City Strobe
Click it to ride Ever found yourself wondering, Now how in Sam Hill can I TARC it from Germantown to the Eline Library? From PRP to the Clifton Center? From Southeast Christian Church to Foxy Lady Gentlemen’s Club? You’re not alone. If you’re traveling a major thoroughfare, you can usually get where you’re going by…
Rumor & Innuendo: Rumblings From the World of Sports
Well, roll down the echoes! Ain’t the Golden Dome just a might shinier this week? And isn’t that John L’s scalp on the totem pole of tradition? Why, I do believe it is. Smith begone? It took 40 years after the famous 10-10 Michigan State-Notre Dame tie for folks in East Lansing to retire Bubba…
Denny Crum is still into The Cards: Coach shares his secrets to success on the court and at the poker table
When he’s at the poker table: Denny Crum employs a lot of the same philosophies that set him apart during his Hall-of-Fame coaching career. This photo was taken last fall during the 2005 World Series of Poker at Caesars Indiana. Photo by Eric Harkins Though he may be retired from coaching college basketball, Denny Crum…
A blue dog seeing red: Baron Hill wants another shot in Indiana’s 9th District
Baron Hill: hugs a supporter at Democratic HQ in Jeffersonville. Hill, a former Congressman in Indiana’s 9th District, is trying to reclaim the seat from one-term incumbent Republican Mike Sodrel. Photo by Angela Shoemaker Former U.S. Congressman Baron Hill (D-Ind.) is fighting mad, and he wants you to do something about it. More precisely, he…
Message to the People: What’s wrong with Barack Obama?
What’s wrong with Barack Obama? One of my noon basketball buddies at work joked, “His name sounds too much like Osama.” Outside of that, he certainly seems flawless. To be sure, Obama (who recently visited Louisville to stump for local Democrats) is nothing short of the greatest political phenomenon this decade. He is tall, good…
On Media: For Yarmuth, not a good Friday
Last Friday, incumbent 3rd District Congressional Rep. Anne Northup brought the heat, in much the same way she’s opened fire on each of her previous five opponents. She launched an attack ad that painted opponent John Yarmuth as a monster who favors legalizing marijuana, killing Social Security and increasing taxes.The charges are drawn from Yarmuth’s…
Bluegrass Politics : The milquetoast media
Mainstream media in Kentucky could learn a lesson in quality reporting from Big Sky country, where Charles Johnson, state bureau reporter for The Missoulian, recently wrote about that state’s U.S. Senate race. Specifically, Johnson looked at efforts by the Montana Republican Party to use a 2001 vote by State Sen. Jon Tester (D), his party’s…
The Flipped Lid: Jewelry for peanuts
Recently, while driving in Old Louisville, a friend witnessed a canine hit-and-run. The driver, she said, slowed down after hitting the dog then drove off. My friend stopped to check on the dog. No serious injury had occurred as far as she could tell; the dog seemed OK. What wasn’t OK was the driving off.…
A case for the future: 8664 IS STILL AROUND, AND WITH MORE SUPPORT THAN EVER. IS THERE CAUSE FOR HOPE?
J.C. Stites: left, and Tyler Allen are the purveyors of 8664, an alternative to the Ohio River Bridges Project that calls for the removal of the waterfront portion of I-64 in downtown Louisville. Close to 8,000 people have signed up on their Web site, www.8664.org, in Minutes after historic preservationist Donovan Rypkema finished his talk…
Erosia: Letters to the Editor
LEO welcomes letters that are brief (250 words max) and thoughtful. Ad hominem attacks will be ignored, and we need your name and a daytime phone number. Send snail mail to EROSIA, 640 S. Fourth St., Louisville, Ky. 40202. Fax to 895-9779 or e-mail to leo@leoweekly.com. We may edit for length, grammar and clarity. Throwing…
The sun shines bright on My Old Lebowski Home
image by Bill Green It is no exaggeration to say that the Coen Brothers’ film “The Big Lebowski” has become well-loved enough to have seeped into the popular culture. It also seems nearly certain that Lebowski Fest — the fan-launched convention celebrating the film — is rapidly soaking through the otherwise moribund summer entertainment scene.…
The Bar Belle: The tobacco tango
Yes I smoke. There, I said it. But I’m a social smoker. Only go through a pack of Marlboro Lights every other week. Only smoke when I drink. Does that make it OK? Obviously when I get myself on the treadmill Monday morning, my lungs tell me it’s not. I started this awful(ly satisfying) habit…
Aftertastes
RECENTLY REVIEWED IN LEO SEAFOOD CONNECTION, 3922 Chenoweth Sq., 899-5655. Cozy lunch stop with many a delicious fish dish, including fish tacos and sandwiches, shrimp po’boy and crab cakes, four-star quality, all under $10. (Reviewed 8/9; Rating: 91) TOAST ON MARKET, 736 E. Market St., 569-4099. Adds a tongue-in-cheek bistro spin to traditional breakfast and…
