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George Jones: No One's Gonna Fill His Shoesnew
 
    
    Recalling the quintessential country's singer's lasting influence.
  
    Creative Loafing (Charlotte)  |  
    Mark Kemp  |  
    04-29-2013  | 
    Music
  
  
  
    Tags: George Jones
  CL editor debates "Accidental Racist" at 'New York Times'new
 
    
    When a Times editor invited me to participate in a debate about the controversial Brad Paisley/LL Cool J song, my feelings about it had already evolved several times.
  
    Creative Loafing (Charlotte)  |  
    Mark Kemp  |  
    04-11-2013  | 
    Music
  
  On the Road's enduring appealnew
 
    
    'Behind us lay the whole of America'
  
    Creative Loafing (Charlotte)  |  
    Mark Kemp  |  
    04-03-2013  | 
    Books
  
  
  
    
  When will Madonna stop being relevant?new
 
    
    When we stop asking if Madonna's still relevant.
  
    Creative Loafing (Charlotte)  |  
    Mark Kemp  |  
    11-14-2012  | 
    Music
  
  Peace, Love and Misunderstandingnew
 
    
    What's so funny about religious pluralism in a free society?
  
    Creative Loafing (Charlotte)  |  
    Mark Kemp  |  
    10-11-2012  | 
    Religion
  
  
  
    Tags: Diversity
  The power of wordsnew
 
    
    People are not "illegals," and we will not be defining them that way.
  
    Creative Loafing (Charlotte)  |  
    Mark Kemp  |  
    07-09-2012  | 
    Immigration
  
  
  
    
  Just Me and the Boybandsnew
 
    
    Or... omygod, why One Direction is, like, totally awesome!
  
    Creative Loafing (Charlotte)  |  
    Mark Kemp  |  
    06-21-2012  | 
    Music
  
  
  
    
  May the Circle Be Unbrokennew
 
    
    A tribute to Doc Watson and Earl Scruggs, two Carolina legends.
  
    Creative Loafing (Charlotte)  |  
    Mark Kemp  |  
    05-30-2012  | 
    Music
  
  
  
    Tags: Doc Watson, Earl Scruggs
  Namaste, M.C.A.new
 
    
    Adam Yauch, who died Friday at 47, was the conscience of the Beastie Boys.
  
    Creative Loafing (Charlotte)  |  
    Mark Kemp  |  
    05-10-2012  | 
    Music
  
  
  
    Tags: Beastie Boys, Adam Yauch
  Whitney Houston: A (Very) Personal Tributenew
 
    
    I've been a music journalist for nearly three decades, and yet my reasons for mourning Whitney Houston are much more personal than pop-cultural. Whitney's life and career have overlapped with mine many times and on multiple levels in the past 28 years.
  
    Creative Loafing (Charlotte)  |  
    Mark Kemp  |  
    02-16-2012  | 
    Commentary
  
  
  
    Tags: Whitney Houston
  'Dreams' Deferrednew
 
    
    Hearing Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
  
    Creative Loafing (Charlotte)  |  
    Mark Kemp  |  
    01-17-2012  | 
    Commentary
  
  
  
    Tags: Martin Luther King Jr., MLK Day