In The Details
Attention to detail is what makes a restaurant. If from the moment you open the door, you feel a sense of place and purpose, generally the food and service follow this lead. Such is the case of the 90-seat Bombay Cuisine, located on the second tier of a strip shopping center in the University area.…
Homefront Adviser
What is the Saudi peace plan for the Middle East, and what do they mean by “1967 borders”? Saudi Arabia Crown Prince Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud recently threw his hat (actually, his headdress) into the Israeli-Palestinian dispute with a new proposal for peace. In exchange for an Israeli withdrawal to the 1967 borders,…
Eye of Newt
Picture the witch’s cauldron…bubbling up with smoke, fire and brimstone. She tastes the brew…and discovers it needs something, perhaps a pinch of eye of newt. Or perhaps even a dash of Merlot. What might lurk underneath the smoky cauldron’s lid? Quite possibly the most delicious wine blend of the century. All over the world, winemakers…
An Eye For An Eye
Each time I hear Andrea Yates mentioned on the radio — and each day as I read about her murder trial in the newspaper — it strikes me how sad it is that a woman whose name should be associated with motherhood and child rearing has instead become known as an infamous child murderess. But…
Tasty Tidbits
On February 26, 2002, the New York Times reported that Barclays Capital fired five of their six bankers who spent $62,700 (£44,000) on dinner at Petrus, one of London’s most expensive restaurants, last July. The total amount was spent on libations, since the restaurant comped the food. At first the bankers paid the tab themselves,…
Memo to the Serfs:Democracy is dead
Has anyone ever told you that every vote counts? Well, they lied. Over the past few years, while we weren’t paying attention, politicians at every level of government have been banishing voters with inconvenient attitudes from their districts. They got so good at creating their own personal designer districts that, these days, incumbents practically have…
Goodeats
ALL AROUND TOWN ANNTONY’S CARIBBEAN 2001 E. 7th, 704-342-0749; 145 Brevard Court, 704-339-0303; 20910 Torrence Chapel Road, Cornelius, 704-894-0280. A fun, change-of-pace restaurant for a casual lunch or dinner. Limited menu features rotisserie-cooked barbecued meats, what else, Caribbean style. $ BRUEGGER’S BAGEL BAKERY All over town. Chewy bagels, crisp on the outside, and served with…
Bobby Knight’s $%#@!%$ Sweater
The Weird: Those of you who didn’t get enough of Bobby Knight in ESPN’s incredibly profane look at the psychotic ex-Indiana coach in A Season On The Brink last weekend have reason to rejoice. For one, ESPN will inevitably rebroadcast the horrible movie, with Brian Dennehy as Knight, ad nauseum. Secondly, you can purchase a…
Striking When Hot
If ever there was a real instance of striking while the iron is hot, the four fellas from Davidson, NC who constitute the group Cast Iron Filter are it. The band’s upcoming itinerary reaches as far south as Texas, as far north as New York and as far westward as Illinois. And since the release…
By The Numbers
The swallows have returned to Capistrano, and the February ratings are out for the local TV types, as they send ad salespeople to go forth and multiply. I make a habit of taking a look at the overnight Nielsens, which goes back to my TV news years. It can tell us what’s happening, what’s not,…
Music Menu
WEDNESDAY 3.13 Martin Stephenson / David Childers — Brit Stephenson is a big fan of North Carolina musicians and has spent a lot of time in NC recently, soaking up the heritage of Doc Watson and Charlie Poole and the like, not to mention the David Childers of the world. Stephenson, who has toured with…
Letters to the editor
Stick To The Facts To The Editors: Regarding “Evil Is As Evil Does” (by Amy Keith, March 6), it looks like Amy Keith would do well to remember that people who hear only what they want to hear are the favorite playthings of the very demagogues she seems to want to protect against. Criticizing the…
CD Disc-overies
Kasey Chambers — Barricades & Brickwalls (Warner Bros.) Kasey Chambers’ much anticipated sophomore release is an inconsistent hodgepodge of riveting country-rockers, unconvincing honky-tonkers and middle-of-the-road, sensitive singer/songwriter fare. Chambers’ older brother Nash provides taut production throughout — making the muscular rockers crackle and the hardcore country tunes sizzle as if emanating straight from a smoky…
Who Knew?
