It seems like we’re all lost We can follow this river back home This Is Our Science, the brilliant and tension-filled new album from Astronautalis, tackles grand themes in one breath, deeply private moments in the next. And there are…
Really? I have my doubts on this one, but who argues against Travel and Leisure’s almost endless lists? Their latest list covers America’s Best Cities for Foodies: “Travel + Leisure readers pick the best cities for foodies, where that next…
I love American Aquarium as a band, and I love B.J. Barham when he’s at his rough-voiced, sharp-tongued solo best. I posted about the band and included a couple of videos back in January: Nights of love and loss with…
The numbers from CoreLogic regarding underwater mortgages have not changed dramatically from the last couple of quarters. Calculated Risk discusses the latest numbers here. It’s worth noting that data is unavailable for a number of states (Louisiana, Maine, Mississippi, South…
My City Talk column today is largely devoted to the big success of last Thursday’s Fashion’s Night Out in Savannah. You can find that column here. (The second half of the column, btw, lists the details regarding next week’s mayoral…
Here’s a mini-documentary (about 6 minutes) about Modern Skirts: Here’s Cusses in the studio in their Savannah Stopover Session: Stopover Sessions: Memorial from Bob on Vimeo. Here’s Manray playing “Williamsburg” at the Caledonia in Athens (it’s a small venue that…
Fascinating and detailed piece in the Wall Street Journal: How to Build a Greener City From the piece: If the current rate of urbanization holds steady, cities will account for nearly three-quarters of the world’s energy demand by 2030. Most…
Auto sales fell off a cliff during the recession from 2007 to 2009. Sales rebounded temporarily with the Cash For Clunkers program in 2009 before falling again. But long-term trends suggest that auto sales will pick up. Either that, or…
Paul Simon will be 70 years old next month. “The Sound of Silence” was written in 1964. Both Simon and song are holding up pretty well, if this beautiful live version at today’s 10th anniversary memorial service at Ground Zero.
Earlier this week in the SMN, 4th district alderwoman Mary Ellen Sprague tackled the issue of billboards: Let’s put an end to ‘ugly’ Aside from the three easily spottable errors (argh), I found this to be a convincing and interesting…
I covered a number of things in my City Talk column today in the SMN: Ships of the Sea to add garden, event space. I’m obviously very excited about the potential of that new garden, event space, and music venue…
From the SMN today, Local economy still growing, but slowly: “The regional economy is currently being supported by healthy tourism activity, strong ports activity and the improving health of the services sector, including business and professional services and transportation,†[Armstrong…
