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A Good Friday note: Resurrection will "Save Our State" (plus two upcoming events in Raleigh)

Bob Geary — Fri, 29 Mar 2013 13:51:00 -0400

First up, there's a strategy meeting set for 6 p.m. next Tuesday, April 2 at Pullen Memorial Baptist Church in Raleigh — 1801 Hillsborough St. If you are among those outraged by what's going on in the General Assembly these days, and especially with the new voter-suppression legislation — this will be the NAACP and allied social justice groups and individuals coming together to make some plans.

Then, the following Tuesday, April 9, is a day for mass lobbying at the General Assembly.…

HELP WANTED: PineCone and Old Hat's campaign to restore ancient recordings from WPTF ends today

Spencer Griffith — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 11:36:00 -0500

Last month, PineCone, or the Piedmont Council of Traditional Music, and Raleigh archival folk label Old Hat Records joined forces to launch a campaign to crowd fund an anthology of bluegrass and country music from artists that performed on the Depression-era North Carolina radio program “Crazy Barn Dance.” The show took its name from Crazy Water Crystals, the snake oil elixir served as a sponsor, and aired Saturday nights on Raleigh’s WPTF and Charlotte’s WBT. During its time, it showcased roots pioneers like the Monroe Brothers, the Dixon Brothers, the Blue Sky Boys and Snuffy Jenkins.…

Lizard Lick Towing's Ron Shirley discusses his new book, Lizard Tales, and his future plans

Danny Hooley — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 04:00:00 -0500

Repo man Ron Shirley is about as happy as a short-legged pony in a high field of oats. The ready-to-rumble reality TV star's autobiographical book of short stories and witty cornpone sayings has just been retooled, revised and republished by Random House. by Danny Hooley Repo man Ron Shirley is about as happy as a short-legged pony in a high field of oats, to borrow one of his own colorful "Ron-isms." This week, the owner of Lizard Lick Towing & Recovery and star of truTV's ready-to-rumble reality series Lizard Lick Towing witnesses the re-publication of his autobiographical book of short stories and witty cornpone sayings, Lizard Tales: The Wit and Wisdom of Ron Shirley.…

Hear a track from Le Weekend's third album, the magic y/ear

Jordan Lawrence — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 16:42:00 -0400

The music of Chapel Hill's Le Weekend is marked by stark contrast: moments of catchiest pop abandon give way to noisy freak outs. To this point, it's been a balance that the trio has struggled to maintain.…

Whatever Brains don't mind if you don't listen

Grayson Currin — Wed, 13 Jun 2012 04:00:00 -0400

"I'm not against being noticed. I'm just not trying to be noticed." — Rich Ivey by Grayson Currin Monday night has long since passed into Tuesday morning, and the boys in the band room aren't done yet. Before midnight, most of the Raleigh six-piece Whatever Brains had been busy, building two songs from the new demo tapes of frontman Rich Ivey and practicing a few old cuts to prepare for an upcoming recording session.…

'Baudelaire in a Box' comes to the Triangle

Jordan Lawrence — Tue, 08 May 2012 12:30:00 -0400

In the spring of 2010, Chicago-based artist and theater wiz Dave Buchen executed the first edition of Baudelaire in a Box. He and his songwriter friend Chris Schoen adapted some of the notable wine poems of famously macabre 19th century French poet Charles Baudelaire, setting them to music and illustrating them with scrolling images that played within a series of boxes.…

Following the jagged pattern from one Horseback LP to another

Corbie Hill — Wed, 02 May 2012 04:00:00 -0400

It's hard to think Horseback's new Half Blood could cover so much ground—and do it so well—if Jenks Miller hadn't stayed so busy honing his craft. by Corbie Hill Jenks Miller has been working on Half Blood, the new LP from his prolific metal hybridizers Horseback, for several years—at least since the heavy music titan Relapse Records added the Chapel Hill musician to its roster. His 2009 LP, The Invisible Mountain, earned Relapse's attention, resulting in a contract, a reissue and a swell of positive press bigger than Miller had experienced.…

Something Wicked this way comes

D.L. Anderson — Wed, 02 May 2012 04:00:00 -0400

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The travails of Xiu Xiu leader and reluctant Durham resident Jamie Stewart

Grayson Currin — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 04:00:00 -0400

"I don't really consider Xiu Xiu to be fun ... but Xiu Xiu is totally essential to me getting through life." by Grayson Currin Jamie Stewart's first night in Durham felt like an unfinished dream. In the summer of 2008, he and his best friend and bandmate, Angela Seo, had driven from California to North Carolina, where she had decided to go to law school at Duke University.…

Corrosion of Conformity: An oral history of 30 years

Bryan C. Reed — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 04:00:00 -0500

Opinions and recollections differ between those who were there, but they all confirm this: COC's 30-year trip is one worth exploring. by Bryan C. Reed A little more than a month ago, Corrosion of Conformity played a one-off gig in Asheville at the large Orange Peel Social Aid and Pleasure Club. They were, in an unspoken way, the guests of honor, following a screening of the documentary film Slow Southern Steel earlier in the evening.…

Historian and journalist Thomas Frank returns with new book about the billionaires

Bob Geary — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 04:00:00 -0500

"Democrats really failed to speak to the new angry sensibility in the country. And Obama's personality is almost precisely wrong for the populist moment—he really has trouble turning on that emotion." by Bob Geary Journalist-historian Thomas Frank was in Raleigh in September 2008 a few weeks before the elections that ousted the Republican Party and put Democrats in charge of the White House and both houses of Congress. Frank's new book at the time was The Wrecking Crew: How Conservatives Rule.…

