10 Things To Do In Isolation This Week In Louisville (5/4)
TUESDAY, May 5 Quintango Free | Any time Indiana University Southeast’s Ogle Center presents a recording of its past performance Quintago featuring “classical Argentinian tango channeled by a quintet of top-notch chamber musicians.” Enter your email and zip code on the Ogle Center’s website between now and Sunday, and you’ll receive a link to the…
President McConnell? How he has gained power in the Trump era and why that doesn’t ensure his reelection
When U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell recently suggested he was resistant to providing federal money to states to make up for their coronavirus-related budget shortfalls, he was widely criticized, even from some Republican officials. And McConnell was also taking a position that is potentially detrimental to his chances of winning reelection in November. Leaders in both…
McConnell office email shows senator favors Big Business over Kentucky… or, a senator Trumps a governor
The timing of the email from U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell’s office was just too perfect for it to not seem like an intentional attack on Gov. Andy, designed to make him appear weak and ineffective. It also underscored how our senior senator cares more about Big Business than his own state and is just as…
A tribute to Louisville musician Matt Jaha
Matt Jaha, an incredibly talented and versatile local musician who played in numerous bands, passed away April 15 at the age of 37. Jaha, who played multiple instruments, was known for his work in punk and hardcore acts such as Coliseum, Black Cross and Nixon. He also volunteered and worked at The Healing Place. Below,…
Two arrested for anti-Trump political graffiti
Two people have been arrested in connection to anti-Trump political graffiti on Interstate 64 and 65, police said in a Facebook post Thursday. Sonja de Vries and Robert Eiden have been charged with 34 incidents, which cost the city $43,000 to remove, police said. After their arrest, LMPD learned that the suspects may be responsible…
5 Things To Do While Social Distancing In Louisville This Weekend (5/1)
FRIDAY, May 1 Bourbon w/Beshear: Oaks Day/Derby Eve Edition LRS102.com Free | 5-6:30 p.m. In honor of the Derby that could have been, LRS102.com is swapping beer for bourbon during its Friday Beshear Hour drinking game. In addition to drinking to cues from Beshear, host Skinny J will slip in some Oaks Day and Derby…
AG Cameron finally does something about wildly popular Gov. Andy… or McConnell’s marionette dances to the GOP’s tune
Oh, you can just imagine the fingers flying as emails and calls blew up the AOL inbox and clamshell phone of Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron. “You are the attorney general! Just Do Something about him!” “I put you in that office. I need you to step up and do something about him, like he……
National lockdown and 5G: Why coronavirus misinformation spreads easily
I first came across the rumor in a group text on March 19. A friend sent a picture of a text message from her sister: “More bad news to come I am afraid in 72 hours I have heard we will be under a national shelter-in-place shutdown.” Below it my friend added, “Not sure if…
A bartender on how the service industry will change
The service industry, as we know it, is changing before our very eyes. Fine dining restaurants have become quick-service takeout joints, bars are acting as bodegas and bartenders have become online spirits instructors. It’s wild how quickly a business model can change in moments of crisis. We’d like to believe that once we get past…
7 great Louisville albums to revisit in quarantine
There definitely isn’t a shortage of Louisville albums from the last few decades to revisit, and this isn’t by any means a complete list — or a ranked one, for that matter. Lists, in my opinion, can be extremely annoying and vapid, especially those that just try to start arguments, or they can be a…
Thorns & Roses: The Worst, Best & Most Absurd (4/29)
Absurd: Blimey! Protesters are prats! Protesters returned to Frankfort last week but not to harass Gov. Andy, at least not directly. If you could believe one speaker, they were there to exhort “David Cameron” to stop the good governor from trying to save lives. What they likely meant was Republican Attorney General Daniel Cameron. Unless…
This Derby neighborhood is preparing for a spring without Derby
For one week in the spring, Derby consumes Sylvester Banks’ life. The 40-year-old warehouse worker has lived right next to Churchill Downs for 10 years. Like many of those who reside in the neighborhoods closest to the track, Banks parks cars and sells food and drinks on Derby days. He starts at 4 a.m. and…
How could living in New Amazonia be worse than living in the United States?
My stimulus check is gone. Despite the prediction by Treasury Secretary/second-string-Austin-Powers villain Steven Mnuchin that a $1,200 payment would carry us through 10 weeks (10 weeks!) of LARPing the “Book of Revelations,” mine was burned up in a few hours. Don’t fret; all the money went to a good cause. I spent it on products…
Gov. Andy Beshear is showing what he’s made of
In a crisis that could be a catastrophe for millions of Americans, politics may seem irrelevant. But politics probably made the coronavirus crisis worse, and yet it could prevent catastrophe for many. And crises can change politicians, and reveal things about them, so this space will keep tabs on those we have chosen to lead…
Derby fantasy
[Ed. note: Given that the 146th Kentucky Derby will be just a fantasy on the first Saturday of May this year, we offer U.S. Rep. John Yarmuth’s fantastical vision for the Run for the Roses from 2000 when he was LEO’s editor and owner.] (The following short story contains the names of 23 possible Kentucky…
Savage Love: Aroused State
Q: I’m a 31-year-old female. Last week, I suddenly started to experience an overwhelming, compulsive and near-constant state of physical arousal. I’ve masturbated so much looking for relief that my entire lower region is super sore and swollen and still, its like my whole body is pulsating with this electric arousal telling me to ignore…
For lawyer accused of threatening Gov. Andy context is everything
Despite the outpouring of love and memes for Kentucky’s new governor, Andy Beshear, not everyone is happy with his handling of the COVID-19 epidemic. One malcontent is local attorney Greg Troutman whose Facebook commentary landed him in jail. Troutman was arrested last week for allegedly making “terroristic threats” against Beshear. “Terroristic threats” are defined in…
Photo Set: Testing comes to West Louisville
As widespread COVID-19 testing becomes increasingly urgent to ultimately control the virus, a testing site on 15th Street provided free, rapid tests at St. Stephen Baptist Church last Saturday. Volunteer medical professionals went up to each vehicle to conduct the test, which began with a finger prick. If the results of the finger prick came…
What the mainstream media won’t say about Trump
Bandy X. Lee is not Chicken Little, but you couldn’t blame her for feeling as if she were. For the last three years, she has been trying to tell anyone who would listen and those who wouldn’t that Donald Trump presents an imminent danger to the American people. Unlike Chicken Little, who did not have…
SPONSORED: You Can Still Celebrate with a Finlandia Oaks Lily Cocktail this First Weekend in May
If you’re a Louisvillian, Derby is in your DNA. No matter that no horses will run at Churchill Downs this first weekend in May, not celebrating Derby is not an option. If you don’t have a cocktail in your hand and a horse in mind, it really will feel like the end of the world…
