A co-worker of mine, who dresses fabulously informed me that local Italian eatery Melillo’s is considering starting up a bocce league of some sort. It’s sort of gelling right now — and I’d say the time is nigh for such developments! Melillo’s already has a bocce pit behind their restaurant, so why not start a league there?

I don’t know why bocce hasn’t “caught on” around town – it really is a “sport” that can be done anywhere. Cholly and I regularly play in the gravel parking lot here at work! Also, it is a sport conducive to drinking (after all, the Italians did invent it). Bocce ball in one hand, glass of wine or pint of beer in the other! Fantastico!

There is a thread on the Louisville Hot Bytes forum entitled “bocce ball league“. If interested, check it out.

Hey hey, it’s that time of year when I remind all of those Louisvillians that read this blog to go and find out where to vote if you don’t already know. It’s too late to remind you to register to vote if you haven’t already (October 4, 2004 being the deadline). So, go and check it out, and make sure to get out the vote on November 2nd. That is all.

Maybe the greatest “indie” band to rise out of the Derby City, Slint were hailed as pioneers in their day. They released two albums, Tweez and Spiderland, and in one way or another influenced a great number of bands here in Louisville, and helped to spark a great revival of Louisville’s indie scene.

I think my first experience with Slint came from the soundtrack of Kids (1995), the marvelous and chilling tale of a group of Kids in New York. The Slint track on the album was what many would consider their signature track – “Good Morning, Captain”. Trying to explain Slint is like trying to explain why I like looking at the sky at night. You really just have to do it to appreciate it. Go and find some Slint (at least “Spiderland”) through whatever channels you deem ethical.

So, anyway, back to the headline of this post — Slint is re-forming, starting at the first “All Tomorrow’s Parties” festival in England next year. I’m certain they’ll make it to Louisville some time and I hope I’m in the room when they play…

For more Slint-info, check out this site.

The Courier-Journal has a 2003 Election Guide, with plenty of information and articles.

Don’t know where your voting location is? Never fear, citizen — check out the LOJIC’s Voter Connection.

Polls are open from 6AM to 6PM, and anyone in-line at 6PM will get a chance to vote.

Well, the last vestige of a successful broad-range local bookstore, Hawley-Cooke has been bought by Borders Books and Music. They will close briefly in a couple of months and reopen as Borders. I don’t know how employment will be affected, but I suppose our closest Hawley-Cooke contact Holly will know. Or her legions of HC spies will know.

Jackson, Kelly and I went to the fair yesterday! Bunnies and rednecks and chickens, OH MY! Note well our “weak shouldered” bunny friend over to the right there… We also encountered rockabilly ducks and some odd memorials to Bob Hope and Desert Storm II in aquarium format! The bunnies were extra cute this year.

Check theKentucky State Fair 2003 gallery!

Nabbed from Pitchfork’s news this morning:

The duo [The Blood Brothers] has, however, been tapped to appear at the Krazy Fest some time between August 1st and 3rd in Louisville, KY. Now, see if you can find it in yourself to forgive promoters for bestowing upon this festival the worst name in the history of all nomenclature, and then consider making the horribly long drive out, up or down to Kentucky– the land of fields, more fields, and a poorly named hardcore shindig. If you’re still the least bit interested, Louisville’s Waterfront Park will host the sixth annual rendition of this kraziness– a rough and tumble collection of raucous rawkers and hardcore pretty boys.

BTW, congratulations to those of you who managed to successfully navigate The Blood Brothers site. The navigation is absolutely atrocious. It is, however, a unique blend of non-intuitiveness blended with silly Flash toys and annoying sound. Thankfully, the music is better.

When someone tells you “Hey man, Louisville is boring and sucks,” you can promptly direct that guy to the URL for the 2nd Annual Lebowski What-Have-You festival right here in Louisville. I don’t know if it’s the only Lebowski What-Have-You Festival in the nation, but I do know this — the man who was the inspiration for “The Dude” will be there, drinking white russians and bowling. Yeah.

i hopped over to Funtongue’s Listing of Louisville Blogs to check out what’s going down in the five-oh-two, and I found a number of new blogs:

Bobby Bailey – at the moment, a very productive blogger, and witty at that. check his bit about bumper stickers.

i.code – a guy who collects miniature doors, and works at Mission Data (word up to Pauly)

Man, I need to get kygeek[dot]org up and running.