On a recent Sunday afternoon, a neighbor from the very roomy house at the end of our block stopped by to say Joe Biden would be attending an event at his place around 5:30 p.m. the following Thursday. There would be a lot of to-do, he saidcops, caterers, Secret Serviceand he wanted to inform me. […]
David Klein
Bio: David Klein lives in Chapel Hill with his wife and two sons. His first book, If 6 Was 9 and Other Assorted Number Songs, is available at his website.Link: http://www.if6was9thebook.com/Twitter: http://twitter.com/DKleinandFall
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Freedom and the Fourth, in song
Songs that refer to the Fourth of Julyor its more generic synonym, Independence Dayfall into two camps of distinct subject matter and spirit. By and large, Fourth of July songs, or those that call the holiday by name, mostly deal with the long, lazy weekend that has come to symbolize the very heart of American […]
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The animals and us
It was good to hear the bullfrog again. In New York City, the natural world intrudes only occasionallystrategic patches of grass and trees, the tweeting of birds before the days gets too noisy and squirrels that scurry about with “you-talkin’-to-me?” urban bravura. Last year, when I moved to Chapel Hill with my wife and twin […]
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Face to face
Do It Again 8 p.m. Friday, April 9 Fletcher Hall Dir. Robert Patton-Spruill 85 min Say you’re a fan of the great British Invasion pop outfit The Kinks, and you really, really wish they’d get back together. Why not document your passion in a film? That’s what Geoff Edgers did, with the assistance of documentary […]
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Talking comedy with Steven Wright
Steven Wright Fletcher Hall, Carolina Theatre, Durham Friday, Jan. 22, 8:30 p.m. $29-$69 Steven Wright, now entering his fourth decade of comedy, is usually associated with words like monotone and surrealistic and deadpan, but it’s no surprise that beneath his offbeat worldview is a thoughtful and curious individual equally inspired by George Carlin and the […]
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Positive feedback
I listen to cassettes in the car. I like the old songs, the old sequences. Some weeks ago, I listened to several songs I recorded in 1987 off WFMU, the N.J. free-form radio station that’s been flouting convention for decades. One song, a languid, chamber pop confection graced with the sunny yet sad chorus of […]
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number nine number nine number nine number nine …
Listen up! If you cannot see the music player below, download the free Flash Player. Nine is about good things: the number of players on a baseball team, Salinger’s stories, a cat’s lives, the number of the muses, being dressed fancifully, the chorus of “London’s Burning” by The Clash. (OK, so it’s also about bad […]
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Even with two lauded reissues, Volcano Suns ducks fame
Listen up! If you cannot see the music player below, download the free Flash Player. Jeff Weigand spent 12 years pursuing a doctorate in Freudian psychology at The Catholic University of Leuven in Belgium. That’s a world away from the small Vermont town on Lake Champlain where he now delivers the mail. Even further away, […]