Dance for the jilted

ALABAMA BALLET SERVES UP AN ANTI-VALENTINE'S DAY EVENT YOUR DATE WILL LOVE

I hate Valentine’s Day. Call me the Love Grinch if you will, but as far as I’m concerned, never has there been a more loathsome, extraneous and humiliating holiday than the orgy of consumerism known as Valentine’s Day.

Music

Turning the corner

TAYLOR SHAW FINDS NEW PURPOSE WITH THE GREAT BOOK OF JOHN

By Sam George

Walking away from success is one of the hardest things artists can do, yet it is a choice that they often must face. Entry into the commercial marketplace with what amounts to an extension of your soul means viewing that piece of yourself as a commodity, which can destroy the things you love or that made your art successful in the first place.

Performance

Get your move on

THE ALABAMA DANCE FESTIVAL KICKS IT UP A NOTCH

By Sam George

Dancing. We all do it, whether we trot our stuff on the dance-floors of Birmingham’s local clubs or wiggle to a favorite mix in the privacy of our own bedrooms. Even the most bumbling wallflower has surely tapped a toe to a good beat now and then. Dancing is a part of human nature, the physical embodiment of our urge to express emotion through movement.

Green Space

Beautiful

GROWTH AND DECAY IN BIRMINGHAM

By Sam George

If you spend much time walking or driving around the city of Birmingham, you have probably seen some of the recent additions to Birmingham’s graffiti collection.

Green Space

Here Be Dragons

HIGH-TECH GLOBAL TREASURE HUNTING IN BIRMINGHAM

By Sam George

Right now, at this very moment, you are surrounded by hidden treasure. No matter where you might be in Birmingham, in all likelihood there are a number of carefully concealed containers near you.

Music

American anthem

RHODE ISLAND FOLK ACT STANDS OUT IN THE CROWD

By Sam George

I have heard soft and beautiful folk songs. I have felt the heartache from a passionate lyric etch traces of longing over a wistful melody.

Music

Kings of the Mountain

INTERNET RADIO STATION PICKS UP WHERE LIVE 100.5 LEFT OFF

By Sam George

Radio just isn’t what it used to be. When the vast wilderness of the FM bandwidth was thrown wide open in the late 1960s by a new rule from the FCC banning the practice of duplicating AM programming on FM stations, the space was quickly (and more important, inexpensively) filled by DJs who played long sets of music from multiple genres.

Music

Who is Terry Ohms?

WES MCDONALD HEEDS THE VOICES AND CHANNELS HIS INNER GOOF

By Sam George

Terry Ohms is about to release his very first full-length album, and he doesn’t exist. That is to say, he exists only in some dusty corner of Vulture Whale frontman Wes Mcdonald’s brain, waiting patiently for his moment in the sun.

Hot Seat & Limelight

Hot Seat & Limelight (October 21, 2010)

By Sam George

When Men Murder Women: An Analysis of 2008 Homicide Data.

Media

Brain food

A CONVERSATION WITH MENTAL_FLOSS CO-FOUNDER WILL PEARSON

By Sam George

Who has time for learning anymore? The leisure time between working, sleeping and eating that used to be the domain of self-education has become filled with a thousand little digital chunklets all vying for our attention.