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Editor & Publisher Paul Blake paul@columbiacitypaper.com
August 4, 2011 VOLUME 7 Issue 1
Columbia’s very own Chazwick Bundick, the man behind chillwave sensation Toro Y Moi p. 6
SALES MANAGER Anna Bozard annabanana@columbiacitypaper.com
News.Politics.Commentary. Regional news Man blames bad driving on sticky floor mat OPINION Eliminate the hospitality tax Letters to the reader dear car, why won’t you die? Crime watch The zips are back Vocal booth TRUBLKLEF Interview Music Fr, Jones music reviews: iceage and smother Haleyscopes pointlessly idealistic horoscopes
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ARTS EDITOR Judit Trunkos jtrunkos@columbiacitypaper.com Circulation manager Laura M. Music Kingsley Waring, Fr. Jones Pg. 6
Movies.Entertainment.Etc. soundboard punk/indie/emo/ska/hardcore/metal/rock movie times Music savage love adult sex advice Jonesin Crosswords Cartoons Derf & Red Meat Sudoku
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Account Executives James Wallace Staff Writer Kerry Boyles Contributors S.M. Baleem, Garrett Kellerhals, WR Marshall, Todd Morehead, Will Moredock, Ted Rall, Dan Savage, Kingsley Waring, Baynard Woods
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HILTON HEAD Store employee accused of filming in bathroom A Kangaroo Express employee has been accused of hiding a video camera in the ladies’ bathroom at the store, the Island Packet reported. A woman displaced a camera hidden by Emilio Felipe Derutte-Casas, 50, from a toilet-paper dispenser July 23, according to a Sheriff’s Office news release. A spokeswoman said that Druette-Casas had been filming women on and off for at least a month. Derutte-Casas will face up to three years in prison if he is convicted of misdemeanor Peeping Tom charges. Police officials would not disclose how investigators concluded Derutte-Casas was responsible for the camera because it is an ongoing investigation. LAMAR High school football player dies after practice A rising ninth grader at Lamar High School died after an afternoon football practice Saturday. Tyquan Xavier Brantley, 14, started complaining of cramps as he walked off the field, Audrey Childers, the Darlington County School System public information officer told the Morning News. Officials immediately called 9-1-1 and he was taken to a local medical center. There has been no ruling on cause of death yet. “Our office has ordered an autopsy and this procedure has been completed,” Darlington County Coroner J. Todd Hardee said. “However, there are still test results outstanding and those results will not be available until Monday or Tuesday.” * Saturday was the second day of practice for the team and they worked on their kicking game between 9:30-10:40 a.m., said Childers. The players wore helmets without their pads and took a five-minute water break every 20 minutes. The school system emphasizes the importance of safety and hydration during practices and is conducting an investigation to verify whether the school’s policies were
followed. “Tyquan was an excellent young man who worked hard for the game of football. I was very excited about Tyquan’s future as a Silver Fox. He will be missed by his family and the Silver Fox family,” JR Boyd, head football coach, said. LEXINGTON Woman arrested for stealing money from youth soccer club A North woman who served as Treasurer for the West Metro Soccer Club was arrested on charges that she stole money from the West Columbia youth soccer club, according to the Lexington Chronicle. Kimberly Denise Stripling, 41, who was employed with Grace Baptist Church, was arrested July 21 for Breach of Trust of more than $2,000 but less than $10,000. The arrest warrant alleges Stripling used the club’s debit card and check book for her personal use, spending between $23,000 and $28,000 of the soccer club’s funds in many jurisdictions including both Lexington and Richland counties. The investigation is still ongoing and anyone with information should contact the West Columbia Police Department at 803794-0721.
was over, but the doors were locked when he got back to the doctor’s office around 6 p.m. “The building was closed,” he said. “I started calling everyone to see if anybody had picked her up.” Miller checked his mother’s house and then returned to the medical center. He knocked on the back window and found his mother still inside the exam room. Candida Miller was eventually able to get herself out by wedging the exam room door open and exiting through the lobby around 7:30 p.m. “She missed her medicine, and her blood pressure was high,” Miller’s daughterin-law Karen Cherry Crockett said. “She could have had a heart attack or stroke. Anything could have happened.
Teen arrested for public urination A 14-year-old boy was arrested after using a nearby bush as a toilet while playing basketball on Gentle Breeze Lane, according to the Rock Hill Herald. A resident notified local authorities of the boy’s transgression, and he admitted to using the bush to relieve himself. He said he thought it was okay to use the bathroom in the bushes because he was covered. The teen was released to his mother ROCK HILL after police charged him with public Woman left locked inside doctor’s disorderly conduct. office for hours NORTH AUGUSTA The staff at a Rock Hill doctor’s office Man blames bad driving on sticky left a woman waiting in an exam room and floor mat closed up for the day without seeing her. A DUI suspect told police a sticky Candida Miller, 61, told the Herald a nurse checked her blood pressure and other floor mat in his car caused him to drive vital signs and then left. Two hours later, erratically. The Augusta Chronicle reported that her son, who was supposed to pick her up, knocked on the window and she realized Joshua Munns, 31, was spotted making an the staff had closed up the office and left abrupt, tire-squealing turn onto W. Arlington Heights from West Avenue around 9 p.m. for the day. Police pulled Munns over after his “I heard knocking on the window,” Miller said tearfully. “It scared me. He said, car continued to “fishtail” as he swerved ‘Are you in there by yourself?’ I said, ‘I through the neighborhood. Munns, who had a “blank stare” on his haven’t seen the doctor yet.’ Then I realized face, told the officer his floor mat caused I’m here by myself.” Michael Miller drove his mother to his accelerator to stick to the floor, but was the appointment but left to pick up his son arrested for driving under the influence from camp around 5:30. His mother was anyways. news@columbiacitypaper.com supposed to call him when her appointment
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Eliminate the hospitality tax It is fund with city
a slush for those ties to council
opinion
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Samantha Norton
Last week, The State analyzed hospitality tax funding awards to organizations for this coming year. The newspaper described this year’s tax plan as taking a “Robin Hood” approach—a description that couldn’t be further from the truth. First of all, the organizations receiving funding from the two percent hospitality tax (paid for by local restaurant, bars and hotels) should have no guarantee to the money.
