May has been one of those particularly busy months, the kind when you realize it’s the 18th of the month and wonder if you remembered to pay rent. (I did.) It really started back in April, with back-to-back three concert weeks, birthday celebrations, six of eight weekends out of town (that stretches till June!), meals [...]
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Birmingham Box Set- 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 [...]
- I See Monsters October 31, 2009My friend Sara Beth’s birthday falls on Halloween, and perhaps as a result SB is one of the biggest Halloween people I know. She’s fabulously extroverted anyway, and sharing her birthday with this holiday means her party should always be a special celebration. During the party planning process, I volunteered to create a few playlists for [...]
- An anniversary merits a little music November 13, 2009
- Birmingham News
- Space shuttle Atlantis lifts off on supply mission Carries 6 astronauts and load of spare partsJohn A. MacDonald -- The Birmingham News
- North Carolina searchers find missing young girl's body beside roadMorther accused of offering child for sexThe Associated Press
- You may owe more taxes than you think Millions of taxpayers will have repay part of tax credit because of government errorThe Associated Press
- Space shuttle Atlantis lifts off on supply mission
- Book Review
- Books of The Times: Memoir Is Palin’s Payback to McCain Campaign November 16, 2009
- Arts, Briefly: Winnie-the-Pooh Returns to Court November 16, 2009
- In Fleury’s Memoir, Rangers Years Are a ‘Nightmare’ November 16, 2009
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