Rumor & Innuendo
Hear me now, believe me later. I have seen the future of college basketball. It is the Louisville Cardinals. Let me go on record here. If every member of the current team who doesn’t graduate after this campaign stays for next season (2007-08), and if they have normal progression based on their respective talent levels,…
The Stink Eye: Goodbye, Yellow Brick Road
Well, it’s been a good run, at least for us. The Stink Eye has enjoyed the time in the sun, getting fat off the blood of the partisan hacks, giving unfettered, independent points of view; in general, we’ve said the things no one around here with this kind of microphone has the guts or game…
City Strobe: Mind the gap
The campaign trail tends to bring out the best distortions in, from and about every politician: The most gymnastic of twists are always necessary to make dismal things look decent. They call it putting lipstick on a pig. Take, for instance, the idea that the economy is currently thriving. We’ll examine this notion through the…
The wealth of power: Anne Northup, John Yarmuth and the Affluent American Legislator
“Let me just say that while nothing was done that isn’t done hundreds of times each year, I believe even the perception that anyone in my family would benefit from my service is wrong.” —U.S. Rep. Anne Northup, to The Courier-Journal, in an Aug. 30, 2002 article about a letter her office sent to the…
Plain Brown Rapper: For Springston and Yarmuth
Independent Candidate Ed Springston for MayorOf the three candidates for Mayor, I know Jerry Abramson. In fact, I have known him for more than two decades and have touted to others his immense capability as an urban executive, his willingness to listen and walk among the common people, and his sincere humility despite his talents…
Plain Brown Rapper: For Springston and Yarmuth
Independent Candidate Ed Springston for MayorOf the three candidates for Mayor, I know Jerry Abramson. In fact, I have known him for more than two decades and have touted to others his immense capability as an urban executive, his willingness to listen and walk among the common people, and his sincere humility despite his talents…
Culture Maven: Yellow dog Dems with big blue dreams
The guy with the beard and the Western Kentucky accent wore his Sunday best blazer. The lapel button read: “I’m a Yellow Dog Democrat.”Asked the derivation of the term, he replied, “My daddy told me long ago. Our family would vote for a yellow dog if he’s a Democrat.”He’s a believer with the badge to…
On Media: When it comes to political coverage, it’s a landslide for The C-J
Forget all those silly attack ads and sound bites on television news. Like it or not, the biggest influence in elections around here is produced every day at Sixth and Broadway. That’s where The Courier-Journal editorial board, the largest and loudest voice in elections for everything from Congress to the school board, passes judgment on…
Bluegrass Politics: The Finish Line
With less than a week to go in this election season, we’re coming up on the final mile of an unusually grueling marathon. Next week, voters will decide whether to change course from one-party Republican rule and return to the prospect of a more evenly divided federal government. The election couldn’t come at worse time…
Unendorsed Candidate Response
Rep. Northup responds to Yarmuth endorsement Last week, LEO endorsed Democratic challenger John Yarmuth, who founded this newspaper, in the 3rd Congressional District election. This week, Rep. Anne Northup responds. I appreciate that in your endorsement of my opponent, you acknowledged my reputation for hard work on behalf of our community. I have prided myself…
Erosia: Letters to the Editor
LEO welcomes letters that are brief (250 words max) and thoughtful. Ad hominem attacks will be ignored, and we need your name and a daytime phone number. Send snail mail to EROSIA, 640 S. Fourth St., Louisville, Ky. 40202. Fax to 895-9779 or e-mail to leo@leoweekly.com. We may edit for length, grammar and clarity.Corrections* Last…
Another B-horse chasing history
[img_assist|nid=3025|title=Photo courtesy of Horsephotos/NTRA|desc=Breeders’ Cup Classic favorite Bernardini, with jockey Javier Castellano aboard, has won six of seven starts in the same fashion — all alone at the wire.|link=|align=left|width=200|height=160]Six months ago racing fans were looking ahead to the further adventures of Barbaro, the undefeated and brilliant winner of the 132nd Kentucky Derby. Ahead lay the…
Feature Story: Spirit Beauty
