This week’s new releases (11/27)
Not much in the way of new albums this week… Mudvayne is releasing By the People, For the People, a collection of B-sides and fan-selected tracks.
Live Review: Jonathan Davis
Jonathan Davis Tremont Music Hall Nov. 21, 2007 The Deal: Korn frontman brings first ever solo tour to the Q.C. The Good: A collection of obscure songs and a few covers made up the hour-and-a-half set by Korn’s Jonathan Davis. Spending most of the night seated in a large wooden throne, the black-suit-wearing Davis writhed…
The Crab
This position begins with the woman taking stance with the yoga position known as the bridge. Lying flat on her back (so far… so good, right?), the woman places her feet and hands close to her body in preparation to lift her body into the air and arch her back so that her crotch will…
Stargazer
Sagittarius The Archer: (Nov. 22 – Dec. 20) The sun returns “home” to your sign this week. Now is the time to focus on new plans for this next year of your life. It is appropriate that your attention be directed toward yourself right now. But while you are doing this, be sensitive to the…
Coming Attractions
THURSDAY, NOV. 29 It’s the battle of the area codes. 336 takes on 704/980 for control of the I-40/I-85 corridor. Naw, not really. Just a bunch of college athletes looking for braggin’ rights. UNC-Charlotte vs Wake Forest should be an interesting game, nonetheless. The Demon Deacons will be hard-pressed to excel the star power that…
Skating on Thin Ice
Ice skating is really harder than it looks. Not everyone can aspire to be Michelle Kwan. But of course, you’re going to be stubborn and try to do it anyway. In that case, check out WBT Holiday on Ice at the Green Uptown, Charlotte’s only outdoor ice-skating rink. January 6 is the last day it’s…
Film Clips
Current Releases AMERICAN GANGSTER American Gangster is yet one more tale about a confident crime figure who rises to the top before taking that inevitable plunge down the elevator shaft. Yet for all its familiar trappings, director Ridley Scott and writer Steven Zaillian invest their tale with plenty of verve, even if they frequently soft-pedal…
Totalitarians R Us
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Sweet Dreams
Charlotte is set to premiere Martin McDonagh’s dark, Olivier-winning play. The Pillowman centers on the problems of a writer whose stories seem to imitate real-life … to a T. The plot sweeps from the land in the author’s imaginative, yet shadowy fairy tales and his interrogation in the present. A lot of hot-buttons culled from…
View From The Couch: Hairspray, No End in Sight, more
HAIRSPRAY (2007). A testing of the mainstream waters, maverick moviemaker John Waters’ 1988 Hairspray was a critical hit that was eventually turned into a Broadway musical before being brought back to the screen this past summer. A similar screen-to-stage-to-screen journey didn’t help The Producers, but Hairspray happily met with more success, grossing $118 million at…
Rob Hunter and Fauna Gibson
Profile
So Amazing
This man has won every award you can think of, from an Academy Award to multiple Grammy wins. The Motown legend, Stevie Wonder, will be in Charlotte tonight in support of his “A Wonder Autumn Night Tour.” His latest effort A Time To Love features the hits “So What the Fuss” and “From the Bottom…
A time for change
Corkscrew
One Night at the Ascot
On a recent Monday night, The Graduate Uptown was packed with football fans cheering on the Dallas Cowboys. I squeezed my way through the crowd toward the back, where I was to meet Anthony, my companion for the evening. Suddenly, carrying a drink and a cigarette in one hand, he welcomed me with a hug…
The Must-Haves
Table Dancing
Worth The Wait
According to the official press release for the 2007 Asheville Film Festival, 93 films were screened over the course of the event, which was held Nov. 8-11 at various downtown venues in the beautiful western North Carolina city. And considering that only one movie was shown Thursday during the opening night gala and only three…
For those about to rock
QC After Dark
Is This A Great Country Or What?
