CLARKSDALE, Mississippi Executive Chef Levi Minyard recently did a special Surf & Turf consisting of a 60-ounce Porterhouse Steak and a 3-pound Lobster. The live Maine Lobsters were flown in that day. All 6 were claimed and all Guests were pleasantly satiated. Poor William just couldn’t help “hisself”, so he had some fun with the […]
David Danced, Poor William Pranced
January 13, 2011 13 Comments
(Clarksdale, Mississippi) By PONTIFICUS MINIMUS I TOLD POOR WILLIAM NOT TO DO IT, but does he listen to me? The porcine, powder-puffed poet just has to be “hisself!” I told the denuded, disrobed, Cavalier One that some folks around here are not gonna find his antics amusing. He said, “It ain’t for all those folks, […]
Huckleberry Ed’s Educational Platform & Philosophy
January 13, 2011 4 Comments
CLARKSDALE, Mississippi Educational Aims and Purpose of Schooling The most important aim of education for America’s children is to provide a rigorous, liberal education for all children, regardless of socio-economic status or abilities. A liberal education is an education that develops the mind and includes exposure to an array of Core and Humanities-centered classes. Children […]
FRENCH NIGHT MADIDI
January 13, 2011 2 Comments
CLARKSDALE, Mississippi A pictorial essay by Mississippi Delta Photographer Langdon Clay Deep in the heart of the Mississippi Delta, Saturday, January 8, 2011, a local restaurant played host to eight gifted chefs and one well-informedSommelier for a culinary night beyond compare. The dinner boasted an eight-course dinner with pairings of wine for each. The wine […]
Langdon Clay – A Fine Mississippi Delta Photographer
January 13, 2011 Leave a Comment
CLARKSDALE, Mississippi “A fine photographer is just someone who hones in on something that they really care about–something that attracts them or catches their eye.” – Langdon Clay Lang is just that–a fine Mississippi Delta photographer. Photographer Clay and writer T. R. Pearson recently collaborated on a new book. Title: Year of Our Lord. Subtitle: […]
“Gahh! That sucks!”
January 13, 2011 2 Comments
(Clarksdale, Mississippi) By CORINNE VANCE In life there are speed bumps, no matter how hard you try to avoid them. Similar to any highway, a lifetime has its share of rocky moments. There will be pebbles quickly bypassed that are barely noticed and forgotten. Also, there will be potholes that jerk the wheel right out […]
Mississippi Delta Bohemian’s Mr. January 2011 – A Snow Odyssey in Clarksdale, MS
January 10, 2011 29 Comments
(Clarksdale, Mississippi) Mr. January Watch the video!
Local Clarksdale Arteests doin’ what Clarksdale Arteests do – hangin’, listening to the blues and fellowshipping
January 6, 2011 Leave a Comment
(Clarksdale, Mississippi) Clarksdale local gallery owners and artists/musicians Bradley Gordon of Gordon Gallery, Joey Young or Lambfish Art Company and Stan Street of Hambone Art Gallery….all in the Mississippi Delta….captured on a night at Ground Zero Blues Club.
Any Given Wednesday at GZBC
January 6, 2011 3 Comments
(Clarksdale, Mississippi) Her name is Miranda. Miranda Mulholland. She is from Toronto. She is Bohemian. She is an Artist. She is a Fiddler beyond compare. She played at Ground Zero Blues Club. She played with local musicians at the club. There is more….. A video!
“I’m sorry. If you haven’t got time to talk to me you can kiss my ass.”
January 6, 2011 3 Comments
(Clarksdale, Mississippi) HAVE a listen to this VOICE MESSAGE BY CLICKING ON THE “Click to continue” link. The message was left on a local Clarksdale business answering machine hours after the establishment had closed for the day. Now you tell me, is this any way to
Water Wars – Will They Make it to the Mississippi Delta?
