AltWeeklies Wire
It's About Time Somebody Called Out Jim DeMintnew
In 2009, Sen. Jim DeMint released his book Saving Freedom: We Can Stop America's Slide Into Socialism. It was the most fatuous piece of political propaganda I have ever seen, and I devoted a week's worth of my precious words exposing DeMint's silly claptrap for what it was.
Charleston City Paper |
Will Moredock |
09-15-2011 |
Commentary
The Ryan Gosling-led Drive is in a Class by Itselfnew
This is Drive Calm. This is Drive Cool. This is Ryan Gosling as a soft-spoken, sensitive soul, a guy extremely proficient at driving fast cars but who doesn't seem to get much of a thrill out of it, and neither, it seems, does Drive the movie wish to turn you on.
Charleston City Paper |
MaryAnn Johanson |
09-14-2011 |
Reviews
Tags: Drive, Ryan Gosling
Corruption of a Chicken Farmernew
There's no way around the fact that if you eat meat, you have blood on your hands. When I worked on a farm, the long afternoons spent slaughtering chickens helped shape my belief that all meat eaters should, at least once, kill and butcher an animal. It's the only way to really comprehend what you're eating.
Charleston City Paper |
Ari LeVaux |
09-14-2011 |
Food+Drink
John Sayles' Characters Push Amigo Forwardnew
Set in 1900, Amigo's main focus is on the amigo, Rafael (Joel Torre), head man of the San Isidro barrio, deprived of the young men who have gone to fight in the revolution led by Emilio Aguinaldo.
Charleston City Paper |
Susan Cohen |
09-14-2011 |
Reviews
Tags: Amigo, Amigo Movie
College of Charleston Student President Faces Impeachment Over Tweetsnew
Call it a farce if you want, but student government at College of Charleston takes itself seriously. Exhibit A: The impeachment proceedings of President Ross Kressel, who is in hot water for comments he made on a private Twitter account.
Charleston City Paper |
Paul Bowers |
09-09-2011 |
Tech
Puddle of Mudd Sees No Reason to Mess With the Saucenew
For some bands, every few years marks a new re-invention. There is a conception that a group can get "stale" if it keeps the same basic sound and writes the same sorts of songs for the duration of its career. Puddle of Mudd doesn't buy into any of that crap.
Charleston City Paper |
Paul Bowers |
09-08-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Puddle Of Mudd
Senna looks at the life of the late Brazilian Formula 1 superstarnew
Race car drivers, we know, go very, very fast, but rarely with the thoughtfulness and integrity shown by Brazilian Formula 1 superstar Ayrton Senna. In the ultra competitive speed-freak world of car racing, it seems slightly out of the norm for a racer to regularly consult with God mid-race. Then again, very little about the driver, who died from a racing injury in 1994, suggests he was run-of-the-mill. The documentary Senna makes a convincing case for the spirit the three-time Formula 1 world champion brought to the sport.
Charleston City Paper |
Felicia Feaster |
09-08-2011 |
Reviews
Tags: Senna
Trapped in the post-9/11 U.S.A.new
This is not a column about 9/11. This is not a column about the nearly 3,000 men and women who died. This is not a column about our heroic first responders. This is not a column about the unprecedented courage shown by the passengers of United 93. This is not a column about My Pet Goat.
Charleston City Paper |
Chris Haire |
09-07-2011 |
Commentary
A Decade After 9/11, Our Government Continues to Make Things Worsenew
A primary tenet of conservatism is that government action or inaction affects human behavior. If taxes are raised, the economy worsens. If taxes are lowered, the economy improves. If guns are prohibited, crime rates rise. If gun ownership is legal, crime lessens.
Charleston City Paper |
Jack Hunter |
09-07-2011 |
Commentary
Disco Demolition Knights draw from the gritty sidenew
Charleston rock trio Disco Demolition Knights formed last fall. Brian "BG" Graham, Bob Hylton, and Brooks DuBose had a heavy-duty style in mind.
Charleston City Paper |
T. Ballard Lesemann |
09-05-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
The GOP's fever for war will destroy any hope of shrinking governmentnew
Why is it that during the last decade, when Republicans controlled all three branches of government, the national debt still exploded? Why is it that the last time a real conservative sat in the White House -- Ronald Reagan -- government grew astronomically?
Charleston City Paper |
Jack Hunter |
09-01-2011 |
Commentary
Calling Out Republicans on Voter IDnew
If you read South Carolina's daily newspapers, you can be forgiven if you have never heard of the American Legislative Exchange Council. ALEC is a corporate-funded juggernaut that works with Republicans in pushing a hard right-wing agenda, including anti-union legislation, the privatization of schools and prisons, and the rolling back of environmental regulations.
Charleston City Paper |
Will Moredock |
09-01-2011 |
Commentary
Hip-Hop and Comics Collidenew
For years now, comics and hip-hop culture have been on something of a collision course.
Charleston City Paper |
Corey Hutchins |
08-31-2011 |
Recreation
Sonic Adulthoodnew
When Sonic Youth welcomed indie filmmaker Dave Markey and his 8mm camera during a European tour in 1991, the resulting document was a snarky rockumentary titled 1991: The Year Punk Broke. Released in 1992, it marked a turning point in rock.
Charleston City Paper |
T. Ballard Lesemann |
08-31-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
MuteMath Discovers Its Soulful Sidenew
If New Orleans-based rock band MuteMath used to get maximum mileage out of synth-powered dance beats and chilled-out atmospherics, it veers into new sonic territory with its latest effort, Odd Soul.
Charleston City Paper |
T. Ballard Lesemann |
08-31-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: MuteMath, Paul Meany