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quote a local bar owner, Scott Linaberry who owns Sharkys and Red Hot Tomatoes. But the local bar owner the newspaper quoted just so happens to be the president of an organization taking a hospitality tax funding hit. (The Five Points Association will bring in a measly quarter of a million dollars instead of $280,000. The horror. The horror.) None of the organizations or events that receive hospitality tax funding, such as the annual St Patrick’s Day Festival, are required to provide certified financial audits. The State wrote, “No one is saying the Vista Guild or Five Points are spending their money improperly.” For years, organizations receiving taxpayer hospitality tax funds have repeatedly dodged freedom of information act requests from this newspaper. Virgina Bedford, former executive director of the defunct Three Rivers Music Festival
of the organizations or events that receive hospitality tax funding, such as the annual St Patrick’s Day Festival, are required to provide certified financial audits. ” The truth is, the City Council and the Hospitality Tax Funding Board use the money as a political slush fund, cutting checks to organizations with ties to city officials. (One organization receiving money is SC Pride, which is obviously a political agenda organization.) This isn’t a “Robin Hood” tax. It’s a cronyism tax. Through its news story, The State was either desperately sucking up to the marketing managers of these good ol’ boy organizations or the writer didn’t want to upset his socialite network, which would make it uncomfortable the next time he’s at a Columbia Opportunity Resource (COR) fundraising happy hour. Let’s get real. The hospitality tax fund has been a complete failure and has led to the death of unique local bars and the rise to the cookiecutter restaurants such as Wild Wings. Ask local bars owner if they’ve seen any returns from the hospitality tax. Actually, The State was brave enough to
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was literally on the phone with our lawyers while we demanded to copy a check in the amount of $20,000 written to “petty cash.” Bedford has admitted to helping raise money for Tamika Issac Devine’s City Council campaign – just one example of how political cronies benefit from the hospital tax once supported politicians are elected. Year after year, we ask executive director Merritt McCaffie of the Five Points Association about the commission payouts for the St. Patrick’s Day Festival. Brewer has been defiant in responding to records requests and refuses to provide the commission payout information. In past years, FPA has doled out around $100,000 to just a few people-far more than they give to charity. The sad reality is that the hospitality tax is much worse than corporate welfare, because it some cases it simply funnels money from small businesses to political cronies. It is the kind of scheme that would make Robin Hood break out the flaming arrows. talkback@columbiacitypaper.com
Letters to the
Reader
Dear little kid, The fact that you feel guilty for laughing at your dog while he tries to eat peanut butter is making me question my sense of humor. I mean, is it bad to laugh at a dog while he eats a live baby squirrel? Cause if that’s the case... Columbia City Paper
Dear car, When I vowed to drive you until you totally died, I thought I was being economical, not making a freakin’ life choice. How many more hundreds of thousands of miles can you go? I haven’t had AC since the ‘90s! I’m the only guy I know with a tape deck. Fifteen years worth of dents have left you looking like a demolition derby car, parts of you are held on with wire hangers and bungee cords and your “Check Engine Soon” light has been glowing for six months. We’ve had a good run and I don’t mean to sound insensitive, but WHY WON’T YOU DIE?! Columbia City Paper Dear raunchy sex scene, Though I could generally take or leave you while watching a movie on my own, there is nothing more uncomfortable or slower to pass than a mid-movie sex scene when you’re catching a DVD with your parents or in-laws. What’s a person to do when there’s a man’s bobbing ass in hi-def less than 10 feet from the saintly eyes of ones grandmother? Does one just stare numbly at the screen? Look away and say something witty to break the ice and/or try to make casual sports conversation with one’s fatherin-law? Is there any amount of popcorn one can shove into his mouth when his mother innocently asks what “reverse cowgirl” means? Columbia City Paper
Dear Niko Alm, We laud your creativity and balls for fighting the Austrian government to allow you to wear a pasta strainer on your head as religious headgear of the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster. I just can’t believe they subjected you to a mental evaluation. Believe Moses had a conversation with a burning bush? Throw on a yarmulke and say “cheese.” Believe that a multi-armed god with an elephant’s head will get you a better deal on that car you’re thinking of buying? Wrap that Pagri and smile. An agnostic with a sense of humor? You must submit to a mental exam. Riiiight. Columbia City Paper
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The past and present collide with the unknown August 12 for Columbia City Paper’s Future: YALLapalooza at Five Points Pub. (Formally known as The House.) With Future: YALL artists Roomdance, Pan, Forces of a Street, and The Dirty Lowdown all sharing the stage, the event promises to breathe life into the postmodern concepts and sounds from this summer’s popular compilation album. The first 70 to arrive for the show will receive a free special edition of the Future: YALL album featuring various collectible image inserts. Additionally, The Dirty Lowdown will be donating all of their proceeds from the show to benefit the Hidden Wounds organization as part of their “TDL Cares” program. In other words- come for the good cause, stay for the grand effect. ROOMDANCE
CCP: Roomdance has been described to me as “a dizzying array of ambient paranoia”. Tracks like “Reticient Speaking” sound both inspired and wholly your own. Who... or what are your influences? RD: It’s hard to say exactly what influences me (not to sound lofty, only disorganized) ; I usually become obsessed with something and it makes its way into my music. I get really into various music groups, artists - stuff like that becomes mixed with my own feelings/problems/ experiences (what-ever they may be) and it comes out in the music. I guess I’m just processing my human experience into music. CCP: Your Future: YALL track is called “Walter Anderson”. Is there any specific meaning behind this track title? RD: Walter Anderson was an artist from New Orleans who moved to a part on Mississippi that I am deeply connected to. He was active until his death the 1960’s. He would sail out to islands off the coast of Mississippi and live in the woods to paint various animals. It’s hard to explain what my obsession with him is, though it has to do with his pursuit of some sort of natural place in the order of things. He did this through his art by processing the world through himself in order to understand it better. I could go on for a while about Walter and my visceral connections to his world, but its nice to just let it be what it is - our Mississippian halcyon days.
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CCP: Are you currently working on any new material? RD: Yes always, I go crazy when I can’t play my keyboard. CCP: After the shindig on August 12th, when can we expect to see you perform again? RD: Well I’ve got prospects; October 7th perhaps, and also possible shows with no date yet, though that is in the works. I try to play just enough; not too much because I wan’t to keep it mysterious.
CCP: Pan is an especially catchy and everywhere, I think the actual medium is going applicable band name. Does it mean anything to have to change. To a certain extent it already specifically? has: people want things like vinyl and cassettes now along with mp3’s, and we’re seeing more P: Pan’s original inspiration was from Peter box sets and art books, online music experiences, Pan and how “happy thoughts make you fly”. apps... people want more than recorded audio, Over time we began to accept all things associated and they’re experimenting with all types of ways with the name. Pan also means “all”, and “bread” to give their music more meaning. Music is in Spanish, which might be the reason most of our becoming a lot more than just songs and bands, Facebook fans are from Latin America. its almost like a glue that holds together all these different forms of art and types of products. I CCP: Does Pan have plans to soon release think that’s a good thing - we’re learning how to any further material? Where would you like to explore music with more than just our ears. be this time next year?
