A one-night stand with 21C
I hadn’t had a one-night stand in years. After I graduated into my 30s, I began to find the idea of a one-night stand — a more generally accepted practice among 20-year-olds — boorish and immature.But I recently reconsidered. My change of heart came after a colleague made a proposition I couldn’t refuse. He suggested…
Brave New World: The 21C Museum Hotel – Wilson, Brown share their contemporary art with the place they call ‘home’
The unassuming building at West Main and Seventh streets looks a lot like the other structures on this thoroughfare, once known as Whiskey Row, which runs parallel to Louisville’s waterfront. Built in the late 19th century, it features traditional exteriors of cast iron with classical ornamental trimmings. But these days, the building — actually five…
Progress, blueprint, vision …?
Mayor’s proposed budget is out, and so is the jury on whether it’s anything new The annual Metro budget road show began anew last Thursday with the issuance of Mayor Jerry Abramson’s proposed budget to the public and the Metro Council. As is custom, the mayor rolled it out over a three-day period, dropping some…
Rumor & Innuendo
Apologies to Taquan. My heartfelt apologies to Taquan Dean. In last week’s issue, I indicated that the beloved Cardinal hoopster left school before the semester was complete to move to Chicago with Rajon Rondo to prepare for the NBA draft. While Rondo did leave UK months ago, I’m advised that Dean finished the semester before…
Your Weekly Reeder: The West End needs a Derby Festival committee
I’ve thought a lot about the Derby weekend cruising situation in western Louisville. It’s a given that violence and lawlessness are unacceptable. But it also should be a given that the merchants and citizens of the West End should not be denied the right to celebrate the Derby in their own way, and, yes, exploit…
Message to the People: Living in West End don’t make you ‘real’
Well, Derby 2006 is over. It would seem that cruising is, too — forever. Even my young former Padawan, Phillip Bailey (now a Jedi in his own right), was unable to turn the tide in the favor of the would-be cruisers with his “balanced” and “gentle” (I call it “hedged”) essay in LEO last month.…
Bluegrass Report: Ky. Supreme Court seat for sale?
One of the most disturbing aspects of the investigation into the conduct of Gov. Ernie Fletcher’s administration has been the contempt shown by the governor toward the rule of law, and the foul disrespect he has for a co-equal branch of government — the Judiciary. In just three years, we’ve witnessed the governor appointing campaign…
What a Week
Will you still browbeat me?Hoping to capitalize on the ongoing geezerification of boomer America, a group of developers announced plans to build 600 condos on River Road at Towhead Island, where old farts can congregate, compare disposable diaper products, nosh on soft foods and tap their toes at events like last weekend’s Abbey Road on…
Gallery 8664 opens discussion
Since Tyler Allen started running around town with maps slung over his shoulders about a year ago, jabbering about an alternative to the car culture monument that is the Ohio River Bridges Project, the 8664 campaign has largely been an underground phenomenon, with those who oppose it trying hard to simply ignore it.[img_assist|nid=1642|title=A view to…
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. Roto…
LEO’s Eat ’n’ Blog with Louisville HotBytes: Nio’s at
If these old walls could talk, what stories they might tell. This stunning, century-old red-brick building, with its big semicircular fanlights over glass-paned front doors, was originally the Gem theater, where actors trod the boards in a small but imposing barrel-vaulted room that now houses a dining room and the open kitchen at Nio’s. Did…
Video TapeWorm: Releases through Tuesday, June 6
THIS WEEK’S TWIN PEEKS: •DUMBO1941; DVD $29.95, GNow available in a special “Big Top Edition” (just another shameless revenue device; a way for the corporate ghouls at DisneyCorp to once again suck the bones of Uncle Walt), one of Der Mouse’s very best. A big-eyed, big-eared pachyderm learns to fly with the aid of a…
Arts & Entertainment