January 6, 2011 4 Comments
(Clarksdale, Mississippi) By LIL JOHN MCKEE EDITORS NOTE: John McKee is a representative from Coahoma County to the Yazoo Mississippi Delta Joint Water Management District (YMD). This thesis, including problem statement, analysis and conclusions are evident of doctoral level research. In agricultural circles around the world, the Mississippi Delta is […]
TEE-TEE & Some 21/3 Lovin’
January 5, 2011 1 Comment
(Clarksdale, Mississippi) How y’all doin’ out there in radio land? Another late night midnight musing by Poor William the Sublime. He often records his late-night meanderings, while he waits for the Magical One to come home from work. This particular night, however, he was impatiently waiting for his already-at-home bride to get her fine ass […]
Push the Limits, Break the Rules and Tear Apart the Seams
January 5, 2011 2 Comments
(Clarksdale, Mississippi) By CORINNE VANCE If your life were a book, would it be short or packed and overflowing with memories from the past? Would it be funny and full of joy, or dull and uninteresting? Would it fly off bookstore shelves and be impossible to keep in stock, or would only a few copies […]
Created in God’s Image: Not a Piece of Crap
January 5, 2011 1 Comment
By PONTIFICUS MINIMUS How often does Pontificus, who surely knows better, refer to someone as being a piece of crap? Too often! Doth he dare speak so ill of one crafted in the image of the Holy? Are we not all created in God’s image? Should one for whom Christ died be maligned by another […]
The Perfect Triangle: 30, 40, 50
January 5, 2011 6 Comments
(Clarksdale, Mississippi) By POOR WILLIAM What do the numbers 30, 40, and 50 have to do with the perfect triangle? Well, Poor William, the well-known Girth Meister, just eased up a bit in size with his latest purchase of soft raiments–designed to make him a much grander paragon of sartorial splendor. He was telling his […]
A Nice Gentleman
December 30, 2010 3 Comments
(Clarksdale, Mississippi) EDITORS NOTE: The views expressed by Dingus Batticus do not reflect the opinions and beliefs of the Delta Bohemian. Dingus is a developing character who is reminiscent of Archie Bunker: a complex character with overt racist views, which will likely be mitigated over time. Dingus gives a portrayal into an element living in […]
A Mississippi Delta Christmas
December 30, 2010 10 Comments
By POOR WILLIAM (Clarksdale, Mississippi) VIDEO IN POST A story about a Mississippi Delta Christmas. In Poor William’s ‘umble estimation, The Mississippi Delta hosts no finer Christmas night party than the one shared for 45 years by the Howells, Johnsons, and Connells. It includes hot Southern delicacies such as rare beef tender, lovingly stuffed twice-baked […]
Ground Zero Blues Club Christmas Wench
December 30, 2010 4 Comments
(Clarksdale, Mississippi) VIDEO IN POST Ground Zero Blues Club employees celebrated the holidays at Ground Zero Blues Club in Clarksdale, MS. A good time was had by all on that Monday, December 13th which happened to be the 1st wedding anniversary of Delta Bohemians Madge Marley Howell and Billy Howell, aka Poor William. Madge wore her
Clarksdale, MS itinerant Japanese Blues Musician and GZBC Semi-fixture “EY”
December 30, 2010 Leave a Comment
(Clarksdale, Mississippi) EY is a semi-fixture in Clarksdale, MS and can be seen often in Ground Zero Blues Club as well as many other locations around town. We call him a semi-fixture because he makes his annual pilgrimage from
2011: A Snow Odyssey Comments
THE DELTA BOHEMIAN, POOR WILLIAM, AND HIS TRYING-TO-EXPLAIN BROTHER, PONTIFICUS MINIMUS, ALL RECEIVED MANY COMMENTS, KUDDOS AND A FEW ECCLESIASTICAL ADMONISHMENTS! MAGICAL MADGE AND I HAVE POSTED MOST OF THEM BELOW. THEY CAME LARGELY FROM FACEBOOK, THE DELTA BOHEMIAN WEBSITE, AND ORAL COMMENTARY. READ IF YOU MUST; ENJOY IF YOU WILL: MJH: Bill, What inspired […]