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Electric car city — not just for enviro-nerds anymore
For Cody Stratton, the idea of getting an electric car was born from, of all things, a UofL ethics class. His professor was discussing the handful of companies with which he wouldn’t do business. On that list was General Motors, and he cited the movie “Who Killed the Electric Car.” It’s about GM’s ill-fated attempt…
GonzoFest 2017 lineup features Nellie Pearl, Otis Junior, Brooks Ritter
GonzoFest 2017 — the first installment of the festival held at the Louisville Free Public Library — will feature Nellie Pearl, Otis Junior, Brooks Ritter, Satellite Twin, Sativa Gumbo and Brother Wolves. Although the fourth annual GonzoFest will be an indoor and outdoor festival, all music will take place outside on a stage on York…
10 things to do under $5 this week in Louisville (2/20)
MONDAY “Patti Smith: Dream of Life” Seidenfaden’s Free | 9:30 p.m. This engaging documentary about the legendary Patti Smith was shot over 11 years by acclaimed fashion photographer Steven Sebring. It profiles the life of this influential singer-songwriter, rocker and poet from New York City, who is sometimes dubbed the “godmother of punk.” So if you’re a…
Listen: Stream Maximón’s new record, ‘If Yes Do,’ early
Next week, Maximón will release their debut full-length, If Yes Do — an ambient dream-pop record that has been in the works for two years. The digital release is Tuesday, and a show release for the physical copies is Friday, Feb. 25 at Haymarket Whiskey Bar. But first, take an early listen to the record…
Voting Fraud vs. Election Fraud And Claims Of Chicanery In Kentucky
This article was produced by the Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting, a nonprofit newsroom from Louisville Public Media. Read more at kycir.org. In a national television appearance on Wednesday, U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell knocked down claims of wide scale voting fraud in the presidential election. While tossing cold water on President Trump’s repeated (and unsubstantiated) claims of fraud…
LEO Presents: Ben Traughber live in studio
Here’s the latest installment of our new video series, where we ask local musicians to come to our studio to perform three songs, acoustically (although our version of acoustic is a little loose, basically meaning no electric guitars). This time, it’s Ben Traughber — formerly of Dream Eye Color Wheel — who plays a direct,…
5 Things To Do This Weekend in Louisville (2/17)
FRIDAY Artist Tours of “The Future is Female” 21c Museum Hotel Free | 5-6 p.m. “The Future is Female” is an art exhibit that investigates “identity, consumer culture, ecology, history and mythology” through the lens of contemporary feminism. This Friday, you can explore the exhibit with one of the featured artists, Gaela Erwin, who will…
The backstory — and the nominees — of Louisville’s comedy awards, The Carney Awards
Seven years ago, Louisville’s comedy scene reflected the same reality that comedy was facing nationwide. While a nobody could get a bajillion views on YouTube, live comedy was withering and dying, already more than a decade past its mid-’90s prime. Local clubs were struggling to stay open. But for some reason, in Louisville, little open-mic…
Party-First Rand Paul, PhD in willful ignorance when it comes to investigating the Flynn-Trump fiasco
Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul yesterday exposed his true allegiance on a CNN radio show — for all his efforts to bandwagon-hop from Libertarian to Tea Party conservative over the years, he revealed that he’s ultimately just another Republican Party pawn. When commenting on the prospect of Senate investigations into disgraced National Security Advisor Michael Flynn’s…
Electric cars A to Z, plus how and where they charge
An EV basically is any vehicle that plugs into an outlet to get power. There are two main types: Battery Electric Vehicles (BEVs) These use no liquid fuel and rely solely on a battery pack and electric motor. Because of this, their range is limited to the amount of energy stored in the battery pack.…
Charge it!
Electricity is everywhere, so it’s a bit ironic that one of the first questions people ask is: Where do you charge an EV? There are three different levels that you need to know about when it comes to EV charging: Level 1 (standard 120 volt household current) Gives you about five miles of driving range…
EVS — A to Z
An EV basically is any vehicle that plugs into an outlet to get power. There are two main types: Battery Electric Vehicles (BEVs) These use no liquid fuel and rely solely on a battery pack and electric motor. Because of this, their range is limited to the amount of energy stored in the battery pack.…
Running my car on french fry grease, a phase
While I’m an electric-car enthusiast and advocate, they aren’t my first foray into green transportation. About 11 years ago, I would regularly scan the classified ads looking for an old, diesel Mercedes-Benz to convert to run on waste vegetable oil. Friends of mine just converted a diesel Volkswagen Jetta using the Greasecar system. The Greasecar…
Planned Parenthood, ‘supporting the vulnerable makes us all stronger’
Aping Republicans in Washington, Gov. Matt Bevin and his GOP echo-chamber state legislature have worked to crush Planned Parenthood and deny legal abortions. Louisville’s clinic is the state’s last. Now, a bill filed in the reconvened legislature would cut public money for anyone, or their affiliates, who offer abortion services. Hospitals, medical schools and universities…
Thorns & Roses: The Worst & Best
Now, for some alt-bigotry | Thorn Gov. Matt “Oblivious” Bevin is quick to praise the lord and pat church groups on the back, but he had been disturbingly silent when it came to denouncing a white nationalist group planning a rally in Pikeville and workshop at Jenny Wiley State Park in Floyd County. Maybe Bevin…
