Thursday, April 13, 2006
TLP April 13, 2006
Hey, peeps.
Lots to do. So, get out get out. Thanks to Vanessa, Amber Scott, Kate Hensley, Jeremy Fresh, J.Todd Dockery, and Chris Porter for their help with this issue.
GO SEE JOSEPHINE FOSTER THIS AFTERNOON AT CD CENTRAL and TONIGHT AT MECCA!
Hope all are well.
Ross
:::::::::::::::::::::::: Announcements :::::::::::::::::::::::::::
** THIS AFTERNOON! Thurs/Apr. 13 & Sat/Apr. 15 In-Store performances at CD Central
CD Central (377 S. Limestone) continues its anniversary celebration with two FREE in-store performances –
> THIS AFTERNOON! Thursday April 13, 6pm - Josephine Foster (solo)
Josephine Foster's legend in Lexington has grown to cult status over the last two years with three captivating performances at the Icehouse that ranged from the broken spirited balladry of her Born Heller duo (with Jason Ajemian of Triage), to the epic psych-rock of her full band The Supposed, and the otherworldly beauty of her solo voice. Thursday, Josephine returns to Lexington for a show at the new Mecca with The Supposed. Thursday afternoon however CD Central snags her for a solo set in-store. Her new solo record, "A Wolf In Sheep's Clothing," released on Chicago's Locust Music, is an absorbing reconstruction of 19th century German art songs that float in a wash of blissed voice and sparse electric guitar. Lovely and haunting, the collection makes a case for German as a previously unacknowledged romance language. As the LA Weekly wrote of Josephine, "She's utterly unique, beguiling and refreshing, a relief from the relentless, ubiquitous ugliness of our time." Strongly recommended to fans of Joanna Newsom, Patty Waters, Shirley Collins, and Jolie Holland. This FREE performance will begin at 5pm. All ages are welcome. [Note: They’ll also be giving away two pairs of tickets to The Supposed’s performance with the Rempis Percussion Quartet tonight at Mecca!]
> Saturday, April 15 - Scourge of the Sea with Kittyhawk and These United States. The show starts at 3pm and is FREE. All ages welcome. For more info, call the store at 233-3472.
** Fri-Sat/April 14+15 - “Heart of Gold” @ the Kentucky Theatre
Neil Young fans, rejoice - “Heart of Gold, the new Neil Young concert movie recorded live at the Ryman in support of Neil's latest project "Prairie Wind" hits the screen at the Kentucky Theatre this weekend. The film will be shown at midnight on Friday, April 14th and Saturday, April 15th. For more info, check out http://www.heartofgoldmovie.com/
:: Mon/April 17 – Poet Sarah Arvio, reading and reception @ Commonwealth House, 226 East Maxwell
All are invited to a FREE reading and reception for poet Sarah Arvio, next Monday, April 17th at Commonwealth House, 226 East Maxwell (part of UK’s Gaines Center), at 7pm. Arvio was born in 1954 and grew up in New York City. For Visits from the Seventh (2002), her first book of poems, she won the Rome Prize and a John Simon Guggenheim Foundation fellowship. Poems in that that volume were awarded The Paris Review's B. F. Conners Prize and Poetry's Frederick Bock Prize. On Monday, she’ll be reading from her new book Sono.
Our friend Rona Roberts hipped us to this reading. She offered this brief testimonial for Arvio’s poetry in a recent email: “Though I love language, I have a fear of poets, poems, poetry readings. I imagine myself trapped in an evening of posing and artifice. Reading a bit of Sarah's writing in advance takes away my hesitations.”
** Through April 18 - MFA show – Kristina Bogdanov’s “Eve Code” @ UK’s Tuska Gallery
Kristina Bogdanov's MFA show, "Eve's Code", runs through April 18 at the Tuska gallery in UK's Fine Arts Building. There is an artist's reception TONIGHT! (Thursday, April 13) from 5-7:30pm. "Eve's Code", a mixed media exhibit, explores the implications of the distinctive 223 genes inherited through the mother's line on women's roles from ancient fertility goddess to the most sophisticated software of all. Kristina works in ceramic, acrylics and intalgio drawing. The show gets big ups from our friend Shannon Cline, who said in a recent email, “This is a gorgeous and thought provoking show - stop by and check it out!”
::::::::::::::: FARMER’S MARKET RETURNS! ::::::::::::::::::
You might have missed it while you were huddled under the covers last Saturday, but the Lexington Farmer's Market started with a bang and a shiver... There's not a whole lot of locally grown products for sale right now - but there is some arugula, spring lettuce mix, potatoes, honey, herbs, shiitake mushooms, eggs, chicken, beef, garlic, garlic shoots, cheese, bread, CINNAMON ROLLS, and other stuff that I'm probably forgetting - but, hell, you caould configure many a menu with the items I listed. There's lots of seedlings and plants and compost for sale, too, if you're looking to pretty up your own little garden patch -- and there's still time to join up for the Elmwood Stock Farm CSA plan, which for the unitiated, is sort of like a you/Elmwood partnership in that the consumer (you) supports the farm (Elmwood) by picking up produce (from Elmwood) that (you) have paid ahead for. [Go to http://www.elmwoodstockfarm.com/csa.htm for full info.] So head down to the Farmer' s Market on Vine Saturdays from 7am til folks go home. The Tuesday/Thursday market on Broadway officially starts right around Derby week. I'll try to work up some recipes for you - but if you buy something just because it looks cool, please feel free to email thelexingtonproject@yahoo.com for some recipes or advice.
See you at the Market! – VO
::::::::::::::: WOMEN WRITERS CONFERENCE ::::::::::::::::::
Lexington has played host to the Women Writers Conference for 27 years, yet it's still one of its best kept secrets. First some disclaimers. It is not just for lesbians, although lesbians are welcome and do attend. It is not just for women, although women are certainly the majority of the participants. It is not just for writers, although contemporary authors are the greatest attraction. The Women Writers Conference is for any lover of words, whether they remain as such in their final state or evolve into a monologue or a play or a film or a graphic novel or an art exhibit or a song.
The WWC kicks off with Dinner & A Movie, a $12 night on the town, featuring a viewing of the film "Frida" followed by a Q&A with Frida biographer Hayden Herrera, on Thurs., April 20, beginning at 6 pm. Friday, April 21, brings out the sovereigness of satire, Sarah Vowell, whose most popular works of creative non-fiction include "Take the Canoli" and "The Partly Cloudy Patriot." Vowell will do a reading on Friday night and is open to anyone participating in the conference. But, non-subscribers fear not, many WWC events are FREE and OPEN TO THE PUBLIC...
For instance, the Gypsy Slam will take over Triangle Park on Friday night, with fire dancing, a poetry slam starring Performance Poet Patricia Smith, and a performance by New York's Urban Bush Women. Galleries around town will be showcasing female focused art during Gallery Hop, so be sure to spread the love so you won't miss out on anything!
