The Whigs / Country Mice – The Jinx – 07/30/11
06/23/11 – Cha Bella – Dexter Romweber Duo / Jon Lindsay Band
The Savannah Stopover has scheduled another show that promises to be amazing. Read more here on the Stopover website. I wrote about the show here. Tickets are $10 in advance, $15 at the door, so it’s certainly worth ordering early.…
Extended excerpts of Fed Chairman Bernanke’s speech in Atlanta Tuesday
Well, I guess I’m officially in the camp of those who think a) that policymakers are overestimating the resiliency of the recovery and b)that the Fed is erring in its decisions not to take additional measures to boost the economy.…
The strong linkage between new construction and unemployment
For this post, I’m looking at graphs and data from Calculated Risk here and here. The first graph comes with the following description: Credit: Professor Amir Sufi. “This maps the unemployment rate in a state in 2010q4 against the percentage…
An album review: Givers, “In Light”
I’ve already mentioned the Lafayette, Louisiana band Givers a couple of times on this blog, including a short review of their great set produced by the Savannah Stopover at the Jepson Center after TEDxCreativeCoast. This week’s release by Glassnote Records…
New video from Little Tybee takes viewers sailing
Little Tybee‘s mellow and beautiful song “I Wonder Which House the Fish Will Live In” is a couple of years old — it’s the title track from a 2009 EP. But the video below is brand new. I’ve mentioned Little…
Williams-Sonoma coming to Savannah: good news for midtown, bad news for downtown
It wasn’t until earlier today that I found out that Williams-Sonoma is opening a store in Savannah, but the news has been available since at least June 3rd. According to Citybizlist: Williams Sonoma has signed a lease for 5,000 square…
Thoughts about and shots of Cold War Kids and The Dirty Guv’nahs at SCAD’s graduation concert
I’ve had a busy weekend so I’m a little slow getting this post done about Friday evening’s SCAD-produced New Alumni Concert in Forsyth Park with Cold War Kids and The Dirty Guv’nahs. It was a typically great night for music…
Economist Rajeev Dhawan sees continued slow growth for Georgia
A few days ago, I made the case for a double-dip recession. Yesterday, in a smart piece in the AJC, Georgia State University economist Rajeev Dhawan — who has been right more often than not about the weakness of the…
An unknown sea creature in the Altamaha?
I’ve always been fascinated by cryptids (animals that have not been proven to exist), so how did I live in South Georgia for 15 years without hearing of Altamaha-ha (known as Altie), the legendary creature down near Darien? Altie is…
Spoleto review: Kneehigh Theatre’s “The Red Shoes”
There’s theatre, and then there’s Cornwall-based Kneehigh Theatre‘s The Red Shoes, which I was lucky enough to see at Spoleto yesterday. Based on the macabre story by Hans Christian Andersen, Kneehigh’s giddy performance was by turns absurd and inspiring, nerve-rattling…