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My father talks about Phil Stone and William Faulkner

Here’s a short documentary my daughter Sarah Simonson did for a Southern Studies class. The documentary is about Phil Stone (my dad’s first law partner) and William Faulkner and includes a section of my father talking about Stone and Faulkner. (I’m in there, too). I’m so glad this is on video.

http://www.vimeo.com/7561849 [...]

Hal Freeland, obituary and funeral arrangements

My father’s funeral will be Tuesday, May 15th at the First Presbyterian Church in Oxford. There will be a visitation at Coleman’s Funeral Home on Highway 7 North on Monday from 4:00-6:00. My family is asking that, in lieu of flowers, folks can contribute to a memorial fund in honor of T.H. Freeland, III [...]

MidTown Farmers Market is back in fine form

This was the best opening market I remember in a long time. One news bulletin: The Bosts are set up for accepting Food Stamps. I’m not sure how to spread the word, but the Bosts’ prices are very reasonable; any Food Stamp eligible family would do very well to check it out.

I saw a number [...]

Rebel Bear Provides Brief Demonstration of Power of Flight for Law Enforcement Officers in the Grove

More details here and here. h/t to Christen Hemmins on Facebook.

Thacker Mountain and Oxford American team up for a big show at the Lyric

Thursday night, Thacker Mountain’s last show of the season– and the Doubledecker weekend show– is going to be a joint production with the Oxford American– whose latest music issue was about Mississippi.

They’re going to have the Mighty Gospel Warriors, my favorite Mississippi Gospel band– purveyors of intense Gospel funk– Tyler Keith (with his new band) [...]

I am compelled to post this for Chris Offut

I enjoyed Chris’s reading, sponsored by Vox last night. There can not possibly be a more appropriate post than this one. If you weren’t there, you’ll not know why until his next novel is published, but you’ll at least experience the lessons of Dave Batholomew and “The Monkey Speaks His Mind.”

Chris Offut at the Power House tonight at 7:00

Tonight, there’s “An Evening With Chris Offut” sponsored by Vox Magazine, at the PowerHouse in Oxford at 7:00 PM. My prior experience at Chris’s readings suggest a splendid time is virtually guaranteed.

I’ll be there.

Excellent Blues and Southern Soul with Johnny Rawls at 2 Stick Tonight in Oxford

He’ll be playing at 10. Johnny began playing in Z.Z. Hill’s band while still in high school, and played later with Little Johnny Taylor and the Sweet Inspirations. In the mid to late 70s, he was O.V. Wright’s band leader, and then lead Johnny Talyor’s band for five years. Since then, he’s been [...]

Remembering the Ritz Theater in Oxford

John Cofield is posting on Facebook photos from around the web and from his family (60-something years of Oxford photography, beginning with his grandfather Col. Cofield in the 20s). Above is the Ritz Theater, right at the end (it was on Van Buren, next door to what is now Bottletree Bakery).

Thinking about [...]

Oxford’s Joey Lauren Adams comments on her IMDB page….

Joey Lauren Adams Remembers Joey Lauren Adams Movies from Joey Lauren Adams

Anderson wrote on 8:53 am, May 22, 2012 about Scruggs to Judge Davidson: Decide my petition, because I could be getting out soon.
Maybe the district court should continue to sit on it & dare them to seek mandamus. ... I've nothing against quotations, god knows, but their Barclay quote seems to suggest the *court* could as we ..

MikeH wrote on 11:04 pm, May 21, 2012 about RANT about att.net (“Login to server outbound.att.net failed”)
Cableone "migrated" about a year ago and I never have regained ability to send from my Mac and cannot send or receive from two accounts on any CPU. It took an hour plus to get one account working. I c ..

WantedToBeALawyer wrote on 10:48 pm, May 21, 2012 about “You’ve got a cellphone. Take a picture with a hole between his eyes.” Sounds like probable cause to me.
Lacking an open thread I am forced to post this very cool Scale of the Universe link here. ..

DeltaLawMama wrote on 9:53 pm, May 21, 2012 about “You’ve got a cellphone. Take a picture with a hole between his eyes.” Sounds like probable cause to me.
DLM <3's Josh Whedon, but won't leave DLS to stalk him. ..

Anderson wrote on 9:01 pm, May 21, 2012 about “You’ve got a cellphone. Take a picture with a hole between his eyes.” Sounds like probable cause to me.
Shoot, DLM, *I* wouldn't mind growing up to be Black Widow. That was how my summer *started*. (ScarJo is so good in that ... beautifully understates the whole character, her tone of voice, her facial ..

DeltaLawMama wrote on 8:50 pm, May 21, 2012 about “You’ve got a cellphone. Take a picture with a hole between his eyes.” Sounds like probable cause to me.
When I grow up I want to be Black Widow, not TO Ellen Ripley. ..

YourLiesHaveLies wrote on 8:40 pm, May 21, 2012 about What could this possibly be?
Those countries do need money. That's probably why they allow a convicted felon in. ..

Ben wrote on 8:27 pm, May 21, 2012 about What could this possibly be?
Sure makes me proud to be an Ole Miss grad. We know how to pick 'em. ..

John wrote on 5:38 pm, May 21, 2012 about What could this possibly be?
I sure am glad probation isn't standing in the way of a European vacation. I'm also glad he has the money to afford it. What's he doing now for employment? ..

Anderson wrote on 5:27 pm, May 21, 2012 about Some notes on the possible defenses suggested at Dr. Smith’s preliminary hearing
It's just amusing to me how Hammett slipped in a word that got by both his editors AND the Hollywood censors, and as a result has been "naturalized" with a very different meaning. In effect, Hammett n ..

Ben wrote on 5:19 pm, May 21, 2012 about Some notes on the possible defenses suggested at Dr. Smith’s preliminary hearing
Anderson: I confess to having not read The Maltese Falcon. I can't say with any confidence where I first heard "gunsel" ... lost in the foggy remnants of an old mind, such as it is. Many thanks. ..

Dragoman wrote on 5:00 pm, May 21, 2012 about What could this possibly be?
Redeemed from Coventry already? And for an alumni trip to Europe? Well, he'll be a fine one to have along. I wonder he's not shunned by the alumni office and everyone else at the University. My God! ..

pr1954 wrote on 4:56 pm, May 21, 2012 about Some notes on the possible defenses suggested at Dr. Smith’s preliminary hearing
AFOTL, just go ahead and say what you mean..."it was all that damn Conway's fault. just grandstanding" ..

Anderson wrote on 4:25 pm, May 21, 2012 about What could this possibly be?
Maybe Patterson should have to pay to take the parole officer on the trip with him. Those guys work pretty hard, they need a break now & then. ..

somslawyer wrote on 4:13 pm, May 21, 2012 about What could this possibly be?
At least that's how I've always understood it to be, Anderson. Apparently, I've been under the misapprehension that one should suffer at least *some* penalty for being caught in the commission of a se ..

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