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Emmitt Owens

2026

  • … And Whatever Other Gods Are Worshipped

    And Whatever Other Gods Are Worshipped Reflections on a well-meaning prayer, the irony inside it, and what it actually means to live like a Christian A Prayer Before the Meeting There is a sentence I hear from time to time that never fails to make me smile. It usually comes at the start of a… Read more

  • The Woman Who Couldn’t Frown

    The Woman Who Couldn’t FrownBy: Emmitt OwensA whimsical tale…(Index #06042026) Miss Tia P. Puckle had one simple plan:“Today I shall frown like a serious gran.”She marched to her mirror and planted her feet,Then ordered her face to look gloomy and beat. She lowered her eyebrows and tightened her nose,She wrinkled it up like a wiltable… Read more

  • The WindowsXP Advantage: Fruityloops

    The Windows XP Advantage:  Why FruityLoops 2 and 3 Can Be a Powerful Front End  …for AI Music Written by: emmittowens.com staff / September 26th 2026 FruityLoops 2 and 3 won’t make AI music sound better by magic. What they can do is give the AI a source you designed yourself, built from a sonic vocabulary that modern software no longer hands you by default. One of the more… Read more

  • Mad Mechanics: The Liberty Overalls

    Mad Mechanics: The Liberty OverallsEpisode 10.4Written by: Emmitt OwensAs narrated by: Waylon Waylon, Intro: “Well now, folks, let me tell you about the day Derek Pemberton returned and learned that insurance mathematics don’t account for stubbornness, Reedus discovered the transformative power of forty-five dollar workwear, and the whole shop learned that sometimes the funniest thing… Read more

  • Northwest Alabama’s Independent Musicians Are Making a Scene of Their Own

    Northwest Alabama’s Independent Musicians Are Making a Scene of Their Own Florence, Muscle Shoals, Sheffield, Russellville, and the surrounding Tennessee Valley — September 2026 When people outside Northwest Alabama hear the words “Muscle Shoals,” they usually think about the past — legendary recording studios, session musicians, soul records, Southern rock, and the long list of… Read more

  • Buzzard Dust: Copper Bonus: Cupcake Island and Coconut Girls

    Get ready for a delightful surprise with Buzzard Dust: Copper Bonus, featuring Cupcake Island and Coconut Girls! This unique collection takes listeners on a tropical detour from the ongoing Copper era rollout, blending music, radio ads, and comedy bits into a short pirate broadcast. Read more

  • Now hEAr This: Buzzard Dust Mixtapes | Buzzard News

    Now hEar This Buzzard News’ monthly spotlight on the sounds you need to know. Now hEAr This is Buzzard News’ answer to the traditional music-discovery column: a monthly look at independent artists, unusual sounds and music worth hearing. Buzzard Dust Mixtapes Sounds like: Appalachian folk, bluegrass, old-time mountain music, gospel, country, Americana, and Southern storytelling… Read more

  • Derrick Mobley’s “Alabama” Receives a Vintage Cartoon Treatment Ahead of Buzzard Dust: Aluminum

    The Buzzard Times Derrick Mobley’s “Alabama” Receives a Vintage Cartoon Treatment Ahead of Buzzard Dust: Aluminum By EmmittOwens.com Staff | August 21, 2026 NORTHWEST ALABAMA — Derrick Mobley’s “Alabama” has a new visual treatment today, with the release of a vintage-inspired cartoon music video accompanying the song from the upcoming Buzzard Dust: Aluminum album. The… Read more

  • Mic Check

    Mic CheckBy: Emmitt Owens(Index #12092020) Deshawn Bell had a system.   Every Thursday night, he’d walk the six blocks from his mama’s apartment to Rooster’s, the karaoke bar on Fenwick and 9th that let him in even though he’d only just turned nineteen, because the owner, Miss Odell, liked that he tipped the bartender in quarters… Read more

  • BREAKING: THE BUZZARD DUST EXPERIMENT APPEARS TO BE WORKING

    📰 BUZZARD NEWS BREAKING: THE BUZZARD DUST EXPERIMENT APPEARS TO BE WORKING By: emmittowens.com Staff – August 17, 2026 There comes a point in every experiment where you stop, look at the equipment, and say: “Well hell… I think this thing is actually working.” That’s where we’re at with Buzzard Dust. When this started, there… Read more