P: Yes, we plan to record a full-length album CCP: What does Forces of a Street mean, with our friends at Post-Echo (Justin Schmidt and exactly? Franklin Jones) that will be released before the year is out. I’m bold enough to say it could be out FOAS: The term was originally from a piece We’re doing good; lets keep it up! Though before the end of October. (cross your fingers) of artwork from a long while back. The idea, both I will say that sometimes it feels like people then and now, is that you get a lot of interesting have to become known elsewhere before they are CCP: Who are some of your strongest energy when you combine people and machines. accepted as a legitimate artist here in Columbia. Post-Rock influences? 100 years ago- cars speeding down a street was a With that said, this interview is evidence of that pretty new thing, and it was a fairly intense thing practice being disregarded; people are starting P: Fang Island, Explosions in the Sky and for the average person to see and experience. like what’s going on here without being told Piglet are the most comparable to us, and we love Now we have things way crazier than that all it’s cool from some other outside sources; it’s them very, very much. Fang Island is the primary around us, though we’re a bit more accustomed encouraging! influence, then we proceeded to find other bands to it. That sense of awe and excitement about the in similar genres. Basically Fang Island changed things we’ve created and will create is a source of You can currently find Roomdance on our perception of listening to and creating music. inspiration for us. We do our best to represent that Facebook and later on this month via his page at If it wasn’t for them, as stated before, we would type of experience with our music. the Post-Echo media label. be playing metal. Other bands that influence us, and I’m not afraid to say it are Blink 182, Avett CCP: So would you say there is a Brothers, Arcade Fire, Passion Pit, Godspeed You! technological aspect to your sound, or the PAN Black Emperor, Jerry Goldsmith, Tera Melos, and things you’re writing about? The Mountain Goats. Some post rock bands that I should mention as well are early Pelican and early FOAS: Technology is something worth This Will Destroy You. hearing. It’s definitely a recurring theme, but more in the sense of its relation to who we are and the CCP: Any advice to the Columbia music way the world is - we try not to be too nerdy about scene? it. Most artists or works that reflect on technology tend to cast advancement in a negative or scary P: Put out a Facebook ad, and go see Tony light. So much out there is telling us to stay Lee on Thursdays at Speak Easy, he is incredible. humble, not get lost in technology or the internet Also let’s get some better venues out there, or what have you. We take the opposite view, looking forward to playing at the House august which is that even if all this new stuff is scary, the 12th. The stage looks awesome. smart thing to do is just to embrace it and push it forward. Don’t be afraid to get lost in it. We’ve You can currently download Pan’s debut incorporated a lot of electronic sounds, loops, and CCP: How would you characterize the EP “Post Rock is Not Dead” at www.peterpan. synthesizers into our songs - so I guess we do our music on your ambitious debut EP Post Rock bandcamp and later on this month via their page part to get lost in the digital realm. It’s fun, and I think it helps craft the overall expression of our is Not Dead? What are your goals with this at the Post-Echo media label. songs. We try not to be too conservative in our music? approach, and we’re always looking for new ways FORCES OF A STREET to branch out and try to bring something new to P: Please listen to the album on headphones. the table. Having electronic aspects in our music it really is incredible. Somebody called us “Post isn’t exactly groundbreaking, but it does give us Post Revival”. I like that term, whatever it means, a bigger set of tools with which to try something but I think it’s fitting, because we are trying to do new. something that is different than the normal postrock (and music in general) that you hear today. CCP: What else are you doing to branch I honestly don’t know what we should be called, out? What’s next for Forces of a Street? if anything it’s a genre that hasn’t been named yet, and we hope it catches on, like what Washed FOAS: Well the main thing for us has been Out did when he essentially created chillwave. to try and forge relationships with other bands in We want to uplift people, make them feel good our area. One of the main reasons we put together about themselves, to show them that music can do CCP: Where do you think music is going the Future: YALL compilation (www.futureyall. that to you. All I can say is listen to Fang Island, com) was so that we could find something to work before them we played metal, and we would not in the future? on with all these other great SC acts. We also be nearly as good if we were playing metal. FOAS: Music has already been so many are currently working on a comic book, DRIFT, places, it’s hard to imagine if there’s any place which is debuting in serialized fashion at www. left for it to go. Now that music is available driftcomic.com. And now we’re planning a whole CCP: Any advice to the Columbia music scene?
bunch of new recordings and videos under a new organization we’re setting up, Post Echo. We should be able to formally debut the beginning for that in the next month or two, beginning with Forces of a Street’s next full-length album CCP: Any advice to the Columbia music scene? FOAS: There’s strength in numbers. I think it’s important for artists to work together to maximize the attention they bring to shows, releases, etc. Eventually, artists need to get outside the city walls and start getting known in the region, and so far our efforts to do so have always gone better when we collaborated with other folks. You can find Forces of a Street at www. forcesofastreet.com and later this month via their page at the Post Echo media label. THE DIRTY LOWDOWN
with a few companies with the hope of gaining some funding to complete the LP. Regardless of who foots the bill we hope to release the follow up album in the next 6-12 months. CCP: How important is it to give fans of The Dirty Lowdown a memorable live show? TDL: Let me answer that by asking you this: How important is bacon to a BLT? The live show is the foundation of The Dirty Lowdown. People go to a concert for an experience that allows them to escape their stresses for a while. It is the job of the band to provide that experience. TDL gets that, and we present the crowd (be it 200 or 10 fans) with a high energy, emotionally charged rock ‘n’ roll show every time we take the stage. When we are up there, we remember what all the practice, composing, and the marketing is for: the chance to do what we love with and for people that we love. It is that passion that turns an audience member into a fan. After all, who goes back to a deli for more lettuce and tomato on toast? We bring the bacon baby. CCP: Can you tell us a little more about the Hidden Wounds charity you guys are involved with- and more specifically “TDL CARES?
