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Who makes the best fried chicken: Indi’s vs. Chicken King? That’s the loaded Louisville question that quickly turns into an intense debate. To get some insight from local experts, go to LEO Weekly’s Facebook page, where you will find our article from the archives “Fried Chicken Showdown: Indi’s vs. Chicken King,” which ran Nov. 14, 2018. Our panel makes its selections, and we also pay respect to some of our other favorite fried chicken haunts, as well as offer Susan Reigler’s search for real fried chicken... and how to make some yourself.
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STATE GOP PRIORITY? ATTACK ANDY By Aaron Yarmuth | ayarmuth@leoweekly.com TALKING SPORTS with my dad over Thanksgiving weekend, he remarked that he’s not rooting against anyone any longer. While he still has his favorite teams and players, he realized he wasn’t rooting against anyone. He surmised this was the result of individually and collectively as a country, enduring so much hatred and division over the last year — or four — that he’s just over it. Well, apparently the Kentucky Republican Party is not over it. It has plenty of animosity remaining for Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear and, unfortunately, division politics is its only outlet. It shows in their legislative agenda, which does not address stopping or slowing the virus; it’s not helping people overcome or cope with the destruction; rather, it’s pulling themselves up by tearing Beshear down. The week before Thanksgiving, Republican Speaker of the House David Osborne announced that Republicans have a working group committed to crafting and passing a bill to rein in Beshear’s emergency powers — possibly within the first week of a short, 30-day legislative session.
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Republicans have a supermajority in both chambers of the state legislature, and their top legislative agenda is curtailing the emergency powers of the Democratic governor during a global health crisis? Other priorities mentioned include passing a oneyear budget — which they are required to do — and expanding liability protection from coronavirus-related lawsuits. That’s it? That’s what you have planned for your super-duper majority? It’s hard to imagine a more pathetic, yet dangerous, effort to assert one’s relevancy. (But, big wheels and big guns are compensating for something, right?) Beshear has faced attacks, complaints and legal challenges from elected Republicans since he declared a state of emergency on March 6, 2020 (save for Secretary of State Michael Adams who worked with Beshear to achieve two successful elections and has been a breath of effective, bipartisan-fresh air). Only two weeks ago, the state Supreme Court unanimously decided (7-0) that Beshear’s executive orders were lawful. Not only that, but: “The governor’s orders
were, and continue to be, necessary to slow the spread of COVID-19 and protect the health and safety of all Kentucky citizens,” wrote Justice Lisabeth T. Hughes in the court’s decision. Republicans’ response? Change the law to make the actions illegal. Do they think they’re the only ones concerned with bills and rent, their livelihoods and family’s future? Do they think Democrats like wearing masks? Do they really think Beshear enjoys this power, that disrupting people’s lives is somehow good politics or helpful for his reelection hopes? It’s been nine months, and Republicans still haven’t offered a single idea or solution to help the governor and state overcome the virus. After Beshear’s most recent announcement, last week, of short-term actions to help slow the spread of the virus, Senate President Robert Stivers was pressed for what different actions or restrictions Republicans would take. “It’s hard to tell you what we would do differently when we don’t have data. We have data, but it’s either limited, inaccurate or not good,” he said. In other words, Republicans would either do nothing different, or they are incapable of understanding the data and magnitude and what needs to be done (as is the case with Stivers). But, the answer is even more obvious:
The Party of Trump (Mitch McConnell and Matt Bevin) knows only divisive, outrage politics. Instead of working on a solution, or plan of their own, it’s just easier to attack the Democrats’ plans and actions. (Note: The same line could have been written at any time over the last decade regarding Republicans’ approach to healthcare.) Republican intransigence is all about reclaiming relevancy vis-a-vis a Democratic governor who has been widely lauded for taking action to stop the spread of the virus and save lives. To be fair, the pearl clutching Republicans prefiled several bills to curb Beshear’s emergency powers months ago — they didn’t just wait to lose in the Supreme Court. But, that’s just because the topic-du jour changed.“Senate Republican Leaders go after Andy Beshear’s power with three new bills.” read a March 5 headline in the Lexington Herald-Leader, the day before Beshear declared a state of emergency and not one of those bills had any relation to COVID-19 or the governor’s emergency powers. Perhaps once Kentucky Republicans see President Joe Biden inaugurated and Trumpism — like Bevinism — is truly behind us, they will be freed of the politics of outrage and division. And then we can all come together, maybe watch a game of basketball together and enjoy watching Louisville beat the hell out of Kentucky (losers!). •
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TRYING TO MAKE SENSE out of something senseless often doesn’t make sense. I had the opportunity to meet Travis at Injustice Square Park, as many of us did following the tragic murder of Breonna Taylor. Whether you knew him by Travis or his nickname Cairo, whether you were at Injustice Square Park one day or over 100 days, everyone knew the young man with the huge voice, megaphone and big curly hair. Travis quickly emerged as a leader, megaphone in hand, leading us through the streets of Louisville demanding justice for Breonna Taylor. Sadly, as the days turned into weeks, we continued to add names to our list of chants: David McAtee and Tyler Gerth. Tragically, Travis Nagdy’s name joins the chorus of names that have defined an era in Louisville’s fight for justice. When I first learned of the murder of Travis, I was devastated. How does this city continue to put out the flames of our brightest candles? Travis was in the process of becoming, and all that he would be, we will not have the chance to experience. One thing that I believe is vitally important when someone passes are their last words. The weight of a person’s last words is often too heavy for many people to bear. The last words someone utters are so powerful that the court of law deems them a dying declaration and will usually admit a person’s last words into evidence. Typically, a person’s last words are what is extremely important to them. Travis’ last words to this community are sealed on Facebook. After hearing of another police-involved shooting, Travis’ statement is just one sentence, “All hands on deck 22 & Gilligan.” What was essential to Travis is that all
hands were on deck. That we don’t get complacent. That we continue to do the work. That we continue the fight for justice. And it cannot just be a few of us demanding justice and equality in our city and throughout the nation but All hands must be on deck! All hands must be ready to do the work. All hands are needed if we are going to change the state of this nation. Travis gave us our marching orders when he started his organization Keep Going, based on the quote by Harriet Tubman, “If you hear the dogs, keep going. If you see the torches in the woods, keep going. If there’s shouting after you, keep going. Don’t ever stop. Keep going. If you want a taste of freedom, keep going.” I know this is a difficult moment. Many of us have lost a friend, a brother, someone so dear to us; many of us older than him considered him a son. The pain is there. The hurt is real. But Travis told us what to do, and by doing that, we honor the short but incredibly deep life he led.
