Q&A: Paul Moeller of Digby
LEO: So, I have to ask this: Does the band ever feel like it’s misunderstood by the public? This new EP seems like a completely different group, or at the very least, a completely different aesthetic, than what’s on Falling Up.Paul Moeller: I don’t think the band ever feels it’s misunderstood. We tend to not…
Erosia
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No More False Dichotomies: Message in a ballot
It is tempting, but probably wrongheaded, to make sweeping assessments about why the library tax referendum failed. It is hard to overlook the fact that people generally won’t vote to increase their own taxes, even if the cause is righteous. Beyond the obvious, however, one of my first thoughts was that a good many people…
The Sultan of Spin: DJ Eric Sanders, aka E-Feezy, has ridden his playlists all the way into urban music”s elite
E-Feezy is 40 minutes late. Not that it matters. The couch on the second floor of the Marmaduke Building on Fourth Street, where he pays the bills working as a radio personality for B96.5-FM, is comfortable enough. I wait patiently, gulp down what’s left of the Starbucks from this morning, and devour Rolling Stone, wherein…
¡Ask a Mexican! ¿Habla español? The Mexican waxes historical on immigration
Q Dear Mexican: Why don’t Mexicans have enough gratitude for America to learn to speak English? Are they too stupid? Too lazy? What — they can’t learn two or three words a day? Is this asking too much? —Took Four Years of Spanish in High SchoolA Dear Gabacho: The United States government shares your concerns, Took Four…
Where there”s smoke …
A neglected house on South First Street burned last month, unearthing a web of bureaucratic nonsense that kept anyone from doing something to prevent it Candace Jaworski and Kenny Stewart are sound asleep on the second floor of their Old Louisville Victorian, and their dog, a boxer mix called Rebel, is milling about in his…
City Strobe
School board may (finally) protect gays and lesbiansAmid the mundane obloquy of the American Family Association’s Dr. Frank Simon and his wild-eyed, pseudo-religious hate squad, a committee of the Jefferson County Board of Education voted Monday night to extend employment policies and protections from harassment to gay and lesbian employees of Jefferson County Public Schools.…
Rumor & Innuendo
Curioser and curioser. U of L’s defense, despite depleted ranks, has displayed moderate but palpable improvement. Tackling remains a problem. Charlie Stubbs’ offense is another matter. Zero running attack. Pass patterns no more sophisticated than a good high school team. Awful third down calls. And habitually late-arriving plays that give Brian Brohm no chance to…
Welp”s Louisville:The scourge of sarcasm
Last week, just as I was about to have a great idea for Kentucky, a news item interrupted me to report that Kentucky was looking for great ideas. The Kentucky Chamber of Commerce has been collecting ideas for most of this year to hand over to our new governor before he has a chance to…
Name that life: StoryCorps gets people talking
“StoryCorps is history in the richest sense of the word. It is a bottom-up history, history that will make people feel like they count. Nobodies become somebodies. In this world today, people feel helpless. They feel like robots. But once they speak of their lives, they realize that they count.” —Studs Terkel On a blustery…
A video that asks, “Who”s teasing whom?”
