Porn merchants need economic development, too
A dozing U.S. District Court in Indianapolis hosted yesterday’s “dueling mouthpiece” New Albanian porno/zoning extravaganza. The topic was New Albany DVD, the seemingly...
The Applebee’s of our civic eye
Just before the election, a front page news story in the Tribune brought New Albanians the joyous news that after decades without a true...
Today we learn about exurbia & the Marx Brothers
Today David Brooks of the New York Times writes about exurbia, the anthropological concept embraced by George W. Bush and his puppet master, Karl...
Here it is – in my other pocket
Locals with achingly long long memories will recall that Mayor James Garner began his term of office in January, 2004 by advocating a reorganized...
Soaring Sunday ‘Bune
Why does it take until the Sunday edition following the election for the Tribune to feature an in-house editorial that is thoughtful, coherent and...
Mike Sodrel, lend me your ear
Hey, Mike Sodrel … is that you?
Not sure if you remember me from the Harvest Homecoming Parade, but I was the one sitting...
Thanks but no thanks
Mayor Garner limited himself to one public pronouncement with respect to the election, writing a stiffly formal, stylistically challenged letter to the Tribune endorsing...
Home cooking, New Albany style
Diana worked the polls at Pine View elementary school on Corydon Pike, which is an excellent WPA building dating back to the thirties.
She reports...
Don’t worry, the ‘Bune won’t out you
A day otherwise known as Election Day, but for our purposes here one for ruminating on the City Council meeting on Monday night.
Area newspapers...
Letter to the Tribune: Where’s the beef in Garner’s proposals for Scribner Place?
I wrote the following letter to the Tribune (published around October 19).
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THREE STRIKES?
The Tribune’s Oct. 5 editorial in support of the Scribner Place project...
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2006: The NA Confidential – Volunteer Hoosier merger.
Diana and I first met Randy Smith on the grounds of the Moser Tannery in 2004 (wife Ann was with him; I knew her...
The Highwayman at city council, 2009: “Romeo, Romeo,——-?”
Lloyd "The Highwayman" Wimp, who sadly left us on November 12, 2010, was an old acquaintance of my 1990s-era pub madness who became a...
Prague’s concrete paneláks aren’t finished yet.
Having grown up under the tutelage of a father who went out of his way to avoid urban areas, and this being America, my...