TDL: TDL Cares is, as the band describes it, “the drummer’s baby.” It is a program we started to give what we can back to the community that allows us the chance to do what we love. TDL Cares selects a different charity/nonprofit every two months to support. During those months, the selected group receives a portion of TDL’s CCP: Out of the bands involved in profits from merchandise sales as well as their Future: YALL, you guys are the seasoned earnings from a particular concert. Hidden veterans when it comes to the Columbia music Wounds has been chosen for the months of July scene. How has your approach to writing and and August. Hidden Wounds- Columbia is a nonprofit organization that provides comfort performing changed in those years? and normality to military personnel suffering TDL: To answer in a word, trust. We have from combat stress injuries such as PTSD and all been playing together for a while now, and our TBI. The counseling and long term support relationships, both musical and personal, have the group provides is currently not available grown stronger as a result. This gives our stage through any government funded programs. The shows a huge boost of energy while allowing Dirty Lowdown’s earnings from the Future us a certain freedom that most musicians never YALLapalooza show will benefit this cause. get to experience. As for the writing- It is more CCP: Any advice to the Columbia music collaborative than ever before. Our fearless leader and frontman, Josh McGill, is still the scene? main sources of our tunes, but because of the TDL: Well for starters, there are an awful respect we’ve built for each other musically, we have started collective brainstorming sessions lot of talented acts in Columbia right now. So I when new songs are introduced. Also, with the would advise the general public to go check this bonds that have been established, bassist, Justin music out while they have the chance to see it Marshall, is now comfortable enough to present here in our own backyard. To fellow musicians some of his originals to the band, providing a I say two things: It gets tough, and tiring and third songwriter’s style and sound for The Dirty VERY expensive from time to time, but we all know its worth it once we hit that stage. So Lowdown. keep it up. Just remember the prophetic words CCP: In 2010, you released Dealin of John Coltrane when he said to Miles Davis, Sin and have since been involved in the “I think most animals would eat cereal provided festival circuit and featured on various the opportunity.” Remember that and it’ll all radio broadcasts. When we can we expect a work out. FOR MORE INFO ON SEXY MUSIC THAT followup LP? IS SEXY, TDL CARES AND BLTs: CHECK OUT TDL: Dealin’ Sin was a giant step for TDL, WWW.THEDIRTYLOWDOWN.COM FOR INFO ABOUT HIDDEN WOUNDS: as well as a great learning experience. We were able to see first hand the importance of using the HIDDENWOUNDS.ORG studio almost as a sixth instrument. We used to be so ready to hold the final product in our FUTURE:YALLAPALOOZA hands that we would rush through the recording August 12 at Five Points Pub process. After the opportunities we were given (Formally known as The House) as a result of patiently recording Dealin’ Sin, The future is now, Columbia. Embrace it. we have decided to pace ourselves on the The doors open at 8. sophomore release. We have recorded three new music@columbiacitypaper.com tracks at Strawberry Skys Studios, including “Nothing,” which is featured on the Future: YALL compilation. Currently we are in talks
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29203: A 25-year-old woman told police that a man she thought was her cousin called her several times and they spoke casually. He then proceeded to send her pictures of women in their underwear. The woman looked up his number on a website and discovered that there were several complaints against the man for making similar “obscene” calls. If they think the image of a woman in her underwear is obscene, they probably shouldn’t look in the mirror while they’re changing. 7/25/11 Percival Road 29203 29201: A middle-aged woman was having fun getting drunk with her friends when they decided to buy more alcohol. A man who happened to come by the apartment offered to drive them to the store using the woman’s car. After dropping them back off at her home, the man decided not to return the car. The lesson of this story: either make sure you know the last name of your designated driver or buy more alcohol ahead of time. 7/25/11-7/26/11 3430 Broadriver Road Aparment
his lover told him that he did not want to have sex that he threw a crystal vase on the floor of the living room and pushed over a chair. After he left the home, his lover called the police and reported that the man had not been taking his medication and said he was going to kill himself. He then told police that he wanted a report filed for the eviction process. Why would he want to evict a sex-crazed suicidal maniac? We think they should try to work it out. 102 Paces Brook Ave Aptartment 7/25/11 29209: A 22-year-old man with “jealousy issues” stormed into Sally’s Beauty Supply and started yelling profanity at his girlfriend. The man left the store but attempted to come back in numerous times against the directions of the store manager. Anyone would get angry - where else can he find lipstick at such affordable prices?! He then waited in his van until she left work, grabbed her by the arms and shoved her against a storefront window, cutting her left forearm against the exposed metal frame. She slapped him in the face and he fled. He later sent her a text message telling her he had called the police on her because she called the police on him. Maybe they’ll patch things up in the slammer. 7457 Patterson Road 29209 7/25/11
29203: A 15-year-old girl stated she was walking down the street when an unknown young man approached her near the wood line. He proceeded to throw her to the ground and remove his pants, exposing himself to the victim. He then got on top of her and groped her. She slapped the man 29212: Two juveniles and an 18-year- and he ran away. According to the report, he old boy were caught shoplifting a red pair did not speak to her the entire time. of polo pajama bottoms and a light blue hat Alcott Dr 29203 7/25/2011 by smuggling them out in their pants. What they say about kids not having ambition 29204: A sibling spat turned violent these days is clearly true. Couldn’t they when a young man started hitting his sister have shoplifted something a little nicer? around her face and shoulders. His sister 100 Columbiana Circle 29212 7/25/2011 hit him back to protect herself and he took 29212: A man became so irate when out a pistol and fired near her feet before
fleeing. He got into the passenger side of a white Crown Victoria and fired another shot at his family before driving away. This sounds like a really good episode of Jerry Springer. 2436 Waites Road Apt. 7/25/11 29210: A woman was attacked by her fiancé after she began gathering her belongings to leave for the night. The man grabbed the bag and emptied it, saying, “Where do you think you are going?” then grabbed her arm, shook her, and threw her on the couch. He got on top of her and wrapped his hands around her throat, starting to strangle her and saying, “I am going to kill you.” She was able to get away and call 911. The man was located an hour later in the bushes next to the building. I guess if you ever want to find a good man, just look in the bushes. 3900 Bentley Dr Apt 414 29205: A man was convicted of littering, failure to stop on police command, and possession of marijuana after an officer approached him looking into houses and cars suspiciously. He ran away from the officer and was observed digging into his pants pockets and throwing marijuana on the ground. Doesn’t he care about the environment? He was transported to jail, but the officer was unable to locate the marijuana. So just go to 2900 Devine Street if you want some free marijuana. (No evidence and trumped up charges are par for the course for CPD.) 7/27/11 29206: A woman stated that someone went into her purse and removed several items including a purple Mickey Mouse pouch worth $20. She believes theft was made by black male that goes by “Black” that she allowed into her house unsupervised. We hope this crime doesn’t give every person named “Black” a bad name. 1505 Garden PLZ Apt. 7/25/117/26/11
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Trublklef (pronounced Treble Clef) has been heading towards stardom since his first encounters with music. Trublklef has not only a distinctive sound, but a style to match. Be sure to “Friend/Like” Trublklef on Facebook and catch him out and about in your town.
TRUBLKLEF Interview For those who may be unfamiliar with you & your work, who are you and how would you describe your style? Government name, Roger Dale Hawkins Jr., as an MC/vocalist or any other artistic endeavor I’m known as Trublklef. I would describe my style as progressive Hip Hop. Music has truly emphasized the concept of staying original and being your own light, but truly successful musicians are very limited. In your opinion, why is it important for people to support local artists? I love the phrase “being your own light.” In my opinion, we support local artists for the same reasons we support any other local commerce. We put food on the tables of our neighbors…the people we stand behind in the grocery store. Beyond that, it can serve as a means to an end for our own personal projects. One hand washes the other, ya’ dig? Are there more opportunities for artists to succeed? Definitely, when I started playing music to the public I was limited in my ability to record, mix, master, produce, promote, an’ distribute. Now, with the advantages the web offers combined with varied technology, as artists we are able to do all of these things easily and succeed with the little funding most of us are working’ with. Describe your history as a musician? I believe I was born to create. My musical tastes and desire to use that medium began as a child, like most. I was raised in church singing’ solos in the choir and hymns in the pews. My mother and I sang two part August 4, 2011 10
harmonies in the car, oldies and what not. My older brother and sister had very different eclectic tastes in music and I was exposed to popular genres and the classics alike. I began writing around the age of 5, and was playing’ bass in a band, recording and playing’ shows by 16. My abilities and styles have been broad and all contributed to who I am as an artist. What pushed you to become an MC? Being an MC allows me to say a lot in a short amount of time. I’m a poet and I love putting’ my poetry to music. It’s that simple. To be perfectly honest, I only refer to myself as an MC when I have to describe specifically what I do to someone who has never heard what I do.
