The legendary Atlanta emcee brought the house down last night with a set that was heavy on Outkast hits and stand-out tunes from his hot new album, Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty. Here’s a slide show of photos from the set. Photos by Rich Orris
Moogfest Day 1: Kuroma
Kuroma was the first band at Moogfest to play the Asheville Civic Center, warming up the big stage for later sets by Big Boi, MGMT and Girl Talk. Here’s a slide show of the set. Photos by Rich Orris
Moogest Day 1: Dan Deacon
Dan Deacon was the first performer at Moogfest, kicking things off at the Orange Peel yesterday, Oct. 29, at 6 p.m. Here’s a slide show of photos from the performance. Photos by Rich Orris
Busk Break: Alex Williamson
Asheville-based busker Alex Williamson performs his original song “Looking For Some Time” on the corner of Battery Park and Page Ave. in downtown Asheville.
Moogfest 2010 Friday
Click here to check out a photo gallery of Friday Moogfest goers.
Photo by Jonathan Welch
Elitist Bastards: You Will Meet A Tall Dark Souther
In this week’s Elitist Bastards Go To The Movies, Xpress film critics Ken Hanke and Justin Souther discuss current releases Heartbreaker, You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger, Hereafter and Paranormal Activity 2. They also happily consider the merits of Synecdoche, New York (next week’s Asheville Film Society screening) and the silent-horror marathon of the “Old, Dark Cinema Lounge” series they’ll be screening over Halloween weekend. And to top it all off, they even have a few thoughts on upcoming releases Saw 3D, Buried, Catfish and Jack Goes Boating.http://www.mountainx.com/images/blogimages/markofthebastards-thumb.jpg
Arnold the Astro-Space Dance Dog: Super-duper insider tips to enjoying Moogfest
We recruited “Arnold the Astro-Space Dance Dog” to help provide some super-duper insider tips to enjoying this weekend’s Moogfest, set to take over downtown this evening Oct. 29 through the 31st:
Moog Filtered Ale is back! in the bottle and on tap
Get into the Moogfest spirit with a glass of Moog Filtered Ale, now available on tap at the Asheville Civic Center, the Thomas Wolfe Auditorium, The Orange Peel, The Bier Garden and the Renaissance Asheville Hotel. The special American pale ale will be flowing throughout this weekend’s Moog-inspired festivities.
Coming Live To MoogFest Podcast
When she’s not writing her The Profiler live-music recommendation column for Xpress, Becky Upham also produces the weekly Coming Live To The Orange Peel podcast. This week, however, Upham has expanded beyond the scope of her usual fare with a three-part podcast covering all things MoogFest. Even better: She’s sharing her podcast on our site, for everyone to enjoy.
Fall colors
Les Caison III shows in Black Mountain
The show will be the final hurrah for Rebecca D’Angelo’s Studio 103 gallery.
Hendersonville-Flat Rock Small Plate Crawl
Drive, creep, crawl and walk your way through the Hendersonville/Flat Rock area for a taste of more than 20 different restaurants Tuesday, Nov. 9 through Wednesday, Nov. 10.
Lexington Ave.
On her: patchwork tunic, argyle cardigan. On him: driver’s cap and field jacket.
Get down for breast cancer: Boob Fest at The Get Down
In other, charity-concerned Moogfest satellite-event news, The Get Down, a still-new bar at 1045 Haywood Road, will host Boob Fest, a benefit for, well, breasts — specifically breast cancer.
Bad news on Moogfest eve: Devo’s guitarist slashes hand
A serious injury will keep the full band from playing Moogfest. Still, the other members plan to attend. Details as they arise…
Moogfest podcast: Pretty Lights
Pretty Lights performs at Moogfest on Sunday, Oct. 31.
Moogfest podcast: Hot Chip
British electro-pop outfit Hot Chip plays Moogfest on Sunday, Oct. 31.
Outside the Costume Shoppe
Checkered bag, houndstooth scarf and studded shoes.
Saturn Never Sleeps (King Britt)
What was your craziest/most memorable Halloween night? 2007 NYC. I had a gig at Cielo for Deep Space w/ Francois K. My hotel was three blocks away and it took me almost one hour to get to the club! Actually very scary! Who would win in a fight: Freddy Kruger, Mike Myers, a gremlin, the […]
The Octopus Project (Josh Lambert)
Describe (in detail) your best Halloween costume. This isn’t mine, but this year, Yvonne is going as the Rolling Stone cover of a nude John Lennon hugging Yoko Ono. She’s dressing up as Yoko and made a life-sized, stuffed, nude John Lennon, which she will be attaching to her waist. It is pretty nuts! What's […]
Shout Out Out Out Out (Nik Kozub)
Describe your best Halloween costume. Again, when I was a kid, I had some pretty awesome costumes, thanks to my wonderful parents. My Mom would get pretty elaborate with things like building me a fly costume with paper maché and huge metal mesh eyes and stuff. One year I went as a giant Diet Coke […]