Watcha Gonna Do

Moments, musings, and questions from everyday life

The Sharecropper Family – by Guest Bohemian Jaby Denton

By Guest Bohemian Jaby Denton In 2011, while digging through a box full of vintage photographs found on the dusty shelves in the primitive office of the Quitman County Democrat,...
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Classic ROBERT BILBO WALKER at Reds Blues Club

By Magical Madge CLASSIC VIDEO If you have never seen this unique performer, then you need to go to Red's Blues Club and hear Robert "Bilbo" Walker live, Saturday, September 19, 2015 in downtown...
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Mississippi Delta Sunset with Delta Dog Gunny

By Poor William VIDEO and PHOTO GALLERY “Dogs are our link to paradise. They don't know evil or jealousy or discontent. To sit with a dog on a hillside on...
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Kathryn’s Restaurant Owner Opens Southbound in Helena

By Poor William VIDEO INTERVIEW and PHOTOS John Mohead, Numba One Cooka, fine musician, and owner/chef of Kathryn’s Restaurant on Moon Lake is opening a new version of his Southbound...
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Lightnin Malcolm Holdin’ Down the Root with Hill Country Blues

By Poor William VIDEO The basic groove has been here all along…it’s the root of everything…it will always be there…you can go a long ways if you have that root…but...
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Susan McPhail & Nick Nolte – The Pantyologist

By Poor William VIDEOS and PHOTOS (34 images) Madge and I were thrilled this week to attend a pre-screening of the hysterical comedy, A Walk in the Woods, starring Nick Nolte...
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Surf the Great Mississippi River Flood of 2011 with John Ruskey

Flood waters surround the Isle of Capri casino in Lula, Mississippi, located immediately across the bridge from Helena, Arkansas. CNN reports the closing of casinos due...
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“Katrina the Mule” captures the real Carlos Elliot Jr.

By Poor William VIDEOS and PHOTOS (28) Clarksdale is blessed to have many musicians who wander purposefully into our midst, often coming back time and time again. A Delta Bohemian’s favorite...
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A Prayer for a Friend

By Poor William RADIOLAND VIDEO A Prayer for a Friend Friend, I am ashamed to say I hardly know you for I'm 'sposed to know you well.I call you friend but...
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The Bitter Southerner Rides Some Wild Miles with John Ruskey

By Poor William - “The wilderness is the window of our souls, and water our smoothest passage through.” -- John Ruskey, From “River Gator,” as published in I am Coyote:...
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Delta Roadtrip Links Clarksdale and Helena

By Magical Madge - A Delta Roadtrip is something I have done all my life. Being born and raised in the Mississippi Delta, traveling the highways from town to town...
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Beatle Mania Strikes in Clarksdale

Clarksdale, Mississippi Three local gifted musicians will be treating concert goers and lawn sitters to an hour and forty five minutes of Beatle Mania music beginning at 6:00 pm on...
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