Category Archives: Travel

Lone Wolf Gunman Kills 58 at Las Vegas Country Music Festival

At 10:05 PM on Sunday in Las Vegas, country music star Jason Aldean was delivering the closing set at the Route 91 Harvest music festival when gunfire rang out. At first attendees and performers confused the sound as part of the … Continue reading

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Friday Lunch Adventure to Mike Linnig’s Seafood

Ever have a restaurant you haven’t dined at before but are positive it will be a fast favorite? It’s weird I know, but sometimes instead of dining at such a location as soon as possible, instead I save it in … Continue reading

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Roger Waters Brings Pink Floyd Catalog ReNewed Life

As a kid that attended high school in the early 1980s, I grew up on a steady diet of “Summer of Love” psychedelia and heavy 70’s acid rock. Guiding my adolescent journey to misadventure was: Hendrix, Joplin, the Stones, Creedence, … Continue reading

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2017 Forecastle Music Festival Offers Variety

If you dig music and are looking for a weekend out of the house, snag a ticket to the Forecastle Festival in Louisville. Some 60 alt-rock, hip-hop and EDM bands are playing over three days at Waterfront Park on the … Continue reading

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Fried Chicken & Hot Water Cornbread at Shirley Mae’s Café

I’ve been trying to visit Shirley Mae’s Café for a while now. The fried chicken from this legendary soul food purveyor is routinely ranked as one of the top in the nation. But I’m mostly over in Louisville for work, … Continue reading

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Atlanta’s Vortex Satisfies Hungriest Appetite 

The morning after the Radiohead concert was a slow-moving affair. Before my feet hit the floor I did a systems check; no headache, cognitive thought was functioning, and my parts & pieces were intact. I must be living right. Sunday … Continue reading

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Car Seat Headrest Makes Stop at Louisville’s Headliners

Right off the top, for anyone who is a fan of alt-music, modern rock or indie rock styles, go out and buy Car Seat Headrest’s 2016 release, Teens Of Denial. It is one of those rarities these days where the … Continue reading

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Radiohead Rock Atlanta

Finally it was Radiohead Day. We arrived in Atlanta Friday night – dined impeccably at Noble Fin that evening, and Saturday at the Atlanta Breakfast Club, taken in whale sharks at the Georgia Aquarium, but those were merely fringe benefits … Continue reading

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Franz Ferdinand Bring Modern Rock to Mercury Ballroom

The Scottish art-punk rock band Franz Ferdinand stopped by the Mercury Ballroom in Louisville on its first tour in three years Tuesday evening. The Grammy-nominated and Brit Award-winning band were met by a packed house of enthusiastic fans who showed up … Continue reading

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Chris Cornell of Soundgarden Found Dead in Detroit Hotel

One of the grand architects of the grunge movement and premier shapeshifters of the 1990s was lost on May 18, 2017, when Chris Cornell died. He was best known as the lead singer for avant-garde Seattle ragers Soundgarden, who along … Continue reading

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