China syndrome
You never know how things are going to turn out. A few weeks ago it seemed a foregone conclusion that the Beijing Olympics would be overshadowed by controversy, whether having to do with the host country’s hideous human rights record or its equally hideous disregard for its own and the world’s environment. Fast forward. The…
Battling blight
It was an effort that took several months of work by city employees and Savannah City Council members, but the Derelict Rental Property Ordinance is now on the books. Under the ordinance, approved Aug. 14, the city has the authority to regulate owners of derelict rental properties and enforce stiffer penalties to punish them when…
Wolves at the door
Oatland Island director Chris Gentile is showing a visitor around his latest exhibit when a shaggy wolf appears behind them. About a foot away, the gray wolf takes offense at the intruders. He glares at them with dark eyes. Showing his sharp fangs, he curls his upper lip. And he growls. A few months ago,…
Power-full messages
The images range from frightening to humorous. The posters were created by graduate students in graphic design as part of a project at the Savannah College of Art and Design. They can be seen through Aug. 28 at SCAD’s May Poetter Gallery. Not all of the posters are anti-nuke. Prateeksha Khatri portrayed nuclear energy as…
Branding Oatland
The Oatland Island Wildife Center is only a few miles from her home, but hairdresser Kai Moser, 25, has never gone to see it. The place doesn’t sound that interesting, the Wilmington Island resident says. “I know I pass by it all the time but I never think to stop,” she says. And when she’s…
The Big Chicken
If I were ever a contestant on the reality TV show Fear Factor, knocking me out of the competition would be simple. No need to go to all the trouble of locking me “into a tunnel filled with thousands of tarantulas.” With apologies to Emily Dickinson, for me, fear is the thing with feathers. Get…
The Munchies?
All cases from recent Savannah/Chatham Police Dept. incident reports ? Police were called to Home Run Video on East Liberty Street Aug. 14 about 12:45 a.m. on a report that two young men were breaking into the store. Several witnesses saw the suspects try to break the plate glass door. After that failed, they smashed…
Gender games
If a man has a sex change, can he compete in the Olympics as a woman? —Stephanie Ketchum In our enlightened age, when science has made it possible to be the sex you feel like rather than the one nature stuck you with, some think it stuffy to insist on doing things the old-fashioned way.…
Unbelievable
Lead Story Great Moments in Capital Punishment: Prosecutors in Portland, Ore., took the death penalty off the table for Tremayne Durham in July, accepting a minimum-30-year prison term for an “aggravated murder” over a business deal. Durham agreed to plead guilty when prosecutors relented to his additional demand of two pig-out meals (featuring KFC, Popeye’s…
Passing Time
One of the basic shapes of human habitations – four walls and sloping roof – is generally seen by children as a living organism, with its windows for eyes and a center door for a mouth. This “human” quality probably explains why the sight of an abandoned house, prey to creeping vines and the other…
Theater – Defining sanity downward
Never were the follies of war so poignantly captured as in Joseph Heller’s Catch-22. From the black marketing of army goods to the intricacies of military bureaucracy, Heller shows that war is not to be taken at face value, but to be examined in layers. So, in a time where we daily confront war and…
Star Wars: The Clone Wars
Pop quiz, hotshot. Which line of dialogue does not appear in a Star Wars movie? A) “May the Force be with you.” B) “Join me, and together we can rule the galaxy as father and son.” C) “So this is how liberty dies, with thunderous applause.” D) “Does sweet’um want some num-nums?” I wish I…
“Report Card”
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The Rest of The Story…
This extended conversation with famed Georgia musician Randall Bramblett took place by phone in advance of his band’s upcoming Savannah show at the Live Wire Music Hall on River Street: Where are you speaking to me from? Randall Bramblett: I’m driving through Southwest Ga. coming back from a gig. Where did you guys play? Randall…
Spotlighted gigs and recommended shows
Leslie, StoneRider *** Here’s a killer double-bill that’s about as ROCK as things get in Savannah these days without crossing into metal. Charleston power-trio Leslie makes one hell of a joyous ruckus. One part Humble Pie, one part MC5, one part Stooges (the first incarnation, but with their shit together), and one part Nazareth, these…