Breda Beban’s stunning two-screen video installation, “The Most Beautiful Woman in Gucha,” currently at the New Center for Contemporary Art, documents a mutually seductive encounter between a beautiful belly dancer and an inebriated young man at a Romany brass band festival in Serbia. Although the two videos run more than 25 minutes altogether, their slippage…
There”s no place like “Oz” on the big screen: Louisville Orchestra provides the soundtrack to “The Wizard of Oz”
“The Wizard of Oz” remains one of the most popular movies of all time, but few of us were around to view it in theaters when it debuted in 1939. Most people have seen the classic on television — first shown in 1956 on rabbit-ears black-and-white, then in color, then on videotape and, most recently,…
It”s not who you know, it”s “Whad”Ya Know”
Popular public radio show returns for a live national broadcast Michael Feldman spent eight years as a teacher before making a leap of faith and eventually finding his way into a paying radio gig. He started the popular “Whad’Ya Know” on Wisconsin Public Radio in 1985, and today he is widely known for his pithy…
Aftertastes
CHARLESTOWN PIZZA CO., 850 Main St., Charlestown, Ind., (812) 256-2699. Building a strong word-of-mouth reputation, this Southern Indiana restaurant and pub is run by folks who learned their pizza and beer at New Albanian Brewing Company. The beer selection is exceptional, and the Italian-inspired dishes are reasonably priced. (Reviewed 10/10; Rating: N/A) MAIDO ESSENTIAL JAPANESE,…
Mug Shots: Sacrilege and mass merger
As if it matters to anyone outside the readership of the Wall Street Journal, two bloated giants of mass-market lager manufacturing have announced their intent to combine operations. The forthcoming alliance of MolsonCoors and SAB Miller is being dissected by breathless industry analysts, who deploy catatonic terminology culled from the moldy pages of discarded MBA…
Dining: True grits and more at 211 Clover Lane
OK, quick now, class, tell me three signature Louisville dishes.Hot Browns? Very good, Suzie! The open-face turkey sandwich topped with bacon and cheese sauce has been a local tradition since Brown Hotel Chef Fred K. Schmidt built the first Hot Brown for the midnight enjoyment of famished dance-party-goers in 1926. Modjeskas? Excellent, Timmy! The good…
Film: Lions for Lambs
2/5 STARS — STARRING ROBERT REDFORD, MERYL STREEP, TOM CRUISE, MICHAEL PENA AND DEREK LUKE. DIRECTED BY ROBERT REDFORD. RELEASED BY MGM DISTRIBUTION CO. RATED R; 1:32.The long-winded bluster of Matthew Michael Carnahan’s screenplay for “Lions for Lambs” suffocates Robert Redford’s talent for elegantly communicating characters’ emotions through gestures rather than words. By helming an…
Video TapeWorm: Releases through Tuesday, Nov. 20
THIS WEEK’S TWIN PEEKS: HAIRSPRAY2007; DVD $28.95-$59.95, PGThis has come a long way from John Waters’ warped little tale of Americana starring Devine to this big-budget, singing-and-dancing extravaganza with John Travolta in a dress. Co-stars hot little Amanda Bynes, even hotter Michelle Pfeiffer and Queen Latifah; but the star of the show is undeniably Nikki…
B-Sides: MUSIC & OTHER EPHEMERA
Last week I saw joy (Beshear creams Fletcher for gub chair; bring on the partisan gridlock) and pain (Gardner-Webb upsets my alma mater, UK, to the snickering delight of Cards fans nationwide). For the kidsNow, a warm, fuzzy for the holidays: The proceeds from Eddy Metal’s next showcase, “Rock for Kosair 3,” at Phoenix Hill…
The grinning Fang, Feist and folk translations
Saturday, Nov. 17 Headliners Saturday night might not be filled with kazoo choruses and musical scissors. But the show will be a celebration of a new musical work that makes damn good use of those unusual elements. It’s Wax Fang’s CD release party for their full-length, La-La Land. Singer-guitarist Scott Carney formed the trio after…
Staffpicks
WEDNESDAY, NOV. 14Mower San Diego is a pristine town with hot blondes, high waves and stunning views, and that trifecta permits some laissez-faire indulgence: a perfect contrast to the city’s progeny, Mower. One-time tour partners of Hed (Pe) and Villebillies, the band’s hardcore-metallic attack doesn’t bounce and sway so much as punch and pound. “Something…
“Arrangement for Two Violas” needs fine-tuning
How is a violist like a prostitute? They both get paid to fake climaxes ‘Arrangement for Two Violas’Starring Tom Trudgeon, Brent Gettelfinger, Betty Zielinski and Bob Zielinski. Directed by Michael Drury. Written by Susan Lieberman. A Pandora Productions show that continues through Nov. 25. For tickets, call 245-9676 or visit www.pandoraprods.org. Music plays second fiddle…
CD Reviews 11-14
The Modern TribeCelebration(4AD)Celebration doesn’t mince words or beats. Their singer, Katrina Ford, professes on the band’s website, she “wishes a violent death upon the era of glum audience members motionlessly watching glum bands with glum arms crossed.” You’re gonna be hard-pressed to stay maudlin once “Fly The Fly” jumps to life. The Modern Tribe slaps…
