From the Facebook event page of Knocked Out Loaded Concerts: Knocked Out Loaded Concerts – designed specifically to bring internationally respected and/or underrated live acts to Savannah which would otherwise not play our town. The next Knocked Out Loaded show…
The Two Man Gentlemen Band – The Sentient Bean – 03/25/12
Atlanta-based The Wild with an acoustic version of “Mudlines”
The Wild – ‘Mudlines’ (Street Folk Session) from James Maunder on Vimeo.
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B.J. Barham of American Aquarium, solo acoustic – The Jinx – 03/30/12
Highly recommended solo gig by the frontman for American Aquarium.
“Cape Fear River”:
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Greg Parker: The reasons for high gas prices and the slim profit margin for retailers
Greg Parker, CEO of The Parker Companies, in Sunday’s Savannah Morning News: Retail fuels prices are ultimately determined by four related expenditures: crude oil costs, taxes, refining costs and distribution/marketing. By far, crude oil prices have the biggest effect over…
Public transit use increasing as Americans have been driving less
I’ve written before about the decline in vehicle miles traveled by Americans since the recession of 2007 to 2009. Even amidst the recovery, total miles driven has continued to fall or stagnate, which distinguishes this recovery from every other since…
Aesthetic interventions: Gardening in potholes
A final take on the 2012 Savannah Stopover — photos, comments, and links
Savannah Stopover band to watch: Quincy Mumford and the Reason Why
I saw all or part of more than 30 bands over the course of the Savannah Stopover, but I ended up buying just one CD: Quincy Mumford’s Speak, which you can sample and buy here. The Asbury Park native and…
Savannah Stopover band to watch: Quilt
Another post about a band from last weekend’d Savannah Stopover whose fortunes and music I’ll be following. I had heard some good buzz about Quilt, which played at Locos on Thursday in the 10 p.m. time slot. I went into…
Prefix Magazine gives Savannah Stopover an A, but notes some growing pains
For a professional outsider’s take on the just completed Savannah Stopover, check out Prefix Magazine’s Savannah Stopover Report Card. She gives the festival an A overall, but notes that scheduling issues created problems and frustration at times. This was obviously…
Savannah Stopover band to watch: Speak
I was headed over to the Ships of the Sea Museum garden (a great venue for live music) last Thursday night primarily because I wanted to hear Jukebox the Ghost perform at the Savannah Stopover, but I got there in…