Thurs Jan. 29
BoCo - George McConnell's 'Singles Only' Band
*Hippo - Lee Boys (Sacred steel)
T-Bone - The Walking Bones (Punk/Concrete/Roots), 11 p.m.
Fri Jan. 30
BBR - Speakfreely
Hippo - Speedball Widows w/ The Parasols
T-Bone - Scott Chism & the Better Half (Bluegrass/Folk)
Sat Jan 31
Brownstones - Beignets & Blues every Saturday from 11-2 p.m.
BoCo - 17th Floor
BBR - Sam Zeanah Band w/ Red Hill City
*Hippo - Good Enough for Good Times
T-Bone - Del Mar Boys (Indie/Americana), 8 p.m.
Sun Feb. 1
Brownstone's - Superbowl XLIII Party
Keg & Barrel - Superbowl Sunday Buffet all you can eat $7, 3 p.m.
(live music every Thursday, Friday, Saturday)
Granted, there are other bars in Hattiesburg but they either:
a) don't have live music (Mahogany, End Zone)
b) haven't updated live music events (B&E's Wine Bar-- please get a MySpace)
c) aren't worth going to
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Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Sunday, January 25, 2009
Porn star killed the naked chick
Porn doesn't kill, except on CSI. But it sure can dull your real world sexual sense. Naomi Wolf of New York Magazine even proposes that it turns some men off the real thing.
The Porn Myth
For most of human history, erotic images have been reflections of, or celebrations of, or substitutes for, real naked women. For the first time in human history, the images’ power and allure have supplanted that of real naked women. Today, real naked women are just bad porn...Click to read full article.
But it's harmless, just for fun, or perhaps even healthy right?
Perhaps not says Time.com
The Porn Factor
The question is, Can even recreational use be unhealthy? A 2003 online study by Texas Christian University found that the more pornography men watch, the more likely they are to describe women in sexualized terms and categorize women in traditional gender roles. Mark Schwartz, director of the Masters and Johnson clinic in St. Louis, Mo., says porn not only causes men to objectify women--seeing them as an assemblage of breasts, legs and buttocks--but also leads to a dependency on visual imagery for arousal. "Men become like computers, unable to be stimulated by the human beings beside them," he says. "The image of a lonely, isolated man masturbating to his computer is the Willy Loman metaphor of our decade."Click for full article.
Oh, Willy. ... READ MORE
The Porn Myth
For most of human history, erotic images have been reflections of, or celebrations of, or substitutes for, real naked women. For the first time in human history, the images’ power and allure have supplanted that of real naked women. Today, real naked women are just bad porn...Click to read full article.
But it's harmless, just for fun, or perhaps even healthy right?
Perhaps not says Time.com
The Porn Factor
The question is, Can even recreational use be unhealthy? A 2003 online study by Texas Christian University found that the more pornography men watch, the more likely they are to describe women in sexualized terms and categorize women in traditional gender roles. Mark Schwartz, director of the Masters and Johnson clinic in St. Louis, Mo., says porn not only causes men to objectify women--seeing them as an assemblage of breasts, legs and buttocks--but also leads to a dependency on visual imagery for arousal. "Men become like computers, unable to be stimulated by the human beings beside them," he says. "The image of a lonely, isolated man masturbating to his computer is the Willy Loman metaphor of our decade."Click for full article.
Oh, Willy. ... READ MORE
Thursday, January 22, 2009
the frustrations of being Southern
Why, God why is y'all not in predictive text on my Alltel LG Glimmer phone? It's enough to make you want to switch to CellularSouth. I think I just might. That will make the third cell provider I have used in less than one year, after being a loyal Southern Bell/BellSouth/Cingular/AT&T customer since 1995. Is it coincidence that as the company lost its Southern touch in their branding, my service began to decline? I think not. ... READ MORE
Lend me your jobless
Last week, an astonishing 589,000 Americans filed for unemployment. Undoubtedly, these are scary times. And yet, here in south Mississippi, I feel strangely buffered from the squalls of our plummeting market.