Also on Friday is a performance by Mabel Maney, author of "The Not So Nice Nurse" and other hysterical anecdotes, at Natasha's Café. Dinner and the performance are $35 and will likely sell out. Get your tickets today.
Anyone interested in attending the conference should check out http://www.thewomenwritersconference.org. A raffle is also being conducted to raise funds to support the conference, with two prize packages valued at more than $1500 (including a box at Churchill Downs during Derby Week, Legends season tickets, artwork, books, food and movies), and tickets can be purchased by calling the conference at (859) 257-2874. Drawing will be held at Dinner & A Movie.
The weekend is one of intense, inspiring cultural feasts. Men, women and children are welcome and will walk away feeling hungry for the last word. – Amber Scott
::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: THE PICKS :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
::::::::: Wednesday, April 12 through Wednesday, April 26 :::::::::::
:: Thursday, April 13 ::
JOSEPHINE FOSTER AND THE SUPPOSED w/THE REMPIS PERCUSSION QUARTET
@ Mecca, 451 Chair Avenue (just off S. Broadway near Bolivar) – 8pm, all ages, $5
Josephine Foster is my current lady of the hour. She has been so since I first saw her perform in Lexington sometime in 2004 at the Ice House with her full band, the Supposed, when I was just getting my feet wet as music director at WRFL. At times, exaggerated vocals peeve me, when a singer is construing the vocal cords to purposely be picked and prodded. They want all this attention, and dammit, I don’t want to give them the satisfaction. So, usually, I dismiss them as being dramatic and not “real” enough, faking it. Talk about music snobbery! With Josephine Foster, however, chanting what sound like the combination of old Appalachian folklore with, somehow, a Far East minimalist technique, how can it not sound authentic, especially when it so obviously is?
Miss Foster breaks some barriers with her otherworldly warbling. I describe as if she’s a chicken or an old chinked record, but, essentially, it’s just that strange. One of the critics’ favorite oddities to mention about her is that she is an opera school dropout. It makes perfect sense to me, being someone who wanted to drop out of academics more than once a week myself. Foster probably felt some confinement to academic institutions, especially those of operatic training. And, upon listening to her entire show (enchanted) and chatting with her momentarily afterwards, it’s plain to see that Josephine Foster is one o’ them free soul types. Boundless. Anchorless. She has a message to all us sinners, too. One I dare you to interpret.
In order to get a clear picture, without me repeating the same critiques, I suggest checking some other opinions out at http://www.locustmusic.com/josephinefoster.html or you can visit her website at http://www.100songsising.com/. She’s exceptional. Locust Records released yesterday her sixth (maybe seventh?) solo record, titled A Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing. What I’ve heard from the album thus far has been her more haunting work to date, also linguistically challenging, as one entire tune is in German. [Ed. note: Actually, the entire record is made up of 19th century German art songs.] For more listening I suggest All the Leaves are Gone; Hazel Eyes, I Will Lead You; and There are Eyes Above, a work entirely done with a ukulele and that fluttery voice. Foster also performed with Born Heller and the Children’s Hour before going solo. Most everything of hers can be found on Locust Records. Thursday night she will have the Supposed backing her up, which fleshes the music out a bit, gives a full-belly feel.
Also, in the line-up for Thursday evening’s show is the Rempis Percussion Quartet. In pursuit of their upcoming release Rip Tear Crunch, the four Chicagoans are touring the Midwest and parts of the East. It should make for a night of remarkable music, as Dave Rempis is one of the leading jazz dudes in Chicago (a town full of jazzy hipsters), having performed in such reputable groups as Triage and Vandermark 5, a couple of hard-hitting maestros, if you will. He leads on sax, also taking the stage will be Anton Hatwich, Tim Daisy (!), and Frank Rosaly of the Fred Lonberg-Holm Trio fame and sidestepper to Ken Vandermark in Vandermark’s Crisis Ensemble. If I had better access to excellent live jazz shows, I would be in attendance (Mr. Compton can vouch for me), and this looks (and sounds) like an indisputably impressive show, surely not one to miss on a nice April night in Lexington. Mr. Compton is giving Lex a run for it’s money, a rumpus of a haywirin’ good time.
I’m jealous (unless someone will buy me a plane ticket from Missoula, MT).
- Kate ‘the Great’ Hensley
:: Friday, April 14 ::
THE DIALECTICS w/ART OF COVENANT @ Underlying Themes, 110 S. Upper
10:30pm, all ages, $3 (price of admission includes a Dialectics EP)
The Dialectics are filling a void in the Lexington music scene left vacant for a while now, Live Hip Hop. I like a fair amount of hip hop like most people in their 20s, but there is something special about seeing actual musicians playing instruments and seeing people rap live. Not to take anything away from folks who work with a DJ. That is a tough gig as well. But this band, The Dialectics, is a real musicians hip hop band. Take away the conscious lyrics and the hip hop beats and, in my opinion, you would have music similar to the Allman Brothers. I think they are playing brave music and saying poetic things. For me personally, I would love to see more of Lexingtons talented MCs hook up with all the talented live musicians. If you have never seen live hip hop, check it out. Maybe you will see what I mean. - Jeremy Fresh
http://myspace.com/dialecticsbeats, http://www.myspace.com/artofcovenant
[Note: The Dialectics have dubbed the party a "Red Bedroom Evening" and are encouraging people to dress up if they are inspired by the theme.]
:: Friday, April 14 ::
SCOURGE OF THE SEA w/KITTYHAWK and THESE UNITED STATES @ The Dame
9pm, ages 21+, $5
Our friends Scourge of the Sea return to the stage with friends from the D.C. area. Recommended to fans of Elliott Smith, M.Ward, Iron & Wine. Robby Cosenza’s been circulating cd-r samplers for the show. If you see him, accost him for one (or maybe check to see if there are a few at CD Central). If you don’t feeling like flagging down Robby, you can also find FREE sounds and more info at http://myspace.com/thescourgeofthesea, http://www.theseunitedstates.net, and http://www.kittyhawkrock.com.
:: Saturday, April 15 ::
COUSIN w/THE MELODY FUNCTION and J.GLENN
@ Underlying Themes, 110 S. Upper (above Buster’s, entrance next to Mia’s) – 9pm, all ages, $5
A mish-mash bill, but a great one. Cousin = four stylish gents from NYC playing sophisticated pop music influenced by Big Star and Nazz. I recommend them to anyone who ever bought one of Thrill Jockey’s poppy releases (Sam Prekopp, Archer Prewitt, etc). The Melody Function = crisp and bouncy indie pop from Lexington. Their song “She Goes” on the recent “Know Your Own” v.2 comp is fabulous fun. J. Glenn is a one-man band from Louisville with an obvious affection for Hasil Adkins. Recommended to fans of our glitter-billy brethren The Smacks! Note: The show is co-sponsored by Lexington’s best vintage store, Jonk. What that means for you is, come to the show and you’ll get a coupon good for 20% off your next purchase.
