- T. Ballard Lesemann
Music Editor
Elegantly slobby Charlestonian, recently back after 16 years in Athens, Georgia. I remember the Killer Whales, the old Sonny Goldberg ads on TV, the "Happy Rain" kids show, and the Slip-Slidin' waterslide in Mt. P. I find high-quality beer, obscure rock records, and strong coffee irresistible. I edit and write for the City Paper's music section and play drums and make noise for fun.
Category Archives: news
Blotter Shocks East Cooper Grandmother
May 3, 2007 – 12:05 pm
Just took a call at the music desk from an angry grandmother in Mt. Pleasant who objected to foul language used in this week’s Blotter (on p. 21). She told me her nine-year-old grandson read the “f-word” twice and she was very upset about it. “The Post & Courier doesn’t allow this kind of thing […]
‘Buying the War’ — Bill Moyers terrific on PBS
April 26, 2007 – 11:26 am
Journalist and author Bill Moyers’ new PBS series, Bill Moyers Journal, is a winner. The first 90-minute episode, “Buying the War,” premiered last night. It was riveting stuff, examining how the Bush administration embraced shaky information from Iraqi defectors, how the mainstream press — including the supposedly Left-leaning New York Times and the Washington Post […]
Boris Could Dance
April 23, 2007 – 9:38 pm
Sure, the late Boris Yeltsin (who died this week at the age of 76) was best known as a gruff, silver-haired Russian politician who became a Soviet-era reformer the first freely elected leader of his home country. But don’t forget: the guy could boogie.
