It’s been almost two months since John Ray Cash died at 71 of complications from diabetes and a hard-lived life. Tears and tributes have flowed since then from all corners of the music world. Cash was more than country, more than rockabilly, more than a balladeer and more than the icon the VH1 crowd now […]
Kirk Ross
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The Johnny Cash Shrine
It’s been almost two months since John Ray Cash died at 71 of complications from diabetes and a hard-lived life. Tears and tributes have flowed since then from all corners of the music world. Cash was more than country, more than rockabilly, more than a balladeer and more than the icon the VH1 crowd now […]
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In democracy
Food, song, a silent auction and the not-so-silent radio firebrand and author Jim Hightower are in the mix for A Celebration of Free Voices for Democracy, a fundraiser for The Institute for Southern Studies, Southern Exposure magazine and Democracy North Carolina. In addition to a talk that is sure to feature tidbits from Hightower’s latest […]
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Chapel Hill’s battle of the yard signs branches out
Ever since then-political newcomer Jim Ward topped the vote count in the 1999 council race, there has been a kind of odd reverence among Chapel Hill politicos about the role in the election played by “that leaf.” “That leaf” was a prominently displayed section of a Christmas fern on Ward’s campaign signs. Elegant, in full […]
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Cave In
What do you do when you’re working behind the bar and you get a call from the club down the street that R.E.M. wants to come down and jam? Hats off to Michelle Ceremuga, who came up with the right answer last Thursday. After a quick “yeah, right” she was assured that members of the […]
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UNC’s DNA
It’s been open season on UNC-Chapel Hill Chancellor James Moeser for some time now. Whether it’s been over the clumsy (and expensive) firing of the university’s counsel, the school’s steamroller approach to expansion, or the relentless courting of donations from fat cats, the chancellor has taken his licks ever since he arrived at South Building […]
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Hurricane surfing
As Hurricane Isabel rolls in from the east, those of us inland are keeping tabs on the storm through a growing battery of Web sophistication. Tracking models, animations, and plenty of other bells and whistles are now at the fingertips of amateur meteorologists. To get a close-up of what’s happening as Isabel nears the Outer […]