The OccasionThe Occasion – This sweet self-titled debut on Say Hey Records spreads the Psychedelphia space rock/psych sounds of Asteroid #4 (Introducing), Inouk, and Bardo Pond to NYC. If you dig the slow building, dreamy pastoral and cerebrally trippy early 70's …
"Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain: L.A.'s Desert Origins," PavementPavement — "Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain: L.A.'s Desert Origins" This 49-track, two-CD reissue of this quintessential indie rock classic adds 25 unreleased recordings and 11 unleashed songs, with a beautiful fat book of liner scribblings. No live tracks, but a …
Surreal Blog: Stories Too Incredible to Be FalseListening to NPR this morning, I decided that we need a place on the JFP site to collect all these crazy stories coming (mostly) out of Washington these days. These are true news stories that seem too unbelievable to be …
Her Divine Cooking LifeThe first thing you notice about Barbara Michelson's "Leave Nothing on The Back Burner: My Happy Cooking Life" is the size and heft of the bright yellow hardback book. Then the title catches your eye, making you aware that this …
JFP Moving to Rankin CountyLast night, as we toiled to get this issue out, Stephen interrupted some people breaking into one of our interns' cars. Fortunately, they didn't get away with much—they threw his backpack filled with school notes only useful to him into …
The Soul of An Elephant<b>"They will learn to conform to our agenda or they will be driven from our party"</b>
Voting at Black Colleges Hit Record LevelsThis year's surge in youth voting—51 percent of Americans 29 and under voted this year as opposed to 42 percent in 2000—was nowhere more apparent than on black college campuses, reports the Black College Wire:
New Orleans' Mermaid Lounge to CloseThe pinnacle New Orleans underground and indie nightclub, Mermaid Lounge will be closing the doors for good at 1100 Constance come late December. Be sure to catch your last chance to see some bands in the cozy setting. In December …
[Fleming] God's Will, Not Haley's, Needs to PrevailImpasse, thy name is Haley! In a precursor to a tumultuous regular session in January, the Mississippi Legislature is deadlocked in a special session concerning the passage of bonds to stimulate further economic development in our state. While I have …
untitledCollege Basketball: Mississippi State vs. Syracuse (8 p.m., ESPN2/620 AM): The Bulldogs hit the Big Apple for this semifinal game of the Coaches vs. Cancer Classic. The Dogs play Friday in either the championship (8 p.m.) or the consolation game …
The Freest Man Behind Bars"For a man to act himself, he must be perfectly free; otherwise he is in danger of losing all sense of responsibility or of self-respect."
On the Verge: Poindexter is at a CrossroadsWith perhaps the best angle on the city's skyline, the Poindexter community—starting just west of Gallatin and bumping up to the Jackson State campus—sits on the edge of downtown Jackson and is on the verge of becoming a much more …
[Stiggers] Come Chill at Clubb Chicken WingHas the election got you down? Join the "Financially Challenged" at the hippest and least expensive place in town, Clubb Chicken Wing. As food, gas and energy prices increase, the only thing you can afford at a club these days …
[Chick] ‘It Ain't Me'Praise the Lord, Jill is No. 1! Again, The New York Times confirms what we all know anyway: Southerners are the best darn writers on the planet. Now, Jill Conner Browne will try to tell you that the Sweet Potato …