Without a doubt spring has blown in with the breeze and I recommend you head over to Rojo for Happy Hour after work today to kick it off El Mariachi style with $2.25 domestics, $3.00 imports, and $7.25 PBR pitchers. Once you find yourself slightly inebriated and filled to the max with your choice of Latin or American cuisine, I know the comic nerd in you is going to guide you to the nearest theatre to see Watchmen, but I wouldn’t miss the Ben Kweller show at Workplay. Tonight is the night for this sort of revelry because tomorrow and Sunday are to be spent outdoors, per my orders (I was pre-med, so I know what’s best for your health).
Author Archives: André Natta
got plans 2.0 – 3.6-3.8
Posted in weekend plans
Tagged AL, alabama, ballet, Ben Kweller, birmingham, Chili Cook off, Got plans?, happy hour, weekend plans
From the City Stages reveal event
UPDATE: Here’s the rest of the story, including the idea behind the campaign.
Tagged AL, alabama, birmingham, Cayenne Creative, city stages, CS21, Dan Monroe, event, George McMillan, information, live blog, logo, reveal
Urban Fabric playlist, 2.21.2009
It’s time again (with a slight delay because of our site transfer)… but here’s the Heavyweight Selection from last Saturday’s Urban Fabric with Ken Webb:
[audio:http://bhamterminal.com/audio/UF_HeavyweightSelection_Feb21.mp3]Click here for the download and make the jump for the playlist. Don’t forget you can also follow Ken on Twitter.
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Tagged alabama, birmingham, Heavyweight Selection, Ken Webb, Live 100.5 FM, playlist, Urban Fabric
mmm…beer at okafés!…mmm…
There are been some new additions to the menu at okafés! recently. The coffee house located in Birmingham’s Pepper Place has recently been granted its beer and wine license and already has rather large selections available for both categories. So now there’s yet another reason for folks to head on over there for shows in the coming weeks…
The beer selection pictured here made its appearance late last week, with the wine list following during the weekend.
Photo: acnatta/bhamterminal
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Tagged alabama, beer, birmingham, granted, license, okafés!, Pepper Place, Southside, wine
Urban Fabric playlist, 2.14.2009
I may be a little biased, but I’m thinking one of the best ways to get into an even better mood on this beautiful (alebit cold) President’s Day is to press play and listen to this week’s Heavyweight selection (Hour 2) from Urban Fabric with Ken Webb.
While you’re at it, check out the playlist from Saturday night after the jump.
[audio:http://bhamterminal.com/audio/02152009UF_HeavyweightSelection.mp3]Have fun!
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Tagged 2.14.2009, dance, download, electronica, February 14, Ken Webb, Live 100.5 FM, mp3, music, playlist, Urban Fabric
Urban Fabric playlist, 2.7.2009
We shared with you in early January that Urban Fabric with Ken Webb was starting in mid-January.
Well, those of you that tried to listen have already figured out that it was delayed – until this past Saturday!
For those of you that missed the first installment, we’ve got two features for you:
An MP3 of last week’s 2nd hour for your listening pleasure…
[audio:http://bhamterminal.com/audio/UF_Hour_2_54min.mp3]…and last week’s playlist. That’s after the jump of course. Continue reading
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Tagged 2.7.2009, alabama, birmingham, Ken Webb, Live 100.5, music, playlist, radio, Urban Fabric
Heartless Bastards climb The Mountain
The Heartless Bastards have indeed been climbing towards the mountaintop recently. Their new album, The Mountain, debuted last week.
The Cincinnati, OH-based garage rock band made their debut on Letterman earlier this week (Tuesday actually) and now they’re getting ready to take the stage at The Bottletree this evening in a show that includes performances by Nashville’s The Deep Vibration. Tickets are $10 and it starts at 8 p.m. I’d say that they’re staying pretty busy indeed.
If you missed their performance of Out at Sea, check it out; If you’ve been wondering about if you wanted to go… take a listen to the title track:
[audio:http://www.fatpossum.com/media_kits/heartlessbastards/mp3s/HBTheMountain.mp3]Posted in music
Tagged alabama, birmingham, concert, Heartless Bastards, Letterman, music, Out at Sea, performance, rock, The Bottletree, The Deep Vibration, The Mountain, video
Roomful of Ghosts is hauntingly good
I’ll admit I was a little nervous to restart the Timetable video of the week last week, especially since I wasn’t quite sure how to follow up Vulture Whale’s effort. Enter my friend John, who forwarded me some information about the new release from Birmingham expatriate Samm Bennett, entitled Roomful of Ghosts. This week’s video is Until You Kiss Me, and I think that those of you that are fans of world music will enjoy the music of this founding member of the free improvisation group Third Person‘s latest effort. But I think that Mark Dery’s review of the album will do a much better job of painting the appropriate picture…
Photo: Courtesy of Polarity Records
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Tagged alabama, birmingham, Mark Dery, music, Roomful of Ghosts, Samm Bennett, Until You Kiss Me, Video of the Week
Welcome Frigid Records
Frigid Records at Magic City Motor Scooters – acnatta/Flickr
The independent music store scene gained a new entrant officially last weekend. Frigid Records set up their first physical location inside of Magic City Motor Scooters last week. Owners Ryan and Erin James plan to be there on Saturdays from 11 a.m. – 5 p.m. to sell new and used vinyl and CDs. They also plan to take the store to local music events.
According to their entry on Bhamwiki, they plan to eventually open their own storefront.
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Tagged AL, alabama, birmingham, CDs, Frigid Records, information, Magic City Motoro Scooters, music, opening, Records