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David Byrne. One of the best of of my life.

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CURTIS HILL LOST IN A SEA OF ME BY JOHN KRULL // EDITORS@NUVO

ndiana Attorney General Curtis Hill says some harsh consequences for the attorney he wants “due process.” general. And his punishment shouldn’t be He says the charges by at least four confined to him leaving office. His license women that he groped or accosted while to practice law should be suspended—as drunk at a party on March 15 are false. former President Bill Clinton’s was followHe says he wants his “name”—presuming the Monica Lewinsky scandal. ably, his good name—back. No officer of the court, which is what a He complains that no one asked him for lawyer is, should be allowed to lie about his side of the story. But when someone something this serious. does ask him to speak his piece, he says now And if it turns out that everyone else is not the time for him to answer questions. in this sordid episode is lying—that the Furthermore, Hill and his band of four women, Eric Holcomb, Brian Bosma, followers want everyone to believe that David Long, and just about every other Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb, Indiana House elected official, Democrat or Republican, Speaker Brian Bosma, R-Indianapolis, and have twisted the truth—well then, they Indiana Senate President Pro Tempore should face consequences. David Long, R-Fort Wayne, all would turn Somehow, though, it doesn’t seem likely on a fellow Republican without cause. They that they all are lying. want us to think Holcomb, One detail from the acBosma, and Long would do counts of Hill’s conduct on this in an election year that In his world, this March 15 seems revealing. promises to be contentious. He apparently kept asking, seems to be all And that they would do this “Do you know who I am?” even if there were any doubt about him. It’s possible to see the in their minds that Hill had seeds of his self-absorpdone it. tion—the belief that this is Still worse is Hill’s implied argument— all about him and that his concerns are the that, somehow, he’s “entitled” to hold high only ones that need to be considered—in political office unless and until a court dethat query. termines that he committed sexual assault. But it’s also at the heart of Curtis Hill’s The notion that serving as Indiana attordefense strategy. ney general is a privilege and a duty, not a He wants the investigation to come to right, seems not to have occurred to him. answer that question. He wants it to tell us Nor the idea that he conducted himself in who he is. a manner unbefitting the dignity of his ofThere’s a good chance Indiana’s attorney fice, even if only the least of charges—that general won’t like the answer when it comes. N he was drunk and aggressive in public— John Krull is director of Franklin College’s prove to be true. Pulliam School of Journalism and publishPerhaps that’s because, in his world, this er of TheStatehouseFile.com, a news webseems to be all about him. site powered by Franklin College journalism The attorney general should have his students. investigation. But if it turns out these women are telling the truth, then there should be For more opinion pieces visit nuvo.net/voices

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THIRD ACCUSER OF ATTORNEY GENERAL COMES FORWARD Governor Stands by Call for Curtis Hill to Resign BY BRYNNA SENTEL // NEWS@NUVO.NET

fter two accusers went public with sexual harassment allegations against Attorney General Curtis Hill, a third woman has come forward to tell her

story. Niki DaSilva sent a letter to The Indianapolis Star identifying herself as one of the anonymous accusers in the harassment case against Hill. The letter was published Thursday, July 12. State Rep. Mara Candelaria Reardon, D-Munster, and Gabrielle McLemore, Indiana Senate Democrats’ communications director, are two of the four women who have made harassment allegations against Hill. They also went public in letters to The Star, which first reported the incidents last week. All accusations have stemmed from one night in March following the end of the legislative session at a bar in Indianapolis. Hill, Indiana’s 43rd attorney general, has denied that he did anything wrong and said he welcomes an investigation by a special prosecutor, who is expected to be named by a Marion Superior Court judge shortly. Republican and Democratic leaders in the House and Senate as well as Gov. Eric Holcomb have called for Hill to resign. After DaSilva’s account became public, Hill issued a news release later Thursday suggesting the accusations are part of a larger conspiracy against him. He said DaSilva had sent her letter to a friend who had been working in his office, asking help to correct mistakes. Hill noted the friend had been terminated. “It’s clear that the integrity of this investigation is compromised,” Hill said. “Thevar-

“It’s a funny thing to watch your story be told by others, to be put on display, to be twisted and paraphrased and to have assumptions made about your intentions,” — NIKI DASILVA

ious stories appear to be coordinated and changed under the direction of others. We believe these emails could be material to an investigation. We would hope that any emails sent on state equipment between the accuser and others be preserved and not deleted.” In her letter, DaSilva said she came forward to share her story in her own words. “It’s a funny thing to watch your story be told by others, to be put on display, to be twisted and paraphrased and to have assumptions made about your intentions,” DaSilva wrote. DaSilva, the first Republican to come forward, has worked for the Senate Republican Caucus for the past three years. She began during her last semester at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis. At IUPUI, DaSilva served as student body president for two terms, where her platform was to eradicate sexual violence on college campuses through the It’s On Us campaign. On the last day of the regular legislative

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session, DaSilva went out to celebrate with several of her coworkers at AJ’s Bar. Hill asked DaSilva and three of her female coworkers what they were doing as he approached them at the bar, and they replied they were waiting to order their drinks. Hill told the girls they have to “show a little skin” to get drinks. “I was stunned that the attorney general had told me to ‘show a little skin.’ I turned to

my colleagues and asked them to confirm what I could not believe my ears had heard,” DaSilva wrote. Shocked because she had never held a conversation with Hill, DaSilva moved around the bar in order to distance herself from him. After receiving their drinks, two of the women left the bar, but DaSilva stayed with the remaining female coworker who had

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asked DaSilva not to leave her alone because Hill was “being really weird.” DaSilva positioned herself between her friend and Hill. She said Hill then placed his hand on her back and slowly slid it down. “I didn’t want to bring attention to his actions, so I tried to push his hand away inconspicuously using my free hand,” DaSilva wrote. “When our hands met, instead of taking this nudge as a cue to remove his hand from my lower back, he grabbed my hand and moved both of our hands over my butt, lingering there before releasing me.” DaSilva escaped the situation with her coworker but was not sure how to proceed. “This is the attorney general we are talking about here,” DaSilva wrote. “The highest law enforcement officer in the state. How do you hold someone like that accountable?” It wasn’t until DaSilva learned about Hill’s other accusers that she came forward, and even then, she did not want the problem to be made public. Neither did the other women. “What we wanted was for the attorney general to recognize the inappropriateness

of his behavior and for steps to be taken to ensure that these sort of incidents would not happen in the future,” DaSilva said in her letter. She added that the investigation was kept confidential at the request of all four women. When the memo was first leaked to The Star, the House and Senate leaders who had been working to keep the investigation confidential were furious, she said. But in hindsight, this is what needed to happen for her to hear Hill’s response, DaSilva said, and for her to conclude that the attorney general had no remorse. DaSilva said she believes that the women’s stories showed a deliberate pattern of unacceptable behavior by Hill. “I’d like to close by saying that at the end of the day, there is one point the attorney general and I agree on in this situation: All people are deserving of respect and of due process,” DaSilva wrote. After the release of the letter, Reardon said in a written statement, “I am very proud of these brave young women that have found their voice to stand up and declare that power is not consent.” N

