Posted on 26 September 2009
Doc interviews Mobile’s young artists with Ashelea Penquite and Sarah Parvardeh Doc: Tell us what P2 will involve. AsheleaP: P2 will involve a show at Satori Coffee on Old Shell Road on Saturday, September 26th. It starts at 7 pm and goes until about 10 pm. The cover is $5 and all proceeds from the door [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 24 September 2009
Fresh off his award for Best Novelty Song — Just Plain Folks Music Award Brent gave us a few minutes for an update. Doc: Tell us about your background and what led you to write in the style you do (influences etc)? BB: I’ve written songs most of my life, but I’ve found my biggest success comes [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 18 September 2009
Doc: Mr. Jetten, How did you get started in collage? RJ: I used to make collage comics, and nearly three years ago, Nikki Burkett, one of the best artists in Mobile, really, suggested I make art collages. I started on January 1, 2007. Recently, I have had three solo art shows focusing on my collage series, the [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 16 September 2009
“Mobile isn’t the center of anything, merely a small port city on a bay where lazy rivers meet in one of the last untainted habitats in the Southeast. It’s a sleepy place with smiling, crocodile politicians one step removed from the horse theives and slave traders who first took the land from the Choctaw Nation.” [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 09 September 2009
Doc: How did you get started as an artist? WS: I’ve been drawing and sculpting since Kindergarten. I have 30 sketchbooks full of robots, mutants, aliens and mercenaries to prove it. ;] I earned my BFA from the University of Montevallo and an MFA from the University of Georgia in Athens. I taught for 8 years part time [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 04 September 2009
Doc talked briefly with Greg Nobles of Morris Minor before their show at Noell B’s tonight 8:30pm (19 S. Conception) Doc: How did Morris Minor come together? GN: I formed the band seven years ago when I moved back to Mobile from Birmingham. I needed an outlet for the songs I was writing at that point in my life… Continue Reading
Posted on 01 September 2009
We had the great privilege to interview author Ravi Howard. Mr. Howard’s first book “Like Trees Walking” tells the story of Michael Donald’s 1981 lynching through the fictional eyes of 18-year-old undertaker Roy Deacon. After writing the book, Mr. Howard moved to Mobile with his family, which now includes a 2 week old son (Congrats!). Doc: [...] Continue Reading
