By Denise Hank, October 2008

Tracy Miller is enamored and excited about the prospect of getting married.
“I’m definitely ready,” she said. “I’m 37 years old, and I’ve never felt this way before.”
However, the destiny of Miller’s nuptials does not rest in a question or a ring from her longtime lover. Instead, it hinges on a decision by Florida voters during this November’s election. Read the rest of this entry »

By Phil Wegner, September 2008

One recent anniversary that has been largely ignored by the mainstream U.S. media has been that of the events in France now referred to, as with 9/11 here, as simply Mai 68.  This was a moment when it briefly appeared as if a first world government would fall at the hands of a rebellion led by students, workers and youth.  

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By Shamrock McShane, September 2008

John Murrell’s Waiting for the Parade, running now at the Acrosstown Repertory Theatre, is a play about war. Having read Ernest Hemingway’s Men without Women is scant preparation for Women without Men. This play shows how war really hits home.

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Reviewed by William McKeen, September 2008

By Dana Jennings

Faber and Faber, 257 pages, hardcover, $24

This magnificent book is one of the best things written about American music in the last two decades. Not since Peter Guralnick’s Sweet Soul Music in 1986 has a writer so deftly interwoven music history with the fabric of the daily lives of those who listen to – and live – the songs.

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By Jimmy Newlin, September 2008

Patterson Hood and Mike Cooley founded the Athens-based Drive-By Truckers in 1996 after years of toiling in earlier, unsigned acts like Adam’s House Cat, The Screwtopians and Horse Pussy.

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By Jake Crown, September 2008

Bristle Ridge, Ten Four Records

On Bristle Ridge, Chuck Ragan and Austin Lucas have combined forces to make one amazing folk record. 

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By Sarah Wears-Garcia, September 2008

Some Are of Love, Self-Released

Warning: after initially dismissing this album as unmemorable, you may find a rather pleasant melody inexplicably lodged in your head and eventually realize it’s the catchy refrain from “All I Really Want,” the second track on this debut album.

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By Travis Fristoe, September 2008

Chemical Chords, 4AD Records

Pop music is no crime, and certainly not by the lovely, creative and leftist band Stereolab.  Chemical Chords is their eleventh album in a very long and treat-filled career.

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By Fred Sowder, September 2008

Self-Titled, FunkaRecords

Our hometown groove machine has finally released its debut album after thrilling audiences for some time with its bumping live shows. 

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By Dan Fitzpatrick, September 2008

Waver of the Verificationist, School Glue Records

Waver of the Verificationist, the debut album from ex-Pet Monument guitarist Jon Waller’s solo project, Starmaker, picks up where PM left off two years ago, creating a beautiful and engaging tableau of fuzzy indie-rock splendor. 

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