Comments on: Carolina Southern Summer

By: Lane

Lane — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 01:52:49 +0000

Actual there are 4 gay bars in Wilmington they are
Ibiza, Toolbox, Luna Llena, and Costello’s the small piano bar downtown everyone forgets about. Plus a couple of very several friendly bars.

By: Bryan

Bryan — Tue, 19 May 2009 14:41:00 +0000

The only place on this list that is gay-friendly enough to walk holding hands on a real vacation is Atlanta. The others seem like a great place to get beat-up. Thanks Q-Notes.

By: Tom

Tom — Tue, 19 May 2009 01:36:43 +0000

Well, I think getalife isn’t completely right and Jason is hitting about 90% of the nail on the head.

I think MORE businesses in SC other than Timeout would advertise if Q-Notes ad rates weren’t so high. I mean, obviously something is wrong over there for them to have dropped to a mere 28 pages an issue in the past year.

As for Matt writing all the content… either a kudos is in order or we need to examine possible micro-management.

As for other notable landmarks getalife, how about the 70 foot tall Hard Rock pyramid, the piers, or Ripley’s attractions. I don’t think Gay Dolphin was chosen because of being well known – I think it was insinuated to be gay.

And how about Wilmington. Yes, Jason was wrong about Toolbox advertising, but what about Luna Llena? There are 3 gay bars in Wilmington & one extremely gay friendly bar, and they’ve all been there for quite a while, but even the Q-Notes website only acknowledges 2 of them (and for that matter, how about Rainbow House in Myrtle Beach. It has been here for over a decade and doesn’t make the Q-Notes bar directory).

Overall, I have to say I side with Jason on most of this. It’s time for the publication to shape up or ship out.

By: getalife

getalife — Mon, 18 May 2009 14:33:03 +0000

I think Jason is reading too much into this thing. Sounds like he thinks in terms of conspiracy theories. Maybe a better explanation for the article is the Gay Dolphin photo was picked because it is such a well-known landmark… or maybe Ibiza was mentioned because it was the largest club in the area (look in your Q-Notes issues Jason, Toolbox also advertises).

What about the other businesses, sights listed in the article who aren’t advertising. If Q-Notes only had advertisers in articles those places wouldn’t be mentioned.

But alas… Matt isn’t perfect. I guess none of us are… but maybe the community should give Matt some slack, especially when he is practically the only person writing news and features for the paper (notice how almost all the bylines are his?).

And maybe (again look at your Q-Notes issues) if Time Out bar weren’t the only business in the entire state of South Carolina who is a regular advertiser, Q-Notes might have more money on hand to hire someone to write other kinds of features.

By: Jason

Jason — Mon, 18 May 2009 06:15:23 +0000

THIS ARTICLE JUST PROVES HOW ONE SIDED Q-NOTES REALLY IS!!! Let’s notice Wilmington and Myrtle Beach. Both cities have more than one bar. However, the ONLY bars mentioned just happens to be the only two bars in those cities who ADVERTISE IN Q-NOTES. What about Rainbow House in Myrtle Beach? Or how about Luna Llena and Toolbox in Wilmington?

ONE SIDED ONE SIDED ONE SIDED!

I also enjoy the photo of the Gay Dolphin in Myrtle Beach as if it were some LGBT mecca. It’s a gift shop, that has nothing to do with and never has anything to do with gay people EVER! How misleading is that photo with this article for people who do not know that?

Come on Matt, can’t you do a better job then this? And hasn’t gay travel already been done by other regional gay publications?

Seriously. I think it’s time for Q-Notes to move on.