Video Tapeworm: Releases through April 25
THIS WEEK’S TWIN PEEKS: AEON FLUX2005; VHS Rental/DVD $29.95, PG-13Everyone ganged up on this shallow sci-fi jiggle-fest starring sexy Charlize Theron … and with good reason: It really sucked! But most reviewers compared it to the brilliant original MTV animated series by Peter Chung, lamenting that this live action version just didn’t compare. To which…
Nightlife: ‘Instant Cinema’: The movies are B but the talent is A+
by Cindy Lamb We’ve all done it: kicked back on the sofa at a party to watch one of those so-bad-they’re-cool movies in the wee hours. After shouting out a few clever quips and irreverent comebacks, the gathering realizes that their version is more of a romp than the original script. Banking on this social…
And they’re off: There are four Democratic ponies in the race to see who takes on Northup. Three look good.
In a nation run by swine, all pigs are upward-mobile and the rest of us are fucked until we can put our acts together: Not necessarily to Win, but mainly to keep from Losing Completely.” —Hunter S. Thompson; “Gonzo Papers, Vol. 1: The Great Shark Hunt: Strange Tales from a Strange Time” (1979) Somewhere in…
Rumor & Innuendo: Rumblings from the World of Sports
One and done. Bobby Gonzalez finally reached the next step. After the up-and-comer inexplicably lost out on several high-profile jobs in the last few years, the former Manhattan mentor has landed in Joisey at Seton Hall. Which means that his former aide (and current Cardinal assistant) Steve Masiello might have a short one-year stay in…
Kentucky’s got debt  but no game
The General Assembly overwhelmingly has approved an extraordinary budget — with unprecedented debt. The two-year, $18 billion spending plan has been called the most education-friendly and fiscally frightful in recent memory. It contains $2.38 billion in debt, breaking the record $1.9 billion added last year. Once again, Sen. David Boswell (D-Owensboro) stood on the floor…
What a Week
You’ve got blackmailUpset with the General Assembly for failing to legalize casino gambling, Churchill Downs CEO Tom Meeker threatened to move the company to a larger city. During a wide-ranging hissy fit, Meeker stressed that the track itself would always remain in Louisville, but that the corporate HQ and its employees might relocate. In a…
Bluegrass Report: The ever-growing bad dream in Frankfort
What a mess. Yesterday, the Kentucky General Assembly finally approved a two-year $18.1 billion budget bill, after first hammering out an agreement in seven days of secret, closed-door negotiations. The spending plan threw all caution to wind by heaping on a record $2.38 billion in debt, surpassing the previous record of $1.9 billion that was…
The Tear Sheet: Welcoming the strangers
by Michael Lindenberger Anyone who’s still nauseous over how religion hijacked the 2004 presidential election — including the anti-gay marriage sideshow — may have felt a new gurgle last week at the sight of clergy members helping lead a political protest in downtown Louisville. But this time clergy was on the other side of the…
Sports Bits: A Blue Grass ‘Contender’
Strong Contender. A snappy name for a Kentucky Derby hopeful. But so far, it’s just another name in the Derby game. That could change Saturday. The horse with the promising name and a ton of promise will finally — finally! — get the chance to prove he is, or is not, a strong contender for…
Culture Maven: Are we really better off?
I turned on O’Reilly last Thursday night just to see that pundit’s take on the important news of the day. Mr. Billy was vacationing. His replacement was doing his best to adopt the star’s condescending tone. Not an easy task. The guy couldn’t pull it off. The temp sounded almost objective. He mentioned there was…
Erosia
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Splatters: News & Notes From the Louisville Art Scene
Laura Lee Brown and Steve Wilson have commissioned Shayne Hull to paint 100 portraits for their restaurant Proof on Main, part of the newly opened 21C Museum Hotel at 700 W. Main St. He’s got a few finished, including Mayor Jer, Ed Hamilton and LEO’s own John Yarmuth. Congratulations to ceramicist Wayne Ferguson for receiving…
Parting is such sweet sorrow for Tobin-Hewett
I like goodbyes that give me closure. Goodbyes that let me look around one last time, express my appreciation and walk away with a smile. “Clear Impact: Kentucky’s Current Place in Studio Glass” is the Tobin-Hewett Gallery’s way of giving us such closure before the owners shut their doors on May 31. Diane Tobin and…