[Full Disclosure: I helped organize this show.]
:: Wednesday, April 19 ::
AB BAARS QUARTET @ Underlying Themes, 110 S. Upper (above Buster’s, entrance next to Mia’s)
8pm, all ages, $3
I found this preview on a site promoting the band’s show in Portland, OR. Summed up the scene, so I decided not to reinvent the wheel.
“Post-modern Ellington jazz. Led by one of the most unique reed players in the world, the Ab Baars Quartet has been one of the most consistently important and vibrant post-modern jazz outfits in the thriving European improvised jazz scene. This tight-knit outfit is nothing short of brilliant. This performance will feature tracks from the group's recent Wig Records recording, "Kinda Dukish" - radical interpretations and deconstructions of Ellington standards and obscurities. Baars has worked internationally with such notables as Steve Lacy, Roswell Rudd, Fred Frith, Han Bennink, John Carter, Anthony Braxton and, most notably, Misha Mengelberg's ICP Orchestra. Backing Baars for this show are his long-time trio members, the forceful bassist, Wilbert de Joode, and meticulous drummer, Martin Van Duynhoven. Fellow Dutchman, Joost Buis, will be on trombone.” – Creative Music Guild
Note: We’ll be giving out FREE passes to this show at the Josephine Foster & The Supposed/Rempis Percussion Quartet show at Mecca tonight. [Full Disclosure: I helped organize this show.]
:: Thursday, April 20 ::
RC PRO AM record release party w/THE SMACKS!, VIVA LA FOX, and THE MINNI-THINS@ The Dame
10pm, ages 21+, $5
"Meanwhile you do understand if alcohol has undoubtedly been one of the great causes of my madness, then it came on very slowly and will go away slowly too, assuming it does go, of course. Or the same thing if it comes from smoking."
--Vincent Van Gogh, Arles, 22 April, 1889
My dear Theo,
Fast forward to 2006. 4/20. That's right. RC PRO AM is releasing their new Eugene Records compact disc @ the Dame Thursday, upon the occasion of the official hop head's holiday.
I've only seen RC PRO AM in concert once, and it was IN CONCERT, in concert, in fact, with something that ain't to be named. I'm pretty sure these guys are engaged in the old time practice of seemingly not giving a fuck while at the same time invoking the demons of chaos through a refined and virtuoso knowing of how to direct these demons with the arcane and esoteric practices of rock n roll. It's all sleight of hand, if not slightly out of hand. The bottom line is that they're really fucking good.
Don't ask me how two bands from Cinci, OH are also on this bill. That said, VIVA LA FOXX is also awfully, what I'm calling, good. Fronted by some hot stuff female, this band also features Rueben from the Dim Mak label darlings Pearlene. Girl glam rock for the 21st century on Cinci's fine label, Shake It Records, what more you could want, outside of a big bag of weed and a large pizza, I could not say.
I don't know shit about the MINNI-THINS, but they're probably good too. If they're travelling in congress with VIVA LA FOXX, and have the audacity to travel down the road just to open for this assortment of freaks at least speaks to the fact that they must be open-minded, even-tempered cats, but I'm guessing their music, contrarily, is not.
The problem with a lot of you hop heads is that you'll intend to come to the show, get high, and decide to stay home and order delivery food instead, play video games, or maybe watch tv.
This is not my problem, even though the goodly blokes of RC PRO AM have asked one of my bands, the distressing duo known as THE SMACKS!, to support them on this marginally legal celebration of show and tell, spanning two states and at least three cities worth of "talent." I have more serious problems than the culture and society of pot smokers, beer drinkers (or former alkies turned tea heads by some osmosis of the spirit(s)) or any other of you combination degenerates out there, even fans of live music. I've got my own degeneracies to keep me warm, ladies and germs.
Speaking of problems, Brian Manley of the Smacks!, who has relocated from Lexington to Louisville, seems to have no transportation to this show (the funny/sad aspect of this story is that he spent mucho money getting his Jim Gordon customized Ford Ranger fixed, only to then in turn, as the first act of the repaired truck, drive it to Lexington to pick up his cat which had been left behind, WITH THE EMERGENCY BREAK ON THE ENTIRE WAY, which rendered all fixins to this truck, and personal means of vehicular transport, null and void). Which might result in a last minute cancellation on our part if there is not solution to be procured. So if you, dear reader, either would be willing to go to Louisville and take Brian back, or, better yet, you know somebody in Louisville that either already likes THE SMACKS!, or wouldn't pass up the chance to drive with a guy in make up and a skirt, let us know, we can work something out:
bmanley@gmail.com
Anyway, if THE SMACKS! play, we haven't played Lexington since November, and it was around a year since the last time we had played Lexington prior to last November. We have to play other towns, 'cause we're such old whores in Lexington, so I doubt RC PRO AM will be asking us back if we gotta pull a no-show after finally saying "yes" to do this, which we agreed to before Brian pulled the emergency break boner. Boner. Heh.
The bottom-line is that on a Thursday in Lexington, if you've got something better, more entertaining, to do for a better price, just based on RC PRO AM and VIVA LA FOXX alone, let us know, and get to it. If you get the munchies on Thursday, don't stay home, this show will feed your head.
Ever yours,
J. Todd "Van" Dockery, Morehead, 11 April, 2006
http://myspace.com/rcproam, http://myspace.com/thesmacks
:: Tuesday, April 25 ::
MICHAEL HURLEY @ Lisa’s Oak Street Lounge (Louisville)
9pm, ages 18+, $3
Sometime during the spring or summer of 2000, Bill Glasscock brought a CD into Alfalfa’s. My life and world-view were about to be changed. The CD was Weatherhole, by a guy named Michael Hurley, a guy I’d heard not a whisper of before then. The songs were original, often funny, and offered the type of lyric that, once the brain fully grasped the meaning, made you rock back on your mental heels and say, “Well I never thought of it that way before.” The music itself was hard to classify – it possessed elements of the blues, of country, of mountain music and rock n’ roll, and yet, you couldn’t really call it any of those things without offending the other sensibilities mixed with it. “It’s like I’m talking tongues,” one lyric began, “that no one understands. They can’t detect the dialect that goes from beast to man.” I was hooked, and over the next few months I listened to that CD non-stop, two or three times a day while I was working, and if I worked a double, I put it on repeat and listened to it as I dozed on the dining room floor.
It seems that a lot of his fans have similar recollections. Michael Hurley is one of those musicians whose fans have a story of when they first heard them. One person’s parents used to take them to shows when they were a child in Vermont. Another person heard him on a mix tape while driving on a snowy road. Someone else won a copy of a Hurley album during an Easter egg hunt.
And while you may not have consciously heard Michael Hurley, chances are you’ve run across him – recently a lot of indie acts, most visibly Cat Power, have covered his tunes, and it seems that a whole slew of newer folk-influenced performers are giving him a nod and performing with him. And if you’ve seen the HBO show Deadwood, you may have heard his “Hog of the Forsaken.”
