A few photos of here of Dead Yet?, Wet Socks, and Sauna Heat — just three of the 20 bands.
4th of July live music: Hairy Chest Fest at Taco Abajo
Month: July 2012
Actress Stana Katic thanks Savannah “for bringing the love” during “CBGB” filming
What is known as the “Fried Green Tomato”XS twitter.com/Stana_Katic/st…
— Stana Katic (@Stana_Katic) July 7, 2012
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“Stadium vs. Arena” increasingly hot topic in Savannah
Putting an arena and a stadium next to each other is a terrible idea for Savannah. Putting a covered arena on valuable, scenic riverfront property is an even worse idea.
Another Georgia bank failure, an international fugitive, and another state legislator caught up in banking scandal
Montgomery Bank & Trust in Ailey (just outside Vidalia), which failed Friday, was “saved” by an investment fund a year and a half ago that turns out to have been fraudulent. One of the directors of the bank also ran the fund, which swindled investors out of millions of dollars. That bank director, Aubrey Lee Price, is now missing and so is the money.
WSJ: “The Bowery Went Down to Georgia”
The WSJ asks: “The Georgia humidity may be akin to the sticky summers that infect downtown Manhattan, but is Savannah really an acceptable substitute for the infamous stretch of New York asphalt that spawned the Ramones?”
Pic of Rupert Grint on the plane to Savannah (with added pics in transit and on the street in Savannah)
Fanpicture ( via heytayl0r on Tumblr) of Rupert Grint on the Airplane. He is official in Savannah now! twitter.com/VoteRupertGrin…
— VoteRupert (@VoteRupertGrint) July 6, 2012
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Savannah celebrates the 4th . . . (photos)
I already posted a ton of photos from the Savannah Dance Festival flash mob performance on River Street on the 4th of July.
U.S. economy adds 80,000 jobs in June; unemployment rate unchanged at 8.2%
Savannah Dance Festival 4th of July flash mob on River Street (79 photos)
One of the highlights of my 4th of July was the 6 p.m. flash mob by the Savannah Dance Festival at Rousakis Plaza on River Street.
CBGB exterior on one side of Congress, a real rock club on the other (24 photos)
The Jinx has been on West Congress since 2003, but the location has been a club for a lot longer than that. The exterior of CBGB has been recreated across the street.
Health care, Obamacare, insurance reform — a collection of interesting links
I’m going to bet that the Affordable Care Act is going to become significantly more popular now that Americans are increasingly focused on the law’s practical effects.
Kora player Ballake Sissoko and cellist Vincent Segal at the Savannah Music Festival
NYT: Savannah’s Cafe Florie “suggests a new generation’s contribution to the future” of soul food
“While the restaurant may be a newcomer to the city’s stately Southern dining scene, its familial and culinary roots there run deep. It was founded by Theo Smith, 49, and his cousin, Latoya Rivers, 35, whose grandmother raised her children in Savannah before moving to Hartford in the 1960s along with two sons and a daughter-in-law to start a family restaurant, Rivers’ Soul Food, which they operated until 1990.”