Heads and tales: Music, Magic and malfeasance
By Wade Kwon
Get your Creek on: In honor of tonight’s Nickel Creek concert at the Alabama, a roundup of interviews. Trust us, this group is great on CD and powerful onstage. Don’t like bluegrass? Think again. Show starts at 8 p.m., with opening act Martin Sexton.
Interviews: Birmingham Weekly | Birmingham News
• Interview with Chris Thile (streaming audio) [WBHM]
It puts the Whopper in the basket: OK, we’re a little miffed that no one called us to let us know hoopsmaster-turned-theater mogul Earvin “Magic” Johnson was in town yesterday hustling orders at the BK. No kidding. “Johnson hopes his visit inspires other local young entrepreneurs.” Um, hate to break it to you, but all the hip entrepreneurs are chowing down at Sushi Hut …
• Burger King Patrons Get Magic Treatment [NBC 13]
And if you prefer your scandals in book form …: The first book about the HealthSouth scandal is hitting stores Dec. 1. "Going South: An Inside Look at Corruption and Greed, and the Power of the HealthSouth Message Board" takes us back to a simpler time, 1997, when all you needed was a modem and a dream. The perfect stocking stuffer for the mustachioed monetary miscreant on your list!
• Local doctor details fall of HealthSouth empire [(Ft. Wayne, Ind.) Journal Gazette]
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- Gardendale residents suspect gambling, pancakes at corner church
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