I really enjoyed Christy’s post on Monday regarding the state of affairs in New Orleans a year after Katrina, Her link to the amazing Arabi Wrecking Krewe and the video of the great work that they are doing there for local musicians I found very inspiring. I wanted to list a few more places to donate money to help out displaced musicians in one of our most musical of cities.
Habitat For Humanity is building a Musician’s Village in the 9th ward partnered with Harry Connick Jr., and Branford and Ellis Marsalis
http://www.habitat-nola.org/projects/musicians_village.php
Preservation Hall’s New Orleans Musicians Hurricane Relief Fund assists artists in returning to the Big Easy as well as providing aid to music educators and music venues.
Legendary New Orleans club Tipitina’s has a foundation to help artists and also donates musical instruments to New Orleans schools. Its goal is to put a musical instrument in the hands of every New Orleans student. Hallelujah!
http://www.tipitinas.com/default.asp
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Donita!
Olbermann!
colbert!
Rocky Anderson!
Best playlist ever, Donita. Not just ’cause they’re all great pieces, or that this is totally topical. It just fits together as a song sequence very, very nicely.
Professor Longhair!
Don’t know what your missing. As a kid, you new Mardi Gras was coming when you heard him whistling on the radio: “Mardi Gras in New Orleans.”
But YouTube has his beautiful version of “Tipitina.” If you enjoy piano, you’re in for a treat.
How about “Planet of New Orleans” by Mark Knopfler?
YouTube – Amazing speed bass guitar battle
Hi Donita!
Thank You for this link. My 21 year old daughter has a nice flute from band in H.S. that she no longer uses, I’m going to show her this link and see if she will donate it to the Katrina victims.
One area she is passionate about is donating her O negative blood when I told her it’s rare and universal, she took it upon herself to sign up at the blood drives for a few years now.
Shez @ 9
Right on Shez!
Donita — when & where are you playing my friend?
Enquiring minds want to know.
Donita
saw an amzing doc on cable last weekend where Bush visited Fats Domino’s house……looking as awkward as ever, the two staring off in opposite directions.
thanks for list. great music to start the weekend.
Heh
Sweet Emma the Bell Girl!
Jane Hamsher @ 11
Hi Jane! I’m recording an album right now so I don’t have any gigs lined up. I’ll let you know. You’ll be in town soon, yes?
My band here in Alaska raised just over $1,000 for the St. Bernard Parish Comunity Band. They came out of Katrina and Rita far worse than the New Orleans Community Band. St. Bernard CB lost instruments, library, gear, meeting place and band members in the catastrophe.
The Baton Rouge Concert Band has been helping coordinate efforts to support community bands in the devastated areas from day one of Katrina.
http://www.batonrougeconcertband.org/ is BRCB’s home page, but like most band pages down there, it has been up and down for the past year.
All Hail Finifinito my tech hero once again
twolf- Great link! I really enjoyed that guitar!
nicelyput2000 @ 12
I heard about that. What a joke
OT (with apologies to Donita) – There is an amazing editorial in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette today that is worth reading. If you ever wonder if others get it, well, this will give a good start to your weekend:
Editorial
Donita Sparks @
19
Bush was probably expecting pizza …
Yeah! New Orleans Music Rocks!
Jane and Christy thanks for your continued support of NO!
Make your own virtual cassette
Donita:
thank you for making us realize how important it is for New Orlean’s healing to rebuild it’s musical heritage. We might find in the future many jazz and R&B artists actually singing about the horrible time after Katrina hit the city.
Music has a way of uncovering the injust and exposing the illegitimate – as it did during the Vietnam era. It is so very appropriate that you offered us a taste of New Orleans’ musical richness. I look forward to all the ballads and protest songs that will focus on the neglect, abuse broken promises that have characterized New Orlean’s rebuilding effort.
Are any of you NOLAns old enough to have heard Sweet Emma Barrett live?
GOD, I loved her!
Meters! What, no Dirty Dozen?
After the storm hit, my band took part in a local (Northampton MA) benefit concert and helped raise over $2500, which was slated to go to the Red Cross. Lord knows where it actually ended up, but hopefully it did some good. Another drop in a bucket that still isn’t anywhere near filled.
The father of an old friend of mine is Deacon John Moore, a noted New Orleans guitarist. He came through okay, as did most of his family. Wish all families could’ve said the same.
Anyhow, here’s what’s spinning in iTunes on the G5 today:
Warren Zevon – Sentimental Hygiene
Syd Barrett – The Madcap Laughs
Roy Buchanan – That’s What I Am Here For
Pete Townshend – Empty Glass
Dire Straits – On Every Street
Donita
Dipper Mouth Blues has made my day!
Great point, Titanyum! Let the tunes roll, full of rage and pain.
Thanks, Donita, thanks from a few angles:
1) I’ve got Professor Longhair’s song “Tipitina” running through my head right now;
2) Irma Thompson’s choir-backed, revelrous version of “Time Is On My Side” resurrects a great old favorite tune (there was a creepy Denzel Washington movie which made heavy use of the song and really ruined it for me, as Azazel, the hateful demon character used it as his theme song about 50 times–and then, there’s also the Rolling Stones problem);
3) For introducing me to a few New Orleans songs I’d never heard before and generally brightening my day;
4) For reminding me to do something more for New Orleans.
I just dug out my old Scraping Foetus Off the Wheel records (Hole and Nail), enjoying the blast from the past, for the moment!
