Chroma Cannon
Hyper drummer + hyper-awkward singer + buzz-happy synth + Bloomington-punk-style-enthusiasm = Prizzy Prizzy Please. Their earlier music centered around a child-like attitude of getting stoked about rad stuff happening, like winning T-shirt-wearing contests, and celebrated it with the most bizarre synth-skronk-rock attitude stemming from a college atmosphere or a demented love for Load records. Chroma…
Good Morning, Magpie
This record might sound too much like the past two, but that’s not a strike against MBD. I understand where the sentiment comes from. This band is previously known for changing styles song to song (while maintaining a remarkable singularity), so critics think they’ve become one-dimensional. Actually, they’ve chosen a single genre with which to…
The Long Dream of Birds
The Long Dream of Birds’ more focused moments feel like buoys in an ocean of pretty but directionless atmospherics. These moments of clarity are excellent but all too fleeting — particularly “Ho-Hum Apocalypse,” which sports an engrossing mix of churning guitars and dexterous melodies, but unfortunately is in and out in 80 seconds. On “A…
Why I hate my own guts
Every time I ate, I either vomited or immediately had to use the bathroom. That’s pretty much how it was 20 years ago right before I was diagnosed with Crohn’s disease, a digestive disorder that affects about 1.4 million Americans. And the pains that pierced my gut were like nothing I’d ever felt; each time…
The two Jonathans
I once lived in a tiny basement apartment with a kind-hearted femme fatale who wore black leather and dyed her hair bright red. We might’ve been poor in funds, but we were rich in love. We made new friends every week it seemed through the semi-popular band for which I was the main songwriter. I…
Not in my backyard
One week after German energy conglomerate E.ON AG announced a $4.5 billion spike in quarterly profits, officials with the Metro Division of Solid Waste held a public hearing in southwest Louisville to give area residents a chance to weigh in on a proposed 60-acre coal ash pond, which E.ON subsidiary LG&E wants to construct less…
Plugged In
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Wasabiya serves creative sushi, but not without a few flaws
All right, who ordered all this raw fish? At the rate things are going, the city’s Bardstown-Baxter strip is going to have to change its nickname from restaurant row to something like … well, how does “The Boulevard of Bistros and Sushi Bars” sound? The strip’s bubbling demographic stew of hipsters, punks, tattoo’d and pierced…
(Yet Another) Dog Day Afternoon
Darlene Kelly was at home with her 83-year-old mother when the trouble started. A contingent of Louisville Metro Animal Services officers had arrived on her property and informed Kelly, a longtime volunteer with MAS, that they received a complaint from a neighbor about her dogs. If she didn’t open up, the officers told her, they…
The real state of homeless shelters
I would like to clear up several misconceptions created by the May 19, 2010 guest commentary co-written by John I. Gilderbloom, professor and director of the Center for Sustainable Urban Neighborhoods at the University of Louisville, and Chuck Burke, president of the Original Highlands Neighborhood Association. First, I think it is important to share that…
Comedy: Michael Ian Black
Michael Ian Black is comedy’s equivalent to the Godfather in the Y-Bother Generation. Founder of three revolutionary sketch comedy troupes — The State, Viva Variety and Stella — Black long ago confirmed his place in the annals of comedy history. He went on to appear on the big screen in films “The Ten” and “Wet…
New ear
John Timmons, the owner and founder of ear X-tacy Records, is planning a series of in-store performances in August, when the store celebrates its 25th anniversary. Naturally, he’s not saying who. “I can’t drop any names, but we put out some feelers; we really couldn’t approach too many people without giving away what’s going on,”…
Don’t tell me how the story ends
My friend called me Saturday morning, May 22, in a panic. He had plans for that Sunday night that would prevent him from seeing the final episode of “Lost,” and he knew I’d probably save it on my DVR and bump it down to a CDR, which I would probably be happy to lend it…
