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Posted on August 5th, 2009 by Brent Thompson

Review: Sweet & Hoffs make beautiful music together again

She made her splash in the ’80s as lead singer of The Bangles and he [...]

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Posted on October 24th, 2008 by Jesse Chambers

John Jeremiah Sullivan digs deep in the country blues

John Jeremiah Sullivan, award-winning author and feature writer, loves the country blues. “I’ve been obsessed [...]

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Posted on November 13th, 2007 by Brent Thompson

Review: Bruce Springsteen’s Magic Show

When an artist of Bruce Springsteen’s stature releases a new album, all listeners share one [...]

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Posted on November 2nd, 2007 by Glenny Brock

Allman joy

Greg Allman returns to Birmingham this week for a show at the Alabama Theatre. Weekly [...]

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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 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 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 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 July 6th, 2007 by Glenny Brock

Weekly Digest: July 5, 2007

DICK & DON DONE GONE
Oh, mama, can this really be the end? It’s hard to [...]

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Posted on June 21st, 2007 by Kyle Whitmire

WEEKLY DIGEST: June 21, 2007

YOU WANNA HEAR A STORY? WE GOT A MILLION OF ‘EM.

Well, it’s actually a million [...]

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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 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 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 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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WEEKLY PICKS: do more now

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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 7 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

A classic from the Suburban Legends Vault