AltWeeklies Wire
A Thank-You Letter to Steve Jobsnew
The tech world and beyond has been reeling from the death of Apple Computer visionary Steve Jobs. He passed away on Wednesday after struggles with pancreatic cancer. Eloquent testimonies about his contributions to consumer culture and business acumen are all over the net now. Mine is a more personal story.
Charleston City Paper |
Joshua Curry |
10-06-2011 |
Commentary
Anti-Consumerist Mag Behind Protestsnew
#OccupyWallStreet: The Revolution has a URL and it's Owned by Adbusters.
Charleston City Paper |
Chris Haire |
10-06-2011 |
Commentary
Gringo Star's Nick Furgiuele Cranks the Reverbnew
Atlanta's Gringo Star specializes in a jangly, dreamy cacophony -- a British Invasion-inspired, mod-tinged take on classic power pop.
Charleston City Paper |
T. Ballard Lesemann |
10-04-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Gringo Star, Nick Furgiuele
The Last Circus' Killer Clowns Represent Something Deepernew
When one of the film's clowns announces, "If I weren't a clown, I'd be a murderer," it becomes clear that we're in for an episode of Clowns Gone Wild with a tinge of political allegory.
Charleston City Paper |
Kevin Young |
09-29-2011 |
Reviews
Charleston-based Water Missions International Fights Cholera and Corruption in Haitinew
For people living in certain villages and small towns in Haiti, few things are more reassuring than the bitter, gripping taste of chlorine in a glass of water. Indeed, the more their drinking water tastes like a swimming pool, the better.
Charleston City Paper |
Joshua Curry and Paul Bowers |
09-29-2011 |
Policy Issues
Blair Crimmins Won't Play Wallpaper Musicnew
Blair Crimmins and his troupe have stayed busy this year playing around the Southeast in support of a new EP titled State Hotel. The single "Old Man Cabbage" is a steamy number with an exotic melody.
Charleston City Paper |
T. Ballard Lesemann |
09-29-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Don’t Throw Najee Under the Kenny G Busnew
Najee may hesitate to call his music "smooth jazz," but there are few things smoother than when the saxophonist and his bass player trade licks in the opening minutes of his 1986 hit, "For the Love of You." It's probably the slow, heavily reverbed drum fills and electronic snare pop that sentence Najee to inevitable Kenny G comparisons, but that curly haired sax man can't touch his peer when it comes to adding funk and soul into the mix.
Charleston City Paper |
Stratton Lawrence |
09-28-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Martin Sexton Keeps It Simplenew
If music's a tonic for our daily drudgery and everyday frustrations, then Martin Sexton's the vermouth.
Charleston City Paper |
Chris Parker |
09-28-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Martin Sexton
Cancer Dramedy 50/50 Offers Generational Critique of Millenialsnew
In some sense,it seems like just about time for a Gen Y cancer comedy, and director Jonathan Levine's 50/50 is it.
Charleston City Paper |
Felicia Feaster |
09-28-2011 |
Reviews
The Devil's Double is an over-the-top true storynew
Iraq-Iran war vet Latif is yanked off a battlefield and given a choice that is really no choice at all: reject his former identity as a soldier and beloved son to a wealthy Iraqi businessman and become the doppelganger to a madman.
Charleston City Paper |
Felicia Feaster |
09-27-2011 |
Reviews
Remember the Birthers? They’re Still Herenew
Poll of South Carolina conservatives shows ‘kicked puppy syndrome,’ says professor.
Charleston City Paper |
Paul Bowers |
09-23-2011 |
Politics
Scott H. Biram Doesn't Like Gadgetsnew
Playing on antiquated six-strings, amps, and wired-up stompboxes, Scott Biram's been rockin' hard on his own punkish blend of traditional blues, old-school country, and zydeco for more than a decade.
Charleston City Paper |
T. Ballard Lesemann |
09-22-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Scott H. Biram
A Dutch DJ's Euro Beatnew
A Q&A with Tiesto, one of the kings of electronic music. He reaches crazed audiences in every corner of the world, from his native Netherlands to the rest of Europe, Asia, and Australia.
Charleston City Paper |
Jared Booth |
09-20-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Tiësto
Ross Kressel Scandal at CofC Mirrored Reality TVnew
While it’s true that student government at the College of Charleston is not usually a televised verbal slugfest, it followed a pattern over the last week that any casual fan of Big Brother or Survivor would recognize — and on Tuesday night, cameras were rolling. In the Senate, as on the island, variations on one phrase kept popping up: "I didn't come here to make friends."
Charleston City Paper |
Paul Bowers |
09-15-2011 |
Tech
Twenty Years Later, Julie Dash's Film Daughters of the Dust Continues to Inspirenew
It is 1902, and the Peazant family is celebrating. Black women in white dresses twirl on the white sand, bordered by blue water and blue sky, clapping hands and playing games. They are preparing to pass over to the mainland, and what's past is prologue, says Viola Peazant. The Christian missionary and cousin is returning to her family to mark the occasion, photographer in tow. Meanwhile, Nana, the matriarch, sticks to her home in the woods. She fears what may be lost when her clan migrates north without her.
Charleston City Paper |
Susan Cohen |
09-15-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