ALL HANDS ON DECK! AND KEEP GOING! Mama, mama can’t you see… What the system’s done to me They locked us up They put us down Aint’ no justice in this town… Hannah L. Drake is an author, poet and spoken word artist. Follow her at writesomeshit.com and on Twitter at hannahdrake628. •
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SHOULD KING LOUIS XVI STATUE BE RETURNED OR REPLACED? By Danielle Grady | dgrady@leoweekly.com A RESOLUTION to repair the King Louis XVI statue and reinstall it as quickly as possible outside of Metro Hall passed 6-4 out of a council committee Tuesday. The marble depiction of the French ruler for whom Louisville was named was damaged by graffiti and lost a hand during protests over the police killing of Breonna Taylor earlier this year. It was removed on Sept. 3. The resolution to repair the statue now heads before Metro Council with amendments addressing concerns. Sponsors of the resolution said that the quick restoration of the statue was important because the city must repair its property that is vandalized. “Normally, when damage is done, especially when damage like this is done, as a result of the evenings that folks were expressing legitimate frustrations — windows were broken, graffiti was painted, things were burned — typically, when those things happen, you repair that damage, and you try to get back to some sense of community that appreciates and respects one another and the property that belongs to all of the citizens of Louisville,” said Councilman Kevin Kramer, R-District 11, the primary sponsor of the resolution. Opponents of the resolution said they were concerned about prioritizing replacing the statue without a full assessment of its condition and cost. That assessment will contain a cost estimate, and it might say the statue is not durable enough to be returned outside. “I think we’re just jumping ahead of things,” said Councilman Bill Hollander, D-District 9. “We’re saying, first of all, we want to restore it no matter what the cost. And two, we want to be at this location, even if it’s not the best location to preserve it in the future.” In response to some concerns from colleagues, Kramer added two amendments. One stipulated that the mayor’s office would have to present the cost of repairing the statue to the council if it requires city funds to do so. The other amendment altered a sentence in the original resolution that said the mayor should pursue federal coronavirusrelated funds, in addition to other
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third-party funds, before using city money to pay for the repairs. Now, the resolution says only that the mayor should first pursue philanthropic, federal and/or other third-party funds before dipping into municipal coffers. The council The King Louis XVI statue downtown lost a hand on did not address the first night of protests. | PHOTO BY KATHRYN HARRINGTON. suggestions from some community members that the But Lindsey does regard King statue not be replaced at all. Louis as a controversial figure. He was In a recent interview with LEO, beheaded by his own people during the Ramona Lindsey, a member of the city’s French Revolution, which was partly Commission on Public Art, said the sparked by the economic divide between vandalism of the statue is a sign that the France’s commoners and its rich, ruling public might be divided on it — and that class. Louisville is named after the returning the statue to its prominent monarch because he provided financial location might not be appropriate now. support to fight the British during the “I think that public art should have Revolutionary War. But, this was also significance to a large scope of the city, one of the reasons King Louis’ people that our monuments should reflect the rebelled against him, because it drove demographics and composition of our the country to the brink of bankruptcy. city as a whole,” Lindsey said. “And, The statue was commissioned by I’m not sure how this statue does that.” King Louis’ daughter in the 1800s as she Her concern about the statue’s worked to restore her family’s rule, but popularity was echoed by the full comit was removed from its place in Montmission in a statement sent to council pellier, France’s public square soon after members. The statement asked that it was installed. The nine-ton, marble council members consider the resolution statue remained in storage for 136 years in the context of public art guidelines until Montpellier became Louisville’s that were developed in the midst of calls sister city, and the French town gifted to remove the John B. Castleman statue the statue to Louisville in 1966. from Cherokee Triangle. The guidelines The Metro Council resolution, were created in 2018 to help officials sponsored by four Republicans and one evaluate whether controversial public art Democrat, calls the statue a “hisin the city collection should be altered, toric piece of international art” and preserved or removed. says the statue symbolizes the “close relationship” between Louisville and IS LOUIS ANOTHER CASTLEMAN? Montpellier. “This is a connection to 200-plusCouncilman Anthony Piagentini R year-old history at this point,” said District 19, a co-sponsor of the resoluPiagentini. “It’s a connection to our tion, told LEO in a recent interview he namesake right to the city. It was a gift does not consider the King Louis statue from this town in France who brought to be one of the city’s examples of disputed public art, such as the Confederate this over, and brought this to us. It’s just an incredibly historical artifact.” monument at UofL, which was removed in 2016. CONTINUED ON PAGE 14
THORNS & ROSES THE WORST, BEST & MOST ABSURD THORN: WHAT IS IT WITH COPS AND NAZIS?
The Kentucky Department of Criminal Justice Training featured a Nazi symbol — a sonnenrad or sunwheel — in a training video, duPont Manual High School’s newspaper, Manual RedEye, reported. Recall that the RedEye broke the story that a Kentucky State Police training video quoted Hitler and Robert E. Lee and instructed cadets to have “a mindset void of emotion” and to “meet violence with greater violence.” Gov. Andy Beshear told the RedEye: “The image used at the beginning of the six-minute video clip is offensive and absolutely unacceptable. This image should never have been part of any training video on drug addiction.”
THORN: SEE YOU, AND RAISE YOU ONE POPE
Attorney General Daniel “I Lied About The Breonna Taylor Grand Jury Findings” Cameron said he wants the U.S. Supreme Court to decide whether Beshear violated churchgoers’ First Amendment rights by trying to save their and their children’s lives. We would not be surprised if Cameron, who has almost no courtroom experience, filed the appeal with the Supreme Courtyard by Marriott (to filch a joke about an even lesser jurist, Rudy “Just Adjusting My Pants” Giuliani). A three-judge Circuit Court has upheld Beshear’s ban on in-person classes in public and private schools because the virus has killed more than 2,000 Kentuckians so far. But religious schools think the Gods are smarter than the scientists. Pope Francis wrote in a New York Times editorial that some governments have not taken measures to curb the virus. “But most governments acted responsibly, imposing strict measures to contain the outbreak. Yet some groups protested, refusing to keep their distance, marching against travel restrictions — as if measures that governments must impose for the good of their people constitute some kind of political assault on autonomy or personal freedom!”
THORN: MIGHT I SUGGEST A SIDE OF COVID?
Speaking of dopes, dozens of restaurateurs say they will open their dining rooms Dec. 14 to half capacity even if Beshear extends the full shutdown to save the lives of their diners and restaurant workers. You know they are on the wrong side of science and the issue because U.S. Rep. Thomas “I Did Not Go To MIT For Reading Comprehension” Massie supports the rebellion.
THORN: WE ARE SHOCKED — NOT!
A Courier Journal analysis found that Louisville police “disproportionately targeted Black residents living in the West End for ‘no-knock’ search warrants like the one that led officers to Breonna Taylor’s door the night they fatally shot her.”
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HEROES OR LOSERS? HISTORY SHOWS TRUMP’S RISE AND FAILURE A FAMILIAR STORY By Bob Hill | leo@leoweekly.com SO, OK, history is not likely to place our more local heroes Daniel Boone, John Floyd, George Rogers Clark and Ohio and Missouri river travelers Meriwether Lewis, William Clark and Clark’s slave York in the same canoe with Donald Trump. It would be kind of like an orange with a bunch of apples. The Donald would talk a lot and never touch a paddle. But in the Big Picture of American journeys — and the recent presidential election only adds more proof — there is some comparison: Most of these men started out pretty well and then fell out of the canoe. Boone, Floyd, Lewis, the Clarks and York all made a regional if not national impact — some of that still enduring today with the help of Hollywood, Walt Disney and Netflix. They made a difference. The United States got a whole lot bigger. We just never learned enough about the often-sad rest of their lives in our history classes — with William Clark, George Rogers Clark’s younger brother, coming out the best. Their stories are separated from Trump by a few centuries, six bankrupt gambling casinos, a self-serving TV show, three wives, a horrendous virus and a Russian premier, but ego, arrogance, stupidity, childish behavior, adoring followers and eventual fall from grace are universally available in the leadership of any generation. History does roll in a full circle. Some day we may learn from that. All politics is local — and national. Trump leads the pack, but most of those men ended up as various degrees of losers: broke, damaged, forgotten, unelected and case studies in failure, although certainly not all of their own doing. Closer to home the downside of our Indiana, Louisville and Kentucky pioneer figures include: Terrible businessman, victim of politics
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and land speculators, drank too much and fell into a fire, had a son tortured by Native Americans, trapped in slavery, captured by the British, killed by Native Americans, buried in unmarked graves, committed suicide. All that has generally been saved for at least the fourth or fifth paragraphs of their biographies. Most of these pioneers were in some way aware of the other; some even drank, traveled and fought together. Some achieved considerable early fame — but rarely fortune — even as their incredible deeds contributed to our larger American history and westward expansions. Donald Trump’s future — as the saying goes — is still ahead of him with the one certainty he did not, despite all he doth protest, win reelection. The 72 million votes received and those who offered them will cast a long shadow over the land but, as a recent story in The New York magazine by Jane Mayer surmises, Trump’s troubles and decreasing fortune are still ahead of him. He has survived one impeachment, two divorces, six bankruptcies, 26 accusations of sexual misconduct and an estimated 4,000 lawsuits. During his coming years of awkward seven iron shots at Mar-a-Lago he is looking at $300 million in personally guaranteed loans that need be paid, about $900 million in real estate debt, a few possible IRS rulings that could cost another $100 million if not easy time in the slammer and the declining value of said real estate. Some think he has no interest in the presidency but can’t afford to get out. Others think him the next Rush Limbaugh — but too lazy to work three hours a day at the job. A few see him leaving the country. Many wish he would leave the country. Millions more want him to stay and Make America Great all over again in 2024. Ahead lies
the possibility he may try to pardon himself. All that and his niece, Mary Trump, in her book “Too Much and Never Enough” called him “a terrified little boy.” But it is interesting — if not educational — to compare past fallen heroes with our new ones. With the help of the Filson Historical Society’s Jim Holmberg, let’s go back a few hundred years to list the living truths and final tragedies of our early soldiers, settlers, explorers, agents, slaves, bureaucrats and politicians who gave us Louisville, Kentucky and Indiana before fate, turmoil or Native American musket fire did them in. And before Donald Trump got elected and took his turn at failure.
