Spitball Army

Joseph Gordon-Levitt is in love, with help from Hall & Oates, a marching band, and Disney’s Song of the South.

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The walls around this table are adorned with photos of Strom Thurmond and Richard Shelby. My BBQ plate tastes of vinegar and ash.

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This morning’s Birmingham News editorial page features an endorsement for the mayoral election to be held on Tuesday, January 19th.

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Beck’s Sea Change;
Hem’s Twelfth Night;
The Wooden Birds’ Magnolia

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The crown of the city felt big on his head, but when he examined its fit in the mirror, he saw possibilities for growth. (detail from front cover of Birmingham Weekly, November 5-12, 2009)

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Links to the first available news reports and video from the Larry Langford trial.

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Holy time capsule! Where did some of these artists go? Rees Shad? Gillman Deaville? (Who is Rees Shad, anyway?)

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I spotted this sign on a local church’s van a few weeks ago, as I was stopped at a traffic light. By the time I had pulled my cell phone out of its holster, the light had turned green and the van had vamoosed.

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The Sleepy Jackson, a band from “Down Under,” made a rare tour through the United States in the Spring of 2004 in support of their Lovers album. Their stop in this part of the country was at The Nick – the dirtiest club in Birmingham, Alabama.

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Perhaps the highly literate denizens of the area that use Ensley Park would treat it with more respect if they thought that “destroying” it was offensive to the authorities.

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