AltWeeklies Wire
What's Up With All the Weird Names?new
What's up with all the weird-ass names — OK, "nontraditional" names — people are giving their kids these days? We no longer even blink when we're introduced to toddlers, teens or 20-somethings named Kaelyne, Mackenzie, or Fontina, despite the cheesy connotations.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
John Grooms |
09-11-2008 |
Comedy
DC's Comic Series 'Trinity' Remains Addictivenew
As addictive as Trinity can be, this is one continuity-laden comic. Honestly, I'll probably keep reading it -- but I'll read it and weep. I'm a glutton for punishment, I guess.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Carlton Hargro |
08-27-2008 |
Fiction
'Havana Nocturne' Looks at Gambling, Guns and Sex in Pre-Castro Cubanew
The pre-Castro days of the late 1940s and the 1950s were the era when the Mafia ran the most successful string of big-buck casinos, posh hotels and spectacular nightclubs ever seen in this hemisphere -- and paid Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista nearly $10 million (in today's money) per week to ensure that their good thing was "protected."
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
John Grooms |
08-27-2008 |
Nonfiction
Mindless Self Indulgence Looks to Entertainnew
Calling in from the first leg of his band Mindless Self Indulgence's European tour in Austria, Jimmy Urine sounds like a serious, well-grounded guy who just happens to swill his own pee on occasion.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Grant Britt |
08-27-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Wild Sweet Orange Grows Upnew
The Birmingham band matures as its fanbase expands.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Jeff Hahne |
08-27-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Black Women are Much More than Negative Media Portrayalsnew
Black women are constantly barraged with negative images of themselves and negative information. Even when the information is positive, it is positioned negatively.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Nsenga Burton |
08-27-2008 |
Race & Class
Bear-Baiting in Georgia: It's the Oil, Stupidnew
Not one American in ten could find Georgia on a map, but all of a sudden that country's "freedom-loving" government is of great importance to our national security. Bullshit. The situation in Georgia, pure and simple, is about access to oil and our contemptuous treatment of Russia in the post-communist era.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
John Grooms |
08-27-2008 |
Commentary
A Rift in NC's Democratic Party in Otherwise Bright Election Yearnew
Both Michael Lawson and Kevin Smith of Wake County claim to be head of the N.C. Democratic Party African-American Caucus.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Karen Shugart |
08-27-2008 |
Politics
Six Weeks Exploring Greek Cuisinenew
Hardly anything grows in the chalky, volcanic soil on the Greek island of Santorini except grapes, grape tomatoes, wild capers, and small white eggplants.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Tricia Childress |
08-21-2008 |
Food+Drink
Belmont Playboys Close in on 20 Years of Musicnew
The band started in 1989, when Mike Hendrix and Jake Berger were hanging around at the Double Door Inn and decided to start a rockabilly band. Berger left the band after one year, but the band still goes on.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Jeff Hahne |
08-21-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Belmont Playboys, One Night of Sin
Jesse Helms Reconsiderednew
Jesse Helms' career, I see now, was simply an exercise in nostalgia, a pining for the good old days and a worldview rooted in the gallantry of the Old South. Jesse, I fear, was probably one of the last remnants of the wonderful way of life he fought to the last to preserve.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
John Grooms |
08-21-2008 |
Commentary
As Edwards Goes Down, He Takes the Media with Himnew
In the end, former Sen. John Edwards' affair was about a lot more than just sex. For the journalism profession, it may come to mark a historical turning point in which traditional journalists no longer set the national news agenda. And that's coming from some of the media outlets that deliberately ignored the story.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Tara Servatius |
08-21-2008 |
Commentary
Paramore: At Least They're Enjoying the Ridenew
Riding a wave of success, young band prepares for next album.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Jeff Hahne |
08-13-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
The Vast Wastelandnew
What's so real about reality television?
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Nsenga Burton |
08-13-2008 |
TV
System of a Down's Daron Malakian and John Dolmayan Team UpSystem of a Down's Daron Malakian and John Dolmayan Team Upnew
If you like System of a Down's songs without Tankian, you'll find something to love about this one.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Jeff Hahne |
07-31-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Scars on Broadway
