Lesson No. 1: Apparently no one works the day after Christmas. Downtown is dead.
Listening
Birmingham Box Set- Peter Bradley Adams turns a homecoming into a charitable event. December 22, 2009It’s always a treat for Peter Bradley Adams to return home to Birmingham. Adams grew up playing music, and even before his first solo album was released in 2005, he had developed quite a career in music. Adams composed for film and television, then was part of the duo eastmountainsouth. Tonight’s show at Bottletree is more [...]
- An anniversary merits a little music November 13, 2009Today marks the first anniversary of Birmingham Box Set. We launched the blog in 2008 to expand Birmingham magazine’s music coverage, both with regard to the nationally touring artists who play in Birmingham and the many excellent bands that call this city their own. It’s been a fun year, and we look forward to much [...]
- For A.A. Bondy, a new album means everything’s different, everything’s the same. November 9, 2009When Birmingham Box Set last spoke to A.A. Bondy, the former Verbena frontman was in the process of recording his second solo album. That CD, When the Devil’s Loose, released Aug. 31 and was our featured album in September. We caught up with Bondy (and enjoyed a few laughs, thanks to one rather Southern name [...]
- Peter Bradley Adams turns a homecoming into a charitable event. December 22, 2009
- Birmingham News
- Investigation into Christmas night shooting that wounded three in downtown Dothan club continuesThe three victims are expected to surviveThe Birmingham News
- North Alabama robbery victim takes gun away from robber and shoots himNo arrests had been made as of SaturdayThe Birmingham News
- One teenager killed and three others injured in St. Clair County crashTwo of the three injured were taken to Children's Hospital in BirminghamKent Faulk -- The Birmingham News
- Investigation into Christmas night shooting that wounded three in downtown Dothan club continues
- Book Review
- Arthur Koestler, Man of Darkness December 25, 2009
- Led Zeppelin, Gods of Rock on the Celestial Staircase December 24, 2009
- J. M. Coetzee, a Disembodied Man December 25, 2009
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