the 12 days of no mas
Thursday, October 1st, 2015The station’s Christmas
music played from September
till … I burned it down.
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The Future of Birmingham: 5-7-5
Wednesday, September 30th, 2015
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The Two Ms. Davises
Wander block by block
to meet residents held back
by artlessness, fear.
The schools drive away
people. The politics drive
away people, too.
Only the stubborn
and the impoverished stay
behind, fate be damned.
They need their city
to be more than it is, to
be kinder, safer.
They need some steady
income, and a way to get
around easily.
The townsfolk campaign
for new leaders, not the crooks
who line their pockets.
Let Ms. Davis take
charge, they say. She’ll stand up for
our community.
Reluctantly, Ms.
Davis agrees, though her job
and kids rule her days.
“Mayor Davis Wins!”
the headlines read. City Hall
welcomes its new chief.
She fixes potholes,
fields complaints, cuts taxes and
works past 11.
The voters keep tabs
on the mayor, who always
looks out for their needs.
Her teen daughters and
little boy see her only
on TV at night.
The eldest stays with
a friend for weeks. The middle
child’s grades soon plummet.
And the youngest gets
into fights at school, so the
principal calls Mom.
The municipal
house is in order, barely.
Her house is a wreck.
“Mayor Davis Quits!”
the headlines read. City Hall
loses its old boss.
She gathers her brood
into a sweeping hug and
holds on for dear life.
Madame Mayor goes
back to humble matriarch,
putting kids to bed.
Her civic progress
was quickly undone. All the
neighbors wailed and moaned.
Ms. Davis served out
her real term to her three-child
constituency.
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life in the future
Tuesday, September 29th, 2015Phones without backups
and stolen identities
and dead batteries.
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The Birmingham channel: Flights of fancy
Monday, September 28th, 2015A look at Birmingham in videos …
Visiting the African Village in America display in the Woodland Park neighborhood. From Komodosnow.
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Flying to Birmingham for a fun outing. From David Granberry.
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Taking the Tour de Hops brewery bike tour on Sept. 5. From Nathania Nhouyvanisvong.
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A nighttime trip to Vulcan. From Spa Guy.
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Basketball workout at Samford’s gym. From Derrick Jones.
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Birmingham-Southern College cross country season opener in September. From Sharks Soccer.
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Britain’s Oxford Pharmaceuticals breaks ground in Birmingham on its U.S. headquarters. From Alabama NewsCenter.
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Chicago singer-songwriter Jennifer Hall sings “Baby, It’s You” in August at the Nick on Southside. From JennHallMusic.
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California norteño band Los Tigres del Norte performs at Rancho el Centenario in Mt. Olive. From tdb313.
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“What Do You Think of the Fountain?” asks people about Frank Fleming’s sculpture the Storyteller in Five Points South. From AlexanderSoundsLike.
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Atlanta singer-songwriter Liz Brasher performs “Old Bones” at Renaissance Records in Five Points South (our vertical video of the week). From Liz Brasher.
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Downtown dancing. From Wally Chung.
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Hoop for Fitness holds a September Flow Fusion event at Veterans Park in Hoover. From Carron Bullard.
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The first round of the Magic City Mega Bowl disc golf tournament in June at the Inverness Disc Golf Course in Hoover. From the Disc Golf Channel.
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Chris Brown performs “Take You Down” in September at Oak Mountain Amphitheatre in Pelham. From Chris Brown.
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Staring down Satchel Paige from the plate at the Negro Southern League Museum. From Alabama NewsCenter.
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Nashville Americana band Runaway Home performs “Dreams” in August as part of the Small Stages concert series. From Runaway Home Band.
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A 10-mile bike ride through downtown Birmingham. From Katie Boyd.
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Welcome to fall, inside the car (our square video of the week). From Otis Bridges.
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Cars and Coffee at Brookwood Village (our other vertical video of the week). From ZachPlaysPC.
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Drone footage of Railroad Park. From Paul Cammarata.
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The Brickyard: “Lester Kasai and Jim Gray were in town for a Gotcha street demo (in 1988) at a local mall, and we took them out to the ramp afterwards.” From Andrew Birdwell.
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Birmingham city council member Steven Hoyt criticizes al.com community coverage. From citycouncilbham.
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A look at the civil rights movement called “Battle for Birmingham.” From Christopher Carmody.
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New York singer-songwriter Prince Royce opens for Ariana Grande last week at Legacy Arena. From Maria Avellaneda.
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Chimney swifts downtown. From Ray Howze.
