February 2012
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Most Americans Want a Walkable Neighborhood, Not a... →
The symbol of American success often involves having the biggest house possible, but our outsized fantasies seem to be shifting. According to a new survey, more than three quarters of us consider having sidewalks and places to take a walk one of our top priorities when deciding where to live. Six in 10 people also said they would sacrifice a bigger house to live in a neighborhood that featured a...
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The Black Keys “Gold On The Ceiling” music video
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My Favorite Albums of 2011
Bon Iver - Bon Iver
Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues
James Blake - James Blake/Enough Thunder EP
Girls - Father, Son, Holy Spirit
Cults - Cults
Iron & Wine - Kiss Each Other Clean
Bill Callahan - Apocalypse
My Morning Jacket - Circuital
The Black Keys - El Camino
Kurt Vile - Smoke Rings For My Halo
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January 2012
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Famous Photogs Pose With Their Most Iconic Images →
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Jeff Widener holds his photo of Tank Man in Tienanmen Square from 1989.
Photo: Tim Mantoani
Steve McCurry holds his 1984 photo of a young woman from Peshawar, Pakistan. “I looked for this girl for 17 years and finally found her in 2002. Her name is Sharbat Gula.”
Photo: Tim Mantoani
Neil Leifer holds his photo, Ali vs. Liston, which he took on May 25,...
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Super Antics #2
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Will The Real Ronald Reagan Please Stand Up : NPR →
So how does Ronald Reagan compare to the modern definition of a Reagan conservative? David Stockman, Reagan’s former budget director, tells Raz that he doesn’t think Reagan quite matches up.
“Even though he was highly negative about the role of government … he was also enough of a pragmatist to recognize facts,” Stockman says.
The modern interpretation of who...
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December 2011
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Discovering Louisville: The Silver Dollar. →
discoveringlouisville:
(photo taken from The Silver Dollar’s facebook page)
On a very normal trip to Chicago, I went to one of my old favorite haunts in Murder Town, a chicken shack called Feed. Alas, my dining experience was ill-fated because the collard greens had gone WAY downhill. In the past year, my life…
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Quills Coffee New Albany - Opening Weekend →
November 2011
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King's Daughters and Sons "If Then Not When" →
Excited about the debut album from Louisville’s King’s Daughters and Sons, If Then Not When, out this week!
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Designing for Density Doesn't Have to Be Ugly, or... →
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How womanly it is for one who is a man to comb himself and shave himself with a...
– St. Clement of Alexandria
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Other ways to buy music in Louisville –... →
October 2011
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Well I met you at the blood bank
We were looking at the bags
Wondering if any...
– Bon Iver “Blood Bank”
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The surest way of spoiling a pleasure is to start examining your satisfaction.
– C.S. Lewis Surprised by Joy: The Shape of My Early Life
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James Blake – Enough Thunder | ABEANO →
Stream James Blake’s upcoming album!
September 2011
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Grace Surpasses | Bomhard Theater →
August 2011
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Half of the people can be part right all of the time; Some of the people can be...
– Bob Dylan, “Talkin’ World War III Blues”
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Fairy Tales are more than true; not because they tell us that dragons exist, but...
– G.K. Chesterton
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Without education we are in a horrible and deadly danger of taking educated...
– G.K. Chesterton
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Works of pride, by self-called creators, with their premium on originality,...
– Wendell Berry
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July 2011
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The Louisville Palace presents James Stewart! →
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June 2011
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My Favorite Albums of 2011 (so far)...
Ben Sollee: Inclusions
Bon Iver: Bon Iver
Bonnie “Prince” Billy & the Cairo Gang: Island Brothers
Chris Thile & Michael Daves: Sleep With One Eye Open
Cults: Cults
Daniel Martin Moore: In the Cool of the Day
Fleet Foxes: Helplessness Blues
Iron & Wine: Kiss Each Other Clean
James Blake: James Blake
My Morning Jacket: Circuital
The Decemberists: The King Is Dead
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