Bio: Joe Manning is a columnist, essayist, songwriter, and founding member of the band King’s Daughters & Sons. Their 2011 release, "If Then Not When" was met with critical acclaim by throngs of eager tweenies. Manning is legally blind in one eye but stands his watch with unflinching bravery, surveying the cultural landscape of the 21st century and the punch bowl.
At a tricky-dicky little intersection today a guy cut me off – nearly crashed up my truck. I don’t have a properly functioning horn, so I was left with only the shoulder shrug and hands upturned, the international sign language … Continue reading
The buy local, farm-to-table scene in Louisville was born as the unlikely fraternal twin of modernized mass transit in the River City.
Like so much of the 19th and early 20th century architecture in Louisville, the building at 736 East Market Street, where Taco Punk currently resides, is one that immediately animates the curiosity. Its recessed portico, domed iron and glass ornamental … Continue reading
…is a visual artist, filmmaker, composer, writer, and musician – what you might call a heavy-hitter. Noble is a positive and naturally thoughtful creator whose aesthetics include and effortlessly integrate classical artistic concepts and pop culture, the sacred and the profane. … Continue reading
“…There is not a single moral offence which does not, directly or indirectly, affect many others besides the actual offender. Hence, whether an individual is good or bad is not merely his own concern, but really the concern of the … Continue reading
On Derby Day I went to open a can of tomato juice for a bloody mary, but I couldn’t. I knew the can opener was broken because it wouldn’t open the can. Stripped of the singular function for which it … Continue reading
It’s only as you get a little older that you really start to understand the value of planning. Looking ahead and planning wisely sometimes requires us to ask tough questions, some of which have tough answers. Did I put enough … Continue reading
In 1979, at the invitation of the Chinese government, violin virtuoso Isaac Stern performed a series of concerts with the China National Symphony, the first Westerner to ever collaborate with that group.