At age 15, Wendy Whelan left Louisville for New York, where she now dances with the City Ballet. This weekend, she returns to Louisville to perform with her hometown company Wendy Whelan: poses under a portrait of the master George Balanchine, who founded the New York City Ballet in 1948. Whelan comes home this week…
LEO’s Eat ‘N’ Blog: This drink’s for Fido
… followed by placing: it in a doggie bag (from www.winedoggybag.com) … You order an excellent wine to go with your restaurant meal, and when dinner is done, the bottle is half empty. Or half full, depending on your worldview. What do you do? Common sense would dictate that you poke the cork back in…
The Bar Belle: Bellying up to bartending blokes
Last Friday I was given the opportunity to act out what may be my life’s calling. I was asked to judge a fierce bartending competition between 10 bartenders from England, Scotland and Ireland — to see who could make the best drink using Woodford Reserve bourbon. The contest was held at the Brown-Forman compound, a…
Staff Picks
Friday, Nov. 3Author Michael L. Jones Writer and journalist Michael L. Jones has been covering Louisville for many years (as a LEO staff writer for a few of them), and has compiled a book of profiles of some of the city’s most interesting personalities. The release of the book, “Second-Hand Stories: 15 Portraits of Louisville,”…
Aftertastes
RECENTLY REVIEWED IN LEOWINDY CITY PIZZERIA, 2622 S. Fourth St., 636-3708, www.mywindycitypizzeria.com. Formerly Queenie’s, this pizza joint serves up some of the best thick-crust, Chicago-style pies. The menu also features Stromboli, spaghetti and other pasta dishes, but the draw is definitely the thin- and thick-crusted pizzas. (Reviewed 8/30; Rating: 88) BLUEGRASS BISTRO, Derby City Antique…
Video TapeWorm: Releases through Tuesday, Nov. 7
THIS WEEK’S TWIN PEEKS:CARS2006; DVD $29.95, GWhile marketed as “Disney,” this is Pixar’s greatest achievement — and their final outing with Der Mouse. While the voice work, particularly Paul Newman, Bonnie Hunt, Larry The Cable Guy and Cheech Marin, is excellent, the CGI animation literally explodes from the screen, giving vibrant, fluid 3-D life to…
Arts & Entertainment Listings
Special Events ••Soapbox Sirens — free open forum for artistry/music/poetry/politics, third Thu. (starting Nov. 2), 8pm, Alternative 1032 Story Ave., 561-7613.Annual Ceramic Sale — by Louisville Clay, at Frazier Hall in Bellarmine University, 2200 Norris Place: Nov. 4, 10am-4pm, www.louisvilleclay.org.Full Moon Ghost Tours — tours of Old Louisville’s Victorian neighborhood: Nov. 5, Dec. 5, every…
Community Listings
Special Events A Holiday Boutique — presented by The Women’s Club of Louisville, Nov 1, 9:30am-3pm, $15, 1320 S 4th, 634-9437.World Series of Poker Circuit Tournament — hosted by Caesars Indiana, thru Nov. 2, feat. 12 tourney events, www.caesarsindiana.com.GRRAND Affair — annual fundraiser for abandoned and abused Golden Retrievers, Nov 3, 7pm, $50, 1044 Alta…
Sight Unsound: Postmodern Gen-X performers grace Louisville stages
Rocky Votolato: brings his warm, fuzzy and punky style of alt country to Headliners Thursday evening. Aptly dubbed “poet laureate of the Northwest music scene” by Travis Hay on the Three Imaginary Girls Web site, Rocky Votolato inspires parallels to the Louisville scene’s potential poet laureate, Will Oldham. Both men sprouted in country music territory…
Sorise for Sore Ears: Public Image Limited
Few recordings, regardless of originality or musical candor, are able to define a genre. Public Image Limited’s 1979 release Metal Box (and its domestic counterpart Second Edition) did just that — stamping out an introverted, complex and broadened idea of punk rock to be crowned post-punk. Following the break-up of the Sex Pistols, frontman John…
Club Directory
19th Green 1740 Williamsburg Dr. Jeffersonville (812) 284-9088 19th Hole Pub 5603 Greenwood Rd. 933-4858 A Little Peace Café 1860 Mellwood Ave. 238-7301 Air Devil’s Inn 2802 Taylorsville Rd. 454-4443 Akiko’s 1123 Bardstown Rd. 459-8020 The Alternative 1032 Story Ave. 561-7613 Angelo’s 627 N. 34th St. 776-9127 Artemisia 620 E. Market St. 583-4177 Atomic…
Karaoke Korral
WED NOV 1 Akiko’s Boozseller Lounge Brewskees Brickyard Sports Bar Creeker’s Bar & Grill Gaslite Tavern Good Times Pub Jim Porter’s Joker’s JT’s Variety Club Monon Station New View Phoenix Hill R Place Pub Ro-Joe’s Karaoke Bar Seidenfaden Cafe Shooters Skivvies Smyrna Inn Spectators Bar & Grill St. Andrew’s Pub Steinert’s The Swamp T.K.’s Pub…
