{"id":10806,"date":"2015-10-09T06:44:49","date_gmt":"2015-10-09T13:44:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nerdseyeview.com\/blog\/?p=10806"},"modified":"2025-03-27T15:42:33","modified_gmt":"2025-03-27T22:42:33","slug":"stuff-i-liked-this-week-delta-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nerdseyeview.com\/blog\/2015\/10\/09\/stuff-i-liked-this-week-delta-edition\/","title":{"rendered":"Stuff I Liked This Week, Delta Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"

I traveled in Mississippi as a guest of Visit the Delta<\/a>. Nearly all my travel expenses were paid for.<\/em><\/p>\n

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BB King: I’m no good with chords. I’m horrible with chords.<\/div>\n
Bono: That’s okay, we’ve got The Edge for that.<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n
I did not expect to be completely suckered in by the BB King Museum in Indianola<\/a>, but I ended up spending a good two hours, maybe more, watching the video clips, playing with the interactive exhibits that traced music history, reading about what it was like to be a black musician during segregation. I also loved all the clips of BB playing, he lit up when he had that guitar in his hands. I enjoyed Stax <\/a>— that music speaks to me so much more — but because the audio exhibits weren’t as obsessively engineered (or as new, really), the leaky sound from whatever was next to me or behind me was distracting. Stax could use a pile of money to fix that, I’m looking at you, Atlantic Records<\/a>.<\/div>\n

\u00a7<\/p>\n

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Well, I’ve done all this talking, and I didn’t tell you about the war. You know we had a war, right?<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

I slept somewhere different every night of my trip but by far the nicest place I stayed was the Main Street Hotel<\/a> in tiny Yazoo City. It’s a gorgeously renovated and immaculately maintained property in a historic old brick building that overlooks Yazoo City’s brightly painted Main Street. I had a suite with a full kitchen because I was a fancy media guest, but all the rooms are gorgeous. And the proprietress, Miss Martha, well, I can safely say I’ve never met anyone quite like her before. Do not arrive in a hurry to check in.<\/p>\n

\u00a7<\/p>\n

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Seattle? What are you doing all the way down HERE? — Artist Sarah Qarqish<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Probably the highlight of my trip — from a destination perspective, there were so many good things about this adventure — was the Art and Soul Festival<\/a> at Tallahatchie Flats. I enjoyed everything about this brand new little festival — the perfect location in the middle of Delta farmlands, the mixed crowd, the genuine warmth from everyone I talked with, that crazy roots version of Macklemore’s Thrift Shop by Tupelo based Bonfire Orchestra<\/a>… and if my catfish wasn’t the best meal I ate while in the south, well, you could not beat the atmosphere. I hope the organizers make it a regular event and that it grows without losing any of that perfect small town mixed up this is a southern arts and culture utopia vibe. Man, that was a good time. There’s more from me on that day here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u00a7<\/p>\n

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So rudely yesterday, you added me to another strange group
\nYou didn’t even bother to ask me, just added me to another strange group
\nA group saying ‘global warming is a hoax but believes CO2 is good for you.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The last song I heard before returning my rental car was Anthony Dixon’s The Book of Faces Blues<\/a>. (Okay, he’s not a Delta musician, but I was in the Delta when I heard it, and it’s blues.) I laughed all the way to the terminal and then some. Just listen to the whole thing<\/a>. Enjoy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I traveled in Mississippi as a guest of Visit the Delta. Nearly all my travel expenses were paid for. BB King: I’m no good with chords. I’m horrible with chords. Bono: That’s okay, we’ve got The Edge for that. I did not expect to be completely suckered in by the BB King Museum in Indianola, … <\/p>\n


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