Spitball Army

I came across an old post (written four-plus years ago, so only old in a relative sense) in which I had constructed a musical playlist to mirror a trip through the South. I couldn’t even recall writing it. Perhaps that’s why I used the word ‘old.’ It followed an imagined road trip out of the […]

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A rare visit today to the Birmingham Barnes & Noble (by virtue of being near my doctor’s office) was cut short due to the introduction of St. Paul and the Broken Bones on their sound system. I couldn’t get out of there quickly enough. I swear, that belly-flopper of a lead vocalist wants to be […]

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The bitter-old-man saga of Fame Studios founder Rick Hall threatens to dominate Muscle Shoals‘ portrait of an Alabama musical legacy.

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A McDonald’s sign in Huntsville, Alabama…

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I wonder how many people living in Trussville, Alabama, actually know what a truss is?

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This card pictures “Jefferson County Court House, showing Pools, Birmingham, Ala.”

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“Cloud Atlas” at The Summit, Birmingham.

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This card pictures “Comer Building, Birmingham, Ala.”

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I don’t know if I am more aghast at the shrill idiocy within the text or the shameless copyright infringement of the Godfather design.

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This card pictures “View of Birmingham from Red Mountain with Ramsey High School in Foreground, Birmingham, Ala.”

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