I was sixteen when I first indulged in what has been described as ‘Earth centered parochialism’. In simple terms, I was arguing for the existence of flying saucers and alien civilizations visiting our planet. Now some five decades on I find myself more than a little...
President Obama's decision to address the nation's students this Tuesday has led to a national debate with some opposing federal government entering U.S. schools.The reasons are numerous, but under what conditions...
Del the Funkee Homosapien aka Deltron 3030 interviewKK: Your first album was produced with your brother Ice Cube. It is entitled “I wish my brother George was here”. I was wondering, is that...
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John Medeski of Medeski, Martin and Wood Interview Kent KessingerKessinger: You fly out to Japan, Spain, NY, and California and play about one show at each spot. Why four shows in NC?Medeski: They...
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While more and more artists are taking umbrage at John McCain's use of their music for campaign purposes, Barack Obama is having the opposite effect.James Taylor is one of many musicians to officially endorse...
"ASHEVILLE, North Carolina (AP) -- You can call her Cutout Dissection.com, or Cutout for short, but just don't call her Jennifer. The former Jennifer Thornburg -- whose driver's license now reads Dissection.com, Cutout -- wanted to do something to protest animal dissections...
"Teen changes her name to CutoutDissection.com""ASHEVILLE, N.C. - A 19-year-old Asheville teenager said she legally changed her name to CutoutDissection.com to protest animal dissections in schools.The Asheville Citizen-Times reported that Asheville High graduate Jennifer...
Kenny George, the tallest player in the history of NCAA Divison I college basketball, may miss the entire 2008-09 season. The 7'7" center for the University of North Carolina at Asheville will be sidelined due to...
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Good news about Billy Graham. He's doing ok after surgery. "Billy Graham underwent successful surgery Wednesday to update a shunt that controls excess fluid in his brain, and the world-renown evangelist was expected to remain in his hospital for several days."He was bright...
Looks like the warm spell last weekend was but a tease -- the eastern part of the US will today be hit by a storm system that will bring snow, sleet, rain and other messiness to the Mid-Atlantic region, and go on to wallop the Northeast on Friday. Bundle up and keep an ear...
The artblog, LIMK1, reports on two shows, opening this weekend in Chinatown, Los Angeles, that directly confront the culture of war: A German group show at Chung King Project focuses on war, sex and oppressive doom as the nature of male fantasy. At High Energy Constructs,...
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Los Angeles based artist, Andy Cline has been involved in what sounds like a simple project for over a year now. He set out to make a painting with 655,000 brushstrokes, the number of Iraqi war victims, post 'liberation', as a result of the American occupation,...
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Los Angeles based artist, Andy Cline has been involved in what sounds like a simple project for over a year now. He set out to make a painting with 655,000 brushstrokes, the number of Iraqi war victims, post 'liberation', as a result of the American occupation,...
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If looking at your calendar makes you panic, you're not alone: Friday the 13th is not just a day of superstition lite (ladders, black cats, et. al.). The dreaded date has been known to effect everything from...
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