FREE MUSIC GIVEAWAY! 11/18 Edgehill Ave & JK Mabry

 Edgehill Avenue will be at Stevie Ray's Novemeber 18th at 9 pm. Louisvillian JK Mabry will be opening, and will also be giving away free music downloads  to the first 5 peeps who mention 37 FLOOD at the door.

37 FLOOD's Kory interviewed Edgehill Avenue back in 2008, you can read it here.

WEEKEND EVENTS CALENDAR 11/5-7

FRIDAY:
11/5 Clay St. Blues All Stars, King Sonic @ Stevie Ray's $5
11/5 Pilots @ Skull Alley
11/5 Hugo & One Eskimo @ Zbar
SATURDAY:
11/6 The Big Rock Show @ Stevie Rays
SUNDAY:
11/7 Styx @ Palace
11/7 RRIICCEE at cosmic charlie's 18+ $10 (LEX)

we still have a FREE pair of tickets to see Vincent Gallo & RRIICCEE on Sunday. just leave your name in a comment or email me by Friday at noon to enter. I'm thinking of going myself if i can hitch a ride with anyone.

it's a little quite this weekend, no doubt last weekend took a lot out of everyone. if i've forgotten a good event, please leave it in a comment.  

Ticket Give Away: RRIICCEE 11/7 (Lex)

experimental rock band RRIICCEE, fronted by the eccentric Vincent Gallo will be playing at Cosmic Charlie's in Lexington on Sunday November 7th (18+ 9pm $10).
Gallo first got a name for himself in 1979, forming the band Grey with famed artist Jean-Michel Basquiat. 
Gallo is 49 & 1/2 years old, and has succeeded in motorcycle racing, hip hop spitting, and painting but is most known for getting head from Chloe Sevigny (for reals, no fakes) in the movie 'The Brown Bunny' that he directed. He also directed Buffalo 66. 
We are giving away a pair of tickets to this show! just leave your name in a comment, or email louisvilleisforlovers@gmail.com by Friday at noon.

Editorial: A Plea for Sanity (on election day)

This editorial could also be called A Plea For Kindness. This maybe not the the proper place for me to beg everyone to please do the right thing today at the ballot box, but i have been so worried lately, i feel obligated.
this midterm we seem to ahead of schedule 6 years. first,  republicans take control and funnel all the money into their pockets while screwing the little guy, then the american people get fed up and vote in Democrats who have to clean up the mess. with all the mess cleaning there is little time to actually make a difference (also Dems never seem to want to fight dirty, i say if Repubs do it, so should they) and the Republicans take advantage by telling us that homo erotic fetus eating foreigners are about to kill our children and they weasel their way back into office. anyway that's how it looks to me.
every 8 years the americans flips sides, once because the republicans are bankrupting america fiscally and morally, and again because they think democrats will hand the keys over to terrorist loving meth heads. It drives me crazy, but at least there is always a brief moment when someone in office tries to right the ship again.  but this time it's different. this time the democrats barely got 2 years before we abandoned them again. this country is fucked, it pains me to think it's about to get a whole lot worse.
growing up with Reagan and George the 1st in office sucked. we were poor, super poor, living in previously abandoned buildings downtown, living off what food stamps could provide.
and then Clinton took office and some how did the impossible by turning national debt into surplus and i had the chance to be a young artist. it was pretty nice, i made enough money to travel the world, because there was enough money for everyone. of corse that meant the super rich didn't have every penny and worked hard to change that. and ever since George II took office (and repubs do what they love to do, and throw us back into debt) i've had to work minimum wage jobs and save every penny just to scrape out some art/music projects now and then.
now i've been out of work on and off for a few years, this month i've had both the water and power turned off, and i can't  believe were about to let Hal Heiner and fucking Rand Paul fuck us even more.
Times are tough, it started way before Obama, and it takes time, i know this.
I remember the first time  i was embarrassed to be a Kentuckian, when we as a state voted to change our constitution to keep Gays and lesbians from marrying. honestly, who cares what other people do with each other? it doesn't effect us, it's just hateful. we all deserve equal rights. honestly i do not care who Hal Heiner puts his dick in, really. but this man is openly against the Fairness Act. what a perfect asshole. We all deserve equality and happiness, not just straight white rich assholes.
I'm tired of these idiots winning elections just because they peddle hate and terror. what we need is someone who wants to make sure we all can afford to feed our families, that health care isn't just for the privileged, and not some silver spooned punk who scares us into letting his friends get richer while we all get fucked.  These people are not looking out for our best interest, just their bottom line. Hal heiner is a hater, he is against equal rights, and that is not someone we want representing us.  I don't know if Fischer is the best choice, but he is at least not some lunatic that thinks global warming is possibly a myth.
Please please vote. vote for equality and goodness, or at least not for someone who hates others just because they don't want to fuck who he wants to fuck.

on a quiet street in St. Mathews literally half the houses are for sale and the other half have Hal Heiner banners.

Review: Halloween

Well, it was a long weekend, and hopefully for you filled with mountains of miniskirts and naughty nurse costumes. as you may well know, i spent most of the last 2 weeks dreaming of wedge heels and kitty ears, and i did indeed see plenty of the sort, though mostly they were waiting in long lines out front of nite clubs. 

