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Posted on October 25th, 2007 by Glenny Brock

WEEKLY DIGEST: Oct. 25 – Nov. 1, 2007

FINE ART & HAUNTING ARTIFACTS: Visitors to “Pompeii: Tales from an Eruption” will be treated [...]

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Posted on October 5th, 2007 by Glenny Brock

Weekly Digest: Oct. 4-11, 2007

THIRTY YEARS IN THE TAKING: That’s the subhead of this week’s cover story, “Larry Langford’s [...]

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Posted on September 19th, 2007 by Kyle Whitmire

Mayoral Debate Online

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Posted on September 13th, 2007 by Kyle Whitmire

NEWS: Making a million

Almost three months ago, Jeremy Harper began his one-to-million shot — counting to one million [...]

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Posted on September 6th, 2007 by Glenny Brock

WEEKLY DIGEST: Sept. 6-13, 2007

THERE OUGHT TO BE A LAW that says no self-respecting publication in the city of [...]

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Posted on August 21st, 2007 by Molly Folse

Newsflash: Men and women are different!

OK, so there’s no big surprise there. But according to one sexual health professional, the [...]

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Posted on August 12th, 2007 by Glenny Brock

Weekly Digest: Aug. 9-16, 2007

Every year around this time, we Weekly people get sentimental about our halcyon college days [...]

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Posted on August 3rd, 2007 by Glenny Brock

Weekly Digest: Aug. 2 – 9, 2007

Some weeks are full of history and music, and so are some weeklies, particularly this [...]

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Posted on August 1st, 2007 by Kyle Whitmire

Lou’s Pub turns 20

Tonight Lou’s Pub will celebrate 20 years of business. A split pub and package store, [...]

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Posted on July 19th, 2007 by Glenny Brock

WEEKLY DIGEST: July 19-26, 2007

It’s not often that anybody gets to write about the Alien Tort Statute outside of [...]

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Posted on June 18th, 2007 by Kyle Whitmire

T-minus one million and counting

UPDATE: Check out this week’s Cover Story at Bhamweekly.com
Jeremy Harper is counting to [...]

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Posted on June 8th, 2007 by Kyle Whitmire

WEEKLY DIGEST: June 7, 2007

WOWEE ZOWEE, THE BOARDS ARE ON FIRE: “On the boards” is fancy for “now playing [...]

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Posted on June 8th, 2007 by Kyle Whitmire

POLITICS: Sonuvabitch-slap

Here’s the video from yesterday’s Alabama Senate brawl between Sen. Charles Bishop and Sen. [...]

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Posted on May 23rd, 2007 by Kyle Whitmire

WEEKLY DIGEST: Over the Top

Asked how many songs he knew the words to, the inimitable Topper Price was said [...]

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Posted on May 17th, 2007 by Kyle Whitmire

WEEKLY DIGEST: MAY 17, 2007

I WAS UP UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF OTHER FORCES: Was what Sun Ra said about [...]

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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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Posted on April 25th, 2007 by Kyle Whitmire

VENUES: Diggin’ up bones

Birmingham’s favorite pet parade is still a month away, but it’s not too early to [...]

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Posted on April 23rd, 2007 by Kyle Whitmire

NEWS: Root of our evil

When the protective hand of Reconstruction lifted from Alabama in the late 19th century, it [...]

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Posted on March 22nd, 2007 by Kyle Whitmire

VENUES: WorkPlay up for sale

Ever been jamming with your garage band and thought you’d make it big if only [...]

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Weekly Tweets

  • Can Jefferson County break the bank? The meaning of Jefferson County's suit against banking behemoth JPMorgan: http://bit.ly/2JfcKk #bham 15 hrs ago
  • @WadeOnTweets I don't see Dr. Davis on Twitter any time soon. We're plugging your blogging academy classes in next week's Weekly Picks btw. 1 day ago
  • Nice to see @bhamterminal 's @acnatta on Fox6 w BSC's Natalie Davis discussing #bham mayoral race. Video @WadeOnTweets: http://bit.ly/1o93gZ 1 day ago
  • @brightsides Thanks for comments on last week's cover. It was designed by Jeremy Markham (http://bit.ly/1l7Yx1). More: http://bit.ly/4bvRoK 1 day ago
  • Forest Perk Coffee opened today--new coffee shop on Clairmont (next to Piggly Wiggly). Just went by there--the coffee's good. Check it out. 1 day ago
  • Shout out to @DNicholAdams for her tweeting of the #bham mayoral forum tonight. She did a great job. Thanks for the live feed! 2 days ago
  • Also slated to appear: William Jason Sumner (?) & Jimmy Snow. No Smitherman or Hoyt? Election Dec. 8. Educate yourselves. We'll help. #bham 3 days ago
  • Mayoral forum information came from Delta Sigma Theta Alum association, who is putting on forum and was kind enough to call me back. #bham 3 days ago
  • William Bell, Patrick Cooper, Emory Anthony, Scott Douglas, Stephannie Huey, Jody Trautwein and others coming to #bham mayoral forum tonight 3 days ago
  • Don't forget there's a mayoral forum tonight at 6:30 p.m. at Huffman High, and a meet & greet Thursday at Highland Hotel, 5-7 p.m. #bham 3 days ago
  • I think if you count the fact that council started about 30 minutes late, this may be the quickest council meeting I've ever seen. #bham 3 days ago
  • Council meeting over except for old & new business. Hoyt says he is the fried turkey king, and will fry turkeys when done w/ politics #bham 3 days ago
  • More updates...

War on Dumb

Can Jefferson County break the bank?

Can Jefferson County break the bank?

Jefferson County has declared war on JPMorgan.

Upon Further Review

Lane Kiffin’s (allegedly) lost boys

Lane Kiffin’s (allegedly) lost boys

Lane Kiffin’s players are undisciplined? You don’t say…

Column

Surviving the New Depression with sweet taters

Surviving the New Depression with sweet taters

Political commentary plus a recipe for sweet potato pie.

Film

2012 blows up the world real good

2012 blows up the world real good

2012 may be the hugest, craziest, most preposterous disaster film ever made

Small World Cartoons

Jobless Recovery

Jobless Recovery

Things are looking up for the economy! Or they’re not.

Suburban Legends

The Wedding Planner

The Wedding Planner

A classic from the Suburban Legends Vault