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Lost in Space: The elusive art of the live recording
Live albums, as a general rule, suck.
Even without poor recording clarity, it’s rare that a live record manages to capture not only song, but also a sense of place; rarely are we taken into the recording instead of merely hearing a facsimile of it. But occasionally, a live recording – not necessarily...
August 9th, 2010 | July 10 | Read More
Lawless
Ellenora Barker stands by her man. When her husband, Andy, announced he wanted to build his very own old-fashioned Western town, she told him it sounded like a great idea.And when he sold his share of a successful construction company and moved the family from their comfy life in Charlotte to a remote...
August 5th, 2010 | July 10 | Read More
Note from the Publisher July 2010
The magazine is 5 years and 60 issues old this month, but I can only think about my youngest daughter, Anna, with her new tooth that came in as a present to me on Father’s Day. Anna has Down syndrome and everything takes a bit longer for her. She’s over a year old, just getting her first teeth and...
August 2nd, 2010 | July 10 | Read More
Going Local in Nicaragua
Sure, I could have signed up for an all-inclusive vacation, sipped umbrella cocktails on a guard-patrolled beach and pretended to be in another country. But as the UnTourist, I took a different tactic: I picked the cheapest Central American city Orbitz had to offer and booked a $250, three-hour flight...
July 19th, 2010 | July 10 | Read More
Counting Crowes at the NC Music Factory
As the sun set over Uptown Charlotte and the air cooled down just a touch The Counting Crowes tuned up and cast their music into the night sky. 15,000 Charlotteans were entertained at the Uptown Amphitheater at the NC Music Factory last night the 14th. And we captured the moment as dusk turned into night.
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July 15th, 2010 | July 10 | Read More
Shawna Robinson – The First Lady of Nascar
Shawna Robinson was trapped in a Los Angeles hotel room. “Quarantined” is how she described it. She hadn’t been kidnapped. Quite the opposite. Robinson actually had placed herself in this confining situation.
Late in 2009,the Charlottean whom countless gearheads know for her accomplishments...
July 6th, 2010 | July 10 | Read More
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