Gannett Watch
The big news from Sixth and Broadway last week was, of course, that Courier-Journal publisher Denise Ivey would be leaving as of the end of this year. Ivey, the first female to be chief exec at the newspaper, has been here about two-and-a-half years. She had also been atop Gannett’s Mid-South newspaper division. Along with…
Wayward offers a long night”s journey into Woolworth”s
(Wayward Actors Company presents Ed Graczyk’s “Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean.” Directed by John Hess. Continues through July 6 at the MeX Theater. For tickets, visit www.waywardactors.org or call 584-7777.) Like the characters in Ed Graczyk’s “Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean,” we can’t…
Urban Opportunity – Residents, city resolve to clean up West Louisville neighborhoods. What”s next?
citystrobe@leoweekly.com “Don’t pick up any needles” was the dark inside joke among volunteers from Kentucky U.S.A. two weekends ago, as they picked up littered bottles, cans and trash at the Parkway Place public housing complex in the West Louisville neighborhood of Park Hill. Kentucky U.S.A. is a promotions company and local musical collective that Larry…
Wayside sells, will move
By Caitlin Bowling citystrobe@leoweekly.com Wayside Christian Mission announced the sale of its East Market Street campus Thursday, the final act in more than a month’s worth of disputes over the mission’s expansion plans, which included tearing down some old, old buildings — an idea that sat sideways with some neighbors, including the East Downtown Business…
If you”re happy and you”re Amish, clap your hands
Primetime: The Outsiders Episode: “Teens caught between freedom and faith” ABC, Tuesdays, 10 p.m., aired June 24. An ABC News production by Jay Schadler. Synopsis: For a year, ABC News had unprecedented access into the lives of a group of Amish adolescents in central Ohio during the Amish rite of passage known as rumspringa. BY…
What A Week
+5 With city and state budgets in tatters, gas at $4.30 and low-brow cheese-doodle dreck dominating pop culture, the Fund for the Arts brought in an astonishing $9 million for the year — a cool million more than last year. Everyone from individual donors to corporations to our friendly local robber barons made sure Louisville’s…
Staffpicks
THURSDAY, JULY 3 Phoenix Hill All-Star Band What do you get when you have Emily Clark trying to sing over a guitar and bass courtesy of members of Blowfly? And all of them are trying to fit onstage with Dave Ernspiker of Big Rock Show? You get songs that absolutely everyone knows, played so loose…
Learning Curveball – U of L dean leaves under federal investigation
citystrobe@leoweekly.com Monday was Robert Felner’s official last day as dean of the College of Education and Human Development at the University of Louisville. Having held the position since 2003, he left under the dark cloud of a federal investigation, one about which scant details have since emerged. We know this much for sure: On June…
B-Sides – MUSIC & OTHER EPHEMERA
Edible audible Chew on this: The Mohnton, Pa., group Innerpartysystem is poised to become the first band ever (at least that’s what the press release says) to put out a 7-inch single made entirely of chocolate. Sadly, the single, “Don’t Stop,” is being released in the U.K. and the run is limited to 100 copies.…
Ween: Hobbled but not heaving, the duo surges
When you see Mickey Melchiondo Tuesday night, applaud him for standing. Melchiondo, aka Dean Ween, broke his heel earlier this year after the band’s headlining slot at All Tomorrow’s Parties in southern England. “We were staying at this hotel right off the festival site,” he said. “After our set was over, we went to leave…
Wolf Eyes – On the record with Lobo Steve Berlin
Friday July 4 Los Lobos has quietly established itself as a rock ’n’ roll institution. Bold rhythmic structures and traditional folk themes are the band’s stock in trade. And, somewhat amazingly after more than 30 years together, the wolves of this pack are still hungry for creative exploration. The East L.A. ensemble consistently delivers R&B,…
Music Reviews
Tha Carter III Li’l Wayne (UNIVERSAL/CASH MONEY) Nearly three years after the release of Tha Carter II, and after dozens of official and unofficial mixtapes, Wayne has honed his lyrical talent on Tha Carter III, which has already sold more than a million copies in its first week. While noticeably shorter than the previous two,…
Split Lip
One could argue that punk rock evacuated the premises long ago, but the lessons, and the general ethic, remain with a few believers. One such disciple is Shawn Severs, a local chain-smoking painter who refuses to call himself an artist, and owns a record label called Louisville Lip, after native son Muhammed Ali. Louisville Lip…
Former U of L prospect Ocel took advice from the Master
Ocel hasn’t forgotten the words Master P. uttered almost seven years ago: “You’re the future.” He had just finished opening for the No Limit Records CEO, and he left the crowd — and Master P. himself — floored. “I was never worried about recording an album … I had never even recorded a track, but…
