Savannah Stopover band to watch: Montreal-based Each Other

Update: Check out the trippy video for “Traces to Nowhere”: Each Other – “Traces To Nowhere” from stereogum on Vimeo. Original post: I try to preview a lot of the acts that play the Savannah Stopover, but I miss some.…

Mitt Romney and the tricky math of winning the Republican nomination

Mitt Romney will almost certainly finish the Republican race with far more delegates than Santorum or Gingrich or Paul. But will he finish with more than three of them put together, which is what he needs to do to win…

Savannah Stopover heads into final day — a glorious Saturday perfect for the outdoor venues

I’m way behind in terms of writing about shows at the Savannah Stopover — and posting pics too — so I’ll just have to get caught up after the weekend is over. Early evening rain disrupted the schedule a little…

Economy adds a pretty good 227,000 jobs in February; unemployment rate unchanged at 8.3%

From the Bureau of Labor Statistics: Nonfarm payroll employment rose by 227,000 in February, and the unemployment rate was unchanged at 8.3 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Employment rose in professional and businesses services, health care…

Savannah Stopover: one day down, three to go

Sometime later tonight, I’m almost certain to be in a quandary about which band to listen to in which venue at the second Savannah Stopover. I’m thinking that I’ll catch Hooded Fang at 11 at Congress Street Social Club and…

A projected delegate count for Georgia

About 96% of precincts are reporting in Georgia right now (about 1 a.m.). Gingrich has 47.5% of the statewide vote, Romney 25.7%, Santorum 19.6% and Paul 6.5%. A significant number of the remaining precincts to report are in DeKalb County…

Early results from Georgia: good news for Gingrich and Santorum, but few votes are in from areas with biggest Romney support

I’ll post something more final much later tonight, but with 23.8% of precincts reporting in Georgia, Gingrich has 47.5%, Santorum 24.1%, Romney 22.4%, and Paul 5.1% The major news sources have already called it a win for Gingrich, but as…

NPR’s Marketplace takes a look at Georgia and Atlanta, a city with “no logical reason” to be where it is

Open the post for more. Warning: two audio clips might start playing automatically; just hit pause on one or both if you don’t have ears that can juggle.

A quick update on the feature film “Savannah”

From IMDB’s description of the upcoming feature Savannah:

‘Savannah’ tells the true story of Ward Allen, a romantic naturalist in the vein of Thoreau, a man of privilege who turned his back on a life of material comfort and a fiery romance with the love of his life to become a market hunter. […]

To keep us all together this St. Patrick’s Day: a border collie and a Guinness

Romney’s Sunday visit to Georgia an indication that every vote could actually matter on Tuesday

Barring a dramatic upset, Newt Gingrich will win the Georgia Republican primary on Tuesday. But Romney will be in Snellville on Sunday, obviously trying to shore up his support in suburban Atlanta, where he could end up doing pretty well…

NYT: We should expect more from writing about architecture

As with any field, architecture has developed its own complex jargon. Professional architects necessarily use plenty of complex words and phrases that are not in the active vocabulary of the public at large, and the work of academics who study…