The View From The Balcony: “Achilles’ Heel: The Rest of the Story”
May 28th, 2020 | by Randy Weeks
Achilles was the son of Peleus, king of Phthia, and Thetis, a sea nymph. When Achilles was born, Thetis, wanting
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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
View from the Balcony: “On the Verizon: What Really Matters”
January 23rd, 2019 | by Randy Weeks
Professional football has become as much about selling stuff as it’s about the actual game. The sport seems to have
The View from the Balcony: “The Balcony Parking Commission” by Randy Weeks
June 27th, 2018 | by Randy Weeks
A few issues ago I wrote a some disparaging words about the parking impaired. A friend chided me for making
The View from the Balcony: Double Decker Disasters
April 24th, 2018 | by Brittain Thompson
A few weeks ago, a secret tunnel that runs between the lowest level of what is now City Hall and
View From the Balcony: Sundown Speaks
April 5th, 2018 | by Randy Weeks
For this issue of TLV I lend my pen to the semi-able Sundown Cowboy, self-proclaimed poet lariat of The
The Local Voice #300 is out now – Download the FREE PDF for Entertainment News in Oxford, Ole Miss, and North Mississippi
April 5th, 2018 | by Brittain Thompson
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View From The Balcony: Spring Seating
March 22nd, 2018 | by Randy Weeks
I’m writing this on one of my favorite holidays, St. Patrick’s Day. I think it’s appropriate that SPD falls in
The View From the Balcony: Gun Control
March 8th, 2018 | by Randy Weeks
There’s a new idol in town. No, not Billy Idol. To tell the truth, this idol isn’t all that new.
The View from The Balcony: Leon Spins a Knight in Gel
February 1st, 2018 | by Randy Weeks
I got to City Grocery early a few weaks ago. I needed to spend some time mediating on The
The View from the Balcony: How I Spent My Christmas Vacation
January 3rd, 2018 | by Randy Weeks
My son, Jonas, moved to Snowmass, Colorado, a few months ago. I spent Christmas with him. It was a no-brainer.
The View From the Balcony: The Oxford Film Festival Christmas Nightmare
December 14th, 2017 | by Randy Weeks
Last Saturday night was another cold one. The good thing about it was that I had no trouble claiming my
The View From The Balcony: A Twitty Pwesident
November 16th, 2017 | by Randy Weeks
At 6:45 pm on Thursday, November 2, 2017, Donald Twump’s Twitter account was suspended for approximately 11 minutes. At
The View From the Balcony: A Poem
October 17th, 2017 | by Brittain Thompson
Be joyful, but never at another’s expense. Such glee turns to dirt in your mouth as your laughter dies. Instead,
The Local Voice #289 is out now – Download the PDF for Entertainment News in Oxford, Tupelo, and North Mississippi
October 12th, 2017 | by Brittain Thompson
Click Here to Download The Local Voice #289 FULL-COLOR PDF for only 99¢ The Local Voice #289: October 12–26, 2017
View From the Balcony: Square Parking
October 11th, 2017 | by Randy Weeks
Watching traffic and parking on The Square can be most entertaining. Fairly frequently folks go the wrong way on
View From The Balcony: Now That the Storms Have Passed
September 21st, 2017 | by Randy Weeks
Early on August 18, 1969, the category 5 Hurricane Camille made landfall in Waveland, Mississippi. Camille was the second
View From the Balcony: Of Statues and Flags
September 7th, 2017 | by Randy Weeks
“Homo sapiens are the species that invents symbols in which to invest passion and authority, then forgets that symbols are
The Local Voice #285 is out now – Download the PDF for Entertainment News in Oxford, Tupelo, and North Mississippi
August 17th, 2017 | by TLV News
Click Here to Download The Local Voice #285 FULL-COLOR PDF for only 99¢ The Local Voice #285: August 17–31, 2017
The View From The Balcony: We’re All Toast in the Heat of the Night
August 16th, 2017 | by Randy Weeks
The dog days of summer are slapping us down like Muhammed Ali slapped George Foreman down in 1974. Cue up
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