Posted on 30 June 2010
Soldiers and Captives, Boarders and Brides: The Many Lives of Condé Charlotte By Laura Jane Rogers and Elizabeth Wade Alabama Heritage, Summer 2010 Situated near Fort Condé, Mobile’s Condé Charlotte Museum House boasts a complex and often mysterious history. In 1957 the National Society of Colonial Dames in the State of Alabama purchased the house and began efforts [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 30 June 2010
Duh-rama abounds your High Culture column as a computer crash causes a lost post, a missed week, and a mystery involving how in the hell am I supposed to cover high art when there is none in the middle of summer. Let us try and pass the time in an entertaining way. Continue Reading
Posted on 30 June 2010
Mod Mobilian spoke with Morris Minor’s Joey Waits. MM: Joey – what’s new with Morris Minor? JW: Well, the new record we are working on probably has our biggest focus right now. There are two singles we’ve released on Itunes, Amazon, Napster, and a few other sites….those would be “Life Is So Strange” and “Ides of March“. They [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 30 June 2010
Mobile native Ashima “Skinnifyne” Franklin at the Rumba in Chicago (top) and interviewed by Dj Fullmoon (bottom) – For mature audiences only please Recently on the Mo’Nique Show on BET Appears at the Uptown Comedy Corner and Kat’s Cafe in Atlanta Breaking Newz Feat. Comedian Ashima Franklin – watch more funny videos Continue Reading
Posted on 29 June 2010
Previously, we have written about our concerns about business owners publicly supporting Steve Nodine and the “Friends of Steve Nodine” website. Yes, he is innocent until proven guilty. That is for a court of law to decide. But, looking at the facts and common sense, anyone who would willing give Nodine their hard-earned money seriously lacks judgement in [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 29 June 2010
Brief Excerpt: The most breathtaking irony in the whole sorry oil spill saga is that the Obama administration has selected BP—which it continues to demonize as reckless, greedy, and incompetent—as the principal entity to contain and clean up this vast and dangerous mess. Continue Reading
Posted on 29 June 2010
Mod Mobilian asked Student And Filmmaker Alliance organizer Renae Brewer for a rundown: Two non profit organizations in Mobile, Alabama, Lifesouth Community Blood Centers and the recently established Student and Filmmaker Alliance (SAFA), team up with local filmmakers to create films in honor of the opening of the third movie in the Twilight Saga: Eclipse. Filmmakers were [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 29 June 2010
By Jess Bravin (Wall Street Journal) The Supreme Court eviscerated a favorite prosecution tool often used against corporate and public corruption, issuing a trio of unanimous decisions that dealt a blow to two of the landmark corporate cases of the last decade, the convictions of Enron Corp.’s Jeffrey Skilling and former media mogul Conrad Black. Prosecutors pushed [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 29 June 2010
Former Press-Register editorial writer Quin Hillyer in the American Spectator (excerpted): …With Riley retiring, his enemies at the hugely powerful, hugely counterproductive Alabama Education Association are going to phenomenal extremes to make sure the governor’s mansion ends up in hands far more pliable for the AEA agenda. So radical is the AEA that a decade ago [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 29 June 2010
Page owner: "I can't believe they shut us down with no explanation. I could not even say goodbye to my friends. We must have been doing something right." Continue Reading
Posted on 29 June 2010
Gulf Coast states east of Texas are offering up-to-the-minute information on destinations that may be affected by the oil spill. Continue Reading
Posted on 29 June 2010
Wednesday, June 30 Crescent Theater 208 Dauphin St Mobile, AL Continue Reading
Posted on 28 June 2010
Monday, 6.28.10, 6:30pm, MOJO Jazz Jambalaya “The Great Guitarists of Blue Note: Grant Green and Kenny Burrell” The Jim Marshall Quartet featuring Charlie Robinson Gulf City Lodge (601 State St. @ Warren), Mobile, AL. $7 members, $10 guests, $5 students w/ID/military in uniform. http://mojomobile.multiply.com/ E-mail: mobilejazz@bellsouth.net Ph: 251-459-2298 Continue Reading
Posted on 28 June 2010
