So in case you didn’t know, Kentucky state Rep. Nick Wilson, a Republican from Williamsburg who also happened to be the winner of Survivor: David vs. Goliath, is sponsoring a bill that would let you have sex with your first cousin without it technically legally being incest.
I’m in downtown Paducah at freight house, where Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear is launching his campaign for re-election in Kentucky. Mayfield Mayor Kathy O’Nan is speaking before Rocky Adkins and Beshear take the stage.
I was finally revisiting The Matrix Resurrections and just had to pause the movie to go find screenshots of this sequence that I didn’t really clock on first watch but I love this effect so much.
Just saw Sorry To Bother You and that movie is a revolutionary act. An instantly important and indispensable piece of bizarre, subversive cinema. Seriously wow.
if you’re enjoying the
@VideoArchives
pod and want a way to keep up with all the films they’re namedropping every ep, i’ve been keeping a running
@letterboxd
list:
i can’t wait for james cameron to make his own fabelmans but it’s about his actual loves — water and wearing a motocross jersey — and has nothing to do with movies.
Deep diving into Ireland’s 1990s with a Triple Troubles night by watching Hidden Agenda, Belfast, and The Image You Missed for
@jbouie
and John Ganz’s Unclear and Present Danger podcast on post-Cold War thrillers and
@jessehawken
’s
@JunkFilterPod
.
Liev Schreiber is one of those hosts that’s just deft and weird and proves to be a more than capable straight man for the cast’s antics. I’ve been delightfully surprised by this ep.
#SNL
Former employees of the Mayfield candle factory that collapsed in last December's tornado are pursuing a federal charge with the NLRB against Mayfield Consumer Products, alleging the company retaliated against them for cooperating with an OSHA probe.
@wkms
I had the privilege of talking with former Kentucky Teacher of the Year
@WillieETCarver
recently about his new book Gay Poems for Red States, why he quit his job, and how teaching is like casting spells that give students power and knowledge.
@wkms
The Kentucky Parole Board voted unanimously for Michael Carneal, who committed the 1997 Heath High School shooting, to serve out the remainder of his life sentence.
My new birthday-to-birthday watch project has begun. This year I’ll be exploring the cinema of 1972. I’ll be doing so in the most haphazard way possible, hewing to things I feel will be interesting or oddly prescient at the 50-year mark.
West Kentucky residents rallied in favor of abortion rights late this afternoon in Paducah’s Noble Park. Dozens came to chant, share stories and stand in support of reproductive rights after the announcement of the Dobb’s decision today, effectively banning abortion in Kentucky.
Are you a reporter looking for a new gig?
@wkms
is looking for an assistant news director/reporter to help run the newsroom. We’re a scrappy team, but we do good, valuable work covering regional news and working with student journalists. Come work with me!
So I'm usually very bad at promoting
@wkms
work stuff, but I'm actually very proud of this series we put together with the fine folks of
@wkupublicradio
and
@RylandKY
on western Kentucky's tornado recovery.
The Kentucky State Fraternal Order of Police announced today that its membership voted to endorse Daniel Cameron, the state’s Republican AG, in this year’s race for governor. Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear won the union’s endorsement in 2019.
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I don't mean to be all "we're losing our heritage" ... but only one of the 25 finalists for kids division of the U.S. Mullet Champ competition is from Kentucky.
paul bartel is a king if for no other reason than orchestrating a scene in cannonball (1976) where him and sylvester stallone have kfc with scorsese, who’s credited only as playing “mafioso.”
I interviewed
@adalimon
, a Kentucky writer and the next U.S. Poet Laureate, today for
@wkms
and Kentucky Public Radio. We talked about her life, her goals as she prepares to take her duties, and the fact that some times poets really are just "jamming."
probably biting off more than i can chew here, but here is my tentative october horror watchlist. i tried to mix in suggestions with a variety of stuff i've been meaning to watch.
Here’s my piece on a Pearl Harbor sailor from western Kentucky who was finally laid to rest in his family plot in Paducah Friday after DNA testing helped identify his remains in October.
Rod Steiger is very good as the white police chief but it sucks big time that he won Best Actor when Poitier carried this film. Quincy Jones’ score OWNS. The shot compositions throughout are just so great, lots of wides and a palpable heat to the whole thing.
wow obsessed with ron fair now. this interview about the making of vanessa carlton’s “a thousand miles” feels like a comedy sketch but it’s perfect. this is the exact wavelength i want all pop producers operating on.
