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Posted on June 29th, 2009 by Stephen Humphreys

Scenes from the Cosmo’s canine caper

After Birmingham police showed up the night of May 30 and proceeded to open fire [...]

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Posted on June 26th, 2009 by Stephen Humphreys

Celeste Griffin & Monarchs release THOSE WORDS, THOSE FRAMES

Celeste Griffin & Monarchs release THOSE WORDS, THOSE FRAMES

I have to tell you the truth: I did not have the easiest time working [...]

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Posted on June 1st, 2009 by Stephen Humphreys

Surveillance art at the Havana Bienal

Surveillance art at the Havana Bienal

When I returned to Cuba in April for the Havana Bienal, one of the world’s [...]

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Posted on April 23rd, 2009 by Stephen Humphreys

Sonnet 22

 
The last time I saw her at the river
It flowed beneath us in an unseen [...]

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Posted on June 16th, 2008 by Stephen Humphreys

Discovering the music of Monarchs

“Notes on Disease,” the first song on the Monarchs’ new EP, Oak, is written with [...]

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Posted on May 8th, 2008 by Stephen Humphreys

A Day at the Derby

Emily solidified her faded aristocratic credentials by never actually responding to the Derby invitation, only [...]

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Posted on September 8th, 2007 by Stephen Humphreys

Tasting notes on Georgia wines

Wineries are working hard to create the next Napa Valley in every state in this [...]

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Posted on August 22nd, 2007 by Stephen Humphreys

Our Lady of the Vineyards

I felt very small, very fast on my August 2007 trip to visit the wineries [...]

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Posted on July 2nd, 2007 by Stephen Humphreys

The music of the vines

Praise him sun and moon; praise him all you stars above.
– Psalm 148
 
We have grown [...]

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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

Ties that bind

Ties that bind

A four-in-hand is worth two in the bush

Film

Casualties of war

Casualties of war

“The reasons we go to war always matter,” says the soldier played by Matt Damon [...]

Small World Cartoons

The Paranoid Guide to the 2010 Census

The Paranoid Guide to the 2010 Census

Uncle Sam left something lurking in your mailbox. Dare you open it?

Suburban Legends

The King of Rock: No, Not Elvis

The King of Rock: No, Not Elvis

The world is designed to piss me off