Fayetteville FEED April 2010

April 2010 Volume 1, Issue 3

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Words from James FEEDback Dogwood Debriefing Concert Schedule Top 10 in the ‘Ville New Release Reviews Game Review: Battlefield: BC2 Book Review: Birthright The Vice Paddy’s Guide to...

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A Fail of Two Cities For those who are new to Fayetteville, you may have heard some disparaging remarks about the ‘Ville, and that’s fine. People always complain about their towns and anyone who is so loyal to a town that they can’t see its flaws, probably shouldn’t be allowed to operate heavy machinery, much less be allowed to voice their opinions Photo: Chris Chun on social issues...Honestly, cities James Johnson, are just buildings and roads – no Editor more worthy of worship than they are worthy of being tarred and feathered (technically, roads are already covered in tar, so that’d be redundant …). However – if cities are just masses of land, then why does our mass of land get so much in the way of flak that other masses of land do not?

Let’s be clear – there is absolutely nothing wrong with the soil in Fayetteville. Plants can grow here, music can be good here, theater can be great artistic expression, art galleries can be brilliant, and so on and so on. I’ve seen all of this happen first hand. So if our soil is not malfunctioning, then why all the name calling? Well, perhaps we should look no further than the meat-bags we affectionately refer to as humans who just so happen to be doing all this name calling?

Fayetteville has an innumerable amount of temporary youthful transplants thanks to the U.S. Military and our three colleges and many of these transplants have a tendency to move in, then cross their arms and wonder why the city isn’t entertaining them, all while forgetting that they are the city. It is as much their responsibility to maintain art shows, attend city council meetings, organize events, etc., as it is anyone else’s, and so if they think the city sucks, then they are neglecting to recognize themselves as a part of the city, and therefore, part of the suck.

Oh, but it isn’t just the n00bs that are bringing down Fayetteville’s market appeal. Fayetteville’s old-money, the locals who have been here for generations, have done a lot to turn downtown into a playground for the elderly and the upper class, but they have neglected the youth culture brought on by our city’s military – and helped craft the ‘Ville into a place that young people want to leave the second they’ve ended their duty, or earned their degree and old folks want to retire in.

When you scare off youth culture, you also scare off potential new business owners, new artistic minds, and people who make terrible decisions with their money – which happens to make them awesome consumers. Every thriving economy needs ‘em.

So, here’s what needs to happen.

Youth culture: Every Monday afternoon, go to City Hall downtown and attend a city council meeting.

These things are boring as all get out – but mostly because the only people who attend are old people who can’t get their grandkids to listen to ‘em, so instead they force their opinions on paid politicians. To prove to us your dedication to improving your town, we want you to take a picture of yourself with a local politician while holding an issue of the FEED, and email ‘em to JJohnson@FayettevilleFEED.com.

Bonus points if you can inspire a line of friends sitting at the City Council meeting to produce a human wave.

Old-money: … Stop being so old …

Seriously, if you have an opportunity to do something in town that you think would actually fall under the category of “cool,” then don’t let your fear of loud noises, sagging pants and skateboards keep you from using that weirdly inflated pocket book of yours to make it happen. Their pants may be sagging today, but keeping them in town will ensure our economy isn’t sagging tomorrow (like how I did that?).

James Johnson can be contacted at jjohnson@ fayettevillefeed.com.

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“Area troubadour Chris Hurst has garnered heaps of local adoration with his highly personable stage presence, enviable work ethic and sizable repertoire of songs.”

- The Fayetteville Feed “He’s into the blues and has become a staple at bars and music venues across the city...He’s definitely in high demand.”

- The Fayetteville Observer

See Chris perform at the Fayetteville Dogwood Festival on the main stage at 1:00 p.m. on Sunday, April 25!

For Booking Contact: (336) 264-3887, chris.hurst80@yahoo.com, myspace.com/chrishurst1980

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Autumn’s Tops Autumn is an amazing artist and performer. Her songs are from her heart. She doesn’t know how to take a bad pic either. Go Autumn!

Jodi H. Simpson, via Facebook I’ve seen the girl around town a lot, but saw her perform for the first time at Paddy’s the other night and she was pretty damn awesome.

Jules Ollie Ford, via Facebook Autumn is talented as hell! Ya’ll should keep an eye on her. She is making it happen for herself.

Danny Joaquin Nieves, via Facebook.

MARXISM SBX (Sir Ben Marx) is the truth. Music as a whole is sorely missing a voice like his. In an industry that has become almost completely driven by money, a quest for pseudo-fame, material success and the like; SBX is like a breath of fresh air to revive the state of music.

Artistry! Creativity! Artistry! Inspiration! Artistry!

These are the words that we need to hear more when discussing music.

We need voices that are not just loud, but saying something worth hearing and that voice is Sir Ben. GxSimone, via FayettevilleFEED.com Right on! Oh, and you forgot to mention “artistry.”

FEED Just bought the album Abstractions of Ben. Wow is all I can really say, I guess your record label knew talent when they met you. My favorite is “Lovedust.” Keep up the good work!

Cybil, via FayettevilleFEED.com Simply the best! Sir Ben Marx has motivated and inspired me in so many ways. His calm nature reflects in his music and soothes the soul.

I often listen to his music on the way to work at 5 a.m. to get in the right mood. This album is by far one of the best albums I have ever heard.

Thanks Ben! Degoat, via FayettevilleFEED.com

Local Amanda Christian (on the right) got a signed copy of last month’s Fayetteville FEED featuring Autumn Nicholas. Now, all we need is for someone to get Autumn to sign this photo of Autumn signing a photo.

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Sir Ben Marx is nothing to play around with. He is the complete representation of what is missing in music today - artistry and freedom. And I can tell people are gravitating! He probably doesn’t even realize the great influence he has become, because image-wise, I see lots of young Bens walking around here in NY. I’m convinced he has something to do with this, because folks were not embracing their “punk side” before he arrived here as much as they are doing now.

These are just a few reasons why my pride for him knows no end. Mr. Marx is a major contribution!

B Michael L, via FayettevilleFEED.com

Calling Us Out Dear FayettevilleFEED, You guys have a stellar production, and you guys have a glossy cover - it just seems to me like you’re far too often giving credit where it’s really not due and it’s sad to see that. I will address the fact that you guys have covered some really good local artists, but sometimes, the writing does come across as formulaic; and reads like promo copy from the subject of the article.

Hey - I wrote for Rude Int’l while it was out, and did some work for ‘zines and newspapers in Boston, so I’m pretty biased.

