The Lexington Project - June 10, 2009
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Ross Compton
Jun 11, 2009, 1:56:55 AM6/11/09
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Peeps,
As has been the case of late, the heart of the issue is Saraya's Bluepicks. A few tidbits and Picks from me to start.
Get out, have fun. Hope all are well.
Ross
1) Go to http://kyblueline.blogspot.com for a chance to win tickets to the Bonnie "Prince" Billy and Bachelorette show Saturday at the Red Mile Round Barn. Seriously, click the link now, submit a vote for Lexington's best 'stache, and cross your fingers. I believe the winner is to be announced sometime today (Thursday).
2) If you missed the opening of Ed Franklin and Ashley Watson's exhibit at the Kentucky Theatre last Friday, make sure you get down there to see it before the end of the month. Ed's reverse-braille pieces are amazing and I'm totally crushed out on Ashley's paintings. Go go go. It'll make you happy. (And, remember, Ed's placing a doll a day somewhere in downtown Lexington. Check the Fbook page - http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/event.php?eid=106961984438 - each morning for clues, and you could end up owning a beautiful, bite size piece of art free of charge. Check the previous pics - I love the owl.)
3) Kentucky Proud Art Fair at the Good Foods Co-op (455 Southland Dr) - Saturday, June 20th, 10am-2pm. Full info in the next issue, but I wanted to give a quick heads-up so you could plan on it. Sounds like a lot of fun - music by Big Fresh and others, local art, and children's activities including face painting and hands-on projects facilitated by the Living Arts & Science Center and the Art Museum at UoK. Free free free.
>> THE PICKS
Friday - Go see Dead Science and Bobby Conn at Al's (9pm, all ages, $5). I strongly recommend Dead Science's tense, theatrical pop to fans of Shudder to Think (Does anyone remember them? Sample Dead Science at http://hypem.com/search/dead%20science/1/), and Bobby Conn to lovers glam rock executed on a small scale.
Saturday - The afforementioned Bonnie 'Prince' Billy gig at the Round Barn is option one (doors 8pm/show 9pm, all ages, $10 advance/$12 door). You can find the full details on www.thelexingtonproject.org. However, if you're not feeling BPB, you've got another great option - Matt Duncan with Mother Father and Art Tongues (the fellas formerly known as In Endeavors) at Al's (9pm, all ages, $5). Matt gets my vote for the catchiest songwriter in town (Trevor Tremaine close second ... eff ... then there's John Ferguson ... and eff ... Robert Schneider ... anyway, we've been blessed with great pop songwriters, but you get the idea). I hate missing Matt, but the BPB gig is a special occasion. If you hustle, you might be able to catch Bonnie (should be done by 11:30 or so) and then catch Matt. It's a sprint, but well worth it.
Monday - Ted Leo w/Titus Andronicus, and Pomegranates at Southgate House. My fave hidden in the middle of two more buzzy - Titus Andronicus' "The Airing of Grievances" was one of my favorite discoveries of last year. The rec was just re-released on XL Recordings. If you don't make the drive north to the show, make the drive to CD Central to pick up a copy. (You can sample a bunch of tracks via The Hype Machine music blog aggregator - http://hypem.com/search/titus%20andronicus/1/ - it's one of my most used resources.)
Tuesday - I may get a special issue out in time to preview these two gigs, but just in case ... two great gigs to choose from - the YouAintNoPicasso and LexPro sponsored Nana Grizol w/Asstricks* and Little Noodles at Gumbo Ya Ya (9pm, all ages, $3). Yup, a party/show at the little cajun joint that could. Nana Grizol is part of the younger branch of the Elephant 6 collective. They stole my heart at the E6 Holiday Surprise show at the Red Mile Round Barn last October. Check 'em out at http://myspace.com/nanagrizol or use ye' olde Hype Machine again - http://hypem.com/search/nana%20grizol/1/. Asstricks* is a new project from Big Fresh'ers John Ferguson, Dave Farris, and Nick Coleman. Little Noodles is sweet, ukelele pop (double uke, at times!) from the head and heart of Eli 'Eloise' Riveire and her capable cohort Slick Nick Warner. Fun music, delicious cheap eats and cheaper beer. You should come have fun with me at Ya Ya, but, if you're a fan of the intricate prog-pop of Chicago's Maps & Atlases, you should know you can catch them Tuesday at Al's (9pm, all agese, $6, sounds = http://hypem.com/search/maps%20%2526%20atlases/1/). And, hell, you should also know that X is playing at the Dame (sorry, I like 'em but I'm not interested enough to look up the time and dollar details right now). And ... you should ignore all the other and come party at Gumbo Ya Ya. :)
> BLUEPICKS by Saraya Brewer
Bluepicks for the Week, courtesy of Sa-Riot. For more info and other shizz, visit Blueline.
