Good Eats
All Around Town Anntony’s Caribbean, 400 S. Tryon St., 704-339-0303; 2001 E. 7th St., 704-342-0749. All locations have different owners. A hint of the tropics; rotisserie chicken with Jamaican jerk sauce, ribs, Paradise Island fish special, curries, and Caribbean styled greens. $$ Azteca, 116 Woodlawn Rd., 704-525-5110; 9709 Independence Blvd., 704-814-9877; 1863 W. Franklin Blvd.…
Mad Vibrations
Sound Tribe Sector 9, often abbreviated by fans as Sector 9, refers to the ninth bak’tun in the Mayan Earth calendar. It’s important to note that the Mayans did not group years in 10s as we do, but in 20s called k’atuns. Twenty k’atuns made one bak’tun. Bak’tuns are long, so most of history was…
CD Disc-overies
Supergrass, God bless ’em, has never had a whole lot of luck with America, despite releasing a string of 60s-inspired-yet-forward-thinking albums that rank among some of the best releases of the last decade. Every time the band’s popular profile threatens to grow, along comes someone else to mow them back down again. In the mid-90s,…
Soundboard
Wednesday, Mar. 5 Big Al’s Pub, Cornelius Scott Johnson Brickhouse Tavern, Davidson Robin Brown w/ Andy Seets Cajun Queen 7th Street Gator Band Comet Grill Pervis & Sonya Lee Double Door Inn The Silos The Evening Muse Grey Eye Glances Fat City Dynamite Brothers; The Spinns Hickory Tavern Meet Mary Ann The Meeting House Restaurant…
Music Menu
WEDNESDAY 3.5 The Silos — Walter Salas-Humara, leader of the semi-legendary Silos, might be the Stephen Malkmus of the roots country set, featuring cut-and-paste wordplay and low-fi settings for real high-fidelity emotions. Shows are rather loose and ragged, but for this kind of music, it works fine. Depending on the night, the lyrical and emotional…
Life of the Party
If you’re in a band, there’s few bigger shows on a local level than the “CD Release Party.” First, you can advertise your show, use the word “party,” and somehow avoid coming off like a dork cover band. Second, if you’re ever going to sell any of your CDs, this is the night. People know…
Awards Askew
You’ve got your Oscars, you’ve got your Razzies (honoring the year’s worst achievements), you’ve got your guild trophies, and you’ve got your critics’ awards. Now sweep up all the offbeat categories that nobody else covers, and you’ve got CL’s own alternate awards, honoring the various what-have-you’s of the 2002 movie year. And now, without further…
See & Do
MARCH 6, THURSDAY BareBones Theatre Group gets set to present Eleemosynary, the story of the unsteady relationship among three generations of women, in the Attic Theatre of the Afro-American Cultural Center tonight through March 8 at 8pm. The play tells the tale of a domineering matriarch (Dorothea) who pushes her daughter (Artemis) away and is…
Film Clips
GOOD COP, BAD COP Maverick detective Kurt Russell practices law and disorder in Dark Blueunited artists Film ClipsCL’s capsule reviews are rated on a four-star rating system.BY MATT BRUNSON CURRENT RELEASES DAREDEVIL In the introduction to the 1975 compendium Son of Origins of Marvel Comics, Stan Lee admitted that of all the superheroes he ever…
Karma Cleanser
Dear Karma Cleanser: A little less than a year ago, I had my first serious boyfriend. To make this long, common story short, I ended my friendship with my best friend “John,” who kept telling me I was dicking him over and spending too much time with this boyfriend. He became super annoying, and so…
At The Twilight’s Last Gleaming
When I’m disoriented by the pressure of immense events, my tendency is to defer to someone whose moral authority is beyond question. These people are in pitifully short supply. But certainly Nelson Mandela qualifies — a man in his 80s with no more deals to make except his final peace with God, a man who…
Stargazer
For All Signs: From now through mid-September, Uranus will give us a preview of its presence in Pisces. Then it will move slowly backward to Aquarius until January 2004, when it returns to Pisces for seven years. When Uranus changes signs we experience restlessness in some area of life, a need to crack the routine…
Fox 18s Mathis Wasnt Suspended
Despite what you’ve been reading in another newspaper for a couple of weeks, Fox18 weatherman Mark Mathis was not suspended by the station, although his 30-day leave immediately after the February ratings book still has tongues a-wagging around town. WCCB news director Ken White told me that, “He’s (Mathis) off for 30 days. It was…