A veteran performer, Michael Hurley has been recording for over forty-two years, his first record being released in 1964 for Smithsonian-Folkways (currently available from Locust Records as Blueberry Wine). Other recordings were to follow, Armchair Boogie and Hi-fi Snock Uptown in the early seventies, and three subsequent records for Rounder – Long Journey, Snockgrass, and the one most fans seem to know him from, Have Moicy!, a joint effort recorded with the Unholy Modal Rounders and Jeffrey Fredricks and the Clamtones. Over the last eight to ten years, Hurley has returned to recording to the joy of many of his fans.
Unlike other musicians, Hurley’s style has continued to evolve over the years, encapsulating more elements of jazz and country music, and yet, like all great artists, an essential element remains which makes Hurley’s music his own – a sense of humor, a certain meditative rhythm and phrasing, a unique vision which unites all of his work.
On Tuesday, April 25th, you can check out this living legend in Louisville. Hurley will be playing at Lisa’s Oak Street Lounge at 9 p.m. Cost is only three dollars. If this is the sort of music that does it for you, you won’t be dissatisfied, and if you think that it isn’t, give him a shot, he really is one of a kind. – Chris Porter
:: Also worthwhile in the April 12 - 26 timeframe ::
Every Friday RAKADU GYPSY DANCE @ Nema’s Grille (Frankfort) – meccadance.com
Wed/Apr 12 DEAD MEADOW @ Southgate House (Newport, KY)
Sat/Apr 15 Nate FX Bday Bash with DJ Mes, Hockey Night, Mathematicians and DJ Booth @ The Dame
Sat/Apr 15 RHETT MILLER AND THE BELIEVERS @ Headliners (Louisville) – ages 18+
Sun/Apr 16 ROSIE THOMAS @ Southgate House (Newport, KY)
Mon/Apr 17 Open Mic with Charlie Whittington @ The Dame
Tues/Apr 18 TULA @ The Dame
Thurs/Apr 20 ENON @ Southgate House (Newport, KY)
Fri/Apr 21 THE YELLOW BELTS w/DEAD CITY REJECTS @ The Dame
Sat/Apr 22 BIG MARACAS @ The Dame
Sun/Apr 23 JOSH RITTER w/HEM @ Southgate House (Newport, KY)
:: Soon Soon ::
Thurs/Apr 27 JOSH BERMAN/KEEFE JACKSON duo @ Underlying Themes – all ages
Thurs/Apr 27 ESSEX GREEN w/HIGH WATER MARKS @ The Dame
Fri/Apr 28 MASTERS OF THE HEMISPHERE w/THE ELEPHANTS, JE SUIS FRANCE, BUGS EAT BOOKS, and THE WEE TURTLES @ Underlying Themes – all ages
Sat/Apr 29 CROWN ELECTRIC w/MISS KITTYTWISTER & HER HOT DOGS @ The Dame
Sun/Apr 30 THE PUNKS @ Southgate House (Newport, KY)
Wed/May 3 SHOOTER JENNINGS w/BANG BANG BANG @ The Dame
Fri/May 5 THE QUEERS w/CITY MOUSE @ The Dame
Fri/May 5 FRUIT BATS w/SAM JAYNE @ Southgate House (Newport, KY)
Wed/May 10 MANDARIN MOVIE (members of Chicago Underground Duo and Triage) w/BLASTOCYST and SHARKS WITH WINGS @ Mecca, 451 Chair Ave
Fri/May 12 PARLOUR BOYS w/MODEL ONE @ The Dame
Sun/May 14 JOSEPHINE FOSTER @ Southgate House (Newport, KY)
Tues/May 16 THE JOGGERS @ The Dame
Fri/May 19 G-FUNK @ The Dame
Sat/May 20 THE APPARITIONS w/MOTH and THE RECEIVER @ The Dame
Fri/May 26 ALEJANDRO ESCOVEDO @ The Dame
:: Pertinent resources ::
__Lexington__
THE DAME, 156 W.Main St, Lexington - http://www.dameky.com
MECCA dance studio/gallery, 451 Chair Avenue, off S.Broadway near Bolivar - http://www.meccadance.com
UNDERLYING THEMES LOFT SPACE, 110 S. Upper (above Busters) – http://www.underlyingthemes.com
CHARLES MANSION – http://www.charlesmansion.org
FIREBIRD STUDIO, 359 W. Short St – http://firebirdlexington.com
HIGH LIFE LOUNGE, University Plaza (corner of Rose and Euclid) – ph. 859/455-8890
NATASHA'S CAFE, 112 Esplanade - http://www.beetnik.com/
FAUNTLEROY’S CAFÉ, 640 W. Maxwell – ph. 859/455-8188
THE ICEHOUSE, 412 Cross St (off W.Maxwell), Lexington
DOWNTOWN ARTS CENTER, 141 E. Main St, Lexington – http://www.lexarts.org
ARTSPLACE, 161 N.Mill St, Lexington
LEXINGTONSHOWS.com (all ages show listings) - http://www.lexingtonshows.com
COUNTER FICTION (metal/punk/hardcore all ages show listings) – http://www.counterfiction.com
CRICKET PRESS (amazing local poster art) - http://www.cricket-press.com
WRFL 88.1FM (UK's student-run radio station) - http://wrfl.uky.edu
YOU AIN’T NO PICASSO (great locally-produced music blog) – http://www.youaintnopicasoo.com
__Louisville__
LAVA (Louisville Assembly of Vanguard Artists) HOUSE - 927 Shelby Parkway, Louisville - http://www.lavahouse.org
HEADLINERS MUSIC HALL, Louisville - 1386 Lexington Road, ph. 502/584-8088 - www.headlinerslouisville.com
UNCLE PLEASANTS, 2126 S. Preston, Louisville - p.502/634-4147
THE RUDYARD KIPLING, 422 West Oak Street, Louisville -
http://www.therudyardkipling.com/pages/206999/index.htm
OLD LOUISVILLE COFFEHOUSE, 1489 S. Fourth St, Louisville - ph. 502/635-6660
PRODUCTION SIMPLE (produce many of the events at Headliners and Uncle Pleasants) – http://www.productionsimple.com
__Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky__
THE SOUTHGATE HOUSE, Newport, KY - http://www.southgatehouse.com
ALCHEMIZE, 1122 Walnut Street, Cincinnati, OH – http://www.alchemizebar.com
THE COMET, 4579 Hamilton Avenue, Cincinnati, OH - http://www.cometbar.com
BOGART'S, 2621 Vine St, Cincinnati, OH - http://www.bogarts.com
THE MOCKBEE (formerly SS NOVA), 2260 Central Parkway, Cincinnati, OH - http://www.ssnova.org
NORTHSIDE TAVERN, 4163 Hamilton Ave, Cincinnati, OH – http://www.northside-tavern.com
Know of an upcoming event that others should get hip to? Let us know - email informationactivists@yahoo.com
All Picks by Ross Compton unless otherwise noted.
