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Film critique: Our house starred in a movie
Can’t believe it’s taken this long for me to write this, but within the past couple of years, my house was a setting for a Hollywood movie. Here’s the trailer for “Wildcat“: The weird shots beginning 34 second in with the mysterious couple in a bedroom: That’s our bedroom. The woman with glasses entering a…
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I don’t understand why the C-J covers what it covers
The Louisville newspaper had this story in a prominent position on its home page Thursday: Airport shuttle company abruptly closes leaving travelers stranded, seeking refunds A Colorado-based airport shuttle company has shut down and abruptly closed its doors, leaving travelers stranded after announcing an uptick in insurance costs and airport fees among other issues. “With a…
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UofL strikes out
Well, the Cardinals baseball season is over, but the big consolation here is that against all expectations, they made the Final Four in the College World Series. Here’s a game recap: From the university: The University of Louisville baseball team saw its season come to a close on Wednesday with an 11-3 loss against Coastal…
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‘No Kings’ rally in the Ville
People are out in the streets, showing that Americans from coast to coast are fed up with the oligarchal MAGAt clown circus currently infesting the center ring in the White House. From the CJ: Thousands of protesters gathered in downtown Louisville on June 14, joining about 2,000 “No Kings” demonstrations coordinated nationally in what organizers called a…
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West End dumping ground
This letter to the editor of the CJ shows that state and local authorities continue to demean the minorities who live in this city: Goodwill HQ. No hospital in the West End for 150 years, and finally businesses coming past the Ninth Street divide. Investors flooding homeowners to buy their homes. We just knew that…
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UofL sports: What the school should really emphasize
This just reinforces the point we made in our latest Bluegrass Blues Podcast (Episode 5). Check it out to see why we say the University of Louisville would do well by promoting itself as a place where student athletes should go to master their craft, just like a lawyer should go to Harvard or a…
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Photo gallery: Louisville protests Trump’s L.A. action
Kentuckians staged protests in Louisville in response to the flatulent Orange TACO’s effort to escalate violence in Los Angeles. (This update on California from CNN): Things remained relatively quiet in the Los Angeles area this morning with authorities observing a handful of peaceful demonstrations, a law enforcement source involved in monitoring the situation told CNN.…
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The Bluegrass Blues Podcast: Episode 5
A wide-ranging discussion on the Big Beautiful Batch of Bulls— Bill, the billionaire catfight (i.e. Republicans in disarray), University of Louisville sports and Kentuckiana’s ties to the Underground Railroad (through song). Contains a few swear words, so hide the kiddies!
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Who’s desecrating Louisville statues?
Apparently, someone in the city is running around cutting off parts of sculptures for scrap. From Joe Gerth: For the second time in a year and a half, thieves have struck one of Ed Hamilton’s sculptures in Louisville — this time trying to cut off the left hand of “York,” his statue of the slave…
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Miami wins: Super Regionals head to Louisville
This is the view on the bridge behind Jim Patterson Stadium this morning: There’s activity on the field because Miami beat Mississippi State in the NCAA Division 1 baseball regional tournament last night, which means: Miami’s 5-4 win over Southern Miss late Monday night punched the Hurricanes’ ticket to the Super Regional round and sent…
