Concert Review: Andrew Bird, 9.18.07
Andrew BirdLe LoupThe Brown Theatre9.18.07 BY ROXANN SLATE Artist with a capitol A is a loaded term. It is a symbol of thetraditional patriarchal master of His trade. Everything the Artisttouches becomes a work of art. The artist and his studio are sacredand mystical. The creative process is something that should not bedismissed and the…
Concert Review: VHS or Beta, Sept. 29, 2007
VHS or BetaWalter MeegoFollow the Train Headliners Music HallSept. 29, 2007 BY ROXANN SLATE I left my home on a Saturday night to see how Louisville partied. Iwavered between an anthological approach, observing and notinterrupting, and practically walking up to people asking if theywanted to be my friend. I knew that this Saturday offered…
Can”t teach an old law new tricks
The governor wants to empower local cops to enforce federal immigration law. Never mind that that’s unnecessary familiar vehicle: Photo courtesy of kentucky state police “This familiar vehicle might soon drive illegal immigrants down the road to deportation.” Gov. Ernie Fletcher wants to wrangle with illegal immigration in the Bluegrass. He announced last week his…
City Strobe
Bridges Project costs rise againState officials from Kentucky and Indiana went panhandling to the federal government Monday, submitting a financial plan for the Ohio River Bridges Project that shows costs have risen another $162 million, bringing the updated total to just under $4.1 billion. The initial financial plan is a required step for the two-state…
Rumor & Innuendo
Turning point. If Louisville’s season turns around, the pivotal moment might be when cussing-is-verboten Koach Steve dropped the F-bomb on the zebras (in full view of ESPNU cameras) after they said he challenged a call on the field that he hadn’t. Harry Douglas Syndrome. It would be nice if Koach Steve were honest about who…
Welp”s Louisville: If 0 > y x 611b, then WTF?
Being a words guy, numbers often seem a little crazy to me. But I’ve found that the trick is to slowly absorb stories with a lot of statistics. That way it becomes apparent that, rather than being a little crazy, they’re totally insane. For example, with oil prices above $80 per barrel, the oil game…
Who”s who behind the scenes in the Fletcher administration?
Story of the day: OK, it’s not a story. But it should be. Aren’t you curious to know which members of Gover-not Ernie Fletcher’s inner circle convinced him to adopt the fatally flawed strategy that has characterized his administration and is crippling his re-election hopes? If not, you should be. And our newspapers should be…
Guest Commentary: Recovering lost messages
I opened my computer the other day to discover that 200 or so e-mail messages were gone.They were sitting in my inbox, waiting for some kind of action: personal letters awaiting a reply; articles to be read when I had time; work-related items that required a response. Vanished. Disappeared. Vaporized. So far, the computer magicians…
Love Thy Neighbor (FIRST LOOKS AT EXTRAORDINARY NEIGHBORS): A lifetime activist still moving
This article is the first in a monthly series about neighborhood leaders from across Louisville Metro. Hallie Jones works at the Center For Neighborhoods, a community-based organization that has been training neighborhood leaders in Louisville for more than 20 years. You can learn more about the Center For Neighborhoods at www.centerforneighborhoods.org. Meet Ella Retter. She…
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The Soothsayer: Duane Campbell”s ideas for West Louisville are nothing if not confrontational — and right
Duane Campbell: Photo by Geoff Oliver Bugbee Duane Campbell is a West Louisville writer and community activist. “Religions all over the world are killing each other, fighting. There is a problem with religion, as far as I’m concerned. Maybe not religion itself, or maybe not even the concept of religion, but our perception of it…
Staffpicks
Thursday, Oct. 4‘Day Night Day Night’ Maybe it’s the moon. Maybe it’s the indomitable will of Louisvillians to see weird shit, but right now we are being inundated with quality, cutting-edge films. It’s like a film festival every week. Case in point: With good movies also opening at the Baxter and Village 8, U of…
Rededicating Frederick Hart: U of L hosts largest Hart exhibit in country
Frederick Hart’s “The Cross of the Millennium” maquette. In the 1997 film “The Devil’s Advocate,” Al Pacino chews up the scenery as a contemporary Lucifer. During one of his frequent monologues he stands in front of a white relief sculpture composed of twisted nude bodies, partially submerged in a whirling torrent. The figures come to…
