four-drone garage
Thursday, August 11, 2016 by Wade Kwon
One to check on the
kids, one for weekends, one for
off-road, one for spite.
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my never-ending stories
Wednesday, August 10, 2016 by Wade Kwon
I’m here to watch peak
TV and kick ass, and I
can’t ever tune out.
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the home team
Tuesday, August 9, 2016 by Wade Kwon
Proud parents shout with
joy as athletic offspring
take the podium.
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The Birmingham channel: Chasing bubbles
Monday, August 8, 2016 by Wade Kwon
A look at Birmingham in videos …
Bengali news channel 24 Ghanta visits the Khadi stall to visit with musician Surojit Chatterjee of the band Bhoomi at July’s Bangamela at Shades Valley High School in Irondale. From Sayantan Das Adhikari.
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The return (our vertical video of the week). From Nikko Jackson.
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A report from 24 Ghanta on the Birmingham Museum of Art. From 24 Ghanta.
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Ripcord Bamaboy A-Day Party featuring DJ New Era and Firehouse at Club M in Graymont. From Gregory Charles.
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Promotional video for Weather Guard Metal Roofing in Irondale. From WGRoofs.
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Laura Huckabee-Jennings, CEO of Huntsville consulting firm Transcend, gives the opening keynote at May’s PowHERful Summit at the Sheraton Birmingham downtown. From Transcend.
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Hanging out with the grandparents. From Dallas Georgia.
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Highlight reel from the 2009 National Speech and Debate Awards in Birmingham. From Aftermontana.
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The Pants Store’s 2016 Summer Lifestyle Lookbook, shot on Lake Martin. From Pants Store.
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Career Concept’s Marlene Wallace works with Frankly Speaking Communications’ Donna Francavilla for media training. From Donna Francavilla.
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Jordan Whisenhunt of Mercedes-Benz of Birmingham in Hoover on Independence Day. From Mercedes-Benz of Birmingham.
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Trains from the first half of 2016. From the Suited Cat Productions.
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Saint Louis Theatre on Ice performs at the 9th annual Theatre on Ice National Competition in June at the Pelham Ice Arena. From Nick Neuberger.
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Auburn country singer Charlie Muncaster performs in October at WorkPlay in Lakeview. From Jerry W. Henry.
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Chuck E. Cheese performs “Nothing Like a Walk” at the Inverness restaurant. From Bigmyke0913.
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Busking on Southside. From Gibril Davies.
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Randy and Anna visit the Tip Top Grill in the Bluff Park neighborhood of Hoover. From Randy and Anna.
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Parker Briggs batting at July’s Top 96 baseball clinic at Birmingham-Southern (our other vertical video of the week). From Michael Briggs.
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Outside the Red Mountain water works tunnel. From MrTropics64.
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Watching the train go by. From CSXQ614.
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Highlights from Aviate hat company’s 1-year anniversary party in June at Saturn in Avondale. From Crooked Tree Productions.
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Reporter Lauren Walsh makes a new friend while waiting to report live from a housing community in July. From ABC-33/40.
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Compilation of videos, including driving through downtown. From Alabama Pickers.
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Highlights from the 2016 Barry-Guyton family reunion in July. From Oscar Guyton.
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Driving south on I-65. From FlightStayScanner.com.
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Missouri rock band Shaman’s Harvest performs “In Chains” in June at Iron City on Southside. From Tara Thompson.
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Promo for August fund-raiser Vino and Van Gogh for United Cerebral Palsy of Greater Birmingham. From UCP Birmingham.
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Chaos at a crime scene in 1997. From Matthew Cipolla.
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A look at Cars and Coffee at Hoover Tactical Firearms. From Hobie’s Concepts.
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Music video for “Double Up” by Tuscaloosa rapper Bama Loc, filmed in Birmingham and Tuscaloosa. From Boss Level Entertainment.
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A meeting at Jim ‘N Nick’s BBQ Restaurant in Five Points South (our other other vertical video of the week). From Fredred Jones.