men behind. He was found “not guilty,” but was humiliated in the process. In 1780, Boone joined up with General George Rogers Clark — another name to remember — in the American Revolutionary War to fight the Shawnee-British forces, battles in which two more of his sons were killed. At war’s end Boone bought a tavern in Virginia, became a surveyor, horse trader, politician and large-scale land speculator, dealing with parcels as large as 10,000 acres. He also owned seven slaves. The 1780s land market was very chaotic, poorly surveyed and ripe for large financial failures, including Boone’s. The explanations for those failures varied from Boone being incompetent to too trusting of other dealers. “Many of the early guys,” said the Filson Society’s Jim Holmberg, “didn’t Boone, the sixth of necessarily follow the eleven children, first reached needed land laws of getting Kentucky — then a part of the warrants, the surveys Virginia — from his home and everything else down to in North Carolina in 1767 on the final grants and ownera long hunt with his brother, ship. The land that Boone Squire Boone. He returned claimed, all of a sudden, in 1769, was captured by wasn’t his anymore.” a party of Shawnee Native Boone did strike it Americans who took all his rich in history book fame, furs and strongly suggested he however. In 1784 historian not return. John Filson — the guy for Boone, of course, did whom the Filson Historical return in 1773 to lead a Society was named for — group of about 50 settlers wrote a glowing, optimistic, into Kentucky where Native come-on-out-here book Americans captured his son, about Kentucky featuring James, torturing him and the life and adventures of a companion to death. The one Daniel Boone. The party quickly returned to book sold well and went North Carolina. international, selling in The killings led to a war French and German. Filson, with the Shawnees, which ‘Daniel Boone’s Arrival in Kentucky,’ painted by Ward Lockwood in by chance, also owned large Boone joined, being named 1938. The mural is in the U.S. Post Office & U.S. Courthouse. tracts of land in the area he in Lexington. | PHOTO BY CAROL M. HIGHSMITH. a captain in the militia. At so touted to others. war’s end, Richard HenAs Kentucky became a derson, a prominent North state in 1792, Boone became a living legend. He returned to Carolina judge and land speculator illegally purchased from Kentucky in 1795 with his wife, Rebecca, with whom he had the Cherokees a monster tract of land that’s now Western shared 10 children over 25 years. She then adopted six more Kentucky and part of Tennessee. Calling it the Transylvania of her widowed brother’s family. Purchase, in 1775 he hired Boone to lead 30 early settlers Boone’s fame was no help in creating a fortune. He bid along what became the Wilderness Road through the Cumon and lost a job to widen the Wilderness Trail into a wagon berland Gap to Boonesborough. Kentucky was a dark and bloody ground in those days. In route — the very trail he had opened. His Kentucky land 1776, Boone’s daughter, Jemima and two other teenage girls, claims were sold off to pay legal fees and taxes. In 1798, were captured outside Boonesborough by a Native American a warrant was issued for his arrest after he ignored a court summons. That same year Boone County was named in his war party. honor. Boone and others, including one John Floyd — and hold Fed up with all of it and wanderlust still in his soul, that thought — took off in pursuit, ambushed the Native Boone in 1799 moved to what became Missouri, then still Americans and saved the girls. The warfare continued, and part of Spanish Louisiana. Once there he acquired some in 1778 Boone and 30 others were captured by Shawnee large Spanish land grant territory, all of it on verbal promises Native Americans. Boone negotiated a settlement, lived he would become a citizen of Spain and swear allegiance to with the Shawnee a few months before escaping. He was its king. subsequently court martialed for leaving the other captured
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“Supposedly,” said Holmberg of the move west from Kentucky, “Daniel Boone said ‘I will never set foot in that damn state again.’ And there’s no evidence that he ever did. I think he just felt he’d gotten kind of a raw deal.” With the 1803 Louisiana Purchase — and with no written record of his Spanish land grants — Boone lost much of that land, too. After petitioning the U.S. Congress he got it back about ten years later. He then sold some of that to pay off Kentucky debts. Rebecca Boone died in Missouri 1813. Daniel Boone was five weeks short of 86 in 1820 when he died. He was buried in an unmarked grave — common at the time — until 1830. In 1845, as Boone’s fame and legacy grew, a Kentucky delegation went to Missouri to dig up the bones of Daniel and Rebecca and bring them home to a Frankfort cemetery. Holmberg said a debate continues to this day if the right bones were moved back home to Kentucky — a place Boone didn’t want to see again anyway. “Missouri disputes it,” Holmberg said of Boone’s bones being moved, “and Kentucky says, ‘yeah.’ That Frankfort grave. Boone’s in there. “Some people have done some limited testing. They did a cast of his skull, which we have here at the Filson, but there’s a dispute, even among the forensic people, as to whether it’s the real deal or not.”
JOHN FLOYD
In 1774, just a few years after Daniel Boone first came into Kentucky to help settle disputed lands illegally purchased by Richard Henderson, Virginia-born John Floyd and a party of surveyors set out downriver toward the Falls of the Ohio to also try to resolve those issues. Floyd had the experience; he had An illustration of James John Floyd lived and worked from the 18th century. for Col. William Preston — think Louisville’s Preston Highway — and had surveyed for a couple patriots named Patrick Henry and George Washington. He was 24 when he and the others were first to survey the lands around the Falls — including what would become Louisville. Along the way, Floyd claimed 2,000 acres in now what’s now St. Matthews and Bowman Field. On June 13, 1774, wandering south, the party came across a small river and named it Floyds Rivers — now Floyds Fork — think of the 4,000 acres of the Parklands of Floyds Fork in Eastern Louisville. Floyd would later claim the only reason settlers stayed in LEOWEEKLY.COM // DECEMBER 2, 2020
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bloody Kentucky was Illinois Campaign in brother and financial savior — would meet with Meriwether Native Americans had 1778 and 1779 during Lewis to discuss their Thomas Jefferson-inspired “Corps of stolen all their horses the Revolutionary War. Discovery” to the Pacific. The site is now the Falls of Ohio and the Ohio River only In brutal winter weather State Park. ran one way. Indeed, his small party captured George Rogers Clark had one more possible chance at Native Americans several British-held vilfinancial success. He was named a board member of the attacked his survey lages, eventually helping Indiana Canal Company, which in 1809 was chartered to party, killing two men to add the entire Northbuild a canal on the Indiana side of the Ohio. The venture as four others fled down west Territory to our collapsed a year later when two fellow board members, the Ohio and Mississippi national portfolio, now including Vice President Aaron Burr, were arrested for trearivers to safety. Floyd, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, son with some of the $1.2 million in investment missing. alone and on foot, made Michigan, Wisconsin “By then,” said historian Jim Holmberg, “Clark was leadhis way back to Virginia and part of Minnesota. ing a pretty quiet life, engaged in history, corresponding with on a 16-day overland Clark’s major probsome folks, but he was getting crippled up with rheumatism. journey. He, of course, lem with that campaign Other people would write his letters for him because his returned to Kentucky — and a couple others hands were getting so crippled with arthritis. in 1775, leading a party — was government “And then, in 1809, he is either drunk, had a stroke or This mural in the Seelbach Hotel shows Gen. George Rogers Clark signing a treaty with the Native Americans of the Northwest. | FROM THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS. of 32 men through the money from Virginia rheumatism in his hip got to him and he falls into the fireCumberland Gap, setwas scarce and he ended place in his cabin. His right leg is burned so badly gangrene ting up camp only 20 up financing a lot of it sets in and it has to be amputated.” miles from Boonesborough. himself. He went on to fight several successful battles in The story is that Clark, without anesthetics available, Ohio, then returned to Louisville where in 1781 Virginia called for a fife and drummer to play a tune outside his He was a delegate to Boonesborough at which the Governor Thomas Jefferson promoted him to brigadier genwindow and tapped his fingers in tune as the leg was sawed Transylvania colony was founded, made friends with Daniel eral and placed him in charge of all Kentucky and Illinois off. He lived the next nine years at Locust Grove in LouisBoone and joined him in that 1776 rescue of his daughter, militias. ville with his sister, Lucy, who had married Major William Jemima, from the Native Americans. Most important to local history, Clark’s original party Croghan. Floyd returned to Virginia and, with no maritime experidown the Ohio included about 60 civilians who set up camp Clark died in February 1818 and was buried in a cemeence, signed on to a privateering syndicate to command on Corn Island at the Falls of