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The 2019 LEO Playlist: Our Favorite Local Songs Of The Year
Art often reflects social concerns, and that can be seen in LEO’s playlist of favorite local songs from 2019. There are some happy and optimistic songs, but from others, you can certainly piece together quite a few threads of worry about climate change, gentrification, chronic poverty, mental health and how technology is making us miserable,…
10 Things To Do Under $5 This Week In Louisville (1/6)
MONDAY, Jan. 6 ‘Below the Line’ and Music Tim Faulkner Gallery Free | 6:30-9:30 p.m., 9:30 p.m.-midnight Two events in one night! The evening kicks off with Below the Line, a monthly showing of local film. January’s edition features four shorts from different filmmakers, as well as a live table read of a script from…
Now that Charles Booker has announced for U.S. Senate, what does it mean for Kentucky liberals?
State Rep. Charles Booker formally announced on Sunday his run for the U.S. Senate seat currently held by Mitch McConnell. He joins a Democratic field that already includes Mike Broihier and Amy McGrath. The primary is on May 19. McConnell, who has held the seat since 1985, is running for reelection. To get more insight…
Despite the closing of Morels, creative vegan food thrives in Louisville
The same summer Beyond Meat Inc. broke 2019 records for its Wall Street debut and Impossible Inc. ran out of Impossible Burgers, Morels Cafe, one of Louisville’s first and most-popular vegan restaurants, closed. But it wasn’t for lack of business. The cafe closed, owner Stanely Chase said, because his other business, Louisville Vegan Jerky Co.,…
5 Things To Do In Louisville This Weekend (1/3)
FRIDAY, Jan. 3 Phourist & The Photons / Kiana & The Sun Kings Kaiju $5 | 9 p.m.-midnight Make this your first local music show of the year (if you haven’t been to one already), because Phourist & The Photons (melodic rock) and Kiana & The Sun Kings (jazz) are two Louisville talents worth hearing…
The Kentuckian’s Guide to Marijuana Legalization in Illinois: Where to Buy and More
[Ed. note: This story was updated to reflect a last-minute license approval that means Louisvillians are even closer to an Illinois weed dispensary.] Legal marijuana isn’t just on the coasts anymore. As of Jan. 1, Illinois became the first state bordering Kentucky to lift restrictions on recreational, adult use of cannabis, six years after it…
Savage Love: Bloody Business
Q: I am a 60-year-old heterosexual man, and I am being told that I’m normal. I have been to several urologists, and they say I have no medical issues. But I’m having a hard time buying it, because for the last six months, my ejaculate has been extremely bloody. This is embarrassing, especially since oral…
Ask Minda Honey: I’m 23, And My Fiancé Is Slacking On The Romance
Dear Minda, I’m 23 and have been in a relationship with this guy for three years. He recently asked me to marry him. I said yes. Now that we are engaged, he stopped doing a lot of the things he did when we were dating for the past three years, like planning dates and buying…
Everything is good at Ramen House
A thought upon eating edamame at Ramen House: If you’re supposed to get at these delicious, little, underripe, soybean snacks by popping the beans out of the inedible pod, what’s the point in seasoning the outside of the pod? A taste of Ramen House’s amazing, spicy, garlic edamame ($5.50) explains it all for us. Grab…
To Recover From Holiday Overload: Lyonnaise Salad And Bubbly
Tis the season of overindulgence, which makes sense when you realize that December holidays are appropriations of ancient winter solstice festivals. These raged against the dying of the light and then celebrated the lengthening of the days. Most directly, the timing of our midwinter celebrations, including Christmas and New Year’s Day can be traced to…
Happy New Year, Alexa!
Per my request, Santa brought me an Amazon Echo Dot for Christmas, preloaded with everyone’s favorite virtual assistant, Alexa. This morning, as I was settling in at my writing desk, I asked: “Alexa: how many days until the Kentucky Derby 2020?” “2020 Kentucky Derby is in 128 days, on May 2, 2020,” she replied cheerfully.…
Comic Book Reviews: ‘Wellington’ & ‘Dying Is Easy’
‘Wellington’ No. 1 of 5 Writers Aaron Mahnke and Delilah Dawson Artist Piotr Kowalski Review by Ashley Cornell, The Great Escape Louisville Set against the grim backdrop of the English countryside, “Wellington” is a traditional Gothic horror, a fictionalized account of the Duke of Wellington’s secret past as a monster hunter. Now elderly and alone,…
Thorns & Roses: The Worst, Best & Most Absurd (12/31)
Thorn: What Will City Clowncil Do? A thorn goes to the Clown Council because we know it will choose wrong again this year as the city shoulders $10 million more in pension costs. Mayor Greg Fischer told WFPL that a 3% restaurant tax would cover most of the obligation, or the city could try again…
2020 Legislative Preview: State Bills To Lose Sleep Over, And Some To Hang Hopes On
Wow, with Matt Bevin gone (sort of), this legislative session is sure going to be boring, huh? Not! The Kentucky House and Senate are still controlled by Republicans, but now they face a true Enemy Of The People, a Democrat, instead of their wayward son, Bev. That doesn’t bode well for Gov. Andy Beshear’s campaign…
How Did Matt Bevin, The Pardons Governor, Almost Win A Second Term?
Former Gov. Matt Bevin pardoned a man whose family had donated to Bevin’s re-election effort, effectively reducing his sentence for a reckless homicide conviction and other crimes from 19 years to two. In another pardon, the outgoing governor not only reduced the sentence of a man accused of raping a 9-year-old but justified the decision…
The LMPD and Himpathy
So, in light of my recent prediction of hope for women’s rights in 2020, particularly in Louisville and Kentucky, I thought it only fair to balance that hopeful outlook with some soul-crushing cynicism, just so people don’t think I’ve had my personality replaced. Enter the recent Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting article and podcast and…
You can’t buy our love
Impeached President Donald Trump’s relationship with America is like that of an abusive spouse (Trump) whose few redeemable qualities (at least in the eyes of some) persuade the abused (his supporters) to overlook his immorality and verbal abuse and stick with him. Sound familiar, Kentucky? U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell has been abusing Kentucky voters for…
Six of our favorite local songs from December
The Jesse Lees — ‘Saturday’ Any opportunity to hear the dulcet voice of Otis Junior is a welcome one. The music of The Jesse Lees is sultry and sweet, a glorious R&B and neo-soul ensemble with an enviable amount of talent. Every instrument here, from Otis’ voice to the tonal density of the bass, is…
