Posted on 04 September 2010
What inspired the book? A search for a recipe I had at Constantine's restaurant years ago: Shrimp and crabmeat a la Rector. It came from the great restaurateur George Rector in who's restaurant Mr. Constantine had worked as a young man In the 1950s a friend of Mr Constantine, Mr. Kaller, who had worked with George Rector, had a restaurant in Mobile called "Rector's" where this dish was also served. Continue Reading
Posted on 26 August 2010
how Folkstreams.net preserves and gives new life to documentary films about American folklore and roots cultures by streaming them on the internet Continue Reading
Posted on 18 August 2010
Documentary on the worldwide bestselling novels (and now films) : Thursday 7p - Serda's Coffee (3 S. Royal St.) Continue Reading
Posted on 12 August 2010
at Fairhope Civic Center 6PM Nov 9 Continue Reading
Posted on 26 July 2010
Ruby Pearl understands, but she doesn’t care. The epigraph at the very beginning reads, “If you are offended by anything in this book then you are in DIRE need of being offended. Trust me. You have one foot in the grave. Let’s extricate that sucker!” Continue Reading
Posted on 16 July 2010
No, that's not the name of a band (AFAIK) Continue Reading
Posted on 15 July 2010
Point Clear’s Watt Key will be releasing his second novel Dirt Road Home on July 20. “After his recapture at the end of Alabama Moon, 14-year-old Hal Mitchell is sentenced to live at Hellenweiler boys’ home. Hal could walk out in just a few months if he keeps out of trouble. But the more he tries [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 05 July 2010
Please put your hands together for the marvelous Jeannie Holmes, whose first book, Blood Law, is scheduled to arrive at a store near you July 6. Continue Reading
Posted on 23 June 2010
Mod Mobilian interviews Mobile author Carolyn Haines whose novel Bone Appetit is being released today 6/22. MM: Ms. Haines tell us about Bone Appetit. CH: BONE APPETIT is the 10th in the Bones series, and it starts out with Sarah Booth Delaney, amateur private investigator, recovering from a terrible emotional loss. She and Tinkie go to Greenwood, [...] Continue Reading
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Posted on 15 June 2010
Baseball In Mobile, 2004, Arcadia Publishing Spanning from the late 1800s to the present day, Baseball in Mobile recounts the introduction of baseball to the Port City, chronicles the vast talent of Mobile natives who have influenced the sport, and introduces the players and teams of modern Mobile, many of whom are sure to become tomorrow’s [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 04 May 2010
Have often to you get to see a play by a local Mobile playwright? What about a funny, entertaining play by a local playwright? The Centre for the Living Arts presents the premier of local playwright Danielle Juzan’s new comedy, Artbruted, at Space 301. May 7 & 8 at 8:00 pm, May 9 at 2:00 pm. Admission is [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 03 May 2010
who DOESN'T dig dead poets? Continue Reading
Posted on 17 April 2010
The Eastern Shore Irregulars WHAT: A society dedicated to the life and times of Sherlock Holmes WHEN: The second Tuesday of each month at 6:30 p.m. WHERE: Wintzell’s Oyster House, Spanish Fort INFO: Charles G. Thomas at 251-626-9031 Continue Reading
Posted on 16 April 2010
Mod Mobilian interviews Eddie Curran – author of the controversial and riveting book: “The Governor of Goat Hill: Don Siegelman, the reporter who exposed his crimes, and the hoax the suckered some of the top names in journalism” Visit the website www.eddiecurran.com to peruse and buy the book, additional thoughts by Mr. Curran, some Alice Cooper and [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 14 April 2010
Page & Palette will host Author and Naturalist E.O. Wilson on April 15 from 5:30pm -7:30pm at Blakeley State Park’s Gatra Wehle Nature Center to discuss and sign copies of his latest book, Anthill. Wilson was born in Birmingham, and grew up in Mobile. He began a survey of the ants of Alabama as a teenager, including [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 23 March 2010
BARRY MUNDAY premieres at the SXSW Film Festival 2010. The film stars Patrick Wilson, Judy Greer, Chloe Sevigny, Jean Smart, Malcolm McDowell, Cybill Shepherd & Billy Dee Williams. It is written & directed by Chris D’Arienzo and based on the book “Life is a Strange Place” by Baldwin County’s Frank Turner Hollon. Barry Munday, a [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 20 March 2010
From Stories from the Blue Moon Cafe III “I was conceived in the back seat of a Pontiac Tempest in Brewton, Alabama, and I first saw the light of this world in Opelika, Alabama. It was the morning of April 17, 1967. The year Woody Guthrie and Otis Redding died and the year of the summer [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 11 March 2010
