Archive | February, 2010

Music

Shannon McNally & Hot Sauce at Callaghan’s Tonite 2/28

Posted on 28 February 2010

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Film

Join the Friends of the Southern Circuit Today

Posted on 28 February 2010

Join the Friends of the Southern Circuit of Independent Filmakers today and receive an invitation to screenings of short films by southeastern filmmakers. For details, call 251-432-9796. The movies last year were excellent. Help keep Mobile on the filmmakers’ radar! Continue Reading

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History

Clem: Malbis Plantation (Documentary)

Posted on 28 February 2010

“Malbis Plantation” by Robert Clem Continue Reading

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News

South Alabama Pork

Posted on 28 February 2010

Listed at washingtonwatch.com LIFECare Electronic Health Records Infirmary Health System, Mobile, AL 36607 Rep. Jo Bonner (AL-1) requests $4,000,000 (Requested) Generator, Providence Hospital Providence Hospital, Mobile, AL 36608 Rep. Jo Bonner (AL-1) requests $1,350,000 (Requested) God forbid – the Infirmary CEO only made $5 million last year – they obviously need more taxpayer money. Continue Reading

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Literature

“Delta Blues” Excerpt – Tom Franklin & Beth Ann Fennelly

Posted on 27 February 2010

From the anthology Delta Blues edited by Carolyn Haines “What His Hand Had Been Waiting For” by Tom Franklin and Beth Ann Fennelly  July, 1927 They left the dead looters in the house and were striding toward their horses, Ham Johnson reloading his .30-30, when they heard what sounded like a cat. “Ain’t no cat,” said Ingersoll. “Naw.” Ham clicked [...] Continue Reading

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News

Mobile Area Medical Personnel Return from Haiti

Posted on 26 February 2010

Four Mobile-area members of AL-3 Disaster Medical Assistance Team (DMAT) returned home safely from Haiti today – Randy, Philip, Kelly & Connie. Thank you all for your humanitarian service. For more information on AL-3 DMAT see www.al3dmat.com Continue Reading

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Art

Mobile SketchCrawl 2 : Feb 27

Posted on 26 February 2010

from the press release: Join sketchers all over the world on Saturday, February 27, as we record what we see in our communities, then share our drawings on the internet. For our second local SketchCrawl (the 26th international Crawl), we’re moving from downtown to West Mobile, gathering at the Mobile Museum of Art (4850 Museum Dr.) at [...] Continue Reading

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17th Annual Festival of Flowers

Posted on 25 February 2010

Presented by Providence Hospital Foundation March 25-28, 2010 Providence Hospital Campus Mobile, Alabama The 17th annual Festival of Flowers, produced by Providence Hospital Foundation, will bloom March 25-28th, 2010. Acknowledged as the premier flower and garden event on the Greater Gulf Coast, the festival is arrayed under tent and sky on the campus of Providence Hospital. Over 300,000 square [...] Continue Reading

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Art, Food/Drink, Interviews, Music, Video

Midtown Music Festival -Saturday March 6

Posted on 25 February 2010

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Music

“Who Dat Symphony” This Weekend

Posted on 25 February 2010

Join the Mobile Symphony in celebrating the Saints’ Super Bowl victory. Bring ANY fleur de lis image – jersey, newspaper clipping, t-shirt, anything – to the box office and receive a 20% discount on any ticket to Mobile Symphony’s French Connection Concert this weekend. Read the whole story here. Continue Reading

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Art

Fusion Painting at Morphosis Studios

Posted on 25 February 2010

video by Erik Roam Corvin Continue Reading

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Music

Courtney Younique – “Money”

Posted on 24 February 2010

if anyone has more information about this Mobile artist, please let us know… Continue Reading

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Music

Grayson Capps & the Stumpknockers – Live at Soul Kitchen

Posted on 24 February 2010

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ModBlog, Music

ModBlogs: Short and Sweet (and Sour.)

Posted on 24 February 2010

a post Mardi Gras treat from Mod Vowel How powerful is Mod Vowel’s complaining? The squeaky wheel gets the oil is the old saying. Continue Reading

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Music

Brent Burns’ Songwriters Showcase – Gulf Shores – March 7

Posted on 24 February 2010

Brent Burns is hosting a special acoustic songwriters showcase at the South Baldwin Community Theatre in Gulf Shores March 7 With Grammy award winner Linda Davis and special guests Lang Scott and Bill Whyte Tickets are $25 per person. Call 251-948-8863 for reservations. www.brentburns.com Continue Reading

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An Overview of Mobile

Posted on 23 February 2010

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History

Will Uncle Henry Retire?