Cornelius Walsh, via Facebook We entirely get where you’re coming from. We have a lot of diversity in this town, and it is impossible for everyone on our staff to be crazy about every genre or artist we cover. Dude, you have no idea how many times we’ve had to bite our tongues when an artist has asked one of us what we think about their new album (to be fair, our tongues are delicious).

Honestly, when we’re covering an artist, it isn’t our place to criticize them. These artists have agreed to be interviewed by us, allowed us to take their photos and share their stories, it wouldn’t be very classy of us to turn around and accuse them of being subpar, etc.

While we can’t say we like every artist in Fayetteville’s music scene, we can say we admire anyone who actively tries to make something happen, instead of sitting at home and contributing nothing. As much as it might be helpful to be hyper critical of artists, we’d rather encourage rather than discourage, and so we’ll keep biting our tongues.

Now if an artist does want an honest review of their current album, then they can feel free to mail us a copy, though they should be forewarned, we have a lot of pent up aggression.

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Dogwood Festival Debriefing

by Jaymie Baxley The Fayetteville Wooden Dog festival began in 1855 as an annual weekend-long pagan ritual in which the city would trap a human sacrifice inside of a giant wicker dog and then burn the structure down as a harvest offering to ensure crops that would flourish in the following year. 2006’s elected sacrifice, Hootie and the Blowfish, weren’t too keen on being burned alive so they managed to convince the city that mushy nineties alternative pop made a better fertilizer than human flesh.

We rechristened the event “Dogwood Festival” and Fayetteville’s crops have flourished ever since (we may have taken some liberties with the history, but you’ve got the gist).

Headlining this year’s event are nineties alternative pop mush makers Matchbox 20, Goo-Goo Dolls, Counting Crows, The Gin Blossoms and Soul Asylum. The two bands will perform Saturday night, April 24, 7 p.m. at Festival Park Stadium. Country

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artists Joe Nichols and Dakota Rain will attempt to fill our tears with beers (wait, I said that backwards) Friday night, April 23 at 7 p.m. Their performance will conclude with a fireworks display.

Local troubadour (and card carrying member of the Fayetteville FEED’s “Top 10 Artists to Watch in 2010”), Chris Hurst will preform Sunday afternoon, April 25 at 1 p.m. We recommend you bring a lawn chair or beach towel and stake out early as festival park can get pretty congested during the night performances.

Also, April weather tends to be unpredictable so don’t forget to pack an umbrella (ella, ella) and something warm just in case.

Other events scheduled to occur over the weekend include a classic car show, adult tennis tournament, dog show (non-wooden) and a jazz concert fund raiser for Chapter’s scholarship and community service programs (all of the aforementioned events will

happen Saturday). You’ll even be able to prove to all your friends that the Fayetteville FEED’s staff isn’t a figment of your imagination by visiting us near the Rock Shop Music Hall stage in front of City Hall.

As always, hundreds of vendors providing nifty things to buy and eat will be scattered throughout the downtown area. Most of these guys are cash only, so remember to stop by an ATM beforehand.

The Dogwood festival officially begins Friday, April 23 in downtown Fayetteville and is free to the public.

Close parking will be scarce so try to arrive early.

Be sure to check out fayettevillefeed. com for upcoming announcements and more detailed schedules in the days leading up to the event.

We scoured the web in search of upcoming shows in the area, but we can’t shake the feeling that we missed some. Give us a heads up via e-mail (JJohnson@fayettevilleFEED.com)on any upcoming shows that we may have missed, and we’ll update this list online at www.FayettevilleFEED.com.

The Rock Shop 106 S. Eastern Blvd., Fayetteville, NC, 910-321-7625 April 2, 6 p.m.

The Fifth, Nephilym, Rookie Of The Year,

Dark Water Rising, Sir Ben Marx April 2, 8 p.m.

Paddy & Bill, Playing With Guns April 3, 8 p.m.

Antiseen, Joe Buck, Memphis Witch,

The Several Devils Band April 9, 8 p.m.

Loudwater Fury, Conformity,

Bound N Gagged, Broadslab April 10, 8 p.m.

Fathers and Sons, The Token

Black Experience, Erik Smallwood,

Autumn Nicholas April 15, 8 p.m.

National Recording Artists

EVANS BLUE w/ Lansdowne, Rains April 16, 7 p.m.

Fractured Fairytales, Taradactyl,

Betray Your Own, Gandhi’s Never Wrong April 17, 8 p.m.

New Machine, Dying To Live April 18, 8 p.m.

The Rocketz, The Go-Devils, Playing with Guns April 20, 8 p.m. Vagora, The Villains, The Missfits April 23, 8 p.m.

Legacy Kills, Phoenix Down, Beautiful Rage,

A Breath Forgotten April 24, 12 p.m. The Rock Shop Stage @ The Dogwood Festival

(in front of City Hall on Hay St.) Oakcrest,

Evans City Saints, The Few, Erik Smallwood,

Paddy & Bill, John Krogman, Darkwater Rising,

Flow featuring Eros & Agape, Ayurveda April 24, 8 p.m. Dogwood Festival After Party: Oakcrest,

The Several Devils Band, The Few April 25 11:45 a.m. The Rock Shop Stage @ The Dogwood Festival

John Krogman, Ethan Hanson, Summer Collins,

John Parsons, Autumn Nicholas April 28, 8 p.m. Creepin Cadavers April 30, 8 p.m. Messenger of Hope, Driven, Evans City Saints,

Tribal Conflict

Cats Cradle 300 E. Main Street, Carrboro, NC 27510-2359, 919-967-9053 April 1, 7:30 p.m.

April 2, 8 p.m.

April 3, 8:30 p.m.

April 4, 8 p.m.

April 5, 8 p.m.

April 6, 8:30 p.m.

April 7, 6 p.m.

Carolina Chocolate Drops Book & CD Release Party, Katharine Whalen’s Parlour Folk Troupe The Big Pink, A Place To Bury Strangers Midlake, John Grant Yeasayer, Javelin Ted Leo and the Pharmacists, Screaming Females, Pink Flag Wiz Khalifa, Yelawolf, Joe Scudda Manchester Orchestra,The Features,

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Biffy Clyro, O’Brother April 8, 8 p.m.

The Temper Trap, The Kissaway Trail April 9, 8:30 p.m. Bowerbirds, Midtown Dickens, Veelee April 10, 8 p.m.

Corey Smith, Sons Of Bill April 13, 8 p.m.

Monotonix, The Thermals, Past Lives, Bellafea April 14, 8 p.m.