to Lil Wayne, artists from our region have paved the way for new and experimental sounds that break the monotony of sampling and braggadocio rhyming and they’ve seen Billboard success with it! I love that stuff too, but change is good. Now, if I had to guess why our state has received little attention from the mainstream (‘cause I’m no expert) I’d say that many artists put the cart before the horse, plain and simple. Labels that fund the work, promoting and distributing mainstream Hip Hop want to see you sell 1000 copies on your own before they’ll talk to you. Independent labels work a little differently, but we don’t have any of those that really stand out like Rhymesayers or Def Jux. Preach is doing’ his thing with Sounds Familiar an’ I’m stoked about the names him and NSHHL (Non Stop Hip Hop Live) have brought to these parts. Describe some things that all aspiring Artists and heads alike owe those dudes a artists need to know before they touch a debt of gratitude. So, I’d say a combination microphone? of all those things and more. We can’t wait First it is to tell the truth. If it ain’t the on “them” to come to us. truth, it’s simply a story. If you’re telling a What are some of the projects you have story, don’t pretend it’s yours. To not front or bite is the highest law of being an MC, on the agenda for 2011 and beyond? I believe. Second it is delivery. Sync to I plan to record another LP’s worth of the beat, develop a cadence, and speak up. music. Also, I’m looking to build with other Thirdly, being on time is crucial. I’ve worked MC’s and artists across the board. I’d love with some MC’s who had to do 15 takes on to front a full band at some point before the a verse because they were early or late. If year is out. I’m making a second appearance that’s happening to you and you don’t know at a festival in the Florida Keys in November why, you may be using the wrong medium to but nothing solid beyond that. I will be express yourself. Create an inner beat with working’ on getting’ more bookings outside your words. Your words have to bounce just of Columbia for sure. There are other local like the beat. If we take away the beat, are you artists talking’ about forming a collective, so still interesting? That’s cadence. Fourthly, time will tell. cupping the mic is a no-no in most places but you can develop a technique that allows you The songs of artists should be made to be heard without blowing’ speakers and up of the thoughts they have and the deafening people. Fifth and lastly, confidence experiences they encounter. Explain the matters. Don’t bother if you don’t have any, significance behind the bond between you, It has to be natural. your music, and your experiences. My music is inspired solely by my Hip Hop has birthed some of the experiences in life. I will sometimes comment greatest musicians and writers that this on the current state of Hip Hop (as we call it) world could possibly offer, if there is one or social stuff, but for the most part I like to DJ or MC that could be considered a direct reflect on my past and how I’ve grown as a link to your style of flava, who would it be person and an artist. As far as I’m concerned and why? it is mostly about that bond. I’m not much of I couldn’t agree more. This art-form has a story-teller unless I lived it. really proven to stand alone. Man, I hate that question...lol. If I say only one, I’ll see this Speak a little bit about your current later and regret it. First three that comes to projects mind? Rakim (post Eric B), Black Thought Currently, I have an abundance of (The Roots), and Eligh (Living Legends). I do material that was more or less written and not have much to say ‘bout DJ’s. If it’s funky recorded last summer with Miles Franco. and they utilize the tools and techniques of It’s all available for free download at Hip Hop, I’m in. I’m fond of a few locals- DJ soundcloud.com/trublklef . We’ve released M80 (Greene Street Productions). Love his three new tracks this summer and have more versatility and skills on the cut, DJ Peoples on the way. (Luis Skye & Cut Fresh Crew); my man has great taste and isn’t afraid to play a classic or For those who may be unfamiliar with an underground favorite. the world of music; why would the average person be interested in coming out to one of Even before the passing of Pimp C, the your performances? South has had an extreme stronghold on It has always been a focus of mine to the direction of popular music of the day. entertain with more than just sounds. The Understanding this, South Carolina has combining of mediums and inspiring an been, as some say ‘overlooked’ in regards to atmosphere of creativity is not just standing the music scene. Could it be lack of industry on stage with a microphone and some beats. knowledge, money, or even organization, DJ’s, visual artists, breakers, and giving an your thoughts? opportunity for attendees to participate in It was Southern Hip Hop that took some way has always been a focus of mine. the genre to a new level worldwide. From Not to alienate anyone, it’s all a matter of Outkast’s Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik taste. But, average isn’t really my thing.
If there is one album or song that has greatly influenced you and your work; what would it be and why? Again, this is incredibly hard to narrow down. I can say that there is one song from one album from one artist that I remember being inspired by way back when and that I could never grow tired of. It raises the hairs on my arms and neck to this day. “Flow Forever” on The Master by Rakim. “When I Be on the Mic” is a close second (also by Rakim). Those are gospels for me. Any last words? Sure. Much love to you Kingpin for what you do. It’s unique and much needed. Respect. Also, anyone that wants to build with Trublklef, get at me. I don’t pay for beats and I don’t front about getting things done. I’m down to vibe and create music with whoever, whenever, however. Before we wrap up, the number of classic Hip Hop albums is too many to list here, but if there is one album you would consider your favorite, what would it be and why? You’re killing’ me fam...lol. Besides the one above, there are many throughout my life that has made an impression. There is one that sticks out. “Do You Want More” by The Roots (1994), but I really feel so wrong for narrowing it down. Peace.
