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good bye to the international bar on 1st avenue. i remember the international at its original location on the north side of st marks btwn 1st and a. the landscape wall murals obliterated with burnt orange patina of steeping in a century of nicotine tea. years of yellow to brown nyc tabloids inexplicably stacked in tied bundles in the corner. three almost dead dogs everpresent. a little dog more almost dead than the rest on a cushion right on the bar in front of the tender - the bar short enough that she didnt have to pry off her stool to serve. the almost dead owner or twos would sleep in there after they shood everyone off at closing time. it smelled heavily of almost death too but the drinks were cheep and the company elegiac. then it moved around the corner to 1st ave next to mcdonalds with the next generation of heirs to title catching a brief decade or so of second *cough* ...wind. alec morton used to work there ill ask him wus up next time i see him.
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Othar Turner lived in the small Mississippi community of Gravel Springs, located not too far from the nearby towns of Senatobia and Como, about an hour south of Memphis. He spent most of his life within these same few miles, working his farm and playing his music. He was born in Rankin County, Mississippi in 1908. His parents had separated prior to his birth and it wasn't until he was nearly four years old that he met his father. Othar always held an interest in music. As a young child he played the harmonica and would beat on a 50-gallon lard can for a drum.
He first heard the sound of a fife at age 16 from a neighbor named R.E. Williams and was enchanted from his very first listen. The neighbor gave Othar his first fife and the boy would practice it constantly. His mother disapproved and told him to stop, but Othar continued whenever she was away from home. When she discovered that he had kept up the fife, she broke the instrument. Othar had studied the fife so intently, he was able to remember where the finger-hole positioning was and began to make his own fifes from the cane he found near his home, using a fireplace poker to burn the holes. Othar continued creating his own homemade fifes throughout his entire life.
realtor dot com is a good resource for looking at pictures of vernacular architecture for sale all over the country. it also serves as an instant appraisal of local markets. i was wondering how NO would fair after the flood but im not familiar with how the market was prior to the flood. what is apparent is how bottom heavy the housing market is. the houses for sale only show up on page 83. thats after 82 pages of rental listings and empty lots for sale.