the Ohio. In 1778, the settlers the USS Phoenix to plunder British commerce during the tery behind the house on Mulberry Hill, now George Rogers moved over to the mainland and established Louisville as Revolutionary War. His ship was captured by the British. Clark Park. His body was moved to Cave Hill Cemetery in Corn Island slowly washed away. Floyd was taken to England, escaped prison, was shuttled 1869 — 51 years later. There was some uncertainty about Frontier life remained difficult. About 1,500 settlers to France where American Ambassador Benjamin Franklin that identification, too, until remains were discovered with had been killed in the 1770s and 80s in Kentucky. Clark helped him get back to Virginia. one leg. Several years after his death, Virginia granted his remained in the fighting as rumors began to circulate that he estate $30,000 in old military payments and continued them He returned to the Falls of the Ohio in 1779 with a new was often a drunk and ineffective until 1913. wife and son and five siblings to reclaim his 2,000 acres and leader. establish settlements along what’s now Beargrass Creek. He also had financial probGeorge Rogers Clark convinced Gov. Thomas Jefferson to lems. Neither Virginia nor the name Floyd as Colonel of the Kentucky Militia in charge United States Congress had of Louisville’s defense. Floyd was also one of Louisville’s paid him back for his military first trustees and Justice of the Peace; the earliest Louisville expenditures, although his warleader. time compensation did include a The local wars continued. Floyd and Clark engaged in 150,000-acre Southern Indiana several Native American battles, the most ignoble near EastLewis and Clark are two grant that now includes Clark wood, Kentucky in September 1781 and labeled “Floyd’s names united in a broad stroke of County and parts of Floyd and Defeat” as 17 men were killed or captured. American history whose eventual Scott County. In April 1783, Floyd was wounded in a Native American forgotten fates included success In desperation, Clark offered attack on his way south to Bullitt’s Lick and died in a nearby and suicide. his services to the French, who stone house. He was 33. He would be buried in what’s now Lewis was born in Virginia were in disputes with Spain along the Floyd-Breckinridge Cemetery on a hill just above noisy in 1774. He had no formal Interstate-64 and behind the Jamestown Apartments complex the Mississippi River. Using his education until 13, enjoyed the limited funds and money boroff Breckenridge Lane. outdoors and hunting and once rowed from friends, Clark was That cemetery and gravesite were initially abandoned tutoring began developed a prepared to create an army and and forgotten, even trampled by cattle, before the developstrong interest in natural history. seize St. Louis and New Orleans ment of St. Matthews. It was resurrected in the 1940s by He later joined the Virginia when George Washington called the Filson Historical Society; a stone wall built around it; Militia, then the U.S. Army — the whole thing off. Louisville history held in place. where among his commanders Debt, bitterness, political and eventual good friend was one rivals and alcohol eventually William Clark. drove Clark to a cabin and little In 1801, President Thomas piece of land on Clark’s Point You already know the connection between George Jefferson appointed Lewis, who in what is now Clarksville. It Rogers Clark, himself a surveyor, to Daniel Boone and John had grown up a neighbor, as his was there that William Clark — Floyd. If you were paying any attention in history class you Statue of the American explorers Meriwether Lewis (in personal secretary allowing him George Rogers Clark’s younger hat) and William Clark outside the Lewis & Clark Interpreare aware that Clark, at age 24, led 175 men on the secret to live in the presidential mantive Center in Sioux City, Iowa. | PHOTO BY CAROL M. HIGHSMITH.
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sion where he had frequent contact with Jefferson and other distinguished guests. Jefferson encouraged Lewis to take classes in astronomy, botany, zoology and medicine. As the Pacific expedition was planned and Jefferson told Lewis of the various commercial, scientific and commercial reasons for the trip, Lewis invited William Clark to join him. William was the ninth of the 10 Clark children. He also was tutored at home. Once the Revolutionary War was over — and five Clark brothers fought in it — the family made its way by flatboat down the Ohio River to Mulberry Hill in Louisville in 1785. In 1790, William Clark was commissioned a captain in the Indiana Militia, fought in several battles, but resigned in 1796 at age 26 to live at Mulberry Hill. In 1803, Lewis recruited him for the Corps of Discovery. “When you think about it,” said the Filson’ s Holmberg of the forgotten reach of the Clark brothers, “George Rogers Clark played an important role in getting the old Northwest Territory for the U.S., which doubled the size of the United States and here comes little brother William who with his partner explores the Louisiana Purchase, which doubled the size of the U.S. at that time. That’s a pretty darn good claim.” The meeting of Meriwether Lewis and William Clark is commemorated with a statue at the Falls of the Ohio State Park. A total of 33 volunteers would join the party that moved up the Missouri River in May 1804. Along with the party was York, William Clark’s slave since childhood, who would play a vital role in the success of the mission. The epic journey to the Pacific Ocean lasted three years and covered about 8,000 miles. Every manner of guile, courage, intelligence, luck and survival skills were needed, along with being able to negotiate with about 20 separate Native American tribes, many of whom had never seen a white man. Lewis and Clark brought back with them a bounty of maps, journals, botanical and geographical information. The two men became national heroes as the rest of their party disappeared back into history. Clark had a mostly good life after the expedition, living most of that time in St. Louis. President Jefferson appointed him brigadier general in the Louisiana Territory and U.S. agent for Indian Affairs, a skill he had developed on the expedition. He had a reputation as a harsh owner of slaves but treated the Native Americans more fairly, but also allowed their forced removal from their homelands. He lived to 68 and was buried in St. Louis. “He’s chief Indian agent for the West. He becomes territorial governor of the Missouri Territory,” said Holmberg.” He lives a very prominent post-expedition life.” Not the same for Meriwether Lewis. He moved to St. Louis as Jefferson appointed him governor of Louisiana Territory and he received a 1,600-acre land grant. He also agreed, at Jefferson’s insistent request, to publish the full Corps of Discovery journals. As Holmberg explained, Lewis was not a politician and was criticized by political rivals and co-workers who complained he was too military and ultimately ineffective. “He was trying to merge the French population and the Americans that are pouring into the territory and the land issues,” said Holmberg, “and he gets into land speculation
thing the other guys could do and runs afoul of the government just like George Rogers and as a servant he could make Clark.” camp life easier for Lewis and There was also speculation, Clark.” said Holmberg, that Lewis also Yet York’s personal life had a drinking problem, was before and after the expedition probably taking laudanum, always spoke of a slave-master was suicidal and may have relationship. When William been bipolar. Clark moved to St. Louis from In August 1809, Lewis, Louisville, York had to leave deeply in debt and dealing his wife behind and he comwith a nervous breakdown, plained to Clark about it decided to go back to Wash“York speaks up,” said ington to try to save his job, Holmberg. “It’s like ‘well hire reputation and finally — after me to somebody here in Loua lot of pressure from Jefferson isville so I can stay here with — get the journals written. my wife. Sell me to somebody Taking the Natchez Trace here in Louisville so I can through Tennessee back to stay.’” Washington, Lewis stopped York had to move to St. at an inn called Grinder’s Louis with Clark. When York Stand on Oct. 10, 1809. The returned from the Lewis and innkeeper’s wife, Priscilla Clark expedition and all other Grinder, would say she heard party members were rewarded gunshots that night and found with land grants, York received Lewis in the morning badly nothing. Given the work he A bronze statue of York by sculptor Ed Hamilton stands on the Belvedere in Louisville. | PHOTO BY KATHRYN HARRINGTON. wounded with gunshot wounds had done on the journey, York to the head and stomach along expected to be freed from slavwith self-inflicted razor slashes on his body. He died in his ery afterward. Clark, with a reputation of being coldhearted own blood at age 35. Years later came the inevitable specula- with his slaves, wouldn’t grant it. tion he had been murdered, but no proof was found. In the fall of 1808, Clark did allow York to briefly return Lewis was buried at Grinder’s Stand in an unmarked to Louisville but ordered him back in St. Louis in 1809, and grave that a year later was marked with a wooden fence. In he was very unhappy about it. Holmberg said Clark beat 1848 the State of Tennessee erected a monument over the York after his return and had him jailed after stories — true site, but all became overgrown and abandoned until 1905. It or not — surfaced that York had been drinking in taverns was 1925 before the death site was made a national monuand telling