This looks pretty cool. Bluegrass Bioneers 2009 will feature local favorites Ben Sollee, Arnett Hollow and Hary Pickens, as wells as speakers, Michael Pollan, Steph Pistello, Gill Holland and Jeff Biggers. Its FREE and will go down at UofL’s Rauch Planetarium and Stricker Hall. It’s a three day deal, so see the link above for the full schedule.
Lawlapalooza is the Louisville legal community’s annual battle of the bands, staged since 2005, to benefit the Judge Ellen B. Ewing Foundation. The Judge Ellen B. Ewing Foundation was established at the University of Louisville Louis D. Brandeis School of Law in 2005 with generous gifts from the Louisville Bar Foundation and the Women Lawyers Association. The fund provides up to $4,000 in summer fellowship funding for a University of Louisville law student to work in the areas of family law, domestic violence and spouse abuse, and HIV/AIDS.
October 2, 2008 @ Phoenix Hill Tavern. Tix are $25 ($5 for students).
SCHEDULE
6:00 PM Doors Open
6:30 PM Schuyler Olt
7:00 PM Assault with a Deadly Weapon
7:30 PM Elvis Cardozo & the Attractive Nuisances
8:00 PM The Frank Galvin Experience
8:30PM 100% Legal
9:00 PM Freakin’ Sweet
9:30 PM HeadTap
10:00 PM Shine-Ola
10:20 PM Voting Ends/ Votes Tallied
10:30 PM Winner Announced
More info here.
Control, the debut film by celebrated rock photographer and video maker Anton Corbijn, documenting the life of Ian Curtis, late frontman of Manchester’s post-punk band Joy Division, is playing at UofL’s Floyd Theatre (SAC W308) Thursday, January 17 @ 6:00, 8:30 pm. It’s essentially free ($1 with student ID, $2 w/o) & if you’ve got the time, there’s no reason to miss this.
Then, if you like Control, I strongly encourage the immediate renting of 24 Hour Party People….as it loosely documents Manchester’s Factory Records incredible rise to fame, as just as quickly its demise. By association, it also documents Joy Division, New Order, Happy Mondays, and bits here & there about a few others…I absolutely loved 24 Hour Party People & strongly encourage going to see Control.
Control – official trailer
24 Hour Party People- official trailer
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Finally, something UK & UofL fan can agree upon…….a distaste for Duke.
Treveor, for the Louisville Cardinal wrote an article stating that UofL has filed suit against Duke university over a breach of contract, demanding $450,000 in damages.
The suit is over an agreement to play 4 football games, each team having 2 at home. One of the games was played in ‘02, and Duke canceled the others. The teams were meant to meet in ‘07-’09, but due to the wrongful cancelation of the contract (along with another possible breach by Vanderbilt), UofL has been forced to fill the spot with Murray State and University of Utah (not exactly opponents to draw in the masses)
