Wild Sweet Orange. Courtesy of the band’s Flickr profile.
Wild Sweet Orange‘s new album We Have Cause to Be Uneasy
The first track is an updated version of their much-touted single Ten Dead Dogs. But as I moved on to the newer tracks, my mind started to race.
This week has been somewhat spotty and the Birmingham scene has taken some days off local music-wise, but Friday makes up for it.
#1: Speakeasy is hosting a Birmingham Folk Festival benefit with some great acts, including a Grey Watson (Sorry Saints) solo set so you can check him out before his band plays The Terminal’s benefit on the 26th. Drop by 1920 3rd Ave N. and enjoy your Friday night.
More after the jump
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Tagged AL, alabama, birmingham, Birmingham Folk Festival, music, music week preview, Speakeasy, weekend plans
ABCs – Bethany L King/Flickr
Since I live with someone just learning the English language, I do a lot of ABCs and counting. So here is my 3-2-1 countdown for this weekend.
After many paper cuts and envelope licking, we have finally mailed out all of our ‘Congratulations You’re IN’ letters to IN spots all over town. Each letter came with a large red window decal designating the bar/store/restaurant/etc as IN.
They are already popping up all over town!
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Tagged alabama, announcements, birmingham, campaign, IN Birmingham, IN spots, Libby Sexton, sticker
Tuesday in Birmingham is a busy day apparently. Here are all the MySpace music links and show info to prove it:
A troubadour trio at Bottletree with headliner Hayes Carll (touring with Conor Oberst among others), John P. Strohm and Bo Butler. Bo, of local Saturdays fame, puts on a great show and will be a perfect compliment to all the guitar-picking and Americana stylings of all tonight’s acts.
Details for show: 18+/9pm/$10
Medeski, Martin & Wood are also playing at WorkPlay tonight. It’s sold out, but if you’ve heard any of Chris Wood’s recordings with his brother Oliver (The Wood Brothers), you’ll know it’s well worth some last-minute sleuthing to find a ticket. It’s so good! It starts at 8, so good luck!
If anyone gets any pictures/soundbytes of either show, let us know.
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Tagged alabama, birmingham, Bo Butler, Bottletree, Hayes Carll, John P. Strohm, live music, Martin, Medeski, music, Saturdays, The Wood Brothers, Whitney Sides, Wood, Workplay
In the 1920s and ‘30s, if you wanted your building to have a cool, modern look, you built it in the Art Deco style—all sleek lines, bold forms, and geometric shapes, reflecting the rise of technology. Hot spots for this style included New York, Miami, and Los Angeles, but Birmingham wasn’t left behind.
In fact, one of our Art Deco landmarks was something of a trendsetter. The old Alabama Power Building was praised by the London Daily Express as one of the most beautiful public utility buildings in the world—exciting, huh? But the more interesting fact is that the building was completed in 1925, the year often marked as the beginning of the Art Deco era (though the style had developed in Europe before then). Birmingham’s architects were ahead of the curve.
The Alabama Power Building is still very impressive today, even though its 18th Street location is surrounded by more modern forms of architecture. The façade is full of different shapes and colors, and you can’t help but move your eyes up the front of the building, following the vertical lines right to the rooftop, where you’ll find the golden statue of Electra brandishing her lightning bolts. Imagine how stunning this building looked to Birminghamians when it was new—especially since its neighborhood at the time was mostly residential!
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Tagged alabama, Alabama Power Building, architecture, birmingham, Electra, In Love With
WES MCDONALD/SPARROW/JON VOGEL @ Rojo starting at 6 tonight.
I’m out of town again, but we here at the Terminal could not let ourselves off the hook if we missed an opportunity to plug a good friend, Wes McDonald (Vulture Whale, The Ohms), playing a solo acoustic set tonight. Check it out. Great food, awesome beer and 3 awesome acts setting the mood in the side room.
Enjoy the rest of your weekend!
Posted in music, Uncategorized
Tagged 35205, AL, alabama, birmingham, Jon Vogel, music, rojo, Sparrow, Wes McDonald
We’ll plug this one more time before next week, but since this version of the ad won’t fit in the sidebar, we figured this was the best way to share info about the upcoming Johnny Disco show with courtesy of DJ Urban Fabric and DJ Ken Webb at The High Note next Saturday: Check it out after the jump or just visit the site and check it out on the sidebar.
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Tagged AL, alabama, birmingham, DJ, electronica, event, High Note, Johnny Disco, music, Urban Fabric
Editor’s note: This week Birmingham Magazine associate editor Carla Jean Whitley takes the weekend planning reigns while Christina enjoys a vacation at an undisclosed location.
As Birmingham magazine’s official calendar editor, I always know what’s happening around town-often to the detriment of my budget! Last weekend wasn’t bad, with an emphasis on time outside and cooking with friends. Other times social- and entertainment-heavy weekends loom on the horizon; I’m saving now for all the cash I’ll drop with concerts, Artwalk and Muse of Fire scheduled for the first weekend of September!
But then there are weekends like the one ahead: plenty of activities to choose from that won’t break the bank.
It’s been tough, I know. A full work week coming off a 3-day- holiday weekend can be exhausting. After catching up on emails and voicemails, it’s time for cocktails. (Ok, sorry. I promise to never rhyme again).
So, in honor of hump day – or as some call it – Wine Down Wednesday, let’s turn our attention to a few IN drinking spots that made the cut: The J. Clyde, Metro Bistro, and The Wine Loft.
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Tagged AL, alabama, birmingham, cocktails, drinking spots, IN Birmingham, Libby Sexton, Metro Bistro, The J. Clyde, The Wine Loft
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