And then Ceschi moved them even closer, lured us to the front, had the lights dimmed, and launched into a great set — attacking his acoustic guitar, climbing on his chair, nearly falling off the stage, jumping up to queue up the next song on his laptop.
From January 11 to 19, the evening of storytelling and music will appear in Chattanooga, Huntsville, Murfreesboro, Nashville, Memphis, Booneville, Oxford, Birmingham, Montevallo, Montgomery, and finish in Carrollton, Georgia. Click here to see further details and to purchase tickets.
Another trend during the housing boom that should have told experts we were in a huge bubble.
The Savannah Stopover is now encouraging local bands to apply for the three-day festival, scheduled for March 7-9.
Just a couple of Facebook pics of cast members at Fort Pulaski and at Leoci’s Trattoria.
A fascinating report from NPR’s All Things Considered on Saturday: Not Just Patriotic, U.S. Manufacturing May Be Smart
Fuzzbook is a British record label and blog that sums up its interests this way: “fuzzpop / shoegaze / surfpop / dreampop / lo-fi — You name it we’ve got it (as long as its one of those).” As it turns out, two Savannah acts — mumbledust and Sauna Heat — got the label’s attention with releases this year.
Jean Anderson’s column in today’s Wall Street Journal — Southern Hospitality, Wrapped Up – WSJ.com — has a subhead that says it all: “Below the Mason-Dixon, Christmas comes in bite-size portions, baked to box and share”.
Academia will continue — as it should — to push students to dig deep into specific fields of study, but tomorrow’s workers are more likely to thrive if they embrace breadth too. I teach a couple of the upper level journalism courses at Armstrong, and I keep hammering home the need for journalists of the future to have a plethora of skills that previous generations did not require for success.
Some good news from the Twitterverse via actress Ashley Greene about CBGB, the movie about Hilly Kristal’s iconic NYC nightclub that was shot primarily in Savannah this past summer.
A great video of the song “Don’t Give In” by the hard-charging, Savannah-based trio Cusses has been premiered by Revolver Magazine today.
This is a shockingly good report. The disruptions Hurricane Sandy were expected to have a significant negative impact on these numbers.
