Blowing Off The Dust with Larry Melton “In the future, everyone will be world-famous for fifteen minutes.” This line, credited to Andy Warhol from a Stockholm exhibit catalog in 1968, has gone through several attributions […]
(A strongwoman supports a pianist—with his piano—circa 1920. The case could be made that they’re both athletes.) Blowing off the Dust with Larry Melton Throughout mid-February, I was suitably entertained watching the Winter Olympics. I […]
Artist’s rendering of a restored Scott Joplin mural in Texarkana, the project is now complete. (Courtesy The Arts and Historic District Committee, of Texarkana) Blowing Off The Dust with Larry Melton A fond memory from the […]
The 1951 Joplin Memorial placard presentation in Sedalia. In the front row, from left, are Charles Hanna, Sr., Mayor Herb Studer, Z. Lyle Brown, J. B. Hylick, and Abe Rosenthal in the black tux. Blowing […]
Blowing off the Dust This month I am going to use this tiny Sedalia newspaper snippet from 1902 to discuss some thoughts on research and then segue to writing about another important letter I received […]
(The (Ragtime) Knights of the Round Table at the Ivory Grill in the Bothwell Hotel: Jack Love, Larry Melton, Danny Matson, and Arlo “Chip” Busby. Chester Katnipski (not pictured) is the photographer.) Blowing off the […]
Blowing Off The Dust By Larry Melton I spend a lot of time blowing the dust off of old newspaper clippings, especially articles about the ragtime festivals in Sedalia over the years. Most, of course, […]