Roman Candle, The Ravenna Colt,

The Parson Red Heads music April 15, 8:30 p.m. J. Cole, Allen Mask, Kooley High,

Addictive Nature April 16, 8:30 p.m. Jedi Mind Tricks April 17, 9 p.m.

WXYC 80’s Dance April 18, 5:30 p.m. Zen of Music 2010 Presents A Night of Music

for Haiti, A Frequency From Polaris,

Scream Therapy, Oxygen Morons, Hollyfire,

Suburban Transit, Pilot April 20, 8 p.m. The New Mastersounds April 21, 8 p.m.

Jay Clifford, Steven Fiore, Jeremy Current April 22, 7 p.m.

Won’t Turn Back Tour, NEEDTOBREATHE,

Will Hoge, Matt Hires April 23, 8:30 p.m. The Old Ceremony, Floating Action April 24, 8 p.m. Edwin McCain April 25, 8:30 p.m. Frightened Rabbit April 26, 8:30 p.m. Quasi, Let’s Wrestle April 28, 8 p.m. Clipse & Friends Present: The Fam-Base Tour April 29, 8 p.m.

Junior Brown April 30, 8 p.m. Kaki King, An Horse

Local 506 506 W. Franklin Street, Chapel Hill, NC 27516, 919-942-5506 April 1 Closed for private party April 2, 9:30 p.m. House of Fools, Josh Moore, BJ Barham

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100 Monkeys McFrontalot Mitch Easter, Citay,Birds of Avalon White Rabbits, Let’s Wrestle Spiritual Rez

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April 9, TBA DTH Diversions

Showcase, Luego,

The Beast,

Dirty Little Heaters,

Jason Kutchma April 10, 9:00 p.m. Red Sparowes,

Doomriders April 11, 9:30 p.m. Acid Mothers Temple,

Over-ain Optimal Death,

Clang Quartet April 12, 9:00 p.m. The Appleseed Cast,

Dreamend April 13, TBA Tim Brantley,

Shawn Fisher April 14, 9:00 p.m. Aloha, Pomengranates,

Ben Davis & The Jetts

April 16, 9:30 p.m. Xiu Xiu, Tune Yards April 17, 8:30 p.m. Chris Pureka, Xylos April 18, 9:00 p.m. Titus Andronicus,

Spider Bags April 20, TBA Sallie Ford

& The Sound Outside April 22, TBA The Coathangers April 23, 9:30 p.m. Casiotone for

the Painfully Alone,

Magical Beautiful April 24, 10:00 p.m. Violet Vector and

The Lovely Lovelies,

The Hunguenots,

DJ Mixcake April 26, TBA Owen Pallett April 30, TBS Hammer No More

The Fingers

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April 2, 8:00 p.m.

April 3, 8:00 p.m.

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April 9, 8:00 p.m.

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Open Mic Night Metal Night with Grounds for Hope Country Night Ladies in Free, TBA Metal Night with Resist Metal/Rock Night Featuring BOB

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10. April Movie Releases

“City Island,” “Tyler Perry’s Why Did I Get Married Too,” “Date Night,” “Kick-Ass,” “Oceans,” “Death at a Funeral,” “The Back Up Plan,” “The Losers,” “A Nightmare on Elm Street,” “I Love You Phillip Morris,” and “Furry Vengeance”

9. Poetry Slam @ Bordeaux Library The Bordeaux Branch of the Cumberland County Library has put together a genuine good ol’ fashioned Poetry Slam, April 5 at 6:30 p.m. – giving countless area teenage girls a forum for reciting their terrible poetry, thereby sparing their countless teenage boyfriends.

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Earth Day @ the Apple Crate

Ah Earth, the giant spinning ball of dirt we call home. Celebrate the big guy on April 17 at the Apple Crate, who will be hosting an all day event, with a performance by blues troubadour Ethan Hanson. The event will also include food, seed planting, an art exhibition and pets up for adoption. No word yet on whether or not one can adopt Hanson, but we’ll keep checking.

7. Casting Crowns, with

Special Guests 10th Avenue North @ the Crown

O to the M to the (very specifically Christian) G, on April 22, Fayetteville’s own Crown Coliseum will play host to the biggest band in the world – that is, the world of Christian rock -the only world Kirk Cameron still lives on. We’d make a joke, but we don’t want God to get his smite on… Suffice to say, local Jews, Muslims, Agnostics, Atheists, Buddhists and Oswaldians (the worship of comedian Patton Oswald) may wanna sit this one out.

6. “Six Dance Lessons in

Six Weeks” @ The CFRT

In the absence of doing “Tuesdays with Morrie,” “Driving Miss Daisy” or “The Green Room,” the Cape Fear Regional Theater has discovered yet another old-personis-forced-by-circumstance-to-spend-timewith-unlikely-life-changing-non-romanticpartner story, with its latest production, “Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks.”

In “Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks,” which will run April 17 – May 2, retired chica Lily Harrison (as played by Bo Thorp) hires acerbic (aka flaming) dance instructor, Michael Minetti (as played by Dirk Lumbard) to teach her how to get down with her bad

self. Take your gay friendly mom. For tickets, call (910)-323-4234.

5. “Lysistrata” @ the Gilbert Theater

Starting April 15 (until May 2), the Gilbert Theater will begin its run of their most sexually frustrated and double entendre laced play to date (though last year’s “A Christmas Carol” had its moments), “Lysistrata.” In the classic and controversial comedy, the women of Greece try to persuade the men to end their war, by denying them sex … It’s like an episode of “Married with Children,” just in togas. For more information call (910)-678-7186.

4. 6th Annual India Festival @ the Crown

Ever wonder what it’d be like to have fire exit each and every one of your bodily orifices? Introducing Indian cuisine, food so spicy that it is interchangeable with suckling on a canister of mace. The event will also feature dancing, art and of course, music, ‘cause having the dancing without the music would just be a whole bag of wacky. Catch it all at the Crown April 17, starting at 8 p.m.

For more information call (910)-438-4100.

3. Carrie Underwood @ the Crown

Things Going Down in Fayetteville

1. The Dogwood Festival The Fayetteville Dogwood Festival began in 1982 as a way of showing up the city of Raleigh, who thought it was all that, when in fact, it was not all that. Over the years the festival blossomed like some kind of plant (mayhaps a rose or a daisy?) to the point of attracting big name artists, such as Collective Soul, Hootie and the Blowfish and JoJo. This year the festival’s main attraction will be the Gin Blossoms and Soul Asylum – we will keep JoJo as far from the premises as we can.

