A Requiem for Lee Street and the Death of Port Arthur
Al Kapone had arranged for me to get access to the South By Southwest Music Festival in Austin, where he was performing this year, so …
Coffee Bars
A Rap Music Conference and Showcase in the Mississippi Delta
I had been asked to speak at a music conference in Leland, so, although winter weather was being predicted for Memphis, I headed out driving …
A Breakfast at Tucker’s in Over-The-Rhine and the Kymp Kamp Music Conference Meets in Louisville
Tucker’s Restaurant was in a rough-and-tumble ‘hood called Over The Rhine, and the endless blocks of vacant board-ups were anything but reassuring as I parked …
Flava in Winston Salem and the Hood on Lock in Greensboro
It was another grey and rainy day, and after checking out of the hotel, I drove down to a breakfast cafe near the hospitals, and …
Brecht in Chapel Hill and Offbeat in Durham
The morning was grey and overcast, and it had been raining, but it wasn’t at the time I checked out of the hotel. There was …
From Charleston to Chapel Hill
A grey and overcast day, although the sun began to come out later in the morning. The hotel staff had recommended a breakfast place called …
Across South Carolina from Augusta to Charleston
It was a cool but sunny day. I went to breakfast at the Veranda Room of the Partridge Inn, a historic restored hotel near the …
Kicking It With E-Rokk in Tha Rock
My music-producing friend E-Rokk was down from Kalamazoo, Michigan visiting his children in North Little Rock, Arkansas, so I decided to drive over there to …
No Coffee In Tupelo
Upon checking out of the Holiday Inn in Gainesville, Florida, I ate breakfast in the Red Onion Grill there at the hotel (too expensive) and …
Michelle Obama in Gainesville
After waking up, I checked out of the hotel, and ate breakfast at 43rd Street Deli and Breakfast, which was really good. I then spent …