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I Made You a Tapenew
Rob Gordon, the quintessential über music snob in Nick Hornby’s “High Fidelity,” sums it up best: “You gotta kick off with a killer, to grab attention. Then you got to take it up a notch, but you don’t wanna blow your wad, so then you got to cool it off a notch. There are a lot of rules.”
Jackson Free Press |
Andi Agnew |
09-02-2008 |
Commentary
Still Fightingnew
Few artists have the kind of a story to tell about the fragility of life as Alejandro Escovedo. He has used his previous two albums—2006’s “Boxing Mirror” and the recently released “Real Animal"—to deliver his message.
Jackson Free Press |
Rob Hamilton |
09-02-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Alejandro Escovedo, Real Animal
No Room for Doubtnew
Kehoe, 59, met Jimmy Buffett at the University of Southern Mississippi in August 1967 while pledging Kappa Sigma, which was Buffett’s fraternity.
Jackson Free Press |
Bryan Doyle |
08-29-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Bill Kehoe
Disaster: A Growth Industrynew
Klein exposes—with razor-sharp investigative reporting—the damage done by the fundamentalist economic theories of Nobel Prize winner Milton Friedman, who said: “Only a crises actual or perceived produces real change.”
Jackson Free Press |
Ronni Mott |
08-29-2008 |
Nonfiction
Time to Enfranchise Youthnew
If teens are responsible enough to handle vehicles, hold down jobs and get married, then they are probably responsible enough to cast a ballot for the candidate of their choice.
Jackson Free Press |
Laura Rayburn |
08-29-2008 |
Commentary
The Media Fix Is Innew
As I’ve been penning my column and watching this city’s growth, I’ve thought more often about the real responsibility of the fourth estate. Why does it exist? What are we, the public, supposed to get from media?
Jackson Free Press |
Kamikaze |
08-29-2008 |
Commentary
Rise of the Ghettocratic Partynew
Nurse Tootie McBride: “Brothers, sisters and ghettocratic delegates, welcome to the first Ghettocratic convention, held at the Clubb Chicken Wing Multi-Purpose Complex.
Jackson Free Press |
Sue Doh Nem |
08-29-2008 |
Comedy
Tags: humor & satire
The Album Formerly Known as the "N" Wordnew
Nas always seems to be at the center of intense debate. Respected for his lyricism and creation of “Illmatic” (widely regarded as one of the greatest hip-hop albums of all time), Nas has released inconsistent, and at times, uninspired albums.
Jackson Free Press |
David Dennis Jr. |
08-26-2008 |
Reviews
Northwest Cool Meets Jackson Soulnew
West Coast transplant Johnny Bertram came to Jackson to help kids, but stayed to make music.
Jackson Free Press |
Michael Patronik |
08-26-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Johnny Bertram
The Duke of Gonzonew
What author would you like to have over to your house? Vonnegut, Hemingway, Angelou? Thanks to the University Press of Mississippi’s Literary Conversations Series, the question is no longer moot, and you don’t even have to make dinner.
Jackson Free Press |
Jesse Yancy |
08-26-2008 |
Nonfiction
Raising a Mannew
As a single mother attempting to raise an astute son, I find that I am never sure what I’m doing.
Jackson Free Press |
Queen Folayan |
08-26-2008 |
Commentary
Slave Ship Enterprisenew
Cholly Bossman: “CEO’s log in the year of 2008 and 2/3: A couple of corporate supervisors and I made a surprise inspection of Crunchie Burga World’s Food Distribution Warehouse, a place where processed Crunchie Burga World food items and products—such as Crunchie Burgers and Blackened Crispy Fries—are packaged and sent to Crunchie Burga World ghetto franchises nationwide.
Jackson Free Press |
Sue Doh Nem |
08-26-2008 |
Comedy
Tags: humor & satire
Blues the Way He Feels Itnew
Ben Payton wants to change your mind about blues music from the 1920s and ’30s.
Jackson Free Press |
Larry Morrisey |
08-07-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Ben Payton
Halcyon Soupnew
This recipe is from my halcyon days in Oxford, where I was desultorily studying for a degree, diligently exploring my capacities for vice and working in a string of eateries.
Jackson Free Press |
Jesse Yancy |
08-07-2008 |
Food+Drink
Artist v. Consumernew
The ability to reach millions of people with a song is a powerful weapon that many musicians do not recognize.
Jackson Free Press |
Queen Folayan |
08-07-2008 |
Commentary
