“Georgia foreclosure activity in May increased 33 percent from the previous month and 30 percent from a year ago, helping the state post the nation’s highest foreclosure rate for the month — one in every 300 housing units with a foreclosure filing.”
Transshipment — moving goods from bigger vessels to smaller ones on the Atlantic side of the Panama Canal — might mean that much of the planned East Coast harbor dredging is unnecessary.
I’ve got a new post up today — Savannah, Turnout, and TSPLOST — arguing that a weak Democratic turnout in Chatham County on July 31 will doom the coastal region TSPLOST.
Justin Bartha has been cast as Dead Boys’ late lead singer and guitarist Stiv Bators. Meanwhile, the actual interior of the club is on its way to Savannah — or maybe even here already.
In his latest Savannah Morning News column, Nicholas Mangee gives a great overview of the continued drag of housing on the economy.
The premise is a pretty simple one: the half dozen performers occasionally share snippets from their own lives into a mic that drops from the high ceiling, and then they launch into routines that require incredible acrobatic skills, or delicate dance skills, or a bit of musicianship and singing, or just require a keen sense of drama and timing.
In preparation for takeover by the Nola Media Group, layoffs for half the newsroom employees at the New Orleans Times-Picayune.
“International buyers accounted for $82.5 billion, or 8.9%, of the $928 billion spent on residential real estate in the 12-month period that ended in March, according a survey released Monday by the National Association of Realtors. That was up 24% from $66.4 billion in the previous-year period.”
Never dull and constantly moving forward, Patti Smith is not so impressed with the idea of the movie CBGB, in which she will be played by Mickey Sumner (Sting’s daughter). Her new album is also streaming in this post in its entirety.
Embedded videos from Radiohead, Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Avett Brothers, SOJA, Flogging Molly, Alabama Shakes, and Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings at Bonnaroo 2012. It looks like Bonnaroo will be loading up its YouTube channel in the coming days.
A link to today’s City Talk column plus the intriguing possibility of an amphitheater at Trustees Garden.
Charleston’s Husk Restaurant was chosen in 2011 by Bon Appetit as the nation’s #1 new restaurant.
Two great indie rock bands from Athens played The Jinx on Friday night in another show produced by Savannah Stopover.
Keep this in mind over the next couple of months should you encounter Rickman at The Sentient Bean or Gallery Espresso while he’s in Savannah filming CBGB.
