I started the blog hissing lawns back in September because I thought the local Savannah music scene needed more coverage. And I thought that local writers and photographers needed another platform for posting about regional and national acts. I always…
If you’re interested in following the course of the Affordable Care Act (aka, Obamacare), then you ought to be keeping track of changes at Charles Gaba’s site ACASignups.net. The same data is a little easier to read, I think, via…
My City Talk column today looks at some big trends and big questions for the Savannah area economy in 2014: Questions worth asking, trends worth watching in 2014. It’s tough to look at big issues — especially several at once…
Savannah Unplugged is almost three years old, but sometimes it seems a lot older than that . . . I haven’t been posting quite as much here in recent months since I launched the music blog hissing lawns, but this…
I joined Snapchat recently, but I don’t know what I would use it for. I was just curious to see how the service works. Frankly, Snapchat seems a little crazy to me, and I can’t see much point in it…
From the Georgia Department of Labor: ATLANTA — Emergency Unemployment Compensation (EUC) benefits for the nation’s long-term unemployed workers is set to end Saturday, Dec. 28, impacting 39,559 workers in Georgia. EUC is a federally funded benefit for long-term unemployed…
Near the beginning of Lily Keber’s documentary Bayou Maharajah, which explores the life and times of famed pianist and composer James Booker, various interviewees share the stories they were told about how Booker lost his eye. Was Ringo Starr to…
I just posted to Peach Pundit about the Washington Post analysis today of the chances for Michelle Nunn in Georgia’s Senate race and for Jason Carter in the 2014 race for Governor. If you haven’t been following these developments, the…
This has been making the social media rounds and already has more than 9 million views. But if you haven’t seen it and like cats and/or dogs, it’s well worth a look. Too funny.
I have over 3,200 “friends” on Facebook. Of course, all of those aren’t really friends of mine. But I do have some sort of personal connection to a surprising number of people on that list. I’m middle-aged and have lived…
My Unplugged column for Thursday’s Do is already online: New documentary explores life, legacy of pianist James Booker (Btw, our deadlines for Do are typically on Mondays, and the week’s stories and columns often begin appearing online before the print…
Such an interesting and thorough piece by Joe Satran for the Huffington Post: The Secret History Of The War On Public Drinking The article talks about the steady erosion of Americans’ rights to drink in public places. Over a period…
Peter O’Toole died today at age 81. I was lucky to have a chance to hang out for a bit with O’Toole back in 2004 when he was honored by the SCAD-sponsored Savannah Film Festival. The film festival was remarkable…
Amidst all the news about the new report critical of the management of the Savannah-Chatham police force, there doesn’t seem to be a lot of online chatter today about some other big news from Thursday. From Eric Curl’s piece in…