Some personal news: Friday was my last day at
@wkms
+
@OVReSRC
. I'm so, so incredibly proud of the stories we've told in rural places throughout Kentucky and Appalachia, and I'm grateful to have worked with so many talented folks in Kentucky Public Radio, Ohio Valley ReSource.
A feature I’ve been working on:
A Paducah native whose life was shaped by mass incarceration is working to amplify the voices of formerly incarcerated Kentuckians with newly launched nonprofit ABLE (Advocacy Based on Lived Experience).
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UPDATE: Just spoke with Rep. Wilson. He plans to withdraw and refile the bill without the "inadvertent change" that struck first cousins from the state's incest statute. He believes it can help protect young Kentuckians. He posted this on Facebook page. Full story to come soon.
So in case you didn’t know, Kentucky state Rep. Nick Wilson, a Republican from Williamsburg who also happened to be the winner of Survivor: David vs. Goliath, is sponsoring a bill that would let you have sex with your first cousin without it technically legally being incest.
Paducah is cutting the ribbon on its new terminal at Barkley Regional Airport this morning. Airport board chairman Jay Matheny said the new terminal could a new “front door for our region.”
I’m here at Graves County High School, where the far western Kentucky community of Mayfield will mark one year since a historic and deadly tornado outbreak hit their town. Gov. Andy Beshear, local officials and community members will be speaking at the event.
today was
@lily_burris
’s last day at
@wkms
and, while that’s a sad thing, i’m so happy and proud that i got to work with her here and i know to expect big things from her down the pike. that’s a sure thing.
When not at Fancy Farm this weekend, I was working on a historical piece on the Eighth of August celebrations in Kentucky and Tennessee for
@wkms
. This regional observance marks when the first slaves were emancipated in Tennessee, though the tradition spread north to Kentucky.
Paducah chef/restaurateur Sara Bradley is returning for a new all-star season of Bravo’s “Top Chef,” which premieres tonight(!). The west Ky. native will compete against contestants from around the world in the London-set competition!
@ByHannahSaad
@wkms
Greyhound buses no longer pick up passengers or stop in Paducah. That change came unannounced after more than 90 years of service in the far western Kentucky city.
My watch project for 2020 is to tackle all of the Academy Award Best Picture winners. Out of the 91 (soon to be 92), I've seen maybe a third so I'm just going to go through one-by-one and watch the kings and queens of Hollywood's Biggest Night™️.
MORE: Wilson plans to refile and strike the "inadvertent change" and restore the first cousins language in hopes of saving the bill, which he believes will protect young Kentuckians against sexual touching or groping by family members.
@333333333433333
For me, the most Pitchfork thing has always been the closing paragraph of their Kid A review. Some of the most hyperbolic piece of music writing i've ever read.
Gov. Andy Beshear spoke at Freemont Baptist Mission in McCracken County today, which he called "the hardest hit area" when it came to the deadly storm system that impacted Kentucky Friday. He confirmed 5 storm-related deaths and more than 207,000 still without power.
@wkms
Kentucky’s Nuclear Development Workgroup met for the first time yesterday, bringing together lawmakers, utility representatives and environmental and energy experts to consider how the state can add nuclear to its energy mix.
@wkms
@ladd_sarah
Graves native/Paducah resident opinion here...I feel like I just add a "far" to the western once you get past BG. Everything else here holds up tho.
Mattel wants to create a ton of ‘BARBIE’ sequels.
“It’s a very rich universe… It’s a very broad and very elastic brand, in terms of opportunities.”
(Source: )
sometimes i think about how i’ve been 10 cloverfield lane-ing my cat for his entire life. just absolutely gaslighting him about how it’s too dangerous for him to leave my apartment.
you think big jim would ever do a collab with richard attenborough on a blue planet/planet earth-style faux doc on the plants and animals of pandora? i would eat that up.
i was stoked to get my
@VideoArchives
customer card today ❤️📼 proud to be
#1237
and thankful for the snacks. i had an RC machine in my west KY elementary school and i’m glad QT is keeping his TN roots alive.