Clarion-Ledger to Independents: Drop Dead!May 9, 2006 <b>Want to know how far The Clarion-Ledger/Gannett Corp. is willing to go to control the competition? Keep reading.</b> This past Monday, I sat down in Cups in Fondren with Lee Warmouth, the circulation director of The Clarion-Ledger, …
Family Feels the Backlash of their Confessions after Brokaw SpecialAs I normally do on Thursdays, I was reading the Jackson Advocate and the Mississippi Link for news stories that I may have missed or that they exclusively covered. This one about one of the families featured in the Tom …
Herman's PicksTickets are available now at Be-Bop for North Mississippi Allstars on August 11, and Breaking Benjamin, Evans Blue and Dropping Daylight on August 22, $25. Also mark your calendars for the rescheduled Rock 93.9 Birthday Bash at the Voodoo Lounge …
Blues Legend Jessie Mae Hemphill FuneralWe are deeply saddened by the loss of a blues music legend, Jessie Mae Hemphill, who passed away Saturday, July 22 around 7pm. Her music was an inspiration to music players and lovers around the world and will live on …
[Music] A Psychedelic EducationMy Education, the San Angelo, Texas, mystics, have been spreading their cosmic vibrations from Canada to South by Southwest since 1999, and they land at Hal & Mal's on Thursday, July 27. Their sound is a beautiful and dark journey …
[Art Talk] Quarter For Your ThoughtsChristina Cannon and Howard Barron create their art by stopping time. Each has a unique style, and together they've created The Quarter Gallery, making their work and other local photographers' work available to you.
Gadget Of The WeekThe HipTop 3, exclusively marketed by T-Mobile as the SideKick 3, was recently released at a premiere attended by none other than—wait for it—Paris Hilton. The SideKick 3 offers, somewhat surprisingly, a larger case than the SideKick II, but with …
Alt.geek: Net Neutrality and Microsoft's New HeartNet Neutrality—that all-important political Internet fight that few folks grok. The concept popped up in the context of the "Advanced Telecommunications and Opportunity Reform Act," a piece of legislation essentially written by the Telcos to allow them to start offering …
[Wine] Worth The MoneyHow often have you gazed upon really pricey wines on a wine list or at a retailer and thought, "It can't be that good." Well, it can. Sometimes it's worth every penny. Of course, the old saying "you get what …
Lifers and Choicers Agree: JPD SuckedDemonstrators on both sides of the abortion debate recently forced the city of Jackson to address the right to protest in public. Though the state of Mississippi made history earlier this century for demonstrations and rallies on social issues, particularly …
Batman's Family: ‘Enough'Albert "Batman" Donelson's family is suing Mayor Frank Melton, the Jackson Police Department, six "John Doe" police officers and the city of Jackson for negligence, civil assault, trespass, nuisance, infliction of emotional distress, libel, slander and breach of the covenant …
Confusion and Clarity On IslamThe past week has seen rallies, protests, outraged individuals who oppose abortions and those who believe that a woman's choice about her womb should be her own. Within the often-heated exchanges during the week, members of Operation Save America and …
Beauty, SchmeautyThe Hinds County Board of Supervisors let a $1.2 million beautification grant slip through their fingers this week when they voted against meeting $240,000 in federal matching funds. The grant, provided through the Mississippi Department of Transportation, would have paid …
D.A.: ‘It's Unfortunate'District Attorney Faye Peterson has responded to a full-page ad purchased in the Jackson Free Press last issue by police watchdog organization group SafeCity Watch. The ad said that local politicians considered property crime a low priority and called for …