AltWeeklies Wire
GLBT Issues Still Divide Moderate Southern Baptistsnew
"There seems to me to be a real incongruency between what they were preaching and what they were practicing," Rev. Nancy Petty said. "No one was asking them to endorse gays and lesbians. All that we were asking was to have a place at the table."
Tags: religion
Vanlifenew
There are hundreds, if not thousands, of Americans living in their cars -- either by choice or economic necessity. When I was doing it, I tried to keep it a secret from practically everybody.
Pittsboro Filmmaker Tackles Death Row and Familynew
Filmed over 10 months beginning in October 2005, Love Lived on Death Row features the reconciliation between the Syriani siblings and their father, Elias, along with the work of Meg Eggleston, their father's friend and spiritual advisor.
INDY Week |
Neil Morris |
03-13-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Nesting Placesnew
Birdhouses is an unusual book devoted to avian real estate.
INDY Week |
Jaimee Hills |
03-13-2008 |
Nonfiction
Unique, Even in New Orleansnew
Long before the storm started pushing toward the Gulf Coast, though, Mr. Quintron and Miss Pussycat had carved out their own divot of hyper-reality in that New Orleans neighborhood.
INDY Week |
Chris Toenes |
03-13-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Ain't No Sunshinenew
Records are often difficult to get, and now, even more so, since President George W. Bush designated entire categories of federal documents off-limits in the name of "national security."
Time to Tune In for North Carolina's May 6 Primarynew
In seven weeks, the state's voters may have the chance to help choose the next occupant of the White House -- for the first time in two decades, and there are plenty of in-state races going on as well.
Whiskeytown's 'Strangers Almanac' Gets Double-disc Reissue Treatmentnew
Talking with Ryan Adams, Caitlin Cary and Phil Wandscher.
INDY Week |
Grayson Currin |
03-13-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Strangers Almanac, Whiskeytown
Stung by a Middlemannew
"They make it sound like all these people [in foreclosure] are in over their heads," Wilma Vaughn says, "but they're in over their heads because these companies put them in over their heads."
Tags: Economic Issues
Buyer Bewarenew
Unsuspecting borrowers are often suckered into unfavorable loans with promises of low monthly payments or interest rates. Here are several terms that signal you could be entering a bad deal.
Tags: Economic Issues
Anatomy of a Foreclosurenew
Besides the borrower, there are four entities involved in loan-making: lenders, brokers, investors and servicing companies.
James Dunns Steps into Americana Shoesnew
On his second album, the Raleigh singer/songwriter CMT described as "one of America's top unsigned artists" finds himself aiming for heartland rock and mostly landing.
Tags: James Dunn, The Long Ride Home
Birds of Avalon Get Over Proving Themselvesnew
On Outer Upper Inner, feels relaxed but not content, confident but not overly so.
Tags: Birds of Avalon, Outer Upper Inner
Fresh Edutainmentnew
With this debut, Kooley High sounds less like a hip-hop contrivance with a stately objective and more like a few hip-hop fans who decided to get together one night, goof-off and rap to some beats. Thing is, they can actually make good songs.
Tags: Kooley High, Summer Session
Sightings Sounds Like the End of Everythingnew
When Cormac McCarthy's post-apocalyptic novel The Road inevitably becomes a major motion picture, Brooklyn noise-rock trio Sightings should compose the score.
INDY Week |
Roque Strew |
03-06-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Sightings, Through the Panama
