Monthly Archives: March 2010

An Aerial View

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Arkansas Fiddlers’ Convention

On March 26-27 I’ll be at the  Arkansas Fiddlers’ Convention in Harrison, Ark., meeting with WB Producer and old-time-music buff Jonathan Scheuer to talk movies, music and upcoming Missouri screenings of their favorite film. The convention runs March 19-22 at … Continue reading

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West Plains As I Knew It, by Robert Neathery

Get a copy of West Plains as I Knew It Vada, also from Elder Mountain Press and penned by Marideth Sisco. Marideth tells about writing these two works.

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Just Back from Austin

Just back from Austin, where SXSW (South-By-Southwest Music and Film Festival) is still going strong, with the trade show winding down along with film festival screenings, and the music just now getting rolling. My last day wandering about coincided with … Continue reading

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Excerpts From Costa Rica Journals; Chapter 18:

My guide takes me to one of the little houses and onto the porch, where I examine gourd rattles and water jars, and a balsa wood drum whose head is an iguana skin. I select several and hope I have … Continue reading

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Being in Austin

Tuesday in Austin, where I spent most of a week attending the (SXSW) South By Southwest Film Festival on behalf of Winter’s Bone. The film was very well received at SXSW. It was not in competition, but was listed as a … Continue reading

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Marideth quoted in Slant magazine

…”I had trouble thinking people could come in from New York and make an authentic movie about the Ozarks, but I have to say they did it,” said Marideth Sisco in the Q&A after Winter’s Bone. Sisco, who lives near the … Continue reading

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