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Michelle Obama, wife of Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., right, chats with Jim White, back left, of the Colorado branch of the Volunteers of America, and Colorado first lady Jeannie ...

Michelle Obama gets off the plane before being greeted by Jeanni Ritter at Centennial Airport in Centennial, Colo.

SEARCHING FOR THE WRONG-EYED JESUS . 'The South is more than a state of mind, it's an atmosphere,' says Jim White, the country-crooning cicerone who leads us on a music-laced tour of the bars, bayous and ...

The film "Searching for the Wrong-eyed Jesus" is a road trip through the heart of the American South with alternative country artist Jim White.

Jim White, 8:30 p.m., The Melting Point Story updated at 9:34 PM on Wednesday, May 21, 2008 Jim White 8:30 p.m., The Melting Point Local Americana and alt-country musician Jim White, above, will play to support ...

“In many ways, I went from the absolute fringe to pretty close to the center without having to cut through the middle”

He was a cab driver in New York City with little future. He had worked as a production assistant on films, he washed dishes, he made sandwiches, he mucked asphalt on roads. via Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

“They had the best Salvation Army ever”

Mostly, it's been the South. But today it's Middle America putting a twinkle in Jim White's voice. via Athens Banner-Herald

Ladyhawk/Neva Dinova There are still regular rock bands attempting heartfelt music with a semblance of cool. via Black & White

Chronically underappreciated, this Georgian singer-songwriter has nevertheless built up an ardent cult following for his highly idiosyncratic take on traditional American sounds. via Toronto Life Online

“I guess the hard work paid off.”

Volunteers of America honcho Jim White says his ears are still ringing with the sounds of the 38th annual New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, better known as Jazz Fest. via Rocky Mountain News

“I think it's a function of growing up and having kids”

Just outside Athens, Ga., Jim White is sitting in the little cinderblock house in his backyard that he calls his studio. via Chicago Sun-Times

His previous albums Wrong-Eyed Jesu s [1997], No Such Place [2001] and Drill a Hole in That Substrate... [2004] were acclaimed as masterpieces of 'outer space alt.country' and established Jim as a phenomenal ... via Download.com Music

“We'll have some bigger names, but we're also working on a lot of bands that are about to break big”

In a town where a $5 cover charge has been known to scare people off, free is the only sure thing. via The Courier-Journal

On Radio Five Live's breakfast news programme yesterday morning, the presenter Matt Smith was interviewing a 16-year-old runner who was due to take part in the Olympic torch relay through the streets of London. via Telegraph.co.uk

Another week, another Mercury music section to read while you count your blessings for not growing up goth in England . via Blog Town, PDX

“I wanna be a jailbird/From the prison of my own damn mind") to the simmering Southern funk of "Crash Into the Sun.”

Details: Jim White plays Thursday, March 27, at 8 p.m. Admission is $20. Call 885-0750 or visit www.gamh.com for more info. via SF Weekly

“I'll never fit in, so why should I try?”

The alt-country label is more meaningless now than ever: Jeff Tweedy shifted from Uncle Tupelo's neo-Depression dirges to Wilco's AM-rock without losing the tag, which speaks volumes. via A.V. Club

Jim White has seemingly lived multiple lives, having worked as a fashion model, a New York taxi driver, a professional surfer, a photographer, and a filmmaker. via NPR

It's another deep week for new releases, with the latest offering from Stephen Malkmus making most the headlines. via Thus spake drake

But Jim White's Joe Pernice - "produced fourth record deftly melds Southern-flavored soul with California twang. via Spin