The big switch
Television-watching has always been a nighttime pursuit for me. Dressing for work to the sounds of the Today show has never been my idea of a good way to start the morning. But last Friday I made a point to turn on the TV around 9 am. On Channel 11 it was snowing. Channel 3…
Savannah Sand Gnats 6.12.09
Savannah Sand Gnats
Broader broadband
Soon, a day at a park could replace a day at the office in parts of Chatham County, if the county’s application for broadband stimulus money is approved. When the $787 billion American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) was signed into law by President Obama in February, $7.2 billion was set aside for expanding broadband…
Say it, don’t spray it
A citizen noticed a couple walking in the Crawford Square area with backpacks. After entering a gazebo in the square, the couple began spray painting graffiti on a bench inside the gazebo and stenciling markings on it. The couple was confronted by the citizen who told them she was going to call the police. The couple…
Best bites: Zunzi’s, Barnes
Zunzi’s Long before tourists were lining up to eat Paula Deen’s chicken, locals were are already on queue for lunch at this little York Street take-out restaurant. Maybe it’s the fresh ingredients, maybe its the quirkiness that fuels Zunzi’s popularity. For me, it’s the house made sausage, a tribute to the owners’ South African roots.…
Amber taste test!
Last week, I conducted a blind tasting with 22 Savannahians and asked them to choose their favorite from among three new Amber Ales: Bell’s Brewery Amber from Michigan, Full Sail Amber of Oregon, and Colorado’s New Belgium Brewing Co. Fat Tire. Before we get to the results, let’s get the geekiness out of the way:…
Shout-out to history
Vaughnette Goode-Walker, who’s in charge of the Telfair Museum’s Juneteenth celebration this week, wants to make one thing perfectly clear: “There’s no such thing as black history or white history,” she says. “It’s American history. And that’s what this is, American history.” Juneteenth, which began in Texas after the end of the Civil War,…
The nuclear river
Addressing a roomful of Rotary Club members at the Desoto Hilton in Savannah recently, Representative John Barrow opened up a nuclear can of worms for a couple of environmentalists in the crowd. Defending the expansion of Southern Company’s Vogtle electric generating plant on the Savannah River, Rep. Barrow told his captive audience that nuclear power…
The new normal
Like a lot of people, Jason Statts used to idly wonder, every once in a while, what it would feel like to be paralyzed. “It was after I got into design, because I did everything with my hands,” recalls the soft-spoken 35-year-old. “I always thought it would be really bad to lose my hands.” A…
Reviews: Taking of Pelham 123, Tyson
THE TAKING OF PELHAM 1 2 3 ** One of the many delights tied to the 1974 drama The Taking of Pelham One Two Three is that it’s a New York picture down to its Big Apple core. Between a principal cast comprising almost exclusively NYC natives (apparently, birth certificates were required at the auditions),…
Gypsy jazz times two
No one can really explain the attraction. Gypsy jazz, a fast-moving, free-wheeling style of acoustic music popularized in 1930s Paris, has enjoyed a renewed popularity in America over the last couple of decades. Guitarist Django Reinhardt (1910-1953) is considered the father of this exotic, swinging music, though his defining work with the Hot Club of…
What’s Next: Country, R&B and Mercer movies
Free show at Ft. Stewart Country music’s Trace Adkins (“You’re Gonna Miss This,” “Honky Tonk Badonkadonk”) will headline a free concert July 3 at Donovan Parade Field, Ft. Stewart. The Independence Day weekend show is being called a tribute to military personnel and their families (Ft. Stewart is considered the largest military installation in…
God, a guitar, and a big bunch of blues
Jonny Lang went down to the crossroads – and found a cross. Maybe it’s an oxymoron, a devoutly Christian electric blues guitarist, but Lang – who proudly “came to Jesus” four years ago – gave up booze and drugs, not his outrageously wicked way with a Telecaster Thinline. His has never been a storybook career,…
Noteworthy: Connor Christian & Southern Gothic
CONNOR CHRISTIAN & SOUTHERN GOTHIC This band’s just-released 90 Proof Lullabies, a reviewer said, “is one of those albums that you hear playing at a party that makes you immediately begin to plan how to steal said CD from the host.” While we here at Connect Savannah try to discourage such behavior every chance we…
Time to scale back city manager’s power?
Last week, several members of the Facebook group dedicated to discussing the City’s anti-jaywalking campaign engaged Alderman Van Johnson in a lengthy, substantive conversation about the recent ticketing spree. Their dialogue brought to light the possibility that, according to Johnson, the crackdown was decided upon by the city manager and the police chief without any…
Terrorism gets pizzazz!
Terrorism Gets Pizzazz! A physical fitness video, purportedly made in April by a U.S.-based al-Qaida operative, gives workout tips to jihadists, urging that they “train as hard as possible” to inflict maximum damage on “the enemies of Allah,” according to an ABC News report. Exercises such as crawling long distances on hands and knees are…
Who made money in the Crash of ’29?
I recently discovered your site/column, and after spending days and nights reading, I’m convinced you are indeed the world’s smartest person and so best qualified to answer my question: Who made money during the 1929 stock market crash? I know being so smart, you’re probably laughing all the way to the bank during this one.…