expedition tales. ment. In 2009 — the bicentennial anniversary of the Corps A letter at the Filson Society indicates Clark remained of Discovery — the Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundaunhappy with York and sent him to Wheeling, West Virginia, tion honored him with 2,500 people in attendance. with a load of trade goods. Clark then wrote a letter to his brother, Jonathan, in Louisville saying that when York got to Louisville on the way back from West Virginia to sell him or hire him out to a severe master. York was hired out to a severe master. Still a slave to William Clark’s slave, York, was born in Virginia in 1770 Clark, he opened a freight-hauling business in Louisville. Freedom was just across the river in Indiana but York, and left to Clark in his father’s will. York, the same age as trapped as a slave in body and mind, remained in Kentucky, Clark, became his constant companion when he lived in perhaps still wanting to reunite with his wife whose master Louisville and then on the Corps of Discovery. had moved somewhere south. Historian Stephen Ambrose, whose book, “Undaunted Clark would say he finally freed York about 1817. York Courage,” forever illuminated that journey, said York was moved to Nashville, Tennessee and started a freight business a big man, strong and athletic. York would become a great there, possibly still seeking his wife. help on the expedition because he was such a curiosity; History remains vague here. One story is that York died many Native Americans had never seen a Black man before; somewhere in Tennessee and was buried in an unknown he provided instant rapport, connection and created a sense grave. Another — more apocryphal –— is that he returned of trust. West and lived free as an honorary chief among the Crow At least for that journey, York was a full and popular Native Americans. member of the expedition. He had his own rifle. He got to York, at least, found honor in the end. He has since vote on community decisions. He went on scouting trips and been memorialized in plays, several books, an opera and a participated in trades with the Native Americans. statue by Louisville Sculptor Ed Hamilton on the Louisville “He could hunt, he could fish, he could handle boats and waterfront. A short distance away, a witness to much of this, he could swim,” said Holmberg. “We know that because the Ohio River continues its relentless journey downstream Clark in his journals talks about York swimming out into the through time and history and even presidential elections. • Missouri to gather greens for his supper. He could do every-
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Clue: The Stay-At-Home Version
At home | thechickencooptheatre.com | $12.95 | Times vary If virtual theater wasn’t innovative enough, The Chicken Coop Theatre Co. brings you a remote production of “Clue,” each night with a different ending and WHO DONE IT? a different Louisville celebrity guest. The play is based off the 1985 film. Six guests have been invited to a mysterious dinner party and their host has turned up dead. Who did it? Your celebrity guests are Chris Hartman, executive director of the Fairness Campaign; Wil Heuser, a former contestant on CBS’ “Big Brother;” Andrew Shayde, who has competed on “The Amazing Race;” and Chad Broskey, a native Louisvillian and actor from “Legally Blondes” and “Read It And Weep.” —Danielle Grady
THURSDAY, DEC. 3
Community Research Expo 2020
Virtual | rootcauseresearch.org | Free | 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Social inequality and racial injustice have inspired a genLEARN erational movement including more than protests in the streets. Join for The Root Cause Research Center’s inaugural Community Research Expo, a virtual conference, “to learn about five outstanding community research projects led by community leaders who have been impacted by housing injustice and the Racial Wealth Gap here in Louisville, Kentucky.” Discover new, emerging details and firsthand perspectives on evictions and rental assistance, West End developments, hiring discrimination, what can and needs to be done, and more. Attendees will have first access to research reports, video presentations and interact with featured research presenters, including: Woody Pryor, Marlesha Woods, Shannon Floyd, Shemaeka Shaw, Missy Wilson, Katrice Gill and Whitney Majors. The Root Cause Research Center is “a grassroots-led research organization that collects data, creates data resources, as well as works alongside and trains community members in research methods and data storytelling.” —LEO
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FRIDAY, DEC. 4
SORC Holiday Cocktail Fundraiser Online | redpintix.com | $10-$90 | 7 p.m.
Miss your favorite cocktail bar? Been meaning to mix a few of your own during the pandemic DRINK but never got around to it? Here’s a solution. Make & Muddle is teaming up with the South Oldham Rotary Club for this virtual cocktail class, which gives you the opportunity to learn to make the delicious drinks you’ve been daydreaming about. There are different price points: $10 for the class, and then optional, tiered add-ons including mixers, barware and a charcuterie box. —LEO
FRIDAY, DEC. 4-19
Gardens Aglimmer
Waterfront Botanical Gardens | 1435 Frankfort Ave. waterfrontgardens.org | $7 | Times vary Events at Waterfront Botanical Gardens are toward the top of my list of those I’m disappointed to have missed because of this damn virus. So make sure to not miss LIGHTS the second annual Gardens Aglimmer, a great chance to see the growing gardens in the warm glow of holiday lights. It’s a self-guided tour through an array of light installations, including Moravian stars, flowers, a multicolor tunnel of lights, the (new) Beargrass Creek Pathway under icicle arches, a waterfall stream aglow, and much more. Tickets are limited to four timed slots for each of the six nights the event runs (Fridays and Saturdays through Dec. 19), but, once inside, you’re welcome to stay as long as you’d like… until lights out at 9 p.m. Kids under 12 are free, no pets are allowed and masks are required. This is a great holiday season (and safe) event for the whole family, as we look forward to a better 2021 and many more events at this budding local attraction. —Aaron Yarmuth
SATURDAY, DEC .5
Country Christmas
Blackacre State Nature Preserve And Historic Homestead | 3200 Tucker Station Road Search Facebook | $10 per car suggested donation | 1-4 p.m. Check out this festive, outdoor day of Christmas activities… like something out of a movie. Get outside in the crisp, cold December air for arts and crafts THAT TIME OF YEAR with Santa and carolers. Also see how people prepared for the cold weather months before heavy machinery with two-handed sawing and wood splitting. All donations go to supporting the nature preserve’s education and conservation efforts. Even though it’s an outdoor event, bring a mask for those moments when you’re not able to maintain 6-foot distancing. —LEO
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The Highlands | bardstownroadaglow.com | No cover | Noon-10 p.m.
Many Christmas events may be canceled this year, SHOP LOCAL but holiday shopping is still on. Better yet if it’s at local businesses that have been struggling during the pandemic. Here are a five markets with local wares that you can attend this week.
35th Annual Bardstown Road Aglow
One holiday tradition not going away this year is Bardstown Road Aglow. Organizers have expanded the annual neighborhood event’s hours to spread out the crowd, SHOP masks will be required and Highlands restaurants will stick to takeout, curbside and outdoor dining. As always, businesses on Bardstown Road and Baxter and Barret avenues will be open and festive, some of them offering discounts. Participating bars and restaurants will serve holiday cocktails in Elijah Craig To-Go Cups with a portion of the proceeds going to Gilda’s Club. At 5:30 p.m., there will be a Wendy’s Tree Lighting with socially distanced music to follow until 7:30 p.m. at multiple pop-up locations. Watch out for businesses participating in the Window Wonderland display contest. You can vote for your favorite by posting a picture to social media, or enter into a contest of your own by taking your best Christmas themed photo and tagging it #Aglow2020. — LEO
SUNDAY, DEC. 6-12
Bless The Block
Change Today, Change Tomorrow | 1031 E. Washington St. | change-today.org | Times vary It’s always nice to donate to a good cause, especially during the winter holidays, and even more so in an economically draining year like this one. So, with this VOLUNTEER Bless the Block program, created by Change Today, Change Tomorrow to help out families in The West End, there are two ways to participate. Adopt-A Block encourages businesses and individuals to pledge money that will turn into necessities and gifts for people in need. Or, you can volunteer to be a part of a team of 10 and commit to a noon to 6 p.m. shift between Dec. 6-12 to help sort, assemble and deliver those donations and gifts. Visit change-today.org to make a pledge and, if you’d like to volunteer, contact taylor@change-today.org to sign up. —LEO
Holiday Shopping Markets
Wednesday Holiday Market (Dec. 2) New Albany Farmers Market 202 E. Market St., New Albany Search Facebook | No cover 6-8 p.m. For the ambitious who want to get their holiday shopping done on a weekday, New Albany is hosting a holiday market every Wednesday through Dec. 23. Organizers promise “a variety of vendors focused on holidays and gift giving.”
Georgia’s Sweet Potato Pie Co. will be at the Village Christmas Market at Westport Village. Pictured here: Georgia’s purple sweet potato cheesecake.
