Joan Juliet Buck: “So: when George Dawes Green was young, he would stay up all night in Georgia drinking bourbon and telling stories as moths flapped against the screened-in porch of a schoolteacher named Wanda Bullard . . . “
There are certainly things that could have been done at the federal level — and to a lesser extent at the state and local levels — that could have softened the decline somewhat and put us on a slightly steeper recovery curve. But most of those potential moves would have been either politically impossible or would have carried other risks.
The Savannah Jazz Festival’s annual opening night jam session at Blowin’ Smoke was thrilling.
The performance, which packed about 350 of us into the spare ballroom at the Knights of Columbus on Liberty Street, was simply beautiful on many levels.
The gallery Little Beasts at 1522 Bull Street — just north of the corner of 32nd Street — has been replaced by Non-Fiction Gallery, which hosts its grand opening tonight (Friday, Sept. 21) with “Open Book”, an exhibit featuring work by Adriane Herman, Gregory Eltringham, Liliya Soritova, Todd Schroeder, and Megan C. Mosholder.
Christ, Lord has an upbeat gypsyish folk sound with excellent musicianship and an occasional biting edge. Highly recommended.
The 2012 Savannah Film Festival — sponsored by the Savannah College of Art and Design — will be held Oct. 27 – Nov. 3.
Well this looks great, unsurprisingly. The newly released trailer for The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey:
Swedish performer Molly Nilsson performed a beautiful set on the second floor of The Sparetime on Monday night.
In my City Talk column last Sunday, I wrote about the declining inventory in the Savannah metro area housing market. We’re still a long way from where we need to be, but the twin trends of fewer new listings and increased sales have steadily whittled the inventory lower and lower, which has helped put a floor under prices.
I’ve already posted about Romney’s wrongheaded remarks about “the 47 percent”, but here are two YouTube videos that together cover more than 50 minutes of remarks.
Given Patti Smith’s reaction to the film, I don’t expect to hear any of her music, but what about the Ramones? What about Talking Heads? What about Blondie?
