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Wednesday, October 30, 2013
Arts / Today's Top Five Today's Top 5: Wednesday
Posted By Anita Overcash on Wed, Oct 30, 2013 at 9:00 AM
Here are the five best events going down in Charlotte and the surrounding area today, Oct. 30, 2013 as selected by the folks at Creative Loafing.
* Moving Poets: Re[Loaded] at Booth Playhouse
* Neon Halloween at Suite
* Pearl Jam at Time Warner Cable Arena
* Karaoke at UpStage
* Reception for Primitive Parametric: Biology as an Architectural Catalyst exhibit at UNC Charlotte's Storrs Gallery
Tuesday, October 29, 2013
Culture Photos: NoDaween 2013
Posted By Kimberly Lawson on Tue, Oct 29, 2013 at 3:00 PM
For some great Halloween costume ideas, peruse this slideshow of photos from the NoDaween 5K, which took place Oct. 26. Photos by Jeff Oyler.
News First Drip (10/29/13): demarcating N.C. and S.C. border, individual health care policy holder cancellations, more
Posted By Ana McKenzie on Tue, Oct 29, 2013 at 10:40 AM
Following in nearly 200-year-old footsteps, surveyors have finished demarcating the border between the Carolinas.
Anywhere between 50 percent to 75 percent of individual health care policy holders will receive cancellation letters in the next few months because their plans don't meet the Affordable Care Act's requirements - a fact the Obama administration has been aware of for three years but never publicized.
A federal judge struck down new restrictions on abortion clinics in Texas.
A study has found that the brand or age of head gear worn by football players does not make a difference in their risk of concussions.
Arts / Today's Top Five Today's Top 5: Tuesday
Posted By Anita Overcash on Tue, Oct 29, 2013 at 10:09 AM
Here are the five best events going down in Charlotte and the surrounding area today, Oct. 29, 2013 as selected by the folks at Creative Loafing.
* Bullet for my Valentine at The Fillmore
* Haunted Ball at Whiskey River
* Pumpkin Carving Contest at Wild Wings Cafe
* Country Tuesday featuring Rachel Kate and Jordan Igoe at Snug Harbor
* Foundations exhibition at Winthrop University Gallery
Monday, October 28, 2013
Music / Culture This week's BNR Weekly (10/24/13) featuring Zendaya, Mack Wilds
Posted By Kimberly Lawson on Mon, Oct 28, 2013 at 4:15 PM
The latest episode of BNR Weekly features singer and Disney star Zendaya, who was in Charlotte recently to sing the National Anthem during a Carolina Panthers game, as well as an interview with R&B sensation Mack Wilds - fans may know him as Dixon Wilson on CW's 90210 or Michael Lee on HBO's The Wire. Albeit a little late, BNR makes up for it with a two-parter. Check it out:
BNR Weekly is a local pop culture and entertainment Web show, now in its second season.
Music / Live Reviews Live review: Mountain Oasis Electronic Music Summit, Asheville (10/26/2013)
Posted By Jeff Hahne on Mon, Oct 28, 2013 at 3:41 PM
Mountain Oasis Electronic Music Summit
Asheville, N.C.
Oct. 26, 2013
I love you Asheville, but you're a weird fuckin' town. On Saturday, it took me 25 minutes to get from the press check-in to the U.S Cellular Center two blocks away because of some crazy, costumed bicyclists slow-rolling their way through the heart of downtown. (Missed a photoshoot because of it, too.) I was also distracted by a zombie flashmob (and a few years ago, I found myself in the middle of a Santa-clad flashmob in an Asheville hotel lobby). But this isn't about the oddities of a mountain town - it's about a music festival...
The inaugural Mountain Oasis Electronic Music Summit was held over a period of three days, but I was only able to get there on Saturday. With that being said, I was the most interested in that day's lineup - Nine Inch Nails, Zola Jesus and Bosnian Rainbows topped my list for the festival's shows, and it just so happened that they were all on the same day.
Arts / Today's Top Five Today's Top 5: Monday
Posted By Anita Overcash on Mon, Oct 28, 2013 at 1:19 PM
Here are the five best events going down in Charlotte and the surrounding area today, Oct. 28, 2013 as selected by the folks at Creative Loafing.
* Halloween at Ayrsley Grand Cinemas 14
- Credit: Allstar/Cinetext/MGM
* Almost Famous Comedy Show at The Comedy Zone
* Kurt Vile & The Violators at Chop Shop
* Find Your Muse Open Mic at The Evening Muse
News First Drip (10/28/13): Furtick responds to critics, NSA spied on Spain (?), offensive Halloween costumes, more
Posted By Ana McKenzie on Mon, Oct 28, 2013 at 10:13 AM
Elevation Church pastor Steven Furtick responds to his critics.
Bad news for anyone traveling to Europe.
More accusations of the U.S. spying abroad came today after Spanish newspapers alleged that the National Security Administration tracked millions of phone calls.
People, no black face this - or any - Halloween.
Sunday, October 27, 2013
Music Rock legend Lou Reed dead at 71
Posted By Pat Moran on Sun, Oct 27, 2013 at 7:43 PM
Though he had a fluke hit in 1972 with "Walk on the Wild Side," singer/songwriter/N.Y.C. poet Lou Reed exerted an influence on modern American music that far outstripped his commercial impact. As art rock pioneer and former Roxy Music synth maestro Brian Eno put it about Reed's seminal band The Velvet Underground, "Only five thousand people ever bought a Velvet Underground album, but every single one of them started a band." Without Reed's clear-eyed, literate and street smart view of America, and his band's merging of high art, the Avant-garde and bristling rock and roll, there would be no punk, no indie, no music containing the pulse of life as it's really lived.
- Anton Corbijn
Lou Reed died Sunday in Southampton, N.Y., of an ailment related to a liver transplant he had received in May. Reed had been living in Southampton with his wife, fellow musician and artist Laurie Anderson.
Between Thought and Expression was Reed's title for a 1992 anthology of his work, indicating his love of the written word. A student of poet Delmore Schwartz and a fan of Raymond Chandler's sharply observed crime fiction, Reed strove to elevate the content of rock music. As he told the L.A. Times in 1992, "(I wanted) to bring a Brecht/Weill sensibility to it. Why not? You're not 15 forever, but suppose you like rock 'n' roll? Do you want to always keep listening to stuff from when you were a kid?"
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