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New Albany is a state of mind … but whose? Since 2004, we’ve been observing the contemporary scene in this slowly awakening old river town. If it’s true that a pre-digital stopped clock is right twice a day, when will New Albany learn to tell time?

Sunday, April 04, 2010

Bank Street Brewhouse closed today for Easter, but we'll be at Louisville Beer Store for Chef Josh's food and beer pairings.

Note that Bank Street Brewhouse is taking today off for Easter. We'll reopen on Tuesday, April 6 at 2:00 p.m. My recommendation today is...

Saturday, April 03, 2010

Let’s take a poll.

Given the absence of action on the Democratic side in the May primary, how many of you plan to vote on the other side of the aisle, just for...

Friday, April 02, 2010

Sewergeddon Monday: Delightfully and wonderfully us, and just as perpetually dysfunctional.

The Tribune's Daniel Suddeath resumes his slog through the muck and slime of local sewer politics as mostly usual, and informs us that ...

Portland, Oregon: Steering tourists "to the most exciting storm sewer sites."

Thanks to JP for the link. Portland's sewers right as rain , by Dennis Cauchon ( USA Today ) The most surprising tourist attraction in P...

Thursday, April 01, 2010

Develop New Albany's "First Tuesday" networking event at Preston Art Center, April 6.

Today's Tribune column: "Light beer? It’s from right here."

It figures that this would be the place to foist light beer on the planet. Poor planet ... but today, on this most appropriate of holidaze, ...

Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Passing of the sales baton at NABC.

I've posted at the Potable Curmudgeon blog on NABC's sales position change. John Campbell has resigned, and Josh Hill takes over, e...

Laurie Penny in The Guardian: "There is a curious frigidity to our understanding of youth and sexuality."

I've decided to healthblog, too. It's remarkably easy. My first entry, which reminds us that purity is a ball, comes courtesy of The...

Packed schedule at Destinations Booksellers.

Following is a quick reference listing of events at Destinations Booksellers/Dueling Grounds Cafe, beginning tonight, and continuing through...

Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Fire destroys Bottles Unlimited.

Just yesterday I pedaled past the site of the B & B Bar & Grill and paused to watch the cinderblock construction as a new building ...

Hizzoner strikes back: "(Clere) should be careful about what he says and when he says it."

Love him or hate him, Mayor Doug England has never been prone to meekness when his dander's up. Does England's assessment of the sit...

Monday, March 29, 2010

Beware of graphic, hilarious and deadly accurate content.

Sunday, March 28, 2010

Frank Rich on the "national existential reordering."

On the same day that my former personal physician merrily foams at the mouth in the Tribune , one of the most insightful of mainstream pund...

Saturday, March 27, 2010

R.I.P., Don Parsons.

It was only a week ago that I learned of Don Parsons' impending death. He had battled cancer to standstill the first time around, but re...

Former CHDO head John Miller running for Louisville Metro Council.

When last we glimpsed John Miller, he was presiding over the disintegrating remnants of New Albany's CHDO, which is a sad story overall,...

Friday, March 26, 2010

Housing + Transportation Affordability Index, Louisville Region.

Take a gander at this and consider who we'd be subsidizing and what we'd be encouraging with the Ohio River Bridges Project. Also co...

Thursday, March 25, 2010

New Albany the defending champion as Neighborhood Derby 2010 gets under way.

It's Neighborhood Derby time again at Broken Sidewalk : Announcing Round One Of The 2010 Neighborhood Derby . As you may recall, last ye...

Mayor England sez: Alternate Plan B to address sewers, their rates and whatnot.

File under "press releases we didn't receive," but the council president's ears and mouth are nearer City Hall's horse...

Today's Tribune column: "It was a modest start."

This one requires little in the way of introduction. The one thing I neglected to do in today's column was dedicate it: To the memory of...

Charlie Brooker: "Newspapers are the biggest threat to the nation's mental wellbeing."

The United Kingdom, that is. It's classic Brit-write, with wonderful drug abuse analogies, and a topic often addressed here at NAC . The...

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