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DJ GED
April 13, 2009Highschool Hero - Indy
If you're tired of listening to the same garbage and lousy DJ's on Indy radio stations try a high school station. They offer new music, entertaining Dj's and a nontraditional style. Give these kids a chance to populate your presets. It may not be the best of the best but it will get you from A to B.
Try:
90.9 Ben Davis
91.3 Carmel
91.5 Franklin
89.3 North Central
Indy Indians
April 12, 2009Indiana Indian - GreenWood
I personally can't wait for the season to start. I have never been to a game at victory field but this year I'm going. The tickets are cheap, the food is cheap and its just good old American spring fun. I can just imagine myself forgetting the worries of the day shoving my hand into a 10 year old mit and hope for that fly ball. Thanks Indy for offering a sport that's not hyped up in politics and is just fun for the whole family.
Indy CD and Vinyl
April 11, 2009MotorHead - broadripple
The store in Broad Ripple rocks. Its got that vintage Broad Ripple atmosphere, the selection
is extensive, and the audio stations always have good music. Even if you're broke, go into the
store just to hang. The best part about the business is the employees, they know their shit.
Don't believe me? Next time you're in the Ripp go there, tell the dude behind the counter your
current favorite band and ask for a suggestion. They will hook you up with a great variety
that will be right up your alley.
Their (new!) website
Best Show Ever?
April 7, 2009Gunner O'Malley - indy
A new TV show is starting this Thursday night, and while I hardly ever make it a point to watch TV..... on TV..... anymore, I definitely can't wait for "Parks and Recreation." I'm excited not just because it has Amy Poehler and folks from "The Office," but also because it's all about the Parks Dept of a small Indiana town! Pawnee, IN is fictional, but it looks like they're going to do justice to any given Indiana town, and given the talent involved, this should be an awesome show.
The NBC show site is pretty standard, but check out the town's website, it's hilarious! pawneeindiana.com
Some of my personal favorites:
"Let's Keep Pawnee Beautiful Program" ...canceled.
The REI (Raccoon Eradication Initiative) logo contest winner
The "East End Liquor and Wine" beer selection (closed sundays)
The "Information Technology" page is under construction :)
It's well worth browsing. I think they've got us pegged.
Simple Equals Good at Gusto!
April 3, 2009David Hoppe - Nuvo
Some restaurants seem to have little more connection to their neighborhoods than an address. Then there are places like Gusto! in Fountain Square that feel like they're an organic part of the scene.
Located in a long, narrow storefront space on the ground floor of the Murphy Art Center, Gusto! is a natural complement to the MAC's bohemian ambience.
Gusto! doesn't try to do a lot, but that's OK. This is the kind of place where simple equals good.
Gusto!'s heart pumps a rich, red homemade marinara sauce that serves as the foundation for a streamlined selection of pizzas, sandwiches and pasta dishes that are, in turn, reinforced by a sampling of salads and starters and buttressed with an impressive selection of craft beers listed on a chalkboard above the counter, as well as wines.
You're not paying for overhead here. You seat yourself and are likely to be served on mismatched plates. Water glasses are of the big, plastic Pepsi variety and, the night we stopped by, our wine came in the kind of food service tumblers you usually find in cafeterias.
If the service wasn't so friendly, you might begin to wonder what you've gotten yourself into. As it happened, my companion and I found ourselves enjoying generous pourings of red zin ($5) and pinot grigio ($6) in no time.
Gusto! prides itself on its cheese sticks, a starter we'll probably try on another visit. And the sandwiches (all priced at $6.99) were tempting: There were homemade meatball, Italian deli, Italian dip featuring that marinara sauce and a Greek concoction with chicken to choose from.
We headed for a Greek salad and a Caesar ($4.99 each). Both were fresh and satisfying, with outsourced dressing served on the side. The Greek included sun-dried tomatoes instead of fresh - a choice as flavorful as it was smart, taking the off-season into account. The dressing - our waiter called it "Golden Italian" - provided another variation on the theme, being a little sweeter than your standard Greek vinaigrette.
Our main event consisted of an 8-inch, hand-rolled, thin-crust vegetarian pizza ($8.99 with 12-inch and 16-inch versions at $13.49 and $17.99, respectively) with toppings that were practically a mirror image of the Greek salad and the baked ziti ($7.99), a bubbling hot casserole with Italian sausage, pepperoni and penne pasta with marinara sauce under a melted blanket of mozzarella and provolone cheese, served with two sticks of seasoned flat bread.
Let me say here that Gusto!'s reputation may be linked to its excellent pizzas (take-out business was brisk), but the baked ziti has got to be one of this city's great guilty pleasures. Redolent with the aroma of fennel and chock-full of spicy meat, the cheese scorched to a delicious crisp around the edges, this is a dish to savor.
Which is exactly what we did, sipping our wine and gazing contentedly out Gusto!'s picture window as the Edward Hopper-esque storefront across the street caught the last shreds of daylight. If anyone had asked us where we were, there would have been no doubt: Fountain Square in springtime.
From Nuvo
