Posted on 04 September 2010
Priest. You tagged a cop car. C'mon man! Continue Reading
Posted on 03 September 2010
Larger rooms, smaller perspective By Kevin Lee The years unfurl from east to west in our town. The bay on one side, Mobile expanded like its nation, chasing the setting sun. So as you move through the neighborhoods, time flows past in the architecture and historic city limits. Cross Broad Street and the War of 1812 has ended. [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 31 August 2010
Last night I logged into Facebook to find this on my news feed: I AM AN UN-APOLOGETIC AMERICAN: “I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands; one nation under GOD indivisible with liberty and justice for all.” I grew up reciting this every morning in school; it is [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 29 August 2010
an alternative to being cremated and put in some gaudy vase when you pass. Get your ashes pressed into vinyl! Continue Reading
Posted on 27 August 2010
Mud ain’t all I smell By Kevin Lee Mobile Bay’s brown waves are thanks to the tons of silt rolling through the delta each year, but if you’re familiar with our history, you’d know the dirt might as well be flowing from the offices of our civic leaders. Why, sleepy little Mobile? Corrupt? Just a bit. Enough that [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 25 August 2010
Some, claiming a terrorist attack, rushed for the door. Others, like Mod Vowel, won't leave a beer behind and once the brew was secured, headed for the mass exodus into Oakleigh. With the entire building evacuated and tears of joy (ok really it was the pepper spray) running down folks faces, the story came to light about the accidental pepper spraying. Continue Reading
Posted on 20 August 2010
Bridging gaps with something greater By Kevin Lee Deanna’s on my mind every day now. When I watch the news, when I read the paper, she arises. It’s been 14 years since she died, 14 years since she was fatally bludgeoned in the late afternoon, just inside the family business south of the Loop area. Along with her [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 18 August 2010
As if hand-me-downs and the fact that only three baby pictures of us exist, there's more bad news for younger siblings: A new study suggests that firstborns may have gotten favored status in the brains department as well. Continue Reading
Posted on 14 August 2010
Let us start, as usual, by saying that we ask the reader to take a deep breath and think about the subject with an open mind and common sense. Some people’s natural reaction to groups like “End Panhandling” is to attack the group as heartless. They respond “let them panhandle.” But this is the height of stupidity – [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 13 August 2010
We’ll Have a Gay Old Time by Kevin Lee “Have a yabba dabba doo time, a dabba doo time, we’ll have a gay old time.” Hurrah, huzzah, my marriage counts again! When a federal judge struck down California’s gay marriage ban as discriminatory, it validated my own legal union. Sure, I’m straight; I’ve got the seared eardrums to prove [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 13 August 2010
My Mods, it is time to correct this way of thinking. If you see that a show is scheduled to start at ten, be there at ten. Start holding your favorite music venues to a higher standard. Continue Reading
Posted on 12 August 2010
You grow up. You have big dreams. You rack up thousands upon thousands of dollars in student loans. And then, finally, you try your hardest to get a damn job. But no. Not gonna happen. Continue Reading
Posted on 11 August 2010
Mod Mobilian may come under question (or worse) for publishing the communications of the assumed identity Robyn Goodall with the person portraying themselves on Facebook as Stephen Nodine – so we thought an explanation is in order. The writer behind Robyn Goodall makes no excuses for the fact that she goes after suspected perpetrators of domestic violence. She has [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 11 August 2010
ex wife, got the dog....damn i am having a tough few months...lol... i am so tan now i look like george hamilton with blue eys...lol did you get the photos i sent Continue Reading
Posted on 09 August 2010
The following was related to Mod Mobilian by a nationally-renowned justice advocate & writer who attempted to make contact with murder suspect Steve Nodine via an assumed identity. The writer asked we not reveal their name because of fear for their safety. The writer states that he or she has saved all on their communications [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 06 August 2010
We are sympathetic for young Ms. Hayes who, in her innocence and naievete, was taken in by the smooth-talking lothario, Mr. Masters. Despite this we feel we feel the evidence of Mr. Masters' philandering cannot be embargoed. Mr. Masters is a danger to the virtue of Mobile Bay's young women - this must be made known so that they may protect themselves. Continue Reading
Posted on 06 August 2010
Mod Mobilian welcomes one of Mobile’s premiere writers - Kevin Lee - to our Mod family. Kevin will be writing an exclusive ModBlog for Mod Mobilian on his personal opinions and experiences in regards to our fair city. So Close, So Far Away By Kevin Lee Like boxers staring across the ring, things are heating up between Mobile and the Pacific Northwest. [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 06 August 2010
Mod Vowel feels like the Mobile music scene is a sleeping giant. When the time comes, the giant will wake up and the world will never be the same. It is a beautiful thing, my Mods. Continue Reading
Posted on 30 July 2010
Uncle Henry Show podcast featuring Mod Mobilian staff. Continue Reading
Posted on 27 July 2010
Mod Vowel has been on a bit of a high horse lately. And no one likes a snotty columnist who won't even tell you who they are. So let's get back to what brought us together in the first place. Local Music! Continue Reading
Posted on 27 July 2010
Super-writer Kevin Lee with the last word on the Trail Maids. Excerpted; Originally posted at salon.com : Sometimes things are just as they seem while still being more complex than appearances suggest. Alabama’s sole entrant in the inaugural parade of Pres. Barack Obama was a group of 50 teenaged girls from Mobile, Ala., the 300-year old town’s [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 26 July 2010
This is what we posted on April 23: We witnessed firsthand the grief of Kyser Miree’s parents when they learned their son had died - and in all our years we have never seen anything as tragic. Twenty-three year old Miree was found shot in the head in the front on his home on Macy Pl. [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 25 July 2010
what is tough about this is that Priest, whoever he is, has talent. And he is reflecting social issues. Buildings that the city or private owners don't seem to care about can be turned into an artistic form of social commentary. What is so wrong with that? Continue Reading
Posted on 25 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 23 July 2010
Oscar Driver was a big man so it took a lot to kill him. 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 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
So, you want to work to save our beaches? Take a number. Get in line. And be prepared to wait. 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 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
