Posted on 24 July 2010
"In the 70's you could grow up ... in Chickasaw Alabama and Pascagoula Mississippi, and wind up on the cover of the Rolling Stone." Could it be done today? Continue Reading
Posted on 24 July 2010
"His music and songs touch souls in a profound way, while his music videos expand minds to possibilities never before dreamed. Mark Gormley is a man that his captivated the hearts and minds of a generation, and will so for generations to come." Continue Reading
Posted on 24 July 2010
July 25 9p At the Alabama Music Box, with Hibachi Stranglers & King Louie's Missing Monuments Continue Reading
Posted on 23 July 2010
July 23rd, 2010, Mobile, AL is in for another treat! InMyTreeLive! and GREEN HIT present, “GReEnmAtTerS 2, MoreThanSet”, the party bringing together the west coast and the gulf coast in musical and visual splendor and harmony. InMyTreeLive! will produce this event @ The Alabama Music Box. The night will feature the music of GREEN HIT, SubjecTmAtTerS, [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 23 July 2010
Purchase your ticket online and receive a FREE digital download of their new album '(Whatever Happened to the) Great American Bubble Factory?' Continue Reading
Posted on 23 July 2010
Like "the wild ass" that stamps on the grave of Jamshid, "but cannot break his sleep," all the traffic on Royal Street cannot bring Festorazzi's back from the dead. Continue Reading
Posted on 23 July 2010
Oscar Driver was a big man so it took a lot to kill him. Continue Reading
Posted on 23 July 2010
Today we feature Blue Velvet Studios’ Karen Cassidy photographing the marvelous Jessica Chavez Price for their the upcoming Art of the Automobile exhibit at Blue Velvet Studio on 8/13. Blue Velvet Studios has supported the local arts since inception April 2009 by showcasing known and upcoming artists during the monthly ArtWalks with no hanging fee, and encouraging [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 23 July 2010
Sept 25 at the Soul Kitchen Music Hall Continue Reading
Posted on 22 July 2010
In the wake of the recent MA-ATM Conflict, a Mod Mobilian reader took us up on our offer (to publish essays from Mod Mobilian readers). He/she suggests maybe it is time to look at whether the Azalea Trail Maids are the best representatives of Mobile. Always wanting to take a rational look at both sides of an argument [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 22 July 2010
Download a ballot and vote for the good stuff - Due Date is Friday Jul 23! Continue Reading
Posted on 22 July 2010
The 2010 BirdFest will include several new trips in local inland waterways and will repeat many popular land and boat trips from previous years. The full schedule will be released by mid-July Continue Reading
Posted on 22 July 2010
Sir WIlliam Masters out in Bienville Square on a lovely day. also: BALLOON ANIMALS! Continue Reading
Posted on 22 July 2010
The new tv show about local music, M2B airs on NBC after Saturday Night Live. Continue Reading
Posted on 21 July 2010
No sooner than we thought Mod Mobilian had gotten the Massachusetts-Azalea Trail Maid Crisis behind us then we turn on the TV to FX last night and see the new episode of Louie starring standup comedian Massachusetts resident Louis C.K. having the following exchange with an audience member in Birmingham: Audience: Hey Man, say some s*** about Mobile. Louie: What? Continue Reading
Posted on 21 July 2010
To the present generation this system may not sound good, but in Captain Festorazzi's day there were many persons who liked it. Continue Reading
Posted on 21 July 2010
So, you want to work to save our beaches? Take a number. Get in line. And be prepared to wait. Continue Reading
Posted on 21 July 2010
Mod Mobilian profiles graphic designer and art director Daniel Wildberger – whose poster (below) was chosen to represent the 2010 Gulf Coast Ethnic & Heritage Jazz Festival (to be held in Bienville Square on Saturday, August 7). Mobile is very lucky to have creative people from all over the world - in this case a native of native [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 21 July 2010
Sluggo's Vegetarian Restaurant Pensacola - Roman Gabriel Todd's Beast Rising up Out of the Sea (making a triumph return to the new sluggo's) + No Babies (also a triumph return from the west coast) + Brain Canal (locals best!) WED WED WED July 21st! 9:30 PM Continue Reading
Posted on 20 July 2010
Congratulations Massachusetts' Bloggers! You have joined an impressive list of people who Mod Vowel cannot stand. Continue Reading
Posted on 20 July 2010
Sir William Masters reports on Mobile Alabama's July 2010 ArtWalk - HOT ART (?), that truck-pulled "art-ride", drinking at ArtWalk, the best peanuts and bellydancing and so much more. Continue Reading
Posted on 19 July 2010
Years ago, as a founder and board member of WHIL, I made a tour of other public radio stations. I spent a few days in Cambridge and was shocked at the blind arrogance directed towards me as a "Southerner". Now, mind you, my hair was kinkier and longer than Jimi Hendrix's, my attire and politics were vintage Fugs and Allen Ginsberg, my heritage Puerto Rican. Yet, here I was listening to the stupidest comments in the world from the supposedly smartest people on the planet, who apparently couldn't see me for who I was. Continue Reading
Posted on 19 July 2010
"A few weeks ago my hubs-to-be and I traveled to Mobile, Alabama for a friend’s wedding. (You can tell how much we adore said friend because we voluntarily went to the miserably hot South in July, and you know how well I do in the heat). Whoodles...But as soon as we arrived at the Mobile airport and saw the locals, I realized the error of my ways. Continue Reading
Posted on 19 July 2010
New Orleans musicians Bennie Pete of The Hot 8 Brass Band, trumpet player Shamarr Allen, rapper Dee-1 and Paul Sanchez of Cowboy Mouth collaborated on Sorry Ain’t Enough No More, a stinging slap in the face of Tony Hayward and British Petroleum. Continue Reading
Posted on 19 July 2010
Joining Reba McEntire, Mary J. Blige, Godsmack, Lady Antebellum, David Nail and Top of the Orange. Still no Stevie Wonder, Hall & Oates or Bell Biv Devoe... Continue Reading
Posted on 19 July 2010
and then Georgia was all like, "Don't try to bring me into this mess!" Continue Reading
Posted on 19 July 2010
Excerpted from Gary Saunders’ DixieDining.com: We stumbled upon this new wonder on the way to the Fairhope Wal-Mart located near the intersection of Routes 104 and 181. We learned upon arrival that Joe’s has only been open about 3 days. Joe, an older gentleman originally from Ohio, makes all the ice cream using his mother’s own recipe. He hired [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 19 July 2010
This one goes out to all those politicians under house arrest. ‘That Fire’ – a final piece from the video oevure of MMOTM Mobile’s B-Dameezy from the new ‘Beast Mode’ CD (ft. Dave Chapelle’s Half-Baked): Continue Reading
Posted on 19 July 2010
Mod Mobilians get a 3-for-1 as we interview multi-talented Mobile singer Carey Dekle. MM: Tell us about your background. CD: I grew up around music and from childhood, my parents recognized I could sing, so it’s just always been something I’ve done. I started writing in high school (McGill-Toolen – ed.) but didn’t ever perform my originals [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 18 July 2010
Rainy day activity? Last day (Sunday 7/18) for “Shoot’n Southern” at the Mobile Museum of Art – 1pm to 5pm. The exhibit showcases over 70 female photographers, in particular those with a Southern heritage or Southern experiences. Shooting Southern will showcase important 20th century figures such as Rollie McKenna and Eudora Welty as well as [...] Continue Reading
