The Implications of New Holographic Stage Technology in Performance By Ben Dale I was sitting alone in a dark and dank basement on the East End, half-drunk and hoarse-voiced, listening to Blizzard of Ozz, which, for those who don’t know, was The Prince of Darkness’ first post-Sabbath record, and also one of two albums Ozzy [...]
Criticism, In An Age When Criticism is Dead By Ben Dale Mac Miller is finding unlikely success as a white rapper in a hip-hop culture that normally excludes such anomalies. Boosh. Though the idea is a rehash, there is something markedly different about Mr. Miller, a certain je ne sais quoi that distinguishes him from [...]
A DCP writer spends the day at the Occupy Dayton camp By Benjamin Dale Belief is a funny thing, and it can often make people behave in noble, albeit misunderstood ways. Some say the true measure of belief is how much one is willing to suffer for it. And as the grey shadow of winter [...]
Gem City Gentlemen of the Gilded Beard: Saving the world from social tyranny, one beard at a time By Benjamin Dale In our so-called “civilized state,” in this, the modern age, beards are seen as something of an anachronism. A relic from our unwashed past in the primordial soup, a beard is thought uncouth or [...]
Squid the Whale swims in to Dayton By Benjamin Dale Squid the Whale. A whale named Squid. The name evokes images of an identity crisis similar to the story of a boy named Sue. I imagine a giant killer whale, ostracized from his ultrasonic peers, who only finds refuge among the bottom dwellers and lowly [...]
Yellow Springs’ Blue Moon Soup to appear at Canal Street Tavern By Benjamin Dale Greater Dayton is blessed with not only one thriving music scene, the envy of other cities of similar size, but also boasts a distinct yet complementary music scene in the neighboring hamlet of Yellow Springs. While the Dayton scene continues to [...]
We gotta make it live: One GBV fanboy’s dream realized By Benjamin Dale Guided By Voices probably means more to this town than any other rock band in the Gem City’s history. In case you’ve been living with your ears closed for the past 30 years, or you’re new to the area, Guided By Voices [...]
So the cat’s out of the bag. Rumors have been circulating around Dayton for a while now, but today it’s official: Guided By Voices has recorded a new album. It’s set for release on New Year’s Day, 2012 — the first day of the last year of the end of the world. Forget the studio [...]
Future for Atlanta-based rockers looks bright By Benjamin Dale Today The Moon, Tomorrow The Sun, the indie-electro rockers from Atlanta, are set to take the stage with Dayton’s Oh Condor and Grey Leaves, along with Belle Historie from Cincinnati at Blind Bob’s Friday, September 16. DCP got the chance to chat with Micah Silverman, Today [...]
Local handmade enthusiasts and music lovers make Cyclops Fest a reality in Yellow Springs By Benjamin Dale The legend of the Cyclops begins in ancient Greece. One-eyed giants with foul dispositions, Cyclops are thought to have crafted and then given Zeus his thunderbolt, Poseidon his trident and Hades his invisibility helmet. Though the Cyclops is [...]
High Fructose Corn Syrup By Megan Garrison The FDA recently rejected a bid to officially change the name of high [...]
Walker was Victorious in Wisconsin Because His Reforms Worked By David H. Landon The folks at MSNBC had a bad [...]
It Takes More than a Tweet By Rana Odeh The victory of Republican Governor Scott Walker over Milwaukee Democrat Mayor [...]
What are the Consequences of Recall Election in Wisconsin? Last Tuesday, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) prevailed in an unusual [...]
Obama’s Support of Same Sex Marriage Will Cost Him Swing States By David H. Landon By Election Day, the President’s [...]
President Obama Announces Support of Same-Sex Marriage Most pundits believe that this Presidential election will be decided on the issue [...]
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