City Strobe
Unleashed 8.1: Another day, another dog ordinance draftVirtually everyone but Metro Council member Cheri Bryant Hamilton is now miffed by the so-called dangerous dog ordinance, a wide-ranging, 96-page behemoth now in its eighth draft, that would pose new license fees and requirements for owning, breeding, selling, training and walking an animal in Louisville. Hamilton, who…
Rumor & Innuendo: Rumblings From the World of Sports
MVP in the Sun. I ran into former Cardinal pigskin great Ken Porco as we were both buying new HDTVs before the upcoming season. We were talking U of L. A young clerk heard us and pulled up his shirtsleeve, showing off the Cardinal tattooed on his bicep. When advised that the relatively diminutive Porco…
A trying life: Section 8 sustains Brooke Dickey and her children
Second in a series. Brooke Dickey’s family: is one of 8,400 in Louisville that relies on Section 8, a federal housing subsidy that began in 1974. Her house is neatly kept and gives lie to the stereotypes that surround Section 8. Photo by Geoff Oliver Bugbee The facts of Brooke Dickey’s life will likely seem…
The guy who invented fire: Shellac’s Steve Albini on horse meat, recording and a new album.
Shellac Steve Albini is the owner of Electrical Audio Recording in Chicago and a talented studio engineer. He’s made many (many) records for huge, influential bands, and many (many) records for hard working never-heard-of-them bands. He plays guitar and sings in the punk group Shellac, who are gearing up to travel the U.S. with the…
Your Weekly Reeder: At least Shirley Temple got to grow up
Looking through the lineup of events for the Kentucky State Fair, I noted the usual competitions for rooster-crowing, hog-calling, pie-baking and watermelon-growing. Mercifully, the list did not include a corndog-eating contest. You know what I mean if you saw ESPN’s coverage of the Nathan’s Famous Hot-Dog Eating Contest at Coney Island in New York. But…
Bluegrass Politics: Tilting the scales of justice
Last week, state and federal courts issued rulings on the legality of the actions of two of our elected chief executives, with diametrically opposed results. In Frankfort, Special Judge David Melcher ruled that Gov. Ernie Fletcher will not have to stand trial on political corruption charges until he leaves office or is impeached. That ruling…
Change starts with one snowflake: Guest Commentary by James Moore
David Hawpe of The Courier-Journal loves to spout the old Mitch McConnell line that money equals free speech. Now, it seems, Mr. Hawpe is trying to assert that free speech is a time-limited commodity as well. In his Aug. 16 column, Hawpe chided local members of MoveOn.org for moving “too quickly” with efforts to highlight…
On Media
Don’t expect WHAS-AM radio to add to its list of Peabody Awards, those prestigious national trophies bestowed on radio stations for in-depth news coverage and documentaries. The station has five in its trophy case, the last earned in 1998. Why not expect more? Because it no longer makes sense to do award-winning radio documentaries or…
Erosia
Tear Sheet ResponseI read with interest the story “City Hall 2.0.” (Tear Sheet, LEO Aug. 2) and wondered why no one took the time to ask Metro Council Democrats why they were doing what was done with regard to the Arena project.For some time now, it has been reported the Mayor saved the Arena deal.…
A woman for the ages: Helen Thomas chronicles the decline of American Media
Helen Thomas’ latest book: “Watchdogs of Democracy?†is a searing condemnation of how the mainstream media rolled over on the Bush administration’s dumb logic during the run-up to the Iraq War and, as such, allowed the war hawks to railroad a war under utterly false, damaged preten Shortly before his death, when his writing was…
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 Story Ave.…
Karaoke Korral
WED AUG 23 Akiko’s Boozseller Lounge Brewskees Creeker’s Bar & Grill Gaslite Tavern Good Times Pub Jim Porter’s Joker’s JT’s Variety Club Monon Station New View Phoenix Hill R Place Pub Ro-Joe’s Karaoke Bar Seidenfaden Cafe Shooters Skivvies Smyrna Inn Spectators Bar & Grill St. Andrew’s Pub Steinert’s T.K.’s Pub Union Station ZaZoo’s …
