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Serial Killer Culture: Jeff Gaither’s dark obsession inspires his art and fandom
The undead clown leans slightly to his right as he peers across the room at you from his perch in the electric chair. Clad in tattered jeans, red Chuck Taylors, a red and yellow striped shirt and green vest, the gangly creature looks as if he might leap from the chair of death at any…
Visually Speaking: this week’s art news and events (11/2)
[The above image is “No Trespassing” by MaLynda Poulsen at garner narrative.] Top art events Gallery owner Cristin Tierney will discuss the experience of operating her gallery in Chelsea, New York City. The talk, “News from the Front: Reflections on My First Five Years in Chelsea, ” is Wednesday, Nov. 4 from 6-7 p.m. at…
Uncensored Expressionism
Joshua Jenkins is the kind of artist whose life and work make you want to fall in love. He’s half Yankee, half Southerner and all Louisvillian. And there’s something remarkable about Jenkins’ paintings that tell stories of struggle, strife and love in his brushstrokes. The combination of vibrant colors, striking lines, human figures and visceral…
The Raconteur of the Nightlife
You’ve probably seen her at The Back Door. Dressed casually in jeans and plaid, sipping an Old Forester Signature neat.
Creating the New Normal
Bianca and Nick Bowser are just like any other family.
LEO Podcast #11: Nik and Scott discuss The Louisville Music Awards
LEO Podcast co-founders Nik Vechery and Scott Recker discuss The 2015 Louisville Music Awards, the local music scene and the future of the podcast. The LEO Podcast is weekly, with a new interview released every Friday, until we end the first season sometime in November.
The six best local songs of the month
Cereal Glyphs – “The Well” There is no reason that Cereal Glyphs would not have been a household name in the ’60s or ’70s, with a garage rock-influenced pop that is incredibly infectious and easy to listen to. They have that kind of magic where they can make even their rowdiest barnburners seem radio friendly,…
5 things to do in Louisville this weekend (10/30)
FRIDAY Lock, Stock & Smoking Barrels: Brandy Beer Festival Copper & Kings $45; 6 p.m. Alright people, this is a big weekend, so start it off right with a beer festival unlike any other. The Brandy Beer Festival at Copper & Kings will feature craft beer brewed in brandy barrels from a number of local…
Peppered Porters, Harvest Ales and and Gimme S’More: Our favorite fall beers from local brewing companies
Here we are again, the time of year where the weather is mild and it’s time to dust off those winter sweaters and hoodies. While science says that consuming alcohol makes you cooler and not warmer, it sure takes the edge off cool autumn air. You might do that at a campfire, as a number…
Best Of The Web 2015 — WELP: Me vs. the Volcano at 610’s Inferno Dinner
Pictured above: menu, the “wimp” white flag for tapping out, and L-R Carolina Reaper, Lemon Drop, another Carolina Reaper, Trinidad Scorpion Tuesday night marked the 7th annual Inferno Dinner at 610 Magnolia. A four-course prix fixe that travels up the Scoville scale with each dish, Inferno Dinner provides a home for the masochist gourmand. You…
Video Tapeworm
THIS WEEK’S TWIN PEEKS LAVALANTULA 2015; $19.98; UR No argument: This is just another one of those crappy CGI-infested SyFy channel offerings that they regurgitate and recycle ad-infinitum. In other words, our kinda movie! The obligatory bugs are giant black spiders with bellies full of volcanic magma to spew upon their hapless victims. But the…
Pharoah won’t let his ‘People’ down at Breeders’ Cup
Many people — including this racing fan — are rooting for American Pharoah to go out in glory Saturday at Keeneland. The 2015 Triple Crown winner faces a crack field of 10 in the $5 million Breeders’ Cup Classic, a 1 ¼ mile showdown that caps two days of Breeders’ Cup races. The Classic will…
Metro Council updates nuisance code and puts the ?mayor’s budgetary powers on a leash
Last week’s Metro Council meeting laid the groundwork for the city to shut down what it considers to be undesirable properties. The 24 council members present voted unanimously to revise the language of the city’s nuisance ordinance to make it easier for the city to shut down problem properties. Both the Economy Inn and Cahoots…
Trick or treat: The Pass and White Reaper talk about the songs they will be covering on Halloween
This Saturday at Haymarket, The Pass and White Reaper will be playing cover sets spanning different decades. The Pass — a gleaming, danceable synth-pop band — will cover the ‘80s, and White Reaper — a fuzzed-out, punk-infused rock band — will cover the ’70s. Even if each band is venturing into new territory — in…
Halloween Party ?Like No Other
Saturday, the good folks at The Cure Lounge invite you to a Halloween Party Like No Other. Hosted in part by DJ Springbreak Forever, The Cure Lounge will be transformed into a ghostly good time for all sorts of shenanigans and spooky madness. There will be music by Boner City and a Misfits cover band…
Blood Planet – “Hair Vs. Hair: Early Recordings”
(self-released) Blood Planet is as delightfully blunt as you’d imagine, given the band name. Their recent release, “Hair Vs. Hair: Early Recordings,” sounds incredibly raw and ragged, a barbaric glimpse into the heavy metal garage scene, if there were such a thing. This is ugly music made by people that truly don’t give a fuck…
Satellite Twin – “The Mechanical Hearts EP”
(Gubby) Stormy math rock that’s doused in unpredictable post-punk, keeping your attention through dramatic building and falling, “The Mechanical Hearts EP” is a puzzle of layers and rhythms that are as precise as they are gritty. The opener “forfeit/ascend” rises to levels of fiery psych-rock that sounds like The Clash trying to emulate Pink Floyd,…
New Bravado – “Sun and Moon”
(Gubbey) You could loosely define New Bravado as psych-rock and the music on “Sun and Moon” definitely falls under that umbrella, but it’s their versatility within the genre that makes this record so compelling. Sometimes it’s heavy-handed power riffs (“Sol Similar,” “Translucent Dreams”) that shoot for the heart of rock’s most primal trope, at others…
Insect Policy – “Wolf Brick River Dirt Train”
(auralgamiSOUNDS) Describing Insect Policy is like trying to describe the color orange to the blind. It’s not that the music here is without precedent, as there are ample no wave roots and a dash of proto-Swans industrial clang that, at times, veers into more conventional — comparatively so, at least — garage rock territory. The…
Hello. It’s Adele.
