A little background on who the Southern Poverty Law Center is and what kind of work they’ve been doing for decades makes it clear that DOJ’s indictment (which is of the center, not of any individuals) is vindictive & malicious, an attack on civil rights work itself. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
Oh I see they’re doing an Arkansas thing here.
The view out our kitchen window this morning. Penn and Teller went out through their pet door, ran around to the deck, and barked to chase it off just seconds after I took these photos.
The #Arkansas River and Mt. Nebo in the background.
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Album “Hey Boss Man” by Frank Frost
Black Friday Record Store Day decal on album
Red record with Sun label
On the album Frank plays the harp and one of the two guitars and does all the singing. Sam Carr, his drummer on this album, gave Frank his first job with his band in St. Louis in 1957. Jack Johnson plays the lead guitar and like Frank and Sam, he is tops with it. Lee Bass, his manager, was the man, after plenty of work with Frank and the boys, decided they were ready to make the big jump into making records. He contacted Phillips International Records in Memphis and Frank
Record Store Day!
Here’s one from RSD 2016.
(And 2 Arkansas guys I’ve typed birthday posts about this month)
Frank Frost’s 1962 album “Hey Boss Man” with Sam Carr & Big Jack Johnson.
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Arkansas Republican legislators move to strip $265K annual compensation for Gov. Sanders' prison guru, Joe Profiri; say he's been uncooperative with legislators & unwilling to communicate with public.
#arpx #arleg #arnews
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Scott MacFarlane, after leaving CBS, has one of the hottest new indie news Substacks around. He joins us tonight to give us a peek at his new world—and how he manages to cover all the news, all the time. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
The scene was concerning enough to prompt the homeless shelter staff to call the fire department. A woman using a walker had shown up, incontinent and carrying “a large bag of medications.”
Yep pissed & disgusted! Everyday every minute this imbecile administration does anything! As my moms would say the demons are on the streets & running hard!
They’re reporting that Ka$h Patel is a drunken jackass!
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Unelected economic developers are all in on Google's ginormous data center at Port of Little Rock, financed with corporate welfare, that will deplete resources & raise power bills, all for a handful of jobs. Hopefully, city leaders will listen to the people instead.
#Arkansas #arpx
Sign at Marvell, Arkansas: Birthplace Of Sam Carr "The Jellyroll King" 1926-2009
2 photos of Sam Carr playing drums with CW Gatlin and Terry Buckalew playing guitar. 2007. Helena, Ark.
Album “Rockin’ the Juke Joint Down” by the Jelly Roll Kings. (Frost, Carr, Johnson)
Sam Carr, CW Gatlin & T-Model Ford at Lula, Mississippi. 2007 Photo by Terry Buckalew
Delta blues great Sam Carr (d. 2009) was born April 17, 1926 at Marvell, Arkansas.
Drummer, son of guitarist Robert Nighthawk.
Worked with Sonny Boy Williamson, Frank Frost & Big Jack Johnson, more.
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I’m just so fucking tired.
Miss posting but the corrupt infantile republicans following a clinically insane clown has got me down! Everyday every second there absolutely another insane, illegal, utterance from the jackass republican Antichrist crowd that get my blood pressure up! But I must fight! 🤬
5 CDs by Lonnie Shields
45 rpm single record by Lonnie Shields. “Hard Times” on Rooster Records.
Me & Lonnie in 2016.
Blues musician Lonnie Shields’ birthday.
Born April 17, 1956 at Helena, Arkansas.
Mentored by Sam Carr & Frank Frost.
Guitar, vocals.
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Patton Oswalt is going to read the third book in the Talisman trilogy. OTHER WORLDS THAN THESE will be out in October. I'm totally stoked that he agreed to do it. Spoiler alert: There's a character in the book who's a stand-up comedian. His name is...Payton Orville.
Coincidence? I think not.
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Applies today as much as 1967!
Now that Gov. Sanders seems to be abandoning her Barbie dream prison in Franklin Co., is anyone going to be held accountable for the nearly $4M that has been wasted on this cockamamie project?
#Arkansas #arpx #arnews #arleg
Donald Trump is a human malignancy. Nobody escapes his ire or his envy or his insistence on Godlike grandiosity. All who do not abide, to his sole satisfaction, will pay a price. This is a non-partisan affect. I promise, he's positively gleeful at JD Vance's recent failures too.
Arkansas was one of the states that capitulated and settled on the direction of Donald Trump. Embarrassing stuff from our loser attorney general Tim Griffin.
The clover gang is busy here I haven’t mowed to let it bloom .
Wild bunny having a sploot in the grass with ears up and hind legs extended behind him
Backyard bunny sploot.
Oops forgot the video!
Miss posting but the corrupt infantile republicans following a clinically insane clown has got me down! Everyday every second there absolutely another insane, illegal, utterance from the jackass republican Antichrist crowd that get my blood pressure up! But I must fight!
First hummer flying in to the camera to say thanks!