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Promo for the Slay the Runway Total Look Competition fund-raiser for Pathways in November at Boutwell Auditorium. From Mimi Luvshair.
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A slice of life, including a trip to the top of the Children’s of Alabama parking deck. From allGODbuddy LLC.
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Birthday party, complete with DJ and dancing. From Bill Prince.
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Hanging out at the Birmingham Botanical Gardens. From Mindless Reviews.
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Promo for Saturday’s Fiesta. From Orlando Rosa.
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Music video for “Patient Time” from Birmingham alt-rock band Nat B. and the Boys. From Kilzo Films.
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- rehearsals, day 17
He would speak into
the remote for hours. The
dog was not impressed. - just another day in the walmart parking lot
Wrong-way Willie went
barreling up the one-way
lane dodging shoppers. - the reset button
Push it and start all
over. Push it and wipe those
cares away. Push it. - the alpha and the part that comes after alpha
That half of the year
went by so quickly that this
half will surely drag. - after solving the artist royalties problem
Taylor Swift fixed my
iPhone at the Genius Bar
while singing “Bad Blood.” - driving to fun park usa
Junior and Little
Miss stare at the streaming flick
while Mom stays alert. - magic in the library
Each shelf held the key
to worlds unexplored and dreams
and nightmares and frogs. - missing mutt
He felt a dog-sized
hole in his life with an ache
for a wagging tail. - l-o-v-e in the u-s-a
No court, no law can
stop the force of love as it
spreads from heart to heart. - dear brutus
The fault lies not in
our stars but in ourselves, that
we are underlings. - the middle is always chaos
The start looks like fun,
and the end looks perfect but
far off. Keep going. - this is going to be the best half-year ever
Lose 10 pounds, join a
book club, eat healthier, watch
“Game of Thrones,” try meth. - the prison explosion
Time to figure out
who we’re mad at and who we’re
really afraid of. - firecracker follies
Bang! Pop! Rat-a-tat-
tat! Up and down the street boom
the sounds of freedom. - this land is our land
America smokes
pot, marries anyone and
plays so much soccer. - littlest victories
Odometer rolls
and the 12th free sandwich and
palindromic times. - flying fingers
The violinist
practiced to make performing
look so effortless. - from cradle to bigger cradle
Helicopter mom
and dad kept Junior tethered
long past puberty. - back of the industrial park
Freight slipped onto docks
unnoticed, cargo bound for
here or overseas. - lost in the grind
I can crunch numbers
or test theories, but my best
side is creative. - the stash
Frozen balls of dough
turn any sad day into
fresh-baked cookie time. - a state of limbo
A life that is full
and empty, blessed with friends but
without constant love. - melt into the sidewalk
The dog just ambles
and pants, dragging the leash and
human in the heat. - the power of nerds
Postmodern culture,
a mashup of comic books
and highbrow humor. - box office heroes of summer 2015
Dinosaurs, Mad Max,
the Avengers, Minions and
a girl’s emotions. - less comprehension in less time
Words flash faster and
faster, books and novels speed
by the keen reader. - writer’s blech
What is the term for
trying to write but held back
by lack of talent? - even majorities are minorities
Everyone’s a vic-
tim, everyone else is to
blame, martyrs for life. - the anxious mind
A churn of worries
that never comes to pass in
a state of alarm. - follicle frolic
Hair grows so subtly
you can barely feel it ooze
out of your scalp holes. - armed with popcorn and candy
The kids scrambled to
their seats to escape the heat
with movie magic. - citations no extra charge
Inspiration comes
from the unlikeliest spots,
like term paper sites. - make room for hashtags, too
The Library of
Congress must build shelves to store
tweets and emoji. - not hot enough for that
The gluten-free ice
cream truck circled round the block
with zero takers. - fast asleep in the urban jungle
Car alarm at 2
a.m.: Let me sing you the
song of my people. - little girl lost
A voice, distinct and
true, silenced too soon by a
misguided lifestyle. - friday evening downpour
Skies darken, thunder
erupts and sheets of rain wash
the earth thoroughly. - among the charlatans
A sense of purpose
may never ring true yet can
guide us to safety. - the neighborhood crank
A loner with an
agenda finds almost no
support for changes. - concrete rain
Bits of freeway fell
in storms of debris as cars
shook the bridges loose. - the pizza accords
First party agrees
to extra cheese, while second
party requests ham. - the meltening
The molecular
structure of all things breaks down
in this goddamn heat. - shuffle off this mortal coil? check.