ov. Eric Holcomb reaffirmed that he hands with the inspector general; she will believes the four women who say they complete an independent, fair, and full inwere inappropriately touched by Atvestigation, and we will have to wait to see torney General Curtis Hill last March. what comes next from her report, of course, Holcomb held an impromptu press availwith the assistance of a special prosecutor,” ability Friday after delivering a short speech Holcomb said. Marion County Prosecuto the American Legion Department of tor Terry Curry, in whose jurisdiction the Indiana state convention on the Eastside of alleged incidents occurred, has asked for a Indianapolis where he spoke about the state’s special prosecutor who will work with the commitment to veterans. inspector general. But the focus was on the growing controOn Thursday, after the third woman went versy surrounding the attorney general and public and described her encounter with the the allegations that he touched four women attorney general in detail, Hill issued a press in an inappropriate way at a Downtown release attacking the woman and implying Indianapolis bar on the last she was part of a conspiracy night of the regular legislative against him. That press resession. “I had no other lease was then automatically Three of the four womtweeted out by the IN.gov option than to en who made allegations Twitter page, unleashing against Hill have told their hold everyone responses from dozens of stories in letters to The people furious that the site to the same Indianapolis Star, which first would be used to attack one reported the story. The womstandard,” of Hill’s accusers. en include both Republicans The state has stopped auand Democrats. — GOV. ERIC HOLCOMB tomatic tweets from the site, Hill has been called on and officials are exploring the to resign by leaders of both next steps to take, including political parties, including Holcomb, and whether the tweet can be removed from the he has rejected the idea. Hill has repeatedly IN.gov site. maintained the accusations are false. When asked whether he believes it is ap“If you believe the women as I do and if propriate for Hill to use the state’s resources you have the standard that I do, I had no to defend himself and disparage the women, other option than to hold everyone to the Holcomb said that will be part of the inspecsame standard,” Holcomb said. When he antor general’s investigation. nounced in March that he was implementing Holcomb said he wants to remain positive: sexual harassment training for employees, “There is so much good going on in the state the governor said he has a zero-tolerance of Indiana and that’s what we are going to policy for that kind of behavior. focus on.” N Holcomb, in declining to say whether Hill Brynna Sentel is a reporter for TheStateshould be impeached should he refuse to houseFile.com, a news website powered by resign, reiterated that the investigation is in Franklin College journalism students. the hands of the state’s inspector general. “I am encouraged that it is in the right

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District Theatre Debutes with ‘Forbidden Broadway’ BY LISA GAUTHIER MITCHISON // LMITCHISON@NUVO.NET

JUDY FITZGERALD AND LOGAN MOORE SPOOFING CHICAGO IN ATI’S FORBIDDEN BROADWAY //

o appreciate this farce, a bit of Broadway knowledge might be helpful. Sometimes, there is brilliance—an idea that is truly groundbreaking, pushing and challenging fellow artists to the next level. Let’s use Les Miserables as an example. When it premiered, it was considered a musical masterpiece. Now, 30-odd years later, if I ever have to sit through another production of Les Mis, I am going to throw myself on that barricade in the hope that a stray kitchen chair takes me out. For those of us who can’t take another rendition of that lazy Susan musical, as well as other musicals that have descended into the tedious (or just WTF, ahem, SpongeBob), there is Forbidden Broadway. The inaugural production at The District Theatre, formerly Theatre on the Square, is a (literally) nose-snubbing show

presented by Actors Theatre of Indiana. The cachinnating-worthy performance parodies and bullies musical theater in ways that go beyond irreverent and into territory that some mainstream musical-lovers would find blasphemous. And it’s divine. Granted, this means that a working knowledge of musical theater history and present trends is a necessity to cachinnate at—or even “get”—this show. Various popular show tunes have been re-lyriced to indulge in how hokey and/or hackney their sources really are. Since its inception in 1982, Forbidden Broadway has continued to evolve. As new musicals/actors/producers hit the stage, many ripe with potential parody material, they have been incorporated into the show. Hence, we have the unbelievably hilarious Lion King with a demented Rafiki and

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neck-braced actors forced into costumes the Inquisition would have envied. There are some classics in there too, rehashes that won’t die, making the “saucy Fosse” number hysterical in its truth. Director Billy Kimmel is the Mad Hatter to this insanity. With the fab-u-lous Brent Marty on piano, Don Farrell, Logan Moore, Cynthia Collins, and Judy Fitzgerald outdo themselves in their sheer glee of the devastatingly ludicrous. Special goof awards do need to go out to Farrell and Moore for the foolishness that so often falls to them.

Donning those Mamma Mia costumes is a tame example, but they take to them like cats to chlorinated swim trunks. Farrell also belts out some awesome notes, and Moore was born for this kind of show (see my review of Edwin Drood, which contains many of the same descriptors I use here). And Terry Woods’ costuming is absolutely brilliant. These are not merely costumes—they are a fifth actor, as essential as the cast wearing them. Some are infected with details a keen eye will appreciate. And while props are sparse, the itty-bitty baby chandelier for the Phantom is adorable. This is an excellent opening for The District Theatre. A standing ovation to ATI for making it so. N Lisa Gauthier Mitchison covers local theater at IndianapolisTheaterReviews. wordpress.com.

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‘FORBIDDEN BROADWAY’ AT THE DISTRICT

Collaboration between Indianapolis and Carmel BY DAN GROSSMAN // DGROSSMAN@NUVO.NET

hen Actors Theatre of Indiana (ATI) was asked to produce the opening performance at The District Theatre, they jumped at the chance says ATI Executive Director James Reilly. ATI is currently the resident company at The Studio Theater in the Center for the Performing Arts in Carmel, but this has not always been the case. “When Actors Theatre was first founded in 2005, before they went to Carmel, they performed at the Pike Performing Arts Center,” says Reilly. “They performed at the Indiana History Center in Marion County. And then Carmel Mayor [Jim Brainard] asked them to be the resident professional theater, and they accepted. We are trying to bring down that 96th Street barrier.” Reilly compares the reluctance of Marion County residents to go up to Carmel to engage in arts activities—or vice versa—to a wall of Plexiglas along the road that divides the two cities. “And we’re just trying to change that. And about 10 to 15 percent of our subscribers come from Marion County,” says Reilly. Pauline Moffat, executive director of IndyFringe, asked ATI to perform The District Theatre’s debut show. IndyFringe has been managing The District Theatre—formerly Theatre on the Square—at the behest of the Central Indiana Community Foundation (CICF) since April. When TOTS announced that it was closing last year, CICF stepped in with funding to insure that the venue would remain a performance space. “I am actually very excited to see the transformation of Theatre on the Square

