Soundboard
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 14 BAYOU KITCHEN Bill Noonan BOARDWALK BILLY’S, UNCC Robin Brown CAJUN QUEEN 7th Street Gator Band CAJUN QUEEN, PINEVILLE 7th Street Gator Band II CAT’S CRADLE, CARRBORO Lisa Loeb CHARLIE BROWN’S, CHARLOTTE Rob & Rob COMEDY ZONE Joe Morrison & Frankie Paul DILWORTH COFFEE HOUSE Open Mic w/ Bert Wray DOUBLE DOOR Billarabi…
Spellbound
An orphaned youth living with an aunt and uncle who don’t understand him. A grizzled wizard who helps him develop supernatural powers he never knew he had. Two loyal sidekicks who spend much of their time bickering with each other. And a former student of the elderly wizard who ends up being seduced by, quote,…
The Jig Is Up
For every thriller like The Usual Suspects or The Crying Game — movies that contain twists so sudden, so shocking and so unexpected, we can’t help but radiate appreciation at their ability to catch us offguard — we can always expect to stay one step ahead of the game with movies like Novocaine and Heist,…
Film Clips
NEW RELEASES SHACKLETON’S ANTARCTIC ADVENTURE Taking a break from functioning as one of the world’s largest science classes (thanks to titles like Blue Planet and Dolphins), Discovery Place’s OMNIMAX Theatre instead becomes one of the world’s largest history classes with its presentation of a real-life event that has also been the subject of approximately a…
Unprotected
In the early morning hours of December 12, 1999, a woman, naked from the waist up, ran screaming from her home in Elizabeth. Wearing nothing but a sock and a long, fitted skirt, she pummeled a neighbor’s door with her fists, begging someone to let her in. When they opened the door, Elizabeth Connolly (not…
8 Days A Week
WEDNESDAY 14 The Charlotte Checkers take on the Pee Dee Pride tonight at 7pm at Cricket Arena. Tickets are $6-19, available by calling 704-522-6500. The Southern Christmas Show continues today (and runs through November 18) at the Charlotte Merchandise Mart. Featured are loads of vendors, arts, crafts, holiday foods, and more. Show hours are weekdays…
Peaceniks or Overnight Patriots?
In an October 31 New York Times column called “These Spooky Times,” for instance, Maureen Dowd describes a job fair at George Washington University in which the line for the CIA booth is longer than all the other lines combined. Dowd refers to this moment in the United States as a “weird inside-out image of…
Stargazer
For All Signs From now until the end of this year we have a Chironic theme, among others, in our zodiac. Chiron is one of the lesser known gods of mythology. He was born from the union of Chronos (Saturn) and Philyra, and his physical form was that of a centaur, half man-half horse. He…
Rocked By The Vote
Lenoir musician Joe Young, guitarist for the popular Charlotte-area Southern punk/trash band ANTiSEEN, was riding high until last Friday. He had become what was thought to be the first Libertarian ever elected to a North Carolina City Council, and was the toast of Libertarians statewide, appearing on radio talk shows and being interviewed by many…
Marriage and Divorce, American Style
If you’ve ever puzzled over why around 50 percent of American marriages fail — or for that matter, why 50 percent succeed — it’s a good idea to pop in on Charlotte Rep’s beautifully conceived production of Dinner With Friends. Playwright Donald Margulies has a unique way of analyzing the dynamics of marriages, showing us…
Wild About Harry
My husband Terry and I are among the legions of Harry Potter fanatics. We’ve both read all four books, and we’re anticipating the movie like kids at Christmas. Terry has a Hogwarts sticker on a file drawer at his work. Whenever someone comes into the office who is uninitiated into the Harry Potter phenomenon, and…
Solitary Dick
During his abbreviated two-term presidency, Richard M. Nixon spent much of his time alone — or finding ways to be alone. On many occasions, he reached for yellow legal pads and jotted his jumbled psyche onto the page, veering across optimism, self-loathing, paranoia and historical concerns. Consider his 17th day as president. Nixon, preparing for…
Citizen Servatius: Talk Talk
