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I Love This Band: U2 Turns 50
U2 turns 50 today, and you’ve probably heard a lot about it already. There’s too much to say about the band in general and I get overwhelmed at the mere thought of trying to write it all down now, but I want to mark the occasion with a few personal observations about my favorite U2…
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I Love This Band: The Chameleons
This article originally appeared on tangentsmag.com in 2013. Portions have been updated to reflect the band’s current status. Back in the ’90s, my friend Jeff spoke in glowing terms about a great old post-punk group called the Chameleons (known as the Chameleons UK in the US). He knew my musical taste well, and a lot…
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Send ‘Em Cheesy Movies: Don’t Panic
Don’t Panic (1987) is a horror film written and directed by Rubén Galindo Jr. Starring John Michael Bischof as Michael, it follows the travails of a hapless high schooler in Mexico as he attempts to impress a girl and outrun a homicidal maniac who used to be one of his best buddies. Michael’s school friends…
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I Love This Band: Romeo Void
“There’s a way to walk that says ‘Stay away’ And a time to go around the long way” Romeo Void deserved to be more popular than they were. This San Francisco band was founded in 1979 and released three studio albums between 1981 and 1984. Categorized as new wave and post-punk, their sound was at…
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N.C. State Senator Jeff Jackson: A New Hope
Two years ago on a snow day, North Carolina State Senator Jeff Jackson was the only member of the general assembly to show up for work. He took to Twitter with the #JustOneLegislator hashtag, posted longer-form versions of his tweets on Facebook, and received national attention in the process. It’s not often that North Carolina politicians receive…
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Fried chicken, hot asphalt, and funnel cake: a story of Carowinds
Carowinds and I both were born in spring of 1973 and it’s been a part of my family’s life, in one way or another, for most of the years since. My two oldest brothers went to work there when the park and I were a year or two old. One worked at the jalopies and…
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Hello, World!
Welcome to my writings. My name is Cynthia Sites-Wooley, and this is where I keep my stuff. My writing career, if I may be so bold as to call it that, has been going on since the late 1900s. Yes, my joints feel every one of those years. Longtime Charlotteans may remember a magazine called…
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