Keep hope alive: Jean Houston, who visits next week for the Festival of Faiths, sees a reason to believe in the future
Jean Houston wil be at the Kentucky International Convention Center on Wednesday, Nov. 7, part of the Festival of Faiths, Nov. 4 First, we should get this out of the way. If you’re scratching your head about the name Jean Houston — you’ve heard it somewhere, sometime, haven’t you? — chances are you are recalling…
City Strobe
Who’s watching our water?The federal Clean Water Act turned 35 years old this month. While the country reflects on actions and attitudes toward water these days, a look closer to home shows a spotty approach to watersheds that needs improvement. Kentucky ranks No. 4 nationwide in number of inland waterways, but even our city misses…
Welp”s Louisville: Courageously voting against the cartoon characters
Because I write about politics and other forms of comedy, people often ask me how I plan to vote. Unfortunately, my answer contains many words that are unsuitable for publication in a family newspaper, or even this one. But I do have one printable rule that applies in every voting situation: Never vote for a…
Erosia
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Rumor & Innuendo
No Tello? I’m advised that Louisville’s basketball staff is seriously concerned that Juan Palacios, obviously injury-prone, will never recover enough from his latest knee injury to be fully effective this season.What’s old is new. U of L fans might notice something a bit different this hoops season. The pep band will be playing a new…
The joy of rediscovery
Buell Kazee: Image courtesy of June Appal Recordings 2007. Photo of Buell Kazee, 1927 Buell Kazee gave up music for preaching, but after he died, June Appal released a memorial album simply titled Buell Kazee. It was reissued this summer. Kentuckian Buell Kazee was a complex and influential folk musician in ‘the old weird America’…
Guest Commentary: Off the court and onto the poker table with Denny Crum
Marty Rosen: Photo by Myndi May HAVING FUN YET? — Marty Rosen dons his best poker face. I know for an absolute fact that Denny Crum can crack a smile. I know this because the other day at the press conference where Indiana University Southeast announced the appointment of new hoops coach Wiley Brown (who…
Message to the People – Can we talk?: A forum for Message readers
I had the great fortune of attending an outstanding undergraduate school. A number of things make Morehouse College great. It is the only major American college I know of whose primary mission is educating black men. It frequently shows up in national rankings of superior liberal arts schools. Morehouse sports an impressive list of graduates,…
Fiction – Moleville: A story — Part II
Illustration by Ben Wade Oct. 27 — J’s been bugging me for about a week, asking if we were going back down in the sewers. I’ve had about a hundred nightmares about what we saw the last time, but I want to go back. I blame J — every time he talks about it, he…
Skater dye: “Decked Out” exhibit features more than 100 decorated boards
“Bring Me the Horizon” by Justin Kamerer Perched atop a skateboard, a landscape easily transforms. One man’s industrial slag heap becomes another’s adrenaline-fueled playground. Stairs become an Ollie, sidewalk curbs become grinders, and shrubbery is no longer landscaping — it is a soft landing spot. For better or worse, skateboarding’s punk appeal has long captured…
c d kaplan interviews … himself?!
