Journalism 101
One of the more interesting, and troubling, things about this whole arena debate has been watching The Courier-Journal become part of the story rather than reporting it. Back when Gannett bought The Courier-Journal and Times in 1986, the company tried to spin the dissolution of the Times by pimping the slogan “One Great Newspaper.” That,…
Fait accompli: Is it time to raise the white flag on the arena issue?
In retrospect, the temptation is strong to compare the breathtaking campaign to build a new multi-purpose arena at the E.ON U.S. site, more commonly known as the LG&E site, with Germany’s conquest of Poland in 1939, and not only because E.ON, the world’s largest energy provider, is based in Stuttgart. The capitulation of Poland in…
Rumor & Innuendo: 100-percent toro.
Forgetting for a second the All-World-Cup-All-The-Time TV coverage observed during a recent trip to Spain, here’s the definitive evidence that I wasn’t in Hoopsylvania anymore. On Spain’s version of SportsCenter, the Top 10 Plays of the Day features, yes, the best matador moves. I tell ya, those red capes were a-flappin’. So, since one of…
Bluegrass Report: A blog swarm stings Fletcher
Unless you were hiding under a rock late last week, you probably heard and read many stories about the misguided efforts of Gov. Ernie Fletcher to block 34,000 state employees’ access to political blogs (most notably my own, BluegrassReport.org). Not coincidentally, the ban came the morning after my critical comments in a front-page New York…
Message to the People: Myths about black violence, part 1
For good reason, there is elevated concern about violence in the Louisville lately. Unfortunately, some of the most brutal occurrences have involved black perpetrators and victims. To be sure, this reality cements dyed-in-the-wool racists’ belief that black folk naturally lean toward barbaric tendencies. Of course they are wrong. Their wrong-headedness, however, does not eradicate the…
News Roundup
Council passes budget, has group hugIn an act of inspired bipartisan love, the Louisville Metro Council passed a budget last Thursday that’s reasonably close to the one Mayor Jerry Abramson proposed roughly a month ago, adding $3.5 million in spending to make a $735 million budget. The vote was 25-1, with Republican Doug Hawkins, who…
Letter from Little Rock: Drivin’ (a familiar road) and cryin’ (for lost youth)
Dear Mark:I took a road trip to Little Rock a couple weeks ago, and I thought of you. How many times did we burn that road from Louisville to Dallas? You remember Little Rock — heading toward the Big D, it’s the last city with a real skyline, the five-hour mark, the point at which…
On Media: Blogging the news
by Rick Redding Back on April 21, WHAS-TV’s Mark Hebert did something rare in television news — he admitted he got a story wrong. (Full disclosure: Hebert and I have been close friends for nearly three decades). Hebert reported on-air and wrote in his station blog — a relatively new addition to the WHAS Web…
Culture Maven: Llegando a comprender desde España
The Romanian was certainly a hail fellow well met. Especially when one considers his situation. He was on vacation in Alicante, the centerpiece of the portion of Spain’s Mediterranean exposure known as Costa Blanca. Instead of sailing or lolling in the sand, he found himself at the police station, attempting to explain to the earnest…
Erosia (Letters to the Editor)
LEO welcomes letters that are brief (250 words max) and thoughtful. Ad hominem attacks will be ignored, and we need your name and a daytime phone number. Send snail mail to EROSIA, 640 S. Fourth St., Louisville, Ky. 40202. Fax to 895-9779 or e-mail to leo@leoweekly.com. We may edit for length, grammar and clarity. Head…
Theater Review – The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
“The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie” is Jay Presson Allen’s adaptation of the celebrated Muriel Spark novel of the same name, and much of the European charm and subtle humor of the original story is well preserved under John Hess’ direction for the Wayward Actors Company. Photo by Walter A. Smith: Meghan Logue and…
Staff Picks
