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The Launch Party: The “Cause” Recap

Talking At The Launch Party

Approximately 100 people came out to The Bottletree last night to celebrate the launch of this very website. We’d like to take a second to thank all of you that came out and those that sent along well wishes. We’ve already posted information about the door prize winners. Now we have to make sure that people find out about the other purpose of the event.

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Yes, we did give away prizes…

There were door prizes given away last night at the launch party. We figured we’d post the winners… over on the prizes page. Go on over and see if you’ve won. (Yes, we will be contacting them as well via email).

We’d like to thank those that provided the prizes again for their generosity.

We called an audible and decided to give away five (5) t-shirts last night. We’d ask the following people to let us know what size t-shirt you want.

  • Caryn Gleason
  • Scott Green
  • Kristy Jaska
  • Emily Peterson
  • Kelly Seward

The shirt (all going well) will be making its debut next weekend when you’ll be seeing folks wearing them around Artwalk. We think you’ll like them. Which leads me to the other five shirts that we were planning to give away last night. We decided we’d hold on to them and give them away next week. We’ll tell you more about that on Tuesday…

Random Shots: What a day…

 The Rainbow

A beautiful view outside of The Bottletree during The Terminal’s Launch Party this evening. We’ll post the winners of the door prizes from the launch party tomorrow morning. Thanks to all that attended.

Photo credit: Bob Farley/f8photo 

We’re still alive

Yes, we’ve been quiet today, but since we’re holding a party over at The Bottletree we figured you’d understand. We hope that you’ll be able to come on out tonight. But if you don’t, we’ll give you a taste of what’s going on a little after 7 p.m. when we start posting images from the event.

Enjoy whatever you’re doing this evening.

A look back: August 29

2003:

The inaugural Writer’s Block graffiti exposition was held at Sloss Furnaces.

Courtesy: Bhamwiki.com 

We Have Too Much Heart – now on YouTube

Fresh off the MySpace bulletins… check out the Cave 9 documentary We Have Too Much Heart by Joey Brown. It’s uploaded on YouTube in two parts (about 6-8 minutes each) and gives great insight into what Cave9 is, who runs it, and why it has become such an important part of Birmingham’s independent music scene. I hope Joey submitted it to Sidewalk, because this seems this would be an instant favorite in the Best Short Documentary Film category.

Part 1 – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5d1Tv4tZh3A

Part 2 – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQ9MX5IghIQ

Editor’s Note: You may also want to check out this interview done by The Awareness Program that gives those not familiar with Cave 9 some more background on this Southside venue.

Election ’07: Smitherman’s got a MySpace profile too

Carole Smitherman’s Myspace ProfileWe’ve been informed since our post earlier this morning about Councilor Bell’s MySpace profile that City Council president Carole Smitherman has also created a MySpace profile for her campaign. Here’s a link to it. These are some of the things that we’d like to provide for you in our Election ’07 section which we will preview at tomorrow’s night’s launch party at The Bottletree; click here to learn more about it and here to view the door prizes.

And if you’re still inclined to, our questions for the candidates submission form is still available by clicking here. The form is still set up for the six candidates that we assumed would be in the race at that time. If your specific question is directed to Raymond Brooks, Barry Taylor or Willie Hendrix, please just make sure that you type their name into the appropriate text box before the beginning of your question.

We hope to meet with the candidates in the next week, posting their responses to your questions beginning September 10. We will keep you informed with that and other developments as we are able.

NOTE: Hear their answers to your questions on our Election ’07 site!