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Birmingham (Alabama)

  • Blogs

    January 31, 2012

    Matt Pryor of Where's the Band? Talks About Drinking a Lot of Coffee and How Touring Is Like Fight Club

    Matt Pryor's main gig is fronting The Get Up Kids, but every year or so, he decides to go the sensitive singer/songwriter route and bring a few friends along, including Bayside's Anthony Raneri and Chris Conley from Saves the Day. They all play under the banner of Where's the Band? Speaking from th ... More >>

  • News

    January 26, 2012

    Victoria Jackson, Tea Party Princess

    Victoria Jackson went from the big leagues of comedy to the rabid right of modern politics.

  • News

    October 27, 2011

    Is "Mexican" an Offensive Word?

    And why can't Mexicans get over the Mexican-American War?

  • Blogs

    June 17, 2011

    Dallas' Southern Recipes Sends Truckloads of Pork Rinds to Alabama Tornado Victims

    ​Dallas-based Southern Recipe, the world's largest manufacturer of pork rinds, has donated $10,000 of their pork rinds to The Today Show's Lend a Hand Tour benefiting tornado victims in Birmingham, Alabama. We're not sure if the first thought on the Alabamans' minds was, "What I wouldn't give ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 23, 2011

    My First Show: The Demigs' Guyton Sanders Explains The Thought Process Behind Buying His First Ever Concert Shirt On INXS' Kick Tour

    Welcome to My First Show, where we give bands a chance to talk about the first shows they ever attended -- no matter how uncool and embarrassing those tales may be. The Demigs plan to take off... eventually.​Guyton Sanders is literally a drummer about town. Whether he's ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 15, 2010

    Foodways Texas Drafts Recipe to Celebrate Lone Star Cuisine

    There's a lot to learn about Texas food. Might as well start with the basics.​The Southern Foodways Alliance, an 800-member organization that's stimulated serious scholarly discussion of barbecue and pinto beans; produced dozens of movies on edible topics ranging from Sazeracs to pig ear sandw ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 16, 2009

    Over The Weekend: Elvis Perkins in Dearland, A.A. Bondy at House of Blues' Cambridge Room

    Elvis Perkins in Dearland, A.A. BondyHouse of Blues' Cambridge RoomNovember 14, 2009Better than: Having to actually attend a New Orleans funeral to feel uplifted.Elvis Perkins in Dearland​I confess to be fond of brainy, melancholy music leavened with joy, and, I'm happy to say, that itch got scrat ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 26, 2009

    Sitting On a Corner: Bronze Rosa Parks Finally Arrives at the West End DART Station

    Patrick MichelsWhen the music stops, there's only one seat open.Rosa Parks Plaza at DART's West End Station is still a noisy dust-covered construction site, but with help from sculptor Erik Blome, the corner at least has its centerpiece installed: a bronze statue of Parks on a bus seat, planted on a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 18, 2009

    Hophead: Camping Out In The 'Broo-er's Festival' Tent At Bonnaroo

    Mark C. AustinHophead wasn't the only one thirsty for beer at Bonnaroo last weekend. Hophead spent a four-day weekend at the Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival in Manchester, Tennessee. The music, comedy, people-watching and general chaos of the thing made for an outstanding trip. But one of the hig ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 19, 2009

    From Birmingham to D.C.: King's Chief of Staff to Talk Past and Present in Dallas Tonight

    Rev. Wyatt Tee Walker, the first full-time executive director of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and Martin Luther King's chief of staff, is in Dallas tonight to speak at the Belo Mansion as part of the Dallas Institute of Humanities and Culture's Fourth Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. S ... More >>

  • Culture

    October 23, 2008

    Dallas Theater Center's Engrossing, Heretical Take on the Civil Rights Movement

    The Good Negro bares roots of a movement; in Oak Cliff, a bumpy ride in Leonard's Car; Mummy dearest for tweens

  • Calendar

    October 16, 2008

    Beyond The March

    The Good Negro bares roots of a movement; in Oak Cliff, a bumpy ride in Leonard's Car; Mummy dearest for tweens

