Monday, April 23, 2018

THE BEER BEAT: Speakeasies here, speakeasies there, and not an original thought to be found anywhere.

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It's far easier to be "magical" when your family has profited immensely from LEGAL liquor sales, the budget is unlimited, a...

Choices, choices: Will the GOP's new "Opportunity Zones" further incentivize the gentrification Deaf Gahan encourages as a DemoDisneyDixiecrat?

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A breathless tout of a press release ran under the radar at the end of last week owing to fireworks mania, and it reads every bit as dism...

10 years ago today, Barack Obama was in New Albany.

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I hadn't yet joined Facebook, Bank Street Brewhouse didn't exist, and Doug England had only just started his third (and final) term ...
Sunday, April 22, 2018

If the pickup truck killed the boy, then charge it. Charge SOMETHING or SOMEONE.

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Three times, the newspaper of record stated that a pickup truck struck a boy. Italics have been added. Texas Boy Killed by Truck as Hi...

From Colokial to DADA in two blocks or less, with a sideways glance at DNA's tacky mobster tactics.

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The upshot: Colokial closes so its owner can transition to a different business model, and DADA moves from Underground Station into th...

LIVE TO EAT: "Why restaurants became so loud — and how to fight back."

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Decibels. Like a rock concert. This article is far too detailed to summarize, so go over to Vox and absorb the whole of it. Design, in...

THE BEER BEAT: This humble plinth could be the spot where we memorialize the myriad victims of Prohibition.

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It is imperative for the future health and well-being of the municipality that we embrace historical consciousness, hence my contention t...
Saturday, April 21, 2018

Church-state separation: Reverend's got a brand new church spire, but New Jersey's supreme court begs to differ.

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We turn back the gnarled pages to 2013. 75k for church restoration to be weighed by New Albany council , by Daniel Suddeath ( All Tom ...

Thomas Frank explains how Trump could win another term, and how genetically altered Democrats might prevent it.

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There's no water at THIS reservoir. "In the vast catalogue of social posturing, there are few more repugnant sights than rich ...
Friday, April 20, 2018

This photo collage shows the incredible transformation of the Pints & Union building at 114 E. Market.

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Joe Phillips (Pints& Union) spoke with Kelly Winslow (NA Social) earlier this evening, and you can watch the video here . Meanwh...

Thunder THIS ... a 2018 reminder.

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First published in 2016. Contrarians of the world, rise up! It's the least wonderful time of the year With the fighter jets scre...

R.I.P. Carl Brown, and farewell to the Plain Brown Rapper.

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Like Matt Stone, I met Carl Brown only once, maybe twice. I met Carl Brown once. Smart guy. He was once a promising Louisville politi...

Yes, and Charlie Bond was hit by a DRIVER, not a car.

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Best wishes to Charlie Bond, who is familiar to anyone who walks downtown. He's recovering from being hit by a DRIVER, not a car, which...

"The pressure of online advertising (makes) your favorite local news site, and many others, a fresh hell that even Dante himself couldn’t have imagined."

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One minute to read an article written at 3rd-grade level of comprehension, and two minutes to swat away the myriad advertising intrusions...
Thursday, April 19, 2018

ON THE AVENUES REWOUND: Our great and noble leader is here to stay, so let's break out the țuică and make a joyful noise.

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ON THE AVENUES REWOUND: Our great and noble leader is here to stay, so let's break out the țuică and make a joyful noise. A weekly col...

In New Albany and Florida, bicyclists and pedestrians remain at risk when planners refuse the change car-centric nature of the street grid.

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Read this sentence. Florida's complete streets law led officials to tack on bike and pedestrian infrastructure without changing th...
Wednesday, April 18, 2018

A sampling of new windows, paint and facades in downtown New Albany.

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Then back to Pints & Union. The front doors are going to be red, and the first floor ceiling has been installed. Of recent in...