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IN AKRON FREE WEEKLY MAGAZINE - DECEMBER 10-17 - WWW.MYSPACE.COM/INAKRONMAGAZINE

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As the weeks fly by I can't help but feelsuper optimistic about InAkron. Notonly do I work with a great group ofpeople who put a lot of effort into thismagazine, but from the amazing re-sponse it is getting from readers. I can'ttell you the feedback via e-mail or my-space that we have received, alongwith the unfathomed support from busi-ness owners who make our magazinepossible. I'd like to thank a close friendof mine, Preston Holmes, for being a

rock of support and thoughtfulness (and for writing a damn col-umn every week). Oh yeah, did I mention he also gives the bestblow-dry this side of Toledo and forever will be my stylist, andbff. Kisses bitch!

Anywho, this past week I have tirelessly walked, in fourinch heels, (now when I say walked, I mean from the car to thefront door) into bars, restaurants and diners, bowling alleys, youname it… to work on finding great entertainment for you, thereaders. I met David, the owner of The Nut House, and talked alittle bit about their amazing special. Free f-ing food!! That's everynight too! I will definitely be there. I also met Charlie, an ownerof The Getaway Pub in the valley. I'll be hitting up the Getawaytoo, for all of their live music and all day happy hour until 7pm.

Moving forward to look at the future of the magazine Iam going to be adding more interesting editorials hopefully frommany people with different views on things then mine. Let's faceit not everyone thinks like I do about the entertainment through-out Akron, and I'd like to hear all opinions. I am interviewingsome writers as we speak so look for more articles soon.Peace Bitches.

Editors Wrap Up!Moving forward IN Akron

by Athena

INAKRON

What

Musica

Best deals

Fashion Weekly

Salon Preston

Coopers

Drink of the Week

Bartender of the Week

Ken Love

Tasty Jones’

The Nut House

Tech Talk

Certified Nerds

The Getaway

Good Life Tattoos

Drinking Game

Whiskey Dicks

Nails by Tammy

Nicoles Connection

Riddle Challenge

Artist of the Week

Upcoming Live Music

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December 2008Volume 1 • Number 2 • Issue 3

PUBLISHER

A.C. Evans

EDITOR

Athena Dimeara

SALES & CIRCULATION

Justin Kilpatrick

CONTRIBUTORS

Writer Preston HolmesWriter Athena

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EDITORIALTABLE OF CONTENTS

COVER STORY

Musica is a local concert venue in Akron, that hosts a variety ofbands. From indie to pop music, they are constantly looking tobook live entertainment. If you have a band, and can draw acrowd go to 1akron.com and send them an email. They have aconcert schedule lined up through Sunday Dec. 28th which in-cludes As Tall As Lions, The David Ullman Band, and Ivoryline.This Friday make sure you venture to Musica to watch The RyanHumbert Band, our cover story, performing live at 8pm. Musicais located at Main & Market right behind Crave. Mapquest 51 E.Market. Hope to see you there! To learn more about Ryan Hum-bert check out the back page.

Musica Akron’s new place for live music

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Even given our nations high unemployment rate, supris-ingly we still have office parties to go to. I'm going to showyou how to have fun, and look fabulous, while maintainingthe little dignity you're hanging onto this holiday season.Most of you don't know how to handle yourselves at a zoo,let alone in an enviroment with drinks, dancing, and col-leages. Here are my tried and true tips for surviving an of-fice party.

Now is your chance to show your personal stylewhile still being appropriate. Girls listen up, no stripper orhoe gear, save that for your weekend job ladies! Makesure the girls are covered, although some cleavage is ok,remember we are here to turn heads, not tricks. Remem-ber no pantyhose with open toes shoes, save that for yourfamily reunion at the trailer park. Skirts above the kneeswill require you to wear underwear. No reinactments ofBritney and Paris please. Now is a great time to let yourhair down. Change it from that 9-5 skintight poney tail thatyou've been sporting all year. Maybe now they can seeyour real hair color. I suggest you schedule that $20 blowout that we've been talking about with your favorite hair-stylist to the stars. Here is my number 330.835.4510. Itonly takes about 30 minutes to have yourself party readyand confident. Most office parties are after 5pm, so amakeup touch-up is required. That means a fresh coat ofmascara or at least combing out those taranchula lashes.Also make sure you clean up that oil spill that occuredsometime between breakfast and now with a fresh sweepof your favorite pressed powder. Don't just reapply yourlips, start fresh. Although I'm sure your $2.00 lipstick hasheld its own all day, don't forget to use your favorite 50cent lip liner as well to finish off your perfect look so youdont look like you just stumbled off the set of“DeepThroat” the sequal!

Hey boys! You've probably been behind your deskall day so wrinkles will be obvious. Keep a clean shirt andfresh pants in your car the day of the party. Now is your

chance to let that inner frat boy out to play, but make sureyou keep your mind in reality... we are not in college any-more. So here are my tips for you to look your best withthe least effort possible.