:::::::::::::: QUESTIONS/COMMENTS/SUBMISSIONS ::::::::::::::::::::::::
email thelexingtonproject@yahoo.com
Lots to do. So, get out get out. Thanks to Vanessa, Amber Scott, Kate Hensley, Jeremy Fresh, J.Todd Dockery, and Chris Porter for their help with this issue.
GO SEE JOSEPHINE FOSTER THIS AFTERNOON AT CD CENTRAL and TONIGHT AT MECCA!
Hope all are well.
Ross
:::::::::::::::::::::::: Announcements :::::::::::::::::::::::::::
** THIS AFTERNOON! Thurs/Apr. 13 & Sat/Apr. 15 In-Store performances at CD Central
CD Central (377 S. Limestone) continues its anniversary celebration with two FREE in-store performances –
> THIS AFTERNOON! Thursday April 13, 6pm - Josephine Foster (solo)
Josephine Foster's legend in Lexington has grown to cult status over the last two years with three captivating performances at the Icehouse that ranged from the broken spirited balladry of her Born Heller duo (with Jason Ajemian of Triage), to the epic psych-rock of her full band The Supposed, and the otherworldly beauty of her solo voice. Thursday, Josephine returns to Lexington for a show at the new Mecca with The Supposed. Thursday afternoon however CD Central snags her for a solo set in-store. Her new solo record, "A Wolf In Sheep's Clothing," released on Chicago's Locust Music, is an absorbing reconstruction of 19th century German art songs that float in a wash of blissed voice and sparse electric guitar. Lovely and haunting, the collection makes a case for German as a previously unacknowledged romance language. As the LA Weekly wrote of Josephine, "She's utterly unique, beguiling and refreshing, a relief from the relentless, ubiquitous ugliness of our time." Strongly recommended to fans of Joanna Newsom, Patty Waters, Shirley Collins, and Jolie Holland. This FREE performance will begin at 5pm. All ages are welcome. [Note: They’ll also be giving away two pairs of tickets to The Supposed’s performance with the Rempis Percussion Quartet tonight at Mecca!]
> Saturday, April 15 - Scourge of the Sea with Kittyhawk and These United States. The show starts at 3pm and is FREE. All ages welcome. For more info, call the store at 233-3472.
** Fri-Sat/April 14+15 - “Heart of Gold” @ the Kentucky Theatre
Neil Young fans, rejoice - “Heart of Gold, the new Neil Young concert movie recorded live at the Ryman in support of Neil's latest project "Prairie Wind" hits the screen at the Kentucky Theatre this weekend. The film will be shown at midnight on Friday, April 14th and Saturday, April 15th. For more info, check out http://www.heartofgoldmovie.com/
:: Mon/April 17 – Poet Sarah Arvio, reading and reception @ Commonwealth House, 226 East Maxwell
All are invited to a FREE reading and reception for poet Sarah Arvio, next Monday, April 17th at Commonwealth House, 226 East Maxwell (part of UK’s Gaines Center), at 7pm. Arvio was born in 1954 and grew up in New York City. For Visits from the Seventh (2002), her first book of poems, she won the Rome Prize and a John Simon Guggenheim Foundation fellowship. Poems in that that volume were awarded The Paris Review's B. F. Conners Prize and Poetry's Frederick Bock Prize. On Monday, she’ll be reading from her new book Sono.
Our friend Rona Roberts hipped us to this reading. She offered this brief testimonial for Arvio’s poetry in a recent email: “Though I love language, I have a fear of poets, poems, poetry readings. I imagine myself trapped in an evening of posing and artifice. Reading a bit of Sarah's writing in advance takes away my hesitations.”
** Through April 18 - MFA show – Kristina Bogdanov’s “Eve Code” @ UK’s Tuska Gallery
Kristina Bogdanov's MFA show, "Eve's Code", runs through April 18 at the Tuska gallery in UK's Fine Arts Building. There is an artist's reception TONIGHT! (Thursday, April 13) from 5-7:30pm. "Eve's Code", a mixed media exhibit, explores the implications of the distinctive 223 genes inherited through the mother's line on women's roles from ancient fertility goddess to the most sophisticated software of all. Kristina works in ceramic, acrylics and intalgio drawing. The show gets big ups from our friend Shannon Cline, who said in a recent email, “This is a gorgeous and thought provoking show - stop by and check it out!”
::::::::::::::: FARMER’S MARKET RETURNS! ::::::::::::::::::
You might have missed it while you were huddled under the covers last Saturday, but the Lexington Farmer's Market started with a bang and a shiver... There's not a whole lot of locally grown products for sale right now - but there is some arugula, spring lettuce mix, potatoes, honey, herbs, shiitake mushooms, eggs, chicken, beef, garlic, garlic shoots, cheese, bread, CINNAMON ROLLS, and other stuff that I'm probably forgetting - but, hell, you caould configure many a menu with the items I listed. There's lots of seedlings and plants and compost for sale, too, if you're looking to pretty up your own little garden patch -- and there's still time to join up for the Elmwood Stock Farm CSA plan, which for the unitiated, is sort of like a you/Elmwood partnership in that the consumer (you) supports the farm (Elmwood) by picking up produce (from Elmwood) that (you) have paid ahead for. [Go to http://www.elmwoodstockfarm.com/csa.htm for full info.] So head down to the Farmer' s Market on Vine Saturdays from 7am til folks go home. The Tuesday/Thursday market on Broadway officially starts right around Derby week. I'll try to work up some recipes for you - but if you buy something just because it looks cool, please feel free to email thelexingtonproject@yahoo.com for some recipes or advice.
See you at the Market! – VO
::::::::::::::: WOMEN WRITERS CONFERENCE ::::::::::::::::::
Lexington has played host to the Women Writers Conference for 27 years, yet it's still one of its best kept secrets. First some disclaimers. It is not just for lesbians, although lesbians are welcome and do attend. It is not just for women, although women are certainly the majority of the participants. It is not just for writers, although contemporary authors are the greatest attraction. The Women Writers Conference is for any lover of words, whether they remain as such in their final state or evolve into a monologue or a play or a film or a graphic novel or an art exhibit or a song.
The WWC kicks off with Dinner & A Movie, a $12 night on the town, featuring a viewing of the film "Frida" followed by a Q&A with Frida biographer Hayden Herrera, on Thurs., April 20, beginning at 6 pm. Friday, April 21, brings out the sovereigness of satire, Sarah Vowell, whose most popular works of creative non-fiction include "Take the Canoli" and "The Partly Cloudy Patriot." Vowell will do a reading on Friday night and is open to anyone participating in the conference. But, non-subscribers fear not, many WWC events are FREE and OPEN TO THE PUBLIC...
For instance, the Gypsy Slam will take over Triangle Park on Friday night, with fire dancing, a poetry slam starring Performance Poet Patricia Smith, and a performance by New York's Urban Bush Women. Galleries around town will be showcasing female focused art during Gallery Hop, so be sure to spread the love so you won't miss out on anything!
