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Archive for October, 2019
The Birmingham channel: Treats treats treats
Tuesday, October 29th, 2019A look at Birmingham in videos …
Security camera footage of robbery and shootout earlier this month at C and C Beauty Supply in North Titusville. From Michael Seale.
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#sundayread for October 27, 2019
Sunday, October 27th, 2019
Photo: John Beans (CC)
My picks for #sundayread for October 27, 2019:
- I listened to James Baldwin’s “If Beale Street Could Talk,” and it was even better than the great 2018 film adaptation.
[aff. link] https://amzn.to/2peZRiX - When “Not Guilty” Is a Life Sentence
By @MacMcClelland - Police Are Trained to Fear
By Larry Smith @ljsmith3663
(via @warondumb) - Flashback: Ten years ago, Birmingham mayor Larry Langford found guilty of bribery, fraud, conspiracy
#Bham #alpolitics - Tekashi 6ix9ine: The Rise and Fall of a Hip-Hop Supervillain
By @StephenWitt - “You’re gonna kill me!”: Dallas police bodycam footage reveals final minutes of Tony Timpa’s life
By @CaryAspinwall and @Dave_Boucher1
(via @sundaylongread) - Flashback: Ten years ago, the aftermath of the Larry Langford administration
#Bham #alpolitics - The Life and Death of an Instafish
By Miranda Collinge @Collface
(via @sundaylongread) - Dirty farm water is making us sick
By Elizabeth Shogren @ShogrenE and @SusieNeilson
(via @GeorgeLakoff) - Flashback: Ten years ago, Carole Smitherman becomes Birmingham’s first female mayor
https://itswa.de/2UDEnn #Bham #alpolitics - Q&A with musical icon @SherylCrow
By @NatalieWeiner
(via @sundaylongread) - How the military handles sexual assault cases behind closed doors
By @CraigMWhitlock - Road rage, a bullet to the head — and the frantic effort to save a 4-year-old
By @JohnWoodrowCox - Meet the weirdo battling climate change through a strict low-carbon lifestyle.
By @KateGBlack
(via @sundaylongread)
More posts from Wade this week:
More #sundayread:
- All tweets for October 27 #sundayread
- The latest #sundayread tweets
- More #sundayread recommendations from me
The Birmingham channel: With a touch of cinnamon
Monday, October 21st, 2019A look at Birmingham in videos …
Postmodern Jukebox performs “Crazy” earlier this month at the Lyric Theatre downtown. From Actress Gabrielle.
More videos, after the jump …
#sundayread for October 20, 2019
Sunday, October 20th, 2019
Photo: Ravenelle (CC)
My picks for #sundayread for October 20, 2019:
- I tried to listen to Fyodor Dostoevsky’s “The Brothers Karamazov,” but it was too complicated. I’ll try again by reading it in book form someday.
[aff. link] https://amzn.to/32pIrhU - In the small town of Lisman, Ala., a quest to be recognized in one of America’s most powerless places
By Stephanie @McCrummenWaPo
#alpolitics - Zora Neale Hurston, maybe the most important American writer to have ever lived
By @MichaelAdno
(via @CEWall) - Flashback: Five years ago, the Dalai Lama visits Birmingham
#Bham - From 1980, Death of a Playmate
By Teresa Carpenter - John Besh restaurants fostered culture of sexual harassment, 25 women say
By Brett Anderson @BrettEats - Flashback: Five years ago, Men’s Health winner Noah Galloway visits “Ellen”
#Bham - The Sorrow and the Shame of Accidental Killers
By Alice Gregory - The Short and Brilliant Life of Ernest Matthew Mickler
By @MichaelAdno - Flashback: Wade on Birmingham: 2009 Runner-Up in Birmingham’s Best!
#Bham - The 100 Best TV Shows of the 2010s
By @PasteMagazine - What’s it like for top brass in the military serving under a contrarian commander in chief?
By @MarkBowdenWrite
(via @SStossel) - What if Your Abusive Husband Is a Cop?