Don't wait till the day of to get your haircut. Thisisn't picture day at high school. You dont want to lookscalped, so allow a day or two of growth. By now most ofyou should've hit puberty and have some sort of facialhair, so a 5 o'clock shadow will occur. Make sure to get afresh shave in the morning and bring the tools needed toclean up rough trade stubble. Most offices have a bath-room with a sink and water so use them! Hopefully youshowered the morning of, but you may have to reapplyyour deoderant and cologne. Remember, a little goes along way with the cologne, no one will enjoy gagging onyour Axe spray. Also, be sure to clean under your fingernails. You're an office assistant not an auto mechanic orfarm hand.

We are here to have fun and celebrate, not pickupfrom the secretary pool! Office romances are alright, butnot office HOE-mances, so play it smart, if she works withyou.... dont try and work on her, if you know what I mean.

For the last and best tip...alcohol is not your friend.DO NOT get all wasted and puke at your holiday party. Tomany times you have office ”rumors” floating around, butfor it to be true is another thing entirely. Keep it to two andat least you can participate in talking about the personwho downed a bottle of Jim Beam, instead of being thatperson.

Listen to my few simple rules and you wont be thelaughing stock of your office. Keepreading for more great tips and re-member... my number is 330-835-4510!


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Tribes of long ago that wanted to get rid

of their unwanted people, without killing them, would

burn their houses down. Forcing them to leave, hence

the expression "to get fired."

Fired?

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Drink of the week:

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1/3 oz apple schnapps

1 dash sweet & sour mix

1 dash sweet lime juice

1 splash 7-Up soda

1/4 oz Chambord

Shake all ingredients except for Chambordand 7-up with ice. Once done shaking addsplash of 7-Up then strain into chiiled cock-tail glass. Then layer Chambord in glass.

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Name: Amanda

Location: The NutHouse

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TECH TALK

Rember when your computer ran as fast as the day youbought it? Most people run thier computers into the ground within3 months of normal use. This isn’t really thier fault. The advancesin the technology field of software are constantly demanding big-ger proccessors, more memory, and a larger harddrive. If youdont want to have to upgrade your system every few months, orbuy a new one read these few tips below.

1. Run MSconfig. To do this, select Start>Run and type msconfiginto the space. Select the Startup tab and get rid of all unneces-sary programs. The way to determine this is to go to ProcessLi-brary.com and check it against their database.

2.Stop using Internet Expolorer. Install Firefox by going towww.GetFireFox.com. After installing Firefox, type about:configin the address bar. Right click in the window and click New andInteger. In the first box, type privacy.popups.disable_from_plug-ins. In the second box, type 2. This will prevent Flash popups.

3. This is where it gets a little crazy. Open Regedit by clickingStart>Run and type in regedit. Once Regedit is open, click theplus symbol next to the HKEY_CURRENT_USER folder, theplus symbol next to Control Panel, and then click the Desktopfolder icon to display its contents. In the right pane, double-clickMenuShowDelay to change its value. (This Registry location isreferred to as HKEY_CURRENT_USER\CONTROL\PANEL\DESKTOP\MENUSHOWDELAY.) The default Value Data is 400,or 4/10 of a second. Change the Value Data to 0 for the leastdelay, and click OK. This will make menus appear instantly onyour computer instead of having a delay.

4. Expand HKEY_CURRENT_USER, expand Control Panel,and click Desktop. Double-click the AutoEndTasks string andchange the value to 1. This causes all of the components of theexplorer to run in one process, making your computer faster.

5. Expand HKEY_CURRENT_USER, expand Control Panel,click Desktop, and double-click the MenuShowDelay string in theright-hand pane. Change the value to 100. This will cause Desk-top menus to appear almost instantly.

6. Defrag at all costs: Run a defragmenter application regularly.Data in a hard disk is not necessarily stored in a contiguous man-ner. This means that when your hard disks read data, it has tojump from platter to platter, sector to sector just to get a file in itsentirety. As a result of this effort, your computer could experiencefaster disk reads and an improvement in computer speeds from30% up to 100%.

If you use all the tweaks above and are still unhappy with thespeed that your computer is preforming at, you can call CertifiedNerds (see thier ad to the right). They are located in the Merri-man Valley and have the most competitive rates out of any com-puter “fix it” store IN Akron.

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Live Music Schedule

12/12 - Friday.....Lil Eddy & The Boiler Makers

12/13 - Saturday..........................Juke House

12/19 - Friday......................Fabulous Voices

12/20 - Saturday....................Sackett Avenue

12/26 - Friday.......................................Harlow

Special Preformances

12/27 - Saturday........Getaway’s Sara Risner

12/31- Wednesday.............Blue Tones N.Y.E.

Every Wednesday.........Open Mic Jam Night

Every Thursday.................................Karaoke

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The Game of Flip CupWhen keg stands aren’t an option...Two teams race to consumetheir drinks the fastest.

You will need One plastic16 oz. cup per player, Largetable everyone can stand at,beer or mixed drink ofchoice.

Players are divided intotwo even numbered teamsand stand on opposite sidesof a table. The 1st racers areat the front of the table facingeach other, 2nd racers nextto them, 3rd racers next themetc, and the last players areknown as the "anchors".