Retail sales are certainly slower in the downtown where I am stationed, with luxury items barely moving off the shelves at a snail's pace, if at all. Many service-oriented businesses, on the other hand, are not only holding steady, some are expanding while other bold entrepreneurs seek to hang a shingle for the first time this year.
There are at least half a dozen major industries operating in Jones County and each week I hear of new departments downsized, families shaken. I have no names, no connections.
I am looking for a face, one of these folks who has filed unemployment as a result of the national economic crisis, to share his or her story.
If you or someone you know has lost their job and feels the urge to blog about it, please encourage them to contact me.
In the meantime, we'll hear from a graduate who has yet to find her footing in this tough job market even six months after the cap toss. ... READ MORE
Retail sales are certainly slower in the downtown where I am stationed, with luxury items barely moving off the shelves at a snail's pace, if at all. Many service-oriented businesses, on the other hand, are not only holding steady, some are expanding while other bold entrepreneurs seek to hang a shingle for the first time this year.
There are at least half a dozen major industries operating in Jones County and each week I hear of new departments downsized, families shaken. I have no names, no connections.
I am looking for a face, one of these folks who has filed unemployment as a result of the national economic crisis, to share his or her story.
If you or someone you know has lost their job and feels the urge to blog about it, please encourage them to contact me.
In the meantime, we'll hear from a graduate who has yet to find her footing in this tough job market even six months after the cap toss. ... READ MORE
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
This weekend
Rather rad show this past Friday--former Meters put on a nasty funk show to a crowd packed like sardines at the BBR. Added bonus: an unexpected break from the normal quilted pants crowd. Up next ...
(* = Burger select)
Wed Jan 21
BoCo - Travis Linnville Acoustic, free
Thurs Jan. 22
Hippo - The Hooliganz w/ The Vidrines
Fri Jan. 23 - You can make them all!
*JavaWerks - Thomas Jackson Orchestra, 7 p.m.
*T-Bone Records - in-store performance Mik Davis and Julian Vu, 8 p.m.
*BoCo - Rebirth Brass Band w/ Flowtribe, $15
BBR - Swampnoise with Lowdown Throwdown
Brownstone's - Harper (Australian)
*Hippo - Dark Knights of Camelot w/ Brass Bed
Sat Jan. 24
*T-Bone Records - Ben Shea of DKOC, 8 p.m. | Tim Shea, 9 p.m.
BoCo - U.S.
*BBR - Chance Fisher w/ Great Big No
Brownstone's - Harper (Australian)
Hippo - Grayson Capps
*SAVE THE DATES:
Saturday, Mar 28 - HubFest 09
Saturday, April 18 - Spring Art Walk ... READ MORE
(* = Burger select)
Wed Jan 21
BoCo - Travis Linnville Acoustic, free
Thurs Jan. 22
Hippo - The Hooliganz w/ The Vidrines
Fri Jan. 23 - You can make them all!
*JavaWerks - Thomas Jackson Orchestra, 7 p.m.
*T-Bone Records - in-store performance Mik Davis and Julian Vu, 8 p.m.
*BoCo - Rebirth Brass Band w/ Flowtribe, $15
BBR - Swampnoise with Lowdown Throwdown
Brownstone's - Harper (Australian)
*Hippo - Dark Knights of Camelot w/ Brass Bed
Sat Jan. 24
*T-Bone Records - Ben Shea of DKOC, 8 p.m. | Tim Shea, 9 p.m.
BoCo - U.S.
*BBR - Chance Fisher w/ Great Big No
Brownstone's - Harper (Australian)
Hippo - Grayson Capps
*SAVE THE DATES:
Saturday, Mar 28 - HubFest 09
Saturday, April 18 - Spring Art Walk ... READ MORE
room to rent
The Burger has needed some room to breathe. To escape anti-terrorist hackers. To reconnect. Space available soon.
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