The Couch
Name of Kama Sutra Position: The Couch Getting into the position: The woman is instructed to draw up her knees while the man positions himself over her. Trapping her thighs in what is described as a Òtight knot,Ó he saddles her and rides her buttocks to all the way to orgasmville! On a scale of…
Curt Korol’s Top Five
Culture Surfing
The last word on the ‘N’ word
“Don’t tell me the shit’s’ going to start over a jive ass pusher.” — Cobra, The Spook Who Sat By the Door (1973) In Ivan Dixon’s film The Spook Who Sat by the Door (based on Sam Greenlee’s controversial book of the same name), the late actor Lawrence Cook gives a brilliant performance as Dan…
This opera’s on blue
Tonight, the perfect combination is again served at Blue Restaurant & Bar. A night of fine cuisine featuring a specially created five-course dinner served with an exquisite wine offset with a dash of…opera. Blue’s popular opera dinner returns with the Opera Carolina’s duo production of La Vida Breve & Pagliacci and Rigoletto. Several artists from…
Government-deemed danger
Moodswing
Head-on collision
News
Fishing the deep sea
IMAX presents Deep Sea to delight of fishfolk and man alike! “Audiences will be transported below the ocean surface to swim with some of the planet’s most unique, dangerous and colorful creatures, from the unusual Wolf Eel to the Giant Pacific Octopus.” Directed by underwater cinematographer Howard Hall, this film features a score by Danny…
Get tested
National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness day is Wednesday, the day the Loaf hits the streets. The rate of reported AIDS cases among African-American men is eight times that of white men. Among black women, it is 25 times that of their white counterparts. • HIV infections reported in Mecklenburg County in 2005: African-American men — 49…
Martini madness!
Table Dancing
Galactic
The inimitable vibes and sounds of New Orleans come together in the funk-jazz-rock combo Galactic. With six albums and countless shows under their belt, Galactic’s fine blend of funk, hip-hop, blues, acid jazz, and electronica, with plenty of psychedelic detours during live shows, will make you shake your thang till the bankers come home. Galactic…
Dwight Twilley
With Dwight Twilley’s career recently reinvigorated via 2004’s 47 Moons and the just-issued Dwight Twilley Live: All Access, it’s a timely juncture to re-evaluate an under-examined period in the Okie popster’s tenure. Most rock fans have at least a passing familiarity with 1976’s Sincerely (which yielded the powerpop gem “I’m On Fire”) and 1977’s Twilley…
Otis
Profile
Intimate Apparel
Civil War, the Civil Rights Marches, and the Jazz Age are the three historical eras where we conveniently pigeonhole Black history. How nice, then, that Actor’s Theatre of Charlotte brings us Intimate Apparel to celebrate Black History Month. Esther, the heroine of Lynn Nottage’s drama, is an accomplished African-American seamstress at the dawn of the…
We heart …
Bon Odori Japanese Festival — for the people wearing kimonos, food and taiko drums, it’s the cultural event of the year for Japanese people. (Held in August) — Jo Harashima, circulation assistant Our dynamic sports and rec roster! Whether you play sports or just like to sit back and watch, Charlotte’s got a healthy dose…
Ehren Watada leads the way out of Iraq
Breaking the Sound Barrier
Are U.S. nuclear power plants safe from a 9/11-type attack?
It depends who you ask. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission says yes, nuclear plants are safe. “Nuclear power plants are inherently robust structures that our studies show provide adequate protection in a hypothetical attack by an airplane,” said Nuclear Regulatory Commission Chairman Dale Klein last month, in a press release that appeared on the NRC’s Web…
Bezique
Bezique: n. A card game similar to pinochle using a deck of 64 cards. Example? Something’s wrong with the mystique of this bezique game. Are you cheating? Oh hell no! I’m going to bust a cap in your ass!
