Yep.
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Remember when you were 7 years old, and the absolute worst thing in your life was that your mom made you go to church? You probably pretended you were in a coma and couldn’t wake up, or maybe faked sick to try to get out of it.
You shoulda just stolen a car, like this kid:
Yep, to avoid church, a 7-year-old in Utah stole a car last weekend, and then led cops on a chase. To be honest, I’m surprised they caught him. Did you see the cop at the end of the video? I’m sure he was stunned when it was a little kid that jumped out of the driver’s seat, but really, all he could muster was a jog? The boy was eventually caught, but I’m gonna guess it wasn’t that guy’s lazy ass. Yea he’s 7 but he’s still running from the cops. Come on, man…
You know, for a kid who probably couldn’t reach the pedals and see out the windshield at the same time, you gotta hand it to him–not too shabby. Who do you think taught that kid to drive? Not his mom, I’m guessing. Further proof that our Y chromosome gives us innately better driving skills. Exibit B:
So when does this kid turn 21, in like 2020-something? I’d love to buy him a beer. I mean if he’s stealing cars and running from the cops at 7, the kid’s probably gonna rack up some pretty awesome stories over the next decade or so. Hope he’s not in jail by then.
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For years now the Tri-state club scene has been plagued with an overwhelming array of average talent and uninteresting cover bands. Local original artists have been overshadowed by the overabundance of rehashers who relish in playing other peoples’ music. Musicians dreaming of writing their own songs and playing something that may actually mean something to the audience are limited to venues that are of less than favorable conditions with less than a favorable number of people in attendance.
Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky club owners aren’t really interested in the artistic side of things–and who could really blame them? If you own a club your main concern isn’t art, it’s getting the masses through the door and pouring alcohol down their throats.
Maybe just maybe this isn’t the fault of these copycat bands. Maybe it’s not solely about making it or becoming a rock star. Maybe music means different things to different musicians; maybe there were other things in these people’s lives that made them want to simply entertain on the weekends, just to play and enjoy themselves while watching an audience enjoying what they are doing. Maybe it’s this that’s the true spirit of rock ‘n’ roll, and The Truth is one band that embraces this philosophy.
After years of assaulting the local music scene in other groups, as well as their own original projects, the four members of The Truth united together a little over a year ago. Featuring a huge set list ranging from anything from Heart and ZZ Top, to Rhianna, Pink, and The Flys, they really leave no stone unturned when it comes to pleasing an audience with variety.
Lead singer Niki takes center stage and is likely the main attraction for any testosterone-driven crowd. Not only does Niki possess one hell of a set of pipes, she’s also pretty damned cute. Guitarist Joe is founder of the feast and lays down some serious talent; he can hold his own as a front man as well. The rhythm section is rounded out by bassist Rick and drummer Bill. Rick is veteran of some of the more Alternative scenes in town and is the band’s newest member. Not only does Rick possess some serious bass chops, he also has an amazing energy and stage presence. The Truth”s drummer, Bill doesn’t seem to be a man of many words but when he takes a seat behind his kit the drums do all the talking he needs.
The Truth seems to favor playing at venues that have a more mature aura and don’t cater to the Mainstrasse/Levee put-your-head-through-the-wall crowds, which is good for anyone just looking to have a good time and pound a few beers. It’s important to note that the band also has a near legion of hot thirty something women that follow them around and shake their asses every time they play.
So its’ time, time to enjoy yourself, enjoy good music, enjoy a few drinks and just be happy that there is a band enjoying you back. The Truth will be rocking out at The Avenue in Covington tonight.
This beer review originally appeared here and is part of a gradual migration from http://www.jasonmcglone.com to TCM. You can find past TCM beer reviews here.
I can’t remember what list I was looking at when I added Fuller’s London Porter to my brew wish list. Not that that’s alarming or anything, but it came highly rated from somewhere. So I bought a bottle from my typical beer haunt close to the home in Northern Kentucky. The bottle’s somewhat impressive looking–it’s dignified, like so many motionless guards outside that castle thingy.
