AltWeeklies Wire
Sen. DeMint Making Money On His Opposition to Federal Grantnew
Sen. Jim DeMint is turning his principled stand against federal aid for Charleston into a call for more campaign cash.
Charleston City Paper |
Greg Hambrick |
10-05-2010 |
Policy Issues
DeMint Scared of Gays and Functioning, Unwed Vaginasnew
Six years ago, Jim DeMint was stumbling over a non-apology for offensive remarks he made on the campaign trail for U.S. Senate. With a lack of opposition this year, he's right at home being a homophobe and sexist on the stump.
Charleston City Paper |
Greg Hambrick |
10-04-2010 |
LGBT
Write-In Candidate Spices Up S.C. Senate Racenew
Promising to "bring home the bacon," celebrity chef and Charleston resident Nathalie Dupree has thrown her chef's hat into the ring for U.S. Senate.
Charleston City Paper |
Greg Hambrick |
10-01-2010 |
Politics
The Founders of Facebook Get in a Poke Warnew
The Social Network feels like a strange and satisfying blend of two worlds.
Charleston City Paper |
Felicia Feaster |
09-29-2010 |
Reviews
Tags: The Social Network
S.C. Attorney General Race is Between the Far Right and the Kinda Rightnew
It would appear that people just aren't in the market right now for a lawyer. Alan Wilson, the GOP nominee for the state's attorney general, is spending time on the campaign trail talking about creating jobs.
Charleston City Paper |
Greg Hambrick |
09-29-2010 |
Politics
Tags: Election 2010
Doug Walters Unveils Vagabondnew
Walters recorded the off-beat musical odyssey over the last three years, playing all the instruments and recorded it at his home lab.
Charleston City Paper |
Jared Booth |
09-27-2010 |
Music
Tags: Doug Walters,
OK Go Ready Themselves For a Big Tournew
Known for their meticulous choreography OK Go's videos have become YouTube sensations, most notably the mind-blowing, treadmill video for "Here it Goes Again."
Charleston City Paper |
Dustin J. Pitts |
09-24-2010 |
Music
Tags: Music Farm, Ok Go
Influential Republicans Turn Against Nikki Haleynew
In what might be an unprecedented move, three South Carolina GOP movers and shakers go public with their concerns about their party's gubernatorial nominee, Nikki Haley.
Charleston City Paper |
Chris Haire |
09-24-2010 |
Politics
Tags: nikki haley, Will Folks
The Hold Steady Goes Beyond the 'Matsnew
The extra-strength aesthetic of Heaven is Whenever suits the hearty themes of Craig Finn's latest songs.
Charleston City Paper |
T. Ballard Lesemann |
09-22-2010 |
Reviews
Tags: The Hold Steady
Gordon Gekko Returnsnew
How do you make a sequel to the strutting, chest-beating capitalism thrill ride of Oliver Stone's 1987 Wall Street in post-bailout America? Very carefully.
Charleston City Paper |
Felicia Feaster |
09-22-2010 |
Reviews
Shooter Jennings Kills Stephen Kingnew
Randall Flagg couldn't do it, and neither could Pennywise the Clown. But Shooter Jennings pulled it off. He killed Stephen King. Or at least he did on his latest album, Black Ribbons, a dystopian concept album that's equal parts Nine Inch Niles and Nashville.
Charleston City Paper |
Chris Haire |
09-21-2010 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Shooter Jennings
Is Joaquin Phoenix Really Crazy or Just Pretending?new
At the outset of I'm Still Here, Joaquin Phoenix laments, "I don't want to play the character of Joaquin." And cue the wry laughter from knowing viewers.
Charleston City Paper |
Scott Renshaw |
09-15-2010 |
Reviews
Tags: I'm Still Here, Casey Affleck
Port at Center of Earmark Stormnew
Riding a nationwide wave of support, Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) is seen by many fiscal and social conservatives as the next GOP Senate leader and/or a dark horse candidate in the Republicans' 2012 presidential horse race.
Charleston City Paper |
Greg Hambrick |
09-15-2010 |
Politics
Tags: Jim DeMint
WaPo Online Poll: DeMint in 2012?new
Today's daily poll from the Washington Post political blog asks what Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) is after with all of these high-profile endorsements?
Charleston City Paper |
Greg Hambrick |
09-13-2010 |
Politics
Tags: Jim DeMint
Confused White Peoplenew
I have lived long enough to have witnessed some important changes in American culture and the way Americans think, behave, and speak.
Charleston City Paper |
Will Moredock |
09-13-2010 |
Commentary
Tags: Tea Party
