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Wednesday, November 26, 2008
Film / News Synecdoche, New York worth visiting
Posted By Matt Brunson on Wed, Nov 26, 2008 at 10:01 AM
Another outrageous Charlie Kaufman tale
By Matt Brunson
SYNECDOCHE, NEW YORK
DIRECTED BY Charlie Kaufman
STARS Philip Seymour Hoffman, Samantha Morton
To attempt to encapsulate Synecdoche, New York, in a few hundreds words seems a daunting task — akin, perhaps, to building an entire gymnasium out of wet sand or watching video clips of Ann Coulter without feeling a bit of puke rising up into the mouth.
Film / News Ashes of Time Redux: Time after time
Posted By Matt Brunson on Wed, Nov 26, 2008 at 10:00 AM
Hong Kong auteur tweaks early effort
By Matt Brunson
ASHES OF TIME REDUX
DIRECTED BY Wong Kar Wei
STARS Leslie Cheung, Brigitte Lin
The motion picture as mood ring, Ashes of Time Redux is another Wong Kar Wei production that relies as much (if not more) on the sensations created by its aural and visual flourishes than on any narrative devices. Originally released in 1994 as Ashes of Time, the movie has since faced challenges both from within (a deteriorating negative) and without (bootleg copies all over the planet). Thus, the Hong King auteur behind In the Mood for Love and Chungking Express decided to construct what's basically a "director's cut" — trimming off seven minutes, enhancing the visuals, adding extra musical notes (by Yo-Yo Ma) — and this tinkering has effectively brought the film back from the margins of Wong's canon.
shopping / News Black Friday sale notice #1
Posted By Kimberly Lawson on Wed, Nov 26, 2008 at 10:00 AM
Sunshine Daydreams in NODA (3225 N Davidson St.) is having a 50 percent off the entire store sale on Friday 11/28 and Saturday 11/29. Buy unique and fun items such as tie-dyes, incense and accesories, handmade beaded jewelry, sterling jewelry, shisha, charcoal, hats and tams, glass, "jamband" T-shirts from Widespread Panic, Phish, Grateful Dead, and more!
Today's Top Five / News Today's Top 5
Posted By Kimberly Lawson on Wed, Nov 26, 2008 at 7:00 AM
Here are the five best events going down in Charlotte and the surrounding area today, Nov. 26, 2008 — as selected by the folks at Creative Loafing.
• Boombox Pre-Thanksgiving Party at Breakfast Club
• 5th Annual Plaza Midwood Suit Party with BLK SHP & Whiz Kid at Snug Harbor
• Anniversary party with Johnny Neel & The Criminal Intent, more at Smokey Joe's Cafe
• 1st annual Epicentre Turkey Trot at Whisky River, BlackFinn, Howl At The Moon and Suite
• Urban Professionals Network at Rustic Martini
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
QC After Dark / News Drink all night before you eat all day
Posted By Kimberly Lawson on Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 2:20 PM
If you're one of the lucky ones who don't have to spend their Wednesday evening prepping the turkey for Thanksgiving, and you're looking for an excuse to be out of the house to avoid being asked to help out, here are some pre-Thanksgiving bashes around town you might want to hit up. Let us give thanks.
• The first annual Epicentre Turkey Trot. Four bars (Whisky River, BlackFinn, Suite and Howl At The Moon) for one price: $10!
• Your favorite '80s club Breakfast Club brings you the Boombox Pre-Thanksgiving Party. Drink specials on Bug Lighs and select Jager bombs. $5 for ladies 18 and up, $7 for guys 21 and up. 225 Caldwell St. 704-374-1982
• The Wax Gurus perform at Cavemans Bar & Billiards. No cover. $2 Jell-O shots, $1.50 Coors Light, $1.50 Bud Select and $1.50 Shock Top Draft. 9229-15 Lawyers Road, Mint Hill. 704-573-1773
• 4th Annual Turkey Bowl Bash at Buckhead Saloon, with live music. Check out the Turkey Toss Cornhole Tourney, with $200 cash for 1st place prize. $5 Red Bull drinks, $5 liquor drinks and $2 select domestic bottles. 201 E. 5th St. 704-307-0687.
• Thanksgiving Eve Bash at HOM. Featured DJ is DJ Johnnie, spinning soulful house music. 116 W. 5th St. 704-375-3737.
• Boardwalk Billy's Annual Turkey Bowling. The winner of Turkey Bowling will receive a Titan Football Helemet Grill. The bowling begins at 10 p.m. $1 Domestic Draft Mugs, $5 Domestic Draft Pitchers, $2 Bud Light, $2.50 Newcastle Draft Mugs, $3 Washington Apple shots. 9005-2 JM Keynes Blvd. 704-503-7427.
• Pre-Thanksgiving Party at Rusty Rudder. Live karaoke. $2 Domestic bottles, $5 Firefly Vodka, $1.50 Coors Light Draft, $1 PBR Light. 20210 Henderson Road, Cornelius. 704-892-9195.