Village Christmas Market (Dec. 4-6) | Westport Village | 1315 Herr Lane westportvillage.com | No cover | Times vary Westport Village is turning its green space next to Tunies boutique into an outdoor Christmas market decorated with twinkling lights, running every Friday through Sunday until Dec. 20. In addition to the local businesses at the shopping center, there will be Louisville vendors there, including Georgia’s Sweet Potato Pie Co., 52 Home and nine other permanent and rotating businesses. Snack and sip on warm beverages, Board & You charcuterie, smoked nuts and more while browsing. Mellwood Art Center Shop Small (Dec. 5) | Mellwood Art Center 1860 Mellwood Ave. | Search Facebook | No cover | 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Mellwood Art Center is hosting a shop small event with its resident businesses where you can buy antiques, candy, beads, custom photography prints, leather made goods, candles, stones, incense, vintage clothing and more. You can also grab pizza from Danny Mac’s and coffee from Ntaba. And finally, The Resource Room will be showing artists in its studio. Neighborhood Appreciation Weekend (Dec. 5-6) | Logan Street Market 1001 Logan St. | Search Facebook | No cover | 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Logan Street Market will be hosting local pop-up vendors in addition to its permanent tenants this weekend in appreciation of its neighborhood. Winter Run-Wayland (Dec. 6) | The Runway | 4205 Cane Run Road Search Facebook | $15 | 4-9 p.m. Have your kid pick out their own Christmas present at this pop-up market featuring more than 10 local businesses selling items for children and teens. DJ Meow will provide your shopping soundtrack, and there will be a fashion show, too. Search for Thee Pretty Kompany on Facebook to find the event. —LEO
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‘The Brown-Forman Nutcracker’
Online via Overture | louisvilleballet.org | $55 | Watch on your time The wintertime staple “The Brown-Forman BALLET Nutcracker” returns this year, although in a little bit of a different way. For a week, you’ll be able to on-demand order a previouslyrecorded version of the Louisville Ballet and the Louisville Orchestra performing the classic, which was recorded by WDRB in 2019. The holidays are inevitably different this year, but people are out there trying to keep traditions going, and working to find some semblance of normalcy. —LEO
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‘New Paintings 2020 …’ By Denise Mucci Furnish Moremen Gallery | 710 W. Main St. | moremengallery.com | Free To state that Denise Mucci Furnish is a quilt artist is not entirely ART true. Nor it is correct to say she’s only a painter. But to combine the two — now we’re getting somewhere. She replaces the painter’s canvas with quilter’s cloth. “I paint and collage worn-out quilts and other hand-sewn domestic items,” she said. “What started out as a frustrated statement about the lack of visibility of women in the arts in 1980 has turned into my life’s work. Some of [‘New Paintings 2020 …’] was created over a span of several years, yet most of it was created or completed in this last year during a time of political, social, and medical unrest unprecedented in my lifetime.” The gallery is also showing works by Djawid Borower, John Brooks and Vian Sora. Masks and social distancing are required. —Jo Anne Triplett ‘The Bed 4/The Visitor’ by Denise Mucci Furnish. Strip pieced cutter quilt fragment, acrylic.
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But, the statue’s history is part of the reason Lindsey thinks it might not belong on public display. “I think it’s an interesting gift,” she said. “It kind of reminds me of dirty Santa since we’re approaching the holiday season. When you get a dirty Santa gift that someone puts in the bag, but they really don’t want it and they hope somebody will take it?” The public art report that the arts commission asked the Council to consider comes from the Public Art and Monuments Advisory Committee. It says monuments on their own are not history but are “sanctioned versions of history.” “They reveal some parts of history and hide others, while imposing on us notions of who we are and where we come from,” the report reads. The report also contains four criteria that should be considered when the city is making a decision about a “contested” monument, including deciding whether to conserve it. One of the criteria asks whether the piece celebrates “a part of history that a majority of Louisvillians believe is fundamental to who we are and what we value.” “Monuments should reflect ‘us’ not ‘some of us,’” the report says.
SHOULD PUBLIC VOTE?
Piagentini told LEO he believes the majority of Louisville citizens would like to see the statue returned. But, Lindsey said she would like for the public to have a say in what they think of the statue before a conversation begins about whether it should be repaired and reinstalled. Piagentini warned that failing to reinstall the statue will send a harmful message. “[If] we start making movement as a public entity, as the city, because of illegal activity where does that end?” he said. “That would reduce the stability of the city’s operation so that the public would be left certain of our ability to remain stable through difficult times.” LEO asked Piagentini about the timing of the resolution, as the city faces issues of racial discord, police wrongdoing and financial strain. Piagentini said he thinks the city’s problems can be worked on at the same time. “We’re going to attack all of these issues together,” he said. “This is not a ‘but’ ‘or’, this is an ‘and.’ This is a, ‘we’re going to attack racial equity, and we’re going to restore the statue and put it back.’ I don’t agree there’s such finite time and resources that we can’t do both.” At November’s Government Oversight
and Audit Committee public meeting, council members delayed discussion on the King Louis statue in favor of one on Elliott Avenue and the Place Based Investigations squad, which was involved in Breonna Taylor’s death.
FUNDING THE REPAIR
As did Hollander, the Commission on Public Art asked the council to wait until a full assessment of the statue’s condition is completed before voting to repair and reinstall it. “The initial assessment that the public art administrator has received from conservators is that the damage is so significant, not just from recent vandalism, but prior vandalism, that it will be extremely expensive if not nearly impossible to restore,” said Lindsey. The statue was damaged 20 years ago, said Louisville Public Art Administrator Sarah Lindgren at the commission’s last meeting. And, the statue’s repairs have become vulnerable with the washing the statue has undergone recently. In 2004, the statue underwent significant restoration that cost $29,500 for its 250th birthday. Piagentini said that the resolution is a statement of intent, not a final action. But, barring a shockingly expensive fix for the statue (something like the cost of rebuilding a building), he doesn’t foresee it being reneged on if passed. “Yes, this is going to cost us money, yes we need to know how much before we take final action. There’s no question about that,” he said. “But, the cost is the reason why we need to take vandalism more seriously. The cost is not a reason to not replace the statue.” The statue has also been damaged because marble is not suitable for the outdoors, according to an initial conservation assessment by a Louisville restorer, Falls Art Foundry. The report recommends that the statue stay indoors and away from public access. Piagentini wants to work around that, perhaps by creating a permanent covering for the statue. The Falls Art assessment does not address whether this would work. Another suggestion is that the city could create a duplicate statue to install on the corner of Sixth and Jefferson streets. That one comes from Steve Wiser, an architect who wrote an op-ed for the Courier Journal about the statue. Falls Art Foundry was not able to provide a cost estimate for the statue because of the severity of damage, Lindgren said at a commission meeting. She is in the process of consulting other specialists. •
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7 RECENTLY-RELEASED SONGS FROM LOUISVILLE MUSICIANS NEW MUSIC FROM JORDAN JETSON, MURDER BY DEATH AND MORE By Scott Recker | srecker@leoweekly.com IT’S BEEN a long and draining year, one with injustices scattered across the nation and a global health crisis. By now, one way or another, that’s baked into all of the music you’re hearing, locally and beyond. And you’ll definitely hear aspects in the following playlist. As we do every month or so, here are a few recently released songs from Louisville musicians.
JORDAN JETSON ‘DRAGONFLIES’
A song about bumpy relationships in turbulent times — with both individual people and the city at large — “Dragonflies” epitomizes what Jordan Jetson excels at. As always, his cadence and delivery are executed with brilliance — the chorus has some breathability and is evocative, while the verses shine with urgency and honesty, his voice full of emotions that shift. Sometimes Jetson’s songs feel like a heavy conversation, where, the further you get into a subject, the more intense it becomes. The structure and tone subtly shift, always seeming a bit unpredictable, while his words and stories hit with power, a combination that makes his talent obvious.
BROOKS RITTER ‘DEVIL’S TEETH’
A soulful, folk-ish lamentation about a personal downward spiral, “Devil’s Teeth” is an ambiguous confessional about losing direction. Because it’s vague, the song has that widely-applicable dimension — as listeners, we’re not sure what the narrator got caught up in, but it’s something that momentarily wrecked things. Something we can all relate to. With gospel, blues and other rootsy genres circling around pop prowess, it’s an easily-digestible song about fucking up.
THE SCARECROWS ‘18TH CENTURY LULLABY’
With bare-bones folk drenched in darkness, and sprinkled with a little experimentation and awkwardness for good measure, The Scarecrows’ “18th Century Lullaby” has that early Velvet Underground feel to it — there’s a mellow, droning otherworldliness to it that’s calm and direct, yet it seems to bubble with anger and resentment. The song never does too much, but it achieves the goal of changing how you feel — you’re drawn in its world of melancholy contemplation, magnetically attached to its unconventional confidence, searching its puzzles for clues.
DREA D’NUR AND RAMI NASHASHIBI FT. 1200 ‘MAMA PLEASE’
A cross-city collaboration between Drea D’Nur (Buffalo), Rami Nashashibi (Chicago) and 1200 (Louisville), “Mama Please” is a song about systemic racism and police brutality. It bounces through several genres, bonding different styles
Murder By Death.
with a powerful message. 1200, aka Jecorey Arthur (who was recently elected to city council), highlights Louisville’s deep wounds from the killing of Breonna Taylor and the 400 years of trauma caused to Black people by American slavery and inequality. Arthur has had some of the sharpest verses in his career in the past three years, and this one is near the top.