By @RachelAviv
(via @sundaylongread) - The Last of the Iron Lungs
By @TJenningsBrown
More posts from Wade this week:
More #sundayread:
- All tweets for October 20 #sundayread
- The latest #sundayread tweets
- More #sundayread recommendations from me
The Birmingham channel: The foot soldiers speak
Tuesday, October 15th, 2019A look at Birmingham in videos …
Vlogging from Vulcan (our vertical video of the week). From Dad Auditions.
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#sundayread for October 13, 2019
Sunday, October 13th, 2019
Photo: John Beans (CC)
My picks for #sundayread for October 13, 2019:
- I listened to Richard Wright’s “Native Son,” a powerful, prophetic novel. Read it.
[aff. link] https://amzn.to/30UGXuw - The Hollywood Exec and the Hand Transplant That Changed His Life
By @MsAmyWallace - After the carnage: For six Las Vegas teens, a homecoming haunted by a mass shooting
By @JohnWoodrowCox - Flashback: I survived a speaker’s worst nightmare! (And you can, too.)
- The Faces of Obamacare
By @MikeHallTexas - Death of a Maine dairyman
By @MaryPols - Flashback: Wade’s 101: Haiku retrospective 47
#haiku #poetry - Book review of “Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud and the Last Trial of Harper Lee” by Casey Cep @cncep
By @MargaretEby
(via @sundaylongread) - What happened when Gainesville put its internal emails online with few limits
By Brad Harper @BradMGM - Flashback: Ten years ago, the trial of Birmingham mayor Larry Langford begins.
#Bham #alpolitics - How to Save a Loggerhead: Behind the scenes at @SCAquarium’s Sea Turtle Care Center
By @JustinHeckert
(via @sundaylongread) - Trees Are Key to Fighting Urban Heat — But Cities Keep Losing Them
By @Meg_Anders on, @NoraEckert and Sean McMinn @shmcminn - Would you give up air conditioning to fight climate change?
By @StephenBuranyi
(via @chloejbenoist) - Obama read nearly 30,000 letters — 10 a day — from ordinary people
By Jeanne Marie Laskas @jmlaskas
More posts from Wade this week:
More #sundayread:
- All tweets for October 13 #sundayread
- The latest #sundayread tweets
- More #sundayread recommendations from me
The Birmingham channel: Battling bands
Tuesday, October 8th, 2019A look at Birmingham in videos …
The Battle for Birmingham marching band competition in September at Legion Field, including Birmingham high schools and Alabama historically black colleges. From ShowtimeWeb.
More videos, after the jump …
#sundayread for October 6, 2019
Sunday, October 6th, 2019
Photo: Maya Aleshkevich (CC)
My picks for #sundayread for October 6, 2019:
- Flashback: Wade on Birmingham’s Fourth Anniversary
- Riding OD Road
By @RichELord - The Curse of the Bahia Emerald, a Giant Green Rock That Wreaks Havoc and Ruins Lives
By @LizWeil - Flashback: Five years ago, comparing travel schedules of Birmingham mayor William Bell and President Obama
https://itswa.de/1vLwblU #Bham #alpolitics - Dying Gasp of One Local Newspaper
By @RichardFausset
(via @sundaylongread) - Journalists on “aha!” moments that changed the way they work
By @MatthewKassel
(via @sundaylongread) - Flashback: Celebrating the Wade on Birmingham 9th anniversary with nine #haiku
- The Empty Mason Jar of the Influencer Economy
By Kayleigh Donaldson @Ceilidhann - Welcome to Lower Duck Pond, a fake town of 82,000 people
By @CianMaher0
(via @sundaylongread) - Flashback: SouthWired presentation: Slides from “Content Curation for Smarties”
- Building a Mystery: An Oral History of Lilith Fair
Compiled by Jessica Hopper @jesshopp with @SashaGeffen and @JennPelly - The Making of an American Nazi
By @LukeOBrien - The Making of a Mexican American Dream
By @SarahMenkedick - How the Most Satisfied Couples Balance Sex and Power
By @HaraMarano
More posts from Wade this week:
More #sundayread:
- All tweets for October 6 #sundayread
- The latest #sundayread tweets
- More #sundayread recommendations from me
The Birmingham channel: Banks, bikes and Backstreet Boys
Wednesday, October 2nd, 2019A look at Birmingham in videos …
Passing a tank on I-459. From Mista Rich.
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