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to The District Theatre!” says Ron Spencer. Spencer was the founding artistic director of Theatre on the Square in Fountain Square when it first opened in 1988, and he became executive artistic director when TOTS moved to Mass Ave in 1993, a position he held until he retired in 2015. “It will hopefully turn out to be a successful venue for many of the diverse, creative arts organizations in Indianapolis.” While Spencer was invited to the opening of the new theater, he now resides in sunny Mexico with four large rescue dogs that he loves dearly, making the logistics of such a trip difficult. “We are opening The District Theatre with [Forbidden Broadway], which connects the theater to its long history of presenting Broadway shows that excited audiences and which firmly established the new brand,” says IndyFringe’s Moffat. “ATI is known for high-quality, great musicals, and together for the reopening of The District Theatre, we hope to build an audience and a reputation that will attract a whole new generation of theater-goers who now live and work in the Mass Ave area.” N NUVO.NET // 07.18.18 - 07.25.18 // STAGE // 7

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INDY ARTISTS INHABITING A CARMEL GALLERY

The Evan Lurie Gallery Highlights the Work of 10 Local Artists BY DAN GROSSMAN // DGROSSMAN@NUVO.NET

he Carmel-based Evan Lurie Gallery will present Indianapolis + on July 19. This exhibition of 10 Indianapolis-area artists, curated by Stutz studio artist Susan Brewer, will be the first of its kind in the gallery’s 10-year history. While the gallery occasionally displays the works of local artists, including Stutz Business Center owner Turner Woodard and Brewer herself, the work most often displayed in the gallery has been that of internationally known artists who live elsewhere, such as Jorge Santos, who lives in Los Angeles, California, and Cuban-born Alexi Torres. “Evan [Lurie] started talking about this in March or April,” says Brewer about how plans for this particular show originated. “He came to the [Stutz] open house and talked to me about what artists to look for.” While Lurie chose most of the artists, Brewer was given a lot of leeway to choose individual works by said artists. Most of the artists in the exhibition are either artists that she has curated before— when she worked as curator at 10th West Gallery—or fellow Stutz studio artists. And while Lurie made the choices about what artists to include, Brewer made certain suggestions that he approved. One of these artists is Steve Paddack—whose surreal landscapes feature items like giant rolled up carpets—and Cagney King, whose mixed media paintings contain both portraiture and text. Another artist to be featured in this exhibition is photographer Kevin Raber, who takes large-format photographs in polar locations. An artist with a much more domestic subject is Brian Phillips. The primary subjects in his work are colorful canines.

His work combines elements of painting, collage, and sculpture. Brewer says getting people to come up from Indianapolis to the gallery is a challenge that she is trying to overcome. “My client base is Downtown, for sure, with the Stutz,” she says. Getting arts audiences in Carmel to patronize events in Indy, and vice versa, is a challenge that arts administrators in the greater Indianapolis area, such as Actors Theatre of Indiana’s Executive Director James Reilly, have acknowledged as well. (See “Forbidden Broadway at The District” in this issue of NUVO.) Some of the irregular hours that the gallery has had in the past several years can be attributed to the seasonal nature of pedestrian traffic in Carmel. “One thing that we have realized about the Indianapolis market and maybe even more so for the Carmel market,” says Lurie, “Indianapolis as a city has more activities, more walking pedestrian activity year round due to the nature of a city like that, whereas in Carmel, we’ve found it’s more seasonal. From mid-November through March, it’s quite quiet for us.” That’s one reason why the Evan Lurie Gallery hasn’t always kept the most regular hours recently. Another reason is the gallery’s business model as of late, which focuses on selling work at art fairs around the country and using the gallery as a sort of Midwestern warehouse. The Lurie Gallery opened in 2007 after Carmel Mayor Jim Brainard invited Lurie to Carmel. A public-private partnership allowed Lurie to open his own gallery in the first floor of a four-story building that also

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includes offices and condominiums and that bears his name. Almost as soon as Lurie opened his gallery, the economy collapsed. But the gallery weathered through, adjusting its business model as the economy improved. Since at least the early 2000s, Brainard had been interested in turning Carmel into

a center for the arts, but Lurie was the one who suggested adding a design element to the mix, which is why Carmel’s downtown is called “The Arts and Design District.” But Lurie gives the credit for what he sees as the success of Carmel’s Arts and Design District to Brainard, who is more widely known for bringing 200+ roundabouts to Carmel. “I have to say one thing about Mayor Brainard and what he’s doing—without him having the balls to do what he does, we wouldn’t all be here today,” he says. “And you can quote me on that. And use the word ‘balls.’” N

ALLIANCE FRANÇAISE COMES TO CARMEL

The Organization Has Many Activities Promoting French Culture and Language BY DAN GROSSMAN // DGROSSMAN@NUVO.NET

t wasn’t just French nationals who were excited about France’s World Cup win on Sunday, July 15. In Quebec City, the capital of the French-speaking Canadian province, fans took to the streets Sunday to celebrate the victory. There were also Les Bleus fans in the greater Indianapolis area. On the morning of July 15, members of the Alliance Française d’Indianapolis watched the match in the Union Jack Pub in Broad Ripple and celebrated when they won. But you would have found more than just French nationals in that crowd. There are many different countries in the world besides Canada where French is spoken. In most of West Africa, French is a lingua franca, for example. Accordingly, members of the Alliance Française—an organization dedicated to the promotion of French language and culture—reflect that ethnic diversity. The previous day, July 14, the Alliance Française organized a Bastille Day celebration for the first time ever in downtown Carmel, right off Main Street, in the Arts & Design District. I was psyched that day because it gave me something to do on a hot Saturday night with my 13-year-old daughter, Naomi. When we walked into Sophia Square—a courtyard surrounded by first-floor retail and apartment blocks now decorated with French flags—a woman was singing “Frère Jacques.” This seemed all right to Naomi, but when the singer started in on “Venus” by Bananarama, my daughter said, “This isn’t French!” Fortunately, there was enough going on that was authentically French. There

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were quiche, croissants, and wine for sale. There were also plenty of people gathered in groups, conversing in the language of Charles Baudelaire and Charlotte Gainsbourg. And there were some of the regulars of the Alliance Française (AF) making crepes. I’ve been to quite a few of their meetups, held at Moe and Johnny’s, where you don’t necessarily have to be a fluent French speaker. (Being a fan of French culture and language, however, might be helpful.) I hadn’t been to one of the meetups for about two years though, so I don’t know anyone there particularly well. Naomi was hungry, but she wanted nothing to do with the quiche. She was, however, up for crepes (her mother often makes her Russian-style crepes, or blini). So we got in line. We ordered two crepes spread with Nutella, five bucks a pop.

