Aug 15-21, 2007

Aug 15-21, 2007 / Vol. 24 / No. 21

Sucking a Mango

Name of Kama Sutra Position: “Amrachushita” (Sucking a Mango) and “Sangara” (Swallowed Whole) Position: Amrachushita- a technique performed by the woman, where she tales the mans penis in her mouth as deep as possible, pulling and sucking as vigorously as if she was attempting to clean the rind off of a mango fruit Sangara- This…

Eric J. Leech

Purgatory: The forbidden fruits

To defy the norms of North Carolina’s Bible-belting, sex-fearing majority is pure insanity. To do it wearing nothing but thin strips of electrical tape over your nipples is sexy. It’s what we call Purgatory and it happened at Amos’ Southend on Saturday night. Crowds of fetish-loving Charlotteans, including myself, gathered in lingerie and less to…

Contributing Intern

Major Minorities

According to a recent report released by the U.S. Census Bureau, nearly one in every 10 of the nation’s 3,141 counties has a population that is more than 50 percent minority. Here are some highlights: • Claiborne County, Miss., had a population that was 85 percent black in 2006, which led the nation. All 50…

Life is a Highway

It’s an oxymoron to put Academy and Country Music in the same sentence, but Rascal Flatts has won its share of ACM and CMA awards over the past seven years, and believe it or not, the country crossover band actually has black fans! No bullshit, I’ve met them … well, her (cause I only know…

Mike McCray

The Blotter

TAKE THIS JOB AND SHOVE IT: Ah, this man’s lived out the lyrics of several country songs: After being told he was fired from a restaurant, he punched his supervisor in the face and ripped his shirt. NICKEL IN A CREEK: A guy complained to the police that someone he knew dragged his clothing and…

Karen Shugart

Lion’s Share

Come away with us into the mighty jungle is what the national touring cast of Disney’s The Lion King asks as they whisk you away into a lighter-handed version of Shakespeare’s Hamlet for a younger generation. Actually, that’s what the movie did; the musical takes that world and kicks it up several notches by adding…

Branna Calloway

Life Flows On

A little rain never hurt anyone. Until some levies broke. And the Arabian horse trainer in charge didn’t send help fast enough. View the devastation of Katrina through the lenses of high school students from Charlotte and New Orleans in the film and photography exhibit Message in a Bottle: Reconstructing Lives. Runs through Sept. 21.…

ethan case

Reading, writing and rhyming

  Fly Paper Author Omar Tyree signs autographs for fans at the Blake Hotel during last week’s Charlotte Literary Festival. More Mic Snacks It only looks like singer Elaine Berton is going to eat the mic at last Saturday’s Midwoodstock festival (which was held in Plaza Midwood). Berton — backed by The Bossycows — is…

Robbery 101

So you need to rob a bank or convenience store sometime soon, but you’re not quite sure of the most effective way to conceal your firearm. No worries, the good folks at Starks Training Institute will educate you on how to conceal your weapon so that nobody suspects a thing — until you open fire…

JESI HARRIS

Charging the Tides

The Charlotte Knights have their second game in a four-game stretch at home against the Norfolk Tides tonight. Support the local team and maybe they’ll still be around past the introduction of a MLB squad. $6-$12. 7:15 p.m. Knights Stadium, 2280 Deerfield Dr, Fort Mill, S.C. 704-357-8071. www.charlotteknights.com.

Branna Calloway

Calamity

The Deal: Charlotte-based indie rockers release third full-length album. The Good: For 15 tracks, the trio shows its mettle as a rock band, slightly alternative and often harmonized. The vocals of Bryan Bielanski and Rachael Malmberg are paired nicely throughout the album like a robust wine with a fine cuisine — though Bielanski often finds…

Jeff Hahne

CL Previews Upcoming Shows

Wednesday, Aug. 15 Two Gallants San Fran duo Two Gallants took their name from a story of the same name by James Joyce, but are perhaps best known in the indie world because of a 2006 show in Houston, wherein, after investigating a noise complaint (and finding the aforementioned two still playing), the police went…

Stargazer

Leo The Lion: (July 22 — Aug. 22) Saturn is departing your sign, and it will be a relief. You have spent the past cycle working toward redefining who you want to become in the world. However you may have done it, the probability is that it was costly in more ways than one. You…

Vivian Carol

Underclass Hero

The Deal: Canadian rockers return for their fourth album — minus one member and a little more political. The Good: Thankfully, this album does not bash the same song down your throat packaged 15 different ways. They have songs for different tastes, which should appeal to the diehards and also entice fringe listeners. “Walking Disaster”…