Despite all odds, and spitting in the face of everything we thought we knew about the transient nature of popular music and television, FOX’s hit program “American Idol” has managed to create sustainable, hit making, law-abiding, artists – one of the best examples being country super star Carrie Underwood, who will be performing at the Crown Coliseum on April 30. For more information, call (910)-438-4100.

2. The Rock Shop Music Hall Grand Opening

This month, April 2, The Rock Shop transforms, opening the doors to its new location, The Rock Shop Music Hall, located almost directly across the street from its old location, at 128 South King Street (if you have trouble finding it, just follow the sound of loudness). The opening night performance will feature Rookie of the Year, The Fifth, Nephilym (reunion), Playing with Guns, Dark Water Rising, Sir Ben Marx and Paddy & Bill.

The Gin Blossoms

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Photo taken shortly before Adkins had whipped out a sawed-off shotgun and unloaded it into an evil robotic Adkins sent from the future to destroy all live music (in the future, scientists have too much time on their hands).

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The walls of The Rock Shop, once lined with painted murals of legendary musicians and countless stickers, have been peeled to plywood. The smell of sawdust lingers around the stage where hundreds of the area’s most notable artists have launched, maintained and, in some cases, ended their careers.

Decorations and strings of florescent lights are spilling out of cardboard boxes at the corner of the bar. Owner Shawn Adkins is sitting at one of the three year old venue’s last remaining tables. He’s looking anxiously toward the future, which is staring right back at him from across the street.

By Jaymie Baxley | Photos by Raul Rubiera Jr

On April 2, The Rock Shop, Fayetteville’s premiere music venue will be relocating to a much bigger facility on 128 South King Street (the former home of King Street Billiards), within earshot of its current location. The new Rock Shop (dubbed the “The Rock Shop Music Hall”) will hold a crowd of 1000+ people, more than five times the capacity of the original and double the size of the popular Cat’s Cradle in Carrboro. In addition to other new amenities, the venue will feature a full sized restaurant and two bar areas.

“A dream of mine is to bring in the bands that influenced me and to bring in the bands that other people would want to see,” explained Adkins. “Everyone has a favorite band or musician. We want to bring those artists to Fayetteville.”

The 29-year old entrepreneur hopes that his new venue will draw in the types of artists that would otherwise only see Fayetteville from the interstate, en route to a larger city. The Rock Shop Music Hall has already attracted the interest of several nationally renowned bands including Clutch, Gwar and Saliva. These are names that seemed unattainable for Fayetteville just five years ago when Adkins was fronting the popular local punk outfit, The Answers.

With The Answers, Adkins experienced the hardships of being a wet behind the ears musician first hand.

“I was in bands so I know how clubs can treat musicians. I have gotten a 30 dollar handshake and a pat on the back after playing in front of a packed house,” he said. “That will never happen here.”

When The Answers dissolved, Adkins decided to pursue a career on the opposite end of the stage and opened The Rock Shop in late 2006. Soon after, the venue became one of the city’s most popular night time destinations and an institution for burgeoning musical talent.

“I am humble enough to know that we wouldn’t be anywhere without the musicians, their fans and the folks who love music in this town,” said Rock Shop promoter Kenneth Mayner, who has been instrumental in cultivating the venue’s aesthetic through his flyer and logo designs. “I believe in karma and we have strived to treat everyone with respect and make people feel like this is place where they can feel welcome.”

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Though The Rock Shop had been an unqualified success, Adkins sought to expand it into something not only bigger, but more encompassing. He wanted Fayetteville to have a venue where upstart artists of every stripe could flourish and locals wouldn’t have to travel hours away to catch a glimpse of their favorite bands. The realization of his vision was not without sacrifice.

“I’ve sold everything to open this new place up...my motorcycle, my car,” said Adkins. “But I’m not in this for money. I do this because it’s what I want to do. I’m taking a leap of faith with the new Rock Shop because I believe in what Fayetteville’s music scene has to offer and what it can be in the future.”

With someone as passionate as Adkins at the helm, that future couldn’t be in better hands.

April 2, opening performance at The Rock Shop Music Hall will feature the following artists: Rookie of the Year, The Fifth, Nephilym (reunion), Playing with Guns, Dark Water Rising, Sir Ben Marx, Paddy & Bill.

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The Carolina Chocolate Drops

By James Johnson | photos by Raul Rubiera Jr

The Carolina Chocolate Drops. From left, Justin Robinson, Rhiannon Giddens and Dom Flemons

School Day Haze It was a two hour drive. My butt was numb and photographer Raul Rubiera Jr. (who had been doing all the driving) was working on an empty stomach and a full bladder.

Neither of us complained however, as we knew we’d be in for a brand new experience and were excited to see what all the hubbub was about, regarding this NC-based blue grass band The Carolina Chocolate Drops, who have just released a new album nationwide with Nonesuch Music, entitled Genuine Negro Jig. The Carolina Chocolate Drops formed in 2004, when its members, Dom Flemons (4-string banjo, guitar, jug, harmonica, kazoo, snare drum, bones, vocals), Rhiannon Giddens (5-string banjo, fiddle, vocals) and Justin Robinson (fiddle, five-string banjo, vocals), began studying music with Joe Thompson, who at 91, is said to be among the last living black traditional string band players. As a group, the band learned not only about the music, but also about the rich history of fiddle and banjo music in the Carolinas Piedmont area. Their music is not necessarily bluegrass anymore than it is the blues, gospel or folk. It is music created before genres existed - and so the Chocolate Drops have taken to simply calling it “old timey music.”

“It is really interesting how far this music goes back,” said the band’s road manager Jimmy Rhine. “In the 1900s there were tons of black artists doing it.”

“Rhine was the first person Raul and I met upon arriving at our location – Topsail High School, in Hampstead NC .

This would be a rare back to basics performance for the band, which now does the overwhelming majority of their performances at festivals and other types of music venues.

Early in their career the band received a sudden boost of popularity with high schools and colleges due to a cover story done by the Durham NC publication “The Independent Weekly.”

Though the band has since performed at much larger venues, including the Grand Ole Opry and the Cat’s Cradle, and has even seen national recognition through their inclusion on the soundtrack for the Denzel Washington film “The Great Debaters,” and stories in such prestigious publications as “Paste,” “The Boston Globe” and “Rolling Stone,” they still see education as one of the prime motivators in what they do.

“Every time we perform at a school, we do a lot more talking and storytelling,” said Giddens while preparing for the evening’s sound check. “The response we’d gotten from schools was unexpected though – we didn’t go into this thinking we’d do a whole bunch of school shows.

Now though, they are pretty rare.”

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Robinson were toying with an instrumental song when Flemons finally arrived, a few minutes late due to some confusing directions.

