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Wild Nothing, Fully Realized

This summer saw Jack Tatum, the master responsible for the Brooklyn-based Wild Nothing, on tour behind one the biggest names in indie pop, Beach House.

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A 'Big Menu' for Blues Fans

Blues in the Delta is still alive, and now it's getting organized. Over the past 10 years, the promotion of blues in the region has grown, including new museums and …

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A Mad Insurrection

Fifty years ago this week, James Meredith integrated Ole Miss, causing violent upheaval. Here are three books from men in the thick of the uprising.

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Remembering Linda

I met Linda Dendy Watts three years ago at Hal & Mal's when friends gathered there to host a benefit for her.

JFP

Question O' The Week: Who is your favorite Jackson chef and why?

This one's dedicated to the food lovers in Jacktown. Tell us which chef is your favorite.

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You & JFP: Judy Alsobrooks Meredith

"I've been reading the JFP since the very first issue."

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Raising and Spending

The way Republican U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker is raising campaign cash, you would think his opponent was former Vice President Al Gore, not retired preacher Albert N. Gore Jr.

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Who Are the 47 Percent?

Last week, a videographer caught Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney in an unguarded moment during a political fundraiser.

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ADP Tight-Lipped on Office Closing

After promising to employ more than 1,000 workers, Automatic Data Processing announced it will close its office in Clinton in February 2013.

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Deacon Mechanics for Defense

Because of negative sentiments and inflammatory statements toward the middle class, poor, elderly, unemployed, etc., the Ghetto Science Team Political Action Committee will apply some of the political organizing methods …

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Stinker Quote Of The Week: "Chickification"

“I think it’s feminism. If it’s tied to the last 50 years—the average size of (a man’s) member is 10 percent smaller than 50 years (ago)—it has to be the …

Editorial

Scanners More Useless Regulation?

With little notice, the Mississippi Department of Human Services rolled out a program that requires poor parents and guardians to scan an appendage before they can drop off or leave …

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Come Out as an Ally

Human beings, not just LGBT individuals, should never face such unfathomable discrimination.

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Sharpening My Skills

When it comes to cooking, I am enormously interested, but easily intimidated.

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Coast-to-Coast Collaboration

The culinary field is one of the oldest on earth—after all, since mankind has existed, we have been eating—yet it is still ever-evolving.

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Class Under Fire

I walked into the "MasterChef" kitchen with the confidence of an actual chef.

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Early Influences

Growing up as I did in the culinary wasteland that was Jackson in the mid to late 1970s, I was just plain lucky to have watched with great interest the …

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Rice Country Classic

Alex Eaton of Table 100 (100 Ridge Way, Flowood, 601-420-4202) has spent his whole culinary career in the South.

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Sewage Woes Hit Home

The issue on Sheffield Drive is only one of several prominent issues with the city's sewage and wastewater system, and the city has to find room in the budget for …

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Finger Scanners Spark Concerns

Parents and child-care providers have concerns about a new state program that requires a finger scan when picking up or dropping off kids at day care.