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Tapestry

Remembering Roger Ebert
Cell Phones and Rape Take the Stage in Ruined
Interview: Justin Brown on Sibelius and conducting the ASO
Found Footage Festival
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Local Music

Nightmare Waterfall
Birmingham Americana Musician Josh Brown Gets Personal
Adventure the Great Brings the Show to Birmingham
Birmingham's Banditos Have New Music
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Other Music and Stories

Joshua Bell
The B-52s
Girlyman
Chris Thile
They Might Be Giants

Cast & Crew

Dale Short
Doug Ragland
Greg Bass
Kevin Lehner
Lissa LeGrand
Michael Krall
Tanya Ott

WBHM Interviews

John Archibald: Some things go fast, some things go slow
John Archibald: Unrest at the Jefferson County Commission
Hostess to the Civil Rights Movement
John Archibald: Why Jeffco Is Paying Attorney $393K To Do Nothing
Diane McWhorter on Civil Rights 50th Anniversary
John Archibald: Old Questions about Airport Death and New Questions about Auburn Football
John Archibald: Still Too Many Questions About Airport Tragedy
John Archibald: Railroad Park Shooting and the Birmingham Barons
John Archibald: School Accountability Act Either Brilliant Politics or Despicable Move
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Tapestry, from 90.3 WBHM



November 13, 2008...


Roy Blount, Jr. He's back. After 20 books covering topics from pro football to what dogs are thinking, Roy Blount Jr. latest, Alphabet Juice, gets down to what he really cares about, language. The guy who makes us giggle on Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me and A Prairie Home Companion has written a scholarly book disguised as entertainment. He guides us through a garden of words, punctuation and letters of the alphabet getting down to the nitty gritty of how the pieces work together to make language delight us. Or not. And did I mention that it's very funny? And what about the title, Alphabet Juice?

Roy Blount Jr. interview...

Roy Blount Jr. will be in town Tuesday, signing Alphabet Juice. Proceeds from the event benefit WBHM. (MORE)


By now you've probably packed away the Halloween decorations and eaten all the sweet tarts, but that doesn't mean you can't still enjoy a good ghost story! And author Randy Russell has lots of stories to tell. He talks with WBHM's Tanya Ott about his latest book is Ghost Cats of the South.

Randy Russell interview...

More | Extended interview with Randy Russell



Pet cemetery

As Randy Russell well knows, the love we have for our pets is enduring - even after death. It's a human reality that reporter Sarah Elzas explores as she visits the world's oldest pet cemetery, just north of Paris.

Visiting a pet cemetery...




Ron Dometrovich

Birmingham Singer/songwriter Ron Dometrovich reaches back to the stories of his past for his new CD Railroad Avenue. He joined WBHM's Tanya Ott in the studio to talk about the CD and play a little. Dometrovich performs at the Frank Brown International Songwriters Festival next week on the Gulf Coast. (AUDIO MONTAGE)


Tapestry is produced by Tanya Ott and Michael Krall, with help this week from Sarah Elzas. Next week on the program, Justin Brown talks about his turn as soloist for the Alabama Symphony Orchestra's Masterworks series. I'm Greg Bass and we'll see you next week.