Since I’ve started this “trying new beers” thing, I’ve been looking at porters and stouts pretty closely. They’re interesting beers. I feel like I’ve figured out what it means for a stout to be a “good” stout, but porters are a somewhat different animal. They’ve got a hue similar to stouts, and there’s that familiar bitterness between porters and stouts, but there’s a distinct difference between the two; porters tend to have a thinner consistency, as far as I can tell, and the “coffee bean” flavor isn’t as pronounced.
London Porter, though, is as good an example of a porter as I’ve yet tried. Which is to say, of the three or four I’ve had, Fuller’s London Porter seems to embody the characteristics of what a porter “should” be. It’s the archetype, as I imagine it, the hub of the porter bicycle wheel, so to speak. It’s creamy and simultaneously bitter and smooth. Almost decadent. Very good, as porters go.
On the proprietary “Crap to Superb Scale,” Fuller’s London Porter scores a “Quite Good.” I recommend it if you’re learning about beers and want to know what a porter should taste like. It’s a reasonably simple beer–definitely not one that you have to redefine what you know about beer (be it a little or, like me, almost nothing) in order to make yourself enjoy it. You do, however, have to enjoy a little bitterness with all that dark beeritude you’re about to imbibe. Hope you enjoy drinking a glass as much as I did. Well done, Fuller’s. But you probably knew that already, yeh bastards.
Yesterday, Mandy Jenkins tweeted this:
How can a startup kill a newspaper? Take away it’s greatest assets – the best journalists on staff: http://twurl.nl/rtnx1x
It’s a link to a highly interesting TechCrunch article by Michael Arrington about the future of Journalism. I should note here how much I like it when I’m right. Having other articles confirm this for me is even better.
To review, a couple days ago, I posted about the uncertainty of blogs and bloggers as a replacement, or rather receptacle, for journalism, despite that being where many seem to think things are going. This article, aside from positing a “What-if” idea of something so crazy it might just work (but isn’t going to happen, so don’t worry about it), shows us a little bit of what’s actually happening to advance the journalism world: AOL is sucking up a lot of really good journalists, as is Politico. Now, AOL is a gigantor company that can more than afford a newsroom of 1500 full-time writers. They’re stretching out as much as they can and figure to have a pretty big share of the market in the coming years, as long as their plan “works,” so to speak.
So, what can we learn from this, besides the fact that AOL seems to be filling the void that’s being left by the ever-crumbling traditional print media and that they figure to be the next Charles Foster Kane that the world will have to contend with and/or complain about? What can we do to look at the business model that they’re using, or what they’re not doing so that we can restore in some solid way the local news media that we’ve had in years past?
The “What-if” situation that Arrington brings up would be one way to go–get a group of really great journalists together to start their own news organization. The Cincinnati Times-Star did this, by the way, in the 1950′s and it didn’t turn out so good; they ended up getting absorbed by another now-dead Cincinnati paper in 1958, after only a few years of operating.
As for other options, what’s out there? Community papers, websites, and blogs? Blog groups? Citizen journalism? All of the above? There’s one thing, however, that none of these provide: the pervasive nature that newspapers enjoyed in their heyday. How do we recreate this, along with the implied trust that existed, in a technologically sound way? Surely there’s someone out there smarter than me who can answer this and make it happen.
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Just to let you know, the Best Bar tournament is still going strong, and Round 3 voting is open until Sunday at noon. If you haven’t voted yet, get yours in. Re-votes are encouraged, so stuff the ballot boxes. You can find a list of the third round polls here, and for good measure, here’s a quick rundown of the remaining matchups:
1 Mainstrasse Village Pub vs. 8 Fries Cafe
4 Terry’s Turf Club vs. 5 Arnold’s Bar & Grill
3 Crazy Fox Saloon vs. 11 The B-List
2 Northside Tavern vs. 10 Hap’s Irish Pub