“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...
RECRUITING NEVER STOPS // BAMA PUTTING TOGETHER THE 2015 CLASS Linda Johnson February 24, 2014 Entertainment 11 Comments By Garry Harris Alabama's 2014 recruiting class was rated by every major service as the top class in the country. Nick Saban doesn't ever rest on his laurels though. Alabama already has seven commitments...
MOBILE // THE REAL HOME OF MARDI GRAS Linda Johnson February 24, 2014 Entertainment 37 Comments March 4th of this year brings us the holiday of Mardi Gras, or Fat Tuesday. In a religious context, Mardi Gras is the final night of celebration for Catholics before they must start the season of Lent on...
“RIDE ALONG” // HILARIOUS MOVIE, AND VERY ENTERTAINING 2.5 our of 4 Linda Johnson February 21, 2014 Entertainment, Reviews 13 Comments By Van Roberts Stand-up comic Kevin Hart cracks me up. The 5-ft. 2-in., bantamweight African-American comedian reminds me of Chris Tucker stuck in a hole two-feet deep. Hart’s hyperactive...
BAMA THEATRE’S ACCOUSTIC NIGHT RETURNS // THE ROB ALLEY QUINTET AND JIL CHAMBLESS Linda Johnson February 21, 2014 Entertainment 8 Comments By Rachel Ahrnsen The Bama Theatre’s Acoustic Night will return on Feb. 23, 2014 at 7:30 p.m. at the theatre’s Greensboro Room. The evening will feature “The Rob Alley Quintet presents An Alabama...
BAMA ART HOUSE // WINTER FILM SERIES IS UNDERWAY Linda Johnson January 28, 2014 Entertainment 13 Comments BAMA ART HOUSE // WINTER FILM SERIES IS UNDERWAY Staff Report The Bama Art House film series is a program of The Arts Council of Tuscaloosa. The movies represent the organization’s goals to...
“THE WALL” // THE LAST GREAT ALBUM OF THE 1970S Linda Johnson January 28, 2014 Entertainment 14 Comments "THE WALL" // THE LAST GREAT ALBUM OF THE 1970S By Keith Lennox Released in the UK in November 1979, and internationally in March of the following year, Pink Floyd’s "The Wall" might be, arguably, not...