WHAT // Speak French in Carmel WHEN // Wednesday, July 18, 6 p.m. WHERE // Books & Brews, Carmel TICKETS // FREE, afindianapolis.org

I’m not sure who spoke first, but I was soon engaged in a French conversation with the woman behind the counter. When she asked me where I learned to speak French, I told her that I had learned in Niger, West Africa—where the language is taught in schools and spoken by government officials—when I was a Peace Corps volunteer in the early ’90s. I also told her that I mostly spoke in Hausa in the village where I was stationed. Somewhere along the line, I realized that I had talked to this woman before. While Naomi ate her crepe and then proceeded to devour most of mine, I looked up an article on my smartphone that I had written

for NUVO back in 2012 (“Meeting up with Indy’s Francophones,” Feb. 23, 2012). Claire Ty was her name—the name of the woman I had been speaking to. She had immigrated to France when she was 5 years old. In her native Cambodia, French is still spoken as a second language due to the history of French colonization there. When I went back up to talk with Ty after Naomi and I had finished our crepes, she told me that she is still working as an immigration attorney as she was in 2012. She told me that she’s very busy with clients, in part because of the changes in immigration policy under the Trump Administration. “I’m working now for Indiana Legal Services, a nonprofit organization,” she said. “I’ve always been very much involved with the Alliance Française.” Alliance Française activities have now expanded north from Indy. In fact, if you are a student, fan, or native speaker of French— and if you want to see what membership in AF is all about—you can check out a Parlons Français à Carmel (Speak French in Carmel) event on July 18 at Books & Brews in Carmel. Ty’s involvement with the Bastille Day celebration was something of a spur-of-themoment thing. “The president of Alliance Française, Jean [Minka], sent a mass email to everybody. Benoit, Michel, and I, we looked at each other and said, ‘OK, what do we do now?’ We just showed up.” Whether spur of the moment or not, my daughter and I can attest that the Alliance Française d’Indianapolis makes some damn fine crepes. N NUVO.NET // 07.18.18 - 07.25.18 // SPOKEN WORD // 9

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he members of TribeSouL gather on benches outside of the Kheprw Institute on the city’s Near Northside before a Tuesday night rehearsal. Later that week, the band is set to co-headline a show with another new Indianapolis favorite, Clint Breeze and the Groove. For now, though, they sit and reflect on their recent rise all the while exuding an aura of warmth and sincerity. “This tribe is a family first,” says TribeSouL founder Mariah Ivey. “When we get on stage, that’s an extension of how much fun we have together; that’s an extension of our collective genius and collective creativity. It comes to life on stage.” Born and raised in Indianapolis, the ethereal Ivey sings and raps in TribeSouL while also interjecting powerful elements of spoken word. Her longtime knack for poetry and musical upbringing helped Ivey foster a talent for strategically constructing rhymes. “It’s crazy because I was born within a very musically oriented family,” Ivey says in an interview done separately from her band earlier in the year. “Everybody in my family does something artistically. My mom is a vocalist. I have seven aunts, and they all sing. My father is a playwright. He’s also a musician and plays drums. My siblings all play instruments and dance. So I actually started writing raps before I started writing poetry at a very young age.” After pursuing poetry for a while and even going on an East Coast tour, Ivey eventually decided to go down the music route after moving back to Indianapolis following some time out of state. “Poetry became music seriously for me in 2014,” Ivey says. “That’s when I wanted to exercise my emceeing abilities. I wanted to become an emcee and study that craft as much as I studied poetry. That was the moment where it was like, ‘OK. I’m a poet, I’m an emcee, and I’m a vocalist, and I’m going to pursue all three of them.’” Around this same time, she decided to put a band together to perform alongside her. “I was going to release a project, and it was kind of a mix of poetry, rap, and singing,” she says. “I wanted to do a show, and it was called Liberation Unplugged. I just NUVO.NET // 07.18.18 - 07.25.18 // THE BIG STORY // 11

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ALONZO SANDERS hit up my friends and people that became family to me at that time.” Although she probably didn’t know it at the time, Ivey was planting the roots for one of Indianapolis’ most exciting bands of the future.

SUBSCRIBE TO THE TRIBE As members of the band file into rehearsal, Ivey sits at a table in the Kheprw Institute, checking in with those who have yet to arrive. Between sending out text messages, she turns to me, clarifying why the band is now called TribeSouL rather than Mariah Ivey and TribeSouL. “I took my name off of the front because it’s more of a collective,” she says. “I wanted to give voice and space for the other members in the group, and I think you get that when you see the show. It’s never just me at the front the entire time.” One longtime member of this collective

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tribe is vocalist Ty’is Burks, who has a voice SouL, Ivey explains. as smooth as it is expressive. Burks and “When you think of a tribe, each tribe Ivey met around the age of 16. has something that is very unique to “When I think of a tribe, I think of a them,” she says. “Each tribe has a few siggroup of people nature things that make coming together them that tribe. Out of to do something,” “WHEN I THINK OF A TRIBE, that tribe come more Burks says. “With people. Out of that tribe I THINK OF A GROUP OF it being Tribecome more creation and SouL, we’re all PEOPLE COMING TOGETHER more ideas. When I think very soulful. We’re of us, I think of that.” TO DO SOMETHING.” all influenced by She continues, “We different inflec—TY’IS BURKS are a tribe that has a lot tions, whether it of individualism, but it be church or R&B still works as a collective. or neo-soul or jazz or blues. It [the name] [We have] a lot of different personalities fits because we’re a tribe of artists and and different styles, but at the same time, like-minded individuals coming together when we walk together and we move for one purpose, and that’s to create music together in other places, we’re an anomaly. and vibes and energy.” We’re not like everybody else.” This new, simplified name is indicative Another member of the TribeSouL colof the overall collective nature of Tribelective is emcee/vocalist Boogie Gorman,

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who started pursuing music more seriously after a nudge from Ivey. “Mariah is my best friend,” Gorman says. “She pulled me into a show that she thought about and came up with a couple years ago called WordPlay. She was like, ‘Best friend, you’re tight. You should do this show. Just do it, for me.’ So I did it. From then, it’s just been nonstop creating music.” Although every member of the group may come into TribeSouL with his or her own set of skills, the collective’s overall nature is one that explores new horizons. “Tribe kind of pushes you to get out of your comfort zone, which is what I love,” Burks says. “You can’t be in Tribe and still do the same thing that you’ve been doing. It makes you want to work harder. “When I got in Tribe, I considered myself a background singer. I did not want to be in the front. I did not want to lead. But

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with Tribe, they made me fall in love with music all over again. They made me fall in love with the stage because I had really bad stage fright. Now when I get up there, you probably can’t even tell that I have stage fright.” While pushing the limits of its own members, TribeSouL also presents audiences with a sound that’s often boundless. Although they may lean heavily on elements of hip-hop and neo-soul at times, the group refuses to pigeonhole itself to one particular genre. “If I feel like being in a reggae space, that’s what we’re going to create,” Ivey says. “But we’re hip-hop too, so we’re going to incorporate that. And at the same time, we’re into soul and jazz and some alternative. We’re going to make a rock song because why can’t we? It’s literally whatever we feel.” This freedom to explore is one that’s also at the heart of TribeSouL, as Ivey encourag-