LEOPOLD ZIMMERMAN ‘WE’RE ALL IN FLAMES’
With a kaleidoscopic whirlwind of alt-pop, Leopold Zimmerman twists bright sounds into a shadowy underworld of despair and worry on “We’re All In Flames,” a song that sounds like the Beatles getting high on Satan during a pandemic. It’s hyper-aware of the present, of the sporadic terror that blindsides each of us almost daily this year, of the trend that most of the world has been eating shit.
RMLLW2LLZ ‘REALLY COOL LOVE SONG’
Rmllw2llz, aka hip-hop artist Romell Weaver, wanted his new album to have shades of Kanye West’s chilly and sty-
listic 808s & Heartbreak, and “Really Cool Love Song” is a prime example of that. With a breezy, robotic feel, the song bounces from verses that pay tribute to a relationship, to a melodic chorus that uses a distant auto-tune sound that turns a simple structure into a bold offering. It’s another chapter that proves the versatility of Rmllw2llz.
MURDER BY DEATH ‘BLUE CHRISTMAS’
A Christmas album is a bit unexpected for a band that generally produces a deep and ominous soundscape that seems pulled straight out of one of the apocalyptic fever dream chapters of “Blood Meridian,” but it actually works — and really well. “Blue Christmas,” the first single off of the album Lonesome Holiday, has a classic, golden-age country swing to it, with the deep, ragged vocals fitting right into that format, and just enough spookiness to feel like you’re attending the holiday party at that hotel from “The Shining.” An unexpected move by Murder By Death, but it fits right into the dynamic of this strange year of elevated isolation and anxiety. • LEOWEEKLY.COM // DECEMBER 2, 2020
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A colorful selection of chutneys and a tub of sambar soup accompany our takeout meal from Shreeji.
NEW INDIAN GROCERY LEADS US BACK TO SHREEJI By Robin Garr | LouisvilleHotBytes.com Shreeji’s tomato chili onion uttapam looks a lot like a pizza, but it’s full of robust Indian flavors built on a thin rice and lentil cake. | PHOTOS BY ROBIN GARR.
LOUISVILLEHOTBYTES.COM BACK IN THE ‘90S, I lived for a while on New York City’s Lower East Side. It was quite an experience for a Louisville boy, and one of the best things about it was my proximity to Indian Restaurant Row. That’s what we called the block of Second Street between First and Second avenues, anyway, and the name fit: Every single storefront on the south side of the block housed an Indian restaurant, and they were all good. Their menus were all similar, prompting the rumor that they all shared the same kitchen. Doubtful, I know, but it seemed right. Now, Louisville is not New York City, but it crossed my mind the other day that we’re kind of, sort of developing our own Indian Restaurant Row. It’s not as dense as New York’s, and there’s no question of a shared kitchen. But hey! Six Indian culinary establishments — four restaurants and two groceries — in a three-mile stretch of Hurstbourne Parkway isn’t bad in a city where we once had to drive to Cincinnati to get Indian food. I was particularly happy to see Jay Hind (rhymes with “wind,” not “mind”) open a spacious grocery this month in the Hurstbourne strip where Walmart used to be. It was fun, and I scored a four-pound bag of wholewheat atta flour for just $3.99, so I can
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make a batch of roti bread. I was glad the friendly guy behind the counter pointed it out for me, because I was pretty much lost among all the intriguing, mysterious items on the shelves. I think I know a lot about Indian food, but I get lost in an Indian grocery, as I do with a lot of the menu at Shreeji Indian Vegetarian Street Food, which happily is right around the strip mall corner from Jay Hind. Perusing Shreeji’s menu without a search engine is not a trivial task. It is extensive, representing vegetarian cuisine from all over India. It offers more than 100 dishes in such broad categories as 30 South Indian choices and a full dozen Indian breads. Just about everything is priced at $9.99 or below, and that, my friends, is a deal. We ordered too much as usual, phoned in our order and picked it up at the counter with clear plastic separating me from the guy behind the counter. As is typical of good Indian cuisine, the flavors of these dishes are so subtle and varied that it’s hard to describe them. “Aromatic” is awfully broad, and just plain “spicy” or “hot” doesn’t say it all. Pay attention, and you’ll start picking out varied flavors — cardamom, turmeric, coriander, cilantro and peppers — but it’s the combinations of flavors that makes them so good. Shreeji’s flavors always pop. They are never muddy or one-dimensional, but treat
Shreeji’s daal vada are ping-pong size balls of fiery deep-fried lentil dough studded with herbs and spices.
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Shreeji’s Delhi chaat, an iconic Indian street-food dish, piles sweet, savory, tangy and crunchy toppings over a base of flat wheat crackers.
you to little bursts of spices and aromatics that keep on coming as you eat. One of our favorites was palak pakoda ($6.99). Five baseball-size spheres of deep fried, turmeric-yellow chickpea flour were stuffed with whole spinach leaves and strips of onion in a hot, crispy-crunchy coating that made them even more seductive than potato chips. The online menu doesn’t inquire into your heat level preference, although you could probably enter a number from one to five in the blank it provides for special instructions with each item. I neglected to do that, but they gave us a good assortment without being told, from the mild palak pakoda to the next item, daal vada ($4.99), which were also delicious in a five-chilepepper burn-your-face kind of way. Five fiery, crunchy, ping-pong ball-size rounds of deep-fried lentil dough were kicked up with mixed spices and chopped herbs. Tomato chili onion uttapam ($7.99) is a favorite because it reminds me of pizza, in an Indian way. It’s round and flat like a pizza, but it’s built on a thick base of rice flour and lentil flour with a subtle flavor and the approximate texture of a potato pancake. The toppings include tomato — there’s that pizza parallel again — but they’re diced fresh and combined with chopped onions, spicy chili peppers, snipped green herbs and those complex Indian aromatic spices. Chaat is the iconic Indian street-food snack. It comes in dozens of forms, all of which would remind me of trail mix if trail mix grew up and turned out to be really cool. It’s a crunchy, tangy, sweet-and-spicy vegetarian blend of crunchy carbs, tangy and spicy sauce, fresh veggies — chick-
peas, diced onions, potatoes or tomatoes are typical — topped with more crunchies and a dusting of spice. We tried Delhi chaat ($6.49) and got a colorful sweet-andsavory bowl of crackery, fried, flat flour crisps buried under spicy chickpeas, spicy sauce, tangy yogurt and a bunch of chopped cilantro. Lassi, the Indian yogurt drink, makes a soothing antidote to fiery fare. Shreeji’s seven options are flavored with such aromatics as rose water or mango. We chose plain lassi ($2.99) and got a creamy, cooling drink with a distinct edge of sweetness that we weren’t expecting, but it did the job. A filling Indian lunch for two came to $32.69 with tip. •
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AT THE END of Marvel Comics’ Secret Wars storyline, Peter Parker’s costume is destroyed on an alien planet. He’s given a new one, all black and with the ability to seemingly read the mind of the person wearing it. Fast forward, and he’s back on Earth, and he’s out and about doing your average superhero stuff like saving kids from getting hit by cars and such while unbeknown to him Kang the Conqueror has kidnapped one of The Watchers to help him “save the universe.” If that’s not enough craziness for one comic, add in a visit to the Ravencroft Institute for the Criminally Insane by a mysterious shape-shifting entity looking for a host. Peter Parker just so happens to be on assignment there as all the people in the building are being turned into inky black, physically powerful beings. How is all this connected and why does one of them call Peter “brother”? Before it’s over, we go out into space and run into even more guest stars! The next chapter of this story is on sale Dec. 2, “King in Black” No. 1. Sheesh! •
‘‘Miskatonic’ No. 1
Writer Mark Sable and artist Giorgio Pontrelli Review by David Williams, The Great Escape Louisville
ELDRITCH HORROR, Anarchists, and the Klan, oh my! That’s what you’ll find inside the sickly green pages of “Miskatonic” No.1, a new horror mystery series from Aftershock. The year is 1924. Women can vote, alcohol is banned, and freshly appointed head of The Bureau of Investigation J. Edgar Hoover has a special assignment for Agents Miranda Keller and Tom Malone: head to the sleepy hamlet of Innsmouth, Massachusetts to investigate the gruesome death of Ephraim Waite, and do it quietly. Upon their arrival, they receive a not-sowarm welcome from the locals, who still exhibit symptoms of a century-old plague, giving them their signature green skin and creepy “Innsmouth Look.” Deeper digging by the bickering sleuths reveal the sinister hooded Order of Dagon may be behind the strange occurrences. Miskatonic is immediately intriguing, using its alternate historical setting to bring some social commentary and inherent dread to the forefront. Additionally, the art and coloring add a real sense of queasiness. I can practically smell the salty sea air and dead fish rotting on the dock. FFO: “The X-Files,” H.P. Lovecraft and “Boardwalk Empire.” • LEOWEEKLY.COM // DECEMBER 2, 2020
