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Posted on December 24th, 2009 by Weekly Staff

THURSDAY, DEC. 24

IT WAS A DARK & STORMY NIGHT: It seemed it was always dark and stormy [...]

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Posted on December 24th, 2009 by Weekly Staff

FRIDAY, DEC. 25

JINGLE BAR JINGLE BAR JINGLE BAR ROCK: After downing a half-dozen or so glasses of [...]

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Posted on December 24th, 2009 by Weekly Staff

SATURDAY, DEC. 26

A REASON FOR THE POST-CHRISTMAS SEASON PARTY: Birmingham’s ambassador of Southern-fried jazz guitar has made [...]

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Posted on December 24th, 2009 by Weekly Staff

SUNDAY, DEC. 27

SMITH AND THE JONESES: “I’m very happy about it—it’s great to finally have it out [...]

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Posted on December 24th, 2009 by Weekly Staff

MONDAY, DEC. 28

A QUESTION OR TWO FOR YOU: Darren Boyd’s meeting with Sammy the Fiddle had gone [...]

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Posted on December 24th, 2009 by Weekly Staff

TUESDAY, DEC. 29

LIGHTING THE KINARA: Boyd knew the meaning of the Fiddle’s little riddle. 1500 Sixth Ave. [...]

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Posted on December 24th, 2009 by Weekly Staff

WEDNESDAY, DEC. 30

NOT EXACTLY HARPER LEE: Boyd was distressed. It was 7 p.m. on Wednesday night and [...]

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Posted on December 24th, 2009 by Weekly Staff

THURSDAY, DEC. 31

NEW YEARS WITH THE SYMPHONY: Boyd wasn’t much for improv about murder. In his days [...]

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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