Indy Week

Americana Gold, Texas Style

No Depression editor Peter Blackstock talks to all three members of Americana supergroup the Flatlanders—Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Joe Ely and Butch Hancock.

• by Peter Blackstock

How to Make Your Piano Howl

Former N.C. native Frank Kimbrough, a renowned composer, innovator and improviser, returns to the ArtsCenter for a homecoming concert.

• by Joe Vanderford

Flicker Femme

After years of strictly male stewardship, Flicker's first female director give the Triangle a look at the changing face of the local film scene.

• by David Fellerath
• Tags: Arts Feature, Flicker

Ballad of Borderlandia

In a reading at Durham's Regulator bookstore, the translator of Paco Taibo's latest Mexican detective story unravels the secret of Mexican identity.

• by Sylvia Pfeiffenberger

And They're Off

The Triangle theater season gets under way with a six-pack of unusual programming.

• by Byron Woods

The Cho-sen One

Gay audiences embrace comedian Margaret Cho, who in her new concert film chips away at rigid ideas about age, race, gender and sexuality.

• by Maria Pramaggiore

First day

• by Victoria A. Wentz

Transformative breathing

• by Mark Zumbach

What does homeland security mean to you?

Porch Quote

Back Talk

Letters to the Editor

Openers

This issue is dedicated to gear, especially the renewed interest in analog equipment. We meet an amplifier maker, an effects-pedal designer, longtime N.C. resident and synth pioneer Robert Moog, and a vintage keyboard repairman. We’ve also brought back the “Musical Makeover,” and take a look at some of the ambitious rock bios that have come out this summer.

• by Angie Carlson

Dueling Rebs

As the smoke clears from the Sons of Confederate Veterans' latest round of infighting, leaders of the group's North Carolina Division—including a state government archivist linked to Holocaust revisionistm and other outposts of the ultra-right—are retreating from public debate.

• by Jon Elliston

In selling yourself

Interstellar Overdrive

You may not have heard of him yet, but Chatham County resident Glenn Wyllie's custom-made fuzz boxes and pedals will ramp your guitar sound up into the stratosphere.

• by Edward Holm

Pro-development Forces at Work in Chatham Races

Though unanimously turned down by the county commissioners, the developer of the Briar Creek subdivision—the largest ever project ever proposed in the county—is still buying land. But the California firm denies involvement in a "push poll" apparently aimed at defeating slow-growth candidates.

• by Jennifer Strom

In benefits

Movie Spotlight

Cleo from 5 to 7 (Cléo de 5 à 7)

Thick and Juicy

Meet local musician Steve Carr, whose tube amplifiers provide wattage to working musicans, famous players and "blues lawyers," too.

• by Richard Butner

Analog Rhythms

Synthesizer pioneer and N.C. resident Bob Moog talks about the newly reissued Moog Voyager keyboard.

• by Angie Carlson

In urban challenges

Circuit Bending

Local musician Mike Walters, armed with a soldering gun and a cheap Casio circuit board, shows us how to make a "theremin" through circuit bending.

• by Angie Carlson

A&E Spotlight

Word and Worship

In talent

Music Spotlight

Hayseed-Dixie

Musical Makeover

Our Indy hip-hop critic spins some tracks for Crooked Beat's Bill Daly and local musician/guitar teacher Jon Heames, with mixed results.

• by K8 Erwin

In lit

Reading the jukebox

From the new Gram Parsons and Neil Young bios to the ruminations of a British critic on his 30 years in the biz, there's plenty of good music-oriented summer reads.

• by John Valentine