What is going on? Tell me! Tell me! Posted 9-28-11 Live Music, Gallery Openings, Street Parties, Blues Festivals, Book Signings and more! Get your calendar out, make your plans and get busy getting out and about Clarksdale, Coahoma County and beyond! The weather is divine, why can’t it be like this all the time, school […]
Experiencing the Mississippi River with Chuck Dovish, host of “Exploring Arkansas” on AETN, and Audubon Arkansas – Hosted by John Ruskey of Quapaw Canoe Company
September 28, 2011 1 Comment
Hosted by John Ruskey of Quapaw Canoe Company Delta Bohemian writers Poor William (aka Billy Howell), Fat Clyde (aka Lil’ John McKee), Young & Free columnist Corinne Vance and Publisher/Producer Magical Madge Marley Howell enjoyed a recent excursion with fellow DB contributing writer John Ruskey, owner and founder of Quapaw Canoe Company. The special guests on […]
Rickles: The Greendale Arsonist
September 22, 2011 1 Comment
DELTA SHORTS: Rickles: The Greendale Arsonist By WILLIAM PRENTISS Any similarity between the arsonist at work in Clarksdale, Mississippi at present and this sordid tale of one delusional man’s poor understanding of scripture and what constitutes “loving thy neighbor” is purely fictional and coincidental. There are two tales–one real one not. The real […]
Where Would You Like To Play This Weekend? Posted 9-22-11
September 22, 2011 4 Comments
Where Would You Like To Play This Weekend? Posted 9-22-11 Why do the weeks sometimes run together? Why do we often have to look back at photographs to even remember what in the hell we did last week? Living in the moment, in the present, begs that you live now and not hang so much […]
Words that Defined My Words for Life
September 21, 2011 2 Comments
By Corinne Vance Writing has played many roles in my life. Writing has been a fun way to pass the time growing up in a small country town, it was my method of communication in elementary school, passing notes about which boys are cute and which ones have cooties, it has filled the pages of […]
Bad Information
September 21, 2011 1 Comment
By Pontificus Minimus “The visions of your prophets were false and worthless; they did not expose your sin to ward off your captivity. The oracles they gave you were false and misleading.” — Lamentations 2:14. STATEMENT: Bad information can lead to distress, destruction, and dismay as surely as a tornado can uproot a thriving city. […]
Poor William’s Top-Ten Slop Bucket List
September 21, 2011 10 Comments
My Top-Ten Slop Bucket List By POOR WILLIAM Normal–or what passes for such nonsense–folks have a bucket list now. Morgan Freeman and Jack Nicholson made the bucket list famous, attainable, and nigh on a must in our living-well-above-subsistence culture. When I forget, often, how blessed I am, I yearn all the greater for a bucket […]
A Few Thoughts On Why “Christian” Has Become A Pejorative
September 21, 2011 14 Comments
Pontificus Minimus Opines Ole Pontificus is not chunking big stones here; he is merely pontificating with his fingers on the keyboard. He is bad about that! Pontificus is a Christian, albeit a compromised one, who is seldom proud of his behavior. Why do so many Christians and non-Christians find the term “Christian” to be a […]
David “Straight” and Adelaide
September 15, 2011 9 Comments
DELTA SHORTS: David “Straight” and Adelaide By WILLIAM PRENTISS WARNING: See end of post! David was always a good boy and now was a fine man. The self-effacing farmer/historian was an anomaly among modern Delta planters. He only took one drink before dinner, and that more out of habit; he didn’t hunt or fish, […]
What Up in and around Clarksdale town and beyond? Posted 9-15-11
September 15, 2011 Leave a Comment
What Up in and around Clarksdale town and beyond? Posted 9-15-11 PHOTOS VIDEOS The past week held more activities and fun in our area of the Mississippi Delta and beyond. We couldn’t make it to everything. We especially hate we missed the Mr. Tater Memorial Jam Night at Club 2000. Here is […]
A Double Naught Spy He Ain’t
September 15, 2011 2 Comments
A Double Naught Spy He Ain’t By POOR WILLIAM How can it be that a fairly intuitive, relationally perceptive man can somehow not notice objects apparent in his daily surroundings? Poor William, who once applied for a job with the CIA, always wanted to follow in Jethro Bodine’s–of the Beverly Hillbilly’s fame–shoes. He wanted to […]
Brit Dave Cornthwaite Completes his Record-breaking Mississippi River Expedition on a Stand Up Paddleboard
September 15, 2011 2 Comments
Brit Dave Cornthwaite Completes his Record-breaking Mississippi River Expedition on his Stand Up Paddleboard Yep, Dave Cornthwaite did it folks, and our very own Delta Bohemian and Founder of Quapaw Canoe Company John Ruskey was with Dave when he made it to the Gulf. If you don’t remember who or what, check out The […]
Storms, Songs, and Freedom
September 15, 2011 1 Comment
PONTIFICUS MINIMUS OPINES “Birds sing after a storm; why shouldn’t people feel as free to delight in whatever remains to them?” — Rose Kennedy Whatever happened to “mind your own business?” Why are you telling me what to do? Why does the length of my hair Even matter to you?