The Roots of Pride: the deep roots of Kentuckiana Pride
The dictionary defines pride as, “a becoming or dignified sense of what is due to oneself or one’s position or character; self-respect; self-esteem,” and “pleasure or satisfaction taken in something done by or belonging to oneself or believed to reflect credit upon oneself.” Both of these definitions capture the essence of the annual gatherings of…
Lucy Dacus talks about her breakthrough record, ‘No Burden’
Halfway through Lucy Dacus’ debut album, No Burden, is one of the most brutally honest love songs of the last decade or so. On “Strange Torpedo” the narrator is watching someone speed down a track of substance-fueled, emotionally-unstable decisions toward an inevitable wreck, but still says nothing, just hoping it’s a phase that will pass.…
KT Tunstall’s ‘KIN’ is a spiritual successor to her early music
KT Tunstall’s new record, KIN, is in many ways a spiritual successor to Eye to the Telescope, her debut full-length. “It kind of feels like the follow up to the first record,” she said. “I’m proud of my other albums, too, but they are experiments in sound. This record feels like I’ve come from a…
Album Review: Tajy — ODD TAPE VOL 1: Westside Story
The production on ODD TAPE VOL 1: Westside Story favors gritty samples, R&B and soundtrack work, warbling in and out like a dusty tape left in the sun too long, punctuated by sub-bass. The energy is off the charts. Every track is an absolute banger, the sort that you put on at a party to…
Album Review: Parallel Colors — Terminal
It’s hard to pull off instrumental indie rock, at least in a context that feels fresh, but with Terminal, Parallel Colors more than earns that qualification. There are elements of Don Caballero, reinforced with a tonal sensibility that can be best described as Nintendo-ish — a reasonable association given the age of the current generation…
Album Review: Legs Akimbo — s/t
There is a Rites of Spring earnestness on the freshman release by Legs Akimbo, tempered by Pavement’s style of awkwardness, combining to project an urgency that defies their jangle-pop undercurrent. The record delightfully uses a ’90s throwback sound that unambiguously digs into the big riffs and minimalism of the college radio era. There are elements…
Album Review: 1200 — Séance/Spirit
Jecorey Arthur’s double album reflects the duality of darkness and light, told through scenes of urban plight, inner struggles, finding love and looking to the future. Séance/Spirit is part autobiographical narrative, part stylish metaphor and part sharp social critique. But, at its core, it’s a conglomeration of what he’s been building 1200 toward — the…
Dream girl
I first saw her in a bar, The Monkey Wrench to be exact. She was sitting with a group of friends and I was trying not to be creepy. I noticed her hair first, then her eyes. She had a great laugh. Dennie said something to me, but I wasn’t listening. I leaned over to…
Speed’s rarely-seen Weygold collection offers insight into the Lakota
The Lakota people’s name for Frederick Weygold (1870-1941) was One Tongue. At a time when the white man was considered to “speak with a forked tongue,” the mutual respect between the Lakota and Weygold is apparent by this name. After viewing “Picturing American Indian Cultures: The Art of Kentucky’s Frederick Weygold,” with over 180 drawings,…
‘Improva-Sutra,’ improv and burlesque that will kiss your funny bone
We all know that Valentine’s Day was Tuesday, but that doesn’t mean that the season of romance, sex and naughty encounters is behind us. This weekend, Project Improv and The Kentucky Burlesque Society partner up once again to debut their fourth-annual “Improva-Sutra” show at The Bard’s Town. It’s neither a full-on comedy show, nor is…
Guaca Mole soars over all walls with Mexican delights
Here’s a memorable twist on an immigrant story: Havana-born Fernando Martinez didn’t make it to America on his first try. In the mid-1990s, he and his mother and a few friends tried to make their way from their native Cuba to the U.S. in a hand-built raft. The Coast Guard sent them home, but they…
New tricks at the Somali Mall
I had never been to the Somali Mall International, so I didn’t know what to expect. I walked in through a side entrance hoping to find Somali cuisine, and, at first, it was as if I was in a Middle Eastern peddlers mall. I was greeted by a blizzard of color, from clothing to rugs…
Savage Love: Pair of Aces
Q: I’ve been reading your advice column on the Coast in Halifax for a while, and it seems that most solutions to relationship problems revolve around sex. Everyone wants it or needs it, we should fuck before dinner, or we can spice up our sex life in this certain way to be happy. What about…
Taxes, death and a surprising twist, and a CJ survey on where bears shit?
Did you watch Kentucky’s state of the union address? You’d have thought that after several years of asking me stupid questions, you’d have learnt a thing or two, but apparently not. Do you honestly think I’d sit through an hour of Trump Lite promising to make Kentuckians’ lives worse? Although I did watch the South…
Bevin and KY GOP, coming after our city and schools
Conservatives sure do love to tout local government control — until they don’t control the local government. Not coincidentally, the newly empowered Kentucky GOP has decided now is the time Louisville’s mayor should be reevaluated and, well, reined in. Apparently there are some problems with the balance of powers surrounding the Louisville mayor that need…
Your Voice
On gop kills ky stream protections, works to erase obama legacy Most of the families and region that will be affected by this were huge supporters of [President] Trump. Sad that they are so easily swayed by his lies to help coal country. — Matt Hill My only sympathies are for the wildlife that suffers…
