What does it mean to call Mississippi home? Why do people choose to leave or live in this weird, wonderful, and sometimes infuriating place? Today we hear from archivist, poet, and preserver of Mississippi stories, Laura Heller.
Where are you from?
I grew up during the 1980s and 1990s in Madison County, near but not in Gluckstadt. I had the whole Madison County experience of public schools, merged high schools, and growing communities bursting at the seams.
Last day of the semifinals! This is Day 12 of 14 for the Diamonds group, which will run through November 8th (Wednesday). The Clubs group starts Thursday! Find the full schedule on the Jeopardy site.
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Dave is wearing a shirt and sweater tonight. He wore a similar outfit in his quarterfinal game, but in a different color combo.
Jilana wore this bright purple dress in her final episode of Second Chance on September 29th.
Since Sunday was Oscar’s night, we thought it was the perfect time to unveil the SGV/Whittier Prep Sports Zone All-Area Boys and Girls Wrestling team.
It was a bumper crop year for girls wrestling with four girls winning state titles and another one earning a spot in the finals. It was a great group of girls from the SGV to invade the state championships in Bakersfield.
On the boys side, we had a repeat state champion and several others who earned a spot on the podium.
White Zombie’s trajectory was a wild one. Chronicled on 2016’s excellent It Came from N.Y.C. compendium, the group’s early days swung from a gothic, Cramps-inspired debut 7” towards the cerebellum-mangling noise-rock dissonance of debut LP Soul-Crusher, and onto the reverb-heavy crunch of 1989’s Make Them Die Slowly. By 1995, the band’s final album, Astro-Creep: 2000, mutated the template towards a dance-inspired industrial stomp that was indeed more human than human.
Happy almost Snow Day if you live around NYC! The weather was threatening to keep me at home but nothing stuck, so I ventured out for my anticipated appointment at Atelier Jolie. For those who don’t know, Angelina Jolie—a true minimalist fashion-wise and refugee advocate, has taken over the former studio of Basquiat (rent is apparently $60k a month!), where she has opened a multi-dimensional boutique and small refugee-run cafe, Eat Offbeat, with beautiful pastries from around the world (didn’t try, must go back).