The good neighbor
The Japanese beat out the French. Not in the world of politics, but on the plate. Fifty years ago when Americans thought of going out, it was to a high end French restaurant. After all, the French taught the world about restaurants and dining out, mais non? Towns all across the United States had high-end…
Stargazer
Aquarius The Waterbearer: (Jan. 20 – Feb. 18) This is not a great time in your life. Your intuition is very strong and causes you to feel the pain of everyone nearby. You want to help. At the same time the circumstances are fighting you all the way and may generate fatigue. For All Signs:…
Mockney ascent
Betta Listen
Mr. Bill from 99.7 The Fox
For 10 years, Mr. Bill has been the afternoon DJ on Charlotte’s “Best Classic Rock” 99.7, The Fox. “If I owe you money,” he says, “you usually find me at Easy Eddie’s Bike Shop and Lounge (more so in the lounge), Amos’ SouthEnd, The Double Door Inn, The Double Door at the Lake, Jokers Dueling…
A challenger appears
On January 2 the Wall Street Journal reported that Sony BMG — one of the four major record companies that, by the paper’s estimate, release 75 percent of all commercial music — has been working with Rock River Communications to place its music in podcasts sponsored by Chrysler and Ford. Rock River’s principal business is…
The bomb in our back yard
Citizen Servatius
Achtung baby
If there was any year-end Oscar bait title that I was especially jonesing to see, it was Steven Soderbergh’s The Good German (** out of four), which opened locally this past Friday and will probably now beat a hasty path to DVD, since it failed to score more than one technical nod (Thomas Newman deservedly…
Going all the away
The Advice Goddess
Film Clips
New Releases CATCH AND RELEASE Susannah Grant has written solid scripts for other filmmakers (Erin Brockovich, In Her Shoes), so it’s lamentable that for her own directorial debut, she didn’t keep a winner for herself but instead settled on a screenplay that must have been hiding for years in the back of her sock drawer.…
Circus maximus
Come one, come all! The Ringling Bros. And Barnum & Bailey Circus is coming to town! More than 100 human and animal performers will flip, swing, roll and herd into Cricket Arena tonight. They’ll be up to their tricks until Feb. 11. Audience members will have an amazing view of the acrobats, clowns, and creatures…
Words and pictures
Hot Linx
View From The Couch
BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN (2005). While the current Oscar season rages on, Universal’s home entertainment arm has elected to re-release the acclaimed film whose shortchanging at last year’s ceremony caused such an uproar. The secret behind this adaptation of Annie Proulx’s short story is that, behind its convenient (and infuriating) designation as “the gay cowboy movie,” this…
Alright, Still
Capitol
Righting the eulogy
Performing Arts
Sweets for your sweetie
Corkscrew
Hit Parade
Yep Roc
Karma Cleanser
Dear Karma Cleanser: I’ve been in a tumultuous marriage for 10 years. We have a 6-year-old daughter. In many ways, my wife and I are still a great match. People who know us always talk about what a great couple we are, blah blah blah. When we’re around others, everything is all hunky dory. And…
You can find us in da club …
Sing it with me: “Go, go, go shorty, it’s your birthday, we gonna party like it’s your birthday …” 50-cent would’ve been proud because a birthday there was and partied we did. And by we, I mean half of Charlotte. Seeing as how we opted to celebrate at The Forum’s College Night, the birthday was…
The Good, the Bad and the Queen
Virgin Records
Fabulous February!!
Don’t look now, but the British are coming! Troupes of Americans and North Carolinians are also on the near horizon. Plus keep you’re eyes peeled for a return visit from Grammy Award-winning violinist Joshua Bell and a fresh HD fix of The Metropolitan Opera. No need for panic, fellow patriots. You can leave your trusty…
Cheap Thrills
WINTER FILM SERIES This latest batch of classic films centers on breakthrough efforts by world-famous directors. The remainder of the schedule consists of Ridley Scott’s The Duellists (Feb. 5), Steven Spielberg’s The Sugarland Express (Feb. 26), Billy Wilder’s Double Indemnity (March 5) and Woody Allen’s Take the Money and Run (March 19). All films will…
Mr. Marmalade
Talk of pushing the envelope! BareBone Theatre Group is serving up Noah Haidle’s Mr. Marmalade, a satire that enters the fantasy world of a 4-year-old girl in such an adult fashion that even some New York critics were uncomfortable. James Yost directs an ace cast at Duke Power Studio Theatre that includes Meghan Lowther, Robert…
The Blotter
THOU SHALT NOT: Someone stole an alligator-shaped teeter-totter from the Good Shepherd Presbyterian Church. Across town, a woman reported her little shiny, red purse was stolen from a pew while she was up front singing at Nations Ford Community Church. EVEN LOWER THAN STEALING AT CHURCH: Someone drove off from the Urban Ministry Center with…
Letters to the Editor
So Mr. Grooms complains (Boomer With Attitude: “Badly needed repairs,” Jan. 24) that the United States is the only industrialized nation that doesn’t treat healthcare as a “right”? Well, as tenuous as our constitutional rights have become, and as socialized as our healthcare system already is, what he complains about I consider a glimmer of…
Perversion of justice
An advocate for incarcerated women as well as a minister with the Unitarian Universalist Church of Charlotte, Melissa Mummert has incorporated her beliefs and her inside knowledge into Perversion of Justice, a new documentary that will be screened at 7 p.m. and again at 8:30 p.m. tonight in The Light Factory’s Knight Gallery. Mummert’s film…
Molly Ivins lives!
Boomer With Attitude
Three for the read
Accepting a long-overdue National Book Award for his ninth novel, The Echo Maker, Richard Powers had this to say: “We live in dangerously convinced times, where many are increasingly eager to simplify all complex readings. My thanks to … all those writers, publishers and readers who, in these times, keep alive the rich strangeness of…
An anti affair
Show the love this February and attend the 4th Annual ANTI Valentine’s Day Charity Bash at CANS Bar and Canteen tonight at 8 p.m. All black is the required attire; however no tuxes are allowed! Drop $10 at the door as a donation to the Charlotte Chapter of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation and enjoy 24oz…