“Jimmy is looking for you, I think he’s in the hall,” Giddens said with a warm smile as Flemons approached the stage. He didn’t look thrilled to be there, but he didn’t appear upset either – just tired from a long drive. Flemons knew he had to find energy for the night’s performance and didn’t complain upon realizing that he’d have to spend some of the band’s prep time answering a reporter’s questions. Flemons greeted

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me with a polite handshake, though his mind appeared to be elsewhere, possibly on the evening’s set list.

The instrumental Giddens and Robinson had been toying with was something still in the experimental phase. I wondered out loud how much experimenting a band that essentially did “olde timey music” could do. As it turned out, quite a bit.

“We are always learning, all the time. Even if we’re just listening we’re learning,” said Robinson. “New instruments, new ways of playing the instruments we already know. As soon

as you stop learning, you might as well give it all up. Unfortunately, audiences don’t always want to hear anything new, they want to hear what they know you can play. It is kind of hard to walk that line.”

That line is walked on a daily basis for the Drops, as the band insists on structured chaos while on stage, by creating a set list, but allowing themselves the freedom to improvise and make mistakes during live performances.

“It is like when you’re painting and a splotch of paint accidentally hits the

canvas,” said Giddens. “Sometimes it looks better as a result.”

Learning String Theory Last year was filled with happy surprises for the trio. Not only was the band signed with Nonesuch Records (a division of Warner Brothers), but the band received a new roadie.

On May 30, 2009 Giddens gave birth to her daughter Aoife Armentha Laffan. Whenever possible, Giddens tries to ensure her new daughter is in attendance at their shows.

“What I’d like to do is just expose her to it, and hopefully she’ll just want to be a part of what we’re doing because she’ll be around it all the time,” Giddens said. “I don’t want to force (the love of music) on her, but I don’t think she’ll be able to help being interested in it. I mean, that’s how it used to be. You just saw your parents or your uncle doing this music and you learned that way.”

And just like that, the students become the teachers.

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Sean McDaniel: The Devil is in the Details

By Ashley Smith | Photos by Dawn Elizabeth

H

ave you ever seen something that made you want to laugh, cry and reflect deeply all at the same time? Something that excites emotions within you that are impossible to describe?

The artworks of Seán Fitzgerald McDaniel do just that. Through narrative paintings that tell stories of pain, violence, and a sort of melancholy optimism, McDaniel has mastered the art of using his own raw emotion to produce works to which the viewer may attach his or her own meaning.

McDaniel, an Irishman through and through, has been painting and exhibiting since 1984 and received his bachelor’s degree in fine arts from the University of Maryland in 1989.

He has spent the better part of the last 20-years as an arts instructor and earned his master’s in fine arts at the University of North Carolina in Greensboro in 1996. For the last 10 years he has worked at Fayetteville Technical Community College, and is now the Chair of the Department of Fine Arts.

Though he has spent much of his life in the states, McDaniel remains true to his Irish roots.

“I am a fierce Dubliner and always will be, but I am also very proud to be American,” McDaniel said. The experience of being both a Dubliner and an American can be seen in many of his works which are ripe with themes from religion to the daily struggles to which we all subscribe.

“I’d say that I’m a bit of a closet psychologist, I suppose,” he says, describing his work in a nutshell. “I’m a social realist … I make commentary on the behavior of people.”

Many of his works have very religious themes, like the paintings “Three, Cain and Abel,” and “St. Peter.” Religion’s influence on his works can be traced back to his Irish heritage.

“I’m Irish Catholic … as a Catholic, I come from a very strict, in terms of religion, household. I learned to question very early, and I think it’s a lifelong process,” says McDaniel.

“Not to find any truth in the world, because I think whatever the answer is, it’s abstract. I laugh to myself when I meet people who think they have it figured out. I mean, if you have faith then there’s no arguing with that, that’s a good thing to have. I don’t necessarily have that kind of religious faith because to me it’s a lot more open. That doesn’t mean that I don’t believe, but I question all the time. It’s always there...

Rosary in my pocket, never around my neck, it is part of my

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life, and it’s a good quest to be on.”

On his website, Sartchasm.com (Sarcasm+Art), McDaniel encourages the people who view his art to find their own meaning.

“You can’t control what people think,” he says. “But you can offer them a starting point.”

Sometimes that starting point is something light, like a watercolor painting of a landscape, and other times the starting point is darker, displaying the pain and ironies of life. “(Pain in my art is) not anything that has to do with my control at all … I’m Irish - we’re a melancholy people. If you read our writing, listen to our songs, we’re much about that,” says McDaniel. “I don’t say that to suggest that we’re victims or anything, but we all seem to have that. It’s not as depressed as it may come across. I don’t walk around crying, or wanting to cry or anything. I might look like it, my face might look like it … it’s just my nature of things. I’m happy as much as anybody else, but I wouldn’t dance around about it … “ “But still, there’s a bit of violence in my work as well,” he adds. “Suggested anyway.”

He spent the early part of his career, while at the U.M.D., visiting the national galleries in Washington D.C., copying the paintings and techniques of the greats. Those experiences helped him to draw heavily from Baroque period artists like Peter Paul Rubens and modern-day painter and friend Jack Levine, also a social realist painter.

All of his experience and knowledge spill over into his classrooms, when he engages students eager to become future artists.

“I teach it as a subject, and I make well sure that students under me understand that they are in a profession that requires an incredible amount of self-discipline,” says McDaniel. “Ironically, the most insecure people in the world become artists … destined for a career of rejection. And they must be persistent, believe in what they’re doing … The only way to do that is to have passion.”

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R IAGAIN SE N E P H I LY M

By James Johnson | Photos by Raul Rubiera Jr

Entire musical careers ride on the hope of one day being offered the golden ticket that is a record label contract - for Fayetteville-based metal rockers Nephilym however, that golden ticket turned out to be the preverbial nail in the coffin.

On April 2, at the new location of The Rock Shop (at 128 South King Street, directly across the street from the old location), the boys of Nephilym will reunite for the first time in two years and this time the music industry isn’t invited: this show, says Nephilym, is strictly for the fans.

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In the early to mid-2000s, Nephilym, which consists of drummer Brett Druzak, guitarist Josh Smith, bass player Bobby Byford, guitarist/ vocalist Brent Underwood and vocalist Mike Fraizer, was one of the growing numbers of metal bands that began to gain traction within the Fayetteville music scene. Though performing

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almost exclusively at the recently reopened Jester’s Pub, the release of two albums (2005’s “Pandora’s Lullaby” and 2006’s “Another Day”), and the word of mouth provided by soldiers from Fort Bragg helped create a loyal fan base both within the community and beyond.

