NOFX - Greatest Songs EverBay area legends NOFX are back, and they're as humble and soft-spoken as ever. That is to say, "not at all," as THE GREATEST SONGS EVER WRITTEN (BY US) is NOFX at their sneering, snarling best with 26 old fan …
Welfare and PovertyOctober 21, 2004 The public hasn't heard the word "welfare" as often as it did in the last three presidential elections, perhaps due to the bipartisan Welfare Act of 1996 signed by President Bill Clinton. However, the topic remains important …
[The JFP Interview] Justice James GravesWhen James Graves first walks into the room for our interview, I'm amazed by his stature. He's a big man. He almost makes me feel like David standing near Goliath until he reaches down and shakes my hand and smiles—not …
[Chick] Monkey See, Monkey DoIt's true that all those horrible things you did to your mother will come back to haunt you. I hate it as much as you, believe me. There is nothing more obnoxious than a sanctimonious mother telling a daughter, or …
Public EducationIllustration by Ken Patterson In all four presidential/vice presidential debates, the moderators failed to ask a single question about public education and the candidates' views on President Bush's "No Child Left Behind" education reform act, passed in January 2001. The …
Assaulted by the MediaThe Soulshine room was abuzz with the huge crowd there for the first presidential debate, and I was sitting at the bar, enjoying a beer or two. The first offense occured when I was on my way to the bathroom. …
[Stiggers] Fo' Mo' Years: Trick or TreatOther Brother Productions presents a Ghetto Science Team horror film. Election Day 2004, morning. Lil' Ray-Ray is up from a pleasant night's rest. After a thorough grooming session, our hero is ready to exercise the right to vote. On his …
¡Ni Una Mas!Millsaps College senior Jessica Lester has traveled extensively through Latin America. "I've seen a lot of the injustices and extreme poverty [there]," she says. That's why it is so vital to her that people are aware of the mass femicide …
Center Foes Hold CourtThe debate over a convention center tax proposal, on the ballot this November for Jackson residents, heated up this week with the two major campaigns showing decidedly different tactics. A youthful convention center rally took place on Saturday in favor …
Montrel McClentonMadison Central sophomore Montrel McClenton, 16, looks right at home seated in front of the computer monitor, TV screen and editing equipment at Back Porch Film & Video, at the Mill Street end of Keener Avenue. He should. For the …
Yellowcard DVD, Relient K and moreTomorrow, November 2nd, Capitol Records will release Yellowcard's Beyond Ocean Avenue: Live at the Electric Factory DVD, NOW That's What I Call Music! Vol. 17 and NOW DVD 2, as well as Relient K's mmhmm.
Trent Dabbs- "Quite Often," by Palmer HouchinsOxford, Miss., spawned a movement with the pioneering alt-country of Blue Mountain, stylized the past with the hipster neo-blues of Fat Possum Records, and in the past two years, jumpstarted the careers of songwriters like Josh Kelley and Charlie Mars. …
"Apples and Synthesizers," SolventDescribed by The Wire [UK] magazine as "gleefully blurring the lines between modern techno and vintage techno-pop," Solvent is at the forefront of the electronica genre. Apples and Synthesizers is certainly testament to Solvent's old meets new electro-pop approach, as …
SkalpelThe dusty sound of archival Polish jazz from the 60's and 70's, sampled into a rich space age lounge texture. This is the best way to describe the Wroclaw, Poland duo of Skalpel- newest recruits on the Ninja Tune labels …
A Time to GainChanges galore have taken place at BRAVO! in Highland Village—with a new menu, new grill, new wine tastings and new décor.