helps to listen to New Brigade as if it were a start-to-finish set in the basement of a UK pub, down to the close crack of the drums (played quite liberally, I might add) and the icy-hot clang of guitars. ICEAGE Probably comes closest to achieving this on “Rotting Heights”, in which the band seems to be navigating their numerous musical detours with proper speed and precision. ICEAGE know that they’ve got a lot of new music to make in the years ahead, and they can probably look forward to a more well-developed set of songs in the future. They may still be looking for the proper window to smash so as to break ICEAGEout of some confining production choices. NEW BRIGADE REVIEW But they need little help when it comes to banging out energetic tunes, wrapped in For all the driving force and angst that broken glass. That’s as arresting a package is to be found on New Brigade, ICEAGE to deliver as any. sure can’t get enough of that reverb knob. The band’s debut album (out June 21st) is an interesting study of guitar-streaked youth anger, but nonetheless it can’t quite seem to come out of its shell. ICEAGE make a strong sonic statement, to be sure, delivering you nothing but spikey metallic tunes that are upfront and attention grabbing. Still, from the ambient opener “Intro”, you are also in for a large helping of dark, cloudy echoes that seem to be trapped in too small a room. It quickly becomes clear that ICEAGE are committed to including this atmospheric production as a core element of their sound. The guitars and drums are simultaneously piercing and washed out, while the vocals sound as if they’re being screamed at you from behind a locked door. This match-up of aggressive, angular post-punk with a heavy dose of back-alley reverb sounds WILD BEASTSpromising on paper, these songs don’t have SMOTHER REVIEW the breathing space for such a moody, wet sound. ICEAGE do not deviate from the Over the past four years, Wild Beasts challenging song structures and unresolved have gained a reputation for dividing tension of fore bearers like Mission of listeners. Some find the U.K. band’s Burma and Joy Division. But while those occasional tendency for over-emotive groups were able to create an adventurous rock/pop theatrics to be grating- I assume set of musical textures, ICEAGE keeps this is a fair opinion. Others, however, things rough and gloomy, and much of it are enthralled by… well, their occasional just ends up sounding like they’re playing tendency for over-emotive rock/pop out in the rain. theatrics. One thing is certain- Wild Beasts Much of this may have to do with are a sensational group of musicians with the youthfulness of the group, some of a fine ear for song structure at the sake of whom are still in their teens. These guys catchiness. They are no novelty act. I’m have the makings of a good idea - ambient not sure if this misconception is something angularity is a unique direction for them that bothered the band, but their new album to pursue - but they haven’t perfected is a definitive response all the same. With their brew yet. Still, for deep fans of dark Smother, Wild Beasts finally comes into punk, there is a good amount on tap here to its own. satisfy. I would imagine that they put on a Shedding what some considered to be raucous live show, and would benefit from pompous histrionics (anyone who doesn’t a less bottled-up environment. In fact, it
think Two Dancers rocked though has problems with things that sound good), Hayden Thorpe and company opt for a more restrained approach on Smother. This is evident right from the start on opening track, “Lioner’s Share”, a gentle piano ballad with a faint electronic beat. “Share” winds its way along for several minutes, all the while threatening to explode in traditional Wild Beasts fashion. The anticipation is understandable. After all, the song screams to become a rousing, danceable opener where the band can empty their bag of tricks, leaving the listener in an auditory haze before abruptly starting anew. Yet the song never punches through and instead of frustration, we feel tantalized. The fact that it never does is more rewarding than the nonexistent climax itself. By the conclusion of “Bed of Nails”, it becomes clear to the listener that Smother is prominently featuring Thorpe’s trademark vocals as an instrument- even more than usual. This works in the band’s favor, especially when taken into account that the aforementioned tantalization becomes a running theme on Smother. Tunes like “Loop the Loop” work more effectively with Thrope slinking through them with a teasing falsetto. As the album progresses, the tone more so encourages sporadic shoulder-twitching
than a dancefloor rockout. This is a tight, intimate album from a band whose previous accomplishments all seemingly referenced flair in some way, shape, or form. The Smother of the title may indeed be referencing what those sounds and expectations have done to the band- but it also may indicate what Wild Beasts would like to do to the sound itself. The chord and drum arrangements still have that seamless Roxy Music-esque glide from prior LPs, but here things sound more calculated and efficient. Additionally, since it’s more of a vocal showcase than ever before, Thorpe sounds appropriately incredible with subtle nods to Robert Smith (“Burning”), Matt Bellamy (“Plaything”), and Morrisey (“Reach a Bit Further”). These similarities are fleeting, however- Smother never feels anything less than an independent product. The album ends with the heartwrenching “End Come Too Soon”- an almost eight minute existential opus that would have felt right at home on The Antlers’ Hospice album. “It’s too soon, too soon, too soon, the end comes too soon,” pleads Thorpe as “Soon” drifts away. Suddenly, Wild Beasts are capable of tragedy. But I’m sure if you asked them, they would insist they always were. music@columbiacitypaper.com
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08/05/11 Timshel, Venice Is Sinking Cassangles New Brookland Tavern Admission: $5. 122 State St. Venue phone: 803.791.4413. Devendow Utopia Food and Spirits 08/06/11 Tough Mama & Jackaroe Art Bar Admission: $4. 1211 Park Street. Venue phone: 803.929.0198. Jerryfest with Tough Mama & Jackaroe, The Funky Junk Band, Alien Carnival, John Scollon & Bitteroot, Dr Roundhouse Into The Depths,Saint, Diablo Vindictive Sovereign, Homicyde Telic New Brookland Tavern 122 State St. Venue phone: 803.791.4413. Price: $5 Over 21 / $8 Under 21 Genre: Metal Devils in Disguise Utopia Food and Spirits 08/07/11 Brent Lundy New Brookland Tavern Admission: $8. 122 State St. Venue
phone: 803.791.4413. 08/09/11 The Paramedic New Brookland Tavern Admission: $7/$10. 122 State St. Venue phone: 803.791.4413. The Paramedic, Crown, The Empire, Call It Karma, TBA Vic Scaricamazza Utopia Food and Spirits 08/10/11 American Babies The White Mule Time: 6:00pm. 1530 Main Street. Venue phone: 803.661.8199. Whatever Band Utopia Food and Spirits 08/11/11 Joel Hamilton The White Mule Time: 7:00pm. 1530 Main Street. Venue phone: 803.661.8199. Antidrive New Brookland Tavern 122 State St. Venue phone: 803.791.4413. Antidrive Broken Innocence Famous Thieves Fusebox Poet Consider It Done Price: $5 Over 21 / $8 Under 21 Genre: Indie / Rock
Brett Mello (Open Mic) Utopia Food and Spirits 3830A Rosewood Drive (next to Casey’s Fireworks). Venue phone: (803) 782-8522. 08/12/11 Town Mountain The White Mule Admission: $8adv/$10dos. 1530 Main Street. Venue phone: 803.661.8199. 08/12/11 T.C. Costella Cafe Strudel All Ages. 118 State Street. Venue phone: 803-794-6634. 08/12/11 Archer Avenue New Brookland Tavern 122 State St. Venue phone: 803.791.4413. Archer Avenue Triple EP Release w/: Foley Sea Wolf Mutiny The Rejectioneers Price: $5 Over 21 / $7 Under 21 Genre: Indie / Rock 08/12/11 Town Mountain The White Mule 1530 Main Street. Venue phone: 803.661.8199. Town Mountain w/ Black Iron Gathering doors at 6,
show at 8. $8 in advance, $10 day of show. 08/12/11 Stillhouse Utopia Food and Spirits 08/13/11 Mass Connection Art Bar w The Mercy Shot, Full Color Guilt 08/13/11 Aversions New Brookland Tavern 122 State St. Venue phone: 803.791.4413. Aversions, Thrown To Belial. Invoking The Abstract. Impale, The Betrayer Nephilim Price: $5 Over 21 / $8 Under 21 Genre: Metalcore 08/13/11 American Gonzos The White Mule 1530 Main Street. Venue phone: 803.661.8199. Doors 6pm Show 8pm Admission $5
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08/06/11 :: Saturday Kurt Vile 40 Watt Club Athens RJD2 Gramatik Georgia Theatre Athens
Park Blowing Rock Ne-Yo Trey Songz Bojangles’ Coliseum (Formerly Cricket Arena) Charlotte
Love and Light Gramatik New Earth Music Hall Athens
Dave Matthews Tribute Band Amos’ At the Lake Bar and Grill
Stephen Simmons The Georgia Bar Athens
Cornelius Damsel Down Club 315 Salisbury
Merle Hagrd Bell Auditorium Augusta
DJ R Dot Boone’s Bar and Grill Charleston
Caitlin Krisko & The Broadcast Grove Park Inn Asheville
Tennessee Hollow Midtown Bar and Grill Charleston Cosmic Charlie The Pour House Charleston
Big Daddy Love Westville Pub Asheville
Field Mouse The Village Tavern Mount Pleasant
Dave Turner Monte Vista Hotel Black Mountain
Dangermuffin The Boathouse Myrtle Beach Fall from Grace Spartanburg Memorial Auditorium Spartanburg
Underhill Rose Pish Brewing Company Black Mountain Butch Ross Warren Wilson College Black Mountain August 4, 2011
southeast region. His winnings include being featured in DRUM! magazine, cymbals and sticks from Zildjian and a whole lot more, according to his momma. Way to go Jacobi on making your momma proud! -Samantha Norton
08/13/11 Vince McKinley Band Utopia Food and Spirits 3830A Rosewood Drive (next to Casey’s Fireworks). Venue phone: (803) 782-8522.