That far reach led to their catching the attention of Warner Brothers Records,

who flew members of the band out to California in the hopes of grooming the band into something that Smith described as unrecognizable.

“They wanted to change what our band was so much that - well, it wouldn’t have been us,” said Smith.

“They wanted to replace people in the band; they wanted us to change our appearance. It was like, ‘if the band you want isn’t the one standing in this room, why did you even come to see us?’”

“Honestly, any band that can make it through that, I have respect for,” said Underwood. “They will make you a monster.”

Though the band managed to walk away from “the monster” that was the music industry without being swallowed, the wounds remained and shortly afterwards, the infection spread.

“It helped separate us from the herd of other bands in the area, but it also opened our eyes to the dirty stuff the industry tries to do … after we walked away, some of us didn’t want anything to do with the industry again, and some of us were more encouraged to find a label that would fit us better,” Underwood said. “Those differing views of where we were going and where we should be going started to cause tension.

Certain members didn’t want to drop everything to travel, some were more dedicated and some had pretty much had it. Egos clashed, really. We were all so full of ourselves.”

“Eight or nine months after the Warner Brothers thing, it became like a job,” said Smith. “No one was having fun anymore.”

To the shock of those who thought Nephilym would help put Fayetteville’s music scene on the map, the band broke up in 2008, with many of the original members refusing to talk to the others.

Since their breakup the members have moved on, with most of them helping to form new bands, such as Messenger of Hope and Memphis Witch. Despite the messy breakup the decision to reunite, said Fraizer, came about fairly casually.

“We were just hanging out and we got to talking … Like, fans became

people

really personally angry with us when we broke up. It was weird… Today, we’d still have people coming up to us, asking if we’ll get back together, so we

figured, what the hell?” said Fraizer.

“We’re older now, more mature … Since we made the announcement, it has been crazy - everywhere I go I hear someone

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“It was just weird that anyone still cared - that we were even relative at all,” said Underwood. “Back then, we were only adults on paper. I am really glad we broke up, because since then we’ve been able to grow so much as musicians that it is like night and day.”

Currently, the band is not openly making any plans beyond their April 2 Rock Shop performance, though they are open to writing new music together, if the demand is there. Among the other artists performing will be musical heavy weights, The Fifth, Dark Water Rising and Rookie of the Year, with more to be announced. Call 910-321-ROCK for more information.

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Colt Ford

Propelled by a string of hit singles including “Ride Through the Country” and “No Trash in My Trailer,” Colt Ford’s (aka Jason Farris Brown) 2008 debut Ride Through The Country infiltrated the Billboard Top 200 chart late last year. Though many have described Colt Ford as a Country/Hip-Hop artist, he personally rejects the designation. His anticipated sophomore effort, entitled Chicken and Biscuits will be released on April 20 while a collection of leftover material from that album will follow in August.

The Fayetteville FEED caught up with Colt Ford before his March 25 performance at Jesters Pub’s grand reopening celebration.

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Fayetteville Feed: How are you handling overnight success?

Colt Ford: You know, I love my fans and I have fun. I’m not one of those ego dudes who gets into all that s**t. I love people and I feel it’s a blessing to play music. I don’t understand artists who don’t want to shake somebody’s hand or get bent out of shape when people ask for autographs. I don’t have much respect for those artists. I mean, I get a little tired sometimes, but I just recharge and get back out there.

F.F.: How can we expect Chicken and Biscuits to differ from your debut?

Colt Ford: I’ve grown a lot as a songwriter. I believe that first albums are sort of black and white. You come out and say “this is who I am and this is what I do and this is what my deal is.”

To have a career, I feel that your next album should be black and white with a little red or a little green. You have to add new colors to the palate. I tried to do that. There are a lot of songs where I feel people are going to say “wow, I didn’t know he could do that. That’s different than what he did before,” then there are songs where people will go “that’s the stuff that made me love him to start with.” I think we’ve got a solid mix of songs.

F.F.: How has the early response for Chicken and Biscuits been?

Colt Ford: It’s been pretty overwhelming. I don’t get a whole lot of radio play... well, I do in certain areas, I guess. For the amount of records I’ve sold I haven’t had much radio play at all, which just goes to show that you don’t have to have that. If the fans like it they will figure out a way to get to it. There are a lot of places that have started to say they are going to play the new record. I was conscience of that while recording.

I mean, of course I want to be put on the radio more and I want more people to hear my music. I think there was this fear factor at first because what I was

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Colt Ford’s music is a cross between traditional country and rap, whereas he himself is a cross between Wilford Brimley and one bad ass walrus.

doing was different.

F.F.: On your debut, you worked with Jamey Johnson, Bonecrusher, Jermane Dupri and Jeremy Popoff (of the band Lit), just to name a few. What was it like

collaborating with such a diverse team of artists?

Colt Ford: It was fun. All of the people you mentioned are very original. I found that It doesn’t matter if the

genres are different, if you put a bunch of artists in a room together they are going to come up with something cool.

Adrian Young, the drummer from No Doubt, is one of my best friends. He played drums on a lot of my songs and he couldn’t name you a country artist.

If I mentioned Jason Aldean to him, he wouldn’t know who I was talking about. I did a song on the new record with DMC from Run DMC. That was really cool. Here’s two guys, one from rural Georgia and the other from Hollis Queens, New York. But when he showed up to record, he was wearing Wranglers and Harley Davidson boots and driving a black F-250. I was like “hey, he’s the same dude I am!”

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Review: Plastic Beach

Artist: Gorillaz Review by Jaymie Baxley Ah, the halcyon days of 2005.

Scrubs was still funny, President Bush had high approval ratings and Damon Albarn was basking in the success of his virtual band project, Gorillaz’ Grammy winning single “Feel Good Inc.” That song’s success being the product of the group’s almost decade long flirtation with the American mainstream. While Gorilaz will undoubtedly continue to prosper in the UK (where they have enjoyed a respectable string of hit singles), Billboard lightning rarely strikes twice for alternative bands in the states. Which

Review: Quarantine The Past: The Best of Pavement

is tragic, considering Plastic Beach is the group’s best work. Featuring a slew of notable guest artists varying from Mos Def to Lou Reed, Plastic Beach represents the band’s most seamless fusion of rock, electronica and hip-hop to date. This is perhaps most evident on the peculiar “Superfast Jellyfish,” a faux-breakfast cereal jingle featuring De La Soul and a Technicolor chorus courtesy of Super Furry Animals’ Gruff Rhys.