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the ultimate olympic sport
Monday, August 8, 2016 by Wade Kwon
Competitors used
to winning learn anew: to
take defeat in stride.
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#sundayread for August 7, 2016
Sunday, August 7, 2016 by Wade Kwon
Photo: Sheila Sund (CC)
My picks for #sundayread for August 7, 2016:
- Wade’s 101: Haiku retrospective 39
- How Aerial Surveillance Has Changed Policing — and Crime — in Los Angeles, by @bldgblog
- Amazon’s Audible Goes Long on Short-Form Audio, by Niraj Chokshi @NirajC
- Interesting book I finished this week, “The Way of the Superior Man” by @David_Deida: [aff. link] http://amzn.to/2aHvRkY
- Adam Neumann’s $16B Play to Turn WeWork Into WeWorld, by @SarahFKessler (via @streborv)
- AI and language, by Vasco Pedro @justvasco (via @Beatriz_Sercas @SpirosMargaris)
- Y’all Connect: A beginner’s guide to curation the easy way
- Is it time to give up leather? By @LucySiegle (via @Project_JUST)
- The law clerk who fell for a convict, by @TonySaavedra2 (RT @DonnaWares)
- Blogging fear: Not knowing where to start
- @TaNehisiCoates, the Playboy interview, by @Bomani_Jones (via @nic_mclean)
- 7 areas where cybersecurity overlaps with foreign policy (RT @CrisLeeMaza)
- Devastating piece on doctors in Syria beautifully reported by @BenTaub91 /RT @emilynussbaum
- The Cost of Photographer Diane Arbus’ Life on the Edge, by @_Alex_Mar
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The latest #sundayread tweets:
- More #sundayread recommendations from me
the year without a garden
Sunday, August 7, 2016 by Wade Kwon
He harvested crops
from the frozen food aisle at
the supermarket.
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a parade of nations
Saturday, August 6, 2016 by Wade Kwon
The world is both im-
possibly gigantic and
charmingly cozy.
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sermon on the dismount
Friday, August 5, 2016 by Wade Kwon
These are my beliefs,
he thus declared to no one
in particular.
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floss leader
Thursday, August 4, 2016 by Wade Kwon
Take better care of
your teeth by running a string
between them daily.
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pitched, but with 3d
Wednesday, August 3, 2016 by Wade Kwon
A band of misfits
finds nothing in common and
goes its separate ways.
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the shakespeare of u up
Tuesday, August 2, 2016 by Wade Kwon
I want to include
a lot of smart-sounding words
into my texting.
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The Birmingham channel: Super deluxe heat wave edition
Monday, August 1, 2016 by Wade Kwon
A look at Birmingham in videos …
Firing a Glock on the shooting range at the Steel Challenge, Brock’s Gap Training Center in Hoover. From Thomas Wright.
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Grupo Exterminador performs at a rodeo in Birmingham. From Wisin Toribio.
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Birmingham musician Justin Gannon performs “Baba O’Riley” at the Light the Night fund-raising walk in Huntsville (our vertical video of the week). From Kathy Rainwater.
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Computer simulation of a game between the New Orleans Saints and the USFL’s Birmingham Stallions. From Dennis Crowley.
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Let’s Play session from Birmingham YouTube gamer Epic Dan22 on “Destiny.” From Epic Dan22.
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“Fultondale: A house was set alight on 1300 block of Old Walker Chapel Road, north of Birmingham, after neighbors reported that lightning struck the house on June 27. One person was in the house at the time, but no injuries were reported. Courtesy of Robert West.” From Storyful News.
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“Martin Luther King, Charles Billups, and the Miracle March in Birmingham: A Daughter (Helene Rene Billups Baker) Tells Her Story.” Filmed in February at the Tempe campus of Arizona State University. From Arizona State University – English.
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A look at the 1963 bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church through Minecraft. From MrMinecraft5318.
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Drone footage of Vulcan at night. From New Recollections.