Arts & Entertainment Listings
Special Events ElderServe at Oak and Acorn Center — inaugural “Dine and Discover” lunch program features speaker Reginald Meeks, Aug. 23, 11:30-12:30pm, 631 S. 28th St., 582-0270.••Oldham County History Center — “Queen’s Lunch” offers exact menu prepared for Queen Elizabeth II by Yvonne Williams in 1986, includes panel discussion “Food Traditions and Culture,” Aug. 24,…
Community Listings
Special Events ElderServe at Oak and Acorn Center — inaugural “Dine and Discover” lunch program features speaker Reginald Meeks, Aug. 23, 11:30-12:30pm, 631 S. 28th St., 582-0270.••Oldham County History Center — “Queen’s Lunch” offers exact menu prepared for Queen Elizabeth II by Yvonne Williams in 1986, includes panel discussion “Food Traditions and Culture,” Aug. 24,…
Aftertastes
LA PERLA DEL PACIFICO, 2840 Goose Creek Road, 339-7670. Not just another taqueria but a serious restaurant with a specialty — seafood — that it handles quite well. There are standard dishes like soft tacos and quesadillas, plus more unusual things like octopus. (Reviewed 7/12; Rating: 85) STRATTO’S, 318 W. Lewis & Clark Pkwy., Clarksville,…
Staffpicks
Aug. 24-26Women’s Equality Day EventsWhile the Equal Rights Amendment still hasn’t been passed, we women have one thing to celebrate — our right to vote. And local celebratory events are guaranteed to please. On Thursday, the U of L Women’s Center and Student Activities Board play co-host to a Women’s Equality Day Fair on the…
How to Survive a Louisville Zombie Attack: Words to live by if you encounter the undead
“ZOM-BIE: (Zom’be) n. also ZOM-BIES pl. 1. An animated corpse that feeds on living human flesh. 2. A voodoo spell that raises the dead. 3. A voodoo snake god. 4. One who moves or acts in a daze ‘like a zombie’ John King, Lyndi Curtis and Mike Welch: are just a few of the undead…
The Bar Belle
Drink of the WeekThe Zombie½ oz. dark rum½ oz. light rum½ oz. Triple Sec½ oz. Crème de Almond (or Amaretto)1 oz. sour mix1 oz. orange juiceTop with 151 rumAn encounter with the Zombie, if you escape intact, will leave you shaken and stirred — and then some. From outer appearances, the tall drink looks like…
LEO’s Eat ’n’ Blog w/ Louisville HotBytes: All’s fare
Eating healthy: natural food is one of many sub-rituals at the annual ritual known as the State Fair. Things like corn dogs and pork butt on a stick, a huge, thin hunk of pigmeat about the size of a first-baseman’s mitt. Photo by Robin Garr Ahh, the State Fair. Marking the fullness of summer and…
Video TapeWorm: Releases through Aug. 29
THIS WEEK’S TWIN PEEKS:LET’S SCARE JESSICA TO DEATH1971; DVD $14.95, URA classic from the drive-in days, nicely spiffed up for DVD. This creepy little gem plops Zohra Lampert (freshly hatched from the booby-bin) and her aging hippy friends in an idyllic country farmhouse with all the usual amenities — like talking wallpaper and guitar-strummin’ reincarnated…
Won’t you be my artist?: Kaviar Forge & Gallery showcases neighbors’ art
I love to sing the praises of Louisville, especially its many strongly defined neighborhoods. Three of those neighborhoods in particular — Clifton, Crescent Hill and Clifton Heights — are home to art galleries, artist studios and the Frankfort Avenue Trolley (F.A.T.) Fridays. Steve Eilers’ “The Harvest,â€: part of a neighborhood-focused show at Kaviar Forge. Some…
Book Preview: SuperMom flies into New Albany
Melanie Lynne Hauser: is the author of “Confessions of SuperMom,†where a mother learns to kick butt, but with a nurturing slant. If you survived a Horrible Swiffer Accident and found yourself endowed with mysterious powers, what would you do? For the divorced mother of two teens in Melanie Lynne Hauser’s “Confessions of SuperMom” (just…
Confessions of a California Raisin: Vernon ‘Ice’ Black brings his FamilyStoneExperience funk to town
Vernon Ice Black What do Aretha Franklin, Mariah Carey, Herbie Hancock, Maze and the California Raisins have in common? Three words: Vernon “Ice” Black. The talented multi-instrumentalist usually gets a call when a producer or a big-name artist is in need of a crack musician. Black played bass for Hancock and guitar for Franklin and…
