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Goodbye 2016, hello 2017: 12 LEO contributors look into the future
The year 2016 has taken enough of a beating, so we at LEO decided it is time to look forward — into a future promising unlimited possibilities and opportunities embraced. In addition to asking LEO’s columnists to gaze into their crystal balls for 2017, we assembled a group of people from across the city to…
A blank page would have said more than the Courier Journal op-ed by Kent Oyler of GLI
I hope Kent Oyler, CEO of Greater Louisville Inc., feels better after writing his op-ed for The Courier-Journal… but he will be the only one relieved by his empty rhetoric. A blank, white page would have said more than the rhetorical exercise he used to clutter the page. If the leader of Louisville’s chamber of…
10 things to do under $5 this week in Louisville (1/16)
MONDAY Bourbon, Beer and Board Games Kaiju Free | 7 p.m. Since you can’t play board games by yourself, and playing with friends while drinking beer and bourbon is so much better, you should head over to Kaiju for this weekly event. The games are provided by Book & Music Exchange (Highlands), and every experience…
Photo set and review: 1200 at Bomhard Theater
The release show Saturday for Jecorey “1200” Arthur’s double album, Séance/Spirit — a concept album that explores the duality of darkness and light told through a semi-autobiographical character — was a conglomeration of all of the different aspects of his development throughout the years, wrapped up into a two-hour, high-energy set that never lost your…
New music, old memories and alternative tunings: A Q&A with Lee Ranaldo
Lee Ranaldo is a force in the indie scene, primarily known for his work with the seminal act Sonic Youth. Ranaldo, a pioneer on the guitar, has an innovative approach, influential to acts including Nirvana, Slint, Pavement, Fugazi, Mogwai and others. With a robust musical output, unhindered by the demise of Sonic Youth in 2011,…
LEO Presents: Joann + The Dakota live in studio
The second installment of our new video series, where we ask local musicians to come to our studio to perform three songs, acoustically (although our version of acoustic is a little loose, basically meaning no electric guitars). This time it’s Joann + The Dakota, a high-energy folk rock band that blends straight-forward lyrics with melodic…
5 Things To Do This Weekend in Louisville (1/13)
FRIDAY Louisville Standing Rock Benefit (Jan. 13-15) Kaiju, The Green Room, & Dreamland $5 | 9 p.m. To support the Standing Rock Sioux tribe, three venues and a number of local bands and performing artists are putting on three shows this weekend. Friday’s show at Kaiju includes Octo Claw’s Bizarre Bazaar, and music by Memory Gloss…
leo-verse: uterus and unions
All hail the KY legislature! they have their odd obsessions against man and also nature at least that’s the impression they give when they sit down to deem what’s best for women’s health and also when resolved to ream the workers’ right to wealth You might be justified it seems to come to the conclusion…
Snakes in the bluegrass: An illustrated guide to the worst politicians in Kentucky
Members of the Kentucky General Assembly recently passed a number of laws attacking constitutional rights and protections for women and workers and have paved a clear path for corporate greed and corruption to fully infiltrate our beloved Kentucky home. Let’s continue to use our votes and our voices to express dissent and call out these elected officials…
Louisville bands Twin Limb and White Reaper to play Bonnaroo
The Manchester, Tennessee, festival circuit juggernaut Bonnaroo released its 2017 lineup this morning, featuring two Louisville bands: psychedelic genre-benders Twin Limb and the punk-leaning rockers White Reaper. Twin Limb, which recently released its debut full-length, Haplo, has already been announced to play Forecastle (their second time), and are fresh off tour with Jim James. White…
Thorns & Roses: The Worst & Best
Not funny, part numb | Thorn The Republican-controlled legislature spent its first few days in session rolling out bills that would restrict abortion, tell you where to pee and give bigoted business owners a chance to deny you service. This, after Gov. Matt “Oblivious” Bevin and lawmakers promised they would focus on the business of…
A few ways that I hope some current music trends will play out
A column about the future of Louisville music would be a lot easier to write if the local music scene wasn’t already remarkably strong, with new bands and albums popping up monthly, representing a wide spectrum of genres and styles, ranging from weirdo noise punk, to unique hip-hop, to all sorts of indie rock that’s…
A track-by-track breakdown of the new 1200 double album, ‘Séance/Spirit’
For last year’s Forecastle issue, we profiled Jecorey “1200” Arthur in the cover story, so this time around, we asked him to break down his forthcoming debut double album Séance/Spirit — a concept album that explores the duality of the darkness and light that follows us through life. His insights offer a view of the…
