pep alley
Tuesday, August 7th, 2018We should line the streets
and mercilessly taunt kids
going back to school.
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bury me with the following books …
Monday, August 6th, 2018It’s less of a neat
reading list at this point and
more like a burden.
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#sundayread for August 5, 2018
Sunday, August 5th, 2018
Photo: Malcolm Slaney (CC)
My picks for #sundayread for August 5, 2018:
- I found trudging through “Fathers and Sons” by Ivan Turgenev to be unfulfilling. But cross another classic off the list.
[aff. link] https://amzn.to/2nco5G4 - Sociologist Robin DiAngelo Examines the “White Fragility” That Prevents White Americans from Confronting Racism
By Katy Waldman @xwaldie - The most famous psychology study of all time, the Stanford Prison Experiment, was a sham.
By @BenZBlum - Flashback: Wade’s 101: Birmingham’s 2020 Summer Olympics
- Police responded to his 911 call for help. He died. What happened to Tony Timpa?
By @CaryAspinwall - Where have you gone, @DaleMurphy3?
By Wright Thompson - Flashback: Y’all Connect: Connecting with Lauri Rottmayer
- How @EricRoberts Went Big, Crashed Hard and Became the Hardest-Working Man in Hollywood
By @SamKashner - Stanley Kubrick: director, chess freak
By Jeremy Bernstein - Flashback: Is “17776” the future of storytelling?
- HGTV Is a Never-ending Fantasy Loop. Look Deeper, and It Gets Pretty Ugly.
By Caitlin Flanagan @CaitlinPacific - The mania for cryptocurrency/Bitcoin could build something much more important than wealth.
By @StevenBJohnson
(via @aarif_aarif) - How One Syrian, Bassel Khartabil, Fought to the Death for a Free Internet
By @AliceYSu - A short history of the blues, which has no beginning, no ending
By John Jeremiah Sullivan
More posts from Wade this week:
More #sundayread:
- All tweets for August 5 #sundayread
- The latest #sundayread tweets
- More #sundayread recommendations from me
the untidy wind
Sunday, August 5th, 2018A gentle breeze came
by to shuffle my papers
without permission.
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chokesperson
Saturday, August 4th, 2018Meeting the press turned
into a PR nightmare
with no way to flee.
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shortcomings of a scribe
Friday, August 3rd, 2018The writer looks on
with disdain, not at others’
success, but his flops.
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The Birmingham channel: I fleetly flee, I fly
Thursday, August 2nd, 2018A look at Birmingham in videos …
Showreel for ABC 33/40 reporter Stephen Quinn. From Stephen Quinn.
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Landing at Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport (our vertical video of the week). From T. Mook.
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Scenes from March’s Natural Hair and Health Expo at the BJCC North Exhibition Hall downtown. From Respected Roots.
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Promo for WBHM-DB paranormal talk radio station (our other vertical video of the week). From Mark Antony Raines a k a Ghostman.
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Riding the rails through downtown. From Knuckleball Ned.
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“TripTik: From Birmingham to Montgomery on Highway 31,” an episode of “Alabama Experience.” From Brent Davis.
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Drone footage of downtown and Vulcan, plus Bryant-Denny Stadium and Black Warrior River in Tuscaloosa. From Ryan Clapper.
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Pokémon: Birmingham Arons vs. Memphis Drizzlies. From Lazy Ghost.
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Preparing to travel to Children’s of Alabama on Southside for rehabilitation. From Tatum Ward.
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Football: East Alabama Predators vs. Alabama Sabers in the Gridiron Developmental Football League playoff round 1 in July at Carver High School. From Michael Beckworth.
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Independence Day fireworks over Vulcan (our other other vertical video of the week). From Christian Carter
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Target innovation chief Minsok Pak and Shipt CEO Bill Smith speak at a Birmingham Innovation Week luncheon in July at Alabama Power downtown. From Alabama NewsCenter.
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Helmet cam footage of riding downtown and visiting Elmwood Cemetery to see Bear Bryant’s grave. From Hammereye 85.
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Testimonial from Fairfield dentist Leslie Frese for the Alabama Implant Education course in Atlanta. From Alabama Implant Education.
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Sunset in Pinson. From Mista Rich.
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Promo for Church of the Highlands’ Serve Day in July. From TNR Creative.
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Valley senior kicker Daniel Etherton at Kohl’s kicking camp in June at Thompson Intermediate School in Alabaster. From Kicking, Punting and Snapping Recruiting Profiles.
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A night at Topgolf in Uptown. From Michael Northorp.
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Birmingham Barons’ Luis Alexander Basabe gets a two-run homer against the Mississippi Braves in July at Regions Field downtown. From Minor League Baseball.
And the Barons’ Danny Mendick hits a double against the Jackson Generals in July at Regions Field. From Minor League Baseball.
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Cincinnati rock band Walk the Moon performs “Shut Up and Dance” in July at Oak Mountain Amphitheatre (our other other other vertical video of the week). From Linda12021.
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Commercial for Petro Law Firm downtown. From Mark Petro Law Firm.
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On Shipt’s Birmingham headquarters expansion. From Alabama NewsCenter.
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Talking with Birmingham rapper YBN Nahmir at an Atlanta radio station. From Durtty Daily.
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Commercial for CoCo Beauty Supply in Central Park. From Chop House Productions.
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Repairing a roof damaged by hail. From Clark Smith.
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A hit at Birmingham-Southern’s Striplin Field. From Greyson Thornton.
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Singer Chris Brown performs in July at Oak Mountain Amphitheatre (our other other other other vertical video of the week). From Britny Marshall.
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A song from the McDonald’s Inspiration Celebration Gospel Tour in July at Bill Harris Arena in Five Points West (our other other other other other vertical video of the week). From Shannon Hudson.
