This week’s new releases (9/18)
Here’s a quick list of some of the new albums hitting streets this week: James Blunt “All the Lost Souls” The Donnas “Bitchin'” Dropkick Murphys “The Meanest of Times” HIM “Venus Doom” Ministry “The Last Sucker” Twista “Adrenaline Rush 2007” Eddie Vedder “Into the Wild Soundtrack”
NoDa, No Duh
— Cartoon by Jim Hunt
Live Review: Al Green
Al Green Sept. 13, 2007 Memorial Hall – UNC-Chapel Hill There’s a lot of different people living in Al Green’s body. He ain’t shy about letting any or all of ’em out to run around. Thursday night at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Memorial Hall, backed by a big honkin’ orchestra, a…
Foo Fighters to play Charlotte
The Foo Fighters will play Cricket Arena on Oct. 5 in support of their upcoming release, Echos, Silence, Patience & Grace. Tickets go on sale on Sept. 21 at 10 a.m.
Foo Fighters to Play Charlotte
The Foo Fighters will play Cricket Arena on Oct. 5 in support of their upcoming release, Echos, Silence, Patience & Grace. Tickets go on sale on Sept. 21 at 10 a.m.
Another Reason to Like Jack Black …
Jack Black was the guest for David Letterman’s Top 10 list recently: “Top Ten Things you Don’t Want to Hear at a Music Store.” \\\\\\\\\\
Another reason to like Jack Black…
Jack Black was the guest for David Letterman’s Top 10 list recently – “Top Ten Things you Don’t Want to Hear at a Music Store.” \\\\\\\\\\
The Slide
Name of Kama Sutra Position:Â The Slide Position: Stepping away from the traditional Kama Sutra by a little bit, we find a position that is a variation of “Splitting the Bamboo”, but places the woman in control of most of the action. To accomplish this, the woman lies on top of the man, with her…
The Cure rescheduled
The Cure have rescheduled their show for Charlotte Bobcats Arena – the new date is June 16. Tickets for the original date will be honored on the new date. If you want a refund, you can get it from the point of purchase until Nov. 1.
The Cure Rescheduled
The Cure have rescheduled their show for Charlotte Bobcats Arena – the new date is June 16. Tickets for the original date will be honored on the new date. If you want a refund, you can get it from the point of purchase until Nov. 1.
According to me, it’s the 2,191st Anniversary of 9/11
By Rudy Giuliani I share a unique position with very few people. Namely with just myself. Six years ago, on 9/11, I was there at Ground Zero. And almost no one else can say that. Suffice to say, I view this tragedy differently from those who are not me, i.e. those who have not been…
Live Review: Satellite Party
Satellite Party w/ Mink The Orange Peel, Asheville Sept. 10, 2007 The Deal: Former Jane’s Addiction/Porno for Pyros frontman Perry Farrell showcases new band, old songs. The Good: Opener Mink played a solid set of retro-rock. Their energetic frontman was all over the place — in a good way — and did a great job…
Live Review: Satellite Party
Satellite Party w/ Mink The Orange Peel, Asheville Sept. 10, 2007 The Deal: Former Jane’s Addiction/Porno for Pyros frontman Perry Farrell showcases new band, old songs. The Good: Opener Mink played a solid set of retro-rock. Their energetic frontman was all over the place — in a good way — and did a great job…
Celebrating Brevity
15 Short Film Festival will be held at 7 p.m. this Sunday, Sept. 16, at the Evening Muse. Created by Antonio Diaz of Charlotte and Ryan Walker of Pasadena, Ca., the event celebrates the art of short movies (the “15” in the title means that no film may be longer than 15 minutes). Along with…
Rally for the Jena Six
Have you heard of the Jena 6? The case of six black teenagers, accused of attempted second-degree murder in the beating of a white teen, has drawn attention from civil rights activists, who fear the youths’ prosecution in a small Louisiana town is racially motivated. Jena has had severally racially tinged incidents in the past…
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Making the devil angry
Betta Listen
Coming Attractions
THURSDAY, SEPT. 20 The class of ’87 returns to Sabre County for a 20-year reunion. Remembering your 10-year reunion is hard enough, but 20 years later, phew! Are you desperate to reconnect with a long-lost era? Either way, this group of Sabres has a nice schedule of events to commemorate their graduation. It begins tonight…
Moving Gallery
Shine that Caddy till it gleams. Crank that ‘stang up to full tilt, purring like a cat in heat. And make that Pinto the envy of all with custom paint and big-ass rims, just in time for the Food Lion AutoFair. The four-day event will be filled with every make and model you can think…
Are You Ready For Football?