WIN TICKETS TO BONNIE 'PRINCE' BILLY here!
Thursday, June 11:
:: For other worthwhile haps, check out the listings at http://myspace.com/alsbarlexington, http://myspace.com/cultpres, http://myspace.com/greenlantenbar, and http://www.dameky.com, and http://myspace.com/lower48bar.
:: Pertinent Resources ::
__Lexington__
AL’S BAR, corner of 6th and Limestone, Lexington – http://myspace.com/alsbarlexington
C.P.R. (Cultural Preservation Resources), behind Al’s at the corner of 6th and Limestone, Lexington – http://myspace.com/cultpres
THE GREEN LANTERN, corner of 3rd and Jefferson, Lexington - http://www.myspace.com/greenlanternbar
LOWER 48, inside Victorian Square (near the corner of Short and Broadway), Lexington – http://myspace.com/lower48bar
THE BOILER ROOM, behind Tolly Ho & The Awkward Moose (near the corner of Euclid and Limestone, Lexington
THE DAME, 381 E.Main St, Lexington - http://www.dameky.com
THE VOID, 518 E. High St, Lexington – http://myspace.com/thevoidskateshop
NATASHA'S CAFE, 112 Esplanade - http://www.beetnik.com/
CHARLES MANSION (no longer a venue, but the website's a good spot to find out about shows) - http://www.charlesmansion.org
MECCA dance studio/gallery, 451 Chair Avenue, off S.Broadway near Bolivar - http://www.meccadance.com
THIRD STREET STUFF COFFEE, corner of Limestone and 3rd Street - ph. 859/255-5301
THE FISHTANK, corner of Woodland and Euclid Ave - http://www.thefishtankbar.com
SINGLETARY CENTER FOR THE ARTS, corner of Euclid and Rose Sts - http://www.uky.edu/SCFA/
CRICKET PRESS (amazing local poster art) - http://www.cricket-press.com
WRFL 88.1FM (UK's student-run radio station) - http://wrfl.fm
BLUELINE (Cultural picks from our pal Saraya Brewer) – http://kyblueline.blogspot.com
YOU AIN’T NO PICASSO (great locally-produced music blog) - http://www.youaintnopicasoo.com
__Louisville__
HEADLINERS MUSIC HALL, 1386 Lexington Road, Louisville - ph. 502/584-8088 - www.headlinerslouisville.com
SKULL ALLEY, 1017 E Broadway, Louisville – 502/749-9541 – www.skullalley.net
UNCLE PLEASANTS, 2126 S. Preston, Louisville - p.502/634-4147
THE POUR HAUS, 1481 S. Shelby Street (corner of Shelby and Burnett), Louisville
THE RUDYARD KIPLING, 422 West Oak Street, Louisville - http://www.therudyardkipling.com/pages/206999/index.htm
OLD LOUISVILLE COFFEHOUSE, 1489 S. Fourth St, Louisville - ph. 502/635-6660
PRODUCTION SIMPLE (produce many of the events at Headliners and Uncle Pleasants) - http://www.productionsimple.com
BACKSEAT SANDBAR (good blog spreading the word about regional events) – http://backseatsandbar.wordpress.com
__Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky__
THE SOUTHGATE HOUSE, Newport, KY - http://www.southgatehouse.com
ART DAMAGE LODGE, 4120 Hamilton Ave, Cincinnati, OH – http://myspace.com/artdamagelodge
THE COMET, 4579 Hamilton Avenue, Cincinnati, OH - http://www.cometbar.com
BOGART'S, 2621 Vine St, Cincinnati, OH - http://www.bogarts.com
NORTHSIDE TAVERN, 4163 Hamilton Ave, Cincinnati, OH - http://www.northside-tavern.com
Know of an upcoming event that others should get hip to? Let us know - email informatio...@yahoo.com. All Picks by Ross Compton unless otherwise noted.
:::::::::::::: QUESTIONS/COMMENTS/SUBMISSIONS ::::::::::::::::::::::::
email thelexing...@yahoo.com
As has been the case of late, the heart of the issue is Saraya's Bluepicks. A few tidbits and Picks from me to start.
Get out, have fun. Hope all are well.
Ross
1) Go to http://kyblueline.blogspot.com for a chance to win tickets to the Bonnie "Prince" Billy and Bachelorette show Saturday at the Red Mile Round Barn. Seriously, click the link now, submit a vote for Lexington's best 'stache, and cross your fingers. I believe the winner is to be announced sometime today (Thursday).
2) If you missed the opening of Ed Franklin and Ashley Watson's exhibit at the Kentucky Theatre last Friday, make sure you get down there to see it before the end of the month. Ed's reverse-braille pieces are amazing and I'm totally crushed out on Ashley's paintings. Go go go. It'll make you happy. (And, remember, Ed's placing a doll a day somewhere in downtown Lexington. Check the Fbook page - http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/event.php?eid=106961984438 - each morning for clues, and you could end up owning a beautiful, bite size piece of art free of charge. Check the previous pics - I love the owl.)