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A week with the grandparents. From Pink Vaporeon.
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Birmingham artist Tyler Sanford. From Free Spirit Visions.
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SWAC to hold 2018 football and basketball championship games in Birmingham. From WAAY-TV 31 News.
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Atlanta Southern rock band Blackberry Smoke performs in 2017 at Iron City on Southside. From Craig Putman.
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Highlights from July’s Birmingham Live basketball tournament at the Hoover Met. From Baller TV.
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Basketball: Lady Demwai vs. Birmingham Blaze. From E’marie Lewis 2024 #4 Lady Demwai Combo Guard.
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Promo for the Preserve housing development in Hoover. From RealtySouth.
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A look at the UAB Blazers in “NCAA Football 13.” From NFS.
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Working at Revelator: Sweet Jon’s Cafe in Homewood. From TNR Creative.
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Running to catch the train at Carraway Boulevard (our other other other other other other vertical video of the week). From Cwhorld Productions.
More from the train crossing (our other other other other other other other vertical video of the week). From Cwhorld Productions.
And a malfunction (our final vertical video of the week). From Cwhorld Productions.
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Gadsden’s Back Forty Beer Company opens a location at Sloss Docks. From Alabama NewsCenter.
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The Eddie Kendrick Memorial Park downtown kicks off an Alabama road trip, including Clanton and Montgomery. From Ocean Hops.
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Train downtown. From Birmingham-Rail Productions.
Another train downtown. From Joshua Lawrence.
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Carolina Panthers defensive end Mario Addison returns to visit Academy Sports in Trussville and Tarrant High School before holding his annual football camp in July at Carver. From Austin Gaines.
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Drone footage of the new Birmingham Color Wall downtown. From AirFowl.
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Softball: Team Georgia 02 Shumeyko vs. Birmingham Thunderbolts in July at the Atlanta Legacy Showcase. From Jenna Brown Softball 2021.
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For July’s Birmingham Innovation Week, a panel at Alabama Power discussed “Think Next: How Birmingham Is Becoming a Smart City,” using digital technology to advance quality of life. From Alabama NewsCenter.
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Birmingham Children’s Theatre puts on “The Three Musketeers” in a converted retail space in Brookwood Village. From Alabama NewsCenter.
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Boston ska punk band Bim Skala Bim performs in March at Iron City on Southside. From Bimska.
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Art project Silence Was Golden includes performances worldwide, including this one at Kelly Ingram Park downtown. From Public Delivery.
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A student at the University of Tennessee-Chattanooga files a federal complaint against UAB for an alleged sexual assault. From WRCB Chattanooga.
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At the Birmingham Museum of Art. From Madeline Hart.
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Boston alt-rock band No/Hugs records in Birmingham. From No/Hugs.
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Spinning out. From Alabama Outlaws.
Burnout! From Alabama Outlaws.
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Drone footage of Vulcan and the new LED lights. From Dunlap Productions.
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Birmingham band the Exhibit(s) performs in July at Mojo Pub in Lakeview. From Actress Gabrielle.
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infinitesimal progress
Thursday, August 2nd, 2018The very first step
is always the hardest and
often not taken.
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and ice cream and curtains
Wednesday, August 1st, 2018Sometimes, summer is
about hiding inside with
AC and cold drank.
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renal field trip
Tuesday, July 31st, 2018She gave away a
spare kidney to save a sick
stranger from demise.
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off to never never land
Monday, July 30th, 2018Nightmare fuel is made
of spiders, shadows and loud
noises from nowhere.
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#sundayread for July 29, 2018
Sunday, July 29th, 2018
Photo: Denis Carrascosa (CC)
My picks for #sundayread for June 19, 2018:
- I read the chilling “Guantánamo Diary” by Mohamedou Ould Slahi @MohamedouOuld on the torture and wrongful imprisonment of this detainee by U.S. military.
[aff. link] https://amzn.to/2LsqbA3 - The Kardashian Makeup Empire Is Only Getting Bigger
By Zan Romanoff @zanopticon - .@JustinHopwood_, the Male Model Who Lost His Hair
By Lauren Larson @lrnlrsn - Flashback: No excuses
- How Composer @NicholasBritell Became the Sound of Money in Hollywood
By Katie Baker @katiebakes - Interview with Pulitzer-winning critic and author Hilton Als
By @EmmaBrockes
(via @mayainbavaria @PenguinUKBooks) - Flashback: Y’all Connect: The future of showrooming
- Super Awesome Sylvia was a role model to girls in science. Then he realized he is a boy.
By @AviSelk - The rise and fall of South Africa’s renewables program, once one of the world’s fastest growing markets
By Paul Burkhardt @pburkhardt - Flashback: From 2008: Wade’s 101: Haiku retrospective 10
#haiku #poetry - Oral history of 1980s cartoon “G.I. Joe” by the voice cast
Compiled by @AaronCouch - Even This Data Guru Is Creeped Out by What Anonymous Location Data Reveals About Us
By @DJPangburn - The History of Sears Predicts Nearly Everything Amazon Is Doing
By Derek Thompson @DKThomp - One of Anthony @Bourdain’s last interviews
By @MariaBustillos
More posts from Wade this week:
More #sundayread:
- All tweets for July 29 #sundayread
- The latest #sundayread tweets
- More #sundayread recommendations from me
as seen onscreen
Sunday, July 29th, 2018Documentaries
revel in small details that
happen to be true.
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murphy’s tribe
Saturday, July 28th, 2018The baseball legend
reveled in his family,
always at home plate.
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too many apples, too many days
Friday, July 27th, 2018Take vitamins A
through Z with a dose of in-
essential oil.
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