It’s happened to the best of us. After a night of drinking we wake up with an aching head, nausea, bloodshot eyes, and a mouth that tastes like a litter box — the dreaded hangover. As you sit on the side of the bed, psyching yourself up for the long walk to the bathroom, you…
Soundboard
Wednesday, Mar. 13 Amos’ Southend Course Of Nature Bayou Kitchen Bill Noonan Big Al’s, Mooresville Robin Brown Cajun Queen 7th Street Gator Band Cajun Queen, Pineville 7th Street Gator Band II Dilworth Coffeehouse Open Mic w/ Bert Wray Double Door Inn QuasimojoThe Evening Muse Martin Stephenson, David Childers, Alan Edwards & The Interstellars Graduate, Lake…
The Blotter
* After pulling into a parking spot, a careless driver swung open his car door and whacked the fender of the car parked next to him. When the owner of the damaged car began to address the wrong done to her car, the man brushed her off saying, “Take it up with my insurance company,”…
CL’s Alternate Oscar Awards
Pesky Entertainment Tonight reporters? Awkward acceptance speeches? Bad wisecracks from host Whoopi Goldberg? Appearances by Charlize Theron and Ben Stiller? Well, OK, we like that last one. Still, why sit through four hours of an Oscar telecast when you can zip through CL’s own movie picks in the time it will take some addled celebrity…
News of the Weird
* Afghanistan’s national sport, “buzkashi” (teams of horsemen battling over a goat carcass in a game without many subtle rules), attracted worldwide attention when it was restored in September after years of suppression by the Taliban. However, also attracting attention, according to a February I>Boston GlobeP> story, is Colombia’s indigenous national sport of “tejo,” a…
8 Days a week
WEDNESDAY 13 She’s like a bird, she’ll only fly away. . .pixie Nelly Furtado will bring her live show to Tremont Music Hall tonight at 8pm, along with opening act Citizen Cope. General admission tickets are $25, available by calling 704-522-6500. The Charlotte Checkers take on the Greensboro Generals tonight at 7pm at Cricket Arena.…
FilmClips
NEW RELEASES HARRISON’S FLOWERS It took the film world several years before it felt ready to start producing Vietnam War features, and now a similar holding pattern seems to have ended in regard to the various international skirmishes that have been devastating the world for a good many years. Following on the heels of No…
Creative Loafing’s Stargazer
For All Signs The first day of spring begins on March 20 at 2:16pm EDT. This is the moment the Sun appears to cross the earth’s equator from the southern hemisphere to the north. This change marks the beginning of a new year in zodiacal time, and symbolically augurs fresh starts. In astrological tradition, local…
Right Sex, Wrong Body
She sashays into the room, offers her soft, delicate hand, and with a tilt of the head and flip of her cascading, blondish hair, introduces herself. “Hello, I’m Elizabeth,” she says in a breathy, lilting voice. Gingerly, she lowers her lithe, six-foot frame into the chair opposite mine, crosses her long legs, and begins to…
Karma Cleanser
Dear Karma Cleanser: My story is a little weird and seems to share strange coincidences with the 1988 movie Coming to America starring Eddie Murphy. I seem to be falling in love with this woman who is already spoken for. Well, I do clean up for a living and I’m from another country (the UK,…
Hackers On Wheels
“We just got one,” says Xam. “It’s a LinkSYS system, probably from that building.” He points to an office building. “Xam,” the nickname used by a hacker and student, is showcasing the weakness of business computing’s hottest new tool: wireless networks. “This one’s wide open,” he says. “Let’s go find some more.” Wireless networks are…
Bebop In Black & White
Gallery L at the Main Library celebrates its first year of existence with Portraits for The Golden Age of Jazz: Photographs by William P. Gottlieb. Gottlieb gives a sober and clear eyed view of a time when America’s only homegrown music burned hottest. It was the 1940s, on 52nd Street between 5th and 6th Avenue…
And the Folks Behind the SouthPark Lawsuit Are …
Since it began, the folks behind the lawsuit that has threatened to halt hundreds of millions of dollars of investment in SouthPark mall have sought to remain anonymous, according to their lawyer. It has always been assumed that a small handful of SouthPark Coalition members, fed up with the city’s rezoning process, was continuing to…
Jungal Boogie
For the fourth straight year, when springtime sprouts in all our thoughts, Children’s Theatre is taking us on an African safari. Sparked by a brilliant stage adaptation by Edward Mast, the present Jungalbook may be the most moving and profound journey of them all. When Rudyard Kipling wrote the original Jungle Books in 1894 and…
Standing At The Crossroads
Last week’s startling announcement of a new potential buyer for the Charlotte Hornets had musicians, music fans and historians, as well as Hornets fans, doing double-takes and shouting for joy. When word got out that the interested buyer is none other than legendary blues pioneer Robert Johnson, music enthusiasts nationwide felt their jaws drop to…
A New Flavorful Edge
The 10th annual CPCC Spring Literary Festival begins Monday at Central Piedmont Community College, subtitled this year as “A feast for the senses.” Every year, the festival blends three or four keynote speakers, loads of workshops and writing programs, and youth activities to make a festival that evinces an appealing grassroots flavor — inclusive and…
Doing Less With More
With the Hearst Tower nearly completed, many people have asked my opinion of Charlotte’s newest uptown skyscraper. I don’t like it: with the exception of one new plaza on North Tryon Street next to the Mint Museum of Craft and Design (which I think is going to be a very fine urban space), the tower…
Arts Agenda
Classical Music Ayres and Merriments a concert of music from the Highlands (of Scotland) through the Islands (England, Wales, Ireland) presented by Carolina Pro Musica. Fri., March 15, 8:15 p.m. $12, $6 for students and seniors. St. Mary’s Chapel, 1129 E. 3rd St. 704-334-3468. A Chamber Music Recital by Synergy Music from around the world…
Un-Americanan Activity
T uesday, March 5 saw both a party and a wake at the Double Door Inn. The fifth anniversary of the Americana Night Showcase also turned out to be the final farewell to the event. People onstage and in the crowd were saying, “I can’t believe it” all night. Some couldn’t believe it had been…
