Month: April 2011
Mattie Louise Mattered
By PONTIFICUS MINIMUS and POOR WILLIAM The following eulogy was given at the lads’ maternal grandmother’s funeral on October 6, 1996. She was a grand and classy dame–the finest of...
Give One Good Reason…
GIVE ONE GOOD REASON… Poor William and Magical Madge standing between Hopson Commissary and Shack Up Inn outside Clarksdale. Photo by Delta Bohemian We hope that even if you...
YAK vs JONES – A Mississippi Delta Throw Down
YOU CAN’T GET THIS S*@$ IN NEW YORK CITY A serendipitous late-afternoon Mississippi Delta Throw Down occurred last week outside Snap Fitness. Poor William was inside wearing all the rough...
Watcha Gonna Do? Posted 4-27-11
(Clarksdale, Mississippi) WATCH A VIDEO RECAP from JUKE JOINT FESTIVAL 2011 [youtube]http://youtu.be/mlIbNESikCA[/youtube] – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –...
Juke Joint Festival 2011 Redux – Pictures and Videos
Some Delta Bohemians during set-up the morning of the Juke Joint Festival. Photo credit: DELTA BOHEMIAN Here are more pictures and videos from the Juke Joint Festival 2011 in Clarksdale,...
Alligators and Off Switches
DELTA SHORTS Alligators and Off Switches By WILLIAM PRENTISS Vance Sullivan from Friars Point near Clarksdale, MS - the heart of the Mississippi Delta. Photo by The Delta...
The Hope of Zihuatanejo
By PONTIFICUS MINIMUS Pronounced (Zee-wah-tah-nay-hoe), this real-life vacation destination on the Pacific coast of Mexico is where Morgan Freeman’s character Red in The Shawshank Redemption found his friend Andy Dufresne,...
What Matters Most?
YOUNG & FREE: What Matters Most? By CORINNE VANCE How can something so simple bring me such joy? As I write down just one of the many thoughts...
Watcha Gonna Do? Posted 4-20-11
WATCHA GONNA DO? Posted 4-20-11 Teach4America teachers and Magical Madge at the Juke Joint Festival in Clarksdale, MS - the heart of the Mississippi Delta. Photo by The Delta...
Juke Joint Love
By WILLIAM PRENTISS It had been over a year to no avail. Simone and Darryl never met, even then. She had been on stage and he had been hungrily eyeing...