Tag Archives: Entertainment

Winter’s Bone

Posted on December 3, 2010 by Terry Taylor

If you have ever lived in certain parts of the South for any length of time, spend two hours watching this movie. If you have never lived down here, spend those same two hours getting acquainted with the landscape.

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Robert Plant’s “Band Of Joy”

Posted on September 17, 2010 by Terry Taylor

“Band of Joy” is the result of Plant’s decision to abandon his follow-up to “Raising Sand,” the beautifully done duet with Alison Kraus, produced by T Bone Burnett. Got to be a story in that abrupt cancellation.

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Brad Paisley Sings About Light Bulbs and Throw Rugs

Posted on September 3, 2010 by Terry Taylor

Country music singers can nail a hit song about anything. The old standbys about drinking and mama and God and country are still getting clichéd to death with the cowboy hat crowd, but new topics are making the scene. Few … Continue reading →

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Are You Ready For Some Millionaireball?

Posted on September 1, 2010 by Terry Taylor

You don’t have to be a Jets fan to like Hard Knocks on HBO. For the entire summer, I have flipped between replayed games on the NFL channel or watched replays of Alabama versus Virginia Tech, or Alabama versus Florida … Continue reading →

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Get Low

Posted on August 27, 2010 by Terry Taylor

The packed theater darkens. There are no previews. What flows across the screen appears to be 1930’s Tennessee. Accents like the ones I grew up with in Alabama pour from the Dolby speakers. My mind returns to the storytellers I … Continue reading →

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Copywriters Don’t Write Anymore

Posted on August 18, 2010 by Terry Taylor

In a digital world were words are less important than the ideas they  convey, the craft of writing is changing. Hell, it has changed, drastically.  I’m not saying that all copywriters are becoming keyboard mutes, I’m saying that snippets and … Continue reading →

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Cooking Up A Storm Of New Cookbooks

Posted on June 18, 2010 by Terry Taylor

There are a lot of new back-to-basics cookbooks being published these days with the Slow Food movement and it’s first through third cousins roaming the aisles at bookstores.

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Sail Cat Road, Chapter 20

Posted on March 10, 2010 by Terry Taylor

Sail Cat Road, the sequel to No Good End, continues below. It is being posted tweet-by-tweet daily on Twitter (http://twitter.com/ttaylordude). I will post each chapter here on Ning (in chronological order). For the prequel, please go to:  www.nogoodend.com. Each chapter … Continue reading →

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Hoyt And The Pusher

Posted on March 3, 2010 by Terry Taylor

(Warning: Contains rock lyrics from 40 years ago) Some music goes beyond the sound that comes out of your speakers. From time to time, these sounds define a cultural or political movement. In a few cases, they become the soundtrack … Continue reading →

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Vaguebooking

Posted on February 12, 2010 by Terry Taylor

We’ve all done it. Filled the little square on Facebook with vacuous gibberish, then hit “comment.” I won’t use any examples here, go to your Facebook page and you will see for yourself. No shortage of mindless ramblings that serve … Continue reading →

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