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Blind Melon sees new life
Betta Listen
Grilled
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A moment of Zen
Donna Jean Godchaux-MacKay may be most familiar to people because of her years with the Grateful Dead. However, that’s only one chapter in a musical career that’s currently involving the Zen Tricksters. Formed after a meeting at the 2005 Gathering of the Vibes, Donna Jean and the Tricksters share a Dead background. While Godchaux-MacKay performed…
Follow the leader
You might think that being the frontman for metal band Korn would take enough of a toll that you’d want to enjoy every day off that you could. That’s not the case for Jonathan Davis, who is using a break from touring with Korn to launch his first-ever solo tour. His main goal — to…
In search of local indies for new CD
La Vida Local
MIA
News
Comic Proportions
Wonder Woman No. 14 Plot and script by Gail Simone. Pencils by Terry Dodson. Inks by Rachel Dodson. The Deal: Wonder Woman No. 14 marks the first issue penned by former Birds of Prey writer Gail Simone. And fans seem really excited about passing the reins to Simone, who writes female characters better than almost…
Music Menu
FRIDAY, NOV. 23 The Love Language Essentially a one-man band, Stuart McLamb writes, plays, records and mixes his disheveled pop in the shadows of Cary, N.C. The Love Language straddles multiple genres and styles but there’s a method to the madness where quirky little pop songs spring from the amps. The recorded stuff is decidedly…
Dirt Farmer
The Deal: Member of The Band releases first studio solo album in 25 years. The Good: Full of traditional songs and covers, if you’re expecting a new album that sounds like The Band, stay away from Dirt Farmer. The 13-track album is full of rich Americana – dobros, hints of bluegrass, fiddles, acoustic guitars and…
Baptists, Gays and Lesbians
Boomer With Attitude
The Blotter
THREE’S COMPANY: An occasion that was supposed to be happy for a 39-year-old woman turned sour … fast. She said she and her fiancé got married on Nov. 9 in a civil ceremony at the Mecklenburg County Courthouse. But, just four days later she discovered that her husband was already married to a woman who…
Vengeance
The Deal: Ft. Lauderdale four-piece rockers release fifth studio album. The Good: Not much has changed with the band. The songs might not be as hook-y as they have been in the past, but the formula remains the same – chugging distortion-filled guitars, moments of double-bass drum fills, the unique higher-pitched raspy vocals. The album…
Curiosity Didn’t Kill This Cat
Breaking the Sound Barrier
David Edgar’s Top Five
Culture Surfing
Mighty High
The Deal: The Mule goes West. West Jamaica, that is, for a reggae teardown. The Good: The Mule is known for deconstructing melodies, splintering them into unrecognizable shards. Their latest target is a bit broader, deconstructing a whole musical genre. Mighty High is ostensibly reggae versions of R&B covers. But Mule’s kick-it-to-smitereeens policy prevails and…
Karma Cleanser
Dear Karma Cleanser: I think the most embarrassing thing of my life has happened to me, and the worst part is I deserved it. Let me start by saying that I have been stealing tanning sessions. My roommate and I both go to the same tanning salon here in town, which is part of a…
Letters to the Editor
Those Greedy bastards (In response to “Rags Amid Riches” by Karen Shugart, Oct. 24) I am living in an apartment off Park Road. The company that we have been paying our rent to for over five years has now sold out to some big condo company. The thing is, the company is beginning to push…
60 Years and Floating
Here comes the holiday season. Time for feasting, rejoicing and standing outside in the cold to watch scantily-clad beings parade down the street. Happy, happy, joy, joy. The 60th Annual Carolinas Thanksgiving Day Parade will take you back to your childhood. Well, only if during your formative years, you were forced to grin and bear…
Different Definitions
Moodswing
Bruton’s dominion
Lowe’s Motor Speedway owner Bruton Smith has successfully turned an entire county into his bitch. • First he said he wanted a drag strip out in Concord. • The residents said no. • Smith said he was taking his drag strip and going home. • Nervous officials then bent over backwards and offered Smith every…
Rockin’ Fido
Awww, how cute. Someone came up with the original idea of putting together a rock group — the kicker is they dress up as dogs. The Charlotte-based Raggs Band will perform 90 excruciating (I mean uplifting) minutes of musical fare during the Raggs Holiday Jam. Raggs, Trilby, Pido, B. Max and Razzles are rockin’ out…
Thanksgiving?
The n word
The Pains of Music and Art
Tori Pains Tori Amos gets passionate for the song “Big Wheel” during her concert at Ovens Auditorium on Nov. 13. Amos performed for nearly two-and-a-half hours. A review and more photos can be found online at qcvibes.com. It’s Like Looking In a Mirror Dave Fesperman gets up close and personal with a piece…
Beantown vs Crowntown
If the Charlotte Bobcats manage a win tonight, it’ll be a miracle. Even without taking into account the Bobcats’ inconsistencies and recent sidelines, the real threat comes from within the Boston Celtics camp. The teaming of Paul Pierce, Kevin Garnett (yummy) and Ray Allen has been described as unstoppable. Already, the “Big Three” have managed…
A World-Class Jesus
Citizen Servatius
I’mma Buy You a Drank …
Yeah, right. But come and hang out with the party people of Creative Loafing anyway. Wednesday: CL and The Sol Kitchen present Pop Life, Charlotte’s most eclectic weekly party. Look at funky art, eat free food (provided by Townsend’s Gourmet Cuisine), meet cool people and listen to eclectic music. Time/place: 6 p.m. to 2 a.m.…
O Holy Night: As the Rose Burns
Take a whiff. You smell that? The sweet smell is coming from the burning flowers over at the Holiday Lights at the Garden. “Horse-drawn carriage rides and a 30-foot ‘Tree of Light’ on the Four Seasons lawn will add dimension to the other visitor favorites including the Orchid Tree and miniature mule team cart rides.”…
