Day: January 4, 2011
Promises, promises
Like the noisemakers, champagne and fireworks of New Year’s Eve, New Year’s Day has its set of traditions: Eating black-eyed peas and collard greens (for luck and prosperity) and ticking off a hopeful list of resolutions. And then a week or a month later, there’s another grand tradition: Breaking all those well-intended resolutions. Well, not … Read more
Everything is still everything
These days, she's not Lauryn or L-Boogie, she's Ms. Hill (even if you're not nasty). And she's back — at least tentatively. After a dozen-year hiatus and a few false-start comebacks (a 2008 appearance in Switzerland called off "for personal reasons," one 2009 show ended early after she collapsed on stage and subsequent performances canceled, … Read more
Dehlia Low and Firefly Soda
When the weather turns cold and the leaves fall off the trees, it takes a little something extra to warm you up inside. Few things do the trick better than a well-hit Dobro lick. It will sort of explode in your chest and creep out to the ends of your phalanges, making them tingle with … Read more
Local Spin
[editor’s note: This issue, we launch a new shortie asking local folks what’s they’re listening to right now. … it’s not ground-breaking, but it will be interesting. We’ll check in with local musicians, business owners, politicians and characters. Know of someone with a dynamic iPod? Let us know at ae@mountainx.com] Considering he's the veteran frontman … Read more
Seeing Sillman
In case you didn’t know, The Asheville Art Museum is free to the public for two hours the first Wednesday of every month. You read that right: Every first Wednesday of every month the museum waives its admission fee from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. So if you are reading this article fresh off the … Read more
The Profiler
The Suspect: Mosier Brothers The band describes its music as “cosmic Americana” mixed with bluegrass-laced roots rock. Brothers Jeff and Johnny along with fiddler David Blackmon were founding members of Blueground Undergrass. Even though BU had a sizeable and dedicated following, Jeff Mosier felt the need for a change. The Mosier Brothers is quieter; the … Read more
Outdoors: Skis to the kingdom
"Every mile is two in winter." So wrote 17th-century Welsh clergyman and metaphysical poet George Herbert, and it's easy to see where he was coming from. Anyone who’s ever trudged any considerable distance through even marginally deep snow knows full well that traveling through a snow pack is hard work and not easily enjoyed — … Read more
Welcome to Ashemart
Asheville City Council’s recent vote abdicating much of its responsibility for overseeing downtown development was redolent of the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in Citizens United v. FEC, which opened the door to unlimited corporate campaign contributions. Both decisions reflect a treacherous assault on our democracy and a gargantuan shift toward corporate domination. On a 6-1 … Read more
Green Scene: New Year’s buzz
“For so work the honey-bees, creatures that by a rule in nature teach the act of order to a peopled kingdom.” — William Shakespeare, Henry V When you think of ecological services — the free life-support systems on which we all depend — think honeybees. And thank them. After all, bee pollination is essential to … Read more
