I was accused of being a crazy pessimist years ago too when I wrote about the Savannah housing market, but I called the bust pretty well — although I should have been more aggressive much sooner in my City Talk columns. But that pessimism wasn’t bias — it was just a realistic assessment based on objective data.
From Why You Never Truly Leave High School by Jennifer Senior: Until the Great Depression, the majority of American adolescents didn’t even graduate from high school. Once kids hit their teen years, they did a variety of things: farmed, helped…
For me, Live Wire was most remarkable for allowing intimate shows with acts that generally play much bigger stages. I’m thinking about The Hold Steady, Trigger Hippy, and the like.
Contrary to what many people assume, I just freelance as a columnist for the SMN — a relationship that’s been in place for better than 12 years now. I had no idea that this partnership was brewing, but I’m sure glad to be passing along the news.
Chambliss’ decision leaves a wide open race, with Jack Kingston among those who might try to replace him.
This rather dramatic decline/stagnation seems likely to have some significant public policy implications in coming years regarding road construction, gas tax revenues, and the need for transit and support for other alternative forms of transportation.
The folks at Savannah Stopover have confirmed local bands that will be performing during the March festival, as well as venues that will be used.
The makers of CBGB have posted a Facebook album of 10 photos giving a “glimpse behind the scenes of the color correction.” As most of you probably already know, CBGB was shot last summer, primarily here in Savannah.
I might have more to say about this in an upcoming column or post, but for now just be sure to take a look at the following video or read the excellent CNN piece Inside look: How an alleged sex slavery ring is dismantled.
Richard Blanco may be the least known of the poets ever accorded the honor of delivering an inaugural poem.
