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Out of tune
This past Feb. 19 was a highlight of the concert season for the Louisville Orchestra. Ensconced in the elegant Palace Theater, the orchestra provided expert backing for Broadway chanteuse Bernadette Peters. The songs were mostly old standbys, and you could say the same for the audience. Even so, it was a spirited, well-attended event. The…
Rebuilding year my tail-feather
When people discover you’re a fan of one sport, they commonly assume you are a fan of, or at least conversant about, all sports. This is not the case. I have exactly enough surplus psychic energy for one investment of emotional capital on sports per annum, which is and always will be given to University…
Plugged In
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Video TapeWorm
THIS WEEK’S TWIN PEEKS: THE FIGHTER 2010; $29.95-$39.95, R An intensely simple, yet provocative and complex movie about real-life boxer Micky Ward. Simple: Two brothers join together to train for a historic fight. Complex: Two men deal with decades-old wounds, the loss of family, the scourge of drugs, the search for love, the hopes and…
Comedy: Jacob Williams’ Vegas vacation with Pauly Shore
Jacob Williams, at just 22 years old, is one of the fastest-rising comics on the local scene. The Louisville native and current Beloit College student is a finalist in The Improv’s Comedy Derby, was voted best local comic by LEO readers in 2010, and recently won a spot on the Showtime comedy special “Pauly Shore’s…
Nibbles
Chefs rumble in chowder throwdown for charity More than a dozen of the area’s top chefs will compete for “Best Seafood Chowder” in Rumble on the River, a fundraiser for The Hope Center for Growth. The battle begins at 6:30 p.m. Monday, March 21, at Captain’s Quarters, 5700 Captains Quarters Road. Participating chefs will represent…
Double Star
If you know these individualistic auteurs, who’ve left fingerprints all over the local musical genome, you’ll find much that’s familiar in this instrumental disc. Rizzo and Key collaborated a decade ago on Dark Edson Tiger, but this time around, it’s about close harmony between guitars, or occasionally of setting one guitar against an atmospheric layer…
S/T
You might expect this London quintet’s self-titled album to be a lo-fi noise-fest of screams and punk rock clatter. But this is some of the most tuneful, controlled rock songwriting you’re likely to hear all year. Frontman/songwriter Daniel Blumberg has an ear for nostalgic mid-’90s guitar euphoria — strummy, weepy rhythm guitars are draped in…
Inbox — March 9, 2011
Not So Easy Regarding Summer Auerbach’s Locavore Lore piece from the Feb. 23 LEO Weekly: This is not a personal attack on the author of the article in question, but rather a critique of a particular assumption made in the “Portlanders do it better” piece. I would argue that greenwashing is much more than the…
Staffpicks
March 9-19 ‘All’s Well That Ends Well’ Walden Theatre 1123 Payne St. • 599-3011 www.savagerosetheatre.com $10-$15; 7:30 p.m. (2 p.m. March 19) It’s a delicious “he’s just not that into you” situation, and our local classical theater specialists are here to tell the tale. Directed by Savage Rose mastermind J. Barrett Cooper and written by…
Sister act
Scissor Sister Jake Shears delayed his hotel checkout yesterday to talk with LEO Weekly about the band’s current tour with Lady Gaga, which stops here Saturday; scoring a musical; and the difference between celebrities and professionals. LEO: Did you know Lady Gaga when Scissor Sisters were playing New York’s club circuit? Jake Shears: No, but…
Theater: Lost with ‘A Devil at Noon’
A Devil at Noon A production by Actors Theatre of Louisville, part of the Humana Festival of New American Plays. Directed by Steve Cosson. Continues through April 3 at 316 W. Main St. For tickets or more info, call 584-1205 or visit www.actorstheatre.org. “A Devil at Noon” is a lot like “Lost” … and, for…
Praying for poutine at the Holy Grale
Poutine. Pronounce it “Poo-teen,” as the Canadian French do. Say it in a cardiologist’s office and hear the alarms go off. Utter it in a restaurant in Montreal, and you’ll be delivered a bowl of classic Quebeçois blue-collar fare. And now you can have an offbeat version of poutine at the Holy Grale, a cozy…
Bar Belle: Gaga don’t preach
I’ve been soiling my pants on a daily basis ever since I heard Lady Gaga was coming to the KFC Yum! Center. LEO immediately requested an interview, but sadly, our advances were denied. Dejected and hurt, I hopped on a plane to stalk her at the Grammys and demand an interview. I was able to…
Hello Hubris
Local punk rockers Minnow played their last show a little more than four months ago, and the band’s second album, Hello Hubris, stands as the group’s claustrophobic swan song. Comprised of an all-star cast of former Endpoint, Second Story Man, Red Nails and Your Food members, the band wastes no time delving into the skronk…
More than a roof and four walls
On a cloudy Monday morning, a dozen people sit at a conference table in Metro United Way’s downtown Volunteer Connection building to discuss the fate of the homeless in Metro Louisville. Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and Kentucky’s regional Office of Community Planning and Development, the aptly titled “Homeless Summit”…
Art: Cuba bound
Cuba is a country that’s quite foreign to most of us. That’s not our fault; blame decades of communist rule and the embargo. Now, thanks in part to the Obama administration, Cuban-American relations are improving. Cuban artist Carlos Gamez de Francisco is one of the beneficiaries of this easing of restrictions. Born in Holguín, Cuba,…
Dynamite Steps
A decade after the breakup of Afghan Whigs, Greg Dulli’s voice is crumbling, but his arrogant, soul-searing venom is still potent. Dulli puts his trademarked, cinematic bad attitude to work; it’s simultaneously a childish whine and an arrogant strut. Guests Ani DiFranco, Joseph Arthur, Petra Haden, Nick McCabe (The Verve) and fellow Gutter Twin Mark…
The Weekly Feed turns 2
The Weekly Feed, the syndicated show hosted by WFPK Music Director Kyle Meredith, turns two years old, and Meredith is throwing a party Friday at Headliners Music Hall (1386 Lexington Road, 584-8088). Headlining the event is Menomena (www.menomena.com). Formed in 2000, the Portland self-starters recorded some of their earliest songs on Deeler, a program written…
Theater: ‘Maple & Vine’ resides in simpli-city
Maple & Vine A production by Actors Theatre, part of the Humana Festival of New American Plays. Directed by Anne Kauffman. Continues through April 3 at 316 W. Main St. For tickets or more info, call 584-1205 or visit www.actorstheatre.org. We live in an age where we can listen to a Gershwin Pandora station while…
Sixth & Jefferson
After giving Louisville businessman Todd Blue permission to destroy a row of historic downtown buildings, Mayor Greg Fischer is trying to find a buyer to salvage Whiskey Row before the 90-day agreement expires. The Mayor’s Office confirms with LEO Weekly that a city agency is searching for a buyer for five of the seven 19th-century…
Several Shades of Why
When artists make a sharp turn against what they’re most famous for, the result can show the breadth of that artist’s talent, or it can reveal an obvious deficiency. J. Mascis’ mostly acoustic outing, Several Shades of Why, isn’t a career peak by any means, but it shows that blown-out guitars aren’t the only trick…
Collapse Into Now
Free from the pressure to reinvent themselves each time around, R.E.M. solidifies their remarkable comeback with an album that’s subtle and shaded where its predecessor, 2008’s hungry Accelerate, swung for the fences. In that sense, Collapse better evokes R.E.M.’s classic era, incorporating anthemic choruses, haunted ballads and odd left turns, but it’s also less…