The to-do list will
never be done. The good news
is we’ll all be dead. - the longest con
Living a robust
perpetual denial
about growing old. - annual assigned reading 3-day cram session
IfIhurryI-
canreadallmysummerbooks-
beforeschoolstartsback. - a town without a watchdog
Graft flowed to outstretched
hands, while the downtrodden fought
for their measly crumbs. - early onset adulthood
When spouses become
singles. When daughters become
caretakers. And on. - beyond needs fulfilled
What gives you pleasure?
Is it intellectual,
physical or more? - settling in by the pool
A tall iced tea and
a glossy magazine was
all she required. - as seen on body cams everywhere
The thin blue line is
spattered with blood red streaks and
black-and-blue lesions. - the poison of nostalgia
Living in the past
seems to be the drug of choice
among lost people. - the skim
Each dawn brings a fresh
opportunity to fleece
everybody else. - liquid butter cut-off
Summer ends when we
run out of blockbuster flicks
to watch with popcorn. - not quite ready for the bell
Reluctant pupils
enter the classroom with heads
full of fireflies. - long after graduation
The gossip girls shared
conspiratorial laughs
in the locker room. - stillness along the ocean
She looked out onto
the gulf one last time, ready
for the next voyage. - a good mom
Nothing would keep her
from scolding, feeding, reading
to, raising her girls. - the festival of fall approaches
A carnival of
colorful trees and hazy
nights heads for our block. - every saturday over coffee and carburetors
The parking lot filled
with classic hot rods, gearheads
and fans of sweet rides. - sensation of singing
The lyrics rolled by
on monitors for us to
belt out tipsily. - fourth wave feminism
Ladies choose to be
objectors, objectified,
their bodies their selves. - emoji nation
We started out with
Shakespeare and ended with a
suggestive eggplant. - chores, then domination
I’ll be ready to
conquer the world as soon as
I wash the dishes. - the most awkward sales pitch ever
It comes with something …
let me ask my manager
and not call you back. - a reasonable exit strategy
Put down the empty
glass and slip out the back door
with hoarded brownies. - the cost of fame
He made a deal with
the devil, then acted shocked
at the devil’s scam. - misanthropic awakening
The more you get to
know people, the more you want
to crawl back in bed. - jersey sore
The coach yells at the
team. The players run their drills.
Practice never ends. - dare defend
Fields of cotton, lush
forests, manmade lakes, kind hearts
in Alabama. - shop and chop
The big dinner needs
sliced and diced vegetables and
meats at the ready. - proration 2015
It’s the second week
of school, and they’re already
out of chalk and milk. - dinner party achievement unlocked
The satisfaction
from a well-cooked gourmet meal,
but mostly fullness. - scattered but not forgotten
Refugees from the
storm found new homes far from the
shores of destruction. - the wandering governor
He flew across the
land with his wife sometimes and
his mistress sometimes. - twisted mobility
The scooter helped her
up and down the hall, if not
back on her own feet. - harvest of shame
The biggest garden
foe was not cat nor bunny
but incompetence. - electoral collage
They rigged the ballot
so only predetermined
elites could win votes. - the farm’s last stand
The last jar of peach
preserves and basket of plump
tomatoes has sold. - and don’t forget thursdays
Friday night is for
football, as is Saturday,
Sunday and Monday. - work-life balance
First comes work, then comes
life, and bringing up the rear
is balance. Then … death. - shells
The exterior
hides everything — joy, sadness,
pain — within ourselves. - mired in perceptions
Paranoia bears
a strong resemblance to a
nonstop awareness. - left to our own devices
We can do almost
anything we put our minds
to, except focus. - a post-9/11 world
More patriotic,
more alert, more fearful, more
wary, more grateful. - smiles for meters
Is happiness a
constant? A pool that slowly
drains? A deep, deep font? - the strain of babysitting pupils
Fights stopped: Around 5.
Phones confiscated: 13.
Lessons taught: 0. - before you know it it’s mlk day
It’s time for Hallo
weenThanksgivingVeterans
DayChristmasNewYear’s. - the sweetest orchard
Harvesting from the
candied apple tree, wearing
gloves and sneaking bites. - digital scrapbooking
My jukebox: YouTube.
My photo album: Facebook.
My memory: Shot. - golden ghouls
The grandmas on the
block like to dress scarily
for shakes and giggles. - the real bogeymen
We act out of fear
to protect ourselves and our
kin, which breeds more fear. - sidewalk campaigning
Cleanup and paving
crews show up every 4 years
before elections. - a time of falling leaves and pumpkin spice and christmas sales
When does fall start? Ask
a weather forecaster, a
poet and a child. - introvert’s paradise
Coffee and good books,
jazz and blueberry pancakes.
