Posted on 03 February 2012
VOTE: Skoda and Co need YOUR input on where to go – from Austin to Mobile – for MM’s next web series, “SHARKJUMP: The Road to Joe Cain”! SHARKJUMP is a new 4-6 part web series here at Mod Mobilian created by Kris Skoda. Think No Reservations meets VICE Guide to Travel, then add a dash of [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 02 February 2012
This year the Dauphin Street Drunks, one of Mobile’s Joe Cain Procession marching crews, will hold the annual Peg Leg Pub Crawl on February 7, 2012 in downtown Mobile. Dressed as pirates, the crew will start at the Garage around 5p.m. and hit almost every bar downtown. The “DSDs” follow behind Chief Slacabamorinico’s coal cart along with fellow [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 01 February 2012
Rex Dingler is a New Orleans native who is heralded as the street artist who founded NoLA Rising, a public art campaign that encourages street art to positively interact with the community. Continue Reading
Posted on 29 January 2012
"Alt-country" master and surrealist raconteur Jim White brought his band to Fairhope independent record store Dr Music over the weekend in support of his upcoming album Where It Hits You and Mod Mobilian was on the case like Encyclopedia Brown on espresso. Continue Reading
Posted on 26 January 2012
Upcoming at Alabama Music Box: Jan. 27: 1st installment of ELEMENTS which will be bringing together DJ’s, B-Boy’s/Girl’s, Graph Artist, & Mc’s to help show our local community what Hip-Hop has to offer. Rock Most (ATL) will be the first headliner, joined by Mobile’s very own local heroes Mob Towne Revival and DJ Fragment. Feb. 18: 3rd [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 26 January 2012
Dan Anderson interviews Amanda Westendorf – Assistant Director of Education at the Gulf Coast Exploreum – about the exhibit “Megalodon – The Largest Shark That Ever Lived” opening January 28 at the Exploreum. Continue Reading
Posted on 25 January 2012
GIVERS (New Orleans/ Lafayette) at Alabama Music Box 1.13.12 Continue Reading
Posted on 24 January 2012
from FilmScramble.org The Choose Your Own Adventure Scramble is done and dusted – we managed to sell out the Crescent Theater yet again! Thanks to everyone that participated and those who came out to enjoy the results! Entries will appear here as the filmmakers send us their links. 1. Lucy the Unicorn 2. Witness 3. Quizmasters 4. Health Swap (Team [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 23 January 2012
Emily Hayes of ModMobilian.com/92 Zew talks to Cary Ann Hearst and Michael Trent, also known as Shovels and Rope, before their show in Mobile, AL at Alabama Music Box. Continue Reading
Posted on 21 January 2012
Posted on 19 January 2012
from FilmScramble.org DIY MOVIEMAKING! the short film competition for everyone. Don’t miss the CHOOSE YOUR OWN ADVENTURE Film Scramble. –the 4th Mobile Bay Film Scramble, presented by ModMobilian.com and the Crescent Theater– Participants got to choose the path their movie will take and see where it leads… Films will be screened at the Crescent Theater 11pm Friday January 20 Film Scramble [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 19 January 2012
“Like The Head and the Heart and The Civil Wars, Delicate Cutters draw inspiration from American folk forms, yet they show a wider musical and emotional palette than many of their contemporaries.” – Paste Magazine Mod Mobilian is please to present Skybucket Records recording artists Delicate Cutters (Birmingham) in a FREE SHOW this Saturday January 21, 9pm, [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 17 January 2012
Posted on 17 January 2012
Shovels and Rope (Charleston, SC) – Cary Ann Hearst & Michael Trent – at Alabama Music Box 8 Jan 2012. Continue Reading
Posted on 16 January 2012
In January and February, Community Cinema presents two documentaries exploring the issue of race in America. Monday, January 23 at 5:30 PM in Mobile Public Library's Toulminville Branch and on Saturday, January 28 at 2 PM in Space 301 Continue Reading
Posted on 14 January 2012
The Ragbirds Sunday, January 15 8pm Callaghan’s Irish Social Club Led by multi-instrumentalist Erin Zindle, The Ragbirds (Ann Arbor, MI) are a fusion of folk rock, pop and world rhythms. With guitarist T.J. Zindle, bassist Brian Crist, drummer Loren Kranz and percussionist Randall Moore, Zindle switches between violin, mandolin, banjo, accordion, and percussion. They have sold over 10,000 [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 13 January 2012
