Great review of a great show

had a great time at the wednesday show among friends; one of 'em wrote this matternews.org/culture/musi...

Further thoughts on last night from @andydowning33.bsky.social

Wednesday and Gouge Away both obviously super ‘90s coded but Gouge Away’s opening set could have been performed exactly the same 30 years ago and Wednesday’s set could have come from no one but Karly

a few words on wednesday in columbus last night matternews.org/culture/musi...

@longreads.com for your consideration matternews.org/voices/i-am-...

“From the very beginning, [the collages] were always a reaction to my overthinking. ... I do data analytics in my day job, and I’m overthinking shit constantly. So, when I come home and work with paper, I just want to rely on instinct. This is a practice in instinct.” matternews.org/culture/art/...

This week for @matternews.bsky.social: Ohio is considering a formal trade partnership with Israel. Businesses say good for business. Residents wonder why state is spending time on this instead of "literally anything that would benefit a single regular person." matternews.org/voices/local...

A bill to create an Ohio-Israel trade partnership is under review in the State Senate. Reactions in the city have been mixed at best. Read the latest Local Politics column from Jules Roscoe. matternews.org/voices/local...

A bill to create an Ohio-Israel trade partnership is under review in the State Senate. Reactions in the city have been mixed at best. Read the latest Local Politics column from Jules Roscoe. matternews.org/voices/local...

“I definitely went through that phase where I was like, ‘I’m not very comfortable, so I’m going to do a million cross-hatching lines to show off and hide whatever inadequacies I have as an artist.’ And I’ve gotten past that. And I’m more comfortable in my own skin after 25 years, thankfully.”

“Rarely do interviewers ask what they really want to know,” said Carver, who traced this natural curiosity in part to a traumatic childhood that long left her feeling detached from the rest of humanity. “I felt like an alien spying on humans ... so I asked questions like, ‘How do you human?’”

“The purpose of the book is to try and make solidarity more doable. And my approach is to strip away concepts of heroism and perfection. ... If we can reconceptualize solidarity as a series of errors and self-criticisms and changing paths, I think it becomes something much less scary for people.”

Columbus journalists!

we’re still on the lookout for a new monthly labor columnist. shoot me a message if you know anyone who might be interested.

The Cringe live events calendar at Matter News has been updated with events through April 5. matternews.org/calendar/

Sunday reading, icymi.

More than three years after the City of Columbus bulldozed Camp Shameless, one of the founders of the encampment offers their perspective on the housing crisis and the people working at the grassroots to give aid to those routinely left behind. New from Elizabeth R. Blackburn.

More than three years after the City of Columbus bulldozed Camp Shameless, one of the founders of the encampment offers their perspective on the housing crisis and the people working at the grassroots to give aid to those routinely left behind. New from Elizabeth R. Blackburn.

This is the sort of local news hardly anyone sees anymore. Outlets like @matternews.bsky.social are doing fantastic work, though. Please support them! It's never been more critical to do so! matternews.org/donate/

A fantastic story from @matternews.bsky.social about people working at the grassroots level to deal with the housing crisis. A coalition of Christians, anarchists, socialists and businesspeople fighting what will always seem like an uphill battle but fighting all the same.

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"On April 7, 2025, Columbus City Council voted unanimously to approve the construction of two permanent supportive housing projects: 50-unit Knoll View Place located on the former site of Camp Shameless, and 60-unit Scioto Rise Place. ... I want to believe this is a good start."

This is a long essay that addresses a number of difficult ideas with a lot of heart, and I hope people take the time to sit with it.

This is a long essay that addresses a number of difficult ideas with a lot of heart, and I hope people take the time to sit with it.

More than three years after the City of Columbus bulldozed Camp Shameless, one of the founders of the encampment offers their perspective on the housing crisis and the people working at the grassroots to give aid to those routinely left behind. New from Elizabeth R. Blackburn.

“Experience Columbus wants to sell the city as a creative, vibrant place that supports the arts,” said Greg Phelps. “And it seems like they’re sort of shooting themselves in the foot by taking money away from [GCAC].” matternews.org/culture/art/...

Even as new bonds approved by Columbus voters hope to transform housing development in the city for years to come, a desperate shortage of affordable units continues to push low-income renters into the lowest-quality homes. New from Larkin Cleland. matternews.org/community/de...

"I wanted to normalize being open about your flaws, because especially Black men, we’re not allowed to make mistakes. We can’t grow. There’s this expectation that our prefrontal cortex is fully developed as soon as we come out of the womb. ... There’s no redemption." matternews.org/culture/musi...

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nü Lily is my favorite thing she's done to date. double drums, clarinets, trombone, the sax is back, fuzz bass. all good things. dive in and see her on tour right now (uk dates around @endoftheroadfestival.com have been added, too)

I wrote a gazillion words about my long history with Times New Viking, backing my way into local music from the internet, indie vs. Big Indie, and a reunion show that cast TNV as a link in a long chain of Columbus weirdo greats

“For me, as a woman, the night is something that has always fascinated me, both as a spectator and a participant. And I would love to go out and take up space at night. But I find myself resistant to going out downtown by myself at night, or to wander through a park late at night.”

"This is the beginning of a conversation," councilmember Christopher Wyche said of the four-hour meeting, during which reps from the data center industry, labor unions, and environmental groups joined residents to debate everything from water usage to the number of jobs data centers actually create.

“As a Brown-bodied person, it’s hard to be in a band sometimes, and to go into a venue and look at this sea of white faces, like, am I even allowed to be here? … And to me, this band is a really fun way to be like, ‘I am allowed to be here. I am allowed to do this.’” matternews.org/culture/musi...

Officials from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reportedly told recipients of overdose prevention funding that they may no longer be allowed to promote the message that has become one of the pillars of harm reduction. New from @jackshuler.bsky.social. matternews.org/voices/the-p...

“Given what the governor has said about the [death penalty], given his Catholic faith, given his seeming willingness to do something on the issue, as a coalition of organizers we were very optimistic that there was going to be something coming in the final year of his term,” said McCann.

a government entity exempt from public record laws paid $60k to sponsor four episodes of a nothing podcast.

“Given what the governor has said about the [death penalty], given his Catholic faith, given his seeming willingness to do something on the issue, as a coalition of organizers we were very optimistic that there was going to be something coming in the final year of his term,” said McCann.

I don't care what people say 43 free throw attempts is unethical hoops

the ejection of jaylen brown by the coward tyler ford

“I still feel uncertain all the time, but now it’s like, I’ve made four albums, I guess I can kind of do this.” Lily Seabird, who visits Rumba Cafe this week, has a new record coming this fall that finds her emerging from a tough couple of years with at least a shred more confidence.

“If something weird happens to me, or I overhear a weird thing, or somebody says something weird to me and it disturbs me, that, to me, is a good opportunity for an essay." CITY OF TOYS out today from OSU Press! Thank you @matternews.bsky.social! matternews.org/culture/word...

*THE* inappropriate relationship

the records request I put in six months ago asking for carter's emails on a handful of specific subjects is now roughly as valuable as those bored ape nfts

“I don’t know a lot of bands that are touring [the U.S.] from that part of the world right now, so we have no reference for how it’s going to be. And we know it’s a risk. But in talking to Ahmoudou, asking, do we still want to do this? The answer is yeah. It’s part of our life. We need to do this.”

icymi from yesterday.

In the band’s first run, Butler said he viewed Church of the Red Museum's music through a gnarlier lens, with time and experience having collided to shift his perspective. “I’m struck by how the songs used to feel aggressive to me, and now they feel melancholy.” matternews.org/culture/musi...