LEO’s Eat ’n’ Blog: Jerusalem Café is feeling the harmonious vibes
One of the world’s most historic cities, Jerusalem is sacred to three major religions. It seems kind of pitiful that they’ve spent much of the last couple of millennia fighting over it. Jerusalem Café: which opened in July near U of L, is the most recent entry in Louisville’s eclectic and growing collection of Middle…
Video Tapeworm: Releases on Tuesday, Oct. 3
THIS WEEK’S TWIN PEEKS:THANK YOU FOR SMOKING2005; DVD $29.95, RIn a land where Snark-edy has replaced Comedy, good satire has become a rare thing. That’s just one of the reasons we love this clever, savage stab at our nation’s culture of spin with Aaron Eckhart as a master media manipulator who unapologetically promotes the tobacco…
Arts & Entertainment Listings
Special Events Lebowski Fest — 5th Annual festival of all things Lebowski, Sept. 28-Oct. 1, Waterfront Park and Executive Inn, 931-2653 or www.lebowskifest.com.••Poetry Under the Stars — readers Misha Feigin, Aletha Fields, Irene Mosvold, Edmund August and more, Sept 28, 7-9pm, Rauch Planetarium at U of L, bloss2153@aol.com.Captain’s Quarters — annual Regatta & Art Show,…
Community Listings
Special Events Suit and Salad — hosted by Dress for Success, a non-profit organization that helps low-income women in the workplace, includes fashion show and silent auction, Galt House Hotel, $50, Sept. 27, 11am-1pm, 584-8050.MLWPC Meeting —Metropolitan Louisville Women’s Political Caucus presents “Censorship: Print, Radio, and Blogs” from Virginia Woodward at Holiday Inn, Second St.…
Five Important Questions With Isaac Mingo
Isaac Mingo’s main claim to fame in Louisville right now is probably from his role in helping establish the monthly Thursday singer-songwriter showcase at Uncle Pleasant’s. But Mingo also is a musician. One listen to a selection of his songs reveals that his biggest influence is Ryan Adams, specifically the acoustic guitar-and-vocals Adams of Suicide…
Club Directory
19th Green 1740 Williamsburg Dr. Jeffersonville (812) 284-9088 19th Hole Pub 5603 Greenwood Rd. 933-4858 A Little Peace Café 1860 Mellwood Ave. 895-3650 Air Devil’s Inn 2802 Taylorsville Rd. 454-4443 Akiko’s 1123 Bardstown Rd. 459-8020 The Alternative 1032 Story Ave. 561-7613 Angelo’s 627 N. 34th St. 776-9127 Artemisia 620 E. Market St. 583-4177 Atomic Saucer…
Karaoke Korral
WED SEPT 27 Akiko’s Boozseller Lounge Brewskees Brickyard Sports Bar Creeker’s Bar & Grill Gaslite Tavern Good Times Pub Jim Porter’s Joker’s JT’s Variety Club Monon Station New View Phoenix Hill R Place Pub Ro-Joe’s Karaoke Bar Seidenfaden Cafe Shooters Skivvies Smyrna Inn Spectators Bar & Grill St. Andrew’s Pub Steinert’s T.K.’s Pub Union…
Tune into Aiirtoberfest: Local festival gives area bands a chance to stream across the world
Jennifer Brantley Aiirtoberfest — not to be confused with Oktoberfest, the world’s largest fair, which is held each year in Munich — is back for its second year. Like Oktoberfest, Aiirtoberfest will spread from late September until the first Sunday in October, but unlike Oktoberfest, this festival will last four days, not two weeks. Also…
Soul singer on a punk label: Bettye LaVette in a nutshell
Bettye Lavette Soul singer Bettye LaVette came of age in Detroit at a time when the town’s music scene was exploding. As she remembers, “I was a little younger than everybody else, but as a teenager all of my friends were recording. Some went on to become big stars, others wound up working for General…
Theater Review – Not so ‘Hot L Baltimore’
“Hot L Baltimore” was hailed as groundbreaking in the early 1970s (but then again, so was “Maude”). When seen today, one wonders what all the fuss was about. Walden Theatre struggles to resuscitate this severely dated clunker for its season opening. Written in 1973, this clumsily conceived play is set in a once-grand hotel slated…
Theater Review – Dramatic ‘Dracula’ targets wider audience
Misha Kuznetsov and Kim Stauffer: in “Dracula†at Actors Theater. photo by Harlan Taylor For those who would twitch or snore through “Waiting for Godot” or any other subtle theatrical work, “Dracula,” the play, is sure to keep your attention. Actors Theatre of Louisville’s staging of “Dracula” is full of first-rate action sequences, both visual…
Staff Picks
Sept. 28-30, Oct. 5-8 ‘Women Speak: Iraq’ Looking for Lilith Theatre Company presents a groundbreaking work based on interviews with diverse women about the war in Iraq. The characters include enlisted women, sergeants, Iraqis, anti-war activists and American women with loved ones serving in Iraq. Author Shannon Woolley plays all 12 roles in the…
