http://bhamweekly.com/birmingham/articles.sec-7-1-news-views.html I was prepared for The Dead Weather show last Tuesday the 27th at Workplay to be entertaining. I was prepared for some Jack White guitar fireworks and a tight set artfully delivered. What I was comple]]> Little Red Rooster. Lady Jane. Don’t Fade Away. As Tears Go By. Paint It Black. Ruby Tuesday. Play With Fire. Sympathy For the Devil. You’ve heard these Rolling Stones hits a gazillion times but pr]]> "When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro . . ."—Hunter S. Thompson Allow me to introduce myself. I am the new managing editor of this newspaper, replacing Glenny Brock. Many of you have talke]]> Morris Newman is the chairman of the City of Birmingham's Zoning Board of Adjustment. He will soon launch a website called ReThink280 that will provide additional information concerning the proposal h]]> Lt. Col. Joseph Lewis Shannon led an amazing life. He met Charles Lindbergh when the aviator landed at Robert’s Field in Birmingham in 1927 during the barnstorming tour that followed his historic ]]> This article was written for Birmingham Weekly by local artist and activist Ben South, who wishes to help contribute to an intelligent discussion of which candidate, William Bell or Patrick Cooper, sh]]> Think of all the things you might have done differently if you could predict the future. You would have started sooner, or stayed longer, or just for once kept your mouth shut. Nobody really knows wha]]> Jefferson County commissioners aren't the only targets of federal investigators. On Thursday, a federal grand jury in New York indicted Jefferson County's former swap advisor, CDR Financial Products, ]]> After a day of jury selection, a federal court in Tuscaloosa has chosen the 12 jurors and two alternates who will decide the guilt or innocence of Birmingham Mayor Larry Langford. Once struck, the ]]> Birmingham Weekly will live-blog returns for city council and school board elections from Birmingham City Hall. Polls close at 7 pm and the blog should begin shortly after. Fill out the blank below f]]> But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you. — Matthew 5:44 My first thought ]]> The Jefferson County Commission this morning voted to bring back as many as 40 revenue department employees to help the county collect taxes, but the commission did not vote to bring back about 1,000 ]]> For the last seven years, a Birmingham-based nonprofit organization called Equality Alabama has sponsored an event called the Day of Equality. Comprised of a daylong workshop and an awards gala, the a]]> There's only one explanation if someone doesn't agree with you. (Click for a full size cartoon.) For more, visit Small World Comics.]]> The University of North Alabama intends to spend $2 million of federal money installing energy efficient windows, air conditioning units and solar panels, according to a recent report by WAFF 48, an N]]> Bill Blount, a Montgomery investment banker and co-defendant of Birmingham Mayor Larry Langford, pleaded guilty (PDF) Tuesday to charges that he participated in a bribery scheme with Langford and lobb]]> “You can and you can't, you shall and you shan't; you will and you won't. And you will be damned if you do, and you will be damned if you don't.” So what if 19th century evangelist Lorenzo Dow was ]]> “Free the Midwives,” a musical benefit for the Alabama Birth Coalition, an organization working to increase access to out-of-hospital maternity care for Alabama women, will take place at Bottletree Ca]]> Jennifer Crook Moore of Birmingham is a midwife. She is, in fact, a Certified Professional Midwife (CPM), trained to assist women in that most primal act, the birth of a child, and to do so in the]]> Birmingham Mayor Larry Langford's 2010 proposed budget shows a potential surplus of $13 million, but more recent city reports show a $17 million deficit, a difference of $30 million. [caption id="a]]>