My Halloween started at a coffee shop, trying to talk one of the baristas into some short shorts and heading off to a party with me. this did not happen.. but it did set me back an hour and by the time i made to The Cave, the show was over. The Cave is an underground cavern on Lexington Road owned by Artist Mike Ratterman, and occasionally has music and art events. On saturday Joe Manning, Joan Shelley, and The Spirit of the Red City played. and from all accounts, it was a fine time. 

After that i headed over to The Dead Bird Studios, run by Dave of Cabin. Cougar Express, Dangerbird, and The Bad Reeds played. well, by the time i got there the neighbors had punched someone and the show abruptly ended. but from what i hear, The Bad Reeds were on fire, this is the second time i barely missed them play, and will not make that mistake next time.  

From there it is only a hop skip and a jump to Zanzabar, so i headed over there. but apparently so did everyone, there was a line around the block, and it wasn't moving. I'm sure the PJ Harvey and Joy Division sets were very fun, as no one inside wanted to leave. 

So, i decided to pack it in, it was after two, and i successfully missed about half a dozen bands i wanted to see. on the way home i did happen upon a Sailor Moon pissing in a parking lot. So all was not lost.

A blurry Joe Manning with Jenny (Mullet Maker) and Payton (Arabian Horse Breeder) at The Cave.

The Cave (Actually a man made cobblestone cavern).

Artist Matt Weir with a stuffed Monkey and fake brain.

The stoic monk Brian Grey(of Dangerbird) with Shane poole (of The Two Timers) at The Dead Bird.

HALLOWEEN NIGHT @ seidenfadens 10/31

TONITE! Louisville gore club presents Halloween A Go Go @ 9pm and it's FREE. watch the AMC TV series premiere of The Walking Dead created by Kentuckian Robert Kirkman.

The Walking Dead Graphic novels are the tits.

TONITE! COUGAR EXPRESS, DANGERBIRD, BAD REEDS 10/30

tonight is the night! there is tons to do, and hopefully a lot of wedge heels and panty hose, and i can think of no better place to see furry animals in undergarments than at the Dead Bird Studios (2200 Crittenden Drive) Halloween party with Cougar Express, Dangerbird, and The Bad Reeds. There promises to be a lot of "filthy songs everyone is too scared to admit they love" and other surprises. so throw away every part of your costume that isn't absolutely necessary and head down to the sexy end of Germantown.. because it's fucking halloween time!

10/30 Joy Division & PJ Harvey sets @ Z Bar

there's a long standing tradition in louisville of local bands playing as their favorite groups for Halloween. in past years it seemed every show on Halloween weekend was set up like this. i have seen Nirvana, The Who, and The Stooges, among others.
Tomorrow night at Zanzabar you have the chance to see Pj Harvey and Joy Division sets (fronted by Amber E and Brian Vega respectively) followed by everyone's favorite Glitertitz. 21+ $7 9 pm.

ian curtisbrian vega

Hanes her way + fluffy animal ears= Halloween in louisville pt.2 (Weekend events calendar Oct. 28-31)

THURSDAY:
-LVAA art auction preview party @ water tower. free/free food/free beer. 6-8pm


FRIDAY:
-World's Largest Halloween Party at the Zoo. oct. 28-29. (it's dark, you don't see any animals, and you walk the entire time,  but kids love it)
-The Big Rock Show at Dutches Oct. 29 (these dudes know how to shred... through your favorite 90's power ballads).
-10/29 MY MORNING JACKET AND WAX FANG at Yum! $45

-victorian ghost walk @ 4th st on Oct 29

SATURDAY:

-Joe Mannning and Spirit of the Red City at the cave. limited tickets on sale at Cherry Bomb

-Cougar Express, Dangerbird, and The Bad Reeds @ Dead Bird Studio Oct. 30th 9 pm $5 (Dangerbird is sure to marinate those britches before Cougar express shreds them...)

-4th st Halloween party (it's hosted by 99.7 and is sure to be a college-bag explosion, but the sexy kitty outfit has never been taken more seriously...)


SUNDAY:
-10/31 Rocky Horror at Clifton Center 7:30 pm

image credit:metromix

Editorial: LVAA art auction

Nov. 12th is the annual LVAA art auction, at $100 a plate. it's a fun time for people who can afford it, i worked it one year as a helper. i have also been on the other side as an artist. i made a peice of a girl opening her mouth. a woman bought it, and then called me to ask if it was sexual, or if it was ok to show in public(the answer: both). I was never asked again to donate, which is kinda sad, i really enjoyed doing it.. maybe next year.
 Back when my father was an artist, anyone who donated work got tickets to the event. but along the way, they decided to scrap that idea and have a separate event for the artists, which caused a rift in the art community for awhile, but didn't stop people from donating work worth well more than $200 in dinner tickets.
a while back i was in a public art project (in another town) where 4 artists created public work, and at the opening the mayor gave a speech and said "without these people, this work would not be here.." and then he listed about 15 people i never met during my work on the project. needless to say the artists were the last ones listed. it has become normal to set the artists in the background these days, perhaps only because it's hard to find work as an artist, so we'll take the abuse. without the artists, the Art Auction would not exist.  and a 2 hour party with free cheap bear is no excuse for keeping them out of the festivities. we should be so lucky to have so many great artists in this town, instead we are taking them for granted. I like the tradition of the annual art auction, but we shouldn't loose site that the LVAA is supposed to SUPPORT the arts, not take advantage of it.
So, if you can't afford the actual auction, or would rather be able to talk to the artists..
tonight is the Artists party, and it's free and open to anyone.
125 works of art, free beer/food @ 3005 River Rd. 6-8 PM.