AltWeeklies Wire
Sugarland Launches CMT's Change for Change Tournew
The Georgia-based country/pop band is touring to raise money for Shalom Foundation, which helps fund school houses and infrastructure development in rural Guatemala.
Charleston City Paper |
T. Ballard Lesemann |
09-27-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Sugarland
Music Farm of S.C. Gets New Ownersnew
The rumor floating around town that the famous, and at times, infamous, downtown venue has been sold is true. John Ellison and Marshall Lowe plan to overhaul the site physically and continue with bands there as soon as possible.
Charleston City Paper |
Julie Hallman |
09-27-2007 |
Music
Greetings from Charleston's Underwater Futurenew
Our unchecked energy consumption -- led by manufacturing, consumerism, and plain old convenience -- has compressed eons of climate change into mere centuries, or perhaps even decades. And the heat is on this low-lying area.
Charleston City Paper |
Lindsay Koob |
09-12-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
The Moaners: Not Your Typical Chick Duonew
Too garage-rocky and quirky to qualify as genuine blues, and too driven by wild slide guitar work to tag as typical indie-rock, the Chapel Hill duo is into something different.
Charleston City Paper |
T. Ballard Lesemann |
09-12-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Blackwig Yalobusha, The Moaners
Is Senator Lindsey Graham Gay?new
At 52, the life-long bachelor has been fodder for such rumors for years, but in the wake of the Larry Craig scandal, the internet is abuzz over who's next, and they're dying to know what's going on in Graham's bedroom.
Charleston City Paper |
Greg Hambrick |
09-12-2007 |
Politics
Democratic Presidential Candidates Make Religious Pushnew
Dems take advantage of voters' lapse in faith in the GOP.
Charleston City Paper |
Greg Hambrick |
09-05-2007 |
Politics
Lamb of God: Extreme Ambassadorsnew
As one of the first of the current wave of extreme metal/hardcore bands to land a major label record deal, the band helped push the underground scene to the brink of mainstream acceptance.
Charleston City Paper |
Alan Scully |
08-31-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Lamb of God, Sacrament
The Dynamites Pass the Road Testnew
Common funk and soul roots help the two-year-old band sound like old vets.
Charleston City Paper |
T. Ballard Lesemann |
08-31-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Ghost Hunting in South Carolinanew
Southern Paranormal Investigation and Research visits Charleston's Old Jail, the final home for some of city's most infamous murderers and crooks until shuttered in the 1930s.
Charleston City Paper |
Greg Hambrick |
08-31-2007 |
History
Tags: history
What a Class 1 Rating Means for Fire Departmentsnew
Charleston, S.C., fire department earns Class 1 IO rating, but needs a dozen "immediate" recommended changes.
Charleston City Paper |
Greg Hambrick |
08-31-2007 |
Policy Issues
Tags: public policy issues
'Becoming Jane': Austen Herself Would Approvenew
The film succeeds, even if it is almost entirely invented, because it captures both the aching romanticism and the cold, hard practicalities of Austen's fiction -- and in a way, it even does Austen one better.
Charleston City Paper |
MaryAnn Johanson |
08-08-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Becoming Jane, Julian Jarrold
Hurricane Study Reveals Reluctance to Leavenew
The Harvard hurricane study may also convince folks to stay home for the next big one.
Charleston City Paper |
Greg Hambrick |
08-08-2007 |
Disasters
Tags: disasters
Mitt Romney and the Mormon Faithnew
Nice guy, weird religion: what's the problem?
Charleston City Paper |
Michael Graham |
08-08-2007 |
Commentary
More Than Just Boxers & Briefsnew
YouTube presidential debate questions focus on real-world issues.
Charleston City Paper |
Josh Rosenthal |
07-24-2007 |
Politics
Eight Startling Presidential Predictionsnew
With each of the Democratic candidates in town for the July 23 debate, we dust off the old Ouija board to see what the fates have in store.
Charleston City Paper |
Greg Hambrick |
07-24-2007 |
Politics