Comedy: T.J. Miller
T.J. Miller is soon to be a household name, with critically acclaimed roles in “Cloverfield,” “She’s Out of My League” and “How to Train Your Dragon” under his belt. Soon he will be featured in “Get Him to the Greek,” “Yogi Bear” and “Gulliver’s Travels” alongside Jack Black and Jason Segal. With a background in…
Inbox — June 2, 2010
Correction A column in last week’s 20th Anniversary Issue incorrectly stated The Connection did not open until the 1990s, when in fact the gay nightclub opened in October 1988. LEO regrets the error. Laid Out As I read Jim Welp’s column in the May 26 LEO where he says that the primary mission of the…
Mug Shots: Celts invade New Albany
In my memory I will always see the town that I have loved so well Where our school played ball by the gas yard wall and we laughed through the smoke and the smell Going home in the rain, running up the dark lane past the jail and down behind the fountain Those were happy…
Industry Standard: Insider info for those who dine out
Question: Is it ever acceptable for parents to bring along food from another restaurant for their children to eat in a fine-dining establishment? Answer: Almost NEVER. It happens frequently, though. Harried parents who want to dine out but have picky progeny feel it’s OK to bring along the “only food their kids will eat.” So…
Book: Classics You May Have Missed
The Death of Ivan Ilyich By Leo Tolstoy. Bantam Dell; 128 pgs. First published in 1886. Certain works of literature are best read in the prime of life. The novels of the Bronte sisters, for instance, hold a magical power for the romantic-minded high school girl, a power that might elude the very same reader a…
Reportage: Spela Sjalv
Among many forgotten musical innovations of the 1960s, perhaps the most obscure was that of audience-driven free improvisation. Groups such as Musica Elettronica Viva (consisting of American expatriate composers living in Italy) encouraged attendees at their gigs to become part of the performance, and more “out-there” psychedelic rock groups such as The Red Krayola and…
The truth about Charlie
Some aspects of life are inevitable: Taxes. Alarm clocks. Smoldering vans. Charlie Mars and his band were en route from Auburn, Ala., to a house show in Atlanta when a funny smell overtook the cab and he asked the driver to pull over. What ensued belongs in a David Sedaris book. “We pop the hood,…
Self Help
The best album to come out of Louisville since Young Widows’ Old Wounds. Deft songwriting coupled with a penchant for fuzz, electronic sounds and guitar pedals somehow doesn’t end up sounding like your high school jam band. Self Help showcases a unique knack for ruckus indie-core along with a penchant to experiment, but without straying…
Mr. Green Volume 1
When staring at the cover of Carney’s debut album, Mr. Green Volume 1, I immediately assumed I would have about an hour’s worth of new metal to sift through. But looks can be deceiving. This is a moving collection of classic rock-inspired tracks helmed by brothers Zane and Reeve Carney. Reeve’s vocals are expansive and…
Staffpicks
June 2-30 ‘Light Structure’ by Amanda Church Day’s Coffee 1420 Bardstown Road Free; 6-9 p.m. (Opening Reception June 4) Artist Amanda Church has painted many things in her lifetime — dogs, flowers, eyeballs, trapezoids — but this exhibit at Day’s focuses mainly on man-made structures like buildings, water towers, bricks and cemetery stones. “I’m drawn…
Before Lately
Of course, you’ll want to adore Cheyenne Marie’s new album Before Lately, ’cause she’s a Louisville lass and we support our own, but is she any good? Disappointingly, like a bottle of Bud Light, it probably won’t invoke any strong feelings whatsoever. It’s a little flat, watered-down and lacking the wheat-y depth of a more…
Video TapeWorm
THIS WEEK’S TWIN PEEKS: FAMILY MATTERS: THE COMPLETE FIRST SEASON 1989; $29.95, TV-G Anybody out there remember Steve Urkel? We apologize for invoking the memory. He — in classic Fonzie fashion — took over this simple, struggling Reginald Veljohnson sitcom, turning it into one of the most successful — and awful — TV offerings of…