Also on Friday is a performance by Mabel Maney, author of "The Not So Nice Nurse" and other hysterical anecdotes, at Natasha's Café. Dinner and the performance are $35 and will likely sell out. Get your tickets today.
Anyone interested in attending the conference should check out http://www.thewomenwritersconference.org. A raffle is also being conducted to raise funds to support the conference, with two prize packages valued at more than $1500 (including a box at Churchill Downs during Derby Week, Legends season tickets, artwork, books, food and movies), and tickets can be purchased by calling the conference at (859) 257-2874. Drawing will be held at Dinner & A Movie.
The weekend is one of intense, inspiring cultural feasts. Men, women and children are welcome and will walk away feeling hungry for the last word. – Amber Scott
::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: THE PICKS :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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:: Thursday, April 13 ::
JOSEPHINE FOSTER AND THE SUPPOSED w/THE REMPIS PERCUSSION QUARTET
@ Mecca, 451 Chair Avenue (just off S. Broadway near Bolivar) – 8pm, all ages, $5
Josephine Foster is my current lady of the hour. She has been so since I first saw her perform in Lexington sometime in 2004 at the Ice House with her full band, the Supposed, when I was just getting my feet wet as music director at WRFL. At times, exaggerated vocals peeve me, when a singer is construing the vocal cords to purposely be picked and prodded. They want all this attention, and dammit, I don’t want to give them the satisfaction. So, usually, I dismiss them as being dramatic and not “real” enough, faking it. Talk about music snobbery! With Josephine Foster, however, chanting what sound like the combination of old Appalachian folklore with, somehow, a Far East minimalist technique, how can it not sound authentic, especially when it so obviously is?
Miss Foster breaks some barriers with her otherworldly warbling. I describe as if she’s a chicken or an old chinked record, but, essentially, it’s just that strange. One of the critics’ favorite oddities to mention about her is that she is an opera school dropout. It makes perfect sense to me, being someone who wanted to drop out of academics more than once a week myself. Foster probably felt some confinement to academic institutions, especially those of operatic training. And, upon listening to her entire show (enchanted) and chatting with her momentarily afterwards, it’s plain to see that Josephine Foster is one o’ them free soul types. Boundless. Anchorless. She has a message to all us sinners, too. One I dare you to interpret.
In order to get a clear picture, without me repeating the same critiques, I suggest checking some other opinions out at http://www.locustmusic.com/josephinefoster.html or you can visit her website at http://www.100songsising.com/. She’s exceptional. Locust Records released yesterday her sixth (maybe seventh?) solo record, titled A Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing. What I’ve heard from the album thus far has been her more haunting work to date, also linguistically challenging, as one entire tune is in German. [Ed. note: Actually, the entire record is made up of 19th century German art songs.] For more listening I suggest All the Leaves are Gone; Hazel Eyes, I Will Lead You; and There are Eyes Above, a work entirely done with a ukulele and that fluttery voice. Foster also performed with Born Heller and the Children’s Hour before going solo. Most everything of hers can be found on Locust Records. Thursday night she will have the Supposed backing her up, which fleshes the music out a bit, gives a full-belly feel.
Also, in the line-up for Thursday evening’s show is the Rempis Percussion Quartet. In pursuit of their upcoming release Rip Tear Crunch, the four Chicagoans are touring the Midwest and parts of the East. It should make for a night of remarkable music, as Dave Rempis is one of the leading jazz dudes in Chicago (a town full of jazzy hipsters), having performed in such reputable groups as Triage and Vandermark 5, a couple of hard-hitting maestros, if you will. He leads on sax, also taking the stage will be Anton Hatwich, Tim Daisy (!), and Frank Rosaly of the Fred Lonberg-Holm Trio fame and sidestepper to Ken Vandermark in Vandermark’s Crisis Ensemble. If I had better access to excellent live jazz shows, I would be in attendance (Mr. Compton can vouch for me), and this looks (and sounds) like an indisputably impressive show, surely not one to miss on a nice April night in Lexington. Mr. Compton is giving Lex a run for it’s money, a rumpus of a haywirin’ good time.
I’m jealous (unless someone will buy me a plane ticket from Missoula, MT).
- Kate ‘the Great’ Hensley
:: Friday, April 14 ::
THE DIALECTICS w/ART OF COVENANT @ Underlying Themes, 110 S. Upper
10:30pm, all ages, $3 (price of admission includes a Dialectics EP)
The Dialectics are filling a void in the Lexington music scene left vacant for a while now, Live Hip Hop. I like a fair amount of hip hop like most people in their 20s, but there is something special about seeing actual musicians playing instruments and seeing people rap live. Not to take anything away from folks who work with a DJ. That is a tough gig as well. But this band, The Dialectics, is a real musicians hip hop band. Take away the conscious lyrics and the hip hop beats and, in my opinion, you would have music similar to the Allman Brothers. I think they are playing brave music and saying poetic things. For me personally, I would love to see more of Lexingtons talented MCs hook up with all the talented live musicians. If you have never seen live hip hop, check it out. Maybe you will see what I mean. - Jeremy Fresh
http://myspace.com/dialecticsbeats, http://www.myspace.com/artofcovenant
[Note: The Dialectics have dubbed the party a "Red Bedroom Evening" and are encouraging people to dress up if they are inspired by the theme.]
:: Friday, April 14 ::
SCOURGE OF THE SEA w/KITTYHAWK and THESE UNITED STATES @ The Dame
9pm, ages 21+, $5
Our friends Scourge of the Sea return to the stage with friends from the D.C. area. Recommended to fans of Elliott Smith, M.Ward, Iron & Wine. Robby Cosenza’s been circulating cd-r samplers for the show. If you see him, accost him for one (or maybe check to see if there are a few at CD Central). If you don’t feeling like flagging down Robby, you can also find FREE sounds and more info at http://myspace.com/thescourgeofthesea, http://www.theseunitedstates.net, and http://www.kittyhawkrock.com.
:: Saturday, April 15 ::
COUSIN w/THE MELODY FUNCTION and J.GLENN
@ Underlying Themes, 110 S. Upper (above Buster’s, entrance next to Mia’s) – 9pm, all ages, $5
A mish-mash bill, but a great one. Cousin = four stylish gents from NYC playing sophisticated pop music influenced by Big Star and Nazz. I recommend them to anyone who ever bought one of Thrill Jockey’s poppy releases (Sam Prekopp, Archer Prewitt, etc). The Melody Function = crisp and bouncy indie pop from Lexington. Their song “She Goes” on the recent “Know Your Own” v.2 comp is fabulous fun. J. Glenn is a one-man band from Louisville with an obvious affection for Hasil Adkins. Recommended to fans of our glitter-billy brethren The Smacks! Note: The show is co-sponsored by Lexington’s best vintage store, Jonk. What that means for you is, come to the show and you’ll get a coupon good for 20% off your next purchase.
[Full Disclosure: I helped organize this show.]
