Spoleto Craziness

Usually when I write a review for the City Paper, it takes a few days for the piece to be printed (the newspaper's out every Wednesday).

But there's one time of year when I review things the night of the show or the next morning, submit it post haste, and it goes straight up on the website. It's Spoleto time, when a major arts festival swamps Charleston and I'm assigned to cover as much as humanly possible within a 2-week span.

I like the immediacy of the website reviews - it reminds me of when I freelanced for The Scotsman in the '90s, the editors clicking their tongues at me for sweating too long over my stories. But I'll be glad when Spoleto's over, with its gawking patrons, bizarre shows and the reckless drivers visiting from North Carolina.

I'll be blogging my own view of the fest as often as I can, so watch this space - for a couple of weeks at least.