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This month sees the release of The Vine That Ate the South, the first novel by visual artist, filmmaker, musician, frontman of the Legendary Shack Shakers, and "one man Southern Renaissance" (according to Jello Biafra), J.D. Wilkes. Here's a video interview we conducted with Wilkes last summer at his home in Western Kentucky, regarding the origins of his novel, writing process, and what he hopes to accomplish with the work.
The quirky (sometimes offensive) brewery is doing their damn thing. It's not just the dank and hazy beer that makes them great, it's the branding (even if it is heavy on the 80s nostalgia).
It's no secret we love Mr. Werner Herzog here at Two Dollar Radio. I recently came across this gem of a youtube video where Herzog gets emotional on describing the obscenity of the jungle.
Two weeks ago the Wexner Center for the Arts was the only theater in central Ohio to screen the new James Baldwin documentary, I Am Not Your Negro. The film was scheduled for showings Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. After each screening sold out, they added a screening on Sunday in the afternoon, and when that sold out, they added one in the early-evening. That screening sold out as well.
Read an excerpt from Rudolph Wurlitzer's masterpiece, The Drop Edge of Yonder, soon to be back in print.
Vernon Florida (1981) is a documentary produced and directed by Errol Morris profiling various residents living within the panhandle town of Vernon, FL. It's pure, authentic gold.
Check out an excerpt from Kate Wyer's beautiful and tiny-but-mighty novella, Land Beast.
Richard Edwards just played his first show in over three years, and is releasing his first album under his own name without the moniker, Margot & the Nuclear So and So's.
What's up with this week?
Read an excerpt from J.D. Wilkes' debut novel, The Vine That Ate the South, our March 14.
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Introduction by Brett Gregory: Zachary Pace is the author of I Sing to Use the Waiting: A Collection of Essays about the Women Singers Who've Made Me Who I Am. This book is special. It's accessible and informative, yes, but it's... Read more →
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