QC After Dark
Where to Eat Ethnic
Ethnic eateries are often the unsung heroes in a city’s culinary chorus. Some are cheap, fast and good; others are predictably wonderful, while a third category takes an ethnic cuisine to a modern level. The last category is not cheap, but then you do get what you pay for. Quality costs and imported premium food…
Working Out
Moms are fairly important figures in society. They put up with all your idiosyncrasies, assured you of your beauty even when you were gawky and have a mouth full of metal, and she gave you life, a gift she’s sure to have threatened to take back at a moment’s notice. Even with all this, Mom…
From the Bayou to Baghdad: Mission accomplished?
Breaking the Sound Barrier
How to Eat Ethnic
If Moo Goo Gai Pan is the most exotic dish in your repertoire, listen up. As new immigrant groups move into the Untied States, our culinary choices expand with it. After all, food is the first to be shared in a new community and the last to go through assimilation. Eating globally has its benefits:…
‘Que Time
Something pungent comes swiftly through downtown, wafting in from the general direction of … Center City?! That’s right, the Blues have moved from Historic Southend. It’s time once again for the best thing since man discovered beer … what goes best with beer? The answer is unanimously barbeque. That wonderful Southern delicacy of pork tenderly…
An amazing feat
Moodswing
The Tax Man Cometh
Mecklenburg County tax bills went out last month, leaving many property owners scratching their heads. Just where does this stuff come from? A look at property records yields valuations that don’t always exactly seem to make sense. Eric Anderson, Mecklenburg County’s assistant assessor, explains why many home values might be far less — or more…
Closer To You
Give a send-off to our long, hot and very dry, summer with a tropical bang. No, there’s no hurricane in the forecast, but reggae veterans Maxi Priest and Third World Band, along with dancehall toaster Elephant Man, will be on hand for the 2nd annual Carolina One Love Reggae Festival kicking off today. Also along…
Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow
The N Word
It’s A Wrap
Another summer movie season, another record explosion at the box office. Fifteen movies passed the $100 million mark by Labor Day weekend, with two more, Superbad and Evan Almighty, poised to crack that plateau around the time this paper hits stands. As for the quality of the films on parade, here’s a look at the…
Celebrating Shorts
With the Charlotte Film Festival having just wrapped up, it’s now time for 15 Short Film Festival. Conceived by Antonio Diaz of Charlotte and Ryan Walker of Pasadena, Ca., the event showcases a wide range of short films (the “15” in the title means that no work can exceed 15 minutes in length), with the…
Nate Davis
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Kitchen Witch
Kitchen Witch
Letters to the editor
Across all party lines I imagine that exposing the hypocrisy of an elected official (Boomer With Attitude: “The Stud in the Stall” by John Grooms, Sept. 5) and revelling in his subsequent downfall is one of the most satisfying experiences a journalist can have, particularly when, as here, the disgraced figure espouses a political ideology…
Celebrating the Akonting
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Comic Proportions
Brit No. 1 Published by Image Comics. Plot and script by Bruce Brown. Pencils and inks by Cliff Rathburn. The Deal: Advertisements for Brit describe the character like this: “He is a one-man killing machine. Indestructible. Unstoppable. And eligible for a senior citizens discount.” And that pretty much sums up this new ongoing series. The…
Juvenile-in-Chief ‘Kicks Ass’
Boomer With Attitude
Kevin Harris’ Top Five
Culture Surfing
Anger management
Henry Rollins is an angry man. It’s not directed at you, just at the general situation. “The man,” he says. You should be glad he’s angry. It’s the fuel to his fire. It has motivated him to make music, to do spoken word tours, to travel the world, to host a television show. He was…
Ethnic at Your Casa
You don’t have to pull out your Visa and plunk down tip money the next time you crave the flavor of ethnic grub. Believe it or not, you can actually make the stuff in your own kitchen. To prove this point, Creative Loafing consulted some of Charlotte’s most diverse denizens to find out how they…
Road Warriors
Citizen Servatius
CD Review: PSYCLE
The Deal: Charlotte rock quartet riding high on recent signing to Deep South Records releases. The Good: If there’s one thing every music scene seems to be lacking these days, it’s a good dose of solid rock and roll. Psycle might just be that shot in the arm — their songs have enough hooks for…
Stargazer
Virgo The Virgin: (Aug. 22 — Sept. 22) Your overall attitude is serious as you slip into this new relationship to Saturn (see lead paragraph). There are two individuals sniping at each other. One is pro security and the other is pro risk. You must mediate. If security vs. risk is your personal dilemma, look…