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Rising Star Hi-hat symbols off to Columbia’s own Jacobi Gunter, 22, a drummer that has been playing since the age of 18 months old and just won a drumming competition hosted by Zildjian cymbal company. Gunter was slected out of 1,500 drummers in the
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08/07/11 :: Sunday Jeff Coffin and the Mutet MoDaddy’s Bar & Music Club Asheville Riders In The Sky Tweetsie Railroad
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Kihafoonee Cowboys Holman Autry Band Melting Point Athens Keith Urban James Brown Arena Augusta Town Mountain Randy Wood Guitars Bloomingdale Caitlin Krisko & The Broadcast Pish Brewing Black Mountain Shannon Whitworth Porter Center for The Performing Arts Brevard Tinsley Ellis Double Door Inn Charlotte Joan of Arc The Milestone Charlotte The Band of Heathens Visulite Theatre Charlotte illicitizen Root Bar Number One East Asheville Big Daddy Love Blue Bourbon Jack’s High Point DJ R Dot Boone’s Bar and Grill Charleston Hootie & The Blowfish Family Circle MazineStadium Charleston
movie times Movie Times for weekend of Friday August 6. Why aren’t you just using your smartphone for this? The Big Mo Monetta Drive-In Theatre Monetta SC (803)685-7949 Aug. 6,7,8 Screen 1 Captain America: The First Avenger Smurfs Screen 2 Rise of the planet of the apes Xmen First Class
Screen 3 Cowboys and Aliens Change Up Nickeloden Theatre 937 Main Street, Columbia, SC 29210 CAVE OF FORGOTTEN DREAMS AUGUST 5-11, FridayThursday Friday, August 5th 3:00, 6:00 and 8:00 Saturday, August 6th 3:00, 6:00 and 8:00 Sunday, August 7th 3:00, 6:00 and 8:00 Monday, August 8th 6:00 and 8:00 Tuesday, August 9th 8:30 PM ONLY Wednesday, August 10th - 3:00, 6:00 and 8:00 Thursday, August 11th - 6:00 and 8:00 Regal Columbia Cinema 7 3400 Forest Drive Suite 3000, Columbia, SC 29204 Rise of the Planet of the Apes (PG-13, No Passes) 12:00 1:30 2:30 4:00 5:00 7:00 7:30 8:00 9:30 10:00 10:30 Cowboys & Aliens (PG-13) 12:30 2:00 3:50 4:50 7:10 7:50 9:50 10:40 Crazy, Stupid, Love (PG-13) 12:20 4:30 7:20 10:15 The Smurfs 3D (PG) 12:10 5:10 10:10 The Smurfs (PG) 2:45 7:40 Winnie the Pooh (G) 12:20 2:15 4:30
MC Dutch Square 14 800 Bush River Rd., Columbia, SC 29210 The Change-Up (R, No Passes) 10:15am 11:30am 1:00 2:15 3:45 5:00 6:30 7:45 9:15 10:30 Rise of the Planet of the Apes (PG-13, No Passes) 10:45am 11:55am 1:30 2:40 4:15 5:30 7:00 8:10 9:40 10:50 Cowboys & Aliens (PG-13, No Passes) 10:20am 11:45am 1:10 2:30 3:55 5:15 6:45 8:00 9:30 10:45 Crazy, Stupid, Love (PG-13, No Passes) 10:50am 1:40 4:20 7:10 10:00 The Smurfs (PG, No Passes) 11:40am 2:20 4:55 7:35 10:10
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (PG-13) 12:30 1:30 3:30 4:30 6:30 7:30 9:30 10:30 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2: 3D (PG-13) 11:30am 1:00 2:20 4:00 5:10 7:00 8:00 10:00 Horrible Bosses (R) 12:10 2:30 4:55 7:25 9:45 Zookeeper (PG) 11:40am 2:05 4:40 7:05 9:35 Larry Crowne (PG-13) 11:25am 2:00 4:35 7:35 10:05 Transformers: Dark of the Moon (PG-13) 12:00 3:20 6:50 10:10
Winnie the Pooh (G) DP (Digital Projection) 1:15 4:25 Bad Teacher (R) DP (Digital Projection) 7:15 9:30 Cars 2 (G) DP (Digital Projection) 12:50 3:40 6:35 9:10 Mr. Popper’s Penguins (PG)DP (Digital Projection) 1:20 3:50 6:25 8:50 Bridesmaids (R) DP (Digital Projection) 1:00 4:00 6:50 9:40 Regal Pastime Pavilin 8 929 North Lake Drive, Lexingtn, SC 29072 The Change-Up (R) 12:00 2:30 5:00 7:30 10:00
Captain America: The First Avenger (PG-13, No Passes) 11:00am 12:30 1:50 3:20 4:40 6:15 7:30 9:05 10:20
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Turtle: The Incredible Journey (G) 12:40 2:50 5:00 7:10 9:40
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Friends With Benefits (R, No Passes) 11:50am 2:35 5:10 7:50 10:35
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Crazy, Stupid, Love (PG-13) 11:40am 2:20 5:10 7:50 10:30
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (PG-13, No Passes) 10:30am 1:25 4:25 7:20 10:15 Horrible Bosses (R) 8:20 10:40 Zookeeper (PG) 1:45 7:40 Transformers: Dark of the Moon (PG-13) 10:25am 4:10 10:05 Cars 2 (G) 10:15am 12:45 3:15 5:45 Regal Columbiana Grande Stadium 14 1250 Bwer Pkwy, Columbia, SC 29212 8:30 9:15 10:45 The Change-Up (R) 11:35am 12:05 2:10 2:40 5:15 7:20 7:50 9:55 10:25 Friends With Benefits (R) 11:45am 12:15 2:15 2:45 4:50 5:20 7:15 7:45 9:50 10:20
Transformers: Dark of the Moon 3D (PG-13)
Rise of the Planet of the Apes (PG-13) DP (Digital Projection) 12:45 1:45 3:30 4:30 6:10 7:20 9:00 10:05 Cowboys & Aliens (PG-13) DP (Digital Projection) 12:30 1:30 3:20 4:20 6:15 7:10 9:05 10:00 Crazy, Stupid, Love (PG-13) DP (Digital Projection) 1:10 4:05 7:00 9:45 The Smurfs 3D (PG) Digital 3D 1:00 3:45 6:20 8:45 The Smurfs (PG) DP (Digital Projection) 1:35 4:15 6:50 9:15 Captain America: The First Avenger (PG-13) DP (Digital Projection) 12:35 1:40 3:35 4:35 6:30 7:30 9:25 Captain America: The First Avenger 3D (PG13) Digital 3D 1:05 4:00 6:55 9:50
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NAFTA, our eggs will still be cheap and Aires You will start issuing all of the people at delicious. your office report card grades, causing them to lynch you. Libra You’ll feel a little Sikh, but the doctor Aquarius will diagnose you as suffering from a You will bend a child over and sign mild case of Methodism. your name on his back in front of a New York Times photographer.
