alive, by consensus, statewide, who would who would the statue be of? wright thompson: elvis. anthony: really? wouldn t be b.b. king? wright thompson: it should be. it should be b.b. king. anthony: i mean chris offutt: yeah. but it would be elvis. anthony: but it would be elvis. wright thompson: well, i mean, mississippi is the joke is that it s not a state, it s a club. that it s so small that everybody knows everybody. ace atkins: in the middle of mississippi, oxford is an oasis of thought, and art, and literature, and feeling, and sentiment and everything. they call this place the velvet ditch. anthony: why the velvet ditch? jack pendarvis: i guess you just roll in and it s pretty frigging comfortable, and you don t care much about getting out. right? right? am i right? anthony: well, no one here seems too bitter about that. wright thompson: it s a place that needs help but it s a really great place. we re never leaving.
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