74°F3:07 PM Louisvillian Joan Shelley’s newest album, Ginko, is out in the world and her record release show on Saturday.Shelley has an impressive group of musicians assisting her this time. The full album is now available via Ol Kentuck. Shelley has an impressive group of musicians assisting her this time.
I have writer’s block. No, no, don’t panic. I’ll be just fine here in my bodacious funk, stress levels slowly simmering in nonchalance before the cataclysmic boiling point of panic froths all over my inner and proverbial creativity cook stove. This happens all the time – especially on Saturdays. I don’t much like Saturdays…or Sundays. Yuck. These must be residual feelings from childhood that have sunk their sharp, little teeth into my adult idiosyncrasies: the hairy beast of Homework looming in the corner, the rancid s
Reading a play can sometimes amount to a starched, odd experience. As a reader you are inhaling the bones of imagined action, the skeleton of the movement and dynamic words of the actors on stage. Sitting alone in a chair digesting directional prompts and character expressions is an entirely different interaction with the story and mood of an on-stage performance. Humor and body language bring renewed subtly into the dialogue; we realize the vision as a viewer. Much the same can be true for the work of the poet. Hearing the words vocalized on stage brings those