3) Kentucky Proud Art Fair at the Good Foods Co-op (455 Southland Dr) - Saturday, June 20th, 10am-2pm. Full info in the next issue, but I wanted to give a quick heads-up so you could plan on it. Sounds like a lot of fun - music by Big Fresh and others, local art, and children's activities including face painting and hands-on projects facilitated by the Living Arts & Science Center and the Art Museum at UoK. Free free free.
>> THE PICKS
Friday - Go see Dead Science and Bobby Conn at Al's (9pm, all ages, $5). I strongly recommend Dead Science's tense, theatrical pop to fans of Shudder to Think (Does anyone remember them? Sample Dead Science at http://hypem.com/search/dead%20science/1/), and Bobby Conn to lovers glam rock executed on a small scale.
Saturday - The afforementioned Bonnie 'Prince' Billy gig at the Round Barn is option one (doors 8pm/show 9pm, all ages, $10 advance/$12 door). You can find the full details on www.thelexingtonproject.org. However, if you're not feeling BPB, you've got another great option - Matt Duncan with Mother Father and Art Tongues (the fellas formerly known as In Endeavors) at Al's (9pm, all ages, $5). Matt gets my vote for the catchiest songwriter in town (Trevor Tremaine close second ... eff ... then there's John Ferguson ... and eff ... Robert Schneider ... anyway, we've been blessed with great pop songwriters, but you get the idea). I hate missing Matt, but the BPB gig is a special occasion. If you hustle, you might be able to catch Bonnie (should be done by 11:30 or so) and then catch Matt. It's a sprint, but well worth it.
Monday - Ted Leo w/Titus Andronicus, and Pomegranates at Southgate House. My fave hidden in the middle of two more buzzy - Titus Andronicus' "The Airing of Grievances" was one of my favorite discoveries of last year. The rec was just re-released on XL Recordings. If you don't make the drive north to the show, make the drive to CD Central to pick up a copy. (You can sample a bunch of tracks via The Hype Machine music blog aggregator - http://hypem.com/search/titus%20andronicus/1/ - it's one of my most used resources.)
Tuesday - I may get a special issue out in time to preview these two gigs, but just in case ... two great gigs to choose from - the YouAintNoPicasso and LexPro sponsored Nana Grizol w/Asstricks* and Little Noodles at Gumbo Ya Ya (9pm, all ages, $3). Yup, a party/show at the little cajun joint that could. Nana Grizol is part of the younger branch of the Elephant 6 collective. They stole my heart at the E6 Holiday Surprise show at the Red Mile Round Barn last October. Check 'em out at http://myspace.com/nanagrizol or use ye' olde Hype Machine again - http://hypem.com/search/nana%20grizol/1/. Asstricks* is a new project from Big Fresh'ers John Ferguson, Dave Farris, and Nick Coleman. Little Noodles is sweet, ukelele pop (double uke, at times!) from the head and heart of Eli 'Eloise' Riveire and her capable cohort Slick Nick Warner. Fun music, delicious cheap eats and cheaper beer. You should come have fun with me at Ya Ya, but, if you're a fan of the intricate prog-pop of Chicago's Maps & Atlases, you should know you can catch them Tuesday at Al's (9pm, all agese, $6, sounds = http://hypem.com/search/maps%20%2526%20atlases/1/). And, hell, you should also know that X is playing at the Dame (sorry, I like 'em but I'm not interested enough to look up the time and dollar details right now). And ... you should ignore all the other and come party at Gumbo Ya Ya. :)
> BLUEPICKS by Saraya Brewer
Bluepicks for the Week, courtesy of Sa-Riot. For more info and other shizz, visit Blueline.
WIN TICKETS TO BONNIE 'PRINCE' BILLY here!
Thursday, June 11:
- Miss Ainsley Waggoner, new General Manager of WRFL, will be chatting it up with Mick Jeffries on Trivial Thursdays (WRFL, 88.1 fm ~ stream it at WRFL.fm)
- Asheville honky-tonkers Tony Wayne and the Pain (featuring Mark Williams of Dig Shovel Dig and The Chops ~ great bands who played at the old Buster's) are playing at the Green Lantern with Randy Tuesday and the Two Tuesdays.
- Lucky Pineapple, Everything Now!, Ford Theater Reunion, Sacred Fire Circus, Girlie Girl Burlesque at The Dame.
- Experimental indie jazz trio Dead Science will be playing at Al's in support of their new album Villianaire.
These guys have played with Thee Silver Mt. Zion which gives them major
street cred for me. Bobby Conn and Monica Babou will open.
