“Social Distancing Songwriting Challenge” Finalist Announced: See Who’s the Winner Here!
May 21st, 2020 | by TLV News
Over the last four weeks, we’ve hosted a songwriter’s challenge open to all Mississippi musicians. We have had many great
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The View From The Balcony: Welcoming Ourselves Back: History Weighs In
May 20th, 2020 | by Randy Weeks
by Randy Weeks By the time you read this we’ll have had a few days to venture out from under
Week 3 Winner of Yoknapatawpha Arts Council & The Local Voice’s “Social Distancing Song Writing Challenge” Announced
May 14th, 2020 | by TLV News
The votes are in and the third winner of Yoknapatawpha Arts Council & The Local Voice‘s “Social Distancing Song Writing
Social Distancing Song Writing Competition Week 3 Showcase
May 6th, 2020 | by TLV News
Welcome to the second week showcase for the Social Distancing Song Writing Challenge! We’ve been enjoying the submissions, and are
The View From The Balcony: “Choices in a Time of Fear and Uncertainty”
April 29th, 2020 | by Randy Weeks
I am blessed. I know it in my head; I know it in my heart. I don’t have the Coronavirus,
The View From The Balcony: What a Wonderful World―Really!
April 1st, 2020 | by Randy Weeks
I drove around Oxford a bit last weekend. The weather was amazing and I have a convertible again. It was
The View From The Balcony: The Coronavirus: Struggles, Suds, and Silver Linings
March 18th, 2020 | by Randy Weeks
By the time this issue of The Local Voice hits the streets, no one may have a view from The
The View from the Balcony: “Leon Succombs”
February 26th, 2020 | by Randy Weeks
My good friend, Leon, a very inciteful man, doesn’t exactly cotton to holidays. When Leon was a wee lad, he
The View from The Balcony: “The Curve Balls of Life” by Randy Weeks
February 5th, 2020 | by Randy Weeks
We have met the enemy and he is us. –Pogo A certain preacher always prays long and with enthusiasmfor thieves
The View from the Balcony: An Open Letter to Governor Jonathan Tate Reeves
January 22nd, 2020 | by Randy Weeks
Dear Governor Reeves: Congratulations on being elected as Mississippi’s next Governor. In full disclosure, I did not vote for you.
The View from The Balcony: A New Year’s Revolution
January 8th, 2020 | by Randy Weeks
It was around 5 pm on Sunday, January 5, 2020, the twelfth day of Christmas. The sun had nearly set
The View from the Balcony: It’s Not the Day, It’s the Way
December 18th, 2019 | by Randy Weeks
The night of the Tacky Townie party at Proud Larry’s, the upstairs bar at City Grocery was having a private
The View from the Balcony: Flim Flam Don’t Get Scammed
December 12th, 2019 | by Randy Weeks
On Monday, November 18 at 6:20 a.m., my phone rang. There was nothing all that unusual about an early morning
View from the Balcony: “The Mass Proliferation of Holidays”
November 14th, 2019 | by Randy Weeks
The holidays are upon us and they are legion. We know about the biggies, but there are many lesser-known holidays—some
The View from the Balcony: Bigotry: The Shame and the Stain that Remain
November 4th, 2019 | by Randy Weeks
On December 1, 1955, in Montgomery, Alabama, a black woman named Rosa Parks refused to give up her bus seat
The View from the Balcony: Sweltering, Sizzling September
September 25th, 2019 | by Randy Weeks
Why in the world would we expect September to be more temperate than August? Maybe since Labor Day passes early
The View from the Balcony: Re-evaluating Beliefs
September 10th, 2019 | by Randy Weeks
A few days ago, someone called me out on something. It upset me so much that when I woke up
The View from the Balcony: Red and Blue Velvet
August 14th, 2019 | by Randy Weeks
Like it or not, they’re coming back. It won’t be long until we hear the tromp-tromp of student feet all
The View from the Balcony: What’s Love Got to Do with It?
July 30th, 2019 | by Randy Weeks
There are some strange things going on in this election of the next President of these semi-united states. Strange indeed.
The View from the Balcony: Advice vs. Badvice, The Therapist Is In
July 24th, 2019 | by Randy Weeks
Sitting on The Balcony as I do, people talk to me. They tell me things, personal things, private things. I
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