My car tags are over $700.00 because they have education tax built in. doh. (buy a bigger house and a creepy car)

camille, Irondale has been kicking 10% around for about a year. I suspect that the outlying cities – Homewood, Mountain Brook, Jeffco and Shelby will be 10% before long if they’re not already.

Anyway, all I want is a free laptop.

The first entry is a huge photo of Taylor – stating he’s been dropped from JRecords.

Of course, the spin is negative.

Maybe they should raise property taxes and decrease sales tax? Just saying!

In MN, they do not tax necessities. I think that is fair.

Yes, Bham is now 10% (and free laptops for all inner city children!). I’m sure the suburbs will follow their lead shortly and we’ll all be paying 10%.

I like Langford but I do think he needs someone who can rein all that ‘vision’ in.

In the meantime I hope both Taylor and Rueben have escape clauses.

I too am trying not to get my hopes up on the Stax Records rumor, but it is very hard to contain my excitement at the possibility. This would be the best way to get Taylor’s brand of music to the masses. What an honor for him if true.

You know, our new Mayor is the former Mayor of Bessemer. He started Visionland – I think Bo played there. It’s now an outlet mall that’s going bankrupt.

Our new mayor is full of *vision*. I like that but,… show me the money. Our sales tax is at 9% and will be raised again (9% on food too).

I heard this city will soon have a river flowing through it and gondola’s! Now, that’s special. :drunk_tb:

Now as to whether he will be on another label or not à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’  has anybody seen Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings? Theyà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢re hot and I can see Taylor on their record label. Or Stax. Yep, that can happen.

I LOVE Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings!!! :thumbup_tb:
Talk about a KICK-*** group! :clap_tb:
They are going to be playing at The Beacon Theater in NYC on 2/15, and am debating about getting tickets for that show…

Their video for their latest song, “100 Days, 100 Nights” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ouI5KcyHfE

Did you know that The Dap Kings are the back-up band for Amy Winehouse’s song “Rehab”, and that they are featured in the song’s video?

Oh, to have Taylor record in NYC at the Daptone Studios? SIMPLY HEAVEN!!!

Just a small video clip from CNN that I happened to (LITERALLY!)stumble upon about Sharon & the Dap Kings late last year… http://edition.cnn.com/video/#/video/business/2007/10/17/velshi.life.after.work.cnn

STAX Records would be an EQUALLY COOL opportunity for Taylor, which I think would be a WONDERFUL match, if indeed that is what is to happen… (If that makes ANY sense, grammatically speaking :blink_tb: )

Anyway, the mayor’s plan may work…

I agree that Taylor wanted out and, if he was dropped, probably gave them good reason. Remember hisveryownself defined his a$$hole years in his book and yep, I’ve heard about them from other local musicians.

If Taylor knows anything he knows Taylor. I doubt anyone could persuade him to dump his 50 year plan.

And, in my very own opinion, which is worth nothing, I think Rueben and Taylor are nuts for opening a club in that area of Birmingham. We have a new Mayor — his plan is to trade (demolish) the BJCC (the civic center they played during the AI5 tour) in favor of a doomed stadium in another bad section. The BJCC area is borderline safe in daylight, bad news at dusk and dangerous at dark. If they were doing it in Southside I’d say, give it a go but that’s the north side. Bad news.

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