Savannah is a city that sometimes inspires awe, too, but at the same time we seem to get caught up in an inordinate amount of petty wrangling.
Savannah city leadership: smiling can’t hurt
Month: October 2012
My hometown in the fall — one photo
The Kentucky State Capitol, in all its fall beauty in the picture by Hannah Reel posted by the Frankfort State Journal
Laura Marling in Savannah: photos and a few thoughts
As a friend and I arrived a few minutes late to Live Wire Music Hall on River Street on Wednesday night for a show by up-and-coming British star Laura Marling, we noticed a number of young people sitting and standing outside the club, where they could still hear Marling’s intense, airy vocals.
Chatham County looks to raise fines for drivers violating crosswalk laws
Chatham County Commissioners, concerned primarily with drivers not yielding as required to pedestrians on roads like Johnny Mercer Boulevard in the unincorporated county, appear to be taking a modest step to increase fines against motorists who violate the law. From Eric Curl’s Ordinance aims to hike driver fines in Chatham County in today’s Savannah Morning News: [. . .]
What’s up with Gallup tracking poll giving Romney a big lead?
Gallup’s daily updated tracking poll of the presidential race shows Romney with a solid 6 point lead.
FiveThirtyEight’s Nate Silver on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
I’ve been talking a lot about Nate Silver’s great work at FiveThirtyEight, where he and his team input every presidential poll into a complex computer model. Here’s the first part of Silver’s extended interview with Jon Stewart on The Daily Show:
Open the post for the 2nd part.
More on Savannah’s inane ban of 18 to 20 year olds from live music venues
So what will those 18-20 year olds do tonight? Who knows? They certainly won’t be in a safe place under the watchful eye of experienced servers who could lose their jobs if underage patrons were found drinking. But they might drive to other cities where they’re welcomed into such places — like Statesboro, Charleston, Athens, and so forth and so on.
Word Cloud of 2nd Presidential Debate
Another Wordle word cloud — this time from the 2nd presidential debate. This is created from the Washington Post transcript with words such as the following removed: President, Obama, Governor, Romney, Candy, Crowley, applause, crosstalk, Mr., etc.
What the electoral map looks like before the 2nd presidential debate
Right now, the FiveThirtyEight model gives Obama a 63.8% chance of winning on Nov. 6. That’s down dramatically from the 87.1% chance before the first debate. FWIW, InTrade has Obama with a 60.4% chance of re-election.
Besides Daniel launches PledgeMusic campaign for full-length album
Besides Daniel has launched a PledgeMusic campaign: The Long Awaited Full-Length Record. Like other such online campaigns, supporters can help get new music produced by effectively pre-ordering the album. Pledges start at $10, which include access to all campaign updates and a digital download.
Interesting results in new Georgia poll tracking charter school amendment, presidential race, other key issues
While more likely voters, men and whites “disapprove strongly” of Obama’s job performance than “approve strongly”, the two categories are dead even among women in the state. Among non-whites, 74 percent “approve strongly” and another 15 percent “approve somewhat”.
“Suddenly Last Summer”: a short review of The Collective Face’s production of Tennessee Williams’ sordid classic
Walking into Muse Arts Warehouse for The Collective Face production of Suddenly Last Summer, one is immediately struck by the sprawling decadence of the set — a garden next to a crumbling old greenhouse filled with several dozen plants. It’s a “well-groomed jungle,” according Dr. Cukrowicz.
Are you better off than you were four years ago?
“Of course, Obama has no chance of getting a second term in this economy,” my friend said definitively. “And whoever gets elected in 2012 will be a one-term President too.”
Edgar Oliver’s “Helen & Edgar” gets rave NYT review
Ben Brantley: “There is something Victorian, as well as Gothic, about his presence — and his sentimental embrace of darkness. As was evident in his earlier “East 10th Street: Self Portrait With Empty House,†staged in New York three years ago, Mr. Oliver has made pets of the ghosts of loneliness, fearfulness and loss that most of us do our best to keep at bay.”