Karma Cleanser
Dear Karma Cleanser: I had two friends visiting for Labor Day weekend, some guys whom I used to get hammered with in college but haven’t seen much of in the past few years. True to form, we started drinking every day at noon and kept our buzz going well into the night. I don’t drink…
CD Review: Manu Chao
The Deal: Multi-cultural, multi-lingual son of Spanish political exiles, brought up in Paris, writes and performs passionate songs of both joy and sadness, with verve and conviction. The Good: He can’t sing all that great, his tunes are sing-songy, repetitive. His song structure is child-like and simplistic. He uses found instruments, often recording on the…
The Blotter
DRIVE-BY DRINK: A man was standing off an exit ramp at Woodlawn Road and I-77 when someone threw a soft drink at him while driving by. The man, drenched with soda, walked up the ramp and jotted down the person’s tag number. BOOK SENSE: A man walked into the CPCC bookstore and pulled new books…
Film Clips
New Releases NO END IN SIGHT “This is absolute Fantasyland. These people — I don’t know what they were smoking, but it must have been very good.” So says author and talking head James Bamford about the members of the Bush Administration and their actions regarding the Iraq War in this absorbing documentary that dissects…
CD Review: Eastern Conference Champions
The Deal: Pennsylvania based indie-rock trio, releases new album, Ameritown on Suretone Records. The Good: Ameritown is filled with a batch of loud and intense guitar rocking tracks, along with piano/keys, accordion, bass, glockenspiel (think bells) and drums. Tracks like “Some Sorta Light” and “Yuppy Hipster Fuck” start off slowly and later pick up the…
CL previews upcoming shows
THURSDAY, SEPT. 13 Willie Heath Neal Traditionalist country crooner Neal lives the honky tonk life. So do myriad other singers, but Neal’s sandpaper vocals and twangy acoustic guitar, along with his writing, have extra rough edges that reflect a life lived hard. But hey, isn’t that what real country music is all about? After honing…
View from the Couch: Face/Off, RoboCop, more
FACE/OFF (1997). Utterly preposterous, this zany action yarn starts with a far-fetched premise and then proceeds to recklessly build on its absurdities. But boy, does this baby deliver! With director John Woo going full-tilt, it’s hard not to get caught up in the sheer exuberance of this adrenaline rush of a movie, which centers on…
CD Review: Rilo Kiley
The Deal: Frontwoman Jenny Lewis returns to her band after brief solo stint. The Good: The band is able to find the delicate balance between alt-country and pop while staying true to their indie roots. “Dejalo” veers into a funky disco rhythm that amazingly doesn’t feel out of place. Mixtures of horns with Lewis’ sultry…
Back With A Vengeance
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Musically Inclined
While the crowd at Ovens Auditorium wasn’t as large as some might have hoped, the 2007 Charlotte Music Awards was held Sept. 6 without any major problems. Affiliated with the L.A. Music Awards, the goal of the showcase is to “enhance the profile of the music community in this area and support local music and…
DVD Review: HATED
The Deal: “Don’t think about the future — fuck tomorrow.” — G.G. Allin, sharing his punk philosophy. The Good: Dead since ’93, punk pioneer G.G. Allin set a standard for overindulgence in the grand style of Sid Vicious, going out with a heroin overdose. “You never plan on finishing a tour,” Allin bassist/brother Merle says…
Pigeonholed
Corkscrew
Gotta Dance
Moore Betta Mandy Moore shows off her updated style at Amos’ Southend Sept. 9. The singer/actress is touring in support of her latest album, Wild Hope. Her hour-and-15-minute set included a couple of covers including Cat Stevens’ “Moonshadow” and Rihanna’s “Umbrella.” Dancing Without the Stars A group warms up before performing at the Dance…
Clean act
Actor’s Theatre is launching its 19th season on a raft of confidence, floating out its production of Sarah Ruhl’s The Clean House to the public for two preview performances before tonight’s official Press Night. Reigning CL Theaterperson of Year Scott Ripley directs this edgy comedy about a doctor (Martin Thompson) whose housemaid (Adyana de la…
Folk society welcomes Polecat Creek
La Vida Local
CALLING ALL CHARLOTTE MEDIA TYPES … AGAIN!
If you’re a member of the local media workforce — and that includes newspapers, magazines, TV stations, radio stations, public relations firms, Web sites, freelancers and more — you need to check out Mixed Media. What is Mixed Media? It’s Creative Loafing’s official media mixer. And honestly, we just want to give folks in the…
Stark Reality
Iron Man comes to Charlotte. No, not the Tony Stark character from the Marvel Universe. A real-life, breathing man of steel. OK, the comic book references have run amok. In that case, let’s just say be prepared for the presence of a “living legend.” Baseball Hall of Famer Cal Ripken Jr. will be in town…
