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A New Year IN Akron...

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It's a new year! 2009 is sure to bring lots of new and exciting events around Akron.  I don't know about other  people, but my life has had some big changes  happening  lately.  I  have moved to a new place, and I hate moving, all the boxes and non-organization of it. Not to mention that you have to hit up all your friends that have trucks so you can move all your shit. I also am having to learn how to deal with an exbrother  in  law,  which  is  a  challenge. The fact of the matter is I am just super busy.  I turn around and it's time to send a new issue to print. I love this magazine because I like having a creative outlet. Not to mention I love my partners, which I think is probably a lot of why I love the magazine so much. They are great guys. As much as I wish my life would just calm down, I guess change is something that can keep life exciting, and right now my life is definitely not boring.  As you read, I am in talks with Carnival Cruise Lines to feature an ad, IN Akron for TWO upcoming Carnival Cruises! It would be a great vacation, or at bare minimum a nice getaway, which also could be a gift and Valentine's Day is just around the corner….  I am hoping to get a huge group of people from Akron to go, but I wanted to give you guys the heads up so that you look for the ad in upcoming issues.

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January 2008

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PUBLISHER A.C. Evans

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EDITOR Athena Dimeara

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The Matinee’.......................7 Thursday’s ........................8

SALES & CIRCULATION Justin Kilpatrick

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CONTRIBUTORS Writer Rhonda Readence Writer Athena Dimeara Writer Ryan Humbert 

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Living in Hell Winter in Ohio haha Living in Akron has something treacherous that creeps on us every year.  There's no getting away from it so our only course of action is to deal with it. COLD WEATHER.  Although I am only 24, cold weather now is, for sure, not what I remember it to be.  Whether it's global warming or something else, all I know is that when I was a kid, in the winter, you did not wake up to birds chirping like I do now every morning, and I don't remember being snowed into your house because there was 4 ft of snow stopping your garage door to open. Outdoor activities in the winter are totally different too. I mean you still can do them, but instead of just going and doing them, you have to put on thirty layers of protective insulation. Hat, coats, scarves, gloves, boots, etc…… who the hell wants to do that? Not to mention that when you come home from those outdoor activates, you have to take off all thirty layers…… and they are wet! (This also means more laundry.) Here are a few tricks I've come up with to try and combat 9 degree weather.  So who doesn't hate the cold walk to get in your car, and the fact that by the time you get where you are going, it just then decides to warm up and produce some hot air? I do.  So.. all you have to do is have another person pick you up. By the time they get to where you are to get you, you can get into a nice, toasty, warmed up car. Since you have to eat every day, think about what you could make.  Bake something.  Usually, when you bake something the oven will heat up your house super quick. You can also always try to drink something hot, like coffee or tea.  My roommate and I make a pot of tea every night. Drinking warm things can heat you from the inside, out. I love to sleep and cannot sleep if I am cold, so in the winter I change my sheets to fleece. It makes a huge difference. Another thing to do in bed is have sex.  I don't know about you, but I have never been cold while I'm doing it. When I get out of bed in the mornings I also put my clothes in the dryer for a min. There are times when you are forced to be outside. If I am outside in the winter, I will always have on those layers I wrote about earlier, but most important for me is that I will be standing in the sun. Winter  time  in  Ohio  has  got  to  be  an  acquired  taste. There are good things about it too. I guess snow is beautiful (before it turns into slush anyways), and the holidays would be the same without it being cold outside. A lot of people look forward to skiing and snowboarding too.  If you didn't grow up here, I cannot imagine how hard it would be to deal with. For us that have, you just change your routine a little bit and go on with life. Hasn't someone invented heated streets yet?

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Tasty Jones’ If someone were to ask me what my favorite bar is and why. I would have to push Tasty Jones’. It’s a fairly new bar in the Merriman Valley. They are my kind of place though, with my kind of people. You wont find a lot of popped collar jeager bombing frat boys in here. What you will find a is a nice crowd of 30+ years of age. Even the younger ones are very mature and just there to have a few drinks listen to good music and relax. When I visit a lot of the bars in and around Akron I just see more in the same. With Tasty Jones’ though I know I have a place I can bring my laptop for the free wifi, have a nice meal, and listen to music that won’t make my ears bleed.  Hope you enjoy it as much as I do. -Mark

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Great bet This guy comes into a bar, walks up to the bartender. Says, "Bartender, I got me a bet for you. I'm gonna bet you $300 that I can piss  into  that  glass  over  there  and  not  spill  a  single,  solitary drop." The bartender looks. I mean, we're talking, like, this glass is like a good ten feet away. He says, "Now wait, let me get this strait. You're tryin' to tell me you'll bet me $300 that you can piss, standing over here, way over there into that glass, and not spill a single drop?" Customer looks up and says, "That's right." Bartender says, "Young man, you got a bet." The guy goes, "Okay, here we go. Here we go." Pulls out his thing. He's lookin' at the glass, man. He's thinkin' about the glass. He's thinkin' about the glass. Glass. He's thinkin' about the glass, glass. Thinkin' about his dick. Dick, glass, dick, glass, dick, glass, dick, glass, dick, glass, dick, glass, dick, glass. And then, *foosh*, he lets it rip. And he-he's pisses all over the place, man. He's pissin' on the bar. He pissin' on the stools, on the floor, on the phone, on the bartender! He's pissing everywhere *except* the fucking glass! Right? Okay. So, bartender, he's laughing his fuckin' ass off. He's $300 richer. He's like, "Ha, ha, ha, ha!" Piss dripping off his face. "Ha, ha, ha, ha!" He says, "You fucking idiot, man! You got it in everything  except  the  glass!  You  owe  me  $300  punta."  Guy goes, "Excuse me just one-one little second." Goes in the back of the bar. In back, there's a couple of guys playing pool. He walks over to them. Comes back to the bar. Goes, "Here you go, Mr. Bartender, 300." And the bartender's like, "What the fuck are you so happy about? You just lost $300, idiot!" The guy says, "Well, see those guys over there? I just bet them $500 a piece that I could piss on your bar, piss on your floor, piss on your phone, and piss on you, and not only would you not be mad about it, you'd be happy.