Special Events Oldham County History Center — “A History of Free Masonry and the English Culture of Oldham Co.” exhibit, June 2-Sept. 9, 222-0826.Glassworks — Father’s Day glass-casting a gift, participants can create personalized sand molds, appt. times limited, June 2, 5-9pm, June 4, 10am-5pm, 815 W. Market St., 992-3056.••Earth Mamas Dance Company — present…
Community Listings
Special Events ••Bicycle Friendly Louisville — plans from 2005 Bicycle Summit on display at the Urban Design Studio, 507 S. Third St., thru May 31, Mon.-Fri. 1-4pm, 574-6230.Pridestaff Suite Drive — seeking new/used interview suits, dress shirts, ties, jackets and more, drop off at 1230 Liberty Bank Ln., thru May 31, 292-4200.IU Southeast Observatory —…
Five Important Questions with The Glasspack
Blues-inflected rock can be a horrible, inappropriate thing. There are countless moments in modern music history where ill-advised white boys try to riff like their porch is flooded from the Mississippi’s waters, all from a Nashville or New York studio. This behavior is indeed offensive. What’s important if you bring the blues into your rock…
Woodturners’ conference inspires local exhibits
Louisville is the host of many art-related conferences this year, including the annual American Association of Woodturners symposium at the Galt House on June 22-24. The AAW is the largest international organization promoting woodturning, which uses a spinning lathe to support the wood. About 1,200 artists and interested guests are expected to attend. The Kentucky…
Splatters: News & Notes From the Louisville Art Scene
The Speed Art Museum’s “Passport to the Speed” free audio guide has been rated one of the top 10 in the country by MSNBC.COM. Also, the museum’s glass collection is featured in the new book “Sculpture, Glass, and American Museums,” which is available in the Speed gift shop. The Carnegie Center received an award from…
Comedy Caravan goes to hell: ‘The Beast Show’ honors radio animal ‘Uncleâ€â„&
BY NATHAN THACHER A stroll down recent memory lane is in order. Think of any old Louisville 9 a.m. in 1981. Just imagine how bland and spiritless those mornings would have been without Uncle Ron Clay’s “Morning Sickness” radio show on WQMF there to cheer you up and challenge your mindset with his charmingly perverse…
Aftertastes
Quality of Meal: 3 = Good; 4 = Very good; 5 = Extraordinary. Price Range: $ = $10 or less; $$ = $20 or less; $$$ = $30 or less; $$$$ = more than $30. (Per person for a meal without tip or tax.) HA = Wheelchair accessible. Descriptions are summaries of previously published dining…
Club Directory
19th Green 1740 Williamsburg Dr., Jeffersonville (812) 284-908819th Hole Pub 5603 Greenwood Rd. 933-4858717 Studios 717 Market St. 609-93171135 S. 7th St. 1135 S. 7th St. 589-4978A Little Peace Café 1860 Mellwood Ave. 895-3650Air Devil’s Inn 2802 Taylorsville Rd. 454-4443Akiko’s 1123 Bardstown Rd. 459-8020The Alternative 1032 Story Ave. 561-7613Angelo’s 627 N. 34th St. 776-9127Artemisia 620…
Karaoke Korral
WED MAY 31 Akiko’sBrewskees Brickyard Sports Bar Creeker’s Bar & GrillGaslite Tavern Good Times Pub Jim Porter’sJoker’sJT’s Variety Club Mac’s HideawayMain MenuMonon Station New ViewPhoenix HillR Place Pub Reflections Lounge Ro-Joe’s Karaoke BarSeidenfaden Cafe Shooters Sid’s Pub SkivviesSmyrna Inn St. Andrew’s PubSteinert’s T.K.’s Pub Union Station Wick’s Pizza, DixieZaZoo’s THU JUNE 1 19th Hole Pub…
Devil’s Playground: 18 bad-ass tunes to help you celebrate 6-6-06
Check your calendar. This coming Tuesday is June 6, 2006, a.k.a. 6-6-06, Beelzebub’s Social Security number. In the spirit of this fortuitous instance, we have compiled a 666 playlist, the top 18 tunes for this day. Why 18? Because 18 is three sixes, as one memorable skit from “The Ben Stiller Show” said. The devil,…
Farewell to Root and Roll, a local music institution
When Larry Root was a kid, he almost always had a boom box jammed against his ear. Classic rock filled his brain, probably more so than the sound of his teachers’ voices. “There goes old ‘Root and roll,’” a classmate observed one day, long before Root started his used music business nearly 20 years ago…
Staff Picks
Thursday, June 1Louisville’s Lost and Found Once upon a time, Louisville had a thriving recording studio known as SAMBO (the name may seem dicey now, but it derived from the principles’ names, and the moniker stood for Sanders, Allen, Martin Booking). In the studio’s heyday, several local and regional bands laid down tracks that made it…