Thursday, June 29The Wreckers My best friend and I have joked of starting odd businesses together — a dive bar with ’80s-only bubblegum pop on the jukebox or party-crasher-for-hire, guaranteed to turn your boring get-together into one hell of a good time. Although none of these will ever see the light of day, it’s damn…
Past Your Bedtime: It’s the lure of the lobster that primes this party
Tail was plentiful at LobsterFest 2006, an annual party celebrating all things lobster. Not exactly the kind of tail you’d find in a Ludacris video, mind you, but delicious and dripping in butter nonetheless. Hosted each year by Photo by Sara Havens: LobsterFest host James Brown (holding the wine, wearing the goofy hat) calls the…
Nappy Roots unite the bluegrass: New album features best of Kentucky hip-hop
“Kentucky’s on the rise like the sun is in the east, man.” —Villebillies, “I-65” I wander through the maze-like halls of the office complex where I’d been told to go before finally stumbling across the glass door with the correct number on it. I had thought I was getting ready to enter a small…
Preview – The Louisville-Tokyo express or How Japan’s Drum:Kan met up with local boy Kevin Ratterman
BY MICHAEL LICHVAR When I tell you there are some polite Japanese people in Louisville this week, is it surprising? It shouldn’t be. Louisville is becoming more diverse by the day, and Satoshi Tsugahara is as polite and kind as people come. What may come as a shock, however, is that Tsugahara — standing…
Preview – Murder By Death spins on Southern Gothic tendencies
Alex Shrodt is going to the tattoo shop in Temecula, 1st Amendment Tattoos, along with a couple others in the Murder By Death touring party. He doesn’t plan to get a tattoo — he says he’s too indecisive to get one on the spot. He’ll just watch. There’s another group heading for Tijuana, Mexico, to…
Video TapeWorm: Releases through Tuesday, July 4
THIS WEEK’S TWIN PEEKS:DOCTOR WHO — THE COMPLETE FIRST SEASON2004; DVD $99.98, URNot the “first” First Season with doddering William Hartnell, this is the newly “resurrected” First Season from 2004 starring Christopher Eccleston as a perfect doctor and perky Billie Piper as his latest companion, Rose Tyler. A fabulous and oh-so-welcome return to the tube…
Aftertastes
Quality of Meal: 3 = Good; 4 = Very good; 5 = Extraordinary. Price Range: $ = $10 or less; $$ = $20 or less; $$$ = $30 or less; $$$$ = more than $30. (Per person for a meal without tip or tax.) HA = Wheelchair accessible. Descriptions are summaries of previously published dining…
LEO’s Eat ’n’ Blog with Louisville HotBytes: Stalking the Dairy Dozen
illustration by Gina Moeller PHOTOS BY ROBIN GARRWhen summer comes and the days turn us into overheated crankpots (pun intended), says Eat ’N’ Blog correspondent ANDREA ESSENPREIS, she knows what to do: “We need to go out for ice cream. The simple act of sharing a scoop brings back memories of laughter, sticky chins and…
Arts & Entertainment Listings
Special Events Blue Apple Players — behind-the-scenes look inside the theater company, noon, June 28, free, 625 E. Market St., 587-7990.••African Music and Dance Clinic — children ages 5-12 may sign up for clinic taught by renowned African musicians, drummer YaYa Diallo and dancer Harlina Churn-Diallo, thru June 30, 1-3pm, Western Library, 604 S. 10th…
Community Listings
Special Events Light the Night Corporate Breakfast — open to anyone interested in learning about the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society and how to participate as a corporate team in the Light the Night Walk, June 28, Jarfi’s Bistro, 501 W. Main St., free, www.lightthenight.org, 719-0550.••“Da Vinci Code” Panel Discussion — Cathedral of the Assumption…
Karaoke Korral
WED JUNE 21 Akiko’s Brewskees Creeker’s Bar & Grill Gaslite Tavern Good Times Pub Jim Porter’s Joker’s JT’s Variety Club Monon Station New View Phoenix Hill R Place Pub Ro-Joe’s Karaoke Bar Seidenfaden Cafe Shooters Skivvies Smyrna Inn Spectators Bar & Grill St. Andrew’s Pub Steinert’s T.K.’s Pub Union Station ZaZoo’s THU JUNE…
Club Directory
19th Green 1740 Williamsburg Dr., Jeffersonville (812) 284-9088 19th Hole Pub 5603 Greenwood Rd. 933-4858 717 Studios 717 Market St. 609-9317 1135 S. 7th St. 1135 S. 7th St. 589-4978 A Little Peace Café 1860 Mellwood Ave. 895-3650 Air Devil’s Inn 2802 Taylorsville Rd. 454-4443 Akiko’s 1123 Bardstown Rd. 459-8020 The Alternative 1032 Story Ave.…