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By Dan Savage | mail@savagelove.net @fakedansavage
LOSING OUT
Q: I'm a lesbian and my girlfriend is bi. I've read your column and listened to your podcast for a long time, Dan, and I always thought I'd be fine with having a partner ask me about being monogamish. Then my girlfriend of about a year and a half told me she wants to see what other women are like. She says the thought of me sleeping with other people turns her on but the prospect of her sleeping with other people only makes me nervous. She came out later and I'm the only woman she's been with. I understand that, as a woman, I'll never be able to give her what she might get from a man sexually and that sometimes she’ll want that, so there's also that. We've talked about it and it would have to be a Don't Ask/Don't Tell agreement, I would also get to step outside the relationship, the other people would have to know we're in a relationship, and there couldn’t be any “dates.” On top of all that, we're long distance for now. She says she loves me and I believe her and she says she doesn't want to lose me. But she also says she’s been dealing with these urges for a while and needs to address them. I don't want to lose her. Do you have any advice? Fretting Endlessly About Relationship Situation A: I understand your fears. People in committed nonmonogamous relationships have been known to catch feelings for their outside sexual partners. And while that doesn’t always doom the primary relationship, FEARS, catching feelings for someone else inevitably complicates things. And while a non-monogamous couple can make rules that forbid the catching of feelings, feelings aren’t easily ruled. But people in closed relationships have been known to catch feelings for people they aren’t sleeping with, i.e. coworkers, friends, friends-of-friends, partners of friends, siblings of partners, partners of siblings, etc. So the risk that a partner might catch feelings for someone else isn’t eliminated when two people make a monogamous commitment—and yet sane, stable, functional people in monogamous relationships manage to get through the day without being nervous wrecks. Because they trust their partners are committed to them. And even if their partners should develop a crush on someone else… which they almost inevitably will… they trust that their partners aren’t going to leave them… which they still might. By which I mean to say, there’s risk in every relationship and it’s trust that helps us manage our fears about those risks. So if you trust your girlfriend to honor the terms you’ve agreed to—DADT, fucks are okay, dates are not, the other women know she’s taken—and you trust she’s telling the truth when she says she loves you and doesn’t want to lose you, FEARS, then you should choose to believe her. Just like a person in a monogamous relationship chooses to believe their partner when they say they won’t fuck anyone else (even though they might) and won’t leave them for anyone else (even though they could), you can choose to believe your girlfriend will honor the rules you’ve
laid out. Q: I’m at a bit of a loss. I met a guy that I really like at a nudist resort of all places. I didn’t realize at the time just how much I was falling for him. He was trying to be more in the beginning but I missed some very obvious signs. Hindsight is 20/20. I’m incredibly guarded after growing up in an emotionally abusive household and am still dealing with some trauma after being raped a few years ago. By the time I realized how I felt about him, he surprised me by telling me he had a girlfriend. I was trying to arrange a time to see him after I disappeared for a bit to face some demons from the past. I wanted to tell him how I felt in person. Before I got that chance, he already had a girlfriend. He and I run in the same kinky circles and I ran into them at an event. I actually got a horrible sinking feeling in my stomach which I didn’t expect. I never told him how I felt about him. I’m happy that he is happy with her but it hurts, nonetheless. He matters enough to me that I would be content keeping him in my life even if it’s just as a friend. My question is should I tell him how I feel and risk losing him altogether or do I let him be happy with his girlfriend and not tell him that I fell hard for him? I know he might not reciprocate my feelings. That’s okay if he doesn’t, but the not knowing I think hurts more than the truth would. Hopeless Romantic Nailing The Hopeless Part A: If the not knowing hurts more than losing his friendship would—if not knowing whether you had a shot with him and blew it—then you should tell him how you feel (or felt) and express regret for missing the obvious signs and disappearing on him. And as painful as it might be hear that he wouldn’t want to be with you even if he were single—and that’s the worst-case scenario—you will get over it and get over him. Best-case scenario, HRNTHP, he had no idea you were into him, he’s not serious about the new girlfriend, and he’d rather date you. Less-than-bestcase scenario, he might be willing to date you if 1. things don’t work out with his new girlfriend and 2. you’re still single at that point. In the meantime, don’t pass on any other opportunities that come your way and be courteous, polite, and non-toxic when you run into them together at kinky events. Q: I'm writing to beg you—to implore you—to make some sort of desperate, last-ditch attempt to hold back the tide of linguistic confusion over the word, "come." Yes, that is the word, readers of Savage Love. It’s “come,” it’s not "cum." The past tense is "came," not "cummed.” (Yes, Dan, people are now saying and typing "cummed.") In the past I've been content to merely grumble cantankerously. The final straw came over the last several months when, while watching a lot of international TV and movies, I noticed—to my horror—that the people responsible for the subtitles are using "cum." Yes, the semi-
literate usage of online free-porn-posters has now polluted the entire planet's comprehension of this simple English word. I turn to you, DS, to do something about this. To come out loudly and proudly for coming, loudly and proudly. This isn't just about spelling. It's about losing the meaning of the word: It signifies an arrival. Canadian Opposes Mangled English P.S. You owe me one, Dan. I was raised in Winnipeg, whose inhabitants, Winnipeggers, refer to their home affectionately as “The 'Peg.” You've turned any reference to my hometown into a source for snickers amongst the same sort of childish people who use “cum.” The least you can do, in recompense, is to restore the simple dignity of, “come.” A: I’m on your side, COME. I’ve been fighting a lonely battle against “cum,” “cumming,” and (shud-
der) “cummed” for as long as I’ve been writing this column. I confess to having sinned a few weeks ago when I used the term “cumblebrag.” But in my defense, that was obviously a pun and—for the record—my one-time use of “cum” in the service of a joke should not be construed as an endorsement of “cum.” (The eye stumbles over “comeblebrag,” so it wouldn’t have worked to use “come.”) As I’ve written before, we don’t have alternate spellings for other words that have both sexual and non-sexual meanings. Seeing as we don’t “suk dik” or “eet pussee,” there’s no earthly reason why we should “cum” on someone else or be “cummed” upon ourselves. P.S. Sorry about that, Winnipeggers. mail@savagelove.net Follow Dan on Twitter @FakeDanSavage On the Lovecast, Dan chats with Amy Chan of "Breakup Bootcamp." www.savagelovecast.com
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MULTIPLE FACILITIES – MULTIPLE UNITS Extra Space Storage will hold a public auction at the location indicated: Facility 1: 5807 Bardstown Road, Louisville, KY 40291: December 9, 2020 – 1PM Units: F007
Facility 7: 4605 Wattbourne Ln, Louisville KY 40299: December 9, 2020 – 1PM Units: 374, 393, 418, 691, 813
Facility 2: 7900 Dixie Highway, Louisville, KY 40258: December 9, 2020 – 1PM Units: 205, 504, 604, 619, 668, 770
Facility 8: 11440 Blankenbaker Access Dr, Louisville, KY 40299: December 9, 2020 – 1PM Units: 440, 507
Facility 3: 6708 Preston Highway, Louisville, KY 40219: December 9, 2020 – 1PM Units: 139, 255, 4001, 404, 700
Facility 9: 201 E. Market Street, Louisville, KY 40202: December 9, 2020 – 1PM Units: B224, B246, B275, B313, B347, C428, C494, C525, D645
Facility 4 (ANNEX): 4010 Oaklawn Drive, Louisville, KY 40219: December 9, 2020 – 1PM Units: 9254, 9259, 9265 Facility 5: 5420 Valley Station Rd, Louisville, KY 40272: December 9, 2020 – 1PM Units: Facility 6: 8002 Warwick Ave, Louisville, KY 40222: December 9, 2020 – 1PM Units: 303, 358, 3020, 758, 416, 2318
Facility 10: 6456 Outer Loop, Louisville, KY 40228: December 9, 2020 – 1PM Units: 939, 633,213 The auction will be listed and advertised on www.storagetreasures.com. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property. LEOWEEKLY.COM // DECEMBER 2, 2020
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