The “Culture Maven’s 2008 History Warp Day Timer” was just published. The author, a long-time LEO freelancer, guilt-tripped us into interviewing him. Only one person volunteered for the task. The interview took place in the Culture Maven’s office, where he sat by his computer underneath his fiancé’s stunning portrait of their dog, Lila. c d…
Aftertastes
AUGUST MOON CHINESE BISTRO, 2269 Lexington Rd., 456-6569, www.augustmoonbistro.com. Whether you go for the Malaysian dishes or prowl the East on August Moon’s eclectic menu, this 20-year-old eatery remains a favorite. Chef Peng Looi’s chicken satay, some of the best in town, derives from his native Malaysia. (Reviewed 9/26; Rating: 91) SAHARA MEDITERRANEAN CAFÉ, 3701…
Mug Shots: Finnish beer and subtlety
“Finland, Finland, Finland,The country where I want to be,Pony trekking or camping,Or just watching TV.Finland, Finland, Finland,It’s the country for me.”—Monty Python Turku, a port city located in southwestern Finland, celebrated its 775th birthday in 2004. Finland’s oldest city also was its first capital and remains a point of maritime departure for Sweden and…
Dining: Something scary this way comes
It’s Halloween, blustery winds are whistling through the eaves and rattling the leaves, and there are ghosties and ghoulies and things going bump out there in the night. Let’s eat something scary! How about a nice plate of sweetbreads, my dearies? The name sounds so appealing. Sweet meets bread. A dessert of some sort? A…
Eyes wide open: Upcoming Speed exhibit featuring Flavia Da Rin will spill over to billboards, Internet and more
Flavia Da Rin: the Argentinean artist whom the Speed has commissioned to create 10 works of art for a Metro-wide billboard exhibition next year. The young woman’s face, including her wide eyes, looms large in these digitally manipulated photographs. In them she assumes different characters. She is a toddler. She is an older person, with…
Film: The Darjeeling Limited
The Darjeeling Limited 2 starsStarring Jason Schwartzman, Owen Wilson, Adrien Brody, Camilla Rutherford and Amara Karan. Directed by Wes Anderson. Released by Fox Searchlight. Rated R; 1:31. I can’t remember who first said that all art is subtraction, but Wes Anderson, director of “The Royal Tenenbaums,” “Life Aquatic” and now “The Darjeeling Limited,” should take…
Film: Things We Lost in the Fire
Things We Lost in the Fire 3 starsStarring Benicio Del Toro, Halle Berry, David Duchovny, Alexis Llewellyn and Micah Berry. Directed by Susanne Bier. Released by Paramount Pictures. Rated R; 1:58. “Things We Lost in the Fire,” in addition to offering viewers another chance to gaze at the lovely Halle Berry, presents Oscar-winner Benicio…
The Video Tapeworm: Releases through Tuesday, Nov. 6
THIS WEEK’S TWIN PEEKSI NOW PRONOUNCE YOU CHUCK & LARRY2007; DVD $29.95, PG-13While not exactly drop-dead hilarious, this Kevin James/Adam Sandler pairing has a lot to like. They play best friends who come together when James learns his kids are ineligible for his pension unless he is married. That’s “come together” as in “pretend to…
B-Sides: MUSIC & OTHER EPHEMERA
Welcome to B-Sides. Feel free to mock the name. All my other suggestions used the F-bomb.So what’s here? Why should you waste eyesight on another comma-deficient tome in this, our eccentrically observant periodical? We’re doing our part for literacy. Musings, updates on shows, new albums, stuff I like, stuff I don’t, all shaped into a…
Pat Metheny Trio mixes the master with two young bucks
Pat Metheny: Photo by Jimmy Katz Pat Metheny will come to the W.L. Lyons Brown Theatre on Monday, Nov. 5 with Christian McBride & Antonio Sanchez. Guitarist Pat Metheny first caught the attention of many listeners when he followed Larry Coryell’s footsteps in vibraphonist Gary Burton’s bands during the mid-1970s. Metheny then cut a series…
Sight Unsound: Mose”s, Uncertain Robots, Ritter, an Israeli visit
Mose Allison plays Saturday at the Jazz Factory. Wednesday, Oct. 31Joyful Noise Recording artists Push/Pull are returning to Louisville for Halloween, this time joining the Invaders and The Teeth at Vernon Lanes (1535 Story Ave., 584-8460).Push/Pull is out and about supporting the release of its new EP, 3. The collection features acrobatic rhythms, serrated guitars…
Staffpicks
Thursday, Nov. 1‘King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters’ Kids today have it so easy. In my day, videogames were an unwinnable struggle against mighty forces. Example: Donkey Kong. Even if you rescued the damsel, he’d get her again, and this time he’d be stronger and faster. There was no victory to be had, only…
Theater: “Parade” reveals more of South”s dirty little secrets
“Parade”: Photo by Christy Ferrell Larry Singer, Jeremy Moon and the cast of CenterStage’s “Parade” bring the story of Leo Frank to life on the Jewish Community Center stage. ‘Parade’ Starring Jeremy Moon, Emily Fields, Olivia Duff, Shawn Slone, Frank Goodloe III and Jason Cooper. Co-conceived by Harold Prince. Book by Alfred Uhry. Music and…
