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Of cranks & creatives Editor, Your editorials have certainly changed a lot in the past few weeks. The newspaper now seems devoted to echoing the reactionary (and dangerous) views of the real estate hoods, carpetbaggers and property speculators who have hit town to do their damage and clean up before they move on. You should…
Citizen’s recycling initiative?
ONE DAY, he’s stumping for recycling, the next John McMasters is running for mayor. Surprise, surprise! McMasters called a press conference Aug. 23 on the steps of the Bull Street Library to tell us he’d filed a Home Rule petition asking the city to collect enough signatures to put curbside recycling up for a citywide…
You cannot be serious
Not My Fault (1) Amy Mueller filed a lawsuit recently against Samy’s Bar and Grill in Joliet, Ill., after she willingly tried to climb onto the bar to dance in May 2006 but fell and broke her ankle. Samy’s should have had a “ladder” or other climbing aid, said Mueller’s lawyer. (2) Jeromy Jackson and…
Hey, it’s only weed
Two SCAD security officers were on bicycle patrol on MLK Jr. Boulevard. While parking at the rear of a SCAD building, they smelled burning marijuana. They passed a vehicle and saw the suspect inside smoking a joint. Since it was behind a SCAD building, they turned around and went back to confront the suspect. When…
Robin’s world
Taking stock of Katrina, two years later Anniversaries are good reasons to catch up with friends. With Wednesday, August 29 marking the two year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina’s landfall in the Gulf Coast, it was time this past weekend to check in with Chris Hathaway, 72, and Lois Kelly, 81. The sisters live in Long…
‘From a whisper to a scream’
For over 30 years, songwriter and guitarist Peter Case has been a key figure in the American power-pop, roots-music and neo-traditionalist folk and blues movements. Initially gaining a modicum of fame and a ton of cult notoriety as a member of seminal L.A. bands The Nerves (“Hanging on the Telephone”) and later The Plimsouls (“Zero…
Dave Chappelle vs. Savannah rudeness
Last Wednesday night, Savannah was treated to a rare visit by superstar standup comic Dave Chappelle. Unfortunately for Chappelle — a consummate professional and one of the most savvy and insightfully caustic comedians working today — he was treated to a shocking display of rudeness, insensitivity and narcissism on the part of the assembled crowd.…
Noteworthy shows
Eat Mo’ Music A few years back, this local (mostly) instrumental combo got its start in the corner of this darkwood brew-pub on bustling Bay Street. It was a relatively inauspicious debut in a venue not particularly known for hosting live music, but the band has grown from those humble beginnings to become one of…
A taste of this week’s live gigs
Absylom Rising Miss.-based original rock band drawing on bluegrass, funk, jazz and blues genres. Fri. – Sun., 9 pm, Fiddler’s (River St.). The Jeff Beasley Band Electric blues, early rock & roll, plus funky R & B originals. Wed., 7 pm (solo) & Fri., 9 pm, Jazz’d Tapas Bar + Thurs., 8 pm, The Warehouse.…
Exhibits and openings
First Annual P.U.R.E. Exhibition — Photographers Using Real Elements is a local cooperative devoted to celebrating the darkroom process in photography. This show features the silver gelatin photography of Kathleen Thomas, Bill Ballard, Michelle Phillips and others. Sept. 7-30 at the Starland District’s Starlander Café, 11 East 41st St. Opening reception Friday Sept. 7, 7…
Defining‘sell-out’
Hipsters have long argued the merits of selling records out of your trunk at dive bars versus using The Man’s money to finance and distribute subversive anti-materialist rants. The recent release of the This Is Next: Indie’s Biggest Hits Volume 1 compilation and a forthcoming Sonic Youth retrospective exclusive to Starbucks have thrown several gallons…
Moving pictures
SOME OF YOU may have noticed a quiet but major change at Connect Savannah within the past week — specifically at our website. It’s still at the same URL, www.connectsavannah.com, but you’ll notice a vast substantive and aesthetic change for the better. The new site allows 24/7 updating and editing. A no-brainer, I know, but…
“Bowling for Dollars”
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The secret of pizza
Three-quarters of a quart of Macaroni and Cheese! And so I faced my first major dilemma as a restaurant writer. I organize my diet and my life by a series of spreadsheets. I’d already eaten my allotted quantity of dairy product for the week. But Dan Marino, co-owner with Bob Cruz of Pizza Rustica, had…
Singing with Sondheim
It’s back! Founded in 1950, the Little Theatre of Savannah has been an important part of the theater scene over the decades. After an absence of a year or so, it seemed the Little Theatre might not return. But on Aug. 24, a musical revue celebrating the work of legendary Broadway composer Stephen Sondheim will…
