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Posted on August 20th, 2009 by John Seay

The Fiery Furnaces cause a burning sensation

The Fiery Furnaces cause a burning sensation

Ever since close-harmony brother acts dominated popular music in the 1930s, family bands have fascinated [...]

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Posted on June 5th, 2007 by John Seay

Through the Sparks Gaining Momentum

Birmingham be proud! Local band Through the Sparks is slowly but steadily reaching a [...]

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Posted on June 3rd, 2007 by John Seay

The Guy Who Always Looked Dejected

I was cleaning out my Word documents the other day when I stumbled across a [...]

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Posted on May 29th, 2007 by John Seay

“Bored Civilians” WAY Left of the Dial…

You know the album you’re listening to is WAY left of the dial when even [...]

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Posted on May 22nd, 2007 by John Seay

Four Foolish Ninjas and Marc Singer

To the extent that anything can ever be said to begin at any one specific [...]

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Posted on May 15th, 2007 by John Seay

The Other John Seay

I came to terms with my name a long time ago. After all, for [...]

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Posted on May 9th, 2007 by John Seay

That time I played in City Stages’ Battle of the Bands…and Won!

It was 1999 and my band Exit Io had just “released” our debut album, Moonlit [...]

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  • Alright we're out of here. Good day Weekly readers. #Katopodis 2 days ago
  • Prosecution objects to the "substantive reasonableness" of Bowdre's sentence for #Katopodis. 2 days ago
  • 3 years supervised release after he gets out. Bowdre's been asked to put #Katopodis in a minimum security prison with credit for time se ... 2 days ago
  • I wonder how much Jefferson county gets monthly in restitution from people who have defrauded the county? #Katopodis 2 days ago
  • Prosecution asks for $166000 in restitution to Jefferson County, Bowdre makes it so. 2 days ago
  • 3 years, 10 months. I think prosecutors were asking for six years. #Katopodis 2 days ago
  • #Katopodis gets 46 months. 2 days ago
  • Bowdre said she found a letter from a fellow inmate to be especially moving. Inmate said #Katopodis is very encouraging of others in jail. 2 days ago
  • Bowdre: #Katopodis is not going to jail for helping others, he's going to jail for helping himself to other people's money. 2 days ago
  • Bowdre about to deliver the sentence, talking about it now. #Katopodis 2 days ago
  • Martin is laying it on #Katopodis. Says JK is probably best educated defendant that's been in this building, he should have known better. 2 days ago
  • We're back. Martin says #Katopodis case is one of the most disgusting he's seen, doesn't have God in his heart, has larceny in his heart. 2 days ago
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War on Dumb

Birmingham 101: What will history say about us?

Birmingham 101: What will history say about us?

‘The city of perpetual promise.’ Does that mean incessant failure? Or rather, that Birmingham never gives up hope?

Upon Further Review

Bama wins, 2010 and amen

Bama wins, 2010 and amen

Part two of the college football season recap.

Column

Ringing the changes

Ringing the changes

Thoughts on navigation, prevarication & vindication

Film

Wonderland without wonder

Wonderland without wonder

Burton’s film looks but doesn’t feel like “Alice”

Small World Cartoons

Narcissistic Personality Disorder

Narcissistic Personality Disorder

In lieu of politics, I bring you talking roaches. Cartoonists are primary NPD sufferers.

Suburban Legends

The King of Rock: No, Not Elvis

The King of Rock: No, Not Elvis

The world is designed to piss me off