Several months ago when my dad asked me what I wanted for Christmas, without thinking, I blurted out: “a stereo system!” Not that I didn’t. I’ve wanted a nice stereo system, with speakers and a receiver and all for a long time now. No self-respecting music lover should have to listen to music out of […]
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aaand we’re back
Sorry for the lapse, everybody. December was a crazy month. Just as I was settling back into life post-jury duty, I was stricken with what might have been the flu or TB, possibly bronchitis, perhaps the worst cold of my life, maybe even all four. I’m still hacking up pieces of lung every now and […]
Read more...laurapalooza and the IBJ
December 13th marked the 25th annual celebration of “Laurapalooza.” I work with two Lauras, and one of them—whom, for clarity’s sake, we usually refer to as “LZ“— hates having her birthday so close to Christmas, so she makes up for it by throwing a ginormous party every year. Her brother has a swanky downtown loft […]
Read more...hold my beer and watch this
Jim James from My Morning Jacket has said this about Louisville: “You move away, but you’re always going to come back.” This would have horrified 17-year-old me, but now I’m proud to say that it’s true. I think a lot of Louisvillains have had love/hate relationships with this city, but these days, I’m loving it. […]
Read more...like ya just don’t care
Be it strained vocal chords or a mosh-induced head wound, the best concerts are the ones that leave you injured. The injury I sustained at the Michael Franti concert might be one of my best—I pulled a muscle behind my elbow from too much fist pumping. Hotness. There’s something incredibly satisfying about rocking so hard […]
Read more...pooch screwing, a letter to the rest of the United States
Dear Other 49 States, On behalf of the state of Kentucky, I would like to apologize for failing to accomplish the one task we were set with during this year’s election. Knowing that Kentucky would inevitably go red, the one valuable contribution we realistically could have made would be to oust that selfish country-music-loving lady, […]
Read more...mmm… pastey.
Paste Magazine is almost always completely in sync with my musical tastes, and now it seems they’re almost always completely in sync with my life as well: Carleton!ear-x-tacy! It’s like they’re sitting in my closet writing the copy… it’s kind of freaking me out.
Read more...Georgetown College loves Ben Folds
Saturday was pretty amazing. We had our last event for the NNL initiative and ended up raising over $1000—no thanks to me. I stuck around just long enough to sell some raffle tickets—wiles were heavily employed—and then bailed early to get ready for the concert. I was a little late meeting Josh at the Old […]
Read more...notes from the front
I won’t entirely retract my comments yesterday about the good-hearted nature of Louisvillains, but I’ve discovered that we’re not a patient bunch. We’re into day 2 of powerlessness, and people are starting to get a little squirrely. There are still major stretches of road with no working traffic lights, several business still closed, and big […]
Read more...THE STORM
Jim: Does Mose have nightmares?Dwight: Oh, yes… ever since the storm. This morning I put in my contacts by candlelight. Ike blew through Kentucky yesterday—not a drop of the rain we desperately need, but high winds in excess of 70mph—and knocked down hundreds of trees and power lines. This morning on the news, they said […]
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