Lil Wayne performs at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco during the Outside Lands Music Festival on Aug. 9, 2019. Joaquin Cabello/STAFF. As I write this, I am on a plane to New Orleans. This means two things: If a far better column topic has appeared between now and…

Josh Rosenthal’s daughters Emma (L) and Hazel with William Faulkner; not interested in ice cream. Oxford, Miss. In June, I took my daughters on a musical journey to New Orleans, all around Mississippi, Memphis and Nashville. We ate praline bacon, went to Preservation Hall, saw Degas’ house, Fats Domino’s Katrina-waterlogged piano,…