CMT News (Free subscription) | 04/18/2008
MACON, Ga. -- As a country music fan, the Georgia Music Hall of Fame is what initially lured me to Macon, Ga. Alan Jackson and Trisha Yearwood -- who are both inductees -- grew up nearby, and several stars who currently live in the state -- like Patty Lov
Peach Pundit (Free subscription) | 03/31/2008
James Salzer has a humorous article up on the back and forth budget cutting games now under way in the General Assembly. Kudos, by the way, to Rep. Ben Harbin for cutting the budgets of the Georgia Music Hall of Fame and Georgia Sports Hall of Fame. While I support the museums and sat on [...]
dangerblond.org (Free subscription) | 10/05/2007
Talking about music last night, Don and I had a repeat of a conversation we’ve had before. It starts with, “Gawd, there are so many good bands from Georgia . . .” I mean, it's like Louisiana. Except that Georgia has a Music Hall of Fame and Louisiana doesn't, even though we have about five unique genres [...]
FilmStew.com (Free subscription) | 09/24/2007
It started on September 9th, the birthday of soul singer Otis Redding. And it will continue through December 10th, the 40th anniversary of his death.
Hidden Track (Free subscription) | 09/21/2007
The Beastie Boys announced plans for a vocal version of the previously instrumental album, The Mix-up, according to Billboard. Adam Yauch (aka MCA) says the B-Boys have their eye on collaborating with M.I.A., Lily Allen and Pulp’s Jarvis Cocker. Apparently the Beasties have a thing for the British. Yauch also spoke about releasing [...]
JasonPye.com (Free subscription) | 04/01/2007
Here is a list of my favorite pork projects from the State House version of the FY 2007 supplemental budget. Many of these projects should be funded solely by private entities and not by government, like $75,000 to Georgia Voyager...
