Music Reviews
Dirty WomenThe Glasspack(SMALL STONE) “Dirty” Dave Johnson likes his albums fast, loose and dirty, like the women who stalk truckers in the parking lots that he sings about on “Lot Lizard.” Glasspack’s newest album finds Johnson strutting being as musical (“Farewell Little Girl”) as he is raw and unapologetic (“My Curse”). He ropes in Matt…
Erosia
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Plain Brown Rapper: Happy in the Highlands @ Café 360
Café 360 is Louisville’s Lightning Lounge, 24/7 quality restaurant, fully stocked bar and hookah heaven. Welcome to Café 360, the Highlands’ answer to the “Star Wars” bar (Mos Eisley Cantina) where freaky creatures play instruments, and creatures from The Void occupy tables, smoke hookahs, sometimes fight but always laugh. Enter Sanje Taxak. He is 28…
Message to the People: Yes, Obama is black enough, but …
Presidential campaigning has begun in earnest. With candidate declarations coming earlier and earlier, political junkies like me are happier than a two-headed mouse in a cellar full of cheese. I’ll start what is sure to be a series of pieces centering on the 2008 elections with the latest issue surrounding Joe Biden’s “clean” man —…
Why not get to know your government?
[img_assist|nid=4037|title=The U.S. Capitol at night|desc=is an impressive sight/like a beacon on the hill/telling us what’s right.|link=|align=left|width=133|height=200]Several years ago, when I was just on the leading edge of puberty, as a matter of fact, our family took a famous vacation to Washington, D.C. I had a fine new pair of suede Chuck Taylors — navy blue…
City Strobe
Hey Louisville, are you ready for some savior-faire?Hope arrived in Louisville Sunday evening, albeit a bit later than expected. Even a miracle-worker has to take time to de-ice his airplane when he’s flying out of Chicago in a snowstorm. We are speaking, of course, of Barack Obama, who is running for president. The junior U.S.…
Mr. Yarmuth goes to Washington: A primer on putting your money where your mouth is
3rd District Congressman John Yarmuth: in his office in the Cannon House Office Building in Washington, D.C. Washington D.C. — From behind the yawning oak door comes the unmistakable buzz of hundreds of tiny blades working in unison, a chorus of miniature metal machinery befitting a vanity counter but incongruous here. It started about a…
When the color wheel is a health hazard
Artificial food coloration can make us sick. Why do we still use it? (Hint: the answer could apply to hormones, antibiotics, and other modern American delicacies) What do fish, fruit and pretzels have in common with chocolate, soft drinks and movie-theater popcorn? Very likely, they are tinted with artificial colors. It is common to see…
Rumor & Innuendo
Call him Tubby $$$$mith. I’m advised UK’s beleaguered mentor was approached by a friend, an assistant coach of a recent opponent. The fellow asked Tubby if he might actually consider leaving after the season in light of the fusillade of criticism from disgruntled Wildcat Nation citizens. Purportedly he responded, “If they come up with $9…
Guest Commentary opinion by LUCINDA MARSHALL: A chance to stand with women of the world
Lucinda Marshall OK, quick — name the holiday we celebrate on March 8. Stumped? Here’s a hint: Unlike all those holidays celebrating the lives, deeds and deaths of men, this one honors the more than half of the world’s population that happen to be female. The answer to today’s riddle (drum roll, please) is International…
The ‘beautiful singing voice of the cello’ takes center stage
Julie Albers: Rising star Julie Albers will perform Haydn’s Cello Concerto in D Major with the Louisville Orchestra Friday night One standard of the cellist’s repertoire — sooner or later — is the Haydn cello concerto. Call this week “sooner” for 26-year-old cellist Julie Albers, who performs the Haydn Cello Concerto in D Major for…
Uncommon wealth, Label X turns 5, Wiggle-mania ensues
The Commonwealth: The Commonwealth’s second album “is the birth we planned for,†says upright bassist Liz Adams. The band plays the Jazz Factory’s Late Night Salon show at 11 p.m. on Friday. Daniel Duncan is no Ernie Fletcher, but he does govern The Commonwealth, the local, six-person string-and-brass band that playfully exceeds what you might…
Staffpicks
Staffpicks Thursday, March 1 Neva Geoffrey This Lexington singer’s forthcoming Alias Records release, The Days are Rolling (due out in April), is drawing comparisons with Cat Power and Dusty Springfield and Elliott Smith. Flaunting a breezy, carefree delivery, Geoffrey, who hails from the musical hotbed of Austin, Texas, now calls the Bluegrass home, and we…
Oakroom chefs play with their food. Lucky us
Oakroom chef Duane Nutter: Photo courtesy of the Oakroom With creative and imaginative concepts and execution, Oakroom chef Duane Nutter, along with chef Todd Richards, has kicked things up a notch. Along with mixologist Jerry Slater, they recently made their first appearance at The writer Calvin Trillin once famously observed that the quality of the…
African-American Theatre program grants new ‘Wishes’
The cast of “The Secret Language of Wishesâ€: Photo by Michael Hottois The cast of “The Secret Language of Wishes†includes (l-r) Thea Browning, Frances Lewis, Mary Holt and Elizabeth Cox. Four years ago, playwright Cori Thomas was changing subway trains at the Times Square station in her hometown when the sight of two young…
Comedy Preview: Howard Stern’s Wack Packers raid Louisville
Yucko the Clown: Photo by Scott Gries/Getty Images Yucko the Clown says he wants to storm some of our bourbon distilleries. “I hope they don’t mind clowns standing in line for free samples,†he says. Howard Stern’s morning radio show disappeared from Louisville’s airwaves three years ago when Clear Channel yanked it from WTFX’s lineup…
The Bar Belle
The circle of lifeAs the fate of three Fourth Street Live bars looms in court right now, two bars across the river have recently been resurrected and resurfaced into better-than-ever neighborhood watering holes. Jeffersonville’s Jimmy’s on the River and New Albany’s The Menu Bar & Grill (formerly The Main Menu) are now open and look…
Aftertastes
Liang’s Café, 3571 Springhurst Blvd., 425-0188. One of the city’s newest top Chinese spots, Liang’s is owned by Roland Wong, who for many years ran the front of the house at Emperor of China. A dozen regional North China dishes are integrated into the regular menu as “House Specialties,” which are listed on the menu…
Video Tapeworm: Releases through Tuesday, March 6
THIS WEEK’S TWIN PEEKS: EURO FIENDS FROM THE GRAVE 1971; DVD $19.95, UR A splendidly sexy Spaghetti Horror trio from the drive-in era. First the incomparable Barbara Steele does double duty as both acid-washed predator and gorgeous prey in “The Faceless Monster.” Then a horribly scarred female scientist kills to discover the cruel secret of…
Arts & Entertainment Listings
Special Events Speed Art Museum — looking for U of L students to give opinions and ideas to make the museum more appealing, Feb. 28 & March 1, 12:15pm, Speed Art Museum, 2035 S. 3rd St, 634-2700. 70th Annual Fryberger Greek Sing & Dance Competition — March 4, 5pm-7:30pm, $7, Louisville Memorial Auditorium, 970 S…
Community Listings
Special Events Fairfield Inn — hosts National Tour of The Collectibles Roadshow, bring collectibles, free, March 1-3, 10am-7pm, 619 N. Shore Dr. in Jeffersonville, (217) 243-6418. ••AdFed Prom — AdFed sponsors prom-themed gala titled “This time, we all get lucky!” highlighting best of local marketing community w/ ADDY awards, March 2, Henry Clay Bldg., Third…