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Birdies at the airport. From Maniac Mike.
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Juneteenth Celebration at Birmingham Civil Rights Institute downtown. From Courtney Chandler.
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Driving to and competing in the June’s Magic City Mega Bowl. From Josh Rhoads.
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Rapping onstage (our other vertical video of the week). From 205Eye Candy.
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Driving to Brookwood Baptist Health hospital in Homewood. From Koke Hernandez.
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Denver’s Ice Theatre of the Rockies performs at the 9th annual Theatre on Ice National Competition in June at the Pelham Ice Arena. From Chubafelix Spamcatcher.
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Scenes from the “Ghetto Gumbo” release party by Birmingham native and rapper Goldmouth, at Cresendo Bar and Lounge on Southside. From Gregory Charles.
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Promotional video for Total Alloy Steel Service Company in the Oxmoor neighborhood of Birmingham. From TASSCO.
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Demo reel for ABC-33/40 reporter Lauren Walsh. From Lauren Walsh.
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Promo for July’s Next Level Football Camp at Legion Field with Jeremy Towns and Nick Williams of the Kansas City Chiefs. From Picture This Media Group.
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Birmingham punk band Bad Example performs in June at Spice World in Hattiesburg, Miss. From TLLYHC.
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Markini Bangla performs “Sohorer Ushnotomo Dine” at July’s Bangamela at Shades Valley High School in Irondale. From Shamikgayen.
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Black Lives Matter protest in July at Kelly Ingram Park downtown (our other other vertical video of the week). From Time Ending.
More from the protest. From al.com.
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Birmingham show “Special People and Places” visits Rickwood Field. From Larry and Margaret Lee.
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Brad Keselowski, 2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Champion and three-time Talladega winner, races on a cooler in April outside Dreamland Bar‑B‑Que on Southside (our other other other vertical video of the week). From Brad Keselowski.
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“The Other Side” observes Day 21 of Ramadan. From Zahir-Taj Zakir.
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Houston singer-songwriter Hayes Carll and Austin singer Emily Gimble perform “Another Like You” in June at Saturn in Avondale (our other other other other vertical video of the week). From Rachel Evans.
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Time-lapse footage of landing in Birmingham. From Donald Barger.
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Brent Ingram performs at open-mic night at the Stardome Comedy Club in Hoover (our other other other other other vertical video of the week). From Angie Ingram.
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Charlotte hip-hop violinist Daniel D. performs at June’s Jazz in the Park event at East Lake Park. From Daniel Davis.
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Memphis lacrosse player packs for a Birmingham tournament. From Bluff City Stringing.
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Jamming on gospel at the Guitar Center in Hoover. From Scott Shorr.
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Preston Goldfarb conducts his final soccer camp at Birmingham-Southern College after 31 years. From Alabama NewsCenter.
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Global Movement Project circus troupe. From Leisha Knight.
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The 1967 Iron Bowl at Legion Field, the first night game of the series. From Bama Rewind.
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Racing by with a flag (our other other other other other other vertical video of the week). From Fast Religion Racing.
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A look inside the Red Mountain Bald Eagle iron ore mine. From MrTropics64.
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The Pixies perform “Gouge Away” in 2015 at Iron City on Southside. From treser62.
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A lone CSX engine rolls by. From Devin Turner.
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Chicagoland Ice Theatre performs “The Addams Family” at the 9th annual Theatre on Ice National Competition in June at the Pelham Ice Arena. From Caysie Reuter.
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Erick Rowan with Luke Harper and Braun Strowman vs. the Big Show at February’s WWE Monday Night Raw at Legacy Arena downtown. From Marpando Pando.
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Driving I-65 to I-22 through a storm. From Aleksa Curcic.
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George Wehby of the Lion Heart Martial Arts Academy shares his daily vLog Mindset Minute. From Lion Heart Martial Arts Academy.
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Allison Black-Cornelius leads a tour of the Greater Birmingham Humane Society’s Homewood facility. From Insouth Production.
