Sunday Edition

AG Forms New Domestic Violence Unit[verbatim] Jackson, MS*Attorney General Jim Hood kicked off National Domestic Violence Awareness month (October) today with the announcement of a newly established unit to combat Domestic Violence in Mississippi. The Domestic Violence Division of the Office of Attorney General is …
Atlanta's The Close To Release New Album That Packs So Much Southern Heat, It'll Give You A Sun, BurImagine if Sonic Youth's Kim Gordon had married Built To Spill's Doug Martsch instead of Thurston Moore. Now, imagine if Doug and Kim had kids, and those kids started a band. That band would inarguably sound like Atlanta rockers, The …
College Football: Instant Replay, Sept. 30Georgia 14, Ole Miss 9: The Dawgs rally in the second half to beat the Rebels.
‘Sordid Lives' So, So FunnyTodd and I had a wonderful evening last night watching "Sordid Lives" in Hal & Mal's big room. It was a hilarious time, and our friend and JFP senior editor JoAnn Prichard Morris was delicious as the drunken floozy. (I …
New Woodward Book Scathing Look at White HouseThe Washington Post reports that Bob Woodward's new book is roiling an embattled Bush administration:
Update: Melton Is Appearing in Meridian Court Today<b>Oct. 2, 12:20 p.m.: Mayor Frank Melton has been spotted in the Meridian courtroom where jury selection took up the morning. The judge has asked all parties to be in the courtroom after lunch. More updates soon... </b>
[Grayson] Fixing The Whole ProblemI have been trying to keep silent about the recent devastation that has plagued our city government, resulting in indictments of the mayor and his bodyguards. I convinced myself that I did not have an opinion and that the situation …
The Wide World of Tea CakesWith fall's cooler temps, my palate shifts to warmer, cozier and more comforting foods. I realize that I can once again turn on my oven without causing myself or my two dogs to suffer from heat exhaustion. I vowed not …
Starting OverSlowly, slowly, the Mississippi Gulf Coast is coming back to life after Katrina's devastation. A year later, the artists of the Coast have banded together, getting to know each other, supporting one another, going around the country doing shows together.
[Drink] Bragging RightsNot to toot my own horn or anything, but I have just returned from what I believe to be one of the finest trips to wine country anyone has ever taken. One of the perks of having a career in …
[Music] Give, and It Shall Be GivenHip-hop is a way of life, not just a genre of music, according to Ezra Brown and DJ Scrap Dirty, business partners at Seven*Studioz.
[New Releases] Magnolia Electric Co. "Fading Trails""Fading Trails" is a nine-track gem from recording sessions with Steve Albini at his Electric Audio Studio, at Sun Studios in Memphis, and features songs from the home recorded lost "Shohola" album. Molina's earthly suave somber-folk aesthetic has never been …
[New Releases] Bright Eyes "Noise Floor"Conor Oberst and company are back with a quintessential collection of singles, unreleased tracks, one-offs and covers, recorded from 1998 in Conor's basement four-tracks to laptop projects in 2005. You'll have to wait till spring for the next proper Bright …
[New Releases] Soulwax "Nite Versions"You may know Soulwax from their remixes of Ladytron's "Seventeen" and LCD Soundsystem's "Daft Punk is Playing at My House." Soulwax released their latest bootie powerhouse on Modular Records. Nite Versions was inspired by The Human League's "Love & Dancing" …
DIY Music StudioDuring the last mayoral campaign, candidate Frank Melton promised to build a recording studio on Farish Street. Well, he won, but the studio hasn't happened, yet—and with his mayoral future in serious doubt, it looks like that recording studio may …