AltWeeklies Wire
Eating Animals author Jonathan Safran Foer wins convertsnew
Looking at author Jonathan Safran Foer's body of work, one is struck by how heavy his topics of choice are. His first novel, Everything is Illuminated, was set in the charred landscape of a Holocaust-terrorized Jewish village. His second, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, deals with a boy who lost his father on 9/11.
Charleston City Paper |
Elizabeth Pandolfi |
10-17-2012 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
How to Spread the Good News of Secularismnew
Five tips for nonbelievers from the Carolinas Secular Conference.
Charleston City Paper |
Paul Bowers |
10-10-2012 |
Religion
The twisted tale of how two killer clowns brought Skwirl Grinda togethernew
What in the bloody hell is a Skwirl Grinda, you know, aside from one of the Holy City's heaviest heavy metal acts?
Charleston City Paper |
Chris Haire |
10-05-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
The Mechanics of Time Travel Sren't Really the Point of Loopernew
Pay attention to Rian Johnson, because he's trying to tell his audience how to watch his deliriously effective science-fiction thriller Looper. He does it when Joe (Joseph Gordon-Levitt)—a hired killer in the year 2044 whose job it is to slay people sent back from 30 years in the futur—talks to his crime lord boss, Abe (Jeff Daniels).
Charleston City Paper |
Scott Renshaw |
09-26-2012 |
Reviews
Reintroducing Ronald Reagan's definition of conservatism to the Republican Partynew
The Libertarian View
Charleston City Paper |
Jack Hunter |
09-26-2012 |
Commentary
Are Abstinence-Only Programs the Solution?new
In theory, $51,000 could buy a lot of condoms and prevent a lot of babies and STDs (if used correctly).
Charleston City Paper |
Susan Cohen |
09-26-2012 |
Policy Issues
The Unchained Tour's Peter Aguero talks about life on the busnew
It took only three days for the 1972 Blue Bird school bus to break down on the Unchained Tour's last jaunt in February. The vehicle, which transports a cluster of kooky storytellers and musicians to venues around the South, still had a ways to go. While most of the performers went ahead in a van, the bus perpetually lagged behind the rest of the day.
Charleston City Paper |
Susan Cohen |
09-19-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Clint Eastwood's Baseball Movie Strikes Outnew
Trouble with the Curve opens with Clint Eastwood's character, Gus Lobel, yelling at his penis for taking too long to cooperate in urinating. Gus is considered an all-time great talent scout, currently working for the Atlanta Braves, who is constantly second-guessed at work by young underlings vying for his job.
Charleston City Paper |
Isaac Weeks |
09-19-2012 |
Reviews
A Dog's Lifenew
The guys in Archnemesis dish about their 42-city tour and their biggest fan.
Charleston City Paper |
Katie Kimsey |
09-19-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The Pour House, Archnemesis
The Charleston Museum may be empty of people, but it's full of stuffnew
The Charleston Museum has a parking lot. In this city, that's currency. It's not very large, but it is free, and that's all that matters.
Charleston City Paper |
Susan Cohen |
09-19-2012 |
Policy Issues
McKenzie Eddy raps about the Charleston music scenenew
McKenzie Eddy was bitten by the hip-hop bug at a young age, so young in fact that she can't recall not loving it.
Charleston City Paper |
Chris Haire |
09-19-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Breaking Down the Proposed I-526 Extensionnew
On July 25, researchers at the University of South Carolina mailed a one-question questionnaire to 5,000 Lowcountry households: "Do you favor or oppose building the extension of the Mark Clark Expressway along this proposed route?" (Half the surveys actually read "oppose or favor," just to counteract any bias built into the phrasing.)
Charleston City Paper |
Paul Bowers |
09-19-2012 |
Policy Issues
One powerful relationship fuels the extraordinary The Masternew
Is The Master—Paul Thomas Anderson's hauntingly intimate epic—about Scientology? That's been the focus of attention for many with only peripheral interest in the film itself, hoping perhaps for some kind of searing roman-a-clef take-down of L. Ron Hubbard and his movement.
Charleston City Paper |
Scott Renshaw |
09-19-2012 |
Reviews
A Mega-Watt Show Brings All the Musical Greats to the Gibbesnew
At the Gibbes Museum of Art, beginning this Friday, the late Lizard King wants to give you a hug. Jimi Hendrix will be in attendance as well, along with his contemporaries the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, and Janis Joplin. Bob Marley will be hanging out, and so will Bunny Wailer and Peter Tosh. And, of course, let's not forget the King of Rock 'n' Roll, Elvis.
Charleston City Paper |
Stratton Lawrence |
09-19-2012 |
Art
Rachel Kate Gillon and Joel T. Hamilton join the Unchained Tournew
Rachel Kate Gillon is under the impression that she has a tendency of telling really dumb, irrelevant stories. Those are her exact words.
Charleston City Paper |
Susan Cohen |
09-19-2012 |
Performance
