AltWeeklies Wire
Bluesy Enough
Jason Ricci looks more like a character out of an alternative rock magazine than a blues cat, but critics describe him as one of the top virtuoso harmonica players in the South.
Charleston City Paper |
T. Ballard Lesemann |
09-20-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Burnin' & Blowin', Jason Ricci
Kick Back and Kick It In
The Charleston-based traveling band specializes in an earthy, bluegrass-tinged mix of Americana, rock, and power-pop.
Charleston City Paper |
T. Ballard Lesemann |
09-20-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The Blue Dogs, Halos & Good Buys
Seven Mary Three Dislocates
Singer/guitarist Jason Ross discusses the rock quartet's latest album and 2005 tour.
Charleston City Paper |
T. Ballard Lesemann |
09-20-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Second Stringers: Reservists in Iraq

Reservists, by definition, aren‘t professional soldiers. They’re military amateurs and a lot of them know it. The result is that many reservists in Iraq are scared all the time, and according to some soldiers, that means mistakes.
Charleston City Paper |
David Axe |
03-08-2005 |
War
Tags: war & peace
American Soldiers Returning From Iraq Are Heroes and Victims
Everything an editor might have felt about the second Iraq War melts away when he sees a Marine, big as a house, hobbling to the aircraft that will carry him and his broken body back to the States for more medical attention.
Charleston City Paper |
Bill Davis |
01-04-2005 |
War
Going Negative

In his recent book Politicking, Bill Rauch, mayor of Beaufort, S.C., and former press secretary for Mayor Ed Koch, recounts the 2000 smear campaign against John McCain and how it cost him the South Carolina Republican primary. Are those same forces at work in the Swift Boat attacks against Kerry?
Charleston City Paper |
Kristen George |
09-16-2004 |
Politics