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es members of the group to express themWHAT’S AT THE SOUL selves how they want to on stage. “When Those who have been to a TribeSouL you’re on stage, if you want to sing it, sing performance know the live experience is it,” she says. “If you hear it, play it. If you much more than a concert—it’s a medihear it, sing it. I’m tative journey. While the never going o be group certainly has fun like, ‘You need to up on stage, they also sing this particu“WE’RE JUST GOING TO DO make sure to remain lar ‘oo,’” she says. open and honest with WHAT WE FEEL UP THERE, This unique live their audience, reelement is yet anAND WHATEVER HAPPENS, flecting on whatever other reason why it is that might be on HAPPENS.” Indy audiences their mind. “One big are subscribing to —MARIAH IVEY thing that I’ve learned the Tribe. personally from Tribe “Every show is is being transparent,” an experience,” Ivey says. “It’s never just a Burks says. “As an artist on stage, you show. It’s never just a performance. How can control the atmosphere, you create the we make it authentic for you if all we do is energy, and you have to be OK with perform the same routine, rehearsed stuff? being transparent. I would say that’s one No. We’re just going to do what we feel up big thing with all of our music. Whether there, and whatever happens, happens.” it be emotional or a love song, we allow

TY'IS BURKS ourselves to escape to that place to relay that message.” In particular, TribeSouL plays a song written by Burks called “Why Try?” that reflects on relationship struggles in a candid manner. “The thing about being an artist is… whatever you talk about, whether it’s five minutes or 10 minutes, the people that you’re singing to have to listen,” Burks says. “That’s your time to say exactly how you feel. No one can cut you off. No one can stop you. Everybody has to hear exactly what you’re saying and the emotion that you’re relaying.” As a band made up of mostly minorities, TribeSouL always makes a point to speak on topics such as equality and mental health too. “Everything in life is about balance,” Ivey says. “As much as we do have fun on stage and as much as we talk about turning up and being ratchet sometimes, NUVO.NET // 07.18.18 - 07.25.18 // THE BIG STORY // 13

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we have a strong spirit of social justice. We can’t get up here and not talk about what’s happening around us, what’s happening in our world, what’s happening to people that look like us and feel like us, and see life and live life through the same lens that we do. So to be on stage is to show people that I identify with you, and I’m using my gift and my talent and my voice to be an advocate for you.” She continues, “That’s the thing that artists do well. We make it OK. We get on stage, and we talk about stuff that you’re going through that we’re probably going through too and/or have been through, and we’re making it OK to feel. There’s healing in transparency. Let’s be honest in our work. Let’s make honest art. Period.” With Gorman and Ivey both spit-

ting rhymes up on stage at every show, we’re still doing the work of eliminating TribeSouL also hopes to make a point that label of female emcee.” about women in hip-hop. “My point is But as fans of the band know, Tribevery simple,” Gorman SouL is not always says. “Don’t praise me so serious. With because I’m a female “DON’T PRAISE ME BECAUSE every perforand I rap. Praise me mance, in fact, I’M A FEMALE AND I RAP. because I’m good at it. they mingle fun That’s it.” In fact, the PRAISE ME BECAUSE I’M cover selections group regularly perinto the set, from GOOD AT IT. THAT’S IT.” forms a song emphaBob Marley’s “Jamsizing this notion. —BOGGIE GORMAN ming” to Kendrick “No female, just Lamar’s “Alright.” emcee—that’s it,” Ivey “I feel like we do says. “I think her and I have done a decent certain covers because a lot of our stuff job of pushing our craft to the forefront can sometimes be real heavy,” Burks says. and taking the attention off of the fact that, “It shows outside of all the social justice ‘Oh, I’m just a woman and I rap.’ That’s not and the love and heartbreak that we talk even a thing. We’ve done a decent job, and about, we can have a little fun too. We

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can get up here and be crazy. We’re not just a one-trick pony. We have so many different avenues and things that we do.” Later this month, TribeSouL will release their first official song as a band. Titled “#TribeWithUs/Saturday Love,” the track combines two separate ideas into one cohesive tune. Following the release of “#TribeWithUs/Saturday Love,” the world can expect to see even more of TribeSouL. “A project is in the works,” Ivey says. “More visuals. More content. You can expect all of that from us. A possible tour. Merchandise. So many things will be happening over the next few months, so everybody should just look out for it. And when they see it, when they feel it, when they hear it, come tribe with us.” N

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WHAT // Upland 20th Anniversary BBQ Picnic WHEN // June 26, 6 p.m. WHERE // Newfields

A MODERN TAKE ON TRADITIONAL INDIAN Tandoor & Tikka Opens with Modern Flavors and Flair BY LAURA McPHEE // LMCPHEE@NUVO.NET

ndianapolis has no shortage of Indian food options. And while the Indian food available locally varies slightly in quality, the overall dishes and flavors tend to be very similar. This adherence to a traditional, safe menu creates a homogenous perception of Indian food lacking in both innovation and imagination. Himan Garg is hoping to change all that with his new restaurant Tandoor & Tikka. Located at 805 W. 10th St., among the bevy of food options near the IUPUI and IU Medical Center campuses, Tandoor & Tikka quietly opened just over a month ago, ahead of the fall semester and an inevitable rush of hungry customers. “We were hoping to be open earlier this spring,” Garg says. “But the delay was actually a blessing. We’ve been able to open and get a good response from customers, make some adjustments to the menu, and get better—all before the big rush.” Garg is serving up what he sees as a modern interpretation of traditional Indian food, and that starts with the ordering. Think of it like Qdoba for Indian food: You approach the counter and choose the way you want your food served (sandwich, pizza, or bowl), then choose your protein, curry, topping, and sauces. All of this for under $10. This mix-and-match approach may feel like fast food, but it certainly doesn’t taste like it. NUVO Production Manager Charlie Clark and I stopped by last Friday and sampled as much as we could before leaving stuffed and highly impressed. We began with a Mango Lassi, a traditional Indian smoothie of sorts made

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with mango, milk, yogurt, and cardamom, perfect for hot weather. Not too sweet and whipped to a velvety consistency, it’s ridiculously refreshing without feeling like dessert. A more Americanized Berry Lassi is also delicious. For starters, we devoured a plateful of samosas, both chicken and vegetarian. Large, piping hot, and stuffed with a perfect blend of spices, they were delicious. The vegetarian, in particular, was packed with rich spices that add layer upon layer of flavor in every bite. For sauces, we sampled both the Tangy Tamarind and Minty Cilantro Chutney. The tamarind was sweet and sour, just like a good tamarind chutney should be, and it was perfect for the hot samosas. And while I am no fan of cilantro, here

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WHAT // Tandoor & Tikka WHERE // 805 W. 10th St. WEBSITE // tandoorandtikka.com

it managed to simply enhance the flavor rather than stomping it into oblivion. The mint helps cut through the harshness of the cilantro, creating a pleasant and fresh taste that also brings out the heat of the samosas. One small quibble, however, would be the thickness of the samosas’ pastry, which was a bit too much for an otherwise perfect appetizer. Serving Indian food as a pizza takes imagination, if not courage. With a crispy naan base, however, the Curry Chicken Pizza we had was an unexpected treat.