Not a soul for miles. - the funniest person online is a pickpocket
Authorship is dead.
Digital miscreants take
anything for fun. - strength in numbness
My superpowers
are procrastination and
working on deadline. - stork 2.0
A drone came to my
front door to deliver a
newborn and cigars. - the decimal decimation
If we scrimp and save
and hold off on paying some
bills, we can eat soon. - a crowded field
Fall TV endures
as a launch point and graveyard
of few sparks, quick ends. - it’s a quiet afternoon at the taco truck
The cook preps his stuff,
while another fixes the
awning. A third drinks. - desperate men call for desperate measures
The mass of men lead
lives of quiet despera-
tion, As they deserve.
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#sundayread for Sept. 27, 2015
Sunday, September 27th, 2015
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My picks for #sundayread for Sept. 27, 2015:
- The Future of Birmingham: Big ideas, photo essay by @hughbudhunter #futureofbham #bham
- A Humble Pope @Pontifex, Challenging the World, by @JimBYardley (via @aneebsharif)
- How Are Great-Grandkids of Richest Gilded-Age Americans Faring? By @shorterstory (RT @vsisson13)
- Y’all Connect: Laura Creekmore on building better content
- Interview with a founder of Bottletree & artist Merrilee Challiss, by @BDMccarley1
- Stop and seize: Aggressive police take hundreds of millions from motorists not charged w/ crimes
- The Future of Birmingham: A media wasteland #futureofbham #bham
- The Myth of Authentic Travel, by David Sze @Davadin (RT @AfrikaReads)
- Flashback: From 3 years ago, review of the biography “Steve Jobs”
- What your future employees need to know about blogging
- Network TV’s Ultimate Survivor Les Moonves, by Joe Adalian @TVMoJoe
- From 2010, Blueprint Birmingham: A look at the City of 2015
- 12 cognitive biases preventing you from being rational by George @Dvorsky (RT @SMTuffy)
- I love the Victorian era. So I decided to live in it. By Sarah A. Chrisman (RT @pinxy)
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it’s a quiet afternoon at the taco truck
Sunday, September 27th, 2015The cook preps his stuff,
while another fixes the
awning. A third drinks.
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a crowded field
Saturday, September 26th, 2015Fall TV endures
as a launch point and graveyard
of few sparks, quick ends.
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the decimal decimation
Friday, September 25th, 2015If we scrimp and save
and hold off on paying some
bills, we can eat soon.
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stork 2.0
Thursday, September 24th, 2015A drone came to my
front door to deliver a
newborn and cigars.
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The Future of Birmingham: A media wasteland
Wednesday, September 23rd, 2015
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Local media outlets have seen big changes in their news
operations. But not all the changes have been for the better
for the audience.
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Close to a year ago, I gave a talk at a conference here in town about the state of the media. It’s one of the most depressing presentations I’ve ever given.
The talk has become badly out of date: The news has gotten much worse.
Birmingham, once a small haven for media, is a smoking crater. With each passing year, the crater grows a little wider, a little deeper.
That’s not to slight some of the fine folks left to hold down the fort. The decisions that got us to this ruination were made largely out of state, without regard to subscribers, advertisers, journalists or citizens.
I find that painful to accept as a media consumer, producer, observer and fan.
Local media outlets, whether broadcast, print or Web, have embraced a common playbook: Get eyeballs any way possible. No headline too outrageous, no teaser too wild, no rumor too preposterous. Let us click and bait, for tomorrow we die.
The tyranny of the popular dictates coverage, meaning complete annihilation of watchdog reports on government at every level. Tin-pot mayors from Tarrant to Fairfield, rejoice: Absolutely no one is guarding the henhouse, and better than that, no one cares.
I live in Birmingham proper, but even the city hall coverage here is superficial. While I may know what happens in council meetings, I lack the proper context to understand how it affects me, my wallet, my neighborhood and our future.
We’ve been on this path in Birmingham for a decade or so.
Ten years ago today, on Sept. 23, 2005, my newspaper closed for good. The Birmingham Post-Herald’s death provided a preview of the mass layoffs to come for hundreds upon hundreds of reporters, editors, photographers, copy editors, producers, designers and more.
We see a steady stream of new faces as replacements, cheap disposable labor with no ties to the community. We’re told they’re good at generating content and engaging the audience.
