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 26 December 2011
Voting for the 2011 Moddys will end at midnight on Wednesday, 12/28. Awards will be given in the Categories of Music, Film, and Books for each of Mobile Bay, Alabama, and the South, as well as the title “King of Mobile”. Well over 800 votes have already been cast. If you have not voted yet please [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 14 November 2011
Preface: Do you know how many Southern artists were on the NPR listener’s poll for top 100 albums of 2010? Three (and all of those were from Atlanta). We at Mod Mobilian firmly believe that the South has some of the best bands in the country – but most get little attention nationally. So we, [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 06 October 2011
The conventional wisdom amongst some is the farther west you go in Mobile, the more isolated and unfriendly the neighborhoods become…but is this true? For the Mod Mobilian poll of the week, we asked questions to determine the friendliness of neighborhoods based on respondents’ zip codes and neighborhoods. Each answer was assigned a point score from 1 [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 01 September 2011
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Posted on 01 August 2011
A Mobilian involved in music said to us the other day “I am tired of hearing about the Birmingham and New Orleans music scenes.” We can understand what he meant – that Mobile has plenty of great bands itself – but the comment still irritated us. Especially since the person who said it knows a lot about music in [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 17 July 2011
Mayor Sam Jones has proposed another loan for the QulfQuest “Container Ship Museum” that will cost $16.7 million in debt service, of which $3 million is new money needed to finish the project – in addition to the $25 million the City has already spent. The city has until July 20 to finalize the deal. The museum’s [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 30 June 2011
Mod Mobilian wants to know whom our readers think really is the "King of Mobile." Early voting is shaping out to be very interesting, with Mod Mobilian's own Trey Lane pitted against his arch-nemesis, John Nodar. "A vote for John Nodar is a vote against Trey Lane in my opinion," says one area resident. Continue Reading
Posted on 19 May 2011
Here is a rundown of contenders for "Best Mobile Bay EP/LP/CD" for the past year (voting will continue until 11/11) Continue Reading
Posted on 06 April 2011
"We should axe that stupid museum... I don't give a damn if the Coopers lose the tax write-off/shelter they're looking to utilize there, we don't need it...We have two completely wonderful museums -- Exploreum and Museum of Mobile -- that are underutilized as is." Continue Reading
Posted on 28 March 2011
The main exhibit is "a full-size replica of a container ship, docked inside the building, ready to leave port!" Other exhibits include "maritime commerce and shipbuilding, ship navigation and communication, offshore oil/gas platforms, and much more." Hmmmm. Um. OK. Continue Reading
Posted on 24 March 2011
In response to our appeal to let 15 Place shelter to move from off Dauphin Street, Kevin Lee said: “I’m eager to see the homeless facilities relocate for one really big reason: I want to see what the excuse will be then.” At first we brushed this off as guilt-ridden liberalism, but then realized that it is really true. What [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 21 March 2011
On Tuesday there are three sets of property taxes that fund Mobile County’s public school system which are up for renewal by public vote . The taxes raise over $55 million for the schools and were originally levied in 1915, 1942, and 1945. Feel free to comment below. Continue Reading
Posted on 15 March 2011
We at Mod Mobilian are trying out a new feature here to take advantage of our exceptionally intelligent readership. We want to get your thoughts on the burning issues of the day. This one is serious, though future ones maybe not so much: Should NPR and PBS continue to receive public (i.e. taxpayer) funding? Recently the U.S. House [...] Continue Reading
