July 2010
82 posts
Come, Armageddon! Come! →
The sky over the Jimmy Swaggart Bible College, among other things. Richard Buckner, The Hill End of the World: Joshua Cohen and Gary Shteyngart in discussion on Tablet …
A Shark Recites My Epigraph →
The Dog Who Solves Mysteries →
valuable hit points →
Thou’s fancy vinyl Thou, Baton Rouge, You Have So Much To Answer For NEU!, NEU! (Box Set) Work of Art: The Next Great Artist Joshua Cohen, Witz Media…
I dream all the time →
The snack shop at the pool is out of fried cheese and macaroni ‘n’ cheese. It is also not open. Dr. John, Swamp Blues Grinderman, “Heathen Child” Lil Wayne vs. the “500 Days of…
the dinosaur above and the birds below →
There’s that baby. Los Lobos, Tin Can Trust (streaming from NPR) Media Announcement: My story about the barn dances at Lakeview Park & Beach RV Park in Eunice, LA is up on the
everyone involved is a Pharaoh →
The Pharaohs, “Damballa” The Pharaohs, Awakening Funkadelic, America Eats Its Young I read the Eric Mercury from the last post was a member of the…
Mr. Mercury played "Electric Black Man" and Rawat... →
Eric Mercury, “Electric Black Man” OK, this dispatch is brought to you courtesy of the contestant on Who Wants to be a Millionaire last night who was from a mining town that…
three-letter →
This shot was an accident while playing with my phone during the movies, but I like it. Joshua Cohen, Witz The Rolling Stones, Emotional Rescue I feel a little like that…
When Jerry Met Stanley →
push-me-pull-you →
The scene at the Lakeview RV park in Eunice on Saturday. Mountain Man, Made the Harbor Louisiana Proud KBON, 101.1 FM Bret Easton Ellis, Imperial Bedrooms Peter Case, Wig!
a milli, a milli →
From here. Lil Wayne, Tha Carter III Baton Rouge is just about right on the 35 MPH line. Last time we had a hurricane hit us (Gustav, 2008), I was sitting in the dark …
A hawk! →
I need a better camera, I know, but look! A hawk! Mott the Hoople, The Hoople Faces, Long Player Lou Reed, The Blue Mask On the way to the bus stop I looked up the…
But We Were Intelligent People →
Book Club Newsletter →
ick souns boring →
Maya sent me a bunch of emails while I was sitting through a meeting this morning. Nation of Ulysses, 13 Point Program to Destroy America New York Dolls, New York Dolls Sweet,
Manohla! Manohla! →
this is not a Fugazi post →
My office building used to be a hotel and in the hallways are inset mirror niches so you can check yourself out, so check me out. Work of Art: The Next Great Artist Fugazi, In on…
Biggest News Ever →
Free Books →
You Have Been Warned →
Happy trails, cowboy →
No, I’d never heard of Fred Carter Jr. before this obit notice, but I’m on a Louisiana music tear today and am always a sucker for rockabilly. Carter was a guitarist for the Louisiana Hayride, and…
Nut up, writers →
Tommy McClain, “Before I Grow Too Old” at the 2010 Swamp Pop Festival. Watch for the finger guns at the end. Earl Hooker, The Moon is Rising Media announcement: My…
dwelling in the slim recesses of lightning and bad... →
Lightnin’ Slim, “Hoodoo Blues.” Lightnin’ Slim, The Best of Lightnin’ Slim R. L. Burnside, Wish I was in Heaven Sitting Down Musically, I’m a digital…
tracing the tracer →
Cargo doors of the sculpture building. Jane Mendelsohn, American Music Richard Swift, The Atlantic Ocean Felt, Poem of the River Big Star, #1 Record/Radio City
Eternal Night →
So Many Stars →
Elvises I Have Known →
Your 'Dead Flowers' →
The Futurebirds jumping around the stage at Chelsea’s on Saturday night. I ran into one of the Myrtles, a band whose rustic whiskey pathos meets indie racket in an arguably similar…
seen while →
Quonset hut on campus seen while taking the back way to the bank. Look inside. Big Boi, Sir Luchious Left Foot… the Return of Chico Dusty Saul Williams, Saul Williams
giant mirror ball in the 4-H hall →
Swamp Pop Music Queens, past and current, at the jambalaya booth. Wreckless Eric & Amy Rigby, Two Way Family Favorites Rockpile, Seconds of Pleasure The Believer
Awesome Fashionable Ladies →
The News From Citrus County →
Gaze into my tomato salad →
Wreckless Eric & Amy Rigby, Two-Way Family Favorites Gaze into my tomato salad and you will learn all my secrets, for this is what I eat for lunch just about every day, along with a…
Book Club Newsletter →
to zzzzzzzing, to slooooooosh →
Kate Mendelsohn, American Music Ali Akbar Khan, The 80-Minute Raga Each morning while I get dressed for work, I set my phone down on the cymbal of Maya’s drumkit (our house is…
Win My Love →
Correction →
Book Club Newsletter →
however curious the means →
My pong example is looking FIERCE. Media Announcement: I sing the praises of These Children, Phosphorescent, the Laptop Orchestra of Louisiana and the Incense merchants in this week’s…
The Book Harvest →
I Am the New Oprah →
Celebrity Mind Reader →
the molasses of Realization →
Owen Pallett, Heartland The Mountain Goats, The Coroner’s Gambit Nick Drake, Pink Moon Last night I went to an Irish Film Festival held at Phil Brady’s, a blues bar…
RIP Nunu's →
The scene at Nunu’s in Arnaudville, 2007 I’m more than a little heartbroken over news about the fire that destroyed Nunu’s/Town Market Centre in Arnaudville, LA over the weekend. Loved…
Report: Baby Robins Love Food →
Robin's Nests Are Where It's At →
"Blog" of 11 Stars →
Bad Reference →
Night of 1,000 Grishams →