Jackson Free Press

Barbour Signs Ten Commandments Bill

[verbatim statement] April 21, 2005—Governor Haley Barbour yesterday signed Senate Bill 2486, that authorizes the display of "In God We Trust," the Ten Commandments, and the Beatitudes at public buildings …

"Prisoners of Love: 1985-2003," Yo La Tengo

Matador Records has released two versions of this career retrospective of one of today's most prolific indie-pop bands. The 2-disc set is a great 26-song introduction of Yo Le Tengo's …

[Barbour] Education Funding Going Up, Not Down

April 12, 2005 You may not know it, but some people say that if you favor giving our public schools a 4% increase in funding to serve the same number …

Planet Weekly: Blogging the Mayor

Alan Lange's mayoral Web site is written up in the Planet Weekly this week. It's interesting that quite a bit of time is spent trying to show that Lange is …

Houston, We Have A Problem

As soon as the Best of Jackson 2005 issue was put to bed, the JFP turned our attention to the upcoming city elections. My personal mayoral bias was that Harvey …

Unions vs. Harvey Johnson

April 20, 2005 Mayor Harvey Johnson Jr. gave a smile when International Association of Fire Fighters President Harold Schaitberger signed a proposed labor agreement April 11 in City Hall. With …

Ward 5: Business And Flood Control, Please

April 20, 2005 The sound system may not have been spiffy, but Ward 5 Democratic candidates for City Council didn't have a hard time conveying their messages at an April …

Cheers To The Memories

I have great memories of Capitol Street when it was lined with restaurants, shops and hotels, people bustling on the sidewalks, cars cruising the thoroughfare. One of those restaurants was …

[Gospel] Thee Every Hour

Jackson is becoming a major hub for contemporary gospel music. Known for blues, jazz and quartet gospel music, Jackson is being earmarked as a place for some of the nation's …

[Music] Marlow's Magic

Jacksonians, here's your chance to witness a cutting-edge 21st-century multi-media presentation in tandem with a late-1930s musical work based upon an early 13th-century manuscript made up of more than 1000 …

Who's Afraid of Peter's Wolf?

If you are looking for a way to introduce your children to fine music, go to Belhaven College on May 1. The Mississippi Symphony Orchestra and Puppetry Arts Theatre will …

In Living Color: Step Into Loft Living

Loft living is a growing trend in Jackson, just as it is in other metropolitan areas around the country, as people look for creative, alternative living spaces in former commercial …

...But Is It Affordable?

The images in this spread show that downtown living is exciting, creative and cutting edge. But with all of the renovation and construction, will there be room for everyone who …

[Kamikaze] Look Inside The Matrix

I had the honor of speaking on a panel recently at Tougaloo College to discuss sexual imagery in hip-hop. It was apropos because my last column spoke to a similar …

Lott to Chair Hearing on Amtrak's Future

[statement/verbatim] April 20, 2005–U.S. Senator Trent Lott of Mississippi, chairman of the U.S. Senate Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine Subcommittee, will conduct a hearing Thursday morning on the future of …

"The Needle was Travelling," Tarwater

Alex Slawson & Herman Snell

Tarwater is the project of Berliners Bernd Jestram and Ronald Lippok [also in To Rococo Rot] whose primary output has been that of scoring motion pictures- in Germany at least. …

C-L: City-county relations key issue

The Clarion-Ledger reports:

WLBT 3 - Crime A Major Issue in the Ward 6 Race

WLBT 3 reports:

Ward six council candidates answered questions from voters and shared their take on the issues during a debate Monday night.

[UPDATE] WJTV to Re-Air Debate, Apologizes for Mess-Up

WLBT 3 - Johnson, Melton Face Off in Debate

WLBT 3 reports:

Three days after their first ill-fated debate, Jackson Mayor Harvey Johnson and Democratic challenger Frank Melton took to the stage in a battle for votes.