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
Posted on 30 April 2010
Who’s this? Prize: Crescent Theater ticket or Blind Mule coupon. Email doc@modmobilian.com with answer. Continue Reading
Posted on 30 April 2010
(hint: it's not Lady Gaga, Kraftwerk, and Pavement.) Continue Reading
Posted on 30 April 2010
Noah Baumbach + Ben Stiller + Rhys Ifans + LCD Soundsystem Continue Reading
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
Posted on 29 April 2010
Mobile’s The Park Band covers Sublime’s “Santeria” at Boo Radley’s Mardi Gras 2010. Continue Reading
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
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
Posted on 29 April 2010
the campaign for Lady Gaga begins here. (only joking... or AM i?) Continue Reading
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
Posted on 28 April 2010
Adam Taylor plays at Satori Coffee House, Mobile AL, 03 April 2010. Video by artnotapathy. Continue Reading
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
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
Posted on 27 April 2010
The squeaky wheel gets the oil, right? Continue Reading
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
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
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
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
Posted on 26 April 2010
"The committee then proceeded to fail..." Continue Reading
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
Posted on 26 April 2010
"Jeff Buckley meets Erykah Badu" - Fifth Nation at Serda's Coffee Co. Thursday April 29 at 7pm Continue Reading
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
Posted on 25 April 2010
Current goings-on in the world of Mobile's Shoegaze/Psychedelia band, The Sunshine Factory Continue Reading
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
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
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
Posted on 24 April 2010
ModMobilian Exclusive Video! Continue Reading
Posted on 24 April 2010
All the details on the new, second monthly ArtWalk event on Downtown Dauphin Street... Continue Reading
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
Posted on 24 April 2010
Environmental Film Festival at Earth Day Mobile Bay 2010 Continue Reading