Live Earth Coming to Charlotte
I missed the John Locke Foundation’s “Why Al Gore is Wrong” talk Monday about global warming. Yeah, yeah, yeah … I’d actually hoped to go. Here’s a related event (albeit of a ideologically different stripe) that also looks interesting — and entertaining. Local activists, including Brian Staton (who sent this to me) are working with…
The Cure Coming to QC
Show me, show me, show me The Cure performing in Charlotte … The goth rockers are coming to the QC on Monday, Sept. 17, according to their official site. 65 Days of Static will be opening the show. When do tickets go on sale and for how much? No clue … the date isn’t yet…
Don’t Go …
Name of Kama Sutra Position: DonÕt Go É Getting into the position: The man lies on his side with the woman lying head to tail in the exact same fashion. With her head pointed toward the manÕs feet, the woman wraps her legs around his hips as he controls the basic motions of intercourse. The…
Triathlon for the Kids
At 4:30 a.m. every morning, kindergartners who are preparing for the Charlotte Track and Triathlon Club’s kids triathlon series wake up for a quick breakfast of raw eggs and protein powder before hitting the treadmill and weight room. Well, not exactly. Although the kids, who are participating in at least one of the seven children’s…
More O.C.T.
Saturday was Charlotte’s Heroes Convention 2007 — comic books galore! Here are some photos of the O.C.T. crew, featured in the June 13 issue of Creative Loafing. (Photos by Katie Williams) Artist Tony Shasteen Actor/writer Rosario Dawson Writer David Atchison
Action-Slacked
The latest issue of Entertainment Weekly (June 22) features the cover story “The 25 Greatest Action Movies of All Time.” Overall, it’s a decent list, with 1988’s Die Hard coming out on top and 1986’s Aliens landing in second place. (My personal choice for #1, 1981’s Raiders of the Lost Ark, came in third.) Other…
Tracking Pols
Don’t let politicians’ performances during debates go unchecked. Campaign finance, the war, social issues — find out where presidential candidates have really stood in the past and where they really stand now. Check out these sites. On the issues: Publicagenda.org – Non-partisan source for research on big issues. Vote-smart.org – Offers primers on officials and…
Word of the Week
Williwaw: n. A sudden violent rush of cold air blowing from a mountainous coast to the sea. Example: Goodness George, where’d that williwaw come from?
Anchors and Anvils
The Deal: Little girl light pairs up with roots-heavy producer Jim Dickinson (Replacements, North Mississippi Allstars daddy/producer) for genre-busting sonic adventures. The Good: Amy LaVere calls Anchors and Anvils her big pop record, but unless your conception of that genre is what country music tuned into in the ’70s, that label don’t get it. There’s…
A threefer of keepers
Books
Burning off Impurities
Temporary Residence; Release date: May 15, 2007
Remember to breathe
Hot Linx
Tropic Culture emerges victorious
Twelve bands battled it out at Tremont Music Hall on June 9 at the Charlotte finals of the Emergenza Music Festival. In the end, it was Tropic Culture who was voted the winner. The victory earned them a June 16 show in Columbia, S.C., in the hopes of eventually winning a trip to play in…
Sky Blue Sky
The Deal: Wilco opts for craft and balance over angst and experimentation. The Good: Jeff Tweedy and his crackerjack band may take the road already traveled on Sky Blue Sky, but there’s no denying the elegant songwriting and flawless execution of these back-to-basic cuts. The unadorned folk and twang of the title track and album…
Current events theater
Breaking the Sound Barrier
CL previews upcoming shows
WEDNESDAY 6.20 THE SITUATIONALS Featuring former members of TabascoHottie, Bruce Joyner’s Reconstruction, The Bond and White Merle, The Situationals are fronted by engaging frontwoman Candice Bassett, who’s backed here by Mike Carinelli, Kelly Morse, Jason Perkins and Todd Day (no, not the old Arkansas Razorbacks star). The guys (and gal) released a debut e.p., Heaven…
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…
The Blotter
MUST’VE BEEN A LARGE SHIRT: A supermarket employee called police after a suspect was found with a stuffed shirt full of beauty products valued at $350, including whitening strips and razors. EXTREME MAKEOVER: A woman told police that a woman stole make-up products and a handbag from her apartment. The former woman later saw the…
Nightlife exists on the lake
I’m not going to lie to you; I have been slacking on partying. I wasn’t in Charlotte last weekend reporting for duty as a nightlife columnist. I was back in Virginia due to the marriage epidemic going around. I have to travel five more weekends this summer for bachelorette parties and receptions. But I don’t…
Mighty Millie
Everything about Thoroughly Modern Millie will remind — or inform — you about what great musical comedies used to be before the “Big Broadway Musicals” erased their memory. Set in the Jazz Age, the snappy adaptation of the Julie Andrews-Mary Tyler Moore film (with the infectious title song along for the ride) won six Tony…
Extra: Read All About It!
