southernwriters

Jul 29

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…

Jul 28

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…

Jul 27

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…

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

Mr. Mercury played "Electric Black Man" and Rawat was hit by a pie -


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…

Jul 26

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