• Thanksgiving Eve Party at The Sunset Club. DJ Rwonz spinning house and top 40. Drink specials. 1820 South Blvd. 704-373-2800.
• Official Latina Thanksgiving Party at Alley Cat. $10 cover and 18 and up. 314 N. College St. 704-375-2779
Boomer with Attitude / News Hide your dogs! Vick could be released early
Posted By John Grooms on Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 1:22 PM
Here's really good news for anyone who enjoys watching a real scumbag play football: the Associated Press reports that Michael Vick's guilty plea today to additional dogfighting charges could speed his release from prison.
The former Atlanta Falcons quarterback is serving a 23-month sentence in Leavenworth for funding a dogfighting business at a property he owned in Virginia, and for killing several "underperforming" dogs. Recently, an eyewitness testified that Vick had also put "family dogs" in the pit with trained fighting dogs and laughed as the pets were destroyed by the vicious animals. Wow, what a sweet guy. But apparently all is forgiven, as yesterday's guilty verdict resulted in a three-year suspended sentence, meaning Vick will be released in July 2009 — just in time for a new NFL season!
News What CQ Press says about Charlotte crime
Posted By Karen Shugart on Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 1:06 PM
Did you hear about the most recent crime rankings from CQ Press?
Probably not.
Charlotte fared rather well. Or did it? The data paints a confusing, even contradictory, picture. According to researchers, Charlotte's crime rate ranked 62 out of 385 U.S. cities. But the Charlotte-Gastonia metropolitan area ranked 27th out of 338 regions reviewed — just better than Miami and worse than Baltimore. Hardly good news there.
New Orleans had the highest rate among cities, while Pine Bluff, Ark. (???) fared worst among metropolitan areas.
Researchers used statistics released by the Uniform Crime Reporting Program of the FBI on Sept. 15. No crime ranking comes without controversy, however. CQ Press itself points out that "the FBI, police, and many criminologists caution against rankings according to crime rates."
News Pooting gets kid arrested
Posted By Cheris Hodges on Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 12:16 PM
Despite the problems at Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, I don’t think we’d ever see a kid arrested for farting.
Or for the politically correct among us, breaking wind. Passing gas, cutting the cheese.
However, a 13-year-old boy in Florida is clogging the judicial system because he farted. And turned off computers in class.
According to the report, the incident occurred Nov. 4, when the 13-year-old boy “continually disrupted his classroom environment” by purposely breaking wind. He then shut off some computers other students were using.A school resource officer placed the boy under arrest after he confessed about his behavior, according to the report. He was charged with disruption of school function and released to his mother.
It leaves the question floating in the air of how bad did this little boy funk up the place to cause such a display of force.
Today's Top Five / News Today's Top 5
Posted By Kimberly Lawson on Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 7:00 AM
Here are the five best events going down in Charlotte and the surrounding area today, Nov. 25, 2008 — as selected by the folks at Creative Loafing.
• Viewing of Touch of Evil at Spirit Square
• Red Hot Turkey Bash at Wachovia Atrium
• Comedian Steve Hoffstetler with Mary Asher at Comedy Zone Lake Norman
• Service Industry Night at Whisky River
• Capoeira classes at YMCA-University
Monday, November 24, 2008
Random Dumb Sh*t / News Couple sues McDonald's over nude pics
Posted By Natalie Howard on Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 5:47 PM
This story will make you break out your cellphone manual and find out how to password protect or lock your photos (because we know you got freaky over the weekend).
A man who accidentally left his mobile telephone in a branch of McDonald's is suing the fast-food chain after nude photos of his wife that had been stored in the device ended up on the internet. Philip Sherman says he was promised by staff at the burger restaurant in Fayette, Arkansas, that the handset would be turned off and securely stored until he could retrieve it.Instead, he alleges that employees at the branch ended up rifling through his phone's memory, address book, text messages and library of images before posting pictures of his wife, Tina, online.
Next to the photographs, which were meant only for Mr Sherman's eyes, the miscreants added the McDonald's logo, together with its slogan "I'm lovin' it" and a caption describing Mrs Sherman as "hot like McDonald's' coffee". They also provided her name, address and contact details, prompting dozens of unwelcome letters, phone calls and emails that apparently forced the couple to move home.
The couple is suing for $3 million in damages. Sadly, I'm having images of the Ronald (seen here not looking at naked people) squealing, "Supersize me!" over a cell phone. Ultimately the moral of the story is: don't eat at McDonald's. And if you do, don't stuff your face so much that you forget and leave your celly on the greasy yellow tables.
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Question the Queen City: The unsolved death of Delette Nycum 2
The trial that followed was nothing short of a Charlotte version of the O.J. Simpson spectacle.
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Scott Avett shares art
The one day exhibit showcases impressive new paintings by Avett.
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Today's Top 5: Wednesday
Here are the five best events going down in Charlotte and the surrounding area today.