The Triangle's Top 10 albums of 2011, and their fine supporting cast

Grayson Currin — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 04:00:00 -0500

During a year when several of the Triangle's best-known bands didn't release records, area acts released, by my count, at least 30 albums that will henceforth belong in forever rotation. by Grayson Currin Most weeks, promos come in floods, either by post in big stacks of padded envelopes with thick rubber bands holding five or six together, or by email, with password-protected links or bulky files attached to a string of messages. For all the continued talk about the fall of the music industry, the important stuff—the music—is doing just fine, thank you.…

The sad, strange and sweet voyage of Bombadil

Grayson Currin — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 04:00:00 -0500

When Bombadil called it quits almost three years ago, they were one of the country's brightest young bands. Somehow, they're back. by Grayson Currin More than a decade before Dolph Ramseur helped guide The Avett Brothers to a major label and late-night television appearances, he was a small-town tennis coach. Ramseur taught tennis in four states and for 10 years, a span of time and space that afforded him a broad spectrum of students.…

Commissioners want investigation of social services changes

Samiha Khanna — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 04:00:00 -0400

"This investigation needs to be done quickly. I would hope that the manager, by the end of September, can bring forward a plan on who's going to investigate, and a time frame of having it done no later than by the end of October." by Samiha Khanna Allegations of unethical and possibly illegal conduct have surrounded the leadership of Durham's Department of Social Services in recent weeks. So on Monday, County Commissioner Joe Bowser asked the county to investigate recent changes at DSS, including the firing and hiring of a new director.…

On tour with Spider Bags

Jeremy M. Lange — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 04:00:00 -0400

Back in February I jumped in a van with Steve Oliva, Rock Forbes and Dan McGee... by Jeremy M. Lange

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Celebrate Cinco de Mayo with Southern Culture on the Skids

Chris Parker — Thu, 05 May 2011 17:34:00 -0400

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Elizabeth Edwards, in her own words

Barry Yeoman — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 16:15:00 -0500

In these audio excerpts, Edwards discusses how her experiences from childhood—at the U.S. Army's Camp Zama in Japan—and early adulthood shaped her political attitudes toward war and women's equality.

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Filthybird finally flies—in music and in love

Grayson Currin — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 04:00:00 -0400

Songs for Other People, Filthybird's second album, is an arduously made, exquisitely written record. Complex and confident, its existence is a testament to Renée Mendoza and Brian Haran's maturity and perseverance, as band mates and as partners. by Grayson Currin Renée Mendoza and Brian Haran had been dating for about three months when he first head-butted someone. A bar that sold expensive sandwiches near his Greensboro apartment was going out of business, so the watering hole sold its remaining liquor to the local kids for pocket change.…

Track premiere: Lonnie Walker's "Love Turn"

Grayson Currin — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 15:30:00 -0400

Future Islands and Lonnie Walker will release a limited-edition 7" next Tuesday via Baltimore's Friend Records. We've got the Lonnie Walker track right here, for your downloading pleasure.…

Signal: What electronic music fans call home

Chris Toenes — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 04:00:00 -0400

Now in its fifth year, Signal fest continues to attract local producers, DJs and fans who want to hear more electronic music in the Triangle. by Chris Toenes About five years ago, an American couple began working on a film to document the European techno scene of the '00s. Called Speaking in Code, it recorded the struggles and victories of rising stars like Modeselektor and Monolake, the duo who invented the Ableton software used by most electronic musicians today.…

"Catch up!" RailHawks rally to defeat Miami, 2—1

Joe Schwartz — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 12:50:00 -0400

WAKEMED SOCCER PARK/ CARY—It was shaping up to be the kind of game that leaves sports reporters wondering how they are going to fill their word counts (luckily, we don’t have those at Triangle Offense.)

Rain delayed the kickoff by an hour and a half, denting an already sparse crowd and leaving both teams listless for much of the first half. The park was so quiet that you could hear individual fans clapping, or berating the official, but credit to the 1,426 diehards who wiped off damp seats.…

Russell debuts, Shipalane sparkles, but RailHawks drop another at home, 1-0

Joe Schwartz — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 15:20:00 -0400

WAKEMED SOCCER PARK/ CARY—It was difficult for coach Martin Rennie to see the bright spots in Tuesday night’s 1-0 defeat to the Rochester Rhinos, both because the sky was gray and the ground was soaked and because his side dominated the play, but again fell victim to the WakeMed Park bugaboo.

“There’s positives, but right now we have to learn from this quickly.…

RailHawks player ratings vs. FC Tampa Bay, 5/14/10; plus Jeremy Christie interview

David Fellerath — Sat, 15 May 2010 10:30:40 -0400

GK Nic Platter - 4: Seemed to be caught out of position on a pair of lobs that were just off target. Probably not much he could have done on either goal.
D Matt Bobo - 5: Both goals came from defensive breakdowns.…

Morning Benders' "Cold War (Nice Clean Fight)"

Chris Parker — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 04:00:00 -0500

Chris Chu on mixing, getting free and being everything at once by Chris Parker Listen up! Download Morning Benders' "Cold War (Nice Clean Fight)" (2.4 MB) or stream it below.…

Joe Pug's "Speak Plainly, Diana"

Rick Cornell — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 04:00:00 -0500

Joe Pug on borrowing from history, preserving the mystery and the B-52s by Rick Cornell Listen up! Download Joe Pug's "Speak Plainly, Diana" or stream it below.…