Way Behind The Music
My favorite line in Almost Famous is when the manager (Jimmy Fallon) tells the Sweetwater band, “If you think that Mick Jagger is going to be doing this at age 50, well then, you are sorely, sorely mistaken.” Umpteen geezer revivals later, the group many regard as the greatest rock band ever has hung around…
Better Than Jefferson?
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Jamaica to Toronto
Flying well below most radars — but thriving, nonetheless, on an underground level — was the West Indian music scene of Canada some three-four decades ago. As essayed on Jamaica to Toronto: Soul Funk & Reggae 1967-1974 (Light In The Attic), that expatriate scene is recast as an astonishingly fertile breeding ground deeply influenced by…
MySpace, MyA@$#!
The moment I realized MySpace had taken over the world was when I discovered the official United States Marine Corps page. Although the military had long advertised on the site, it is now using a flashy MySpace page, complete with streaming video of boot camp and war, to recruit young people. I knew the social…
Pretty on the Outside
When Starsailor drops anchor at Amos’ SouthEnd on Sept. 14, it may quite possibly be your last chance to see the band in an intimate environment before it begins to headline corporate amphitheaters around the country. With its blend of melodic Brit-pop that draws from the same well of mellowness and melancholy as Coldplay and…
Fall Out
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Shot In the Dark
Boomer With Attitude
Turkish Delight
Table Dancing 66Corkscrew 68Good Eats 7066
Sept. 14-20, 2006
VIRGO The Virgin: (Aug. 22 — Sept. 22) Either you or your partner are requesting some time early in the week to tend to personal agendas. If it is the other, it is a Voice that speaks for you also, even if you are not conscious of the need. By the end of the week…
Band of Horses riding high
Burn Baby Burn 82The Rolling Stones 84Starsailor 8787
The Blotter
The five staples: The following items were stolen by a suspect from the Eastway Wal-Mart: a pair of capri pants, playing cards, $138 worth of DVD movies, a pregnancy test kit and anti-perspirant. A fun game is to concoct scenarios in which the suspect uses all the loot at one time. For example: A stylish…
Stand Up And Cheer
Don’t Panic 17Citizen Servatius 23Boomer With Attitude 2423
Film Clips
New Releases THE WICKER MAN The 1973 cult offering The Wicker Man is one of those compelling “mood pieces” that could only have emerged from the early 70s. Like other fine works of its period (including two by Nicolas Roeg, Don’t Look Now and Walkabout), it employs allegory and atmosphere to amplify its thin veneer…
Just As We Predicted
Citizen Servatius
View From The Couch
BEYOND THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE (1979). The Poseidon Adventure was one of the first (and arguably the best) of the 1970s glut of disaster flicks, so perhaps it was only fitting that this pointless sequel was one of the titles that helped kill off the genre at decade’s end. It’s fairly worthless as a movie or…
The Gnome Man
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Playing At A Venue Near You
Charlotteans don’t need to take all their film-going cues from Hollywood’s release patterns (see this section’s lead story). This week, the Queen City plays host to an explosion of alternative cinema, much of it homegrown. Here’s a look at what’s playing soon — very soon — at a venue near you. 1) The 2006 Charlotte…
Mixx Master’s Lounge
Name this song: “Clap your hands everybody/ If you got what it takes/ ‘Cause I’m Kurtis Blow and I want you to know/ That these are the breaks.” Where were you back in 1980 when hip-hop’s first mainstream star Kurtis Blow released the classic, “The Breaks”? More than likely, you probably weren’t even born yet.…
Not A Crock
Brother with a Pen
What does the recently declassified report about links between Saddam Hussein and al-Qaeda say?
Last week, American television and feminism reached an important milestone together. Katie Couric, America’s favorite morning telepromptrix, proved to all those sexists out there that attractive, telegenic, blonde women are every bit as capable of reading teleprompters at night as they are in the morning. Not once during her debut week did Ms. Couric giggle…
Cheap Thrills
Elizabeth Billiards If you haven’t discovered the coolest watering hole south of the Square, it’s time for a trip to EB’s (hip, regional lingo). Voted best pool hall as well as best first date place, it’s also dirt cheap. Pool is free. Darts are free. Card tables can be set up to start a poker…
At Home With War
Book Review
Karma Cleanser
Dear Karma Cleanser: I am in a relationship with a woman that seems like we’re separated despite living together because of kids and what once was love. In the past few months I met a wonderful and understanding lady online and really enjoyed being with her. The relationship with this new lady failed on my…
Horror Show
War can be so abstract if you’re not personally involved. Wanna see what weapons of mass destruction really do? And guess what, folks? We’re the ones who’ve used ’em! Take a look at these hot linx — if you dare. Iraq’s War Porn www.alternet.org/waroniraq/37572 White Phosphorus www.uruknet.info/?p=12676 Depleted Uranium Birth Defects www.aeronautics.ru/archive/du-watch/iraq_images War Against War…
Letters to the Editor
Say What? Once again, in John Grooms’ attempt to show a certain level of benevolence (“Speaking the Same Language,” Boomer With Attitude, Aug. 30), he completely made no sense. His effort to push this language issue (as many others) is irrelevant. You all keep talking about “Spanish as a second language.” I pose a couple…
Homage to BV
Corkscrew
Nude Naked Woman
Moodswing
Folk Explosion
Folk music’s never gone away. To wit: Public Enemy — None fought the power in Reagan Amerika like raptivist Chuck D and his hypeman Flava Flav. So it’s no stretch to cite the 1980’s preeminent rap duo as folk musicians — their back catalog, as celebrated on Bring That Beat Back: The Public Enemy Remix…
Game On
Ever notice how sports bars monopolize the local nightlife scene? They’re everywhere: uptown, downtown, and around town, protruding to the University Area, Ballantyne, the Lake, and Concord. The plethora of sports bars plays a significant role in Charlotte’s sport culture. They serve as a venue to watch away games — or home games if you…
