Amendment One: Just Say ‘No’
On May 8, North Carolinians will vote on a proposed amendment to the state’s constitution which would permanently ban the already-illegal act of same-sex marriage. For proponents, Amendment One is a protection of “traditional values.” For sane people, it’s an affront to civil liberties, a redundant salt-in-the-wound insult and a step backwards for social progress
No More Bull for Xiu Xiu
By Jordan Lawrence Xiu Xiu’s Jamie Stewart bids adieu to Durham with Always, a frank and adventurous exploration of pained lives lived in society’s margins Whiskey, a dark, comfy and strikingly well-appointed liquor bar in downtown Durham, is replete with rules for its patrons. Though the legal drinking age is 21, Whiskey only admits persons
Midtown Dickens’ brick-by-brick development
By Brian Howe From DIY beginnings to the polished folk present, Midtown Dickens patiently built a ‘Home’ all their own It’s hard to pin down exactly when the contemporary folk band Midtown Dickens came into existence, largely because the music is so thoroughly entwined with the lifelong friendship between principal songwriters Kym Register and Catherine
Post-Echo brings it All Together Now
By John Schacht Post-Echo offer Internet-age full-service station for their artists We all know that band – the one that makes music so mind-bendingly beautiful you know they’d be huge if only people knew of them. That same act, however, imagines self-promotion to be even more unpleasant than syphilis, or simply doesn’t have it in
Destination: Boone
By John Schacht With a Naked God as tour guide, Shuffle explores the mountain town’s best eateries, drinkeries, and more Maybe you know Boone as that valley place between Blowing Rock, Tweetsie Railroad and that little college that beat mighty Michigan, the first time a Division I-AA football team beat a Division I ranked school (suck
The Insider: On The Euro Road with Sin Ropas’ Danni Iosello
By Danni Iosello Danni Iosello and Tim Hurley are the Marshall-based duo Sin Ropas; sometimes they moonlight as the backing band for Califone’s Tim Rutili, as they did this past November on a 10-day tour of Europe (Hurley and Rutili played together in Red Red Meat in the 90s). Iosello’s second as-yet-untitled collection of short
The Toy Box: Animoog synthesizer app for iPad, iPhone
Animoog synthesizer app for iPad, iPhone (Moog Music Inc.; Asheville, N.C.) There are plenty of adjectives applied to Moog’s products, but “inexpensive” is rarely among them. The Asheville-based Moog earned its reputation by revolutionizing music and simplifying the process of making sounds; it maintained that reputation by crafting high quality, pro-model equipment — with a
Paint Fumes: Up Out of the Sewer
By Bryan C. Reed When Elijah Von Cramon picks up the phone, it’s about 8 p.m. and the Paint Fumes frontman has just woken up from what he describes as a “really weird nap.” I brush it off; dude deserves some rest. This time last year, Paint Fumes was barely formed. “I never really played
