KEN MURPHY: A Coastal Bohemian’s Testament to Fate By LEE COMMER PHARR Recently, I was fortunate enough to attend the launching of the Mississippi: State of the Blues exhibit at the Delta Blues Museum displaying photography from the book of the same title written by Scott Barretta and Ken Murphy. The authors attended and […]
Watcha Wanna Do? Posted 5-18-11
May 19, 2011 Leave a Comment
Watcha Wanna Do? Posted 5-18-11 VIDEOS AND PHOTOS INCLUDED What’s going on in and around Clarksdale and/or Coahoma County…and beyond this coming week? Check out Clarksdale’s regular music offerings and review some choice upcoming events. And don’t forget to check out the BOHEMIAN SCENE PHOTOS on this page, too, which include Side Street Steppers and […]
Water Matters
May 12, 2011 18 Comments
By PONTINFUS MINIMUS PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER FLOOD OF 2011 THAT ARE TAKEN ON THE FLOODWATERS (TAKEN BY DRIFTWOOD JOHNNIE – aka JOHN RUSKEY of QUAPAW CANOE COMPANY) AND FROM AN AIRCRAFT (TAKEN BY POOR WILLIAM) ARE IN THIS POST Water is presently occupying the thoughts of much of the world’s population, and for […]
Watcha Gonna Do? Posted 5-11-11
May 12, 2011 2 Comments
Watcha Gonna Do? Posted 5-11-11 What’s going on in and around Clarksdale and/or Coahoma County…and beyond this coming week? Check out Clarksdale’s regular music offerings and review some choice upcoming events. And don’t forget to check out the BOHEMIAN SCENE PHOTOS on this page, too. The Delta Bohemians had a busy week while continuing […]
This Mans Army and the Tainted Tattoo
May 5, 2011 9 Comments
POOR WILLIAM’S WHIMS This Man’s Army and the Tainted Tattoo By POOR WILLIAM What say ye Poor William, a tainted tattoo? What do you mean, kind sir? The power of the “almost permanent” can have long-term ramifications. New Year’s Day 1983 was the day Poor William decided to permanently mark his then thin frame. […]
The Little Things
May 5, 2011 5 Comments
YOUNG & FREE: The Little Things By CORINNE VANCE What did you get for Christmas when you were 5 years old? What did your grandparents give you on your twelfth birthday? Those things that seemed so important and memorable to me then have now become a faded memory only existing in the pages of […]
Highwater’s Rising Report from Driftwood Johnnie
May 4, 2011 7 Comments
By DRIFTWOOD JOHNNIE Y’all, its happening, this is exactly what the US Army Corps of Engineers has created the greatest levee system in the world to protect us from — they call it “Project Flood” — next week we will see the highest waters in the Lower Mississippi Valley since the record-breaking high water of 1937. […]
Watcha Gonna Do? Posted 5-4-11
May 4, 2011 Leave a Comment
→ VIDEO INCLUDED • SEE PHOTO GALLERY (scroll down) ← What’s going on in and around Clarksdale and/or Coahoma County…and beyond this coming week? Check out Clarksdale’s regular music offerings and review some choice upcoming events. And don’t forget to check out the BOHEMIAN SCENE PHOTOS! The Delta Bohemians heard Eden Brent and Duff […]
Mr. April 2011 – Watchin the Mississippi River Rise
May 4, 2011 10 Comments
CLARKSDALE, Mississippi →video included← ALL YOU LADIES OUT THERE IN RADIOLAND, YOU HAVE HELD YOUR BREATH SO PATIENTLY FOR ALMOST A MONTH, BUT THE TIME IS FINALLY HERE…………………MR APRIL, HE HAS ARRIVED, AND HE IS HOTTER THAN EVER. HOPEFULLY HIS PRESENCE IN WATERS IN THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER WILL STAY THE FLOOD OF 2011. NO LEVEES […]
Mattie Louise Mattered
April 28, 2011 4 Comments
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 the finest. The use of the first person singular in the eulogy covers both Pontificus and Poor William; they sometimes think they are the same […]
Give One Good Reason…
April 28, 2011 5 Comments
GIVE ONE GOOD REASON… We hope that even if you are unsure of what The Delta Bohemian is, are unsure if you are a Delta Bohemian, think you might want to be a Delta Bohemian, know folks who already are Delta Bohemians, are scared to be a Delta Bohemian, are confused by The Delta […]
YAK vs JONES – A Mississippi Delta Throw Down
April 28, 2011 Leave a Comment
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 off the weight machines, when he heard a bit of smack talking on the chest press machine to his left. The crew–Clarksdale Police Department Cpl. […]
Watcha Gonna Do? Posted 4-27-11
April 27, 2011 3 Comments
(Clarksdale, Mississippi) WATCH A VIDEO RECAP from JUKE JOINT FESTIVAL 2011 [youtube]http://youtu.be/mlIbNESikCA[/youtube] – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – HOPSON COMMISSARY Monday nights: Acoustic music with Ronnie and complimentary hors d’ oeuvres! BLUESBERRY CAFE Monday nights: Live music HAMBONE ART GALLERY Tuesdays: […]
Juke Joint Festival 2011 Redux – Pictures and Videos
April 21, 2011 15 Comments
Here are more pictures and videos from the Juke Joint Festival 2011 in Clarksdale, MS. Enjoy. There is lots to watch and see! We suggest you watch them all because you might find yourself, find someone you know, find someone you think you might know, find someone you wanna know, find someone you don’t wanna […]
Alligators and Off Switches
April 21, 2011 2 Comments
DELTA SHORTS Alligators and Off Switches By WILLIAM PRENTISS Impetuous Pablo thought he still possessed the agility and grace of the old jungle cat he used to think he was–mobile, agile, hostile, in search of the nubile. Alas, he was measured and found wanting: he was merely fragile, docile, senile, and non-facile. Getting […]
The Hope of Zihuatanejo
April 21, 2011 Leave a Comment
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, years after Andy escaped from a wrongly convicted 20-year stint in prison. Categorically, some of Pontificus’s favorite quotes come from this heart-wrenching, rife-with-conflict tale of […]
What Matters Most?
April 21, 2011 2 Comments
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 that fill up my mind I am overwhelmed with a feeling of ecstasy. As the emotions flow from my spirit through the tips of my […]
Guess What Goes With Vodka?
April 21, 2011 8 Comments
POOR WILLIAM’S WHIMS & YOU CAN’T GET THIS S*@$ IN NEW YORK CITY: Guess what goes with Vodka? By POOR WILLIAM (VIDEO INCLUDED) “I believe that if life gives you lemons, you should make lemonade…And try to find somebody whose life has given them vodka, and have a party.” — Ron White Vodka […]
Watcha Gonna Do? Posted 4-20-11
April 21, 2011 Leave a Comment
WATCHA GONNA DO? Posted 4-20-11 What’s going on in and around Clarksdale and/or Coahoma County…and beyond this coming week? My, oh, my, but didn’t we all have a partying good time in Clarksdale last week during the Juke Joint Festival including the days leading up to it as well as Sunday? […]
Juke Joint Love
April 14, 2011 3 Comments
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 her– not a morality-leaching hunger, but one of expectancy laced with awe–from behind the fellow in the crazy-ass hat. Simone had never been stopped dead […]
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