Heads and tales: Echo chamber
By Wade Kwon
X-tinct: Back in Earth Year 2006, the Terrans were still using forms of mass communication from the previous century, such as “radio.” Portable devices powered by electricity or batteries would convert invisible waves into sound, usually speech or music. The X was known as a broadcast station, and its downfall led to a series of events that would later topple governments and ruin civilizations … but I’m getting ahead of myself.
• Publisher’s Notebook [Black and White]
Sidewalk shuffle 3: The drama continues to unspool at Sidewalk Moving Picture Festival. We reported earlier on changes that led to the director’s departure. Monday’s Salon had twice as many attendees as the City Stages/Catalyst town hall (still waiting for that meeting report two weeks later). Meanwhile, all eyes are focused (film pun) on Sidewalk’s board, logistics, finances and future. WBHM’s “Tapestry” also turned in a six-minute segment (MP3 format) on the affair, which aired Thursday. (Foolish Terrans and their radio, have they learned nothing?!)
• At the Salon [Birmingham Weekly]
Real-life Roadblock: Karlyn Harris, the single mom from Helena we’ve followed all season long on “The Amazing Race,” found her house burglarized. Harris, along with her teammate Lyn Turk, was about to travel last week to New York for the season finale airing when she came home to find the entire place ransacked and robbed, even taking the copper pipes from below. The station led with a two-minute segment (WMV format and separate window). Harris is staying with family until she can restore her house. We suspect the beauty queens … (Warning: Audio plays automatically.)
• Amazing Race Contestant Robbed [CBS 42]
Magic City munchies: Birmingham may not be a tourist town, but how about a palate’s paradise? It all apparently begins and ends with Frank Stitt, the Moses of local fine dining. The writer and companion hit the nouveau haunts: Ocean, Garage, Chez Lulu/Continental Bakery, Bottega, Hot and Hot … Our favorite colorful phrase describing the city from an outsider perspective: “Birmingham, founded on the wrinkled topography of central Alabama because of its iron, coal and limestone deposits, has rarely come to mind as a tourist destination.” Brace yourselves for the invasion of the foodies.
• Birmingham Has a Lot on Its Plates These Days [New York Times]
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- Santa anticipating delay along 280 during Christmas Eve deliveries
- Local bowl game fever downgraded to tepid indifference
- Coaching search expands to include convicts on work-release detail
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