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... with your open line comments. And easy on the fireworks, please. Friday Night Lights is on my mnd. I"ve been re-watching the series on DVD. Good stuff. Thanks to Scott Miller for a weekend-appropriate photo of his flag-bedecked Argenta home. In other news:
WATER MAIN: A reader reported while I snoozed that a water main had broken near Cantrell and University. It was a whopper. Central Arkansas Water news release on the jump. Some discolored water will result.
CRIME WATCH: Also from a reader I hear reliably that the LRPD has nabbed two purse snatchers who robbed elderly women, including a nun, in Kroger parking lots in Hillcrest and the Heights last week. Familiar thugs, apparently.
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Arrests made of people suspected to have connection to the missing former Waldron mayor. He has not been found, however..
The New York Times says:
Gov. Sarah Palin of Alaska announced Thursday that she would step down by the end of the month and not seek a second term as governor, allowing her to seek the Republican nomination for president in 2012.
She'll step down July 25. Some cable talkers think this weird speech could be the end of her national ambitions and are quoting "sources" as saying that's her intention, to leave politics. Even some Republicans said the sports-metaphor-laden, disjointed talk was "bizarre." But I wouldn't be so sure this is disqualifying, certainly not with the zombie wing of Republican Party. And she did an awful lot of talk about serving larger purposes. She was savaged, however, in a recent Vanity Fair profile ("It came from Wasilla") and the talk today certainly didn't showcase a national prime-timer.
I prefer to say let the campaign begin -- Huck v. Palin in 2012. Just don't look for them on the same ticket. Not enough air in that room.
UPDATE: Uh oh, add meanness to cute white women to the conservatives' victimhood litany (you know Christian white males are the most discriminated against class in America.) Huck plays the victim card, too, to burnish his zombie love should she actually be exiting the stage:
Mike Huckabee, who might be/have been a 2012 contender against Palin, said that “what she’s showing is what a lot of us loved about her: Her spunk.” He said that her supporters wouldn’t punish her decision: “They’re going to feel like she was, in essence, hounded from the opportunity to serve.”
UPDATE II: I don't have a clue what's on her mind. But MSNBC is running the full speech. It's the only way to appreciate what occurred today. She's a wackjob. Whatever her intentions, she's proved she's not fit to be president. Get the bugler. Blow "Taps." Stick a fork in Caribou Barbie. As a political force, she's done.
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The Moving Front. Photo by Matthew Martin.
FRIDAY 7/3
Longtime local post-punk heroes the Moving Front headline at White Water. It could be guitarist Mark Lewis' last show. He's moving to Austin in August. Stella Fancy opens up, 10 p.m., $5.
Local label Thick Syrup showcases its talent at Sticky Fingerz with garage-folk miscreants Frown Pow'r sharing a bill with country rockers the Drunken Angels and pop singer/songwriter Bryan Frazier, 9 p.m., $5.
At the Afterthought, local party band Tragikly White plays songs you know, 9 p.m., $7.
Crash Meadows, the latest incarnation of the group formerly known as the Dean Agus Band, plays Ya Ya's new music series, 8 p.m., free.
For cruise-minded staycationers, the Arkansas Riverboat Queen offers a Reggae Boat Cruise, with DJs K-One, Ras Levi and Hy-C, 10 p.m., $20 adv., $25 at gate.
SATURDAY 7/4
The Clinton Center Fourth of July Celebration includes music, kids' activities and free admission to its space exhibit, 9 a.m. (for indoor activities) and 4 p.m. (for outdoor), free.
At Magic Springs Timberwood Concert Series, country star Craig Morgan offers hits like “That's What I Love About Sunday” and “Redneck Yacht Club,” 8 p.m., $35.99-$45.99 (park admission).
At Sticky Fingerz, Memphis' acrobatic rockabillies the Dempseys return to town, 8 p.m., $7.
Local folk singer Chris Denny and his ultra-tight backing band play White Water Tavern, 9 p.m.
At Discovery, Justin Sane mans the disco, while Balance works the lobby, midnight, $10.
Soul duo Ramona Smith and Carl Mouton share the stage at the Afterthought, 9 p.m., $7.
At the Arkansas Inland Maritime Museum, Damn Bullets play a fund-raiser for Women's Action for New Directions (WAND), which hosts a picnic with a great view of the fireworks, 7 p.m., $25. Earlier, at the Historic Arkansas Museum, there's a Frontier Fourth of July celebration with arts and crafts and more, 2-4 p.m., free.
SAVOIR FAIRE
9 p.m., the Peabody. $5.
The Peabody's RiverTop Party switches it up again on Friday. Savoir Faire brings together what's become the necessary elements of any local sophisticated get-down: a fashion show, DJs and live music. The fashion show features clothes by local designer Missy Lipps and from local boutique Magpie and Birdie. The Cool Shoes crew — Deeter, Shawn Lee and Risky Biz — provide the soundtrack. DJ IKE (“I Kill Eternally”) mans the ones and twos, too. Suga City, the Stuttgart-and-Pine Bluff-bred rap duo of Arkansas Bo and Goines, should figure into any conversation about the finest rap talent in the state. Lately, they've hardly performed and not released any new material. Here's hoping this is the beginning of a productive period. Cameron Holifield, Cool Shoes' resident video collagist, beams bright, mostly abstract video, which he says will take a new direction this go round, for those who need a little visual distraction. Admission is free before 9 p.m.