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Dr. Michael Bivins of Urology Centers of Alabama demonstrates the ileal conduit procedure using robotic surgery. From Urology Center of Alabama.
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Driving through a flash flood area. From WIAT-42.
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A look at the Freelife Experience Tour in June at New Rising Star Missionary Baptist Church in the Brown Springs neighborhood. From Luke Garison.
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Demo reel for Darrell Leonard, a director, writer and producer from Birmingham, living in Los Angeles. From Darrell Leonard.
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The Peoria Pirates vs. Birmingham Steeldogs in a 2004 arena football match at the BJCC Arena. From Arena Football Fan.
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Promo for July’s Young Professionals Summit. From Alabama Media Group.
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Cycling around downtown. From William Green.
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Peeking in on the fifth grade graduation ceremony at Adamsville Elementary (our final vertical video of the week). From Scmehthatifitcool.
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Behind the scenes at T Jae Tha 6th Man’s recording session at Audiostate 55 in Woodlawn. From Christopher Mosley.
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Tuscaloosa’s Ro dancing in downtown Birmingham. From Fred.
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The Camp NOW Civil Rights Tour visits Birmingham, including the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, 16th Street Baptist Church and Sloss Furnaces, along with stops in Montgomery. From the Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change.
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Watching trains in Irondale, Trussville and the Lakeview district. From Restricting Signal Productions.
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Commercial for Birmingham comedian Bennie Mac. From Elkinski Design.
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Photojournalist Wanda Benvenutti speaks during the opening night of “Wanda Benvenutti’s American Boricua: Puerto Rican Life in the United States” in November at the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute downtown. From American Boricua.
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Hunter and Annie Moore’s first dance. From FilmTone Media.
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Magic City Edge, the Birmingham Figure Skating Club’s new Theater on Ice Team, performs at the 9th annual Theatre on Ice National Competition in June at the Pelham Ice Arena. From Saxena Video Productions.
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A look in side the Red Mountain eastern iron ore mine. From MrTropics64.
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Alabama metal band Hexxus performs in July at Saturn in Avondale. From Nikki Steele.
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Lynyrd Skynyrd performs “Sweet Home Alabama” and “Free Bird” during its 1987 Tribute Tour at the BJCC Arena downtown. From Ktwebbdevil.
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crack the books
Monday, August 1, 2016 by Wade Kwon
The nightmare is the
same: Get to class on time and
prepare for lecture.
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#sundayread for July 31, 2016
Sunday, July 31, 2016 by Wade Kwon
Photo: Ian Sane (CC)
My picks for #sundayread for July 31, 2016:
- Just finished the pretty good “Crush It!” by Gary Vaynerchuk @garyvee: [aff. link] http://amzn.to/2aeLAp0
- @KimballScott shares her thoughts on gender and radical candor (via @tferriss)
- Former students’ stories of Alabama’s worst religious school, by @acvollers
- Y’all Connect: Not just for directors: 10 storytelling rules from documentary cinema
- Mercy Ships: a floating hospital for the world’s poorest regions, by @EvaGrrey
- AI and language, by Vasco Pedro @justvasco (via @Beatriz_Sercas @SpirosMargaris)
- Flashback: Y’all Connect – The strength of blogging is community
- In New Book “Callings,” @StoryCorps Honors Voices of Unsung U.S. Workers
- How to Finally Play the Guitar: 80/20 Guitar and Minimalist Music, by @CharlieHoehn
- Flashback: Books: Excerpt from Blake Ells’ “The Muscle Shoals Legacy of FAME”
- How @AgathaChristie poisoned victims in her books, by @JaiArjun Singh (RT @Shrinterest)
- The Age of Facts Is Over, by Jill Lepore (via @PPTAWeb)
- The land that no country wants, by Jack Shenker @hackneylad (via @TamsinChislett)
- Local bookstore has hilarious new sections, by Julija NÄ—jÄ—
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