Spicy, crisp, and covered in cheese, the result is surprisingly good (if not a little messy). Garg admits the cheese on top is wholly American, not something you’re likely to find in India. “We wanted to combine Indian and American flavors and come up with something new,” says Garg. “You’d never find cheese on a curry in India, so this is definitely modern.” If experimenting with Indian pizza sounds a little more adventurous than you are interested in, don’t despair. You can have your modern flavors in a traditional bowl served with rice. We tried the Masala Lamb, Tandoori Chicken, and Turmeric Ginger Shrimp and found them all to be delicious. The lamb is slow cooked for at least a day, creating a tender and moist meat that has soaked up a tremendous amount of flavor. The chicken is also surprisingly tender and moist. But it was the shrimp that most impressed. When done right, shrimp is always a good choice. But Garg has taken it to an impressive new place with the perfect blend of ginger and turmeric. The balance of flavors is excellent and surprising. While Tandoor & Tikka is bound to be packed during lunchtime once the new semester starts, it will be worth the wait. It will also be worth heading over for dinner when the crowd has thinned a bit. A pleasant, simple dining room featuring several rickshaws that have been turned into tables is an inviting space that thankfully balances a fast-food approach with sit-down dining. You’ll want to linger over the flavors, and this is a comfortable spot to do it. N

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UPLIFTING THE NEIGHBORHOOD

Liter House Is Growing Organically, Sharing Community

NEW BREWS FOR SUMMER As part of their year-long 20th anniversary celebration, Upland has collaborated with Indiana’s original craft brewery, Broad Ripple Brewpub, for their newest beer release, The Hills Have Ryes All-Indiana Rye Pale Ale.

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iter House, a German-based brewpub, opened July 10 in SoBro. There’s a bouquet of ways to embrace Liter House, space by space, according to founder Eddie Sahm. The aesthetic transformation of the building that butts straight up to the street took 13 days from when I met with owners Sahm and Scott Ellis on June 28. They were hustling with a crew to ready both the exterior and interior toward this amazing makeover from a cavernous, forbidding warehouse that formerly housed the struggling Bent Rail Brewery. Sitting with Sahm and Ellis on brought-in chairs in the middle of an empty room designated as a 200seat banquet hall/meeting space, it took a bit of imagining to believe the deadline would be met. We had just walked through a lot of spaces in disarray, including the kitchen. The only functioning entity was the brewery, wafting forth Ellis’ morning’s mash in. “We feel like we’re giving people something to be excited about, think about,” assured Sahm. The shared goal toward developing Liter House comes from “being inspired to do things to enhance the living experience,” he said. “If we are successful at creating quality of life experiences, people will want to come in, share this place with others, come here for their special occasions. We’ll define our area with Monon Trail access, be inviting along the 54th and Winthrop corridor. My father is from this neighborhood. Neighbors of all ages have been stopping in with their stories about the neighborhood.”

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WHAT // Liter House WHERE // 5301 Winthrop Ave. WEBSITE // literhouse.com

Ellis had been brewing throughout June—traditional German brews. The experimental side of craft brewing is housed at Big Lug Canteen, 1435 E. 86th St., located along a comfortable bike ride jaunt north along the Monon. One easily could make a day of it, with lunch at one and supper

at the other, quipped a fellow visitor at the Liter House. “Southern German—Bavarian—beer philosophy meets Midwest hospitality” as both Ellis and Sahm defined the cuisine and the core menu of beers that will match up with the seasons and the festivals. Expect lagers with refined depth and food compatibility. Food ingredients will be locally sourced. Chef John Adams is in charge of the Liter House kitchen. Chef Blake Ellis is master of the enclosed, year-round smoke house. Erica Logan is the baker. “Twenty-five percent of Americans identify with their German descent,” said Sahm. The decor plays into this. Stop in, look around, and make yourself at home is the best advice Sahm can offer. “This is a place for people to come together,” said Ellis. He doesn’t sanction overconsumption of beer, just enjoying at a comfortable pace. “Balance. Access. Openness,” articulated Sahm. “We’re setting a new bar in a more refined light from what we set out with Big Lug. What a patron brings to a location defines the experience as much as we do,” he concluded. On the way out, I stopped to chat with General Manager Lindsay Slone, who comes with sommelier and front of house credentials from Tinker Street. She’s looking forward to being at one with the neighborhood’s patrons transitioning into Scott Ellis’ crafted brews. I said hello to Mr. Ed Sahm, Eddie’s father and patriarch of the Sahm eateries. No two establishments are the same. That, infers Eddie Sahm, is what’s intriguing. It’s never seen-one-seen-them-all. N

The Hills Have Ryes is a pure celebration of Indiana brewing and farming heritage. The subtle spice of rye stands out among the blend of four locally sourced malts from Sugar Creek Malt in Lebanon. A blend of seven hop additions from four different Indiana hop farms adds layers of citrus and pine, with a moderately bitter finish. Finally, the yeast, collected from a flower behind the Broad Ripple Brewpub and grown at Matt Bochman’s lab at Indiana University, provides one-of-a-kind, Indiana esters, featuring notes of cloves and bubblegum. Just in time for their 24th Anniversary on July 4, Oaken Barrel released their 3,000th batch, golden-hued Funky Kwang Time. A crisp, kettlesoured Peach Sour Saison, the heavy tart flavor balanced by fruity notes comes from adding peaches during the souring process says brewer Nathan Scruggs. On tap at Bier are Sippychron IPA, Tripple dry hopped with 16 hop varieties and 31 hop additions, and Persephone, a chamomile and orange peel spiced Hefeweizen, making its return from 2014. New at Rock Bottom Downtown are Double Swirl Kettle Sour brewed with raspberries and blackberries; Clown Town Imperial Stout with lactose, coconut, vanilla, and cinnamon added; and Pas Amis Saison brewed with a blend of French and Belgian yeast. NUVO.NET // 07.18.18 - 07.25.18 // FOOD+DRINK // 17

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A LIFETIME OF INFLUENCES

Modern Guitar Legend Derek Trucks Talks Jazz Greats and Family Ties BY SETH JOHNSON // SJOHNSON@NUVO.NET

rowing up with an uncle in The Allman Brothers certainly had an impact on Derek Trucks. Nevertheless, the modern guitar legend is glad he wasn’t overly exposed to the wild and crazy rock ’n’ roll lifestyle at a young age. “It was more stories and being one person removed from it in a lot of ways, which I think probably worked out for the best,” Trucks says, laughing. “I think it was good to grow up in a household where music was there, but I wasn’t around the scene at all.” On Friday, July 20, Trucks will visit the Farm Bureau Insurance Lawn for a show with the Tedeschi Trucks Band. Beforehand, we caught up with him for a quick interview, discussing everything from Wes Montgomery to life on the road with his wife.