Once everyone is seatedwith their drink the judge will start the race with "Drinkers ready!3-2-1 Drink!" When the race has begun, the first racer on eachteam begins to drink his or her beer. When the first racer hascompletely finished his or her beer, the cup is placed right-sideup at the edge of the table, and the person who drank it tries toflip it upside down onto the table using one hand (meaning thelip of the cup would be on the table). If he or she is not successfulon the first try, the cup must be reset and re-flipped. If two handsare used the flip is not counted and the cup must be reset rightside up. Only after the first teammate has successfully flippedtheir cup upside down, can the next person proceed. Whicheverteam finishes drinking and flipping all its cups first is the winner.If the last two players' cups hit the table at the same time the firstcup that comes to rest is the winner.

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Athena’s Riddle ChallengeHere’s the deal, I’m going to write out 3 riddles. If you can correctly email me the answers to all three withinone week I will buy you a drink at The Nut House in the Valley.We will also enjoy some of thier nightly free food.

Stay off of google cheaters!

1. There is a clerk at the butcher shop, he is five feet teninches tall, and he wears size 13 sneakers. He is 26 yearsold. What does the clerk actually weigh?Hint: What?

2. What crime is punishable if attempted, but is not punish-able if committed? Hint: You can only commit it once.

3. How many bricks does it take to complete a 12 storybuilding made of bricks?Hint: You wont need math to figure this out.

The first 10 correct submissions will be selected to go out withus this week, so don’t waste anytime! Send your answers [email protected]

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ARTIST OF THE WEEK

Ryan HumbertAmazing Raw Local Talent

Since 2004, pop/rock singer-songwriter Ryan Humberthas been wowing audiences all over Northeastern Ohio. Play-ing over 400 shows, he has opened for Chrissie Hynde, ElvisCostello, The Gin Blossoms, Foreigner, and more.

Humbert is never one to shy away from showing his ver-satility as an artist and performer. In 2006 Ryan and his bandhad the honor of playing for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame'sAmerican Music Masters Series in honor of Roy Orbison. Theywere the only band from N.E. Ohio asked to participate, per-forming a 12-song "Roy" set. More recently, Ryan was the fea-tured artist at the ribbon cutting ceremony of VegiTerrenean,the Akron restaurant of Pretenders lead singer Chrissie Hynde.In September of 2007, Ryan portrayed Hank Williams in athree-night run of the Canton Cabarets "Hank Williams: TheConcert That Never Was" performing 22 Hank Williams songs.Demand for the sold-out performances was overwhelming andtwo more encore performances were added.

In 2005 The Canton Repository called Humbert's debut self-released record "Nothing to Lose" one of the Essential CDs ofthe year. Humbert has also been nominated for numerous awards, including The Cleveland Scene Music Awards, Cleveland FreeTimes Music Awards, and The Akron Area Arts Alliance Rising Star Award.

In the Spring of 2008, Humbert moved to Nashville, TN to record a pop/rock record with producer Lij (The Living Things, TheSpinto Band, Jill Sobule). The resulting 14-song album,"Old Souls, New Shoes", features Humbert's bandmates Emily Bates andBen Evans as well as former members of Third Eye Blind, The Jayhawks, The Counting Crows, The Black Crowes and more.

Everything about Ryan appeals to numerous demographics of eager listeners. There is not one song on his new CD thatleaves you wanting more. Of course, my favorite song "Keeps Me Coming Back for More" he played Nov. 14th on WKYC channel 3to an overwhelming positive response. Looking at Ryan he has everything needed to be an amazing singer/songwriter, as well asbeing super good-looking. :) There is nothing cocky or fake about Ryan, he's a great guy who embodies the American dream hadby so many to be great at their craft, and he is.

You can go to his website www.ryanhumbert.com to listen to his new CD as well as his old ones, and to find out where youcan purchase "Old Souls, New Shoes". You can also look up his upcoming show schedule and see pictures from his concerts. Don'tforget to sign up to be a part of his fanclub. This next show at Musica in Akron not only is a full band show, but also is a party forRyans birthday! I encourage you to go to the show. If you have ever wanted to see a real, up and coming star, this is your chance. Iknow I'll be there.

FridayDecember 12

Ryan Humbert BandMusica

Main & Market Behind Crave

FridayDecember 12

Lil Eddy & The Boiler MakersThe Getaway

1462 N Portage Path

SaturdayDecember 13

Cleveland Fats Ozzy’s Notingham Pub

1390 Brittain Road

SaturdayDecember 13

Juke BoxThe Getaway

1462 N Portage Path

SundayDecember 14

IvorylineMusica


TuesdayDecember 16

Jameson Smith Tasty Jones’

1714 Merriman

WednesdayDecember 17

The Busted Knuckle House BandBusted Knuckle Saloon

1221 S Arlington St

FridayDecember 19

FabulousThe Getaway

1462 N Portage Path

SaturdayDecember 20

Sackett AveThe Getaway

1462 N Portage Path

SaturdayDecember 20

As Tall As LionsMusica


by Athena

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