Texas, Our Texas

T is for Texas (Blue Yodel No.1) - Jimmie Rodgers (itunes)
They Don't Know - Paul Wall feat. Mike Jones (itunes)

Sxsw has come and gone, along with the Rodeos, and Bluebonnets are in full bloom. Its squarely between Texas Independence day (march 2nd) and San Jacinto Day (April 21st), so might as well give ya'll a couple texas standards. The Jimmie Rodgers track is ripe for sampling, "cause i could get more women than a passenger train could haul," needs to be sped up or slowed down into a country-vibe track (ala Trick Daddy's Sugar), and the texas-reppin' song of the last minute is here too.

I went to a lecture today by Latin American Scholar PhD Marshall Eakin at Rice today, discussing the importance of globalization/world history when dealing with the American South. States like Texas, Louisana, and Florida, can clearly be seen in a Latin American context throughout their history and more n more, these states, along with the rest of the south, is becoming more like it how it was pre-"old south," which is a fascinating thought. That the biraciality which is a backbone of the South is now increasingly being seen as an anomoly of the Americas history, rather than the norm. Wish the excitement i felt during the lecture i could more properly discuss.