Eastside
Adonis4601 Kellogg Ave., East End, 513-871-1542Cincinnati’s premiere gay dance club has a pool and it’s sweet.Stuff to do: DJs and drag Fridays and Saturdays.Recommended dr
North
Back Porch Saloon 9626 Princeton-Glendale Road, West Chester, 513-874-2432You’re likely to hear everything from classic rock to contemporary hits at this funky neighborhood pub.Stuff
Northern Kentucky
Arnie’s on the Levee 120 E. Third St., Newport, 859-431-4340Big screens, a dance floor, stage, pool
table, jukebox, popcorn machine and year-round outdoor seating make
Westside
Boogie Nights (dance club inside Hollywood Casino)777 Hollywood Boulevard, Lawrenceburg, Ind. 888-274-6797A place for boogiers of all type to break loose before or after hitting the sl
The popularity of left-for-dead formats in some circles makes us wish we had saved that Sha Na Na flexi-disc that came with a box of Tide mom bought in 1977. Vinyl died and then was instantly reborn and had a cult following. A growing network of underground artists and tape buffs have resuscitated the cassette as a hip period-piece/music provider. And now the clunky 8-track tape is getting a second look.
Given Austin, Texas, reputation as the most hipstery part of the Lone Star state, you’d think they’d know better, but city officials still went to its citizens to find a new name for its Solid Waste Services Department, responsible for things like recycling and garbage collection. The city put up an online poll to decide the new name and the runaway winner so far is the “Fred Durst Society of the Humanities and Arts."
Join in celebrating the good times at Lunar, Cincinnati's hottest new disco lounge! Ben Davis of Bad Veins and Yusef Quotah of You You're Awesome are laying down the dance grooves. And, yes, there's complimentary Heineken, Absolut and Palomino!
Trying to come up with a fake major while stoned in college is easy (“Dude, I wish I could major in, like, pot studies or ’80s TV sitcoms or something.”). But trying to come up with a real major can be a bitch, especially as technology and a tanking economy have shifted and narrowed the job market. But every now and then, a college will irresponsibly offer advanced degrees in frivolous studies.
When it comes to snortable human residue stories (boy, we’ve all got a few, don’t we?), nothing will ever top Keith Richards’ disclosure that he inhaled some of the ashes of his dead father. But former Oasis/current Beady Eye frontman Liam Gallagher recently told a tale to Q Magazine that comes close to Richards’ revelation.
Several months ago we told you about a new video game based on ’70s rockers REO Speedwagon. If you thought, “That has to be the weirdest, most random and unlikely band to have its own video game,” you were right. Until now.