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Video: Scott Speck on MSO Finale with Pablo Sainz-Villegas

Posted on 30 April 2010

Scott Speck, Music Director of the Mobile Symphony, describes the music on the Symphony’s Season Finale concert series with guest guitarist Pablo Sainz-Villegas:   Sainz-Villegas performing the great “Recuerdos de la Alhambra”:   Continue Reading

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Mobile Bay Trivia: Who’s this?

Posted on 30 April 2010

Who’s this?  Prize: Crescent Theater ticket or Blind Mule coupon. Email doc@modmobilian.com with answer. Continue Reading

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Music

3 More Acts Added to Hangout Fest

Posted on 30 April 2010

(hint: it's not Lady Gaga, Kraftwerk, and Pavement.) Continue Reading

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Film, Music

“Greenberg” hits the Crescent Theater

Posted on 30 April 2010

Noah Baumbach + Ben Stiller + Rhys Ifans + LCD Soundsystem Continue Reading

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MSO One Day Sale Today Thursday 4/29 for Guitarist Pablo Sainz-Villegas

Posted on 29 April 2010

One-Day-Only Sale Today Thursday 4/29 Until 3pm All tickets for the Sunday Season Finale are just $25! Scott Speck and the Mobile Symphony Orchestra will be joined by guitarist Pablo Sáinz-Villegas in the Saenger Theatre Sunday at 2:30pm.   You can get any seat for $25, today, Thursday, April 29th until 3:00pm.   Order your tickets here or call the box [...] Continue Reading

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Music

The Park Band: “Santeria”

Posted on 29 April 2010

Mobile’s The Park Band covers Sublime’s “Santeria” at Boo Radley’s Mardi Gras 2010. Continue Reading

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Music, Video

Mod Mobilian Video: Spring Fling 2010 Blues Festival (Mobile, AL)

Posted on 29 April 2010

Spring Fling 2010: The great blues concert held at the Fairgrounds in Mobile, Alabama As you can see a good time was had by all.  The “Chrichton Leprachaun Guy” can even be seen aroun 4:30. Hope to see YOU there next year Mod Mobilians. Continue Reading

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April 2010 : Tons of UFO Sightings in the Deep South

Posted on 29 April 2010

Throughout April I started seeing more and more stories about the preponderance of UFO sightings in contemporary Alabama, Florida, Georgia and Texas... Continue Reading

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Featured, Music

Who do YOU Want to See at BayFest?

Posted on 29 April 2010

the campaign for Lady Gaga begins here. (only joking... or AM i?) Continue Reading

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Featured, News

Sippin’ at the Space: Space 301 – Wednesdays @ 5pm

Posted on 28 April 2010

The Centre for the Living Arts and Space 301 will host Sippin @ the Space on Wednesdays at 5 p.m. in April, May and June. April and May will feature Margaritas, June will feature Daiquiris. Relax at Space 301 and enjoy live music and more. Guests must be 21 or older. For more information call 251-208-5660.   Continue Reading

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Music, Video

Mod Mobilian Video: Adam Taylor Live at Satori

Posted on 28 April 2010

Adam Taylor plays at Satori Coffee House, Mobile AL, 03 April 2010. Video by artnotapathy. Continue Reading

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News

Gounares: “Just Say No To Bailout Jo”

Posted on 28 April 2010

Peter Gounares’ new campaign posters are popping up all around Mobile and Baldwin counties. In fact outside of ‘08 and Fairhope – where Bonner consistently hits the cocktail party circuit – the Gounares signs seem to outnumber the Bonner signs. Very interesting. Mod Mobilian Interview: U.S. House 1 Candidate Peter Gounares (Redux) Continue Reading

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Gavin W: Driving a Bad Simile

Posted on 28 April 2010

Adopting the assumption that a tangled simile is the product of tangled thinking, I became suspicious. I noticed that it is specifically a "state" auto insurance policy which is contrasted to a "federal" health insurance policy. Why? Continue Reading

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ModBlog, Music

Mod Vowel gets all BFF with Mailer-Daemon?