It’s like this. On November 6, the “can-do” city elected another “tell us what to do” city council. If the last two years are any indication, they’ll accomplish nothing of consequence, and I’ll hopefully get paid 3 percent more a year to tell you about it. This concludes Creative Loafing’s analysis of this year’s election…
Arts Agenda
ARTS/RELATED AFRO-AMERICAN CULTURAL CENTER 401 N. Myers St. Ongoing through December 9: “HBCU Football: North Carolina Legacies.” Returning for an indefinite run: “Juke Joint,” Willie Little’s exhibition of childhood memories. For more information, call 704-374-1565. APPLEWOOD GALLERY 3920 Park Rd. On display through November 30: the works of Terry Thirlon, mixed media paintings; the works…
Lucy Perkins
I recently received an email that thoroughly pissed me off. In fact, I’m still fuming. I’ll get to that in a minute, though. First, a little background: in the wake of the September 11 attacks, the Second Coming movement has gotten a big boost. The Second Coming movement includes any religious nuts who have decided…
Sharing Thanks
For the past 20 years in the days before Thanksgiving, National Public Radio commentator Susan Stamberg has given her mother-in-law’s recipe for cranberry sauce on the air. If you have ever listened to the recipe, you would remember it: cranberries, onions, sugar, sour cream, and horseradish. Some listeners love it. Some hate it. Some just…
“They’re Not Priss Pots”
Anybody who has lived awhile knows that what you see isn’t always what it seems. Take the Charlotte Catholic High Schoolgirls’ volleyball team, en route to the 2A state championship match. As their blue and white activity bus rolled down the highway, the Cougars turned their three-hour trip to Raleigh into a beauty salon on…
What’s So Nouveau About Beaujolais?
You gotta love the French. No really, I mean it. Each November, they celebrate a holiday that’s centered on drinking red wine! No religious stuff to hinder a good time, no stressful gift buying, no forced thankfulness — just pure, hedonistic consumption of young, fruity red wine. Does it get any better? OK, the Beaujolais…
Homefront Adviser
What’s up with the anti-terrorism law Congress passed? Is it gonna make us any safer? And what about my civil liberties? The legislation you’re referring to is the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act. Here’s something really neat: Take the first letter from each word, and…
Good Eats
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…
Letters to the Editor
Terrorists’ Reasons Irrelevant To The Editors: David Walters should be commended for his well-balanced, fair and reasoned column on why so many Middle Eastern Muslims hate the US (“The History of Hate,” November 7). If I were a wiser person, I’d take the time to dig deep into their tortured pysches and try to understand…
Cat’s Out Of The Bag
Any band named after a lascivious remark made by Ted Nugent on his Double Live Gonzo album (before that classic, “Wang Dang, Sweet Poontang,” no less) is probably not going to find a niche in the market. Right? Well, yes and no. The band was nominated for a Grammy for the song “Fried Chicken and…
The Blotter
A woman called the police to inform them that someone was trying to get into her apartment. When officers arrived on the scene, they observed the woman’s head being hit against the front window. The police demolished windows and doors to get to her, but once inside, found that she wasn’t being assaulted, but was…
On The ‘Case
* Early last week, Justincase officially announced they had signed with Maverick Records (yep, the label founded by Madonna). The band will most likely travel to Los Angeles before Thanksgiving to begin meeting with producers and working on material for their debut release. Dad John Tosco says they’ll probably spend at least two months working…
Music Menu
Marshall Crenshaw Old timey songwriting and crooning, hints of rockabilly, crisp guitars and mounds of hooks have been Crenshaw’s trademark for the better part of a couple of decades. Don Dixon, Mitch Easter, Mitchell Froom and a pile of hipsters have worked with Crenshaw on his open mic styled records of toe- tapping and warm…