  • Blogs

    June 12, 2007

    Dark Ages

    The Good Negro bares roots of a movement; in Oak Cliff, a bumpy ride in Leonard's Car; Mummy dearest for tweens

  • News

    May 24, 2007

    Looking on the Bright Side

    The Good Negro bares roots of a movement; in Oak Cliff, a bumpy ride in Leonard's Car; Mummy dearest for tweens

  • Blogs

    February 2, 2007

    Sometimes You Feel Like a Cult, Sometimes You Don't

    The Good Negro bares roots of a movement; in Oak Cliff, a bumpy ride in Leonard's Car; Mummy dearest for tweens

  • Music

    July 13, 2006

    Greener Pastures

    Brightblack Morning Light packs its love for Southern soul into a California pipe

  • Music

    February 2, 2006

    Taylor Hollingsworth

    Tragic City (Brash)

  • Music

    January 6, 2005

    Road Rules

    The Deathray Davies remember a few of 500 shows

  • News

    December 23, 2004

    Truth Hurts

    Plus: Fish Out of Water; Bloody Minded

  • News

    December 23, 2004

    The Newy Factor

    How does someone who calls himself "Newdawg" compete with Dale Hansen? By not being Dale Hansen.

  • Music

    August 12, 2004

    Together, We're Suspects

    Polyphonic Spree member unwittingly sets off bomb scare at DFW Airport

  • News

    July 18, 2002

    Bearing Witness

    Dallas civil servant Dale Long was there the day a bomb changed the civil rights landscape forever

  • News

    July 11, 2002

    Hope in Hell

    Cameron Park, Texas, is the poorest town in the U.S.A. But its residents say life has never been better.

  • News

    June 20, 2002

    Echoes of Hate

    Bobby Frank Cherry is one of the most notorious racist killers in American history. To Tom Cherry, he was just "Dad."

  • News

    April 18, 2002

    Where He Belongs

    Plus: Would-be Savior, Big-boy Toy, Housing Heist

  • News

    August 2, 2001

    Unlocking the Gong

    A group of Falun Gong, the outlawed Chinese spiritual movement, travel from Dallas to D.C. on an urgent rescue mission, sending out righteous thoughts and cultivating Xing Xing along the way

  • Music

    November 16, 2000

    The Last Laugh

    Willis Alan Ramsey's cult keeps growing, 28 years after cutting his first--and final?--record

  • News

    May 25, 2000

    The good neighbor

    Bombing suspect Bobby Frank Cherry's sordid past trailed him to the shores of Cedar Creek Lake

  • News

    January 6, 2000

    Fallen star

    How greed, incompetence, and allegations of fraud sank Dallas' FoodStar Restaurant Group

  • Music

    January 21, 1999

    Hope floats

    Three compilations later, Chris Lewellyn is one of Dallas music's last, best friends

  • News

    November 19, 1998

    Enough is enough

    Legend Airlines accuses Fort Worth of discrimination and demands that feds cut funds

  • Dining

    July 23, 1998

    Tuna surprise

    A melding of menus breathes new life into PoPoLos

  • Culture

    May 28, 1998

    Drag king

    Coy Covington walks the choppy waters of Pegasus' Charles Busch revival

  • Music

    December 18, 1997

    Close to the bone

    Tom House's backwoods sound carries essential sparks

  • Dining

    December 11, 1997

    Pleasure chained

    Mediterraneo at the Quadrangle is even better than itself

  • News

    November 7, 1996

    God and mammon

    Kathy and Richard Kingsmore seemed like such nice church folk. But the Feds say their greed trumped their gospel.

  • Music

    August 15, 1996

    Bridging the gap

    311 blurs the line between rock and rap

  • News

    July 4, 1996

    Playing Hardball

    The Feds pitch a shutout in the area's first 'three strikes' case

  • News

    April 4, 1996

    Mouse

    Paul "Mouse" Millender is in hiding after being stabbed 24 times. He says his old skinhead running buddies did it. But he swears he's not a rat.

  • Music

    October 26, 1995

    Soul to soul

    The artist formerly known as Randy Moore explores two sides of R&B

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