AltWeeklies Wire
Duncan Sheik Jumps from Rock to Broadway and Backnew
Sheik is touring on the heels of winning a Grammy and two Tony Awards for writing the musical score for the recent hit Broadway musical Spring Awakening. He collaborated with lyricist Steven Sater and composed the original score.
Charleston City Paper |
T. Ballard Lesemann |
11-05-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Why the GOP Had to Lose The Election Before Conservatives Could Winnew
President Bush put conservatism in critical condition. A President McCain might have put it out to pasture.
Charleston City Paper |
Jack Hunter |
11-05-2008 |
Politics
Does Being an Artist Make You a Liberal?new
It's easy to see how the cost of education and a housing crisis affect the health of the citizenry.
But reading a novel or watching a play? That's not so easy to see. Hence, we don't hear about it much.
Even so, there is a long intellectual tradition of making the case for the arts in politics.
Charleston City Paper |
John Stoehr |
10-30-2008 |
Commentary
South Carolina Congressman Blames Minorities for Banking Crisisnew
Although last Wednesday's debate between Rep. Henry Brown and his Democratic challenger Linda Ketner lacked the sparks of their previous encounter, the face-off was notable for how Brown blamed poor minorities for the financial crisis.
Charleston City Paper |
D.A. Smith |
10-30-2008 |
Economy
How Deregulation Led to the Current Bank Collapsenew
In 2000, Sen. Phil Gramm attached a rider to an appropriations bill to deregulate derivatives trading and other complicated financial instruments like collateral debt obligations. This was the effective nail in the coffin for the FDR-era Glass-Steagall Act, which was created to prevent a repeat of the crash of 1929.
Charleston City Paper |
D.A. Smith |
10-09-2008 |
Economy
Guerilla Artist Shepard Fairey Takes a Giant Step into the World of Politicsnew
As he waited behind bars during the Democratic National Convention in August, the two worlds that Shepard Fairey now inhabits -- one where he's a street artist, the other as an impassioned supporter of Sen. Barack Obama -- collided in the strangest of ways.
Charleston City Paper |
Chris Haire |
10-09-2008 |
Art
America's Best Sportswriter Goes Deepnew
Forget the title. Labels are deceiving. Smith is not a sportswriter. He's a storyteller, a translator of human emotions.
Charleston City Paper |
John Strubel |
10-09-2008 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Bill Kauffman Debunks the Myth of America's 'Town Drunk'new
The common thread running through Bill Kauffman's work is his admiration for the local in the face of the monolithic American empire.
Charleston City Paper |
Dylan Hales |
10-09-2008 |
Nonfiction
Nick Harkaway's Debut Novel Shows a World Real Gonenew
There are plenty of scary places in the world. But the human imagination will always conjure up something worse. Nick Harkaway's debut novel, Gone Away World, is that kind of scary place -- where the id's gone mad and nightmares eat you.
Charleston City Paper |
Augustine Kim |
10-09-2008 |
Fiction
Tags: Nick Harkaway, The Gone Away World
The Zero Life: Two Weeks, a Zero-Waste Kit, and No Trashnew
From the moment you wake up and brush your teeth, wash your hair, and shave your face with products packaged in non-recyclable containers, you're contributing to the waste stream. Trying to live without generating trash is next to impossible. But we decided it was worth a shot.
Charleston City Paper |
Stratton Lawrence |
09-25-2008 |
Culture
Gaming Needs Good Journalismnew
That a major magazine is willing to devote any ink to gaming represents another chance to show the Wii-loving casual masses that our passion is as beautiful, complex, and vital as the new disc by Television on the Radio. But sans perspective, what we end up with is hosannah-laden stories like Vanity Fair's "review" of Star Wars: The Force Unleashed.
Charleston City Paper |
Aaron R. Conklin |
09-24-2008 |
Video Games
Lonely Beast: Ben Kingsley Nimbly Carries 'Elegy'new
Elegy's satisfying complexity comes from this honest appreciation of men's fears informed by a woman director's touch.
Charleston City Paper |
Felicia Feaster |
09-24-2008 |
Reviews
Brainy and Brutal: 'Tell No One' is Classic Noirnew
The film, like the book before, is a thrill ride. The protagonist, knowing himself to be innocent, is nonetheless pursued by police. Running makes him look guilty, but surrendering sacrifices the opportunity to clear his name and at long last learn whether his wife is still alive: classic film noir stuff there.
Charleston City Paper |
Jason A. Zwiker |
09-24-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Guillaume Canet, Tell No One
Guy Delisle's New Graphic Memoir Recalls Heat and Oppression in Rangoonnew
The Burma Chronicles, Guy Delisle's latest work of graphic memoir/reportage, doesn't necessarily paint a rosier picture of Burma, but it does offer punctuated moments of hope and a neat delineation of life in the third-world country.
Charleston City Paper |
Eric Liebetrau |
09-24-2008 |
Nonfiction
Gary Bass Makes a Convincing Case for Forceful Humanitarianismnew
Unlike most books interested in promoting human rights by force of arms, Bass focuses on the actions of Western nations and not the philosophies of phony intellectuals from beltway think tanks.
Charleston City Paper |
Dylan Hales |
09-24-2008 |
Nonfiction
