Spitball Army

Four new films have opened at The Edge 12 this week: Larry Crowne, Midnight in Paris, Monte Carlo and Transformers: Dark of the Moon.

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Three new films are opening at The Edge 12 today: Bad Teacher, Cars 2, Incendies.

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Here is the set list from last Saturday’s John David Souther concert at Birmingham, Alabama’s Workplay Theatre. JD (on guitar) was accompanied by Chris Watson on piano. Caitlin Rose was the opening act. The concert began at about 8:30. The crowd numbered between 85 and 100 people. “Go Ahead and Rain” “New Kid in Town” […]

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Approximate playing time: 78 minutes.

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The tornado drops bits of Tuscaloosa in Birmingham yards: shingles, chunks of insulation, a bank deposit slip, a woman’s swimsuit.

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(photo: spitballarmy.com) A reflection of modernism in the windows of the old Massey Building on Richard Arrington Blvd., Birmingham, Alabama, as seen on 6 April 2011.

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(photo: spitballarmy.com) A hand-painted relief on the wall of a building along Richard Arrington Blvd., Birmingham, Alabama, as seen on 6 April 2011.

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(photo: spitballarmy.com) The sidewalk on the Richard Arrington Blvd. bridge, Birmingham, Alabama, as seen on 6 April 2011.  There’s some crazy parallax thing going on here…do you see it?

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Our big-city paper transforms the news into decidedly small-town titillations by portraying snarky online comments as headlines.

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1890s growth: The Magic City. 1920s steel: Pittsburgh of the South. 1960s unrest: Bombingham. 2006 vagueness: The Diverse City.

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