What to expect from the 1200 release show this Saturday
The album release show at the Bomhard Theater in The Kentucky Center on Saturday, Jan. 14, aims to match the concepts and roller coaster ride presented by the double album. We asked Arthur, and visual artists Letitia Quensberry and Katie Lee Jones what to expect from the stage set-up for the live performance. “The albums,…
Three songs in 12 hours: Local musicians will be randomly assigned into bands for Louisville’s first Rock Lottery
Louisville’s very first Rock Lottery will randomly turn 25 local musicians into five bands, which will write three or four songs and perform them 12 hours later. The Rock Lottery is a “scene building exercise” and charitable event in which each of five drummers (who act as team captains) is assigned a group of musicians…
Standing with Standing Rock: Louisville musicians pull together for three days of fundraisers
After spending months at the Dakota Access pipeline protest, Kelli Mattingly had no qualms when asked to help with a benefit concert in Louisville for those on the front lines in South Dakota. “I couldn’t watch that happen and not do anything about it,” the Louisville-native said, adding that she had intended to stay at…
‘Lady Day’s’ Billie Holiday, a rare piece of art
“Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill” opens to the jaunty, optimistic beat of a piano trio. But moments later, after the last chord fades away, and the pianist has walked off through a stage door, we hear a desperate off-stage voice protesting, “I told you I can’t. I can’t do…” In that moment, it…
‘Big Mike’s Comedy Blast,’ a collaboration of funny
Michael “Big Mike” Martin is behind one of the most-consistently fresh shows in town: “Big Mike’s Comedy Blast.” Martin co-created and co-produces the show with Isaac Daniels, who has put on shows in cities nationwide. “Big Mike’s Comedy Blast” launched in 2014 and appears every second Saturday of the month at the Hilton Garden Inn,…
Hai! Mirin
Did you ever wait in line at Rumplings? I sure did. And I hated it when that little ramen-and-dumpling place just off Bardstown Road went away after only seven months. So here’s good news: Griffin Paulin, one of the minds behind the original Rumplings team has opened Mirin, a new ramen-and-more shop on Frankfort Avenue…
Tessie IPA Takes Louisville, Holsopple coming in February
Did you get yours? Mile Wide Beer Co. has only been open a few weeks, and already it’s blowing up Louisville. One week into its existence, and it released an East Coast IPA called Tessie that pretty much broke the local craft beer scene. Word of the stuff swept through social media, and had people…
Stories of bar customers leaving nasty notes instead of a tip
It’s an unfortunate truth in our industry that we must depend on our customer’s common knowledge of proper tipping etiquette and basic math skills to pay our bills. Occasionally, we’re left standing amid a mess of empty tumblers and dirty plates, holding a recently-signed credit card slip, staring blankly at the tip line in utter…
2017 Relationship Resolutions
Locals, write me with your dating, love and relationship questions at AskMindaHoney@leoweekly.com or follow me on Twitter at @MindaHoney Happy New Year, Lovers! Let’s get a few housekeeping things out of the way before we dive into this week’s topic. First, “Ask Minda Honey” has a Facebook page! Search for my name. I know, I…
Savage Love: Clubbing
Q: My partner and I have been playing with male chastity devices. We’ve been considering going to a strip club while his cock is caged up and getting him lap dances. Is there some etiquette for this with the dancers? Do we let the dancer know before she is on his lap? Or do we…
Best Read Aloud: Gun trouble
The road to peace is closed for business. The violence has been pervasive, and the solutions, not available. Our only options at the moment seem to be duck for cover, cup our junk and pray to the deaf deity of our choosing; hoping we live to see another Tuesday. War at home in Possibility City…
Bring flamethrowers
A new year is here, yet the anxieties of 2016 are still fresh in my mind. What is going to happen this year? I’m not sure I want to know. What is certain is that the next few years are going to be a shit-show of herculean proportions, and I’m not confident in the coming…
A future of hillbillies and chaos
This is LEO’s future issue. What we hope is that Kentuckians are full of optimism and hope for the future… To be certain, there are amazing, inspirational things going on every day around the world. Kentucky just is not one of those places. As the Commonwealth of Kentucky enters its second week under the new…
Your Voice
on part one: homicide in Louisville — engaging the people with guns Kudos to these organizations to do something and help those in need. Outreach is much needed in our wonderful city, and everyone who resides here should be proud to be a part of a wonderful city! Keep up the great kindness and sincerity…