- You know I'm going to say go check out the much (deservedly) hyped Bonnie Prince Billy/Bachelorette show at the Red Mile
Round Barn tonight, but I'll say it anyway. Word on the street is there will be a STAGE at the
Round Barn, making the already-awesome venue even better. Ross has
provided some more info about the show at the Lexington Project
(including links to a pretty great New Yorker article about BPB). You
can check out a gushing report of Bachelorette's new album at Decibel
Tolls here. Tickets are $10 in advance ($12 at the door) and available at CD Central in Lexington (233-DISC) and Underground Sound in Louisville.
- Matt Duncan, Mother Father, and Art Tongues (formerly In Endeavors) are playing at Al's Bar
- The Belleville Outfit will be bringing their "gypsy swing, big band jazz and cross genre Americana" to Lexington's Natasha's Cafe, following their Friday Bonnaroo performance. $15.
:: For other worthwhile haps, check out the listings at http://myspace.com/alsbarlexington, http://myspace.com/cultpres, http://myspace.com/greenlantenbar, and http://www.dameky.com, and http://myspace.com/lower48bar.
:: Pertinent Resources ::
__Lexington__
AL’S BAR, corner of 6th and Limestone, Lexington – http://myspace.com/alsbarlexington
C.P.R. (Cultural Preservation Resources), behind Al’s at the corner of 6th and Limestone, Lexington – http://myspace.com/cultpres
THE GREEN LANTERN, corner of 3rd and Jefferson, Lexington - http://www.myspace.com/greenlanternbar
LOWER 48, inside Victorian Square (near the corner of Short and Broadway), Lexington – http://myspace.com/lower48bar
THE BOILER ROOM, behind Tolly Ho & The Awkward Moose (near the corner of Euclid and Limestone, Lexington
THE DAME, 381 E.Main St, Lexington - http://www.dameky.com
THE VOID, 518 E. High St, Lexington – http://myspace.com/thevoidskateshop
NATASHA'S CAFE, 112 Esplanade - http://www.beetnik.com/
CHARLES MANSION (no longer a venue, but the website's a good spot to find out about shows) - http://www.charlesmansion.org
MECCA dance studio/gallery, 451 Chair Avenue, off S.Broadway near Bolivar - http://www.meccadance.com
THIRD STREET STUFF COFFEE, corner of Limestone and 3rd Street - ph. 859/255-5301
THE FISHTANK, corner of Woodland and Euclid Ave - http://www.thefishtankbar.com
SINGLETARY CENTER FOR THE ARTS, corner of Euclid and Rose Sts - http://www.uky.edu/SCFA/
CRICKET PRESS (amazing local poster art) - http://www.cricket-press.com
WRFL 88.1FM (UK's student-run radio station) - http://wrfl.fm
BLUELINE (Cultural picks from our pal Saraya Brewer) – http://kyblueline.blogspot.com
YOU AIN’T NO PICASSO (great locally-produced music blog) - http://www.youaintnopicasoo.com
__Louisville__
HEADLINERS MUSIC HALL, 1386 Lexington Road, Louisville - ph. 502/584-8088 - www.headlinerslouisville.com
SKULL ALLEY, 1017 E Broadway, Louisville – 502/749-9541 – www.skullalley.net
UNCLE PLEASANTS, 2126 S. Preston, Louisville - p.502/634-4147
THE POUR HAUS, 1481 S. Shelby Street (corner of Shelby and Burnett), Louisville
THE RUDYARD KIPLING, 422 West Oak Street, Louisville - http://www.therudyardkipling.com/pages/206999/index.htm
OLD LOUISVILLE COFFEHOUSE, 1489 S. Fourth St, Louisville - ph. 502/635-6660
PRODUCTION SIMPLE (produce many of the events at Headliners and Uncle Pleasants) - http://www.productionsimple.com
BACKSEAT SANDBAR (good blog spreading the word about regional events) – http://backseatsandbar.wordpress.com
__Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky__
THE SOUTHGATE HOUSE, Newport, KY - http://www.southgatehouse.com
ART DAMAGE LODGE, 4120 Hamilton Ave, Cincinnati, OH – http://myspace.com/artdamagelodge
THE COMET, 4579 Hamilton Avenue, Cincinnati, OH - http://www.cometbar.com
BOGART'S, 2621 Vine St, Cincinnati, OH - http://www.bogarts.com
NORTHSIDE TAVERN, 4163 Hamilton Ave, Cincinnati, OH - http://www.northside-tavern.com
Know of an upcoming event that others should get hip to? Let us know - email informatio...@yahoo.com. All Picks by Ross Compton unless otherwise noted.
:::::::::::::: QUESTIONS/COMMENTS/SUBMISSIONS ::::::::::::::::::::::::
email thelexing...@yahoo.com
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