Tag Archives: Southern culture

Lee in agony

By Walt Garlington Lee’s tormentorsLack none of the demonic rageOf past persecutors –Dismembering him and his steedPiece by piece, as they alsoCut Christ’s martyrs apartOne joint at a time;Heating the furnaceTo infernal degreeLike Nebuchadnezzar’sDisgraceful menFor the Three Holy Youths.Defying their hatred,His face glowed in the fireWith sad nobility –Foolish souls! You have confounded yourselves,Making manifest …

Dissident Mama, episode 80 – Meade Skelton

Meade Skelton is a Richmond-based musician specializing in “inspirational songs filled with traditional values.” Dubbed the “piano playin’ cowboy,” Skelton is a multi-talented “countrypolitan” singer-songwriter who has played with many notables of the Virginia capital’s independent music scene, yet he embraces “outsider music” status within that leftist subculture and within stringently woke Richmond – a …

Shenanigans set to banjo

Social media is a place brimming with drama and the Orthosphere is no exception. After all, it’s comprised of people, some of whom are your predictable lib prima donnas, while others range from unhinged paid provocateurs, devilish delicate flowers, and hyperbolic in-fighters, to drunk agitators, late-night stalkers, and all-around egoists. Heck, some are even belligerent …