Join the Facebook Group ‘Sea Stand’ here We asked founder Brent Miller what it was about: Jimmy Buffet’s “free” show was the inspiration. Our goal is to challenge artists to give of their time and come play a truly free show to help get people to the Gulf to show unity to BP that we want our [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 28 June 2010
3-Day Cd Release Event at the Alabama Music Box Thurs July 29-Sat July 31 Continue Reading
Posted on 27 June 2010
WZEW Free Concert: Los Angeles based band Carney at Alabama Music Box 7pm Sunday 6/27 Continue Reading
Posted on 27 June 2010
Waking Sleeping Beauty is no fairytale. It is a story of clashing egos, out of control budgets, escalating tensions and one of the most extraordinary creative periods in animation history. Director Don Hahn and producer Peter Schneider, key players at Walt Disney Studios Feature Animation department during the mid1980s, offer a behind-the-magic glimpse of the [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 27 June 2010
We have heard the complaint from many people: The Buffett ticket situation sucks. Get Over It. It's not about you. After Frederic Gulf Shores was mostly leveled. But it was over in 24 hours. Then rebuilding could begin - we knew what we were facing. Today - despite the efforts of officials - it feels like Gulf Shores has a cancer. We don't know how long it will last, how painful it will be before its over, or if it will survive in the end. Continue Reading
Posted on 26 June 2010
35,000 tickets. Gone. How is this benefiting the Gulf Coast again? An artist who has blown off this region for god knows how long is coming back with so much fanfare but the residents can't even get tickets before people in Canada ?! Continue Reading
Posted on 26 June 2010
Surely this will put to rest any assertion that the Saenger can't keep it relevant... Continue Reading
Posted on 25 June 2010
“It got me to thinking Henry – can you imagine if you came across a Trey Lane filming in public with them (sic) all kinds of people dressed up in weird costumes and things, body outfits. Goodness gracious alive Henry, that’d be enough to cause an accident or cause some great consternation and confusion amongst the public. Anyway, I [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 25 June 2010
The Eslava Tomb can usually be found covered in pennies and other coins (including Mardi Gras Doubloons) for good luck. So if you are having financial problem's of any kind stop by the Eslava Tomb and "pay" Miguel Eslava his "taxes". Continue Reading
Posted on 25 June 2010
Saturday June 26 11PM - Shot during the mammoth Future Sailors tour, this intimate film observes the comic genius of the Mighty Boosh as they navigate a nation hooked on its cult. Continue Reading
Posted on 25 June 2010
and Aquaman says "Drill, Baby, Drill!" Continue Reading
Posted on 24 June 2010
Tonight (June 24) Mobile Arts Council will be hosting a closing reception for its June exhibitions 6-8 PM. Come take a look at Sarah Haas Otts and Rebekah Phillips Webb’s “Costal Abstractions”, Paula Stadther’s “Big Florals…”, and the works of more than 50 artists in “The Green Room.” (below is example of a piece from “The [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 24 June 2010
The fishing in south Mobile Bay is good - lots of fat specks Continue Reading
Posted on 24 June 2010
Dirty nasty rematch between two Gulf Coast teams. Military, Police, Fireman, and students get 1/2 off with ID.Receive $2 off MRD merchandise when you bring the following items to help with the clean up the oil spill on Dauphin Island: rubber gloves, bandanas, Gojo, Dawn, energy bars, powdered gatorade. Donations go to the National Guard unit #217 Task Force DeepWater Horizon. Its Gonna Get Crude !!!!!! Continue Reading
Posted on 24 June 2010
From American Review Lifestyle Journal Deborah Gibson Deguire…sold him peanuts at A&M Peanut Shop in downtown. (WIlson) didn’t have much, just a picnic basket filled with sacks of peanuts. “He’d come about every two weeks and get about 26 pounds from us and he go and sell them at the corner. Sometimes in his younger days, he’d walk [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 24 June 2010
Collecting and exhibiting the winners of past "film scramble" competitions, all of the entries for the most recent two scrambles, and a few independent projects made by local filmmakers, the DCWF Film Screening will be held Friday June 25 at 11PM at the Crescent Theater Continue Reading
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