4 neat things about Cincinnati

Appears I've been tagged by Norwood Matt, who has been tagged by Neatorama to provide 4 neat things about your hometown. Well, here we go...

The Greatest Neat thing about Cincinnati - WOXY.COM
Home of the coolest, independent, listener-support on-line radio station...ever!! For the past 20 years, the Cincinnati area has been blessed with a wonderful little broadcasting jewel called WOXY-FM cranking out modern rock at 97.7 MHz from sleepy little Oxford, Ohio. But the declining profits in the traditional market caused the station to be sold in 2004. At that time, 97X became WOXY.com ?which, as they phrase it, was ?possibly the first terrestrial radio station to make the move to an Internet-only entity.? As of the beginning of February, WOXY is listener-supported, meaning that you get the regular and the vintage channels in true broadband, CD-quality streams for $9.95 a month (you also get a 15% discount at insound.com). They've kept a low-bandwidth stream for those listeners who simply can't afford to pay or people checking out the station for the first time. That's a steal for the new music that I've been introduced to that you will just not hear on the big brother Clearchannels of the radio world.

Along with the two streaming formats, they have a wonderful collection of Lounge Acts. Woxy.com's latest lounge act is by Wussy and Editors. Both of these sets are just incredible and will make for a happy download....for free. Just a small sample, recommend you check out the other lounge acts.
These guys are the ultimate in cool. I bet the call letters ring a bell, don't they? Let me help you out. Just click on the WAV link here if the below link is too slow.

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Yup, famously enshrined by Dustin Hoffman's line ?"97X Bam! The Future of Rock & Roll"? in "?Rain Man"?. It's even listed on back of cerial box triva.

2. Cincinnati Sytle Chili
Yes, that's chili over spagetti you're looking at. And actually it's beginnings are Greek inspired. But in either case, you may mock it, insult it with your friends back home. But I guarantee the next time your in town, you will insist on having your Cincinnati Chili!!

So, what is Cincinnati Chili? Where do I get it? Which one is the best? Take the poll yourself, but Skyline Chili gets my vote. If you have no clue how to order, just ask for a 3-way and a cheese coney with mustard and onions. That will get on the "in" crowd and no one will stare at you when you eat. Now here's my ultimate tip that must be followed to a "T". If you break this golden rule, well lets just say I hate seeing visitors getting tarred and feathered. When the 3 way plate arrives, and your looking down at the plate figuring out how to eat it, DO NOT, repeat, DO NOT just jab your fork in the middle and starting spinning it around like normal spaghetti!!! Treat the dish like Lasagna. Cut and Scoop making sure you get all three layers of goodness in one bite. And lastly. don't be insulted if you're asked if you want a bib. There is no wrong answer here, but as a newbie, I would recommend it. Myself? I'm a trained professional and don't need one.

3. Space Time Continuum breach
The only known existence of this phenomenon on Earth. It's a well known established fact that everything happens in Cincinnati years behind the rest of the world. This has been proven in scientific journals and documented by Mark Twain himself "When the end of the world comes, I want to be in Cincinnati because it's always twenty years behind the times." So how can we be behind the rest of the world yet support the future of rock and roll? It boggles the mind. I suggest you move on and not think about this any longer as we don't want your head to explode.

4. German Heritage
Can't forget to talk about Cincinnati's German Heritage. After all, we only sport the Largest Oktoberfest outside of Germany. And where else can you get Weird Al Yankawich to lead "The World's Largest Kazoo Band and Chicken Dance"? Yup, the sad fact is that only kids in Germany even attempt to do the Chicken dance. But don't tell the adult supervision here. Feel like getting down to the Chicken Dance, let me lay down a beat for you:

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Honerable Mentions

1. Cornhole - That joke has been done and over played. But I was tempted to go with "Cincinnati's love their 3-ways and cornhole". See...too easy.
2. Sam the Chimp - Took up former residence along side the Loveland bike trail. He just picked up and moved one day, but I'm sure his masturbating and cigaretted smoking habit had something to do with it.
3. Jerry Springer - Chicago may claim him to be their embarrassment, but Cincinnati is his true home and we welcome him back. Just don't ask him why he used a check.
4. Cincinnati's Subway - yes, Cincinnati actually has a subway, it's just never been used.
   
5. The arts in Cincinnati are world renowned, with the Symphony Orchestra leading the pack. The CSO has recently been accepted by audiences in the Far East, where only famous European orchestras have preceded them in being invited to home countries' halls.
6. The Roebling Suspension Bridge was a prototype for the Brooklyn Bridge

Passing the torch to Living180, Cincinnati's Ultimate Volunteer, Quick and to the Pointless, Mike Browne.