Reviews

MAGIC CITY BREWFEST // CRAFT BEER IS BOOMING IN ALABAMA // SINGIN' RIVER ROCKS Friday June 6, 2014, 11:32 p.m. I just finished eating the sauciest piece of pizza I have ever eaten while standing under an...

"PICTURE PERFECT?" // VIRAL SELFIE BECOMES A BOOK As the cliché goes, a picture is worth a thousand words, but a picture rarely tells the full story. This was the case of the Lewis family when a picture...

LOOSE CANNON HOP3 IPA // A HAPPY SURPRISE The weather lately has been a little less than desirable, unless you’re one of those people that enjoy the rain, and then you’ve been really happy, but also...

THE BLUE PLATE // SOUTHERN HOME COOKIN' GOOD TO THE LAST BITE // YET... Blue plate diners and cafés have been known for producing low-cost meat-and-threes since the early 1920s. We've all heard of “the...

ARE YOU REALLY THERE? // AND AM I ACTUALLY PRESENT HERE? It’s taken me years to almost adjust to the fact that when somebody seems to be in my presence, they often are not. I walk into a fast-food...

HAM HAM JAM JAM // LOCAL MUSICIAN CELEBRATED AT EGANS // THREE NIGHTS The Tuscaloosa music scene has been marked by several great artists over the years, but very few would qualify as “legends”....

"SALEM" // THE WITCHES ARE VERY REAL // ACTORS TOP NOTCH Over the years, the Salem witch trials have been publicized in television shows, books, and movies. Schools teach about them, showing the good people...

"GODZILLA – 2014" // THIS CREATURE IS TREATED WITH RESPECT Believe it or not, although the Japanese made their landmark monster movie “Godzilla” in 1954, Hollywood beat them to the punch with “The...

"GOOD LORD, IS THIS BOOZE?" // FASCIST PIG ALE By Brett Reid I’ve been at home for a majority of the day today, finishing projects I had out for freelance work and what not, so I decided to kick back,...

SUMMER JUST GOT SCARY During the day, television is family friendly with bubbly cartoons and funny, relatable sitcoms. At night, however, the tone changes and adult television shows come out to play....