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Leading ladies
Since childhood, 29-year-old Candace Klein has planned on running for governor of Kentucky. The upbeat Newport, Ky.-native officially declared her gubernatorial candidacy eight years ago, then a 22-year-old junior at Northern Kentucky University. The aspiring leader called a press conference on campus and, with only one reporter in the audience, announced plans to run in…
Jerry’s kids
Whenever a conversation about the $4.1 billion Ohio River Bridges Project rears its ugly head in the race for mayor of Louisville, Democrat Greg Fischer does a good job of bobbing and weaving. In a recent interview on 84 WHAS radio, the Louisville businessman took the recumbent position when asked about tolling as a means…
Film: Classic Movie Series: Hitchcock
Classic Movie Series: Hitchcock July 16-Aug. 28 The Palace Theatre 625 S. Fourth St. $5 per film $42 season pass Have you ever wanted to watch 14 of the best films in history, in the best room in the city? Good. You’ll be happy to know the Palace Theatre is launching its annual Classic Movie…
Village Anchor Pub takes roost
Got milk? Or a Nike swoosh? How about “comfort food with a twist”? Indeed, what kind of wacky restaurant concept might we expect from one of the nation’s top corporate-relations experts — a man who’s run campaigns for such iconic enterprises as the American dairy industry and Nike — when he comes back home and…
The Grape Escape: Wine 911: Red wine, white carpet
Our quick-response team here at LEO’s Wine Central took an emergency call the other day: Q: Help! How do I get red wine out of a light-colored rug? A: White wine! Quickly! Pour white wine on it, then gently pat it dry. When a party atmosphere prevails, a happy crowd sharing fun (are you listening,…
Double Portrait
“Piano Players Rarely Ever Play Together” is a famed documentary about New Orleans piano giants Tuts Washington, Professor Longhair and Allen Toussaint. Fortunately for us, Bill Charlap and Renee Rosnes do, indeed, play together on this warm, engaging release. The married couple has long résumés as solo artists and accompanists; Charlap directed The Blue Note…
Champ
Canadian (not Japanese) pop outfit Tokyo Police Club is skating on wafer-thin ice. A 2007 blogger-created catapult to fame made songs like “In a Shell” and “Your English is Good” known widely. Their post-emo/fuzz-lite sound is appealing to those who enjoy music that sounds British, but it isn’t distinctive enough to make you sit up…
Here’s to Taking It Easy
Phosphorescent’s new album, Here’s to Taking It Easy, opens with a curious horn section on the intro to “It’s Hard to Be Humble (When You’re From Alabama)” — and it becomes clear you’re about to go on a musical journey. As the first song continues, it gives you a sense of what I imagine Neil…
The Taste Bud: It’s not just a sandwich, it’s … well, more
I fully admit that I sometimes patronize corporate fast-food chains. My excuse is that I consider fast food a food group in and of itself; for instance, I’ve always maintained that Taco Bell (one of my faves in that realm) isn’t really Mexican food — it’s more like Mexi-esque. Or quasi-Mex. But it fills a…
Nyte moves
“I suffered music addiction from a pretty young age,” says Ashton Nyte, who performs a free show Saturday at the Highlands Taproom. The son of a travel agent, Nyte was born in Port Elizabeth, South Africa, but spent his formative musical years in Johannesburg listening ad infinitum to Elvis Presley and Johnny Cash. “It’s probably…
Art: ‘Myths’ of Warhol
Pop Art is art ready-made for you. No need to study up on people long dead or view obscure historical scenes. You already know the subjects, be they movie stars, advertising or food. Its genius was the use of Western popular culture as its focus, putting all viewers on a level playing field. This “popular…
Film: Worst neighbors ever
The Wild and Wonderful Whites of West Virginia Documentary directed by Julien Nitzberg. Unrated; 1:24. Starts Friday at Village 8 Theatres. LEO Report Card: B+ In 1991, PBS aired “Different Drummer,” a series of documentaries that would by now be forgotten if not for the antics of one subject in particular. Jesco White, an Appalachian mountain…
Being gay in Uganda
