AltWeeklies Wire
A Mini-opia: Susan Meyer's Installation is a Brave New World in Glass and Silvernew
Susan Meyer appears to long for the ideals of peace and harmony. Her new exhibit at Redux Contemporary Art Center (in Charleston, S.C.), called Together, uses photography, sculpture, video, and sound to create an alternate universe in which people communicate through silent gestures without moving. The inhabitants of this universe are miniature figures, all of them the size of pencil points, which Meyer has arranged in positions that suggest tranquility, love, and repose.
Charleston City Paper |
Kevin Murphy |
07-09-2008 |
Art
Tags: visual arts
Well, Well, Well: Will & Grace Star Leslie Jordan Walks Down the Pink Carpetnew
Leslie Jordan has made a long career playing short, eccentric, effeminate southerners, characters so popular that fans often fail to distinguish Jordan from, say, the Tammy Wynette-loving drag queen, Brother Boy, featured in the campy stage creation Sordid Lives. Fans often request, and continue to request, unheedingly, Brother Boy's timeless one-liner. "Can you see my pussy now?"
Charleston City Paper |
Greg Hambrick |
07-09-2008 |
Theater
Tags: theater
Gay Couples from South Carolina Hear Wedding Bells in the Golden Statenew
When California began issuing marriage licenses to gay and lesbian couples after the state's Supreme Court invalidated the prohibition against same-sex weddings, it opening up marriage licenses to folks from any state. South Carolina's gay and lesbian couples are taking advantage of the opportunity.
Charleston City Paper |
Greg Hambrick |
07-09-2008 |
LGBT
TV Ads Signal a Widening Divide in Video Game Marketingnew
Ads for Battlefield 2: Bad Company imply that games aren't just for geeks anymore.
Charleston City Paper |
Aaron R. Conklin |
07-09-2008 |
Video Games
Mississippi's Colour Revolt is the Sound of the New Southnew
"We get a lot of crap sometimes from people for being from the South," says Jimmy Cajoleas, one of Colour Revolt's three guitarists. "It's always people outside of the South who seem to be upset that we aren't more redneck. It's weird.
Charleston City Paper |
T. Ballard Lesemann |
07-09-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Ralph Nader, the Conservativenew
In this presidential election year, talk radio has tried to fool listeners into believing Mitt Romney is a conservative, and John McCain now spends his time trying to fool the talk radio crowd into believing that he's at least as solid as Romney was. Irony upon irony, it's worth pointing out that when it comes to having actual conservative positions, Ralph Nader shames the whole lot.
Charleston City Paper |
Jack Hunter |
07-09-2008 |
Commentary
Darned to Heck: 'Hellboy II' Comes to You Streamlined and Franchisednew
Watching Hellboy II is a process. It feels like it's been tamed and corralled and commodified. Hellboy was rowdy and feral and dangerous, and already, in only its second outing, the franchise has been herded into the slaughterhouse and ground up in chuck chop and wrapped in sanitary plastic.
Charleston City Paper |
MaryAnn Johanson |
07-09-2008 |
Reviews
Why Sean Hannity is Unpatrioticnew
It might be easy to dismiss Hannity as a mere hypocrite, but he's actually something much worse. He puts the Republican Party first and has no qualms about putting our troops in harm's way and policing the world so long as the sheriff's badge reads "GOP."
Charleston City Paper |
Jack Hunter |
07-02-2008 |
Commentary
Hipster Homicide: Rayo Casablanca Explains What's Killing Him About The Scenenew
Set in Williamsburg, Hipsters takes off at breakneck speed with a snarl of characters and lifestyles. "I can't tell you how many times people have told me that they really liked reading about hipsters getting whacked," Casablanca says.
Charleston City Paper |
Alli Marshall |
07-02-2008 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Shakin' West Saharan Booty with Toubab Krewenew
In the circles of African and world music, the Asheville, N.C.-based band has already made it. Last year, they performed at the Festival of the Desert in Timbuktu, perhaps the most remote music festival in the world. This summer, amidst a U.S. tour that includes four dates in Alask, they'll fly to Portugal for the Festival Musicas do Mundo.
Charleston City Paper |
Stratton Lawrence |
06-25-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: world music, Toubab Krewe
National Democrats Abandon South Carolinanew
The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee has announced that not a single South Carolinian candidate will receive "financial, communications, and strategic support" from the DCCC as part of the group's Red to Blue campaign. Not one.
Charleston City Paper |
D.A. Smith |
06-25-2008 |
Commentary
Inside the Murky Legal World of Cyber-Snoopingnew
Law enforcement agencies have a number of legal tools at their disposal, recently broadened with the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act amendment bill that lets telecoms off the hook. They have made so many requests of Comcast, in fact, that last year the company decided to distribute a document called Comcast Cable Law Enforcement Handbook, which details how the fuzz can get your stuff.
Charleston City Paper |
Joshua Curry |
06-25-2008 |
Tech
The Easy Button: What's the Point of Dumbing Down Gaming?new
Games, like Ninja Gaiden II, are getting easier. What's the reward?
Charleston City Paper |
Aaron R. Conklin |
06-19-2008 |
Video Games
Tags: video games, Ninja Gaiden II
Doctor Roadkill: The Natural Religion and X-Ray Art of a Medical Professornew
Roadkill is nature's way of getting intimate and a way for a professor at the Medical University of South Carolina to prove that "anatomy is beautiful."
Charleston City Paper |
Morrow Dowdle |
06-19-2008 |
Art
Shipwright Brothers Explore the Future of Boat Buildingnew
Boat building is historically not the most environmentally sensitive of practices. In nearly 12 years of honing their craft, Jamison and Ryan Witbeck have learned both the difficulties and possibilities of being sustainable in the industry.
Charleston City Paper |
Stratton Lawrence |
06-18-2008 |
Business & Labor
