O brother, who art thou?
Those of us who grew up watching TV in the 1960s remember well the eccentrics, oddballs and novelty acts that turned up on the chat shows: Professor Irwin Corey, Senor Wences, Tiny Tim, Moms Mabley, Sir Monti Rock III and their ilk. You’d always see these people on Merv, Mike, Cavett and Carson, where they’d…
Cowboys & Aliens; Crazy, Stupid, Love
COWBOYS & ALIENS ** Paul Dano, the twitchy oddball from Little Miss Sunshine and There Will Be Blood, plays the son of stalwart Harrison Ford in Cowboys & Aliens, and the collective thought grasping moviegoers nationwide will be that Shia LaBeouf suddenly doesn’t seem that implausible as Indiana Jones’s offspring. That’s not meant to be…
Definitely not angels
Two females caught the attention of an off–duty officer, but not because of their looks or their interesting conversation. While working security at a West Broughton Street club, the officer noticed things landing on the ground near him. It was like someone was throwing things at him, but the things were at the wrong angle…
An Athenian gold rush
To paraphrase a classic Neil Young song, Ross Shapiro is an unknown legend in his time. Shapiro is the singing, songwriting, guitar–playing frontman for the Athens band the Glands. After two incredibly fertile albums of quirky, guitar–based rock ‘n’ roll (kind of a Rolling Stones/Kinks meets Talking Heads meets psychedelia thing), Shapiro and his shifting…
Eric Sommer, the Groovetones
ERIC SOMMER At 9 p.m. Friday, July 29 Congress Street Social Club, 411 W. Congress St. Also: At 10 p.m. Saturday, July 30 Huc-a-Poos, 1213 E. Highway 80, Tybee Island Hey, want to hear a smoking hot finger-picking guitarist? Sommer, late of the Boston power pop band the Atomics, plays like Leo Kottke, and he…
Poetry in Motion
After the untimely passing of Spitfire Poetry co–founder Clinton Powell in January, many questions about the future of the organization remained. For years, Spitfire had been a hub for poets and artists in the community, and its open mic sessions and poetry slams were nearly as beloved as the man who helped organize them. But…
Farewell
For the last 112 weeks, I’ve written about local and state government, community groups, the arts, a dash of literature and a sprinkling of music. It’s been an honor and a pleasure. When I joined the paper, it was the summer of the jaywalking scandal. Michael Brown was the city manager, Michael Berkow was the…
Where the bluegrass grows
If there’s such a thing as a bluegrass supergroup, the Boxcars are it. Between them, the five members of this newly–formed outfit have played with all of the top names in the genre. Consider Adam Steffey, who was named Mandolin Player of the Year five times by the International Bluegrass Music Association, and won several…
A history of art
A hundred and twenty five years ago, the oldest art museum in the South was officially opened – Savannah’s Telfair Academy of Arts and Sciences, as it was known. Since then the Telfair has come to operate two other buildings, the Jepson Center for the Arts and the Owens–Thomas House, in addition to that original…
Mark Your Calendar: Haviland Stillwell
What Chatham County needs is another shot of Haviland Stillwell. The club singer, Broadway and TV actress and all-around bubbly person did an intimate one-woman show here last Christmas, and those lucky enough to get tickets are still buzzing about it. Here we go. Stillwell’s coming back Aug. 21, for two performances (accompanied again by…
Schnitzel hunting in Rincon
Where can you score an authentic plate of Jaeger schnitzel, red cabbage and warm German potato salad in Savannah? Nowhere! That’s why I pointed the foodie mobile north and finally eased off the gas in Rincon. Destination: The Schnitzel Shack. That sounds German enough, but the rest of the story is that this menu is…
Chillin’ those summer reds
Even devout red wine drinkers shun their favorite labels when summer heat sets in. Truthfully, there’s no need. There are plenty of red wine options that possess characteristics that red wine drinkers love, without mouth–puckering tannins. Keep in mind too that “room temperature” does not mean the number at which we set our thermostat. That…
Default position
The single most important thing we want to achieve is for President Obama to be a one-term president. — Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY), Oct. 2010 LOOKING BACK, this had to happen. It all seems so obvious now. As I write this, President Obama and Republicans in Congress continue to be deadlocked over the debt ceiling.…
Default position
The single most important thing we want to achieve is for President Obama to be a one-term president. – Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY), Oct. 2010 Looking back, this had to happen. It all seems so obvious now. As I write this, President Obama and Republicans in Congress continue to be deadlocked over the debt ceiling.…