Did you know Elton John released a new single on Friday? You’re not alone if it flew under — or nowhere near — your radar. How does a legend with the stature of Elton go unnoticed? It’s not because he’s a legacy act, past the prime of any mainstream pop praise. In fact, he’s enjoying a new upswing in…
Plugged In
WED Oct 28th 8Up: High Sounds with DJ Matt Anthony; 7:30 p.m. Alley Theater: Evil Dead – The Musical; 7:30 p.m. Baxters 942: Full Contact Karaoke; 10 p.m. Bearno’s (Highlands): Ryan Conroy; 8 p.m. Brownies (All Locations): Karaoke with French Kiss Prod.; 8 p.m. El Nopal (Crestwood): Nick Nichols Gerstle’s Place: Kimmet & Doug; 9…
Gabriel Rutledge on what not to heckle at his Laughing Derby show
With his long hair and scruffy beard, Gabriel Rutledge may look like your weed-selling next door neighbor, but in reality he is a professional, very popular comedian who hails from the Pacific Northwest. The Washington native has performed on Nickelodeon, Comedy Central’s Live At Gotham, and Comedy.tv, telling insane true-to-life stories based on his roles…
Living life by searching for the dead
Last June, Jenny Floyd finally went to see her eye doctor after suffering increasing headaches and loss of vision. The optometrist did an initial exam, then referred Floyd to a specialist. After more tests and an MRI, she received one of those maddeningly vague diagnoses. Floyd has idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH), sometimes known as pseudotumor…
A farm noir trilogy
The annual farm field trip is anticipated by children and chaperones alike. Hayrides. Pumpkins. Using one’s GPS in the corn maze because one is lost. Last year was magical. This year, the farm trip was marred with heavy rains, no maize maze, whining children soaked by muddy puddles, and very loud voices competing with rain…
In my hand
Expediting the pass at a busy restaurant takes special skill. The expediter has to be precise, has to speak to everyone on the line, has to bring everything together like an orchestra conductor to ensure that every table’s food goes out on time and in concert. Some restaurants have a system in which the server…
Tacos from heaven
You don’t have to remind me of what I already know: That I’m obsessed with tacos. Hey, part of breaking an addiction is recognizing it as such in the first place, right? The problem is that I recently tried the tacos at Con Huevos, located at 2339 Frankfort Ave. (the former home of Sari Sari),…
Excessively boring ?with a slight chance of dreams
My life is excessively boring. I miss my journal. It was a constant companion that carried me through some of the toughest moments in my life. The truth is my “journal” was multiple volumes and not just one book. Faithfully, I would come to its pages at night by candlelight, sometimes with jazz or wine. I’d…
More whores and wars
Woe is us. The incalculable collateral damage from the University of Louisville sex-scandalized basketball program is spreading like STDs at a crack house. Former prospects who publicly confessed that they humped a hooker are straining to explain wherefore to their girlfriends and mothers — between frantic mandates to get tested. They are forever tainted by…
Matt don’t know Jack
For the first time since 1955, the Commonwealth of Kentucky will elect a governor from Jefferson County. Unfortunately, the race could not be less reflective of the progressive city and county from which both candidates hail. And while progressives in Louisville yearn for a candidate who will campaign against the NRA and big coal and…
Your voice
On “Staff Pick: ‘Parallel Perception’” Thanks @leoweekly for the staff pick! Come see Parallel Perceptions today! —Block Party Handmade, @BlockPartyHB On “Sex Education” Great in-depth reporting on JCPS sex education current state & why it matters. Well worth the read! —Downtown LouGirl, @DowntownLouGirl On “Born Identities: A conversation with Alex Smith about Lydia Burrell and…
