AltWeeklies Wire
Why We Look at Animalsnew
Humans evolved with a desire to connect with nature, often through art, but how long will that last?
Charleston City Paper |
John Stoehr |
02-13-2008 |
Art
Tags: visual arts
The New Music Collective's New Project is a Strong Effortnew
These aren't tweedy types scoring self-serving masterpieces that will never be heard. The NMC aims to perform its work. In front of people. And those people, some of them devotees of the jam music scene with curious minds and open ears, seem to like it a lot.
Charleston City Paper |
John Stoehr |
01-23-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Making Noise: The Composer's Cultural Predicament in the 20th Centurynew
New Yorker critic Alex Ross' book is a corrective for classical music history.
Charleston City Paper |
John Stoehr |
01-02-2008 |
Nonfiction
'Disappearances' Sets the Western Back Eastnew
What if this Western took place in New England, where culture and tradition were firmly rooted, where characters were aware of the consequences of their actions, but were forced to pursue a dark path partly driven by human desire and folly, partly driven by fate?
Charleston City Paper |
John Stoehr |
11-07-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: disappearances, Jay Craven
A Deep Sense of Place Inspired 'Disappearances'new
Some time ago, filmmaker Jay Craven decided to make a Western, the kind of story that typically features characters whose epic struggle unfolds in a land devoid of law, tradition, religion, and culture. Here's the catch: he wanted it to take place in New England.
Charleston City Paper |
John Stoehr |
10-31-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: disappearances, Jay Craven
