Skeletons in the jukebox “Skeletons” provides a forum for local musicians, artists, record-store owners, etc., to erase cool points by expressing their unseemly affection for an unhip album from their past. Hall and Oates’ Voices, by singer/songwriter Joel Underwood “The early ’80s in the urban South were a confusing time for a young man. How […]
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Cartoons
Praise to make the bounteous blueberry blush
There they were — plump, blue-black and filled with the promise of grazing delight — the first ripe blueberries from our late-season bushes. The plants of unknown variety were given to our community years ago by a friend and have become a favorite. Their flavored fruit ripens a few berries at a time for all […]
Asheville City Council
Don’t let the tourists get wind of this, but Asheville is one scary place. At least that’s the impression this reporter came away with after sitting through the Asheville City Council’s Aug. 16 work session. The meeting kicked off with a discussion of crime in Aston Park, then segued into a presentation on how drugs […]
Letters to the editor
Look homeward, and save Battle Square When we have no light anymore — when huge, monolithic cubic yards of concrete condos pop up like out-of-proportion mushrooms in a small, rich bog, and when we fill up all open space with ugly, gratuitous parking structures — Asheville will no longer be a city of light. Our […]
Greener pastures
I was playing disc golf awhile back when I happened to run into a few guys I used to work with at a local restaurant. One of them had moved on to a Mexican restaurant, which he’d said he liked very much the last time we met. “How’s the Mexican place?” I asked him as […]
N.C. history in the raw
Some time ago, a favorite high-school teacher, Myrtle Kiker, sent me a question: “What is the best history of North Carolina — one that I can recommend to a friend who wants to know more about her new state?” I’ve been thinking about how to answer her. Two books have to be on the list […]
Valiant
Valiant is the story of a small pigeon who becomes a big hero in England’s World War II-era Royal Air Force Homing Pigeon Service, proving to all that the key to courage is “not the size of your wingspan, but your spirit.” The computer animation in this British import is lovely, the action is clever, […]
The Great Raid
Sixty years ago, Japan surrendered to the United States, ending World War II. A week ago, following worldwide remembrances of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan’s prime minister marked the anniversary with an apology for Japan’s acts of aggression from 1931 to 1945, which killed an estimated 15 million people, two-thirds of them civilians. […]
New grind
The plan above was submitted by Scarpa + Pugh of Santa Monica, Calif., working with Eskew + Dumez + Ripple of New Orleans. Some years back, Western Carolina University art professor Brenda Coates had a vision — not as impressive, perhaps, as the epiphany of St. Paul on the road to Damascus, but one that […]
Earful
Show review Nevada with the Hellsayers at Westville Pub; Thursday, Aug. 4: Four Stars • Genre(s): Indie, Americana • Be glad you stayed home if: You frown upon Cosmic Country traversing into Radiohead or Spiritualized territory. • Defining moment: Nevada’s “Let It Shine” — the second song in the set — barreled out of the […]
Cartoons
Meeting moss on its own turf
Few gardeners would turn down an invitation to curl up on a carpet of luminescent moss or refuse an opportunity to run their fingers over a miniature forest of soldierlike spores on a moss-covered log. Few would fail to admire the smooth, verdant covering on a mossy rock. Gardeners with a gentle touch have probably […]
Letters to the editor
Believe me, meth’s worse It’s ironic that this article [“It’s the Grope, Not the Dope,” July 13] was in the paper on the day I got my test results back. I’m luckily free of AIDS, which brings me to why I’m writing you. I found myself to be extremely bothered by some of the statements […]
Taylor’s CAFTA problem
If there was one vote this year that you wouldn’t expect Rep. Charles Taylor to miss, it was the one that came along late in the day on July 27. After months of intense wrangling by the White House, the House of Representatives finally voted on — and passed — the Central America Free Trade […]
The long goodbye
photo by Jodi Ford Extreme makeover: The Miles Building, above, has sheltered scores of Asheville shops and businesses from the 1920s through today. But in a previous life, it was the headquarters of the elite social organization, the Asheville Club, as the old postcard below shows. postcard courtesy of Elwood Miles There’s a bullet in […]
The race is on
Summer is almost over, and campaign signs are about to blossom. Yep, it’s election season. Come the Oct. 11 primary, Asheville voters will decide if the city’s ship of state needs a new person at the helm — and if any of the crew members need an extended shore leave. And we’re not using the […]
Letters to the editor
Would that be free speech, or subsidized? As popular as MAIN [Mountain Area Information Network] is, Asheville City Council did the right thing when it turned down Wally Bowen’s request for space on the city’s communications tower. Bowen requested $9,600 [worth] of space for broadband equipment. Some on Council argued that the cost would be […]
The high cost of housing
You’re looking for a home you can afford — but where do you start? Cruising the streets looking for “For Sale” or “For Rent” signs? Searching the Web? Calling a real-estate agent? Meeting with a mortgage specialist? Checking your credit score? You can do all that and more at the second annual Asheville Affordable Housing […]
Earful
Skeletons in the jukebox “Skeletons” provides a forum for local musicians, artists, record-store owners, etc., to erase cool points by expressing their unseemly affection for an unhip album from their past. Young MC — Stone Cold Rhymin’: by Jenny Greer of Jen and the Juice “I used to sneak out of my house all the […]