You know it, you love it, you wait for it every year in your mailbox…The Oxford American Music issue. Then every year some goose steals the magazine, or you leave it in a rental car, or the subscription your old boyfriend gave you runs out just before this issue. (That weasel.) Now [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘Arkansas’
September 20, 2008
The Mighty Zebras
It’s been awhile since I spent Friday night at a high school football game. But I did it last weekend, and it was good for the soul. This is a blog about the culture of our place, the American South, and I think a section on offbeat high school mascots is in order. [...]
September 17, 2008
Disfarmer
Disfarmer is going to blow your mind. I can’t help but wonder about his subjects’ lives and relationships. All the little details…the bandage on the lady’s leg in the second picture, the way the couple in the fourth picture holds each other and her shoes and twisted stocking, the tough little blonde and the mother’s [...]
September 5, 2008
Richard Stephens
Home Place, Richard Stephens
My mother and I stumbled on a Richard Stephens exhibit yesterday at The Arts and Science Center for Southeast Arkansas. Stephens’ color palette is really unusual, the colors never muddy, and he has the ability to make structures, such as old shrimp boats and industrial buildings, look lively. His talented use of plain white portions [...]
September 3, 2008
American Dream Safari
I think this sounds grand. American Dream Safari tours leave out of Memphis daily in a restored ‘55 Cadillac, and include: Delta Day Trip (“Highway 61 blues and blacktop”); Yards, Gardens, and Architecture (in Memphis); Juke Joint Full of Blues (good way to hit the town and cut loose, fee includes entrance to three clubs); Drive by [...]
