Issue 03
Celebrating the East Side
by Janet Elizabeth... | December 8th, 2009
When a neighborhood is growing, it finds all kinds of ways to celebrate. So, why not throw a parade?
It must have started about 4 years ago that we saw the signs of a growing and flourishing neighborhood in East Lake. It's a beautiful place. Some of the streets are decked on either side with what you might call "Granny Houses." Many of us had a grandmother who lived in one of these Post-War era box cottages or salt boxes. These were the garden homes of yesterday, the perfect neighborhoods for young families. Sidewalks along the soft rolling slope of the streets and the closely nestled homes gave a feeling of coziness and safety. Interspersed with the post-war homes are tudors, bungalows and craftsman style houses, offering diversity for the eye that new postage-stamp suburban settlements can't provide. Not to mention that these homes were built with yesterday's craftsmanship, a trade that has largely fallen by the way in this era of geterdone quick-like developing. Read more...
Sweet Release Birmingham - Imaginary Planes
by Janet Elizabeth... | December 6th, 2009
With my eyes closed, I can picture exactly where this music is coming from in my memory. It's 2:00 p.m. on a sunny Saturday afternoon and my roommate and I have just had a couple of beers with our lunch/breakfast. It's Autumn, and a yellow crunch of leaves sounds stonily as white noise against the psychadelic drumbeat of our feet, our heads full of haze. The sun is bright in the too-blue sky and hot on our sweatered shoulders as we walk to The Point (reader, remember: I am an ATL ex-pat) for the afternoon show featuring a line-up of local and touring indie bands.
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Track 1 - Inside Out
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Track 4 - Pagans
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Track 6 - Backwater
Wear Your PJs to the Alabama Theatre
by Lauren Lippeatt | December 4th, 2009
I'm really excited about wearing my pajamas to the Alabama Theatre this Sunday. In fact, I'm so excited it's almost embarrassing. When I found out the Alabama Symphony Orchestra would be performing the film score live along with the movie on December 6th AND that I could wear my pajamas to commemorate the epic event, I started mentally picking out which pajamas I would wear. (I still haven't decided!)
Why the excitement? (Skip the reading and go straight to the video if you want.) Read more...
Becoming a Part of the Family
by Jason Templin | December 1st, 2009
I have always wanted to be a Hulsey. There, I said it. I was nineteen when I first met Sierra, Ashley, and Shane Hulsey. I was in the midst of a summer comprised of endless nights fueled by too much coffee and too many cigarettes -- a summer where I imagined I could actually feel my adult life beginning, even as I raced to avoid it. This summer was marked by a rush of new friends whose creativity and sense of adventure restored me after an initial collegiate miscue and subsequent suburban withdrawal into my parents' home. Read more...
Holiday Giving - Volunteer Opportunities for You!
by Amanda Storey | November 25th, 2009
The USDA recently stated that 49 million Americans (which includes nearly 17 million children) are food insecure. It's no surprise that in these hard economic times (aka this darn recession), food banks see new faces waiting in line for food. As we round the holiday corner and folks begin thinking about volunteering in their communities, I would like to encourage Food Revival and Pavo folks to give a little differently this year. Here are some ideas to get you started:
FOOD BANKS:
Why is it when we begin collecting canned items for food drives, we see it as the perfect opportunity to do some winter cleaning and give away what we DON'T want in our cupboards? I've been guilty of packing up baked beans, evaporated milks, soups loaded with sodium, and enriched items I would never touch. This year, I am going to make an effort to be more thoughtful in my approach my CHOOSING items that are:
* Lower in Sodium
* Less sugary
* Healthier brands Read more...
Grace and Gratitude in Birmingham
by Sharrif Simmons | November 19th, 2009
I’ll get to the B.A.A.M! Read more...
Why We're Grateful
by Janet Elizabeth... | November 19th, 2009
Each day of this issue, Birmingham folks will tell us why they're thankful. We'll begin with some of our contributors...
Thursday, November 26, 2009
I have always loved the Constitution. I have always admired its structure, intent, and forethought. I actually like it so much I teach about it. However, I was never really thankful for it until I lived and was wrongfully arrested in a country without it. It was when I got back here that it dawned on me how much gratitude and respect it really deserved. -- Craig Thompson (safely enjoying his Thanksgiving break with his wife (Sara), family and friends)
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Soundtrack to a Perfect Autumn Evening
by Janet Elizabeth... | November 16th, 2009
There is a lot going on in town this weekend. What I think I'm most excited about, though, is a chance to hear the ASO, one of the best symphonies in the southeastern U.S., perform Mozart's Requiem.
I was about twelve the first time I watched Amadeus. It was right around the time that my piano studies had become serious. I had a new teacher, Mrs. Knight, who lured me deep into the Art Music world, talking to me about composers as though they were still living, dishing gossip and intrigue, playing her favorite pieces for me, drawing me into the romance of a time when, in my young imagination, art was the only thing that mattered.
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Greencup Books is Dead: A Eulogy
by Burgin Mathews | November 15th, 2009
Artist in Residence - Monroe Golden
by Janet Elizabeth... | November 15th, 2009
Monroe Golden was simply the first person that came to mind for this month's Artist in Residence. Maybe it's something about the November 15th issue's theme being Gratitude, because Monroe is absolutely a gracious person. I've known Monroe for years. We met at a BAMA concert when I was a student at the University of Montevallo. One of the student performers, a certain flautist, introduced Monroe to me with one of those arrogant, music major, know it all smirks. So proud to introduce Monroe as his friend, so proud to be performing one of Monroe's pieces. Since then, Monroe and I have crossed paths in the music world many times, and I have come to see him as a comforting presence whenever I am attending a new music concert. Read more...
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Iron Road - Alabama Places (2007)
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Loci - A Still Subtler Spirit (2005)
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Walden Songs - From the Ponds - A Still Subtler Spirit (2005)
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Walden Songs - The Pond in Winter - A Still Subtler Spirit (2005)
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Walden Songs - Spring - A Still Subtler Spirit (2005)
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Demopolis - Alabama Places (2007)
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Natchez Trace - Alabama Places (2007)
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