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Interesting facts 1. Rhode Island never ratified the 18 Amendment establishing Prohibition. 2. The longest bar in the world is 684 feet (or about 208.5 meters) long and is located at the New Bulldog in Rock Island, Illinois. 3. Each molecule of alcohol is less than a billionth of a meter long and consists of a few atoms of oxygen, carbon and hydrogen. by Justin Tell them “IN Akron” sent you!

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One in a Million Dear Aphrodite, Why does it take millions of ejaculated sperm to fertilize 1egg? Response: Because they don't ask for directions. Ba-da-boom. Seriously, the short and sweet answer is this: the 200 - 600 million sperm normally found in ejaculate increases the chance that some will reach a mature egg, eventually with just one being able to enter and fertilize it. Evolution likely accounts for the high sperm count in a typical ejaculate — a male who is able to produce more sperm obviously has a better likelihood of fertilizing a female than his competitors. In some species, this male may be the one with the largest testicles, which produce more sperm than smaller sized balls. Email Aphrodite at [email protected] if you need some relationship advice. I will answer one or two questions every week and you can read it right here IN Akron. <3 Aphrodite

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2008 ALBUM REVIEWS

My favorite Albums of 2008 The Pretenders – Break Up The Concrete For their ninth studio album, The Pretenders (led by Akron’s Chrissie Hynde) decided to break up the pop/rock formula they were used to and make a fantastically loose roots-rock record. The stripped-down affair finds Hynde laying her rich vocals over raw, rockabilly-tinged tracks like  “Boots of Chinese Plastic” and sweet country/rock ballads like “The Last Ride”.  Key Track: “Break Up The Concrete”  Bob Dylan – The Bootleg Series Vol. 8: Tell Tale Signs While most artist’s unreleased tunes are kept that way for a reason, Bob Dylan keeps amazing fans with more and more fantastic tunes from the vaults. The Bootleg Series Volume 8: Tell Tale Signs features 3 discs of unreleased, live, B-sides and rarities from 1986 through 2006. While most casual fans are not familiar with this era of his work, it’s not to be overlooked. From the bluesy “Can’t Escape From You” to a touching solo demo of “Ring Them Bells”, Tell Tale Signs should further cement Dylan legacy as a still-vital songwriting icon.  Key Track: Mississippi (Disc One)  Lucinda Williams – Little Honey After being named “America’s Best Songwriter” by Time Magazine, Lucinda Williams certainly had her work cut out for her. While her previous record West finds Lucinda in a melancholy rut, Little Honey is a lively and rocking record about being in love. With her sandpaper-on-velvet vocals, Williams is in fine form on rockers like “Real Love” and “Honey Bee” but still manages to break hearts on the weeper “If Wishes Were Horses” and the slow-burning “Little Rock Star.” Guests Elvis Costello, Matthew Sweet and Susanna Hoff get in on the fun by lending their vocal talents. Key Track: If Wishes Were Horses  Glen Campbell – Meet Glen Campbell Call it a comeback record if you’d like, but Meet Glen Campbell is pure old-school fun. In an updated form of Campbell’s warm and string-heavy sound, his covers of The Foo Fighters “Times Like These”, Jackson Brownes “These Days” and the U2 power ballad “All I Want Is You” sound like they could be Campbell classics from years past. For a “covers” record, the set is 100% all about Campbell’s enduring sound and expressive voice. Key Track: All I Want Is You  Randy Newman – Harps & Angels Singer-songwriter Randy Newman is back with his first album of new material in nine years, and it was well worth the wait. The album relies on rollicking New Orleans –meets-Tin-Pan-Alley stories like the title track or “East Street” but doesn’t forget the lovely ballads like “Losing You” and “Feels Like Home” that Newman excels at. It also proves Newman still has a cranky sense of humor, like on the hilarious political statement (Key Track:) A Few Words in Defense of Our Country. 

by Ryan Humbert  UPCOMING LIVE PREFORMANCES Tuesday January 6th

Sara Risner

Tasty Jones' 1714 Merriman

Wednesday January 7th

Open Mic Jam 

The Getaway 1462 N Portage Path

Wednesday January 7th

Rachel Roberts

Annabell’s 784 W Market

Wednesday January 7th

Big Sur

Matinee 812 W Market

Wednesday January 7th

Suicide Karaoke

Thursdays 306 East Exchange

Wednesday January 7th

Andy Sheapard & John Welton Jam Session

Tasty Jones' 1714 Merriman

Thursday January 8th

Phestur, Haden Calling, Twilight Hobs

Annabell’s 784 W Market

Thursday January 8th

Open Mic Blues Jam

Lydias 1348 S Arlington

Thursday January 8th

TBA

Tasty Jones' 1714 Merriman

Friday January 9th

Open Mic Jam Hosted by DeadEven

Iron Saddle Saloon 137 East South

Friday January 9th

Sackett Ave

The Getaway 1462 N Portage Path

Saturday January 10th

Mother Load

Iron Saddle Saloon 137 East South

Saturday January 10th

Sackett Ave

The Getaway 1462 N Portage Path

Saturday January 10th

Facials, Gusto, 21 Gun Solution

Annabell’s 784 W Market

Sunday January 11th

Open Mic Jam Hosted by JT & The Guys

Iron Saddle Saloon 137 East South

Monday January 12th 

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Annabell’s 784 W Market

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