Wolfman, Valentine’s Day
THE WOLFMAN *1/2 Back in the 1990s, three Hollywood heavyweights wrestled the horror genre away from the kiddies long enough to make a trilogy of terror that delighted anyone who enjoyed seeing monster movies that were adult in nature, literate in approach and steeped in atmosphere so pungent, you could almost cut it with a…
Review: AWOL’s Choices
All Walks of Life’s (AWOL) final production of Choices this past Saturday night, a hip hop adaptation of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, was a riveting show and that seemed to meet the expectations of an eager audience. The cast of Choices has been rehearsing for the production of this fifth annual hip-hop play since September.…
White people in turmoil
Lead Stories (1) April Gaede, who four years ago guided her teenage daughters, Lynx and Lamb (performing as “Prussian Blue”), to a brief music career singing neo-Nazi songs, announced a new project recently on the white nationalist Web site Stormfront.org. She offers a no-fee matchmaking service to fertile Aryans, hoping to encourage marriage and baby-making…
Making — and keeping — history
As the nation’s thirteenth colony, Georgia has a lot of history to archive, protect, and brag about. The group most responsible for this job is the nonprofit Georgia Historical Society (GHS), one of the oldest such groups in the country. Fittingly based in the state’s oldest city – in historic Hodgson Hall at the corner…
Tales of Ireland
The storytelling tradition in Ireland goes back thousands of years, to pre–Christian times. People in remote villages welcomed the arrival of the traveling seanachie, who spun elaborate tales about kings, wizards and heroes of mythology and the human spirit. The seanachie – loosely translated, it means “bearer of old lore” – brought color into the…
Cruise control
The quest to land a cruise ship may have hit a small delay, but local legislators remain optimistic. At the center of the issue is funding for the feasibility study necessary to ascertain the viability of a cruise ship located in Savannah, potential locations for a new terminal, and other details essential to continuing discussions…
Clarence Carter, soul man
With a deeply masculine baritone voice that let a hint of vulnerability and anguish peek through, Clarence Carter was one of the most distinctive rhythm ‘n’ blues singers of the 1960s. With hits like “Slip Away,” “Too Weak to Fight” and the hard–blues “Back Door Santa,” Carter carved a cavernous niche for himself on both…
Exhibits & Openings
Africanology Realities in American Worlds – An exhibition of large-scaled, multi-media paintings and installations by Amiri Geuka Farris. Artist talk and opening reception: 2/12, 6-8pm. SSU Social Sciences Building Gallery An Artistic Discovery – Annual United States Congressional High School Juried Art Exhibition for the Georgia 1st and 12th Districts. AASU Fine Arts Building, 11935…
John Brown’s Body
JOHN BROWN’S BODY Energy remains the key word for this veteran reggae/rock outfit, fronted by dreadlocked vocalist Elliot Martin. Although the New York-based octet has been near the forefront of contemporary, rock and R&B -infused reggae for more than a decade, the music has begun to veer into more experimental arrangements utilizing Dub rhythms, electronic…
Is the Myers-Briggs test a bunch of BS?
Is the Myers-Briggs personality assessment just an example of modern-day snake oil sold by corporate soothsayers? Or does it really work? Certainly a huge industry has built up around this test. If it needs to be debunked, you’re just the guy to do it. -Jim I’m of several minds about this one-possibly as many as…
What’s Next: The John Cowan Band
Savannah may not have the smoking big-name concerts they get in Atlanta, Jacksonville or the other mondo metro towns, but a careful examination of the acoustic music schedule around these parts reveals that we get some of the very best of the genre. With pleasurable regularity. Coming to the Pickin’ Parlor at Randy Wood Guitars…
Cruise control
The quest to land a cruise ship may have hit a small delay, but local legislators remain optimistic. At the center of the issue is funding for the feasibility study necessary to ascertain the viability of a cruise ship located in Savannah, potential locations for a new terminal, and other details essential to continuing discussions…
Sound & fury
The Carnivores’ music is like a rushing rock ‘n’ roll river, fed by the twin tributaries of sledgehammer punk and sweet, clever pop. Sometimes, rainy rivulets of poly–rhythmic tropicalia — from the exotic rainforests of Brazil — run down and join in the chemical reaction of the churning musical currents. OK, so that’s a fairly…
You’d be surprised how often this happens
A police officer was flagged down by a person around the 3900 block of Ogeechee Road. The man told the officer that he had loaned his vehicle to an unknown black male at the nearby Thunderbird Motel. He stated that he hadn’t seen the suspect or the vehicle since then, more than 24 hours ago.…
MountainFilm: The great outdoors, on the screen
Every Memorial Day weekend in Telluride, Colo., a collection of short films is screened for those interested in ecology, conservation, wildlife, beautiful landscapes and thrilling adventure – the great outdoors, as it were. The three-day-festival is called MountainFilm, and it began 32 years ago as a dose of reality to counteract the abnormally high Hollywood…
The Oatley excellence
One day, before we are both too wizened to care, I hope to meet Robert Oatley, to shake his hand, to listen to his stories, to continue this decades old story. Early adopters of Australian wines — in the 1970s — may know Oatley’s name from his inaugural project — Rosemount Estate. For more than…
Random bites: Nevaeh Soul Food
Nevaeh Soul Food I could throw a rock from my office window and hit the parking lot of this easy to access restaurant at the corner of Bull Street and Victory Drive. I remember when it was a cellphone joint, resplendent with an inflatable waving arm guy. The food here seems to be attracting far…
Oscar preview: Five’ll get ya ten
It’s been over 65 years since the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences allowed more than five films to be nominated in the category of Best Picture. However, in a shameless effort to boost flagging interest in the awards by making more room for crowd-pleasing blockbusters (call it “The Dark Knight Effect,” after last…
Braveheart
Technically speaking, Barry Bonds eclipsed Hank Aaron’s home run record in 2007. But few people who follow baseball put Bonds — now under indictment for his involvement with steroids — in the same class as Aaron, or even in the same galaxy. For most true fans, Aaron is and always will be the all–time home…
Better alternatives for cancer treatment
There is a swell building in world of medicine, particularly the field of cancer treatment. What was once considered “alternative medicine” – using nutritional and herbal supplements as a way of maintaining a more holistic approach to health – is fighting for a place at the table in the ongoing discussion of how to best…
Whatever Lula wants, Lula gets
If you’ve seen Avatar — and we’re guessing you probably have, since it’s the most successful movie in history — you’ve seen the sinuous, sensual movements of the extraterrestrial species known as the Na’vi. Lula Washington did that. The founder and artistic director of the dance troupe bearing her name choregraphed the movements of the…
Partners
It’s been 42 years since Steve Dunham and Dick Hanna met in a bar in New Orleans. They’ve been a couple ever since. “We call ourselves the team that works,” said Hanna. “We do whatever it takes to get things done.” “We go back to that bar every five years,” said Dunham. “We show up…