Pisces You and Sarah Palin will get caught Taurus After a series of bad decisions, gays will spending taxpayer money on fake tans turn your name into shit and semen. and bleached assholes. She’s soooooo fun! Gemini You will unexpectedly hadooken a man Scorpio in a bar fight (killing him instantly) and You’ll have a wet dream about Joe spend the rest of your years in prison. Biden. Neither your pastor nor your husband will find it in their hearts to Cancer forgive you. President Obama will try to take all your airplanes away from you but I Sagittarius won’t let him. You’ll get drunk and sign up for the Leo Marines to go liberate the Libyans…or A gang of illegal immigrant babies will kill Quaddafi…er, Gaddaffi. Wait, what? steal your shoes. Later police will pull them over and deport them. But you Capricorn won’t ever get those shoes back….they You, Steve Benjamin and Jim Clyburn were nice. will get thrown out of Bottoms Up for trying to finger the talent. Fuck it, you Virgo guys don’t care… After my new immigration bill takes effect, the West Columbia Chicken Plant *Haleyscopes are not really written by will be airlifted to Juarez. Thanks to Governor Haley
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SavageLove Sex Advice by Dan Savage
When I was 14, my parents informed me that I had a half brother. He was my father’s son by another woman. My parents were already married when my brother was born, but I hadn’t come along yet. It was a huge scandal when it happened. My half brother came to live with us after his mother died. He was 16. My half brother got me pregnant. He didn’t rape me; I wanted to have sex with him. Everyone in the family found out—huge scandal number two—and it took me years to get over it and stop blaming myself. Now I’m 26 and engaged. What do I tell my fiancé? My parents wound up divorcing—my mother called the police on my half brother and tried to physically prevent me from getting an abortion—and I don’t speak to her anymore. But my father and brother are still in my life. I get panic attacks when I think about having to tell my fiancé about any of this, Dan, because I don’t want him to see me as sick. But if I don’t tell him, he’ll hear about it from someone else. What do I do? The Sister Act “This could happen to anyone,” says Debra Lieberman, assistant professor of psychology at the University of Miami. A quick clarification: Lieberman means this could happen to anyone who meets a sibling under similar circumstances. Coresidence throughout childhood— particularly early childhood—creates sexual aversion in adulthood, explains Lieberman, who has studied “sibling incest avoidance” extensively. It’s a phenomenon called the “Westermarck effect,” and it doesn’t just affect biological siblings; adults who grew up in the same home experience the same feelings of sexual revulsion. “TSA and her half brother were not raised throughout childhood together and neither observed his or her mother caring for the other as an infant,” explains Lieberman. “These are the two cues that have been shown to lead to the categorization of another as a sibling. When these cues are present, strong sexual aversions tend to develop. Without these cues, no natural sexual aversion will develop.” (What this means, of course, is that everybody who read TSA’s letter and thought, “What a sicko! I would never fuck any of my siblings!” needs to back the fuck off. If your parents had surprised you with a long-lost sibling when you were 14, dear readers, you, too, could be facing an extremely awkward conversation with your fiancé. There but for the grace of God, etc.) So what, if anything, should you tell the man you’re about to marry, TSA? “If it were me,” says Lieberman, “I would probably say something. I would explain the situation and the science. Unfortunately, this might gross out her fiancé, especially if he has sisters. But living with this stress”—the fear that he’ll find out at some point—”does not seem like a happy life.” I agree with Lieberman: Tell your fiancé what happened, TSA. Emphasize that you were young, confused, and Westermarck-effectdeprived. You can also refer him to Lieberman’s website—www.debralieberman .com—where he can peruse the research. Good luck, TSA.
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I’m a 23-year-old female in a monogamish relationship—thank you for that word!—with my wonderful boyfriend of two years. I moved away last year to attend graduate school, and we agreed it was okay to sleep with other people while we’re apart. The last person I slept with was an acquaintance who knew both of us and understood what the deal was with our relationship. My question is, if I’m just looking for casual sex or a one-night stand, should I make it clear that we’re just going to have sex and I’m not interested in dating? How much should I tell the person I’m trying to pick up about a significant other they won’t ever meet? Full Disclosure Necessary, Yathink? If you meet a guy in a bar, exchange four words with him (and two of them are “Open up!” right before he spits a Jäger shot into your mouth), and you wind up back at your place, FDNY, the person you’re about to fuck can reasonably make two assumptions: (1) you’re a slut (in the sex-positive, reclaiming-that-word, sisterhood-is-powerful, drink-Jäger-out-of-ahot-guy’s-mouth sense of the term), and (2) he’s unlikely to see you again. Under circumstances like these, FDNY, you are not obligated to disclose your relationship status. The only things you’re obligated to disclose are the precise kind of clitoral stimulation you require and the exact time you’ll need him out of your apartment... But if a nice boy asks you out on something that your parents and steampunks call a “date,” and he explains that you’re really, really special, and he refrains from spitting Jäger shots into your mouth, you are obligated to disclose your relationship status to him, lest he make the entirely reasonable assumption that you’re single and interested in him, too. I am in love with an intelligent woman. She is exactly what I’ve always wanted: smart, articulate, independent, and friggin’ beautiful. The thing is, we fight constantly. Everything is going well, and then I say the wrong thing or use the wrong tone, and she blows up. In these fights, I am required to remain calm, but she can yell, scream, mock, or ridicule. These fights sometimes end in physical confrontations that she instigates. The therapist we’re seeing takes my side, but still nothing gets better. Her feelings are the only ones that matter. I’m afraid to read the advice you’re going to give me. Confused, Pissed, and Sad You don’t mention your own looks, CPAS, but I’m guessing there’s a big looks gap in this relationship, i.e., your girlfriend is objectively hot, while you fall somewhere between “Ron Jeremy” and “unconventionally attractive” on the male beauty spectrum. And that’s not an accident: She knows that you think you’re unlikely to do better than her, looks-wise, and that allows her to be just as psycho as she wants to be. Because she knows you’re not going anywhere. Here’s the advice you were afraid of, CPAS: Go somewhere, anywhere, that she isn’t. You wouldn’t be putting up with this shit if this woman’s outsides were as ugly as her insides. It has been a long time since I filled a column or two with titillating sex anecdotes. I’m on vacation right now, so... wow me with your best/kinkiest/craziest vacation-sex stories, dear readers, and I’ll fill next week’s column with ‘em. Find the Savage Lovecast (my weekly podcast) every Tuesday at thestranger.com/ savage. mail@savagelove.net
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