By Jon Dawson One of the most controversial subjects of recent memory is the practice of vaping, which the Google machine defines as “the inhaling of a vapor created by an electronic cigarette that is filled with a liquid that usually contains nicotine, flavorings, and chemicals”. For better or worse vaping is now commonplace, and a […]
By Jon Dawson Although this column usually has a humorous slant, a trip to the car wash turned into a 36-hour ordeal for a Bucklesberry man last weekend. Elmore Leonard, 89, of Echo Drive, Bucklesberry, told rescue personnel it all started last Friday when he mistakenly inserted a $100 bill into an automated payment machine […]
(Originally published in 2006) By Jon Dawson Oteil Burbridge has played bass in The Allman Brothers Band going on a decade now, and he also has his own band, Oteil & The Peacemakers, which will be opening The Allman Brothers show at Raleigh’s Altell Pavilion on Saturday night. Burbridge talked with Free Press interviewer Jon […]
Last week our beloved Tax Deduction #2 turned 11, but if you knew her it’d be tough to tell. Why? Because she doesn’t need something as trivial as a birthday to give her reason to wear a party hat. TD#2 is an entertainer first and foremost. Every activity she takes part in – no matter […]
From Wikipeida: In 1997, Entertainment Weekly ranked the Firesign Theatre among the “Thirty Greatest Comedy Acts of All Time”. Their 1970 album Don’t Crush That Dwarf, Hand Me the Pliers was nominated in 1971 for the Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation by the World Science Fiction Society, and their next album I Think We’re All Bozos on This Bus received the same nomination […]
Artist: Dinosaur Jr. Album: Sweep It Into Space For everyone who thought guitar-based rock was destined for the underground, the new Dinosaur Jr. album pulls it voraciously back into the light. Since the reformation of the original lineup in 2005, J. Mascis (vocals/guitar), drummer Murph and bassist/vocalist Lou Barlow have churned out a stream of […]
Last Saturday The Wife and I attended a gender-reveal party in Hookerton, although Google Maps interpreted “Hugo Road” as “Hugo Church Road” and we nearly ended up in Ontario. In case you don’t know, Jonathan Massey and I are contributors to the Bryan Hanks Radio Show (see the ad below). Regular listeners to the program […]
Chris Lavender, Jonathan Massey, Bryan Hanks and Darrell Hanks. / Photo by Ted Turner Last Thursday four men piled into a rental car and set out for the great unknown. The men — radio host Bryan Hanks, his brother Darrell Hanks, newspaper journalist Chris Lavender and the only North Carolinian to ever fail an emissions […]
Tax Deduction #2 and her dog Lucille getting haircuts at Brian North’s Dip ‘N Clip in La Grange. / Photo by Bucklesberry Gazette Staff You know him as the guy who keeps the lights on over at WCTI. Soon, you’ll know him as the man who perms your poodle. As a sportscaster, he’s covered more […]
Photo by Bryan Hanks / The Bucklesberry Gazette In 1984 a grand restoration effort began that would eventually restore the Statue of Liberty to her former glory. Such effort hadn’t gone into restoring a French beauty since Sophia Loren auditioned for the part of Bella Swan in the Twilight series. Although Lenoir County doesn’t have […]
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