Inbox — July 1, 2008
FOSSIL FUEL JUNKIES Kudos to LEO Weekly Editor Stephen George for being the only journalist in Louisville who gets it when it comes to energy and the problems we face (regarding the Editor’s Note in the June 25 LEO Weekly). Former Rep. Anne Northup, in full pander mode, claims that we can drill our way…
Video TapeWorm – Releases through Tuesday, July 8
By David B. King and Bill Raker THIS WEEK’S TWIN PEEKS JOE STRUMMER: THE FUTURE IS UNWRITTEN 2008; $19.95, UR Director Julien Temple — unabashed fan of The Clash and close friend of Strummer during his final years — brings us this punk-laced love song to one of the unsung communicators of the 20th century.…
Genghis Khan film is more than a postcard view of Mongolia
(Starring Tadanobu Asano, Khulan Chuluun, Sun Honglei, Odnyam Odsuren and Pai Ying. Directed by Sergei Bodrov. Rated R; 2:04. LEO Report Card: B) Don’t be mislead: This Oscar-nominated foreign language film about the early life of Genghis Khan is not a plodding, pretentious art-house flick; in fact, it’s only slightly more cerebral than that other…
THE BAR BELLE
Ode to R Place After nine years of doing time behind the bar at R Place Pub, I’m hanging up my bottle opener and calling it quits. I like bartending, don’t get me wrong. And I love R Place, with its hodgepodge of devoted regulars and loyal staff. I just need my weekends to be…
Aftertastes – RECENTLY REVIEWED IN LEO
MARKET STREET FISH HOUSE, 133 E. Market St., New Albany, (812) 590-3377. The Market Street Fish House makes a worthy addition to the Metro’s seafood dining scene. The restaurant offers a short, affordable and delightful menu of competently fried fresh seafood and sides. (Reviewed 5/21/08; Rating: 81) LAS GORDITAS, 4756 Bardstown Rd., 492-0112. The Las…
Kentucky”s anti-bullying law
Some 30 states have laws requiring schools to maintain a disciplinary system that specifically addresses bullying and related behavioral issues. On April 15 of this year, Kentucky joined the club. This was the fifth year that Rep. Mike Cherry, D-Providence, introduced legislation requiring all school districts to have a policy in place that addresses bullying…
Bullycide – When a kid who”s been bullied commits suicide, who is responsible?
It is late May and still considered springtime, but it feels like the most oppressively hot summer day as afternoon begins in Prestonsburg, Ky. Most people are hurrying toward some cool indoor sanctuary, and there is generally not much activity about. Most except Sheila Patton, 42, who stands outside the Floyd County judicial center under…
Corbett”s joins the region”s top tables
Chef Dean Corbett, who made his mark on the Louisville food scene with his excellent restaurant Equus in St. Matthews, has created one of the most outstanding restaurants in the region with this latest venture. Corbett’s “An American Place” opened in the winter in the far-east end of Jefferson County, in the growing Brownsboro Crossing…
Ask A Mexican
Q Dear Mexican: Whenever I have an immigration debate with my Chicano hermanos who support open borders and get angry at any type of immigration control, they don’t seem to understand the basic laws of economics, such as the fact that migrant workers who pick fruit, work in construction and do other blue-collar jobs can…
On Media: Gannett”s “Friday Afternoon Massacre”
It’s possible, I suppose, to buy into the idealism expressed by publisher Denise Ivey in a rose-colored memo sent to the staff of The Courier-Journal on Friday. If you knew nothing else about the troubles at the Gannett Corporation, or the cutbacks at the local paper, it’s conceivable you could buy into these words: “…
Editor”s Note: An invitation to debate for Anne Northup
Apparently I’m running for Congress. That is the subtext of an e-mail blast issued last week by the campaign of Republican Anne Northup, who is challenging 3rd District Rep. John Yarmuth for his seat, the one she held for a decade prior to being upset in 2006. The six-paragraph mailer is an extraordinary document for…
Suburban Turmoil – An Introduction
Written by: LINDSAY FERRIER I’m a bitch with a capital “C.” At least, that’s what one dad decided after I wrote online not long ago that I wouldn’t invite a stay-at-home dad friend to my women-only playgroup. I reasoned that my mom friends and I needed a refuge where we could discuss everything from vaginal…
The Church Hoppers – Second Presbyterian Church too highbrow for the Hoppers
Written by: GEORGE HALITZKA & ZACH NORD THIS MONTH’S CHURCH HOP Name: Second Presbyterian Church Location: 3701 Old Brownsboro Road, Louisville Service Times: Sunday at 8:30 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. Website: www.2ndpreslou.org Size: Medium — we couldn’t find attendance statistics on the website, but we estimate 700 people in two weekend services Denomination: Presbyterian Church…