Boomer With Attitude
Fetchin’ bones back in saddle
Fetchin’ Bones has reunion fever — sort of. “If every other ’80s band was reuniting, why shouldn’t we?” says front-woman Hope Nicholls, summing up her band-mates’ decision to slough off the mothballs and play a pair of gigs, including one at Amos’ SouthEnd on Saturday, June 30. Nicholls now sings for the local band Snagglepuss,…
Ollie ollie oxen free!
Get on your gear and tighten up your trucks for the Second Annual Charlotte Skateboarding & Music Festival. Skaters of all ages and skill levels are welcome to show of their McTwists and Ollie Impossibles to their families and friends. Rail sliders and skate supporters alike can enjoy a day of live jams and family…
Felicia van Bork’s Top Five
Culture Surfing
Karma Cleanser
Dear Karma Cleanser: I have been in a long-distance relationship for five months. I’ve put in a lot of time (and money) traveling to see him. I’ve tried to hold the relationship down by making the distance not seem so distant. Three months ago he quit his job and hasn’t had any luck finding another…
Spidey’s back in black
At last, it’s here. The third installment of the beloved Spider-Man series (one can hope, can’t she?). RECAP: Peter and Mary Jane are together — YES! Harry will fulfill his father’s legacy as the Green Goblin — BOO! And the moment we’ve all been waiting for, Spidey turns black — OH YEAH! Spider-Man™ 3: The…
Tracking pols
Don’t let politicians’ performances during debates go unchecked. Campaign finance, the war, social issues — find out where presidential candidates really stood in the past and where they really stand now. Check out these sites: On the issues: • Publicagenda.org — Non-partisan source for research on big issues. • Vote-smart.org — Offers primers on officials…
Letters to the Editor
Cast Your Vote In keeping with the current trend towards early primaries and voting, I hereby cast my vote for George Bush as the worst president in the history of the United States (Boomer With Attitude: “Sue Works Up a Lather” by John Grooms, June 6). He truly overshadows earlier winners of this coveted award:…
Father Abraham
Begun last December and scheduled to close weeks ago, the demanding Charlotte community has persuaded the museum directors to extend its Families of Abraham exhibit. Through photographs and narratives, the popular exhibit shows just how similar we all are. A fact that is thoroughly drummed home when observers are told that at least half the…
Dead hooker
Moodswing
Things to do in Charlotte for $5 or less
LEARN TO MEDITATE Take it from loyal practitioners of meditation: There’s nothing like it to take the stress of your workday off your shoulders. That’s why the Pain & Rehab Institute is offering a free class in the breathing techniques and imagery used in ancient qi gong meditation (betcha didn’t know there was more than…
A shootout summer
Here’s something to do this summer the kids will love. Kids: imagine, if you will, watching a school bus, that big yellow monstrosity that takes you to the worst place on earth, hurtling towards another one on a one-way collision course. Sounds good, huh? The rundown: 10 races over nine weeks (June 16-Aug. 8) with…
Kelley Pullman
Profile
Stargazer
Cancer The Crab: (June 21 — July 21) The sun returns “home” to your sign this week, as it does on every summer solstice. You will find it to be energizing. Now is the time to focus on new plans for this next year of your life. Take a fresh look at where you want…
Kick up ’em heels
Head over to the convention center this week to stir up some dust at the National Square Dance Convention. Over 100 cuers, callers and southern dance enthusiasts will do-si-do their way to Charlotte to show off their best chasses, quadrilles, and cast-offs. Come check out the swinging action and maybe tryout a step or two…
Big immigration
Citizen Servatius
A distinguished dystopia
Arts Agenda 39Books 42Savage Love 46
Paso aggressive, part 2
“Temperance, like chastity, is its own punishment.” — Bill Grant, Four Vines Winery in Paso Robles (with a nod to Ben Franklin) With more than 170 wineries and growing, Paso Robles, Calif., is no juvenile wine area. Down-to-earth with the light of success and humor flickering in their eyes, the players exude a confident sense…
Clinical distress
News
Snap judgment
Kitchen Witch
Holy cow
Kitchen Witch 58Corkscrew 60Good Eats 63
Film Clips
Current Releases AWAY FROM HER Iris would have seemed to be the first and last word on movies dealing with Alzheimer’s disease, yet here comes Away From Her to provide it with troubled company. Like that somber drama, this new picture, which marks the assured directorial debut of 28-year-old actress Sarah Polley (The Sweet Hereafter),…
Ready for a revolution
Tom Morello has always been involved with social activism. The Harvard political science graduate is known for being the DJ-like guitarist for Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave. Now, his voice is coming through as The Nightwatchman. “The original goal was to provide a counterweight to my arena rocking — to make music that expressed…
After school
Hit & Run Reviews 76Music Menu / Soundboard 79On MySpace:myspace.com/clcharlottemusic
Tabloid stars
Film Clips 33Films In A Flash 34