RANK: L

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Artist: Pavement

Review by Jaymie Baxley On Quarantine The Past, all of Pavement’s most essential songs are accounted for while rogue obscurities like the crazed R.E.M. homage “Unseen Power of the Picket Fence” and the early EP track “Debris Slide” prevent the compilation from slipping into hit parade tedium. Of course, the closest Pavement ever came to a bona fied hit was with the snarky novelty goof “Cut Your Hair.” That song, along with other Pavement classics like “Range Life” and “Stereo” (all of which are present here) provided front man Stephen Malkmus with a forum to gripe about one of his

Review: The Monitor

favorite subjects: Alternative rock excess.

But, isn’t the obligatory “best of” package the epitome of that cliché? Would not the Pavement of a decade past scoff at the idea of their songs being amputated from their respective albums and cobbled together in an effort to shake loose change out of the pockets of aging fans?

Probably. But Quarantine the Past is so smartly arranged and lovingly packaged that it makes a good case for its existing.

RANK: L

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Artist: Titus Andronicus Review by Jaymie Baxley On their sophomore album The Monitor, New Jersey indie-punk upstarts Titus Andronicus inject Civil War rally calls with motor city anguish. On paper The Monitor has all the makings of a bloated mess (or a lost Decembrists release): More than half of the album’s 10 songs stretch far beyond the seven minute mark, excerpts from legendary Civil War era speeches are interspersed throughout in an attempt to parallel historical conflict with contemporary discontent

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and there’s a saxophone. A saxophone.

Remarkably, the album never comes off as self-indulgent. On the contrary, with The Monitor Titus Andronicus have some how managed to construct a concept record that’s fun, infectious and self-aware. Adjectives seldom employed to describe concept albums.

RANK: L

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Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Destruction at it’s finest

Game review by D’Juan Irvin Screenshots: EA With the current landscape of shooters, it’s always good to be genuinely surprised. “Battlefield: Bad Company 2” is one of those surprises.

As is the standard for EA DICE, everything in “BC 2” is done bigger and better than before. Though lacking the amount of humor from the first game, the single player mode of BC 2 makes up for it with a heaping helping of action.

You take the role of Private Preston Marlowe, assigned to B-Company: a squad of misfit soldiers who’ve jokingly dubbed themselves “Bad Company.” It doesn’t take long for Marlowe to figure out how the gang earned their name, as the That name gets tested quite a bit during the game, as the army seemingly has it out for Marlowe and his squad, regularly sending them into suicide missions. Luckily, those suicide missions are all kinds of fun. You’ll be sneaking your way through canals, flying choppers, driving tanks, sniping people, and blowing up pesky buildings the whole time.

Graphically, BC 2 is a good step up from the original game. That’s a major bonus, because the inevitable explosions and demolition look just that much more vivid. Speaking of demolition, one of the biggest things to look forward to in BC 2 is Destruction 2.0, the game’s system of destroying buildings.

See an enemy hiding in an attic?

Pull out a rocket launcher and blow a chunk out of the roof, giving you better access. Pinned down by a house full of enemies? Drop mortars on it until the

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whole house collapses. From beginning to end, the single player mode throws everything it can at you, with a great cast of characters following you to their intended doom.

Once you’re done with the single player, the real meat and potatoes of the game shows its face via the online multiplayer. BC 2 online has a rank system based on military rank in the U.S. Army, going from Private all the way to General of the Army. The more you play online, the higher your rank gets and the better weaponry, gadgets and specialties you have access to. The game’s four classes and four multiplayer game types include the standard deathmatch. But three of these are objectivebased, taking things quite a bit further than simple running and gunning.

Between the single player story and the RPG-like online play, there’s plenty here to keep you busy for months, and that’s not including all the scheduled downloadable content. For first-person shooter fans, the “Battlefield” series has been a staple in a very crowded genre.

EA DICE’s latest title both continues and expands that legacy by upping the ante of what’s expected of the genre.

L★ ★ ★ ★ ★ D’Juan Irvin is the owner and Editor-InChief of GAMINGtruth.com, where he and his staff write regularly about gaming and the gaming industry.

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Birthright

The True Story That Inspired Kidnapped

Book review by Tasina N. Ducheneaux “To commit the care of a minor to him who is the next in succession to him is like committing the lamb to be devoured by the wolf.” ~ Sir John Fortescue, 1471.

Thus begins a tale of debt, abandonment, poison, murder, kidnapping, perjury, bigamy...and other words could easily describe a night in Las Vegas. Those English sure knew how to create a bunch of drama. “Birthright” is the story of James “Jemmy” Annesley, purported heir to the Earldom of Anglesea. The details of Jemmy’s plight have inspired at least five novels – most notably, “Kidnapped” by Robert Louis Stevenson.

Jemmy was born in 1715 to Arthur Annesley, the 4th Baron Altham.

Arthur was next in line to inherit the title of 6th Earl of Anglesea from a cousin, also named Arthur. Trust me, it gets more confusing. These earldoms and baronies were all part of the English rule of Ireland. I’ve read quite a few books – fiction and non – set in England and Ireland and I have to say that, as an American, the whole mess of English peerage and titles is awfully muddled.

Is a duke more important than an earl?

Does a viscount trump a baron? Where does Count Dracula figure into all of this? I have no idea. I suppose those from across the pond are born and (in) bred to understand this stuff, but I find the whole thing baffling.

In any event, little Jemmy had a rough lot almost from birth. His father abandoned his mother by the time he was two years old and he had little contact with her after that. His father was also a profligate spender and was constantly in debt. These circumstances led the lad and his father to live a somewhat nomadic existence – settling here and there throughout Ireland – while his father tried to keep the cash coming in and maintain his noble lifestyle.

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There alone was an interesting thing to learn. I had always assumed that to be a noble – duke, baron, whatever –

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meant you were rolling in the dough... but apparently not.

After finally settling in Dublin, Jemmy’s dear old dad gets himself a bit of fluff on the side. The mistress naturally hates Jemmy and forces him out into the streets. Father of the Year Arthur is completely financially dependent on the mistress and lets his son go. Jemmy then lives the life of a street waif – becoming a bootblack (that’s shoeshine boy to you and me) in order to support himself. He is finally taken in by a kind butcher, who provides the boy with a place to live.

When Jemmy is twelve years old, his father dies suddenly (later in the story, the author presents a case for Arthur being poisoned.) Cue the menacing music and enter Evil Uncle Richard

– himself a debtor, bigamist, and allaround bad dude. In a nefarious bid to capture all the titles and lands at stake, Evil Uncle Richard has poor orphan Jemmy kidnapped and sent across the pond to America, where he then spends the next decade or more as an indentured servant. After a series of daring escapes, Jemmy works his way back to the lands of Mother England and begins his quest to re-instate his name, titles, and birthright.

