The Wrestler
Name of Kama Sutra Position: The Wrestler On a scale of 1 to 10 how would you rate position (1 as horrible, 10 as sexual nirvana)?While I would say it actually has the possibilities of becoming a solid 8, I had to give it a 3. Unless your partner is a contortionist, this position is…
Cheap Thrills
SALSA NIGHTS Be Shakira for a night and prove that your “Hips Don’t Lie” at the free Latin-style dance lessons offered at the Loft, 1526 Elizabeth Ave. Learn salsa, merengue, bachata and more. Touting “celebrity instructors,” this joint gets hips swiveling every Wednesday night at 8 p.m. Hit www.hispanos-usa.com or call 704-333-5898. TANGO & TAPAS…
CL‘s picks for the week
Thursday, November 23 The 59th Annual Carolinas’ Carrousel Thanksgiving Parade and Festival is a part of Charlottean tradition at its best. Keep an eye out for the Carrousel Queen and her court, and a marching band contingent from every high school in Charlotte (in case you ain’t from here — we got a lot). Potentially…
Stargazer
Sagittarius the Archer: (Nov. 22 — Dec. 20) Jupiter in your sign will lighten any load, renew your sense of optimism and reinforce your self esteem. Help and cooperation of others will be more available to you, especially if you make your requests in person. The spiritual dimension of your life will improve and travel…
Making it Happen
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Rare Images
Aerial photography as art, journeys into forbidden and forgotten urban spaces, avant-garde underwater cinematography, a photo archive of world cities and kick-ass scanning electron microscope pics … wow! Marilyn Bridges www.photoarts.com/gallery/bridges/50gif.html Urban Adventure www.urbanadventure.org Jean Painlevé www.kirchersociety.org/blog/?p=702 World City Photo Archive www.worldcityphotos.org David Scharf www.scharfphoto.com
Time Traveler
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Mud, Blood And Beauty
Visual Arts
Go Speed Racer, Go!
Urban Explorer
With Gardine Wilson
Talking Ish
Casualties of War
A rainstorm is blowing in by the time Summer Lipford, deep in conversation, notices the setting sun and apologizes. “It’s time for my nightly ritual,” says the Statesville woman as she rises from her couch, cigarette in hand. Moments later, we hop into her Volkswagen Beetle and head to Oakwood Cemetery, just a little more…
The Blotter
Defiling Defamer: A 51-year-old insurance salesman left work at his Rocky River Road office. He noticed that someone had spray-painted “thief” in neon pink across the hood of the Honda Accord he was driving. The car belonged to his father, who will now have to add “father of a” to the graffiti. Groin Shot: At…
Doll Parts
When it comes to getting the gig you want, there are a few things that always impress potential employers: originality and creativity in your position, the ability to overcome adversity, a solid work history, and killer references. So it should come as no surprise that when the sole remaining members of the New York Dolls…
Brandon Nash’s Top Five
Culture Surfing
The Dirty South Method
“I have no problem with anyone as long as they’re peaceful, cool, want to have a good time and believe in doing what’s right for the citizens of this county.” That’s not George W. on acid or a wannabe presidential replacement speaking. That political philosophy is courtesy of Moss, frontman for Charlotte hardcore punkers the…
Crespi Out-Cringes Borat
Boomer With Attitude
Blonde on Bond
CASINO ROYALE ***1/2 DIRECTED BY Martin Campbell STARS Daniel Craig, Eva Green After a typically exciting pre-credits sequence, Casino Royale — like almost all James Bond films before it — employs the tried-and-true image guaranteed to raise the pulses of Bond fans all across the globe. The dapper agent strolls into the frame, whirls around…
Hating the Haters
Metropolis
A Southpark tree lighting
In case you didn’t get the pun, the title references that favorite of holiday TV viewing traditions, A Charlie Brown Christmas. Yes, the awareness that Thanksgiving isn’t even upon us yet and already the yuletide events keep on piling up has sunk in. That said, how about an escape into the posh luxury of SouthPark…
