A trembling in the universe
Struggling to make sense of the unexplainable tragedy in Georgetown, Ind. A firsthand account by SCOTT ROBINSON PHOTOS BY GEOFF OLIVER BUGBEE Frank Denzinger: Photo Courtesy of Floyd County Sheriff’s Department Frank Denzinger was a corrections officer before becoming a sheriff’s deputy in Floyd County, Ind. It is just past suppertime in Georgetown on a…
A union in disarray
President of public employees union implicated in missing money, spending investigation The president of the Louisville chapter of the nation’s largest public service union is under investigation for possible forgery, embezzlement and theft. Documents recently shared with LEO by a union official offer a veritable map of missing money, forged checks, unexplained expenditures on the…
City Strobe
Advocates say new royalty fees will kill Web radioThe Library of Congress’ Copyright Royalty Board is set to increase rates for Webcasters, including Internet radio stations and Webcasts from conventional radio stations. The move may bankrupt most small and mid-sized Webcasters, according to the SaveNetRadio Coalition, a group of artists, listeners, Webcasters and labels that…
Forecast: smoky: As the citywide smoking ban looms, bar owners get ready for … whatever
BY MEGHAN WIGGS, RYAN REAL & ERIN CLEPHAS Photo by Ben Schneider It is almost the 11th hour. A judge is expected to rule soon on whether Louisville Metro government can implement the citywide smoking ban (sans the single, contested exception of Churchill Downs) that is scheduled to take effect on July 1. Passed in…
Welp”s Louisville: I am totally stoked about my future
I have seen my future, and I am pretty fired up about it.As a rule, I do not watch TV news because the fetal position makes me self-conscious. But every once in awhile I find myself in a mood to watch stuff burn, explode, bleed, ooze, or crash into other stuff — while theatrical graphics…
Women walking the line: A new study shows radical split in the city for single mothers who need a place to live
The line on the map goes north and south, almost right through the middle of the city. In the west half live most of the single mothers in Louisville — the map is dark with high concentrations. The east is lightly shaded, airy, a place where life seems to be a little bit easier. We…
Rumor & Innuendo
Piling on.UK AD Mitch Barnhart has received unrelenting and unmitigated grief for moving the Wildcats’ pigskin tussle with U of L away from the season’s opening weekend. Of course, media and fans — red and blue alike — have been accused of overkill in their criticism. Obviously, the move affected Big Sports Television’s interest in…
Message to the People: Dealing with the Clinton man-crush dilemma
ATLANTA — I am troubled again. Admittedly, being cursed with an aversion to ignorance creates periodic problems for many of us. The older I get, the more I understand and respect that old adage “ignorance is bliss.” Small-minded, willfully ignorant, apolitical folk don’t worry much — at least not about substantive things. As long as…
Erosia
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LRC”s “Black” scores, but “White” bores
“Black Comedy.”: Victoria Lewis, Dan Sawtelle and Christina Biller in the Louisville Repertory Co.’s “Black Comedy.” Peter Shaffer (author of “Equus”) wrote these two plays in the mid-1960s. Shaffer rewrote “The White Liars” several times, but after seeing it performed by the Louisville Repertory Company this weekend, the story remains flat to me, and to…
Central Park is lovely, but “Measure” is lethargic
Measure for Measure: Photo by Holly Johnson Jeff Grafton as Lucio and Elizabeth Helitzer as Isabella in “Measure for Measure.” Critiquing a free performance presents quite a dilemma. After all, I paid nothing for a deliciously non-sticky early summer evening spent lolling beneath a lush canopy of green, with the sound of Shakespeare’s dialogue acting…
People Noise, bluesy Bees, acclaimed Bluegrass, superstar jazz
people noise Saturday, June 30Local rockers People Noise release their record Ordinary Ghosts at Headliners Music Hall (1386 Lexington Road, 584-8088) Saturday night. The record is a “rite of passage,” vocalist and songwriter Zeke Buck said, and reflects “a greater depth and reality than people noise previous work.” The teamwork benefits the band, bringing greater…
Parlour tricks, Independence Day, Star power
Neville Brothers Tuesday-Wednesday, July 3-4The Fifth Third Bank Waterfront Independence Festival, slated for this coming Tuesday and Wednesday, July 3-4, will feature a performance by New Orleans’ pride and joy The Neville Brothers.Formed in the Crescent City in 1976, Art, Charles, Aaron, Cyril and Ivan have weathered the highs and lows of stardom, but their…
CD Reviews
IIBlackfield(SNAPPER MUSIC/ATLANTIC/WE PUT OUT RECORDS) The other day a friend of mine argued that “boring equals bad” when I mentioned a record I’d heard was “boring but not bad.” I still want to make that distinction, but then along comes a record like Blackfield’s II (do they think they’re the second coming of Led Zep…
Film review – Sicko
Michael Moore’s latest makes the point once again: We are living in the Golden Age of documentaries. This time, he affords us a disturbing look into the diseased guts of the American medical system. Plenty of Americans — perhaps a majority — blindly believe we have the best medical system in the world. In fact,…
Film Review – A Mighty Heart
The accurate and entertaining political/historical film has always been a rare bird because it is an extremely difficult film to make. The difficulty lies in the simple fact that everyone knows (or thinks they know) how the tale ends. Nonetheless, when done well (“All the President’s Men”), these films can be every bit as thrilling…
Hitchcock: The man, the myth, the legend
Alfred Hitchcock is a director whose work demands repeated viewing. It’s a good thing, too: Only two years since their initial success with Alfred Hitchcock’s work, the Louisville Palace is doing another retrospective of the depraved genius. In honor of the event, LEO wants to provide a primer on the man who made an entire…
Looks bad, tastes good. Why, it must be smut
Bruce Ucan: Photo by Nicole Pullen After a brief hiatus, former Mayan Gypsy chef Bruce Ucan is back at it with Mayan Café, in the East Market location where Mayan Gypsy started out Smut. Corn smut. It’s a nasty name for a nasty-looking thing, a black, disgusting fungus that turns corn kernels into swollen gray…
Mug Shots :Beer for Bastille Day
From the time just after 9/11, when it became the stated policy of every illiterate bumpkin in the American hinterlands to demean all things French without understanding any of them, I’ve resolved to buy and drink beer from France as often as possible. Contrary to what you may have heard, this political statement requires…
Aftertastes
LE GALLO ROSSO, 1325 Bardstown Rd., 473-0015. This Italian hotspot keeps its menu short, which seems wise: When you’ve got a small restaurant with a tiny kitchen, it’s smart to focus on a good, short selection of dishes and do them well. Entrees include gorgonzola fettuccine with mushrooms, lasagne and al dente spaghetti with stuffed…
Video Tapeworm: Releases through Tuesday, July 3
THIS WEEK’S TWIN PEEKSBATFINK: THE COMPLETE SERIES1966; DVD $34.95, UR“Your bullets cannot harm me, my wings are like a shield of steel!” And so ends another Chiropterological crime-fighting caper by the world’s greatest superhero, Batfink! This fabulous, loving animated spoof of Batman ran for 100 episodes, facing down fantastic foes like Hugo A-Go-Go and Judy…
Staff Picks
June 27-July 1 2-for-1 comedians Comedy Caravan is offering double the laughs this weekend for one ticket price. First headliner Roy Wood Jr., best known for his appearances on “The Late Show with David Letterman” and Comedy Central’s “Premium Blend,” was featured just last week auditioning for NBC’s reality show “Last Comic Standing” and will…