:: Wednesday, April 19 ::
AB BAARS QUARTET @ Underlying Themes, 110 S. Upper (above Buster’s, entrance next to Mia’s)
8pm, all ages, $3
I found this preview on a site promoting the band’s show in Portland, OR. Summed up the scene, so I decided not to reinvent the wheel.
“Post-modern Ellington jazz. Led by one of the most unique reed players in the world, the Ab Baars Quartet has been one of the most consistently important and vibrant post-modern jazz outfits in the thriving European improvised jazz scene. This tight-knit outfit is nothing short of brilliant. This performance will feature tracks from the group's recent Wig Records recording, "Kinda Dukish" - radical interpretations and deconstructions of Ellington standards and obscurities. Baars has worked internationally with such notables as Steve Lacy, Roswell Rudd, Fred Frith, Han Bennink, John Carter, Anthony Braxton and, most notably, Misha Mengelberg's ICP Orchestra. Backing Baars for this show are his long-time trio members, the forceful bassist, Wilbert de Joode, and meticulous drummer, Martin Van Duynhoven. Fellow Dutchman, Joost Buis, will be on trombone.” – Creative Music Guild
Note: We’ll be giving out FREE passes to this show at the Josephine Foster & The Supposed/Rempis Percussion Quartet show at Mecca tonight. [Full Disclosure: I helped organize this show.]
:: Thursday, April 20 ::
RC PRO AM record release party w/THE SMACKS!, VIVA LA FOX, and THE MINNI-THINS@ The Dame
10pm, ages 21+, $5
"Meanwhile you do understand if alcohol has undoubtedly been one of the great causes of my madness, then it came on very slowly and will go away slowly too, assuming it does go, of course. Or the same thing if it comes from smoking."
--Vincent Van Gogh, Arles, 22 April, 1889
My dear Theo,
Fast forward to 2006. 4/20. That's right. RC PRO AM is releasing their new Eugene Records compact disc @ the Dame Thursday, upon the occasion of the official hop head's holiday.
I've only seen RC PRO AM in concert once, and it was IN CONCERT, in concert, in fact, with something that ain't to be named. I'm pretty sure these guys are engaged in the old time practice of seemingly not giving a fuck while at the same time invoking the demons of chaos through a refined and virtuoso knowing of how to direct these demons with the arcane and esoteric practices of rock n roll. It's all sleight of hand, if not slightly out of hand. The bottom line is that they're really fucking good.
Don't ask me how two bands from Cinci, OH are also on this bill. That said, VIVA LA FOXX is also awfully, what I'm calling, good. Fronted by some hot stuff female, this band also features Rueben from the Dim Mak label darlings Pearlene. Girl glam rock for the 21st century on Cinci's fine label, Shake It Records, what more you could want, outside of a big bag of weed and a large pizza, I could not say.
I don't know shit about the MINNI-THINS, but they're probably good too. If they're travelling in congress with VIVA LA FOXX, and have the audacity to travel down the road just to open for this assortment of freaks at least speaks to the fact that they must be open-minded, even-tempered cats, but I'm guessing their music, contrarily, is not.
The problem with a lot of you hop heads is that you'll intend to come to the show, get high, and decide to stay home and order delivery food instead, play video games, or maybe watch tv.
This is not my problem, even though the goodly blokes of RC PRO AM have asked one of my bands, the distressing duo known as THE SMACKS!, to support them on this marginally legal celebration of show and tell, spanning two states and at least three cities worth of "talent." I have more serious problems than the culture and society of pot smokers, beer drinkers (or former alkies turned tea heads by some osmosis of the spirit(s)) or any other of you combination degenerates out there, even fans of live music. I've got my own degeneracies to keep me warm, ladies and germs.
Speaking of problems, Brian Manley of the Smacks!, who has relocated from Lexington to Louisville, seems to have no transportation to this show (the funny/sad aspect of this story is that he spent mucho money getting his Jim Gordon customized Ford Ranger fixed, only to then in turn, as the first act of the repaired truck, drive it to Lexington to pick up his cat which had been left behind, WITH THE EMERGENCY BREAK ON THE ENTIRE WAY, which rendered all fixins to this truck, and personal means of vehicular transport, null and void). Which might result in a last minute cancellation on our part if there is not solution to be procured. So if you, dear reader, either would be willing to go to Louisville and take Brian back, or, better yet, you know somebody in Louisville that either already likes THE SMACKS!, or wouldn't pass up the chance to drive with a guy in make up and a skirt, let us know, we can work something out:
bmanley@gmail.com
Anyway, if THE SMACKS! play, we haven't played Lexington since November, and it was around a year since the last time we had played Lexington prior to last November. We have to play other towns, 'cause we're such old whores in Lexington, so I doubt RC PRO AM will be asking us back if we gotta pull a no-show after finally saying "yes" to do this, which we agreed to before Brian pulled the emergency break boner. Boner. Heh.
The bottom-line is that on a Thursday in Lexington, if you've got something better, more entertaining, to do for a better price, just based on RC PRO AM and VIVA LA FOXX alone, let us know, and get to it. If you get the munchies on Thursday, don't stay home, this show will feed your head.
Ever yours,
J. Todd "Van" Dockery, Morehead, 11 April, 2006
http://myspace.com/rcproam, http://myspace.com/thesmacks
:: Tuesday, April 25 ::
MICHAEL HURLEY @ Lisa’s Oak Street Lounge (Louisville)
9pm, ages 18+, $3
Sometime during the spring or summer of 2000, Bill Glasscock brought a CD into Alfalfa’s. My life and world-view were about to be changed. The CD was Weatherhole, by a guy named Michael Hurley, a guy I’d heard not a whisper of before then. The songs were original, often funny, and offered the type of lyric that, once the brain fully grasped the meaning, made you rock back on your mental heels and say, “Well I never thought of it that way before.” The music itself was hard to classify – it possessed elements of the blues, of country, of mountain music and rock n’ roll, and yet, you couldn’t really call it any of those things without offending the other sensibilities mixed with it. “It’s like I’m talking tongues,” one lyric began, “that no one understands. They can’t detect the dialect that goes from beast to man.” I was hooked, and over the next few months I listened to that CD non-stop, two or three times a day while I was working, and if I worked a double, I put it on repeat and listened to it as I dozed on the dining room floor.
It seems that a lot of his fans have similar recollections. Michael Hurley is one of those musicians whose fans have a story of when they first heard them. One person’s parents used to take them to shows when they were a child in Vermont. Another person heard him on a mix tape while driving on a snowy road. Someone else won a copy of a Hurley album during an Easter egg hunt.
And while you may not have consciously heard Michael Hurley, chances are you’ve run across him – recently a lot of indie acts, most visibly Cat Power, have covered his tunes, and it seems that a whole slew of newer folk-influenced performers are giving him a nod and performing with him. And if you’ve seen the HBO show Deadwood, you may have heard his “Hog of the Forsaken.”
