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The Future Issue: Politics, sex, bitcoin, ark park, aliens and more
Rather than look back on the year 2017, as the rear-view mirror of life always makes objects seem smaller and rosier, we will look into the future for Louisville and Kentucky, and farther afield, as well. We asked people from a range of backgrounds, perspectives and outlooks to spend a few words on the future,…
Welp’s Year-End List: Best new opening, worst food writing, trends and more
Oh, hello! I didn’t see you there. Please, come in. Here, have a seat on my chaise lounge in the holiday parlour. Why, I was just enjoying a dram from my private collection over by the hearth of the fire, a little Christmas oratorio on the phonograph, polishing off exquisite sous vide-prepared, fennel-scented Cornish hens.…
An early listen of Will Oldham and John King’s cover of ‘Does He Love You’
An exclusive listen of a song from the forthcoming 2018 Louisville is for Lovers compilation, ‘Does He Love You’ — a cover of the 1993 Reba McEntire and Linda Davis song — is a duet by Will Oldham and John King, backed by The Winger Brothers. The cover will be on the annual Valentine’s Day-themed…
10 things to do under $5 this week in Louisville (12/25)
MONDAY Christmas Yoga Yoga East (Germantown) Donations | 9-10:30 a.m. Before you head over to a family or friend’s house to celebrate Christmas, spend a little time practicing this “holiday flow based around connectivity and community,” as the Facebook event page put it. This class will include pranayama, meditation and an all-levels Vinyasa flow. All…
5 Things To Do This Weekend in Louisville (12/22)
FRIDAY Louisville Doula Project Presents: Catsmas! Launch party! The Butchertown Social No cover | 8 p.m.-12 a.m. The Louisville Doula Project is on its way to becoming a nonprofit, which means it’s time for a fundraiser launch party! For those that don’t know, a doula is similar to a midwife, someone who provides support to…
Paul Janeway of St. Paul & the Broken Bones talks NYE and more
Lucky for us, Birmingham-based R&B collective St. Paul & the Broken Bones is always delivering the unexpected, which explains why they would be visiting a city like ours for a second time on the same tour. That’s right, later this week Paul Janeway and company will bring their explosive, brass-heavy show back to town for…
Tax reform: Lil’ Mitch McConnell gets schooled…
U.S. Rep. Mark Takano, who taught English in a public high school for two decades, took his teacherly red pen to U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell’s Wall Street Journal op-ed. The California Democrat posted it on Facebook, of course. He gave Mitch an F. Takano let loose zinger after zinger, focusing on McConnell’s content, but also on…
Thorns & Roses: The Worst, Best & Most Absurd
Why local journalism matters | Rose Kudos to the Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting for its important story about state Rep. Dan Johnson, documenting his landscape of lies and an allegation of sexual assault. Johnson killed himself after publication. Reporters at KyCIR should not feel responsible, or even bad, about this. Johnson made his own…
2017 New Years Eve Listings
We think we speak for everyone when we say: “Get lost 2017 — hello 2018!” If you want to celebrate the coming new year with a bang, check out one of these ball-dropping parties. These events have been condensed down to the essentials, so for more information check the venues’ Facebook pages and websites. 21c…
Vote out Kim Davis for bad behavior
It’s time for Kentucky to give Kim Davis a permanent time out. Kim Davis, the Rowan County Clerk, has behaved very badly. The good news is that 2018 will offer the opportunity to provide consequences for that bad behavior, with four candidates announcing they will seek her seat — one of them the very man…
Louisville Deathfest accused of transphobic posts, not paying bands
The Louisville Deathfest has been accused of failing to pay bands and chaotic mismanagement of the festival in September, followed by posts of transphobic comments on the event’s Facebook page this month. As first reported by the Brooklyn-based website MetalSucks, which obtained screen shots of the comments before they were deleted, the Louisville Deathfest Facebook…
The War of Drugs: A winding career arc in four songs