Bright Lights, Big City
ED PETTERSEN’S THE NEW PUNK BLUES OF … (Split Rock) is of course a folk album — recorded in Nashville, no less. Pettersen tells the tale of two cities in “Chelsea” and disc closer “Baghdad.” The latter is only too timely, as the significance of election week sinks in. With lyrics such as “It’s 1…
DJ Spider
Profile
Ask the Editor
Q: Who would win in a fight between Superman and the Hulk? A: OK comic book geeks, let me settle this conflict once and for all: the Hulk would spank Supe’s booty. For real. Think about it — Supes is a guy who always tries to keep control of his abilities, right? I mean, I…
Face Time
My wife has a crush on George Clooney. You can’t really blame her — he’s got that distinguished yet roguish, would-be-James Bond-if-he-was-British vibe to him. More on this in a moment … Normally, my 17.5 regular readers are looking for disposable pop phenomenology to digest on a cigarette break. But for once, I’m going to…
Media Myths
Global Cooling: It’s hard to believe now, but from 1954 to the mid-1970s, the scientific and media consensus was that global cooling was the big environmental threat and would cause the mass destruction of species, habitat and food supply. According to the Business & Media Institute, the tide changed in 1981, when the New York…
Who’s fighting in Iraq?
Any day now, the Iraq Study Group is expected to issue its report explaining how the Bush administration should proceed with the thus-far bungled U.S. war in Iraq. The ISG, led by Bush-family right-hand man James Baker, is expected to propose either a partial U.S. military pullout, or a redeployment of U.S. forces within Iraq.…
Jack Nitzsche
In 2005, Ace Records assembled The Jack Nitzsche Story – Hearing is Believing: 1962 — 1979 containing many of Nitzsche’s key productions and arrangements — tracks by the Righteous Brothers, Jackie DeShannon, Tim Buckley, Marianne Faithfull, the James Gang, etc. Now comes Volume 2, subtitled Hard Workin’ Man (Ace), diligently annotated across a 24-page booklet…
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Corkscrew
Rocket 13 Records Set to Take Off?
Jeff Lowery and Rob Stevens started Charlotte’s local Rocket 13 Records in 2005, but this winter the label will be kicking it up a notch. Stevens and Lowery, the publisher of the free local music monthly, Amps11, recently signed Texas-based The Von Ehrics, a cowpunk trio equal bits early Old 97s, Bob Wills and Reverend…
Good to Be the King
Performing Arts
Karma Cleanser
Dear Karma Cleanser: This may sound like it’s too early, but I have a Christmas question. My cousin, who I have been close with since were young, and I exchange gifts each year. He lives in another state, so we do not speak as often as we used to. Usually around Thanksgiving of each year,…
Film Clips
Current Releases BABEL An award winner at Cannes, Babel arrives courtesy of director Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu and writer Guillermo Arriaga, the same team that gave us 21 Grams and Amores Perros. Like their past efforts, Babel is a gloom-and-doom dissection of society, whipping between various characters and their interconnected storylines. Certainly, this is the duo’s…
Letters to the Editor
Concern for Our Mental Health In response to your article entitled “The A-Team: Mecklenburg’s new Mobile Crisis Team saves lives and money” (Nov. 8), and on behalf of the Mecklenburg County Area Mental Health, Developmental Disability, and Substance Abuse Authority, it must be said that positioning members of a mental health crisis team as “in-the-flesh…
View From The Couch
ASTAIRE & ROGERS COLLECTION: VOLUME 2 (1933-1939). For those keeping track, Volume 1 (released August 2005) contained Top Hat (1935), Follow the Fleet (1936), Swing Time (1936), Shall We Dance (1937) and The Barkleys of Broadway (1949). Now, at long last, Warner Home Video has made the other five titles in the immortal Fred Astaire-Ginger…
Wordbox
quaff: v. To drink heartily. n. A hearty draft. Example? You’ve been quaffing a lot lately — maybe you should see a doctor.
One Need Not Be a Lonely Number
Kitchen Witch