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…
LEO’s Eat ’n’ Blog with Louisville HotBytes
A brand new lookNotice something different? Today we launch LEO’s Eat ’n’ Blog with LouisvilleHotBytes, a new look in our dining, food and drink reporting that’s a team effort in more ways than one. The boundary between print media and the Internet begins to blur as we undertake this venture, with Louisville journalist Robin Garr…
Video TapeWorm: Releases through April 18
THIS WEEK’S TWIN PEEKS BAD DREAMS1988; DVD $14.95, URAn all-but-forgotten haunter with a great pedigree. Producer Gale Anne Hurd (“Virus,” “The Abyss,” “The Terminator”) introduces us to Cynthia, the only person to survive a mass suicide by the Unity Fields spiritual community. Awakened from a coma, she begins to hear her former cult leader beckoning…
Arts & Entertainment Listings
Special Events ••Guerrilla Girls — performances use gorilla masks and humor to push anti-sexist message, April 12-14, art workshop offered Wed., 4-6pm, performances 7pm, $5, Speed Art Museum, 634-2960.••The Jazz Factory — “Great Black Music Poetry Event,” featuring poets Frank X Walker, Mitchell L.H. Douglas, Tyehimba Jess, April 13, 7:30pm, $10, 815 W. Market, 992-3242.Downtown…
Community Listings
Special Events UAW Hall — the Metro Democratic Club Candidate Fair, April 12, 6pm, Fern Valley Road, 989-0251.Centre & Spencerian College of Nursing — free Health Fair, April 12-13, 8am-3pm, 7823 Old State Road 60, Sellersburg, Ind., 246-4272.IU Southeast — Phi Sigma Sorority hosts Hope and Need on behalf of the Kentucky Cancer Research…
The Long Review: Sleepless in Seattle: The Birth of Grunge
Various Artists(Livewire Recordings) I am the advertisement. I am the commercial for the record industry, the stereotype, the representative sample. I am the convert. I was 11 years old when Nirvana’s Nevermind began its unprecedented ascent to the top brass of nearly every arbiter of early 1990s popular music. At that point, my musical tastes…
Club Directory
Club Directory 19th Green 1740 Williamsburg Dr., Jeffersonville (812) 284-9088 19th Hole Pub 5603 Greenwood Rd. 933-4858 717 Studios 717 Market St. 609-9317 1135 S. 7th St. 1135 S. 7th St. 589-4978 A Little Peace Café 1860 Mellwood Ave. 895-3650 Air Devil’s Inn 2802 Taylorsville Rd. 454-4443 Akiko’s 1123 Bardstown Rd. 459-8020 The Alternative 1032…
Comedy/Karaoke
WEDAPRIL 12 Akiko’sKaraokeBrewskees Karaoke w/ TriciaBrickyard Sports Bar Open Mic/DJ TerryComedy CaravanBob Batch, Keith McGillCreeker’s Bar & GrillKaraoke w/ Dirty DanGaslite Tavern Karaoke w/ LarinsoGood Times Pub Karaoke Jim Porter’sKaraokeJoker’sKaraokeJT’s Variety Club Karaoke, The Summit Bros.Mac’s HideawayKaraoke w/ Swift Ent.Main MenuKaraokeMonon Station KaraokeNew ViewKaraoke w/ JoePhoenix HillKaraoke w/ DJ Big KahunaR Place Pub KaraokeReflections Lounge…
Once upon a Winterpills journey: strange places indeed
Imagine this: It’s 2 a.m. You’re all alone, in your car, the only car on the highway. It’s raining. Suddenly, you are visited by the ghost of Elliott Smith, who is joined by a choir of angels. For the next 40 minutes or so you are serenaded by 10 of the most painfully sad but…
Up the Empire ups the ante
You’ve already heard of Up the Empire. It’s just been a while since you’ve seen them. Half of this New York City noise-pop quartet is Ben Lord and Chris Renn, two chums who met at duPont Manual High School. After graduation they formed the Kilowatthours and released two albums for ambient-rock label Temporary Residence. Two…
Staff Picks
Friday, April 14The Commonwealth The carnival of sounds that is The Commonwealth rejoins the stage life this Friday at the Rud, having taken something of a break from performing to record a new album, which we understand to be still in the works. Ultra Pulverize, the proto-industrial trio who ape the German side of techno with…
Theater Review – The Music Man
“The Music Man,” currently onstage at the Derby Dinner Playhouse, is a solid and well-rounded production of the oft-told tale of Professor Harold Hill’s swindling of a small-town Iowa community in 1912. The large cast and director Lee Buckholz deliver a production that looks and sounds like the popular musical, but lacks the electrical charge…
Theater Review – Love Letters
BY DANA ADAMS Last Friday night, the streets were clear and the whole city was apparently at home waiting for hail and tornadoes. Everyone, that is, except the 15 or so of us who braved the weather to see Louisville Repertory Company mount a production of A.R. Gurney’s play “Love Letters.” Other than me and…