Hizzoner’s Redux In A Row
On Sunday, the Observer reported that, contrary to previous accounts, Mayor Fratboy is considering running for a record fifth term as mayor of Charlotte. Reaction was immediate from various political figures. Former mayor Stan Brookshire turned over in his grave. Rep. Sue Myrick announced, “That weenie wants my House seat, but I’ll never step down…
Son of Patriot Act
Soon after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, Congress passed the USA Patriot Act, which conferred broad powers upon the government. Now, John Ashcroft and his scribes at the Justice Department have been working secretly on new legislation that would expand greatly upon these already sweeping powers. This daring sequel to the Patriot Act is known…
Edward Hopper Moments
We’ve all had our own Edward Hopper moments, whether we know it or not. Walking the dog at night we glance in a window from the street to see neighbors in their living room. Jim watches the tube, Marcie stares at the computer in the far corner. They’ve been speechless for hours.Through the windshield a…
Coast to Coast Lies
Kaia Lenhart has been an expert on a lot of things in the last six years. In January of 1997, Lenhart led a grassroots effort in Montana against the Balanced Budget Amendment for Americans for Democratic Action. The next month, she was on the ground in New Jersey, coordinating the group’s anti-Balanced Budget Amendment grassroots…
One More Tuna
Like thousands of other Charlotte theatergoers, I’ve gotten accustomed to the ignorant residents of Tuna, Texas, by way of the Charlotte Rep/Flat Rock Theatre co-production of A Tuna Christmas that has invaded Booth Playhouse four times over the past decade. But how can one Tuna be enough?Finally, our great tuna hunger was addressed when the…
High Alert
Today as I was browsing news channels trying to find out whether we were at war yet or not, I was alarmed to discover that we’re still on a high terror alert. I only found out when I saw it on the scrolling news at the bottom of the screen — right after an important…
Book, Ball, and Chain
There’s a popular misconception about prisons that has grown in popularity lately: that they’re pleasant places where the inmates have nothing to do but watch TV, improve their criminal skills, lift weights, and generally grow stronger and smarter as they serve out their sentences on the way back to a renewed life of crime. The…
Letters
No More Mystery In response to “Man of Mystery” by Sam Boykin (Feb. 26), the writer not only gave the book Race Against Evil a personal review, he gave a complete synopsis of the book. OK, Borders, you can take the book off your shelf “cause Creative Loafing was kind enough to spill the beans…
Arts Agenda
Classical Music 2003 Jazz Discovery Music Festival Jazz trumpeter Marvin Stamm will perform with Bill Mays, Rufus Reid and Ed Soph followed by The Winthrop University Jazz Ensemble. In addition, the festival will also include performances by area high school bands throughout the day as well as a master class with the Marvin Stamm Quartet…
Blotter
Mr. Tired Butt: During an argument a local woman was grabbed by her shirt collar and then yanked all around her apartment. The man accused explained that he’d gotten upset because he had to wait too long on the woman and was tired of sitting in the car. Hey, I’m Walking Here!: A man was…
All Dressed Up
Nectar 1730 E Woodlawn, Suite A, (across Runnymede from Park Road Shopping Center) 704-519-4174. Hours: Tuesday-Friday 11:30am-2:30pm; 5pm-10, Friday until 11pm; Saturday 11:30-11pm. Sunday brunch to open in late March. AmEx, MC, Visa, Diners. The picture of Norah Jones in a simple black dress holding an armful of Grammys struck me: Here was a simply…
News of the Weird
Bowling for meteors: In January, the engineers and hobbyists of Utah’s Salt Lake Astronomical Society told reporters they were planning to air-drop bowling balls, at very high altitude, to check out their impact when they land on the salt flats, to simulate the impact of meteorites. The society said it had been frustrated that it…
Field trips for wine lovers
Hilton Head Island’s 18th Annual Wine Festival, March 15, 2003. The largest outdoor, tented wine tasting on the East Coast, with more than 500 domestic and international wines, continuous entertainment and gourmet meals from Hilton Head Island’s best restaurants. Tickets are $30 each and include a souvenir wine tasting glass. Purchase tickets in advance over…