Posted on 27 April 2010

The squeaky wheel gets the oil, right? Continue Reading

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Featured, Music

Vanguard’s Local Music Compilation Streaming Online

Posted on 27 April 2010

Be warned: the files contained within may have the following side effects: spontaneous dancing, impromptu head bobbing, uncontrollable lyrical recitation, and pregnancy. Enjoy Responsibly! Continue Reading

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Featured, News

Stand Against Racism YWCA This Friday 4/30 Cathedral Square

Posted on 27 April 2010

Join the YWCA Stand Against Racism this Friday 12 noon – 3pm in Cathedral Square (rain location Government Plaza) www.ywcamobile.org   www.standagainstracism.com Continue Reading

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Doc’s Diatribe: Is Mobile Still Segregated?

Posted on 27 April 2010

We were having a conversation with the great Mr. Milton McC. the other day when the question came up – is Mobile still segregated? The answer was – Not de jure but de facto. Now Mobile probably isn’t as segregated as many Southern and even some Northern cities – but it is still more segregated than it [...] Continue Reading

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Music

Open Our Eyes benefit at Soul Kitchen

Posted on 27 April 2010

We're meant to be engaging - talking, laughing, eating, playing, working, worshipping... just generally being together. Being in community can help save lives. Continue Reading

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Lagniappe: Shortfall Fix Delayed Again at Monday Meeting

Posted on 26 April 2010

"The committee then proceeded to fail..." Continue Reading

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Featured, Music

Rebecca Barry does MoJo at Gulf City Lodge Tonight Monday 4/26

Posted on 26 April 2010

Don’t forget Monday night’s Jazz Appreciation Month Jambalaya at Gulf City Lodge (601 State St.) at 6:30 p.m. If you have not been to the Gulf City Lodge – go tonight. In addition to being one of the Bay Area’s most formidable saxophonists, Rebecca Barry has been busy the last few years teaching students at [...] Continue Reading

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Fifth Nation at Serda’s

Posted on 26 April 2010

"Jeff Buckley meets Erykah Badu" - Fifth Nation at Serda's Coffee Co. Thursday April 29 at 7pm Continue Reading

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“Daphne: Music Under the Stars” 4/25 – Lil Greenwood & Roman Street

Posted on 25 April 2010

Music Under The Stars 6-9 p.m. tonight at the Daphne City Hall, 1705 Main Street. The event is a free two-night outdoor concert series featuring Motown &, R& B, and Jazz. Saturday night, BUST and Flite Time performed. Roman Street & Lil Greenwood will perform tonight Sunday night 4/25. Please bring your own seating. In case of rain, [...] Continue Reading

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Sunshine Factory at the Highland Ballroom

Posted on 25 April 2010

Current goings-on in the world of Mobile's Shoegaze/Psychedelia band, The Sunshine Factory Continue Reading

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Featured, Film

“Tubes and Wires” Film Project Screening

Posted on 25 April 2010

See the final films from the "Tubes and Wires" SAFA Competition at the Crescent Theater. It's for a good cause AND you get to see some great films! Continue Reading

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News

Mobile Public Works Employee Revolution

Posted on 25 April 2010

On April 22, 2010, Retired Mobile Public Works Employee Wesley C. Young held an informal meeting with employees... Continue Reading

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History, Music

Jazz Appreciation Month, Mobile’s Own (7) Urbie Green

Posted on 24 April 2010

April is Jazz Appreciation Month and ModMobilian shines a light on a few of the port city’s own Jazz royalty. Urbie Green is a jazz trombonist best known for his work with Gene Krupa and Woody Herman. [In the 1970's] Urbie began experimenting with the “Green Monster”, a King trombone using a King Vox Amp pickup in [...] Continue Reading

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Featured, Music, Video

Lil Greenwood discusses her roots

Posted on 24 April 2010

ModMobilian Exclusive Video! Continue Reading

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Art, Music

Fourth Saturdays on Upper LoDa

Posted on 24 April 2010

All the details on the new, second monthly ArtWalk event on Downtown Dauphin Street... Continue Reading

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Art

“Drink and Draw” @ Serda’s [gallery]

Posted on 24 April 2010

The first Mobile Drink and Draw invited artists of all skill levels, professional and amateur, to meet at Serda’s Coffee Company (3 S. Royal St.) on Friday, April 16, to sketch the shop, the staff, the patrons, the band, each other — or whatever their imaginations prompt. The results are here. Artist Caleb Morris suggested the [...] Continue Reading

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Earth Day Film Festival

Posted on 24 April 2010

Environmental Film Festival at Earth Day Mobile Bay 2010 Continue Reading

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