I’m a huge fan of American Aquarium and can’t recommend them enough to lovers of good rock and roll. Check out this post: Four Country Bands that Every Punk-Rocker Should Be Listening To I posted about AA and included a…
Month: October 2011
Strange bedfellows: Eric Johnson, one of Georgia’s leading Republicans, supports Democrat Edna Jackson for Savannah mayor
It’s hard to be sure what to make of this news reported a couple of days ago by Larry Peterson of the Savannah Morning News: Leading Republican Eric Johnson backs Democrat Edna Jackson for Savannah mayor Click on that link…
“Hearing Blue” — another great music video from Little Tybee
I’ve mentioned Little Tybee pretty often in this blog. The Atlanta-based indie rockers obviously have Savannah roots (Little Tybee is one of the barrier islands on the Georgia coast), and their complex sound and incredible musicianship have been nurtured by…
Check out the new video from Astronautalis for “Contrails”
I reviewed Astronautalis’ new album This Is Our Science here. Some photos I took of his show at last March’s inaugural Savannah Stopover can be found here. And here is “Contrails”, the first video from This Is Our Science. It…
Pics of Milagres and Peter Wolf Crier from last week’s great gig at Live Wire
Milagres played here during the Savannah Stopover, but I only caught a couple of their songs at the end of the gig. So I’m thrilled to have heard their full set last week — another in the Stopover’s monthly series…
Ezra Klein on the stimulus and the what ifs
I’m a big fan of The Washington Post’s Ezra Klein, a columnist who deals primarily with financial matters. His writings rely on data that he has interpreted clearly. And, unlike some other economics columnists, he understands political realities and takes…
AJC: Feds file another lawsuit over a failed Georgia bank
From today’s AJC: The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. accuses the executives and directors of of Alpha Bank & Trust of sloppy lending practices and strategy focused on “growth above all else, including safety and soundness,†according to a lawsuit filed…
Thoughts on the denial of Ruel Joyner’s candidacy for Savannah City Council
I’ve been inside Ruel Joyner’s apartment on the second floor of 24e. Earlier this year, I interviewed him in his capacity as Downtown Business Association president; we met downstairs in the store, took the elevator up to the second level,…
Jon Lindsay / Dare Dukes / Britt Scott – The Wormhole – 10/20/11
David Brooks jumps the shark
I used to be a big fan of David Brooks and his NYT column, which sometimes dealt with politics through a realistic, right-of-center perspective and sometimes seemed to channel significant cultural trends into a nifty 750 words. But what’s going…
Economy adds a meager 103,000 jobs in September, unemployment steady at 9.1%
The U.S. economy added 103,000 jobs in September, according to data released today by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The unemployment rate remained steady at 9.1%. The numbers are seasonally adjusted. Adding jobs is obviously better than losing them, but…
Great Recession may be over, but has Southern Recession begun?
I have been highly critical of the ways in which Georgia’s leadership has dealt with the 2007 to 2009 recession and the sluggish growth that has followed. There’s now mounting evidence that Georgia and other Southern states have slipped back…
New video aimed at promoting Savannah: Will it go viral?
The Savannah Morning News coverage of Visit Savannah’s new video produced for YouTube can be found here. According to that piece, Visit Savannah spent $15,000 on the video in the hopes that it will “go viral” on YouTube. I don’t…
Obvious economic damage being done as new state immigration crackdowns proceed
I’ve written a number of times lately about the particularly weak economy in the South. So far, despite the concerns and predictions of economists like Nouriel Roubini, the data suggests that the nation as a whole is not currently in…