Cover Stories
Cyber-dating in the 21st century
It’s almost Valentine’s Day again, and another year of being single is on the books. Oh sure, I’ve dated in the past year. A little. But it seems to get more and more difficult to meet people as I get older; I’m not fond of meeting women in bars, I don’t go to church, and…
Sex Survey
Welcome to LEO Weekly’s first-ever Sex Survey. Some of the editorial staff at LEO is through with love, so we decided to refocus our energy on something more upbeat, tangible and consistent — sex! We knew Louisvillians weren’t shy, so we took our survey to the streets to find out what happens behind bedroom doors…
LEO is for lovers
On a recent, frigid Friday afternoon, I ventured out in search of couples willing to shed light on their love lives. A few hours later, I returned to the office, dejected and cold, empty notebook in hand. As it turns out, unsuspecting strangers aren’t too keen on divulging intimate details about themselves for publication. I…
A Winter Tale
An official U.S. release at last for this British folkie whose earlier tours here succeeded through word-of-mouth and downloads of his early recordings. Those tracks were purely acoustic, showing a young man with only occasional patience for traditional structures like 12-bar blues, or even the idea of following up a four-line chorus with a ringing…
New dog, new tricks
After serving a little more than a year as the city’s top dog-catcher, Louisville Metro Animal Services Interim Director Wayne Zelinsky resigned last week following revelations that he operated a business promoting adult entertainment with his wife, Pamela, effectively capstoning a Metro government career riddled with allegations of mismanagement, sexual harassment and employee intimidation. At…
Film: Jewish Film Fest turns 13
A Film Unfinished Documentary by Yael Hersonski. UR; 1:27. LEO Report Card: A- (Shows Tuesday, Feb. 15, at 7:30 p.m. at U of L’s Chao Auditorium.) Louisville’s longest-running film festival returns Saturday to Congregation Adath Jeshurun. The 13th edition of the Jewish Film Festival opens with “Tough Crowd,” an eight-minute short by Louisvillian Jeffrey Roth,…
Tell Me
Mayfield’s latest offering opens with a tune titled “I’ll Be the One That You Want Someday,” and you believe it. This sexy opener is delightfully playful; Mayfield pulls the listener in with her original, off-key voice and jarring twangs. The raw emotion in her lyrics and consistently stirring instrumentation produce an instantly likeable and hum-able…
Not too late to listen (Part 2)
Comes a time a man just has to work with what the good Lord hath provided, and the well-worn handle of a very broad brush feels comfortable in my hand. And so we continue. Previously, I was attempting to establish a way to discuss why we listen to music. What compels us to listen? What…
Video TapeWorm
THIS WEEK’S TWIN PEEKS: LAST LOVECRAFT: RELIC OF CTHULHU 2009; $24.95, UR We generally like anything having to do with the madness-drenched writings of H.P. Lovecraft — but we abso-freakin’-lutely loved this damn thing! A trio of slackers, including the last living descendant of H.P., go on a reluctant quest to save an icky relic…
Plugged In
Readers are strongly encouraged to call ahead to verify these listings. To get your club, comedian, musical act or karaoke listed, please send e-mail to mherron@leoweekly.com with PLUGGED IN in the subject line. The deadline is NOON THURSDAY the week before the show happens. We do not accept listings via social networking sites. Wed. Feb.…
Banks’ shots
Ansyn Banks (pictured) has shared the stage with Aretha Franklin, The Temptations and Four Tops, but for the next two Sundays, he’ll be on ear X-tacy’s stage (2226 Bardstown Road) as part of Discover Jazz, a new series presented by the record store and the University of Louisville’s Jamey Aebersold Jazz Studies Program. Banks, an assistant…
Inbox — Feb. 9, 2011
Bleak Future Regarding the “No copper” article in the Feb. 2 LEO Weekly: I am an owner of a vacant house in the Portland neighborhood. I won’t get much out of it if I sell it, and it costs way too much to get it fixed to rent. I am stuck, but I take care…
Comedy: Kathleen Madigan’s coming for flair
It’s gotta be a good feeling when Lewis Black calls you “the funniest woman in America.” Kathleen Madigan has been slinging jokes for more than two decades and was both a contestant and a judge on NBC’s “Last Comic Standing.” She’s appeared on every late-night talk show more times than it’s worth counting, and she…
‘Day’ tripper
First Christian Church in Elizabethtown kicked off 2011 with a bang, a screech and a tumble. On Jan. 13, backhoes tore into 634 N. Mulberry St. to make way for a new preschool and kindergarten. The last worship service had already occurred in November, with congregants moving on to Elizabethtown Christian Academy at nearby West…
Iron (Quarter) Man
In a surprise announcement last week, Mayor Greg Fischer said the city and developer Todd Blue have reached an agreement that allows the Louisville businessman to demolish a row of 19th-century buildings along Main Street. For the past year, Blue has fought with city officials and preservationists over the Iron Quarter, an ambitious development project…
Bar Belle: I’m too sexy
Soo … the results are in for LEO’s first-ever sex survey, and it turns out some of you want to sleep with me — I scored pretty well, so to speak, in the “local celebs you’d like to bang” category. While I don’t consider myself a celebrity, I do whore myself out on occasion, namely…
Art: First Impressions
“Landscape is nothing but an impression,” said Claude Monet, “and an instantaneous one …” Those were fighting words. Today we have a tendency to forget just how revolutionary the Impressionists were in late-19th century France, preferring to get lost in the pretty colors and serene terrain. Painting would never be the same again. Viewers to…
Cape Dory
Is it possible for a band to be too cute? Enter Tennis, the husband-and-wife duo of Patrick Riley and Alaina Moore, college sweethearts who fell in love, got married, took a seven-month sailing trip, wrote some songs based on their experiences, and recorded an album — the trim, sun-streaked Cape Dory — named after their…
The Grape Escape: Hey! Looks generic. Tastes artisanal
Don’t judge a book by its cover. Don’t judge a wine by its label. The ancient wisdom about literature works just as well for the modern wine consumer. Consider, for example, the witty latter-day wisdom that one should never buy a wine with an animal on the label, advice that targets industrial, mass-market wines adorned…
Staffpicks
Thursday, Feb. 10 Dan Gediman Carmichael’s Bookstore 2720 Frankfort Ave. • 896-6950 Free; 7 p.m. People tune in to the NPR essay reading series “This I Believe” to hear a cross-section of Americans speak about what matters most to them. Should it be a surprise that more than a few of the broadcast essays have…
Have it your way at Majid’s St. Matthews
So, what kind of restaurant is this new Majid’s St. Matthews? Is it Iranian? Yes. Mediterranean? Sure. Is it American? That, too. Majid’s is affordable, but you can go pricey. It’s a great bar, and it’s a classy dining room. It’s casually dressy and upscale casual. In short, it comes about as close to being…
Kiss Each Other Clean
Sam Beam is growing ever funkier and freakier, transitioning further away from his froth of whispered secrets and lonely strums, while building a foundation of synth clav, sexyphone, neo-soul, highlife percussion and vocal projection. Much of Kiss employs an approach found all over The Shepherd’s Dog, and he can hardly be blamed for continuing the…
Not asking and not telling
I did a lot of gay stuff on my recent trip to San Francisco. And probably not in the way you might be thinking. I visited a huge shared studio space for queer artists called The Big Gay Warehouse, where painters, street artists, clothes makers and writers create their work in an intentionally inclusive environment.…
