Category Archives: Birmingham

The Countdown: T-Minus 1 Day…

We’d like to take a moment to thank those that have donated door prizes to our launch party tomorrow evening:

Please take a moment to visit our prizes page to see what they provided us to give away.

FYI – We will also be giving away ten (10) of our new t-shirts before you can buy them online.

Click on the image to learn more about tomorrow’s event:

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A look back: August 27

August 27

1994:

The Birmingham Barons, featuring right-fielder Michael Jordan, set a single-game attendance record of 16,247.

Courtesy: Bhamwiki.com 

Papa John’s donates $10 million to University of Louisville

You may just wonder why we’d post a link to a story about the University of Louisville receiving a $10 million donation from Papa John’s earlier today, providing additional monies ($22 million total) for Cardinal Stadium (including naming rights) and enabling an expansion and renovation project to move forward.

Well, when you visit that link, take a look at the comment attributed to Papa John’s CEO at the end of the posting and you’ll understand. The PapaJohns.com Bowl is currently hosted at our own Legion Field and is scheduled to be played this year on December 22. This is the first public comment by the title sponsor suggesting that the game might be moved (in this case after renovations to the facility are completed).

He’s still going, and going, and going

Jeremy Harper has made it to #800,000 in his millioncount.com campaign. Harper recently received some more press from the folks over at Pleasant Morning Buzz on August 21 (when he reached 750,000).

As the numbers get larger, the focus shifts to what’s going to happen next. Apparently the guys involved here in Birmingham have already been thinking about it. A check of a current poll on the site shows a couple of things; a lot of folks are watching and just as many want to keep watching… something: [poll results follow the jump]

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Lights! Camera! New city commercial!

BhamviewlogoBirmingham View will be filming a television commercial for the City of Birmingham tomorrow morning (August 28) beginning at 8 a.m. at City Hall in the council chambers (3rd floor). It should be finished in plenty of time for tomorrow’s regularly scheduled council meeting to take place and it’s a great opportunity to show your support for the city.

If you have not seen Birmingham View’s new television show, it airs on Bright House (Ch. 4 – 6:30 p.m., Thursdays) and Charter (Ch. 18 & 24 – 6:30 a.m., Tuesdays) cable stations and it is also available for viewing on their website. They debuted originally in magazine format and have plans to return to print in the near future.

Random Shots: Still time to head out and eat

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Stan Chapman of Huntsville turns his flank steak over during the “Anything but Butt” competition Friday. Bob Farley/f8photo

Visit the event’s Timetable listing to learn more about it and tonight’s lineup.

Fried Green Radio’s alive!

Fried Green Radio LogoThe folks over at the local independent internet radio station are looking for DJs. They still have some of their old personalities, but they’re looking for new voices as they begin what we’re assuming is a relaunch in the near future.

Head on over to their site, look around and get in contact with them if you’re interested. Of course you can always visit their MySpace page (or visit others using our Magic City MySpace Directory). You may want to listen to them too (just saying!).