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Freddie Mercury's swagger remains powerful 20 years after his passingnew
In her well researched, carefully crafted book Mercury: An Intimate Biography of Freddie Mercury, British music journalist and author Lesley-Ann Jones shines light on some of the more private moments of late rock singer Freddie Mercury's life.
Charleston City Paper |
T. Ballard Lesemann |
08-02-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Free the Instagrams from your iPhone with a hand-crafted framenew
Like so many other smart phone users, I love Instagram. Being a visual artist, the application is a very handy and inspiring way to edit and share photos easily and save them for inspiration. I recently started printing my Instagrams, but I had a hard time deciding how to display them. I wanted to be able to easily switch the photos while also keeping up the ones I couldn't part with. The solution: I made my own interchangeable Instagram frame.
Charleston City Paper |
Kristen Solecki |
07-25-2012 |
Art
Lewd subject matter aside, Hysteria is a charmernew
Here's a film that could easily have been tasteless, leering, and puerile, but instead Tanya Wexler's Hysteria is funny, charming, warm, smart, and probably the best romantic comedy since Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day back in 2008.
Charleston City Paper |
Ken Hanke |
07-18-2012 |
Reviews
Tags: Romantic Comedy, Hysteria
Where the Heart Isnew
You don't have to move to the Big City to live a happy gay life.
Charleston City Paper |
Jenna Lyles |
07-16-2012 |
LGBT
Tags: LGBT
There are no heroes in The Dark Knight Risesnew
The Dark Knight Rises may be the darkest, the grimmest, the most depressing summer popcorn movie ever. It is not summery. It is not popcorny. There is no adventure here. There is no escapism. There is only grinding reality to be endured in the harsh mirror it holds up to the audience.
Charleston City Paper |
MaryAnn Johanson |
07-15-2012 |
Reviews
Tags: christian bale
Nikki Haley Vetoes Spending for Education, Healthcare, Artsnew
South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley attempts to strike 81 lines from state budget.
Charleston City Paper |
Paul Bowers |
07-10-2012 |
Politics
Tags: Nikki Haley
The joy's still there for Three Dog Nightnew
Danny Hutton may be one of the best connected veteran pop stars in the Los Angeles band scene. As a singer, he's best known by fans as one of the three lead vocalists of Three Dog Night. As a manager and producer, he's revered by musicians and colleagues as an open-minded, optimistic supporter of the West Coast music industry.
Charleston City Paper |
T. Ballard Lesemann |
07-06-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Danny Hutton, Three Dog Night
Nikki Haley cleared by ethics panelnew
Five Republicans and one Democrat cleared Republican Gov. Nikki Haley of wrongdoing June 29 after investigating whether she had illegally lobbied as a lawmaker. It was the first time the House Ethics Committee investigated a sitting governor.
Charleston City Paper |
Corey Hutchins |
07-03-2012 |
Politics
Tags: Mark Sanford, Nikki Haley
The Dubplates forge an alliance with their buddies in Jamaicanew
Kingston, Jamaica, is holy land for stateside reggae musicians. For the core members of Charleston dancehall reggae group the Dubplates, a chance meeting with one of their heroes — underground dancehall superstar Zumjay (pronounced "zoom-jay") — led to an unexpected pilgrimage to the musical Mecca over the spring.
Charleston City Paper |
T. Ballard Lesemann |
07-03-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The Dubplates
Big Data is Watching Younew
Police turn to computers to help predict potential crimes.
Charleston City Paper |
Paul Bowers |
06-29-2012 |
Crime & Justice
Ted might be one of the best comedies of the yearnew
How does a man who is already stretched thin by his network television demands expect to develop his live-action film debut properly?
Charleston City Paper |
Isaac Weeks |
06-27-2012 |
Reviews
Dumb Like a Foxnew
Rupert Murdoch's Fox News makes people stupid.
Charleston City Paper |
Will Moredock |
06-27-2012 |
Commentary
Derek Cribb twists new tunes from reggae and skanew
Derek Cribb has earned a reputation as an acoustic rock musician, but over the last few years, the multi-talented songwriter has incorporated a pile of reggae and ska tunes into his repertoire. Much of that credit goes to his longtime pal and bandmate John Picard.
Charleston City Paper |
T. Ballard Lesemann |
06-26-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Charleston County teachers to receive overdue salary increasesnew
Tempers were hot as ever at Monday night’s Charleston County School District board meeting, but the elected body managed to pass a $357 million general operating budget for the 2012-2013 school year that included salary increases for teachers.
Charleston City Paper |
Paul Bowers |
06-26-2012 |
Education
Moonrise Kingdom is whimsical, but doesn't get bogged down in tweenew
In Moonrise Kingdom, director-to-the-hipster-set Wes Anderson may have finally stumbled upon a cinematic sweet spot in which utter preciousness doesn't drown out the genuine charm of his film.
Charleston City Paper |
Felicia Feaster |
06-25-2012 |
Reviews