Mike McCray

Ex Tempore

The Deal: Folkie gets high on pop. The Good: Like Neil Young, Johnny Irion isn’t afraid to attack a note. The struggle, while not always tuneful, is usually interesting. Irion’s plaintive, preteen-sounding vocals are made more melodic by Tift Merrit’s ace rhythm section of bassist Jay Brown and Zeke Hutchins. The irony is Irion has…

Grant Britt

Karma Cleanser

Dear Karma Cleanser: I was having dinner with my friend Katey, who has a big mouth and always gives me updates on people we used to know. The dinner was going great until Katey mentioned that she had bumped into my ex-boyfriend. Keep in mind that this was a man whom I thought I was…

Film Clips

Current Releases BECOMING JANE Perfectly pleasant yet also somewhat pointless, Becoming Jane comes across less as a motion picture and more as a victim of identity theft. Given the glut of exemplary films based on the works of Austen — from the fairly faithful (Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice) to the radically reworked (Bridget…

Matt Brunson

Live Review: PROJEKT REVOLUTION

The Deal: Linkin Park brings a bunch of friends to rock out in the 100-degree weather. The Good: Thanks to the heat, most people (including myself) didn’t get there until later in the day for the mainstage acts. Placebo offered a toned-down set, while HIM singer Ville Valo appeared to be higher than the temperature.…

Jeff Hahne

Letters to the Editor

Throwing stones in contempt I’m an avid reader of the Loaf and especially the new column The N Word. I am also a Charlotte native and an African born in America. Thank you for writing such an informative piece this week regarding the trial of Michael Vick (The N Word: “Guilty Until Proven Innocent” by…

View From The Couch

FLASH GORDON (1980). A reigning guilty pleasure, producer Dino De Laurentiis’ adaptation of the classic comic strip (and subsequent film serials) has divided viewers for close to three decades now. Released the same year as The Empire Strikes Back (thus guaranteeing that it was pretty much doomed from the start), this eye-popping eye candy of…

Matt Brunson

Live Review: Kenny Chesney w/ Sugarland, Pat Green

The Deal: The best country music line-up (at least in my opinion) shared the stage of the best concert venue in Charlotte (in the readers’ and critics’ opinions, according to the “Best Of” issue). Translated: Pat Green, Sugarland and Kenny Chesney sang to the sold-out lawn at Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre as everyone sang along. The…

Brittney Cason

Ovens Auditorium, Aug. 5, 2007

The Deal: Contemporary bluegrass heroes go out in style for “Farewell for Now” Tour. The Good: Performing a variety of songs from its albums, and throwing in a few covers, the band did nothing but shine for the duration of its three-hour set. Fiona Apple offered guest vocals on nearly half of the songs –…

Jeff Hahne

Coming Attractions

FRIDAY, AUG. 24:  The first Carolina Panthers game of the preseason and it has to be against those damn Patriots. That’s right, folks, it’s a Super Bowl XXXVIII repeat showdown between two of the baddest teams on the East coast. Local MVP Jake Delhomme matches wits with SB MVP Tom Brady (who by the way,…

Branna Calloway

Talk Radio

Don Cheadle lets his hair down — or at least his ‘fro up — in Talk to Me, an enjoyable screen biopic that unfortunately never reaches its full potential. Cheadle, so soft-spoken in his Oscar-nominated turn in Hotel Rwanda, gives up the funk with his boisterous performance as Ralph Waldo “Petey” Greene Jr., an ex-con…

Matt Brunson

After 5 The Atrium Comes Alive

The time has come, dear friends, to gather downtown across from the Eckerd on North Tyron Street to listen to music and drink beers with friends, some old but most new. Center City Alive After Five has become the place to see and be seen for Charlotte’s young urban professionals. “It’s what you do on…

Branna Calloway

Kitsch ‘N’ Confidential

It’s swampy backstage at the Visulite Theatre. In the cramped quarters, former home to the venue’s long-departed rear-screen projection system, girls in various states of habille and dishabille prepare for the night’s show. The last-minute wardrobe checks and good-natured, hardboiled banter are the stuff of myriad black-and-white stage-door movies that descend a winding staircase past…

Judy Cole

At Last

“If [She] Had [Her] Way” Def Jam recording artist Chrisette Michele would have everyone grooving to the jazz-tinged soul of her debut album, I Am. I recently spoke with her before she comes to town for her first and only Carolina appearance tonight: Where do you come up with the ideas for your songs? From…

Branna Calloway

Recent

See all

Gift this article