bass, backing vocals) THE MERGE MINDSET: When the band first started in Chapel Hill, NC, in 1989, singer-guitarist Mac McCaughan formed Merge Records at about that same time. Some of the early Sub Pop bands like Mudhoney, Southern rockers Drivin’ N Cryin’, art punks Sonic Youth and the British band the Buzzcocks inspired the group. “That was a lot of stuff we listened to for awhile,” says
WHY YOU SHOULD HEAR THEM: With its prickly guitars and loud-to-soft approach, the lurching “Break the Glass” suggests the urgency at the core of the songs on What a Time to be Alive. “That is a song that is most about no one being able to think about anything else other than the insanity of the fact that Donald Trump is in the White House,” says McCaughan when asked about the tune. “You have to go about your life and take the kids to school and pay your bills, but at the same time, this insane thing is happening. It’s an emergency but how do you not go crazy? Musically, I wanted it to sound like sparks or Photo credit: Merge Records
McCaughan. “Dinosaur Jr. was really new at the time. We liked them too. [When we started Merge Records], we wanted to have an aesthetic or vibe that people could latch onto. It started as more of a hobby or art project than wanting to be a big record label.”
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TAKING AIM AT TRUMP: Some of the songs on the band’s new album, What a Time to Be Alive, were written before and some were written right after the 2016 presidential election. “If you’re writing songs all the time anyway, which I am, there wasn’t anything else to write about,” says McCaughan. “It’s all anyone could think about it. We didn’t have it on our calendar to make a Superchunk album, but once I had the songs, it made sense for Superchunk to be the band to record them. A lot of what we do is based on Jon [Wurster’s] touring schedule. Once we saw we had some time to make a record, we just jumped on it.”
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WHERE YOU CAN HEAR THEM: superchunk.com. WHERE YOU CAN SEE THEM: Superchunk performs with Cheap Clone at 8:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 18, at the Grog Shop. – Jeff Niesel
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out of the relationships he already has,” said Hobbes. “He has a job, friends, a therapist, a life. This doesn’t mean that his perceptions are unfounded—our society is terrible to its elders in general and its LGBTQ elders in particular—but there may be opportunities in his life for intimacy that he’s not tapping into. Acquaintances LAG hasn’t checked in on for a while. Random cool cousins LAG never got to know. Volunteering gigs you fell out of. It’s easier to reanimate old friendships than to start from scratch.” Another recommendation: Seek out other lonely guys—and there are lots of them out there. And if your therapist doesn’t know of any good support groups—or if you don’t feel comfortable telling your therapist how miserable you are, or if you’ve told your therapist everything and they haven’t been able to help— find a new therapist.
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BROOKSIDE OVAL APARTMENT Located on Park Fulton Oval near the Cleveland Metroparks! 216-351-6936 Choose from any of our newly remodeled 1 & 2 bdrm apartments, all w/ modern kitchens & bathrooms. All feature air-conditioning & Garage parking also available. Brookside is located close to I-480, I-71, and I-90, just minutes from downtown Cleveland. Come home to the beautiful park-like setting of Brookside Apartments! You’ll be happy to call Brookside home.
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