Splatters: ART NEWS BITS
Glassworks is helping create a “green” mobile glassblowing van that is fueled by vegetable oil. It will be done by the end of the year and will park at Westport Village (formerly Camelot Shopping Center on Westport Road) one weekend a month so the public can watch the artists work. Visit www.louisvilleglassworks.com for more info.The…
Aftertastes
MOJITO, 2231 Holiday Manor Ctr., 425-0949. The small, attractive venue hasn’t been hard up for business since opening. Their Sunday brunch only costs a laughably modest $15.99 for three tables stuffed with Spanish cuisine, and it’s worth coming back for the desserts alone. (Reviewed 8/22; Rating: N/A) ORIGINAL IMPELLIZZERI’S, 1381 Bardstown Rd., 454-2711. The return…
Mug Shots: A case of the DTs in Belgium
In the year 2000, our beer-cycling group parked its bikes and boarded a train from Brugge, Belgium, to Melle, a one-time countryside village known today as the home of Huyghe, brewer of Delirium Tremens. Alain, heir to the brewery, had agreed to conduct a tour. My fax indicated a 2 p.m. start, but from…
It”s an inside story at Sahara Café
Mavash Rubino: Photo by Nicole Pullen Sahara Café chef Mavash Rubino is from Iran, and the range of Middle Eastern fare that she prepares shows a distinct Persian accent, which is right up there with other local Persian spots. A small puzzle accompanies Sahara Café, a small new Middle Eastern eatery in St. Matthews: Is…
Film Review: The Kingdom
The Kingdom 4 starsStarring Jamie Foxx, Chris Cooper, Jennifer Garner, Ashraf Barhoum and Jason Bateman. Directed by Peter Berg. Released by Universal Pictures. Rated R; 1:50. Along with “The Bourne Ultimatum,” Peter Berg’s “The Kingdom” gives one renewed hope this year for action dramas that are intelligent and politically aware. Although I liked it…
Film Review: Two Days in Paris
Two Days in Paris 3 starsStarring Julie Delpy, Adam Goldberg, Daniel Bruhl, Albert Delpy and Adan Jodorowsky. Directed by Julie Delpy. Released by Samuel Goldwyn Films. Rated R; 1:34. You know the couple. Maybe you’ve been the couple. Maybe you are couple. They bicker more than they hold hands. They’re so critical of one another,…
Video TapeWorm: Releases through Tuesday, Oct. 9
THIS WEEK’S TWIN PEEKSEVAN ALMIGHTY2007; DVD $29.95-39.95, PGTV funnyman Steve Carell is still looking for his breakout role. This isn’t it, but it’s still a fun little kidflick with lots of silly monkeys and such. In this sequel to Jim Carrey’s “Bruce Almighty,” Steve portrays a simple Everyman trying to cope with day-to-day life when…
5 years of Lip, Jeff”s journey, on the Edge, Perpetual green
Saturday, Oct. 6Louisville Lip Records’ best asset, says founder Shawn Severs, might be how little the label’s philosophy has changed since he started it five years ago.Operating in the tradition of punk’s earliest labels like Dischord, Touch & Go and SST, Severs only releases records that he likes. The bands must be homegrown, and each…
CD Reviews: 10-03-07
Kurt Cobain: About a Son, Music from the Motion PictureVarious Artists(BARSUK) We can blame Nirvana for the existence of so many bad bands. On the other hand, leader Kurt Cobain’s consistent name-dropping of dozens of favorite bands helped introduce a generation to numerous artists that could have been otherwise forgotten. A.J. Schnack, director of the…
Botti shots, Sticks and stones, new grass revival, Mann up
Saturday, Oct. 6 Chris Botti The ever-amazing horn player Chris Botti spent several formative years in Italy before his family brought him to the West Coast of the United States at an early age. That turned out to be a damn good move for his subsequent career. “Not a lot goes on in Oregon,” Botti…
Angels in Louisville: Tony Kushner descends (Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright visits amid a flurry of related events)
PHOTOS COURTESY OF AFF/SANDERS & MOCK Tony Kushner speaks at U of L on Oct. 11. He’s unassuming. Riding the train, scurrying across the city, he’s just another New Yorker and a busy man contributing to the bustle of a busy city. In “Wrestling with Angels,” the documentary about this extraordinary American playwright, the Oscar-winning…
CD Review: Prosser
ProsserProsser(CLICKPOP) Eric Woodruff sounds like one moody S.O.B., but he doesn’t break the brood scale on his self-titled record. Woodruff, once a member of the Washington-state band Delay, played most of the instruments, giving the 11-song record a solid, consistency. Cozy tempos, woozy atmospherics and Woodruff’s catchy half-drone of a voice won’t raise your blood…