GIVERS (New Orleans/Lafayette) tonight 1/13 at Alabama Music Box Named one of the Best Live Acts in the country in 2011 by Mod Mobilian (oh yeah – and by Paste Magazine too) – expect a high-energy show. Continue Reading
Posted on 13 January 2012
Don’t miss ButtOff 2012 (Boston Butt Cookoff) at Daphne Bayfront Park this Saturday Jan. 14 1-5pm To benefit Mark McWhirter, husband and father, who is receiving treatment for Acute Myelogenous Leukemia (AML) out-of-state at great expense. Good food & music. Continue Reading
Posted on 12 January 2012
Wondering what's up at January LoDa ArtWalk? Here are a few of the things we're most excited about... Continue Reading
Posted on 11 January 2012
Word from Mr. David Griner on the selection process: As for the restaurant selection, the site’s Featured Restaurants are simply the same ones that Alabama Tourism has chosen to include in the “100 Dishes to Eat in Alabama Before You Die” brochure (which is actually up to well over 200 dishes these days)… Tourism is currently working [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 11 January 2012
Monarchs (Birmingham/Austin) is bringing in the New Year with a free 6 song EP called “ft. Celeste – a Monarchs Mixtape.” In true hip-hop fashion, Celeste Griffin has picked out 6 incredibly banging beats to sing, rap and even auto-tune over! What, what?! The tracks have been “borrowed” from underground hip-hop’s best and brightest [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 10 January 2012
The Puffy Chair (2004) Directed by: Jay Duplass Starring: Mark Duplass, Kate Aselton, Rhett Wilkins Written by: Jay Duplass and Mark Duplass Available on: Hulu (Free), Netflix, DVD (Google Shopping) Storyline: When Josh (Mark Duplass) finds the perfect birthday present for his father, a chair that reminds him of the one his father had during his childhood, he decides to deliver [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 09 January 2012
Hurray for the Riff Raff (New Orleans) at Alabama Music Box 5 Jan 2012. Continue Reading
Posted on 08 January 2012
Catch New Orleans’ Sun Hotel and Caddywhompus tonight (Sunday 1/8) with Mobile’s The Suzies at Alabama Music Box. Sun Hotel’s album Coast was named one of the best of 2010 by captains dead and their song “Alchemy” off 2011’s Gifts was voted Best Louisiana Song of 2011 in the Southern Art & Music Awards (Moddys) and [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 06 January 2012
Mobile-native TQ (Terrance Quaites) covers “Hotel California” for the first single from his upcoming album Legendary. Directed by Mobile’s Sith Nuon. Continue Reading
Posted on 06 January 2012
To the dismay of some residents in West Mobile the Black Churches pulled into the driveway of an otherwise quiet neighborhood around midnight to perform a powerful set of aggressively dark music last Friday night. Continue Reading
Posted on 04 January 2012
Catch Kevin signing copies of the book at this week’s (1/13) LoDa Artwalk at the Mobile Arts Council in Mobile. Kevin Lee discusses his new book Colonnade on Studio 10 this morning. Author Kevin Lee releases “Colonnade”: fox10tv.com Or get it here: PayPal – The safer, easier way to pay online! Kevin Lee’s Colonnade ($8) Or buy it from any [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 03 January 2012
Watch the full-length documentary on Confederacy of Dunces author John Kennedy Toole for free here. Continue Reading
Posted on 01 January 2012
With over 1000 votes from New Orleans to Birmingham you gave recognition to the South’s artists and musicians with the 2011 Southern Art & Music awards. The Moddys were awarded by averaging our readers’ poll with our writers’ poll which was submitted by journalists and bloggers from around the South. Old 27 Grill Award: Best Song – [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 30 December 2011
Other media outlets have their top stories…but none of them are like ours! 1) 2011 is the Year of Alabama Music Many great albums came out of Mobile (El Cantador, Grayson Capps, Ryan Balthrop, Underhill Family Orchestra, Lisa Mills) while at the same time almost every Birmingham band (with the return of Maria Taylor) produced outstanding [...] Continue Reading