The government of Uganda is considering legislation that would introduce life sentences and the death penalty as acceptable ways to deal with homosexuality, which already is illegal in the African nation. The Anti-Homosexuality Bill also includes penalties for individuals and organizations that support LGBT rights and for Ugandans who have same-sex relations outside of Uganda.…
Judged by Twelve, Carried by Six
If someone tried to rip off Joy Division the same way Xiu Xiu did, but without the raw talent and ballsy experimentation, this is the result. Judged By Twelve … adroitly fills space with T. Grave’s goth-drone voice alongside muddy, near-constant bass. Every tear-jerking guitar melody veers toward The Cure, and occasionally wields the same…
Film: Fifteen minutes
You can star in a movie Friday night. Your supporting cast will feature names like De Niro, Hanks, even a resurrected Judy Garland. You can run with Forrest Gump and away from zombies, box Jake LaMotta, duel in a Spaghetti Western, and play chess with Death itself in Ingmar Bergman’s “The Seventh Seal.” Through miracles…
Staffpicks
Thursday, July 15 ‘The Year’s Work in Lebowski Studies’ Carmichael’s Bookstore 2720 Frankfort Ave. • 896-6950 Free; 7 p.m. Have you ever tried to explain the cachet of the cult of Lebowski? It’s a bit of a challenge. I’m not the only one who feels this way. At the same time, the off-kilter worldview…
Video TapeWorm
THIS WEEK’S TWIN PEEKS: FORBIDDEN WORLD (MUTANT) 1982; $19.95-$26.95, R Never before available on DVD or Blu-Ray, Roger Corman’s savagely sexy sci-fi culter in both its remastered theatrical form and an unrated director’s cut. Jesse Vint plays an interstellar bounty hunter, contracted to rein in a man-made man-eating life-form on the planet Xarbia. With the…
Fire Away
Can a band tighten its grip on capturing its live sound, yet lose its way in the songs it wants to capture? On Ozomatli’s fifth, this seems to be the case. On “Are You Ready” and “Malagasy Shock,” the band nearly busts at the seams to contain its trademark Latino-roots, street-parade vibe. It succeeds sounding…
B-Sides: Ol’ Greg
Greg Laswell, Cary Brothers and Harper Blynn ease the early week Tuesday, July 20, at Zanzabar (2100 S. Preston St., 635-ZBAR, $12, 7 p.m.). For a chance to win a pair of tickets to the show, e-mail info@productionsimple.com. The winner will be drawn and contacted on July 19 by 4 p.m. From the following answers,…
Am I my brother’s keeper?
It used to be that if I saw someone toss a Coke can or a cigarette butt out of their car, I’d pick it up off the ground, throw it back into their vehicle, and look at them wordlessly until one of us decided to leave. This made for some uncomfortable silences, so on a…
Inbox — July 14, 2010
Farm City I want to thank Jonathan Meador for writing the article “Slow Food” in the June 30 issue of LEO Weekly. Meador did a great job touching on the complexities of increasing access to farmers markets, such as the challenges of coordinating local efforts and securing EBT machines, but also the positive strides that…
Plugged In: July 14-20
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…
Closing time?
Shortly after midnight last Wednesday morning, the Nachbar was abuzz as usual. The popular watering hole at 969 Charles St. had just hosted its third spelling bee, and as tipsy participants and patrons drank and chatted, bee organizer Emily Forester stepped out back to mingle with friends on the bar’s expansive fenced-in patio. “We weren’t…
Book: A thorough examination of the Vocoder
How to Wreck a Nice Beach: The Vocoder from World War II to Hip-Hop By Dave Tompkins. Melville House/Stop Smiling Publishing; 335 pgs., $35. This dubious machine’s double life is a lot more interesting than you ever thought. From secret WWII message transmission to hip-hop’s robot voice, there’s more to the story than most people…
Several Hundred People
It’s hard not to have flashbacks of In the Aeroplane Over the Sea. Besides Lee Troutman’s tenor, similar to that of Neutral Milk Hotel’s Jeff Mangum, the production carries a like-minded, stripped-down complexity NMH was hailed for, without all of the indulgent musical explosions. Even the artwork vaguely resembles the deco-style paintings used for the…
