BREAKING: USM Game DelayedSouthern Miss' football game with No. 10 California, scheduled for Thursday, has been postponed due to worries about where Hurricane Ivan, which is projected to come ashore somewhere in the Gulf of Mexico. A makeup date for the game has …
Bach To Blues SeriesBach To Blues Series Trinity Lutheran Church hosts a series of sacred and secular music, every 3rd Sunday, 6 p.m. 6401 Hwy 18 W. at Siwell Rd. Share music and a Harmony Meal after. Sept. 19: Al Sager (1950's harmonica), …
Bush Calls Kerry Campaign ‘Pathetic'AP reports: "President Bush chided Sen. John Kerry and fellow Democrats on Monday for asserting that Republicans will undermine Social Security, calling the strategy 'the most tired, pathetic way to campaign for the presidency.' Traveling by bus through the southwest …
Church ConcertWells United Methodist Church Concert Sept. 19, 7 p.m. Lelon Thompson will present "De' miei bollenti spirit" from "La Traviata", "When I'm Not Near the Girl I Love" from "Finian's Rainbow", "Come What May" from Moulin Rouge, the romantic favorite …
Will the GOP Try to ‘Suppress' Non-White Vote?Columnist Bob Herbert writes in The New York Times: "More than 80 percent of the population of Detroit is black. This is very well understood by John Pappageorge, who is white and a Republican state legislator in Michigan. 'If we …
(Film/Performance) So Bad, It's GoodScattered across the desolate solar system exist the bleary-eyed mining men of Jupiter who know nothing of women, and the sexually frustrated, all-female (Southern Belle no less) population of Venus. The surrealist noir B-movie landscape of a 1950s-style, campy black-and-white …
[Rev] Lady DriverHey! Truckers don't like to be called truckers. I know because I had the pleasure of interviewing Suzie Baxman about her experiences as a driver—a lady driver. She's done long haul and local driving on and off for the past …
Signifying PlentyI admit that I haven't finished reading every essay in Ellen Douglas' amazing new book. I simply can't bear for it to end. I read a couple of lines, then close my eyes to let them fully sink in. It …
Beggars Banquet New ReleasesGBV DAY: Log on to www.joingbv.com where Beggars USA are petitioning for GUIDED BY VOICES DAY in every city on their final tour. It's already been declared Guided By Voices Day in Boston (today!), Philadelphia, and Washington DC, as well …
Fox News Poll: Bush Lead ‘Razor Thin'A Fox News poll released yesterday finds that Bush's convention bump in the polls has smoothed out, and the two men are nearly in a dead heat in nationwide polling: "Thoughts of the Republican National Convention (search) appear to have …
"Smoke+Fire," NeulanderBased on their name, one might assume that Neulander are a German group. However, this neo-retro-electro duo reside in New York City. Actually, Korinna Koll [vocalist/chanteuese] is from Austria and Adam Peters [former keyboardist of Echo and the Bunnymen] is …
[Lott] An Equal EducationRecently I was pleased to welcome Monticello native and U.S. Secretary of Education Rod Paige back home to Mississippi. He spoke to 6th and 8th graders in Pascagoula, observing them and taking some thoughtful questions from the students. It was …
Did Cheney Go Too Far with Attack?New York Times today: "Vice President Dick Cheney's assertion that the nation was more likely to 'get hit again' by terrorists if John Kerry was elected was one of the toughest attacks launched in a presidential election in 40 years. …
John Lennon "Acoustic" Compilation Hits Nov. 2On November 2nd Capitol Records will release two John Lennon albums: the new John Lennon "Acoustic" and a remixed and remastered version of Lennon's classic "Rock 'n' Roll" with bonus tracks. Both releases were supervised by Yoko Ono. John Lennon …