A veteran performer, Michael Hurley has been recording for over forty-two years, his first record being released in 1964 for Smithsonian-Folkways (currently available from Locust Records as Blueberry Wine). Other recordings were to follow, Armchair Boogie and Hi-fi Snock Uptown in the early seventies, and three subsequent records for Rounder – Long Journey, Snockgrass, and the one most fans seem to know him from, Have Moicy!, a joint effort recorded with the Unholy Modal Rounders and Jeffrey Fredricks and the Clamtones. Over the last eight to ten years, Hurley has returned to recording to the joy of many of his fans.
Unlike other musicians, Hurley’s style has continued to evolve over the years, encapsulating more elements of jazz and country music, and yet, like all great artists, an essential element remains which makes Hurley’s music his own – a sense of humor, a certain meditative rhythm and phrasing, a unique vision which unites all of his work.
On Tuesday, April 25th, you can check out this living legend in Louisville. Hurley will be playing at Lisa’s Oak Street Lounge at 9 p.m. Cost is only three dollars. If this is the sort of music that does it for you, you won’t be dissatisfied, and if you think that it isn’t, give him a shot, he really is one of a kind. – Chris Porter
:: Also worthwhile in the April 12 - 26 timeframe ::
Every Friday RAKADU GYPSY DANCE @ Nema’s Grille (Frankfort) – meccadance.com
Wed/Apr 12 DEAD MEADOW @ Southgate House (Newport, KY)
Sat/Apr 15 Nate FX Bday Bash with DJ Mes, Hockey Night, Mathematicians and DJ Booth @ The Dame
Sat/Apr 15 RHETT MILLER AND THE BELIEVERS @ Headliners (Louisville) – ages 18+
Sun/Apr 16 ROSIE THOMAS @ Southgate House (Newport, KY)
Mon/Apr 17 Open Mic with Charlie Whittington @ The Dame
Tues/Apr 18 TULA @ The Dame
Thurs/Apr 20 ENON @ Southgate House (Newport, KY)
Fri/Apr 21 THE YELLOW BELTS w/DEAD CITY REJECTS @ The Dame
Sat/Apr 22 BIG MARACAS @ The Dame
Sun/Apr 23 JOSH RITTER w/HEM @ Southgate House (Newport, KY)
:: Soon Soon ::
Thurs/Apr 27 JOSH BERMAN/KEEFE JACKSON duo @ Underlying Themes – all ages
Thurs/Apr 27 ESSEX GREEN w/HIGH WATER MARKS @ The Dame
Fri/Apr 28 MASTERS OF THE HEMISPHERE w/THE ELEPHANTS, JE SUIS FRANCE, BUGS EAT BOOKS, and THE WEE TURTLES @ Underlying Themes – all ages
Sat/Apr 29 CROWN ELECTRIC w/MISS KITTYTWISTER & HER HOT DOGS @ The Dame
Sun/Apr 30 THE PUNKS @ Southgate House (Newport, KY)
Wed/May 3 SHOOTER JENNINGS w/BANG BANG BANG @ The Dame
Fri/May 5 THE QUEERS w/CITY MOUSE @ The Dame
Fri/May 5 FRUIT BATS w/SAM JAYNE @ Southgate House (Newport, KY)
Wed/May 10 MANDARIN MOVIE (members of Chicago Underground Duo and Triage) w/BLASTOCYST and SHARKS WITH WINGS @ Mecca, 451 Chair Ave
Fri/May 12 PARLOUR BOYS w/MODEL ONE @ The Dame
Sun/May 14 JOSEPHINE FOSTER @ Southgate House (Newport, KY)
Tues/May 16 THE JOGGERS @ The Dame
Fri/May 19 G-FUNK @ The Dame
Sat/May 20 THE APPARITIONS w/MOTH and THE RECEIVER @ The Dame
Fri/May 26 ALEJANDRO ESCOVEDO @ The Dame
:: Pertinent resources ::
__Lexington__
THE DAME, 156 W.Main St, Lexington - http://www.dameky.com
MECCA dance studio/gallery, 451 Chair Avenue, off S.Broadway near Bolivar - http://www.meccadance.com
UNDERLYING THEMES LOFT SPACE, 110 S. Upper (above Busters) – http://www.underlyingthemes.com
CHARLES MANSION – http://www.charlesmansion.org
FIREBIRD STUDIO, 359 W. Short St – http://firebirdlexington.com
HIGH LIFE LOUNGE, University Plaza (corner of Rose and Euclid) – ph. 859/455-8890
NATASHA'S CAFE, 112 Esplanade - http://www.beetnik.com/
FAUNTLEROY’S CAFÉ, 640 W. Maxwell – ph. 859/455-8188
THE ICEHOUSE, 412 Cross St (off W.Maxwell), Lexington
DOWNTOWN ARTS CENTER, 141 E. Main St, Lexington – http://www.lexarts.org
ARTSPLACE, 161 N.Mill St, Lexington
LEXINGTONSHOWS.com (all ages show listings) - http://www.lexingtonshows.com
COUNTER FICTION (metal/punk/hardcore all ages show listings) – http://www.counterfiction.com
CRICKET PRESS (amazing local poster art) - http://www.cricket-press.com
WRFL 88.1FM (UK's student-run radio station) - http://wrfl.uky.edu
YOU AIN’T NO PICASSO (great locally-produced music blog) – http://www.youaintnopicasoo.com
__Louisville__
LAVA (Louisville Assembly of Vanguard Artists) HOUSE - 927 Shelby Parkway, Louisville - http://www.lavahouse.org
HEADLINERS MUSIC HALL, Louisville - 1386 Lexington Road, ph. 502/584-8088 - www.headlinerslouisville.com
UNCLE PLEASANTS, 2126 S. Preston, Louisville - p.502/634-4147
THE RUDYARD KIPLING, 422 West Oak Street, Louisville -
http://www.therudyardkipling.com/pages/206999/index.htm
OLD LOUISVILLE COFFEHOUSE, 1489 S. Fourth St, Louisville - ph. 502/635-6660
PRODUCTION SIMPLE (produce many of the events at Headliners and Uncle Pleasants) – http://www.productionsimple.com
__Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky__
THE SOUTHGATE HOUSE, Newport, KY - http://www.southgatehouse.com
ALCHEMIZE, 1122 Walnut Street, Cincinnati, OH – http://www.alchemizebar.com
THE COMET, 4579 Hamilton Avenue, Cincinnati, OH - http://www.cometbar.com
BOGART'S, 2621 Vine St, Cincinnati, OH - http://www.bogarts.com
THE MOCKBEE (formerly SS NOVA), 2260 Central Parkway, Cincinnati, OH - http://www.ssnova.org
NORTHSIDE TAVERN, 4163 Hamilton Ave, Cincinnati, OH – http://www.northside-tavern.com
Know of an upcoming event that others should get hip to? Let us know - email informationactivists@yahoo.com
All Picks by Ross Compton unless otherwise noted.
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