What have we lost in this clumsy transition to all-out digital one-upmanship? That’s the most difficult category to measure, the absence of reportage.
We are completely on our own. And it’s only going to get worse.
I couldn’t do any better. Invest a million dollars into a fantasy news operation I lead, and it would either barely break even or steadily bleed money, even with talented reporters on the cheap. It would gain a small but loyal audience with above-average income, featuring stories that win accolades and awards.
And sooner rather than later, it would fold.
The future of Birmingham is year-round coverage of Alabama and Auburn football, with breaks for viral memes and copy-paste media releases. It’s more airtime for newscasts with lucrative commercials. It’s Sunday-only print editions with 6-day-old news.
It’s the manufacture of outrage and delight to provide dwindling profits for outsider owners, at the expense of an informed citizenry and service as fearless guardians against corrupt government and business.
No one is coming to save us — not newspaper publishers, not partisan bloggers, not seasoned journalists, not Facebook gossipmongers — from our crater of ignorance.
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strength in numbness
Wednesday, September 23rd, 2015My superpowers
are procrastination and
working on deadline.
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the funniest person online is a pickpocket
Tuesday, September 22nd, 2015Authorship is dead.
Digital miscreants take
anything for fun.
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The Birmingham channel: Small lives matter
Monday, September 21st, 2015A look at Birmingham in videos …
The World Cup Champion U.S. Women’s National Team beat Haiti 8-0 on Sunday in front of 35,753 fans at Legion Field, the largest ever for a stand-alone women’s national team match in the Southeast. From U.S. Soccer.
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The Guiding Light Church choir of Irondale sings “All Lives Matter” at the Glenn Beck rally. From the Blaze.
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Tracia Jones on the runway at Birmingham Fashion Week 2015 (our vertical video of the week). From Tjs D.
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Birmingham band String Theory plays covers of “Billie Jean,” “Rollin’ in the Deep” and “Bohemian Rhapsody.” From Alex Cape.
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Music video for North Carolina R&B singer-songwriter Steven A. Clark’s “Can’t Have.” From Dustin Lane.
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A car on fire in North Birmingham between 18th and 19th Streets North at Ninth Avenue, next to I-20/59. From highlandparkninja.
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Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson speaks at the Gridiron Men’s Conference in June at Legacy Arena downtown. From Spa Guy.
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Hunter College students from New York tour civil rights sites in Atlanta, Montgomery, Selma, Little Rock, Memphis and Birmingham. From Crystal Waterton.
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Bob Friedman participates in the 2009 “My Favorite Poem” event at the Alabama School of Fine Arts. From Bob Friedman.
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A look at Confederate Motors, 10 years after coming from New Orleans to Birmingham following Hurricane Katrina. From Alabama NewsCenter.
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The ROSA robot helps UAB doctors detect the source of seizures in patients with epilepsy. From UAB News.
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More than 100 members from motorcycle clubs left Fairfield for a fund-raising ride for sickle-cell disease research. From Dejon Henry.
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Landing a small plane at the Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport. From bombud1.
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Sanspointe Dance Company performs “An Opening” at its 2015 Dance-a-Bama tour in June at the Dance Foundation in Homewood. From Sanspointe Dance.
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A Periscope rant on the All Lives Matter rally. From Nappy Natural Girl.
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Mountain Brook Baptist Church’s Stephen Fryrear performs “The Badlands,” the title track off his album of worship songs. From Starnes Publishing.
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Driving through downtown Birmingham. From J Utah.
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Racing go-karts at the Autobahn Indoor Speedway in Bessemer. From Brandon Cruise.
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Birmingham writer Ashley M. Jones wins a $30,000 Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers’ Award (at 2:02). From Rona Jaffe Foundation.
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Slice Pizza’s Terrill Brazelton makes pickled shiitake mushrooms (our other vertical video of the week). From Slice Pizza and Brewhouse.
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Filming outside the FBI building downtown. From Bama Camera.
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Hanging leg raises. From rigorousmedia.
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Conservative talk show host Glenn Beck marched with more than 20,000 supporters in August through downtown for his All Lives Matter march. From al.com.
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MunaLuchi Bridal City-to-City Tour stops in August at Woodrow Hall in Homewood. From Danny Kang Austin.
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Gadsden rapper Big Henry performs in August at the Nick on Southside. From 226 Film Production.
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A Periscope video of Yohance Owens of the Village Creek Society (our other other vertical video of the week). From People, Places and Things with Isis M. Jones.
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Move-in day for the Class of 2019 at Birmingham-Southern College. From Birmingham-Southern College.
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