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influence from jazz, and Indianapolis is known for our jazz legacy. When did you first start digging into jazz, and who were some artists that were important to you at that time? DEREK TRUCKS: I guess I was probably 14 or 15 when I first started going down that rabbit hole. I think the Miles/Coltrane band was probably one of the introductions to that world. I had seen some footage from ’59 or ’60 when that band had just finished recording Kind of Blue, in that era. It was just something about the look and the feel and, obviously, the sound they were making. Just the intensity. Seeing Coltrane play in that footage reminded me of the feeling I got when I saw footage of Duane Allman playing. It struck a nerve. And then, it’s just a whole universe once you peek under the surface. It’s a lifetime study.

(as part of the Tedeschi Trucks Band) different from touring with The Derek Trucks Band? TRUCKS: In a lot of ways, it’s really similar. I mean, we’re a working band. You’re constantly trying to push the envelope musically, and you’re constantly trying to throw new material in. The road can be a grind at times, but we get to get up on stage every night and try to make something happen. And more times than not, it happens. [laughs] It’s a good feeling.

What was it like growing up within the Allman Brothers family? TRUCKS: When I was a kid, it was mythical in a lot of ways. In the ’80s, they were really on hiatus. So I would just hear these stories from my father of going up to the Fillmore in the heyday. I’d see that look in his eye, and you could just tell it was a peak moment for everybody involved. Even when I started playing, they were just getting back together. I really never thought I would hear that music live. So when they did reform in ’89, it was pretty amazing to finally connect with the people I had heard stories about.

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NUVO: Being that Wes Montgomery is from Indianapolis, has Wes had any particular impact on you? TRUCKS: Absolutely. Wes is one of the giants. I actually remember seeing a show at the Indiana Roof Ballroom during one of the Jazz Fests that we [The Derek Trucks Band] were playing, but we had a night off. It was the Mel Rhyne Trio, and I think the first Wes recording is Wes and Mel Rhyne. That was a pretty amazing night of music, I remember. It

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was probably 15 years ago or so, maybe even longer. But Wes’ Full House record is always in heavy rotation. He had some amazing bands along the way.

does Indianapolis have any significance to you or the band? TRUCKS: We’ve had some amazing gigs there over the years. Our road manager lives there too, so it’s a hometown gig for us in a lot of ways. If it’s a hometown gig for somebody in the band, it definitely takes on a different significance. So our fearless leader who deals with babysitting 40 people is going to feel at home at least. [laughs] N

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ERIC SALAZAR’S UNCONVENTIONAL APPROACH

Composer and Clarinetist Pushes Classical Music Boundaries BY KYLE LONG // MUSIC@NUVO.NET

omposer and clarinetist Eric Salazar has a unique way of describing the opening track from his new album Soul Search.

“Imagine an old sensei meditating in a dojo,” Salazar says. “At first it’s peaceful and tranquil, but then he gets ambushed by ninjas and has to defeat the enemies with

his bare hands.” The track, titled “Lotus Fist,” features Salazar’s virtuosic clarinet soaring over a droning wash of electronic sounds, imitating the voices of both the Chinese erhu and Japanese shakuhachi. It is not your stereotypical example of classical music, and Salazar is by no means a stereotypical classical musician. That’s a good thing, as his unconventional approach to classical music has helped to open new spaces for the genre. As a member of the new music ensemble Forward Motion, Salazar has brought a challenging repertoire of contemporary music to a variety of locations, from all-ages rock venues to Circle Centre Mall. As the community programs manager for Classical Music Indy, he has also curated classical performances in unexpected spaces, such as Eskenazi Hospital and Gen Con. It’s an impressive resume for an artist in his 20s. With the release of Soul Search on the internationally respected Centaur Records label, Salazar seems poised for much more. The music on Soul Search reflects the full scope of Salazar’s varied musical experiences. The LP veers from the meditative atmospherics of “Sky So Blue” to the pulsating electronic percussion of “Braga Dum.” “I don’t do much sampling, but I found a sample online of this Eastern European beatboxing,” Salazar explains. He calls “Braga Dum” his “first foray into the hip-hop world.” While Salazar’s clarinet is the main attraction on Soul Search, he made use of a variety of other sounds in fleshing out his soundscapes. That list includes synths, organ, whistling, and even throat singing. The end result is a fascinating musical journey, featuring a fresh take on a once ubiquitous instrument that seems to have lost its place in the contemporary American musical landscape. Head to EricSalazarClarinet.com to hear for yourself.

NUVO: Soul Search was released on Centaur Records, one of the most important classical music labels in the United States. Tell me about your relationship with Centaur. SALAZAR: Some of my classical colleagues have been like, “Whoa, Eric, how did they find you?” That’s not how the world

works anymore. I recorded this album at IUPUI with the fantastic Doug Bielmeier, an amazing, genius audio engineer. After we completed the album, I did a really nerdy thing and created a spreadsheet of hundreds of record labels. I then sent an email, basically a cold call, to every single one of them. Most of them said no. [laughs] That’s just how it is. It’s tough to break through. But three of them said yes, including Centaur. They distributed the album nationally, and I guess internationally when you think about the digital side of things. It’s funny because I don’t feel like I recently became a better clarinet player, but suddenly, I’ve got this credibility that I definitely didn’t have two months ago. [laughs]

NUVO: Your clarinet sounds very spontaneous and alive on this album. Does improvisation have a role in your recorded work? SALAZAR: All of the electronics are preprogrammed. So the electronics are pretty thoroughly composed. In terms of the clarinet playing, it’s notated and I’ve got the scores back home. But I wrote it, so I can add little motifs here and there and improvise a little bit on the melody. While the title track is totally improvised, other pieces like “Sky So Blue” and “Timeshift” are totally scored, and I’m playing a strict melody with only minor embellishment.

NUVO: Soul Search was an accumulation of work you’ve composed over a period of many years. Have you started working on a follow-up? SALAZAR: Yes, and thanks to the help of my recording buddy Doug Bielmeier, I’ve devised a way of running my clarinet through a Mac and using my laptop to create a giant Crayola box of digital effects. So I’ve been experimenting a lot with that and using distortion effects and chorus effects. You can hear a sample of that on YouTube. I uploaded a track called “Chirp, Fly, Soar,” where about 60 percent of the way through I pop on a distortion effect pedal, and it sounds really cool. So that’s where I’m at now artistically. I’ve composed so much more since Soul Search was recorded. So the next album is coming. It’s going to be even more adventurous. N NUVO.NET // 07.18.18 - 07.25.18 // MUSIC // 19

