This Here Alternative UniverseI'm sitting here, OK lying here, in a humongous, brick-colored sofa far away from Jackson in the Pacific Northwest, counting my blessings about life in Mississippi. I didn't start out to wax about my good fortune, however. Truth is, we …
Serendipitous ArtIf you mat it, they will come. That could be the theme for the Serendipity Art Show and Silent Auction at the Mississippi State Hospital on Sept. 2. It's the best place to fulfill your dream of adorning your living …
A Handshake with HistoryFrom the griots of West Africa to men toasting on rural Mississippi back porches, oral history has been a major part of African-American traditions. However, with the birth of each new and more desensitized generation, these stories are fading into …
Kathryn RodenmeyerJackson native Kathryn Rodenmeyer, 37, was described to me as a filmmaker, so when I met her in her Fondren home, I first asked her about her work in film.
JFP Index: Who Is Watching?• Year that Congress voted to de-fund the "Total Information Awareness" surveillance program due to civil liberties concerns: 2003
Quote o' the Week"If people are going to sit here and believe (crime) statistics when they are bad, they ought to be man enough to believe statistics when they are good." — City Councilman Ben Allen
[Hutchinson] Bush Had a Point About the DemocratsIn a July speech to the National Urban League Convention, President Bush asked: "Does the Democratic Party take African-American voters for granted?" The answer: a resounding yes.
August 24 Music ReleasesHello JFP Music Bloggers! First, I offer my apologies for being remiss in posting releases for last week. To be honest, last week was a bit "off" in terms of the quality and quantity of offerings. Listed below are new …
[Stiggers] A Transplant for a Brand-New StartIt's another episode of "All God's Churn Got Shoes!" This week Grandma Pookie, Dr. Peanut and the Ghetto Science Team attend a briefing at a stem cell research conference. When conference officials deny the group access to the briefing, filmmaker …
Bloodshot Records ReleasesNora O'Connor, TIL THE DAWN, out Aug. 24 -- Hot on the heels of a sold out CD release show in Chicago, today we release a gem of a record-- Nora O Connor's "Til the Dawn." Nora has been willing …
"Sorry I Make You Lush," Wagon ChristLuke Vibert has recorded under several guises over the last decade [Plug, Amen Andrews, Kerrier District, Luke Vibert], but Wagon Christ remains the most playful of the lot. Combining the precise acid and disco drenched beats of the last 2 …
"Winchester Cathedral," ClinicRumored to be Radiohead's favorite emerging band, Clinic are a strange lot indeed- their faces always cloaked by doctors masks. With a knack for combining avant-garde, garage, surf and Kraut rock, they have drawn comparisons to Velvet Underground, The Stooges …
Lose the Chemicals!The The Georgia Straight helps you figure out how to purge your home of household toxins: "Just as not smoking can reduce the risk of lung cancer, not using harmful chemicals to clean your countertops could help decrease the chance …
Attack of the State Street SandwichesIf there's anything Jackson offers in spades it's a good lunch—particularly plate lunches and meat-and-veggie smorgasbords such as Collins' Dream Kitchen, Two Sisters, George Street Grocery, 930 Blues Café, Gloria's Kitchen, and many others. But what you may not be …
"Refractions: Thru the Rhythms Of Time 1989 - 1997," SpectrumAfter the demise of the ever cool and influential Spacemen 3, Pete [Sonic Boom] Kember went on to release several albums under the pseudonym- Spectrum. Dabbling in the experimental side of blissed out hypnotic space rock, the music of Spectrum …