“COMMAND PERFORMANCE” // THEATRE TUSCALOOSA CELEBRATES 15-year ANNIVERSARY OF BEAN-BROWN THEATRE Herb Neu May 7, 2014 Entertainment 8 Comments "COMMAND PERFORMANCE" // THEATRE TUSCALOOSA CELEBRATES 15-year ANNIVERSARY OF BEAN-BROWN THEATRE Theatre Tuscaloosa is celebrating the 15th anniversary of the Bean-Brown Theatre with a special fundraising...
RED CLAY DIARY HOW TO WRITE WITHOUT HAVING ANYTHING AT ALL TO WRITE ABOUT // THE T-TOWN SMOKESTACK CAPER Jim Reed April 14, 2014 Entertainment 37 Comments Sometimes a writer’s great fear is that the keyboard sitting there right under the fingers will turn blank, useless. I know would-be writers who were so traumatized by the blankness of it all that they...
A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE HOBO // SLANG FOR “HOMEWARD BOUND” Linda Johnson April 14, 2014 Entertainment 8 Comments It is unclear exactly when hobos first appeared on the American railroading scene. With the end of the Civil War in the 1860s, many discharged veterans returning home began hopping freight trains. Others...
UA’S SECOND ANNUAL BLACK WARRIOR FILM FESTIVAL Linda Johnson April 14, 2014 Entertainment 10 Comments The second annual Black Warrior Film Festival will take place April 11-13, 2014, on The University of Alabama campus. The three-day festival will include a showcase of student films from across the South and...
MUSCLE SHOALS SINGER–SONGWRITER WINS HEARTS Alyx Chandler April 14, 2014 Entertainment 10 Comments Let's just say the Tuscaloosa Isbell concert on March 14 stole more than just the hearts of his long-time supporting fans. All the way from Jupiter's rowdy front stage to the back corners of the bar, fans...
STATE OF ALABAMA HOOKS INTO A WIN Linda Johnson March 10, 2014 Entertainment 5 Comments By Tim Steere When B.A.S.S. announced that the annual Bassmaster Classic would return to Alabama’s Lake Guntersville in 2014, anglers across the country began to salivate. To many, Lake...
“SHAMELESS” // REAL LIFE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE TRACKS Linda Johnson March 10, 2014 Entertainment, Reviews 13 Comments By Cara Brake The purpose of most television shows is to take the viewers away from the real life and allow them to insert themselves into a life that isn’t theirs. There’s one show that...
“NON-STOP” // PREPOSTEROUS BUT THOROUGHLY ENTERTAINING Linda Johnson March 10, 2014 Entertainment, Reviews 10 Comments By Van Roberts Despite its shoddy CGI shots of a bogus jetliner plunging earthward with two jet fighters flanking it, "Non-Stop" qualifies as an extremely preposterous but thoroughly entertaining airborne...
BLOW OFF STEAM // FORMER UA FOOTBALL PLAYER COMES BACK TO OPEN FIRST HOOKAH LOUNGE ON THE STRIP Linda Johnson February 24, 2014 Entertainment 8 Comments By Alyx Chandler Ever since November when former University of Alabama football player Von Ewing opened his hookah lounge off the Strip at UA, college students have been lining up almost every night at...
A BAND TO WATCH // MACHINES ARE PEOPLE TOO // DANCING TO THE 20-SOMETHING BLUES Linda Johnson February 24, 2014 Entertainment 19 Comments By William Barshop Radio has grown a soft stop for a destined few indie bands with tunes just catchy enough to warrant nation-wide airtime. Foster the People can go from complete obscurity to having one...