Is he successful? Well, read the book – I’m not going to spoil it for you.

All said, the whole story itself is pretty interesting.

You certainly feel sad for Little Orphan Jemmy and want to see him put a beat down on Evil Uncle Richard, but the book has some problems. Mostly, much of it is based on speculation.

Records from this time were shoddy at best. The author tries to piece together the case as best he can, but at times it still feels like one is reading a novel.

There probably really isn’t any way to know the truth of the situation – despite what the author claims.

Furthermore, it seems that given the lack of solid fact, the author uses a lot of history and detail about life during that era as filler. Not that such details themselves aren’t also interesting, but I wanted him to stick to the main storyline. I would say that if the general topic interests you already, then this is a five-star read. For everyone else, I give it four stars – read it...someday.

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by Dawn Elizabeth

Welcome to Suckville - It’s a State of Mind.

I’m new to the Fayetteville area ; my job relocated me here. As far as I can tell, it sucks. There is no culture, the clubs have no atmosphere and ever ywhere I same thing, wearing look, I see the same people doing the game. Where’s the e sam the ng talki the same clothes and nothing to do if I is originalit y? I go out because there and even radio ing ramm prog TV the stay at home because girls here, but date to stations suck here, too. I’ve tried n it comes to whe on I’m page e sam they are not on the yone cheats ever d hear dating and conversation, plus I’ve anyway.

Lemme guess: you’re in the Army, stationed at Fort Bragg, probably going through a highly specialized school to become an “elite warrior.” So, you sign up, make it through boot camp and come to “High & Tight, U.S.A.” where, all of a sudden, you’re not the local celebrity you were in your hometown within your circle of friends.

Girls won’t talk to you because they’ve seen the cover of your book and read it already. Why should they when you’ve already judged them all based on what everyone else has said about them? Does this town really suck or is it just your life in general? What it sounds like to me is that you can’t handle your surroundings. I don’t know how you think you are gonna hack it as a soldier in the greatest military in the world, or a citizen of reality, if you can’t even adapt and adjust to living here. What happens when you get shipped to the sandbox? If you think it sucks here, wait until you get deployed or stationed somewhere like Fort Rucker, Alabama. I’ve never been, but friends of mine who have and came back have kissed the streets of Fayetteville in thanks that it is making an effort to progress toward the future with the rest of civilization.

You can do two things. You can start thinking of this place as your first hardship tour (some people get Korea, you got Fayetteville) or you can make the best of where you are and understand that what you miss is your hometown, friends, family and the life you had before you enlisted. There are plenty of things to do here. A bar is a bar, a movie theater is a movie theater and a gentlemen’s club is, well, rarely a club for gentlemen. It’s the people you hang out with as well as your attitude that will make or break the experience. So, once you get your head out of your ass long enough to let your brain soak in this information, your homework assignment is to get back out and give it another go.

Here’s a bonus for ya: men cheat, too, not just women (in fact, some statistics would suggest that men *gasp* cheat more often than women… Shock and awe, much?). It’s also not just women in this town, unless you’re saying girls in your hometown don’t cheat - ever, not even at poker. Maybe once you get rid of your negative attitude about your life choices, girls will actually give you a few minutes of their air space to spit your game and you might even land a date. If this happens, keep your conversations positive, file your biased issues about dating in this town in the “full of crap” section of your brain and don’t make a mental note of how many military town clichés your date’s current life situation falls under.

Because I can guarantee you that she is making her own checklist based on her experiences with other guys in your profession too …

Dawn Elizabeth is a writer, photographer, columnist and avid Facebooker who has an opinion on everything and insists on sharing it with everyone. Dawn can be reached at dawne@ fayettevillefeed.com, contactdawn@aol.com or on Facebook.

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Paddy’s guide to:

Slang

by Paddy Gibney Jimmy leaned over to the girl next to him in English class and asked to borrow a rubber. She explained that a rubber was not something you borrow and anyway, she didn’t have such a thing. I’m watching this whole thing unfold from one seat behind still unnerved from an earlier conversation I had with my host family trying to convince them that when I said there was great craic (pronounced ‘crack’) at the party I was attending the night before, didn’t mean I was using drugs. In Ireland, where we grew up, the word for ‘eraser’ is rubber and the word for ‘fun’ is craic. Jimmy and I, along with our other friend Justin, had only been in America for a couple of weeks and, much to our amusement, we were learning that certain words used over here had a slightly different meaning across the pond. Let me give you some examples: In Ireland, if you were living in an apartment with a guy, you would be living in a ‘flat’ with a ‘bloke’. If you had an argument with this guy and he lost his pants in the process, you would have had a ‘row’ with the ‘bloke’ and he would have lost his ‘trousers.’

If the guy was really drunk and being a jerk-off, then he was really ‘pissed’ and being a ‘wanker.’ If you decided to kick him in the testicles, you would have decided to kick him in the ‘bollocks.’ If you kicked him so hard that he had to wear a diaper, he would be wearing a ‘nappy.’ If he had a really small penis, he would have a really small ‘willie.’ If you went to see his girlfriend and decided to ask her for a ‘ride,’ you would be going to see his ‘moth’ and asking her for sex. If he decided to sue you for all this and wanted to get a lawyer, he would go to see a ‘solicitor.’ If you then decided to get rid of this guy by kicking his ass and throwing him into the trunk of your car, you would be ‘beating the bollocks out of him’ and throwing him into the ‘boot’ of your car. If his girlfriend called you and decided to give you a ‘ride’ but requested you go get some condoms at the pharmacy, she would be agreeing to have sex with you but requesting that you get some ‘rubbers’ at the ‘chemist.’

All these shenanigans with different words that describe the same things in different cultures can be very funny but can also be desperately disappointing. For example, we were here only a few weeks when we were invited to a party. Three gorgeous girls came over and asked us if we liked to ‘shag.’ I couldn’t speak!

I was thinking to myself, “Girls just walk up to you over here and offer you sex?! What an amazing country! I’m going to love it here. This is what they must mean by the American dream.”

“Any chance we get!” said Jimmy. They then led us onto the dance floor and started doing some silly dance. It was too good to be true. Everyone knows Irishmen can’t dance. Some would say we can’t shag either!

Paddy Gibney is the owner of Paddy’s Pub and can be found there reveling and singing most any evening. He can be contacted at www. paddygibney.com.

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