tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7119990365479009764.post2407885680446709485..comments2024-03-14T18:09:09.667-05:00Comments on Do Some Damage: The Secret (and still unwritten) History of Rural Noir...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7119990365479009764.post-9924759679926399632013-04-01T17:21:11.918-05:002013-04-01T17:21:11.918-05:00Black dude pointing his rifle in the direction of ...Black dude pointing his rifle in the direction of the little kids is a moron.Lamachusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7119990365479009764.post-60517517948651367112013-04-01T16:35:22.578-05:002013-04-01T16:35:22.578-05:00I hadn't heard the term 'Rural Noir' b...I hadn't heard the term 'Rural Noir' but I like it. My collaborator James A. Moore and I have written two crime/horror novels set in the Mountains of North Georgia, where I grew up. We've been calling it Redneck Gothic.Charles R. Rutledgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14265387377510655973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7119990365479009764.post-22043002491980636332013-04-01T09:00:06.587-05:002013-04-01T09:00:06.587-05:00The John Sayles movie, "Matewan," covers...The John Sayles movie, "Matewan," covers a lot of these themes, too, or the roots of them. His novel, "Union Dues," brings the themes up to the 70s. <br /><br />The book, "Faking It," has some interesting things to say about how the early roots of country and blues were a lot more mixed until that guy went and made the recordings and then record companies kept it pretty seperate:<br /><br />http://books.google.ca/books/about/Faking_It_The_Quest_for_Authenticity_in.html?id=O-266DVNBWIC<br /><br />Divide and conquer, it's been working for centuries. If the black and white working class (or working poor, as we're now saying apparently) ever got together that would be a real power base. Of course, there'd be some good manipulation - I guess they'd get together to fight immigration.<br /><br />I'm late to the party, but my current favourite country musician from Alberta is Corb Lund and the Hurtin' Albertans:<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/artist/corb-lund<br />John McFetridgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09442198820998606682noreply@blogger.com