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The Man in the Red Beret: Trailer

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Vax

I’ve had a couple ideas that I’ve tried not to indulge but they keep returning: American Anti-vaxxers should be branded as freeloaders to shame them, as they are benefiting from the (relative) viral stability provided by the vaccinated;American Anti-vaxxer sentiment could prove a correction to extreme Replublican gerrymandering across the USA.  On idea 1, I think it’s true but I waffle. Any…

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South by Southeast (2021)

South by Southeast (2021)

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Hix Mix

https://vimeo.com/494850483 Original footage by John Hicks and edited by Derek Bridges. You know, for the fun of it.

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Troubled Men Podcast: Terence Higgins, Robert Gordon, Craig Klein

Troubled Men Podcast: Terence Higgins, Robert Gordon, Craig Klein

https://troubledmenpodcast.podiant.co/e/tmp-132-terence-higgins-gets-greasy-3916458dacd59a/ The top-tier drummer’s stellar resume includes the Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Warren Haynes, Ani DiFranco, Karl Denson, and John Scofield. Coming to the attention of producer Don Was, Terence played on the national Last Waltz tour with Robbie Robertson, as well as on all-star TV tributes to Willie Nelson and…

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Documenting

B2L2 is where I first wrote about Jude Acers. And I’ve written speculatively here about the structure of the documentary we started making about him in 2013 and, despite all of the difficulties in trying to see this project through, not least of which would be my limited expertise as a filmmaker, I’ve never gotten sick of it doing it. We’ve gotten better along the way, in all ways, and as long as…

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Woods, Yazoo County, Mississippi I-IV (2020)

Woods, Yazoo County, Mississippi I-IV (2020)

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Musicians, Mentors, and Barroom Heroes in Exile: St. Roch Tavern (Ep. 2)

Musicians, Mentors, and Barroom Heroes in Exile: St. Roch Tavern (Ep. 2)

I’m psyched to once again be hosting Musicians, Mentors, and Barroom Heroes on WHIV 102.3 FM! I started the show in 2016 and it ran for about two years—two years of live mayhem, original songwriting, bar stories and inane chatter from various New Orleans characters—until I took a job digging holes in a forest and went on hiatus for a while. As of a couple months ago, we’re back! I thought about…

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Thornton, Mississippi I-IV (2020)

Thornton, Mississippi I-IV (2020)

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Music on the Levee

Music on the Levee

https://vimeo.com/478074796 Here’s Ted Hefko on the Algiers Point levee singing, “Down Below,” the title track on his forthcoming (Ted Hefko & The Thousandaires) album.

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Troubled Men Podcast featuring John “Papa” Gros The keyboard player and singer’s tenure with George Porter and Papa Grows Funk stemmed from his love of New Orleans R’n’B, particularly the triumvirate of Art Neville, Allen Toussaint, and Dr. John. His years on Bourbon Street taught him the value of a timeless song. He brings these twin imperatives…

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The Third Thing

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Chess Pieces as Structure

Chess Pieces as Structure

I’ve had many ideas about how to structure the documentary and this one sections the story thematically in six parts, one for each chess piece. I kind of intended the thematic possibilities to correspond with the way the chess pieces move. Pawn Family history. Empowered by difficult upbringing.  Adrian L. McAuley His mother dying when Jude is very young; Jude living in an orphanage until his…

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Free Advice. (Look At How Welcoming I Appear.)

Free Advice. (Look At How Welcoming I Appear.)

Free Advice, Critiques, Well-Wishes, Opinions, Praise, Guidance!  Listen, all I’ve done all my life is read, write, and figure shit out. I’ve been a college professor for more than thirty years, published 5 books and over 100 poems and pieces of non-fiction. I have a Ph.D., and you know they don’t just give those out to anyone. I mean, at least not since I got one. I’ve worked as a literary…

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Weather Report

29 January 2017 For Gus Twenty-four years ago today, my Dad’s first cousin, Jerry Gustave Hasford, passed away on the Greek island of Aegina. If he were alive now, Gus would be seventy years old. I don’t know much about Aegina, and I never met Gus in person, but I hope it was a beautiful day and Gus found as much peace as he could. He earned it. He deserved it. Gus was an Oscar-nominated author.…

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Welcome Back to B2L2!

Welcome Back to B2L2!

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