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“Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil” coming to Broadway? With Johnny Mercer songs?

By bill dawers On April 14, 2013 · in Arts & Culture, Living Savannah, Music
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I have a hard time seeing how this will work, but Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil is being turned into a musical planned for Broadway. From Michael Riedel at the New York Post: And now “Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil” is coming to Broadway, where it will [...]
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Housing’s long hangover: 42% of Georgia mortgages still underwater

By bill dawers On April 14, 2013 · in Economics
From the AJC's More than 40 percent of Georgia homes are underwater: "The nationwide data, complied by Zillow at the end of last year, identified the worst 1 percent of ZIP codes in terms of the percentage of mortgage holders who owe more than their homes are worth. Georgia has nearly a quarter of those ZIP codes, most of them arrayed in a crescent around Atlanta’s southern flank. Michigan, the next hardest-hit state, has only half as many ZIP codes in the worst 1 percent."
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Twitter says: Looks like a big crowd for Orange Crush today

By bill dawers On April 13, 2013 · in Living Savannah
I sure hope Orange Crush doesn’t have the same problems it had last year. I’ll reduce those problems essentially to two: Incredibly irresponsible behavior by the party’s organizers who made no provision and the attendees who devoted not energy for cleaning up the beach at Tybee. Irresponsible behavior of a different sort the following day [...]
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A few thoughts on Obama’s proposed budget

By bill dawers On April 12, 2013 · in Economics
I’ve been trying to tell my friends on the right for the last few years that in a second term Obama would propose a budget that would cut future spending on Medicare and Social Security. Should he have proposed those items? As I understand it at this point, the Medicare cuts would come primarily from [...]
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Savannah Stopover Sessions now available on bandcamp — definitely worth a listen

By bill dawers On April 12, 2013 · in Music
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Click here to go directly to the Savannah Stopover Sessions bandcamp page. Click here to sample the sessions on the Stopover site. Having bought a VIP pass for last month’s Savannah Stopover, I was thrilled to spend part of Saturday during the festival hanging out at Dollhouse Productions on [...]
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“CBGB” filmmakers now working on Gregg Allman biopic

By bill dawers On April 12, 2013 · in Arts & Culture
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Hollywood Reporter broke the news a couple of days ago with Gregg Allman Music Biopic in the Works From ‘CBGB’ Filmmakers (Exclusive). From that piece: The filmmakers behind the upcoming music-themed feature CBGB are aiming to keep the rock flame alive with a biopic on Gregg Allman. Randall Miller and Jody Savin have [...]
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Atlanta Magazine on new Italian restaurant in Savannah, opening next year

By bill dawers On April 10, 2013 · in Living Savannah
It’s probably a little early to get too excited about this since the projected opening isn’t until March 2014, but Atlanta Magazine has an interesting piece: Hugh Acheson On His Upcoming Savannah Restaurant – Covered Dish Blog. Acheson owns Five and Ten and The National in Athens and Read Full Article →

Photos from the Muse Arts Warehouse Fundraiser

By bill dawers On April 10, 2013 · in Arts & Culture
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What a great time on Monday evening — and for a great, great cause. The “Show Me the Love” fundraiser for Muse Arts Warehouse brought out a good crowd of generous Savannahians eager to support Muse Arts Warehouse, which in three years has become an indispensable venue for theatre, film, and a wide [...]
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Just $1.28 million in Obama budget for Savannah port dredging

By bill dawers On April 10, 2013 · in Living Savannah, Politics
I haven’t been posting much to the statewide political blog Peach Pundit over the last few weeks. But I have a new post up right now: Despite significant infrastructure spending in Obama’s proposed budget, only a pittance for Savannah port expansion This is a very interesting development, and it leaves [...]
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“American Songwriter” reviews Savannah Music Festival’s “best” shows

By bill dawers On April 10, 2013 · in Music
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Some really interesting comments about the just-completed SMF by reviewer Daniel Lumpkin in American Songwriter’s The Best Shows at Savannah Music Festival. Given the publication’s focus, the list of featured artists is no surprise: Emmylou Harris and Rodney Crowell, Jerry Douglas, Joy Kills Sorrow, Tedeschi Trucks Band, Sarah Jarosz, and Richard Thompson. Clearly, [...]
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No, Mumford & Sons is not playing SCAD’s new alumni concert in Forsyth Park

By bill dawers On April 9, 2013 · in Living Savannah, Music
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UPDATE: Did people really think SCAD would book one of the most popular and expensive acts in the world for a free concert in Forsyth Park? The Greyboy Allstars are the headliners. Click here for more on the lineup. ORIGINAL POST: About 20 people have landed on this blog in the last 24 [...]
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For newspapers, is the worst over?

By bill dawers On April 8, 2013 · in Arts & Culture
A really provocative piece in today’s Washington Post (in the Style section of all places): For newspapers, a 2 percent decline is good news – The Washington Post. From that piece: Newspaper revenue fell just 2 percent last year compared with 2011, according to new data compiled by the Newspaper Association of America, the [...]
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Photos from the Rivers Rock! kickoff with Swamp Cabbage at Moon River

By bill dawers On April 7, 2013 · in Music
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Saturday turned out to be perfect for the Rivers Rock! Kickoff and Ogeechee Riverkeeper fundraiser with headliner Swamp Cabbage at the new beer garden at Moon River Brewing Company. “Raoul Rialto and Friends” (aka Mike English) opened the show. This was the first time that the beer garden has [...]
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Reflections on the 2013 Savannah Music Festival

By bill dawers On April 7, 2013 · in Music
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The Savannah Music Festival roared to a close on Saturday night with a double bill at the Ships of the Sea North Garden: Lake Street Dive followed by headliner Lee Fields & The Expressions. There had been a number of other shows on the final day, including the “Stringband Spectacular” finale of the [...]
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