Broken Wing By Thomas Lakeman Reviewed by Don Noble Thomas Lakeman’s first novel, the thriller The Shadow Catchers, did not appear until 2006 when Lakeman was forty years old. He had been plenty busy up until then, however. Born and raised in Mobile, Lakeman graduated from Murphy High and Sewanee, and studied theatre in England, Ireland, and [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 09 March 2010
John McPhee, The Sporting Scene, “Catch-and-Dissect,” The New Yorker, October 19, 1998, p. 58 “There are more than ten thousand fish skeletons in the American Museum of Natural History in New York, and about a quarter of them came from the Alabama Deep Sea Fishing Rodeo.” – “Catch-And-Dissect” By Pulitzer Prize Winner John McPhee THE [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 27 February 2010
From the anthology Delta Blues edited by Carolyn Haines “What His Hand Had Been Waiting For” by Tom Franklin and Beth Ann Fennelly July, 1927 They left the dead looters in the house and were striding toward their horses, Ham Johnson reloading his .30-30, when they heard what sounded like a cat. “Ain’t no cat,” said Ingersoll. “Naw.” Ham clicked [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 21 February 2010
Mobile Bay: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow New book by U.S.A. Emeritus Professor of History Michael Thomason, Archivist Carol Ellis, and corporate profile writer Elisabeth Doehring. Incredible photography by Catt Sirten of 92 ZEW (WZEW). Follows in the footsteps of Thomason’s 1981 and 2001 Mobile but covers all of Mobile Bay. Available at Bienville Books (reportedly) or online. Even features a [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 11 February 2010
Mod Mobilian caught up with Mr. Key recently and we were told that his new book DIRT ROAD HOME will be released July 2010. It is a actually a companion book, focusing on the character Hal. It can be pre-ordered here at Amazon. Continue Reading
Posted on 26 January 2010
from the back of the book: Bizarre and cryptic messages found on a pair of corpses in Mobile, Alabama, launch junior police detective Carson Ryder and veteran cop Harry Nautilus into a desperate search for a mysterious killer. With the body count rising, Ryder descends into his family’s terrifying past by seeking advice from his brother, [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 23 January 2010
“As you know February is Black History Month which is upon us. For this period I am encouraging all to read “IMPRINTS: TRACING TODAY’S BEHAVIOR TO PAST EVENTS”. This exciting book can be purchased online from amazon.com. It looks at a number of traits displayed by African Americans and traces them back to their origin. [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 13 January 2010
Carolyn Haines of Semmes has been named the 2010 recipient of the Harper Lee Award for Alabama’s Distinguished Writer of the Year. Haines will receive the award at the Alabama Writers Symposium in Monroeville on April 30. Read Mod Mobilian’s interview with Carolyn Haines Continue Reading
Posted on 02 January 2010
Books by Mobile Bay authors published in 2009. Thank you to Emily Bell of Page & Palette for assistance in compiling this list. Buy local authors from local bookstores – Page & Palette and Bienville Books. Aaron Beam: Healthsouth: The wagon to disaster Andy Andrews: The Noticer Barry Boggs: Through a Glass Darkly Betty Ruth Speir: Come Eat with Me Carolyn Haines: [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 10 December 2009
Each week, Alabama Arts Radio visits with Alabama’s musicians, painters, sculptors, writers, and other special individuals who contribute to the state’s rich artistic traditions. This [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 10 December 2009
Negative Capability Press is holding a poetry reading 12/12 3pm at Satori. Continue Reading
Posted on 11 November 2009
Doc asked author Jack Kerley about current projects and upcoming plans: JK: My books aren’t currently published in the US (having it to do over, and expect I will, I’d select a smarter publisher than the previous model). Fortunately, they’re bestsellers in the UK and Australia, and are in over twenty countries and a dozen languages. [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 05 November 2009
Doc: Tell us about “Alabama History on the Air”. Alabama History on the Air is a series of radio broadcasts of the 1930’s, entitled “Highlights in Alabama History”, presented on WODX, Mobile’s first radio station. The commentator was John F. Glennon, a prominent businessman, lawyer, historian and avid advocate of Mobile! Radio Station WODX began transmitting on February [...] Continue Reading
