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David Fellerath
Bio: David Fellerath is INDY Week's culture and sports editor.Email: [email protected]: http://twitter.com/dfellerath
Posted inGuides
A view of the Triangle from 2,000 feet
“Except for the fact that it’s expensive, flying is fairly egalitarian,” says Charles Boss as we stand under cover watching the rain fall on the tarmac of Sanford-Lee County Airport. By “egalitarian,” he means that general aviationthe term applied to private pilots and their small planesremains loosely tethered to its barnstorming past. We’re waiting for […]
Posted inCulture
The Bulls thank Mr. Potter
In a surely much-appreciated gesture, the Durham Bulls released a farewell letter of thanks to Mike Potter, the longtime Bulls beat writer who was laid off last week by the Durham Herald-Sun. Matt DeMargel, publicity head for the Durham Bulls, solicited testimonials from the men and women who work in the press boxand the front […]
Posted inCulture
’Canes to begin Eastern Conference finals in Pittsburgh Monday
That was a game, wasn’t it? We’ll await Kate Shefte’s thoughts on last night’s gripping 3-2 OT victory over the Boston Bruinsand, we hope, her first-hand account of the Hurricanes’ arrival at Raleigh-Durham airport early this morning. In the meantime, the playoff schedule has been announced. The ‘Canes are again playing without the home advantage, […]
Posted inCulture
Price sizzles, Thayer fizzles as Bulls blow four-run lead in ninth
DBAP/ DURHAMI’ve been avoiding this post all day, partly because I’m so damn busy but mostly because of the praise lavished on Adam Sobsey, our principal Bulls correspondent, by the redoubtable Bull City Rising. Here it is: A gold star for Adam Sobsey, who’s covering the Bulls for the Independent Weekly’s Triangle Offense blog — […]
Posted inCulture
RailHawks still (sort of) in first place despite Portland disappointment
USL LIVE/ WEBThis weekend, reality set in for the Carolina RailHawks. No one expected the teamwhich won its first three gamesto continue its perfect form, but after two games this weekend in Portland in which they went 180 minutes without scoring, the difficulty of building and maintaining a first-place team is now evident. To be […]
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Orlando Bloom: the Bob Dumas interview
Recently, G105 announced a $1,000 “Orlando Bloom Bounty.” Seems that the publicists for MAIN STREET, the feature film now in production in Durham, aren’t returning their calls, so Bob and the Showgram are turning to checkbook journalism: They’re offering one-large to the person who can deliver the actor, of hobbit and pirate fame, to their […]
Posted inCulture
Finishing touches lacking as Carolina ties Portland
USLLIVE/ WEBAlthough the RailHawks are now in command of the league table with 10 points in four outings, it’s a bit worrisome that they’ve scored only four goals in four games. Fortunately, an airtight defense, led by the central trio of Mark Schulte, Jack Stewart and Amir Lowery, hasn’t given up a goal since the […]
Posted inFilm & Television
A Woody Allen-style French romantic comedy
Shall We Kiss opens Friday in select theaters The opening of Emmanuel Mouret’s highly enjoyable, deceptively light comedy Shall We Kiss is irresistible: An attractive, blond, 30-ish woman passes a nice-looking man on the street and asks for help hailing a cab. She’s from Paris, visiting Nantes on business. The man replies that there are […]
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RailHawks sign up Rascal Flatts for defense, more news…
A couple of items from the RailHawks home office before we return to our regularly scheduled HURRICANES LIVE BLOG. First, although the RailHawks scarcely seem to need any backfield help, having conceded only one goal in their first three games, the team couldn’t pass up an impressive prospect out of UCLA by the name of […]