New Cassidy Bayou Art and Culture Center to Open in Sumner with Spectacular Exhibition Featuring New Photographs by William Eggleston and Paintings by Desaix Anderson
September 15, 2011 Leave a Comment
SUMNER, Mississippi Desaix and Buford Anderson are opening an art and culture center in their native Sumner, Mississippi. The newly named Cassidy Bayou Gallery will house art space to promote exhibits primarily featuring emerging Mississippi artists. In addition to the gallery, the brothers plan to charter the non-profit Cassidy Bayou Art and Culture Foundation to […]
Blue: King of the Walking People
September 9, 2011 9 Comments
DELTA SHORTS: Blue: King of the Walking People By WILLIAM PRENTISS WARNING: See end of post! Blue didn’t give a damn what folks thought. He had carved out a nice living for a 45-year old, uneducated black man in the Mississippi Delta. He didn’t have much, but he didn’t owe much, except whatever he […]
Lemming Moments: Dancing Near the Sea
September 9, 2011 3 Comments
Lemming Moments: Dancing Near the Sea By POOR WILLIAM Most folks in their middle ages remember as children seeing the grainy nature video of packs of Norwegian lemmings rushing over a cliff to their death. It was such a spectacular and confusing scene; so unknown in the limited media world of that day. Poor William, […]
A Mississippi State of Mind: Reflections of the Sunflower River Blues & Gospel Festival
September 8, 2011 3 Comments
Story and Photographs by Guest Delta Bohemian Ray Proetto of Blues Power Photo CLARKSDALE, Mississippi Enjoy this account of our historical Sunflower festival by Guest Delta Bohemian writer and photographer Ray Proetto, founder of Blues Power Photo. Please check out Ray’s website and his vast array of outstanding photographs after you enjoy his story and […]
What Are You Going To Do? Do Ya Know? Posted 9-8-11
September 8, 2011 4 Comments
What Are You Going To Do? Do Ya Know? Posted 9-8-11 PHOTOS INCLUDED IN POST Three separate Mississippi River experiences, trips to Ground Zero Blues Club for election results, music at Bluesberry Cafe on a Monday, Hopson Commissary twice – once for a birthday and once for the Junction Reunion, an excellent Theatre Oxford production […]
The Travesty of the Tongue
September 7, 2011 14 Comments
PONTIFICUS MINIMUS OPINES The tongue of one Pontificus Minimus has yet again caused him trouble. The Good Book says in Proverbs, “When words are many, sin is not absent, be he who holds his tongue is wise.” So, when words are hyper-abundant, one can count on sin being just a breath away. Why? We are […]
Wild Bill’s New Plan: That Other Week-Old Challenge Just Didn’t Feel Right
September 2, 2011 5 Comments
By POOR WILLIAM Poor William, with his manic self, has bitten off more challenge than he can chew, and the boy can chew. Damn, he really thought this round of goal setting might work. It didn’t! Some folks don’t respond with resounding success to goals overly defined, and Poor William “are” one. Bohemians do not […]
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