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Another option, but no solution
I FEEL SHEILA’S PAIN. Until recently, Sheila (not her real name) had health insurance with Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Georgia through her job. However, the company she works for says it can no longer afford large health insurance premiums, so they’re going to a different company. “They told us it would be much cheaper, with…
SpacePaintings by Marcus Kenney and Zechariah Vincent
Space. It is dear to an artist’s heart. There’s never enough of it. Here, in Marcus Kenney’s works in this exhibition, it refers to “outer space”. All eight of his paintings take place in a dark planetary universe filled with meteor showers, flying rocks and debris; little children hurtle through the universe while larger children,…
Best albums of 2007
1) LCD Soundsystem: Sound Of Silver The first LCD Soundsystem record was decent, but never came close to the heights of the groundbreaking singles and remixes that frontman James Murphy produced for other bands. Sound of Silver is exactly what I wanted. Every track fulfills the promise of early successes like “Beat Connection” and “Losing…
Savannah basics
THERE WAS A TIME when it was easy to find a parking place in downtown Savannah — back when it was safe to drive around the squares because everyone knew that traffic moving around a square had the right of way. You could safely turn onto one of downtown’s one-way streets then, too, because all…
Signs of progress
Holiday helper One night last week, I was recruited to help out on a holiday ride-along, serving as the sidekick for a big, bearded guy with a twinkle in his eye. I’ve crossed paths with quasi-celebrities before, but nothing prepared me for the awestruck, speechless reactions of adults and kids alike when Santa Claus showed…
Kevin Rippman, Electronics Control Technician
Kevin Rippman is an electronics control technician for the city of Savannah’s water treatment plants. He has been working with the city for nine years Could you describe what your job entails? Kevin Rippman: I work with the city of Savannah water treatment plants, and I fix pretty much anything electrical that breaks down, may…
Too much information
from recent Savannah/Chatham Police incident reports A woman walked out of her house on Moray Street and saw a man on her neighbor’s porch with his genitals exposed. The man was masturbating while looking at her and smiling. She said at that point, she told her roommate about the situation, and he came from around…
You cannot be serious
Government in Action! It’s Good to Be a British Prisoner (continued): (1) The Portland Young Offenders’ Institute in Dorset recently began holding classes, for up to 30 inmates, in pole-vaulting (but reassured critics that even the most athletic inmates would only get about 13 feet high, whereas the prison walls are 20 feet tall, topped…
New Year’ Eve roundup
Okay, okay. So this time around you’ve decided you’d prefer to spend your New Year’s Eve out and about, rather than cooped up at home watching Ryan Seacrest or some other pre-fab nimrod blathering on about whichever “hot” new band his network took a wad of moolah from this season. The again, perhaps you have…
The day the music died
IMAGINE YOU’RE STROLLING through the beautiful downtown Historic District on a weekend night. You’re looking for someplace to enjoy some good live entertainment along with a meal. It could be music you’re up for, or stand-up comedy, or hell, even a juggling act. But mainly you’re interested in finding some sort of diversion — specifically…
Van Johnson Interview Transcript
As there are no shortage of rumors and gossip surrounding this ongoing brouaha, we thought it would be illuminating to release the transcript of our recent telephone interview with Alderman Van Johnson, along with the exact wording of the City Ordinance in question (so that everyone may see for themselves the law that is causing…
I Curse You
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Diary of the planet
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All for the art
It’s been a long time coming, but the wait may soon be over. Fourteen years ago, artist Luther Vann and poet and author Aberjhani began a collaborative book project. More than 50 reproductions of Vann’s art and 40 of Aberjhani’s poems were put together in a book they titled Elemental. Both men are Savannah natives…