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A WARPED TOUR FINALE

Founder Kevin Lyman Ends the Summer Staple after 24 Years BY ALAN SCULLEY // MUSIC@NUVO.NET

evin Lyman is out on this summer’s 24th edition of the Warped Tour thinking about something that never needed to enter his thoughts during most of the years he’s organized and overseen this tour. He’s thinking about his life without the Warped Tour. Last fall, Lyman announced that 2018 would be the last year for Warped as a traveling festival visiting cities coast to coast. It’s the end of an era in the concert world, but Warped wasn’t the first traveling festival. Lyman, before launching Warped, worked for three years on Lollapalooza when it was breaking ground as a touring multiband festival. But it is the last such tour, having outlasted Ozzfest, Lollapalooza, H.O.R.D.E., Lilith Fair, and every other traveling festival tour. Lyman suspects the concept of the traveling festival has seen its day and sees multiple reasons why tours like Warped, Lilith Fair, or Ozzfest are unlikely to happen again. One reason is finances. The transportation costs, in the case of the punk-rock/ alt-rock leaning Warped, of getting some 70 bands and everything that comes with them to the venues has increased, as have band fees, insurance, and other costs that go with the tour. It’s also become a bigger challenge in recent years to book bands popular enough to anchor the Warped stages and drive ticket sales. That wasn’t such an issue in the first decade or so, when Warped was essentially the only big summer tour going for bands in the punk and alternative-rock worlds and managers and record labels clamored for one of the coveted slots on the Warped Tour. But the music and touring business has changed in big ways—and the changes haven’t always worked in the Warped Tour’s favor.

For one thing, album sales have tanked in the eras of downloading and streaming services. Without much revenue from album sales, bands have to make their money on touring. Lyman said Warped is simply not seen by some industry people as the best summer touring option anymore, particularly for the kind of acts that could bring name recognition and a measure of star power to Warped.

from records and CDs, that type of thing. It’s a time when a band can make their living going to Europe this time of year.” On a physical level, the 16-hour days Lyman, 57, typically spends at each stop managing the tour has become a challenge—and he has a knee replacement and a surgically rebuilt ankle to testify to the wear and tear. “Physically, it’s been a drag the last three

the tour (Less Than Jake, Reel Big Fish, and Every Time I Die) as well as emerging acts that touch on everything from pop-rock (Echosmith) to punk (Doll Skin) to metal (Amity Affliction) and beyond. He likes what this year’s lineup offers and what he’s seen with ticket sales so far. “I have a very solid lineup, and it’s all people who wanted to be there. That’s really what it is,” Lyman said. “I’m very happy with the lineup I do have and also how I think we’re selling our tickets, who we’re selling our tickets to this year. It looks like we’re selling to a fan that maybe remembers their good times at Warped Tour, that’s maybe a few years older, that 20-to-35-year-old set.

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“When I started Warped Tour, there wasn’t a full summer [of festivals] in Europe that you could go to. Bands used to go over there in June, do a couple of festivals in early June, and then they’d come back, [do Warped Tour], and hopefully do a couple [European festivals] in August,” Lyman explained in a late-May phone interview. “But now there’s a full three months of festivals going on in Europe. So the economics have changed for a lot of bands because of lack of payments

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summers. I go 100 percent on everything I do,” Lyman said. “I’m always in the middle of it, and I will always be in the middle of everything I do. But the physical toll on me has gotten too hard.” So yes, Lyman sounds ready to leave behind the grind of Warped. But not until he takes one last trip around the country this summer. And for Warped’s final voyage, Lyman has assembled a diverse lineup of talent. It includes a number of veteran bands that have had multiple outings on

“I really think it’s going to be a celebration of people who are true music fans, who remember those times [at Warped], and are going to come out and have a great last summer with us,” he said. Lyman’s post-Warped life figures to be busy. He’ll remain involved in philanthropy and consult on certain festivals, and he’s accepted a teaching position at University of Southern California, where he’ll share his experience in the music business with students. And he has a certain undertaking in mind for next summer. “Now I’m going to travel in a different way,” Lyman said. “I get to take my wife on a summer vacation. It will be awesome. Yeah, next summer will be our first summer vacation in 27 years, between Lollapalooza and Warped Tour.” N

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ahead of time is because now is a good time to get a foreshadowing of how to proceed. You can glean insights on where to begin your work. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): A reader asked Libran blogger Ana-Sofia Cardelle, “How does one become more sensual?” I’ll ask you to meditate on the same question. Why? Because it’s a good time to enrich and deepen your sensuality. For inspiration, here are some ideas that blend my words with Cardelle’s: “Laugh easily and freely. Tune in to the rhythm of your holy animal body as you walk. Sing songs that remind you why you’re here on earth. Give yourself the luxury of reading books that thrill your imagination and fill you with fresh questions. Eat food with your fingers. Allow sweet melancholy to snake through you. Listen innocently to people, being warm-hearted and slyly wild. Soak up colors with your eager eyes. Whisper grateful prayers to the sun as you exult in its gifts.” SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): “If people aren’t laughing at your goals, your goals are too small.” So says bodybuilder Kai Greene. I don’t know if I would personally make such a brazen declaration, but I do think it’s worth considering—especially for you right now. You’re entering into the Big Bold Vision time of your astrological cycle. It’s a phase when you’ll be wise to boost the intensity of your hopes for yourself, get closer to knowing the ultimate form of what you want, and be daring enough to imagine the most sublime possible outcomes for your future. If you do all that with the proper chutzpah, some people may indeed laugh at your audacity. That’s OK! SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): This minichapter in your epic life story is symbolically ruled by the fluttering flights of butterflies, the whirring hum of hummingbird wings, the soft cool light of fireflies, and the dawn dances of seahorses. To take maximum advantage of the blessings life will tease you with in the coming weeks, I suggest you align yourself with phenomena like those. You will tend to be alert and receptive in just the right ways if you cultivate a love of fragile marvels, subtle beauty, and amazing grace. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): I swear the astrological omens are telling me to tell you that you have license to make the following requests: 1. People from your past who say they’d like to be part of your future have to prove their earnestness by forgiving your debts to them and asking your forgiveness for their debts to you. 2. People who are pushing for you to be influenced by them must agree to be influenced by you. 3. People who want to deepen their collaborations with you must promise to deepen their commitment to wrestling with their own darkness. 4. People who say they care for you must prove their love in a small but meaningful way.

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AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): You will never find an advertisement for Nike or Apple within the sacred vessel of this horoscope column. But you may come across plugs for soul-nourishing commodities like creative freedom, psychosexual bliss, and playful generosity. Like everyone else, I’m a salesperson—although I believe that the wares I peddle are unambiguously good for you. In this spirit, I invite you to hone your own sales pitch. It’s an excellent time to interest people in the fine products and ideas and services that you have to offer. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Would you do me a favor, please? Would you do your friends and loved ones and the whole world a favor? Don’t pretend you’re less powerful and beautiful than you are. Don’t downplay or neglect the magic you have at your disposal. Don’t act as if your unique genius is nothing special. OK? Are you willing to grant us these small indulgences? Your specific talents, perspectives, and gifts are indispensable right now. The rest of us need you to be bold and brazen about expressing them.

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