The sorrow isn’t
in being alone. It’s the
habit formation.

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The latest photos from City Stages Flickr group … Check back often for more images from the festival.

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Complete City Stages 2007 coverage.

Thunder and lightning
don’t come round much anymore
but bring guest of rain.

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The 19th edition of City Stages kicks off today. Choosing from all those acts can be a challenge, so we again present our multimedia guide to the festival, including a playlist of 12 tracks representing the best of the fest.

Three are freebies, the rest will run you about $10 on iTunes. Plus, videos of performances and more.

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Alabama Part-
ners for Clean Air Homegrown Stage
takes up most of verse.

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Saddest lineup of
all, hardly headline worthy.
Coke Stage is all flat.

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Legacy Credit
Union Stage cursed! Last year’s name?
mypeople.com.

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I’ve been a faithful City Stages fan for years, at least 15 or so. Most of the last 10 years, I’ve paid for my tickets and happily headed downtown for three days of music and fellowship.

I dare say I’ve spent more supporting the festival than most people I know. I consider that a point of pride, almost to the point of foolishness.

After all, even if the lineup was weak — and many a year, the lineup was weak — I could count on seeing old friends and discovering worthy up-and-coming acts.

Not this year. Not with my money.

Updated with Preserve Jazz Festival attendance, plus additional links.

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Oldies live on at
Mason Corp Oasis, time
capsule of big band.

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Miller Lite offers
Ludacris, Puddle of Mudd.
Event in reruns.

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Festival for kids?
But they’re small and can’t afford
Publix shopping. Yet.

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Vault isn’t a real
event, just a sponsor of
Dance Depot dwelling.

Take the floor as two.
Swing your partner round and round.
So much fun you sweat.

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What you’ve just witnessed is Alabama legislating at its finest. Sen. Charles Bishop (R-Jasper) punched Sen. Lowell Barron (D-Fyffe) in the head, during the final day of the legislative session. Alabama Public Television captured the incident, apparently sparked by Barron calling Bishop a “son of a bitch” while on the Senate floor.

Talk about ending the season on a cliffhanger!! Bishop sorta apologized, but what can we look forward to next season on “The Bald and the Beatable”? Will the Senate erupt in gang warfare? Was Tuesday’s turnout of 9.6 percent of voters too high? Will they ever get around to, you know, making bills into laws? And can’t they come up with better profane insults? Certainly, Alabamians have called their elected leaders much worse for years.
• Montgomery Advertiser: One senator punches another on final day of session

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Simplest of gadgets
baffles smartest of humans.
Time to reboot life.

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1. galactic top
   Each twinkle in sky
   orbits other twinkles in
   cosmic whirligig.
2. whoa whoa whoa
   I’ve often wondered
   about horses. But not in
   a sexual way.
3. twenty-eight days later
   Short month still leaves too
   much undone. Need petition
   for new, longer day.

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