Yes it is, Avi.
Thanks
Sylvia
Say Something Nice About Alabama ...
by snowbird 115 Replies latest jw friends
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dinah
Several miles south of Tennessee, Billy.
Southerner's do stick together, Undercover. Dawg and I are friends, except for that one Saturday a year when Georgia v Bama happens.
We have a Yankee friend *gasp* who lived down here for about 8 years then had to go back to New York to take care of his Mom. He wants to move back, asap. He's been up north for 13 years. He wants to "come home"
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snowbird
Dinah, I see this happening all around me.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Great_Migration
Hallelujah!
Sylvia
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dinah
Sacolton, I do have some hot cousins........
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BurnTheShips
http://www.marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2009/07/my-favorite-things-alabama.html
My favorite things Alabama
Tyler Cowen
1. Popular music. Emmylou Harris is from Birmingham and I like her albums with Gram Parsons
. "The New Soft Shoe" is an excellent song. While I appreciate Nat King Cole in the abstract I never choose to put it on. Lionel Richie has a nice voice but the sound is too bland for my taste.2. Painter: The early Howard Finster is excellent, although he churned out weak material for a long time later on.
3. Jazz: Lionel Hampton is the obvious choice, but I will pick Sun Ra, who is a musical god of sorts for me. Jazz in Silhouette
4. Country music: Hank Williams. Even if you hate country music you should buy the two CDs of his collected works. I also love Shelby Lynne; start with I am Shelby Lynne
5. Bluegrass: The Louvin Brothers. Tragic Songs of Life
6. Writer: I can't make my way through To Kill a Mockingbird. Who else is there? Wasn't one of Charles Barkley's books funny? I've never finished a Tobias Wolff novel, too stilted. Booker T. Washington and Martin Luther King were very good writers, though they don't quite fit the category. Same for James Agee. Truman Capote would be an easy pick except I don't enjoy his books. Zora Neale Hurston was born in the state though I am inclined to classify her under "Florida."
7. Quilters: From Gee's Bend, Alabama, there is an entire tradition. The traveling exhibits of these works are excellent.
8. Gospel: Blind Boys of Alabama. They transfer better to disc
9. Song, about: Don't go there.
10. Movie, shot in. Close Encounters of the Third Kind. As for "Movie, set in" here is a worrying list. Maybe I'll go with Fried Green Tomatoes, although the book is supposed to be better and more open about the sexuality of the main characters.
The bottom line: There are some major stars here and I haven't even mentioned the famous athletes.
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FlyingHighNow
Snowbird, do you remember the darker blue license tags with orange letters and the heart for Heart of Dixie from the 1960's?
Alabama is a wonderful place to be born, Sylvia. What city were you born in? Tide or Tigers?
Hank Williams Sr. Hank Jr. and Hank the 3rd: Alabama. Tammy Wynette was from Alabama.
I owe my life to Auburn U. I love the whole state, but I'm partial to Mobile and Gulfshores. I remember when Gulf Shores had just a handful of humble beach houses, up on stilts, with masonite tile siding. I love the spanish moss, palm trees, salty air of the coast of the Heart of Dixie.
One of the best from Hank Williams.
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John Doe
Hmmm. Alabama is a lovely. . . , no, wait. Alabama is the best, uh, er. . . Alabama has pretty, . . . Hmm. Let's see now. Think, think. Ok, I've got it! Alabama is a part of the union of the United States of America, and it's almost a real state! How's that?
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John Doe
Let the idiots make fun of Alabama. They don't know what they are talking about. Because of their ignorance maybe they will keep their skanky asses out of my state.
I'm sure glad you're not judgmental.
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BizzyBee
Alabama: Not as dumb as Mississippi.
Kidding!
. "The New Soft Shoe" is an excellent song. While I appreciate Nat King Cole in the abstract I never choose to put it on. Lionel Richie has a nice voice but the sound is too bland for my taste.