Posted on 23 February 2010

“Saraland, communism, Lambert Mims, atheism, witchcraft, Prichard, Gary Greeno, paper company, air pollution, teaching kids evolution, Doug Wicks, porn flicks, Gulf Breeze UFOs, prostitution – sex for sale, making fun of Dan Quayle, Bob Grip’s Elvis lips, Chancellor and Brokaw, heavy metal, punk rock, living out of wedlock, Howell Heflin, Led Zeppelin, goodbye Mayor Outlaw.  [...] Continue Reading

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Music

Gregg Fells – Recording Live at Serda’s

Posted on 23 February 2010

Feb 26 at 8PM Special Guest Session Players will be: Josh Ewing (The Investments)-Guitar/Vocals Dave Farmani (The Investments)-Bass Guitar Les Hall-Percussion Brandyn Ulmer (Top of the Orange)-Guitar James Kurisko -(Kristy Lee)-Guitar Sheery Neese Vocals Continue Reading

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Music

Hurray for the Riff Raff at Satori

Posted on 22 February 2010

Brought to you by the Independent Music Collective Continue Reading

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News

Downtown Safety : Everybody keeps on talking about it, nobody’s getting it done.

Posted on 22 February 2010

from wkrg.com (where the comments are priceless and the video is downright avant garde) Continue Reading

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Music

JohnnyB: Grayson Capps & the Lost Cause Minstrels – “Bacon”

Posted on 22 February 2010

Video from JohnnyB 1004 (YouTube): Grayson Capps and The Lost Cause Minstrels live at The Soul Kitchen on Lundi Gras in Mobile,Al. February 15, 2010 Grayson Capps, John Milham, Chris Spies, Corky Hughes, Christian Grizzard.   Continue Reading

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Food/Drink

Doc’s Diatribe: We Don’t Need No Stinking Chain Restaurants in Mobile!

Posted on 21 February 2010

Although Doc may not be able to compete with the likes of Mod Vowel when it comes to diatribes, this one was brought on by the fact that in 3 days over 500 people joined the Facebook group “We want a PF Chang’s in Mobile, Alabama” What is wrong with you people? The list of great [...] Continue Reading

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History, Literature

New Book: “Mobile Bay” by Thomason, Ellis, & Sirten

Posted on 21 February 2010

Mobile Bay: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow New book by U.S.A. Emeritus Professor of History Michael Thomason, Archivist Carol Ellis, and corporate profile writer Elisabeth Doehring. Incredible photography by Catt Sirten of  92 ZEW (WZEW). Follows in the footsteps of Thomason’s 1981 and 2001 Mobile but covers all of Mobile Bay. Available at Bienville Books (reportedly) or online. Even features a [...] Continue Reading

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Art

Webb: Collographs in the City

Posted on 21 February 2010

“It’s always inspiring to see kids get excited about art. So I was on the receiving end of a lot of inspiration this week, as I hauled my etching press to two inner city schools to make collograph prints with students in the third through fifth grades. I’m one of three studio artists participating in [...] Continue Reading

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Film, History

‘The Utopian Fairhope’ Trailer

Posted on 21 February 2010

“It is obvious from this film that the ideals of the 1890s are still alive and thriving in this multi-talented and amazing utopian time capsule of the South.” via FairhopeArtistGallery.Blogspot.Com Continue Reading

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Film

Laurel & Hardy at the PITP Tomorrow 2/21

Posted on 20 February 2010

The You’re Darn Tootin’ tent of the Sons of Desert’s next meeting will be at 2:30 on Sunday, February 21 at the Playhouse-in-the-Park in Mobile’s Langan Park. We’ll celebrate Valentine’s Day with the boys jeopardizing their marriages in We Faw Down (1928), Blotto (1930), and Block-Heads (1938). Continue Reading

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Film

“Shutter Island” at the Crescent until 3/4

Posted on 20 February 2010

“WOWWW…..I was transfixed…physically & psychologically.  I knew nothing about this film before I went.” – S.C. (Crescent regular) From Oscar-winning director Martin Scorsese, “Shutter Island” is the story of two U.S. marshals, Teddy Daniels (Leonardo DiCaprio) and Chuck Aule (Mark Ruffalo), who are summoned to a remote and barren island off the coast of Massachusetts to [...] Continue Reading

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Film

Academy Awards Night at the Crescent

Posted on 19 February 2010

Watch the Academy Awards on the big screen at Mobile’s only Oscar Party! Sunday, March 7, 2010 - 6:30 PM Until the last Oscar is Awarded Red carpet photos, heavy hors d’oeuvres, Hollywood glamour Continue Reading

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Film, Music

“Rootsy Hip” in WeMo

Posted on 19 February 2010

Independent Local HipHop Documentary, “Rootsy Hip”,  gets another in-town showing this time at Satori Sound Coffee Saturday Feb 20 8PM – $5 Continue Reading

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Film, Music

TRIMPIN: The Sound of Invention

Posted on 19 February 2010

Open your ears and your mind will follow. Trimpin, an eccentric and highly creative artist/inventor/engineer/composer who has created a world that resembles both Santa’s workshop and Frankenstein’s lab Feb 21 – 2PM Bernheim Hall read more at the mobile arts council Continue Reading

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