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Photos: Boxing at Omar Shrine

Joshua Curry — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 14:01:04 +0000

Jim Kelly’s back in action and held his most recent boxing event at Omar Shrina at Patriot’s Point last Friday night. It’s a good location and if they could get lighting worked out, would be perfect. The issues with getting qualified boxers seem to have been worked out. These fights seemed to draw more from around the region and it showed in the quality of the fights. There were lots of new faces and most of the fights ended in at least a TKO. Here’s the results:

FIGHT 1 — Light Welter Weight
Mark Salser (Mansfield, Ohio, 4-0) v. Darryl Watson (Columbia, pro debut) — Salser TKO 2:03 Round 2 — Salser (5-0), Watson (0-1)

FIGHT 2 — Bantom Weight
Roberto Ceron (Atlanta, pro debut) v. Sylvester Beard (Danville, Va., 0-4) — Ceron KO 1:39 Round 1 — Ceron (1-0), Beard (0-5)

FIGHT 3 — Heavy Weight
Derrick Walker (Macon, 1-0) v. Joseph Rabotte (Myrtle Beach, 0-3) — Rabotte KO 2:58 Round 2 — Walker (1-1), Rabotte (1-3)

FIGHT 4 — Heavy Weight
Donnell Holmes (Ivanhoa, N.C., 28-0) v. Benito Fernandez (19-15) — Holmes TKO 2:49 Round 2 — Holmes (29-0), Fernandez (19-16)

FIGHT 5 — Super Feather Weight
Jorge Lacierva (Atlanta, 33-7) v. Terrance Roy (Covington, Tenn., 9-27) — Lacierva TKO Round 1 — Lacierva (34-7), Roy (9-28)

FIGHT 6 — Welter Middle Weight CBA Title Match
John Butler (Raliegh, 20-2) v. Josh Hammock (Fort Smith, Ark., 8-5) — Butler KO :36 Round 1 — Butler (21-2), Hammock (8-6)

Photos: The sickest murals in Charleston

Joshua Curry — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 19:45:08 +0000

I know a lot of you already know about the incredible work Douglas Panzone (a.k.a. The Sheepman) has done on James Island, but I just recently got the chance to see them myself. Tucked away behind Buffalo South, Panzone has a personal gallery of at least seven huge murals that have been painted, painted over, and added to for the past five years. The most recent boxing mural was finished just a few months ago with the help of a friend. His Krylon skills are sick and the sightlines you get walking around the various angles are well thought out. The next time you are heading out to Folly beach, stop by the shopping center and take a cruise behind Buffalo South and see for yourself. Easily some of the best work I’ve seen in a while. Here’s some shots:

Photos: Rev Theory at the Music Farm

Joshua Curry — Fri, 30 May 2008 19:24:52 +0000

The Reggae block party last Saturday wasn’t really my scene so I left early. On the walk back I heard some welcome heavy guitar bouncing out of the Music Farm. I decided to stop in and see who it was and found Souls Harbor cranking out an opening set. Amy Hutto (98x) grabbed me as I was walking out and said “Aren’t you staying for Rev Theory? Stay, I’ll get you some shots!” Well that’s about all the bribery it takes these days so I hung around I got a chance to see a great rock show. Despite a sparse crowd, Rev Theory put on a great show and really cranked it. The risers were genius and made it easy to shoot. Here’s what I got:

Crowd sings

Rikki Lixx

Rich Luzzy

Rich Luzzy with Matt McCloskey

Photos: The many faces of Joe Buck

Joshua Curry — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 20:59:24 +0000

Hillbilly proto-demon Joe Buck played the Black Cart last night and delivered one of the most intense and inspiring shows I’ve seen in a long time. He sat near the edge of the stage with a guitar and a drum pedal and channeled old and primevil energies straight through the crowd. I guess he’s known more for rockabilly and alt-country, but I though it was punk as fuck.

From Ballard’s feature in this week’s issue:

“I’m a fucking farm kid from Missouri and I don’t know where I fit into any of this shit,” says one-man band Joe Buck of the current state of rock music. “But I play harder than any of the big city people who are trying to be so hard … and I can play beautifully, because I love Hank Williams and truly American music, too.”

See for yourself:

Photos: Kulture Klash and The Mill

Joshua Curry — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 20:46:32 +0000

Kulture Klash was packed this year, nearly doubling the attendance from last year. It offered a pretty broad spectrum of Charleston visual artists and there were some great performances, too. Getting around was difficult at times, and the crowd was a little more party oriented than last year, but it’s still an amazing achievement.

