A cargo vessel lies docked on the banks of Alden s 1:65 scale model of a section of the Mississippi River. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR)
Mark Twain called it the magnificent Mississippi. He said the river will always have its own way; no engineering skill can persuade it to do otherwise.
Garret Dunn is doing his best, anyways.
He s in the river on his hands and knees, rebuilding a wall. It s part of a structure called a sediment diversion, designed to pull water and a whole lot of sand out of the river and into Louisiana s Barataria Basin. It s part of Louisiana s big (and controversial) plan to rebuild and maintain an area of drowning wetlands nearly the size of Delaware.
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I met Los Osos author and songwriter
Jon Stebbins when we worked at the same record store in the 90s. In between deepening my knowledge of music, he d regale me with tales of his late- 70s and 80s band The Point, which enjoyed a long run in LA as part of the Paisley Underground. The band s 1983 album,
Magic Circle, is considered a classic of the subgenre, which is a sort of psychedelic garage rock revival sound. click to enlarge Photo Courtesy Of The Point
RETEAMED Songwriters Jon Stebbins (second from the right) and Tom Alford (far right) were members of The Point, a popular 80s Paisley Underground act in LA. Alford recently put out an EP with one of their never recorded songs from 1986 as well as a brand new collaboration, available on all major platforms.