At the beginning of the decade, The War On Drugs were starting to make ripples, celebrated as an up-and-coming band to watch, and now, despite a winding road, they’re one of the biggest names in contemporary rock and roll. Started by Adam Granduciel and Kurt Vile, the band has always paired dense lyrics with mid-tempo…
Klingon Caroling hits Bardstown Road this week
Introduced as an antagonistic race of aliens on “Star Trek: The Original Series” in 1966, the Klingons have a long and storied cultural evolution. A placeholder for the enemy of the day, the Klingons came to be portrayed as beholden to honor, an often nebulous and personally-interpreted feature of their society. With the introduction of…
Best albums of 2017 ?(part two of three)
Is there a summary for the music of 2017? Almost all of it, whether promoted directly or not, was influenced by the news headlines. How that was filtered changed from artist to artist, but it’s impossible to not let it influence you, even if your reaction was to write about the bright colors in life…
Imagine Blind Players, unleashed jubilance
A friend of mine invokes a two word mantra every time he talks about what it takes to achieve excellence. “No excuses,” he says. His idea is that of all the obstacles that stand between us and success, none is more formidable than our own ability to invent reasons to fail. As far as I…
Gonzo Improv: ‘We get way funnier when you’ve been drinking’
As the holiday looms over all of us, you might find yourself in need of a drink and a good laugh this weekend. Well, Friday night Gonzo Improv has you covered with their aptly titled “Night Before, Night Before, Night Before Gonzo-mas” at Four Pegs in Germantown. Having formed in the spring of this year,…
All aboard on Mi Sueño Cuban Express
For a few brief, joyous moments of federal sanity last year, it seemed we were going to be friends with Cuba again. Thanks, Obama! But now the new boss has taken Cuba off the table for now. Thanks a lot, Donnie. But if we can’t easily go to Cuba, it seems that Cuba is coming…
What screams Christmas more than processed pork?
Every family seems to have its own Christmas/holiday oddity, especially when it comes to food. It’s like opening gifts — some families assign a Santa to hand out gifts, others take turns and some open them all at once in a Fa-la-la-la-frenzy. Food follows similar patterns, and sometimes the traditions come and go. When I…
Ask Minda Honey: How Can I be Honest?
In a relationship or life jam? Lemme unstuck your life by sending your questions to AskMindaHoney@leoweekly.com. Hi Minda, I am a bisexual female in high school. I’ve been dating this girl for over six months now, and she finally said it. The L-word. I said it back, but: a) I don’t think I meant it…
Savage Love: Loving Lesbians
Q: I am a 22-year-old Italian man, 100 percent straight, sensitive and sporty. I have been reading Savage Love for years in Internazionale. I have one question for you: Why do I always fall in love with lesbians? Why do I instantly fall in love with girls who have that something more in their eyes?…
A very Powell family Christmas, nary a chestnut
I’ve been in the presence of only one Christmas tree this year, and that tree was planted next to the exit door at Indi’s on Third Street… it’s nothing special and appears to have been put up and hastily arranged by staff. There are lights but no ornaments, it’s cheery, but it’s not personal. It’s…
KYCIR deserves Pulitzer for state Rep. Dan Johnson exposé
So, have you got any skeletons in your closet you need to start worrying about? None. Not that I haven’t ever done anything that would disqualify me from public service, there’s plenty of that, but the chances of me going into public service in the first place are lower than the chances of you being…
Media hands not bloody over Dan Johnson’s death
This column is about being selfish, hurtful… and getting away with it. It’s about someone whose wife claims was “always so happy and giving, and generous.” That’s according to her WDRB interview less than 24 hours after state Rep. Dan Johnson’s suicide. It is also about someone who found amusement in images that portrayed former…
Why this tax bill is not reform
Not all lies are created equal. For instance, Donald Trump lying about his inaugural crowd size is not the same as his lies about having no business with Russia. Or when he claims that tax reform doesn’t benefit him, or his family. So regarding the so-called tax reform bill, arguing over statistics or economics won’t…
