Welp’s Louisville: Trans fat ordinance (a weighty conundrum)
When I learned that the Metro Council was considering an ordinance to ban trans fats from Louisville’s restaurants, I was torn. According to the prestigious Mayo Clinic, trans fats are extremely unhealthy. They raise your “bad” (LDL) cholesterol, lower your “good” (HDL) cholesterol, raise triglyceride levels, cause inflammation and peek in at you while you’re…
Rumor & Innuendo
Next trend … puhleeze. So the latest fans to go we’re-all-wearing-the-same-color-shirts-to-the-game-because-we-really-really-really-love-our-team-more-than-you-love-your-team are the usually sensible Mormons out Salt Lake City way. The Jazz’s home court looked like the DeanDome during Game 3 of the NBA’s Western Conference finals. The crowd was in baby blue. This is a trend that — if there is a supreme…
City Strobe
GOP 4 Sale RU a lobbyist seeking influence? Tuff-wristed Kentucky $enate prez seeks $$$ for Republican Party. Luvs long walks on former mountaintops, God, big corporations & making the state’s largest city dangle in the wind. Turn-ons: 10 cmdmnts, bashing gays, drowning gvt in bathtub. Let’s keep KY in Dark Ages 2gether 4ever. Corporate donations…
‘I like Portland’: Jerry Brinson leads efforts for change in his adopted neighborhood
When Jerry Brinson, his wife and oldest son moved to the Portland neighborhood from East St. Catherine Street 21 years ago, Brinson knew Portland was close-knit. What he didn’t quite realize then was that he would eventually become active in keeping the community together. For example, he took over the Portland Little League in 1997.…
The funky fantasists of Frankfort Avenue
In the 2000 block, there are no mall cops with twinkie green lights. There are some women-owned shops that aim for the soul The women are all friends: who get together for coffee and support, and they send customers to each other’s shops. With all of the planned blockbuster construction projects in the news, not…
Erosia
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Message to the People: Issues after Imus, Part 2 (Reflections on rap)
ATLANTA — Imus is gone (at least for now), but rap remains. The distinction between rap and hip-hop may seem trivial, but placing them in one monolithic category is problematic. In fact, the cleavages distinguishing the two are profoundly important to many. In youth culture, rap is merely music. Hip-hop is hailed as a way…
Hot and WAKY fun in the summertime
Leslie Stewart It’s summertime, and I’m baking my pre-pubescent body in the sun. I’m blissfully ignorant of sun damage and skin cancer, completely aware that Coppertone 2 oil is far superior to Coppertone 4 lotion, because my next-door neighbor has explained this to me authoritatively, as she’s three whole years older. Eyes closed, I hear…
Juneteenth Legacy Theatre keeps on jammin’
Imani: (a.k.a. Lena Charles) contributed several pieces to this year’s “Juneteenth Jamboree of New Plays.†I’ve never met Lorna Littleway, the founder and producing director of the Juneteenth Legacy Theatre, but I feel like I know her from our many telephone conversations. Her wisdom, wit and flair are captivating, and I always feel energized and…
Staffpicks
Staff picks Thursday, May 31 Pearlene Louisville, Reuben Glaser. Reuben Glaser, Louisville. LEO: I lived in Covington during the summer of 1997, and it felt like it had — or used to have — a seedy vibe to it. Is that off-base? Reuben Glaser: Well, I saw a stripper onstage in high-waisted,…
Brooke flows, Gran entrance, Fam festival, Tenderhooks and T.P.
Louisville hip-hop label Gully Fam is about to have its coming-out party.So far, the independent label, run by Dan Montgomery, who raps under the name Batman, has enjoyed some attention. Gully artists have been featured on 98.9 KISS-FM and in Worldwide West Side Magazine, and it now boasts a handful of rappers, including Subjekt and…
C is for Clifton; a Kushy job; and the Ugly truth
Beginning next month, First Capital Bank of Kentucky is trying on Americana for size. The bank, with the help of eight underwriters, is launching a series of five concerts from June through the end of the year that will feature established musical artists performing in the Clifton Center Theatre, beginning with the June 13 concert…
Bobby Broom brings you his Song and Dance
Bobby Broom Louisville audiences have had the pleasure of seeing guitarist Bobby Broom on several occasions over the past few years, including performances at the Seelbach Bar with Dick Sisto, the currently dormant Kentucky Center’s Summer Jazz Fest and at the Jazz Factory. Broom tours and records with the legendary saxophonist Sonny Rollins, was a…
CD Reviews
Favourite Worst Nightmare Arctic Monkeys (DOMINO) Disappointment, thy name is second album. Elvis Costello once said that rock bands get 20 years to write their first album and six months to write their second, and boy, are the Arctic Monkeys the living embodiment of that theorem. To call Favourite Worst Nightmare a letdown…
Video Tapeworm: Releases through Tuesday, June 5
THIS WEEK’S TWIN PEEKS: BIG BAD WOLF 2007; DVD $24.95, UR An appropriately no-budgeted yet damned-funny indie horror film that dares to pay homage (read “steal from”) the original “American Werewolf in London.” The beast is part Hannibal Lecter and part Henny Youngman as it cracks jokes and makes horrible puns while cracking skulls among…
Film Review – Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End
Credit the filmmakers of “Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End” for aspiring to break the mold of typical summer action fare. Blame them for making the most exposition-heavy popcorn movie in recent memory. The latest installment in this series lacks the “Indiana Jones”-inspired action scenes of its predecessor, “Dead Man’s Chest,” and…
Film Review – Bug
It has been said that William Friedkin found himself in the right place at the right time, but only on two specific occasions: the shootings of “The French Connection” and “The Exorcist.” This seems to sell short the accomplishments of a man often unjustly left out of the 1970s “Easy Rider/Raging Bull” clique. After…
Film Review – Waitress
How about a pie called “A Funny and Smart Movie About Poor Women That Unfortunately Condescends to Them Pie”? “Waitress” follows Jenna (Keri Russell), a waitress and “pie genius” from a rural Southern town who discovers she’s pregnant. It’s not good news; her husband (Jeremy Sisto) has all the charm of a boa…
Right on ’cue: three great spots for ribs
Speak of barbecue, and many of us will visualize a rural scene: A tarpaper shack, well off the interstates out in blue-highway country, sporting a washing machine on the front porch and a primer-coated car sitting up on blocks in the front yard. Out back, a black iron drum smoker wafts up seductive scents of…
Mug Shots: It’s a matter of principle
I’m often asked to explain why I “hate” megabrewers, a term that denotes the polar opposite of microbrewers, who as a whole specialize in brewing craft beer, as opposed to the industrial swill produced by the world’s largest mass-market brewing corporations. The word “hate” really isn’t appropriate. It is a simplistic word with connotations that…
Aftertastes
Joe’s OK Bayou, 4308 Charlestown Rd., New Albany, Ind., (812) 948-2080, www.joesokbayou.com. This newest location turns a bland shopping-center space into a replica of a Cajun-country saloon. The large menu includes a variety of appetizers (including fried gator tail and fresh flown-in Gulf oysters), salads, sandwiches and a bewildering variety of main dishes. (Reviewed: 2/14;…