After the main event, I stopped by The Mill to hear The Keepers and The Defilers. It was a fun night and I got to see some old friends.

Here’s a selection of images from that night:

Photos: Race Week

Joshua Curry — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 20:36:53 +0000

Charleston was blessed with some great weather for this year’s Race Week. The annual event draws sailors from around the country and offers a glimpse of the international competitive sailing scene. Boat classes included “premiere One-Design, PHRF, and IRC regatta for racing sailboats 22 - 70 feet in length.”

I got a chance to ride on the media chase boat with a few other photogs and here’s some of by favorite shots:

More images can be found at Charleston Race Week’s website and the Post and Courier’s Wade Spees shot this video.

Photos: UnexpecT, Warbringer, Nile

Joshua Curry — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 21:08:33 +0000

Local metalheads turned out in force last Friday night, bringing 400+ to the Music Farm. Warbringer brought at least a hundred of those into the pit and delivered a pummeling set. UnexpecT turned out bizarre circus metal with mind bending timing changes. And, of course, Nile growled and machine-gunned their way into the night and stoked the huge crowd into a frenzy.

Here’s some shots from that night:

Photos: Shark swap at the aquarium

Joshua Curry — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 17:45:26 +0000

The South Carolina Aquarium recently exchanged one of their female sharks for a pubescent male shark from the North Carolina Aquarium at Fort Fisher. Ours went out early in the morning, so this bleary-eyed photog didn’t make it, but I did show up for the arrival of the new shark. Not yet fully grown, this 6 foot, 115 pound tiger shark still makes an impression. The transfer team was led by Arnold Postell, Senior Biologist and Dive Safety Officer at the South Carolina Aquarium, and they are obviously pros. I expected the shark to thrash around a bit more from being hoisted out of the water, but it was relatively calm. I think that was a testament to the team’s experience.

Here are the photos:

Photos from the Spirit of South Carolina

Joshua Curry — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 19:44:26 +0000

I can think of worst things than sailing around the harbor on a beautiful Thursday morning. I hitched a ride aboard the Spirit of South Carolina during one of their Education-at-Sea day sails. The ship is a double-masted work of art and the kids were stoked to be out on the water.

This particular trip was sponsored by Bauer International, a local high-end furnishings company.

About the program:

Serving primarily middle school students from 5th -8th grade, this exciting new asset for South Carolina students brings lessons to life in a hands-on learning environment. Topics covered onboard are specifically chosen to assist teachers with subjects difficult to communicate in the classroom setting, meet state standards required by the Department of Education, and coincide with the experience of a sail training vessel. Onboard educators, well trained in the field of experiential education, lead exercises covering topics such as navigation, simple machines, buoyancy, coastal processes, and weather.

Here’s the final edit of pics from the day:

Help Wanted

Joshua Curry — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 14:49:15 +0000

If you read these blogs, you’re off to a good start. If you check this this particular feed, even better. We’re looking for some part-time help here at the Global Headquarters of Charlestoncitypaper.com. It’s around 20 hours a week, here at the office. Below is the official ad:

Web Production Assistant
1-2 yrs experience
approximately 20 hours per week
$13/hr
This position is responsible for assisting the Web Editor by uploading editorial content, data entry, and production of online banner ads with an emphasis on accuracy and timeliness. This is a part-time entry-level position and requires examples of design and source code from previous projects.

Responsibilities:

Extracting editorial content from Indesign files and re-formatting for the web using hand-coded HTML and CSS

Optimize images for web delivery using Photoshop

Posting content to charlestoncitypaper.com using our Content Management System

Creating online banner ads using Photoshop, InDesign/Illustrator, and Flash

Tracking banner inventory and providing delivery statistics to sales staff

Augmenting calendar and event listings with editorial content

Other duties on a project by project basis

Required software skills:
Dreamweaver and BBEdit, Photoshop, Indesign, FTP software and experience working in a Mac environment.
Beneficial skills:
Flash, PHP, Javascript, Illustrator, advanced CSS, Wordpress, OpenAds

Apply for this job by sending a resume and links to at least three sites that you’ve worked on. Also, write a brief explanation of why you want to do this kind of work. Since this involves tech and creative skills, I’ll be checking your code and looking for a sense of your creative style.

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