Saturday, November 25, 2017

"Male bumblers are an epidemic," and gaslighting's only a small piece of it.

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Until Friday evening, I'd never seen the 1944 film Gaslight . Consequently, my grasp of "gaslighting" has been rather feebl...
Friday, November 24, 2017

Well, truck me: Padgett and friends' Main Street lawsuit finds its way to history's dust bin.

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Irony alert: Many of us feel that the city of New Albany definitely is at fault concerning the beautification-oriented redesign of East...

"When internet justice is likely the only justice": Allegations of rape against Matthew Landan result in the closing of Haymarket Whiskey Bar. Are we learning yet?

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You may wish to read the third part first. At least for the moment, the Haymarket Whiskey Bar has ceased to exist. For Matthew Landan, t...
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Black Friday ain't nothing but a memorable song by Steely Dan.

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For the past four decades, any mention of "Black Friday" immediately cues the song by Steely Dan, which promptly starts playing ...
Thursday, November 23, 2017

THE BEER BEAT: Sierra Nevada Celebration Ale and a stray recipe for Eastern European Sauerkraut, Bean and Mushroom Soup.

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These thoughts originally were published two years ago at the since-mothballed Potable Curmudgeon . Tonight's Sierra Nevada Celebra...

ON THE AVENUES: A few thanks to give before we return to our regular resistance programming.

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ON THE AVENUES: A few thanks to give before we return to our regular resistance programming. A weekly column by Roger A. Baylor. Cons...

SHANE'S EXCELLENT NEW BONUS THANKSGIVING WORDS: America is an oligarchy, with decorative flourishes of plutocracy. Democracy? What's that?

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Before partaking of today's holidazed extravaganza, wherein engorged American agribusiness output and brain-damaging sportsball games...

Today's Gahan-Free-Zone: "Public Housing Works: Lessons from Vienna and Singapore."

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I try not to miss any opportunity to publish a photo of the blocks-long Karl-Marx-Hof apartment building in Vienna. It's public housi...
Wednesday, November 22, 2017

Two documentaries about Dean Reed (who?) provide long-lost Cold War time capsules.

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Particularly in the early days after the East Bloc imploded, visiting westerners would scratch their heads at any local mention of Dean R...

Explore New Albany at this website, appropriately called "Explore New Albany."

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A great deal of effort has been put into Explore New Albany , a new and evolving website. There may never be a "one stop shop" ...

SHANE'S EXCELLENT NEW WORDS: Coffey is unabashed, and so the embarrassment belongs to the city -- again.

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"Psychopaths, and to a degree, sociopaths, show a lack of emotion, especially the social emotions, such as shame, guilt, and embarrassm...
Tuesday, November 21, 2017

Unless the Redevelopment Commission or City Hall granted permission, Dan Coffey illegally parked cars on city property during Harvest Homecoming. Period. Censure, anyone?

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Previously: ASK THE BORED: Maserati, Mussolini, Missoula -- whatever, so the Green Mouse is off to learn more about Dan Coffey's H...
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LIVE TO EAT: "Behind the Scenes with Mimi Dabbagh" (from Food & Dining Magazine).

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We become not a melting pot but a beautiful mosaic. Different people, different beliefs, different yearnings, different hopes, different ...

ASK THE BORED: Maserati, Mussolini, Missoula -- whatever, so the Green Mouse is off to learn more about Dan Coffey's HH parking profits at the infamous grassy knoll.

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With any luck at all, we'll learn more this morning -- but tongues are wagging about a certain woman and her Maserati. UPDATE: BO...