Tag Archives: Ozark culture

IT’S TIME TO PLACE YOUR ORDER!

YOU’VE BEEN VERY PATIENT. NO CUTTING IN LINE. NO HISSY FITS. NOW, IT’S THE NEWS YOU’VE ALL BEEN WAITING FOR. REMEMBER THAT “HAUNTING” SOUNDTRACK FROM THE FILM “WINTER’S BONE?” THAT CAUSED YOU TO COME HERE LOOKING FOR IT? IT’S TIME … Continue reading

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Another Great Movie review!

They just keep getting better. Oscars here we come! This just in from DifferentDrummer.cc “… the bluegrass banjo, fiddle, and mandolin music that saturates the film rings as old and true … (as) the hills, especially the tunes sung at … Continue reading

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…time for mind-numbing movies, Not Winter’s Bone!

An open, nonjudgemental review of Winter’s Bone from EthicsDaily.com “”Winter’s Bone” is one of the finest movies I have seen. It won the grand prize at the Sundance Film Festival and should be in consideration for the Oscars.” “”Winter’s Bone” … Continue reading

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Off to Tulsa With the Davis Creek Rounders

and the Smithsonian “Journeys Stories” exhibit! Whoa! Barely back from Michigan, not recovered at all, and then off to Tulsa with Dennis, Van and Linda to play a few tunes and answer a few Winter’s Bone questions. It was an … Continue reading

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Get ’em While They’re Hot! These Ozark Hills Ready!

This is me posting, Sarah at Moonmooring, in Marideth’s absence. I’ve run through all the prefab stuff Marideth left me before the big trip to Michigan. And there’s no phone service there, being on National Forest and all. Her book … Continue reading

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Misc. Tidbits

Lots going on at the Winter’s Bone HQ these days as well, with Tory and Debra hard at work on a companion documentary piece to the film that will be available on DVD. I’m involved in the narrative, so I … Continue reading

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Ozark Idiom

Jeez-o-Pete! What a crazy week. I tried to explain to Tory Stewart of the Winter’s Bone team that I’d been extremely busy, as in meeting myself at every turn. Only the expression I used, which is common in the Ozarks, … Continue reading

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