The spin I’m in, NOLA soula edition:
ahh, grimy funky goodness…
Hip Drop – The Explosions … this is a party.
Can you hear me – Lee Dorsey
Big Chief – Prof. Longhair … the flip is an instrumental version. Gooood lord.
Iko Iko – Dixie Cups … gonna set your flag on fire, kiddos.
It’s Raining – Irma Thomas … that’s my song, right there.
Wisdom of a Fool – Johnnie Jackson and the Blazers
No Substitute/If I had a Hammer – Eldridge Holmes … ooowwwee, a two-sider.
Cordova – The Meters.
I’m gonna git ya – Betty Harris … such sauce.
and many, many more.
When I was in college, I used to ride the legendary “City of New Orleans” train back and forth from home to school. Steve Goodman captured the spirit of the train and the people that ride it – working class, folks getting by, riding north and south from Chicago to the Big Easy, with stops up and down the Mississippi (more or less). Train travel can be more social than airplane trips or bus rides, because people were often going up and down the aisles, kids running from one side to the other or front to back, etc. When Katrina hit, I thought back to the various “train friends” from the trips I made back then, and wondered how they were doing.
Great set, Donita, and great way to help the city come back. I’m looking forward not just to the protest songs about the neglect and such on the part of the government and various corporate interests, but also the blues that will show the resilience and strength of the people in the face of such outrageousness.
Titanyum @
24
It’s already begun – check out Chris Thomas King’s “Rise” and the Dirty Dozen Brass Band’s “What’s Going On”. IIRC, Shout Factory, the DDBB’s label, is donating a portion of the proceeds from the sale of “What’s Going On” to the Tipitina Foundation.
EPU’ed from last post. Greetings to the lotuslanderlady. Good to see you.
Hello all, I’m sorry I wasn’t here sooner but the chaos of moving this week and now some added personal drama freshly sprung on me at noontime today has kept me on my toes with life matters. I’m here for any technical issues, and I will be trying to fix the space up top to make it look a little nicer. I was rushed today publishing this and didn’t have time to be fussy about the layout. Any problems so far?
Thanks, Lindy dahlin’, both here and back there too!
Off topic, but HAHAHAHA:
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The offices of at least six Alaska legislators, including the SON OF SEN. TED STEVENS (emphasis mine), were raided by federal agents searching for possible ties between the lawmakers and a large oil field services company, officials and aides said.
Maybe we’ll take Congress in November by getting enough of their legislators arrrested.
Evil Parallel Universe @
20
EPU, thanks for the link. Straight talk – just what I was hoping for…
hi donita!
once again, fabulous!!! fats domino!!! love it!
thanks for the list of places to donate. i’ve given to habitat for humanity a few times; it seems like you just can’t do enough for new orleans right now.
your playlist this week is awesome (as usual). but, including THE METERS just made my day!
Pennsylvania’s own nonresident peddler of nontruths, Sen. Rick Santorum
My vote for ouchiest/tastiest phrase in that editorial, EPU & Jenny.
sticky @ 31
Nice Spin you got there
Aaarrh! Avast! Ahoy!
…and other things that start with “A”.
Talk Like a Pirate Day be on its way!
About this story, more so even than about the stupid wars, I’m in a Weep and Moan spin, scratchy old 78 delivery.
There’s other interesting versions of the song around.
A Led Zeppelin/Neil Young RnR Hall of Fame sledgehammer version, where I swear old Neil is making fun of the old Zep guys sense of timing.
Yat-Kha, a Tuvalu throatsinger / London club scenester, with a powerful and affecting version worth tracking down.
A live 50footwave version, where I think Kristin says “told ya” after singing it.
lotus — a hunch :: what do you think your IP address is? tell me, please. If you dont know, tell me what Operating System you are using … XP ?
Rick DeVille says:
September 1st, 2006 at 11:54 am *
Any relation to Willy DeVille?
jayt @ 44
Willy *Mink* Deville? Love him!
Donita
I just finished watching Spike Lee’s Katrina doc on HBO. I am so disgusted & angry (nothing new) with the criminals that are disguised as our government right now, I just need to listen to your playlist over & over again, to soothe my soul.
Thanks.
Blub @ 37
blob,
fdl was the 2nd national blog to cover this, beginning about 2100 pdt yesterday. we would have beat kos (they were about 100 minutes ahead of us ( http://www.dailykos.com/story/2006/9/1/32958/41694 ), but I had to help my wife get dinner ready. I’ve provided several updates since yesterday, though not on this thread. Other pups and lambs have contributed also. Firepups have also helped get this story out and have been monitoring wingnut sites and commentators, waiting for Hillary to be blamed for the unfolding scandal – perhaps the biggest in Alaska history. That occurred about 0620 adt this morning on AM-650 in Anchorage.
jayt @ 45
or his cousin, Sedan ? or maybe his sister Coupe?
I *used* to have a bunch of Mink DeVille – ’til some asshole stole everything – stereo, and all my CD’s, including my own mixes…
Ed*ard Teller @ 48
Has anyone seen any leak of this scandal into the Lower 48 TradMed? I have not.
XP it is, *ilson, more’s the pity . . . um, where/how do I look for my IP address?
Teddy– lookee here from google.
AlaskaReport FBI raids Alaska legislature offices
Monsters and Critics.com, UK – 5 hours ago
ANCHORAGE, AK, United States (UPI) — FBI agents have raided Alaska state legislature offices in an inquiry that appears focused on the lawmakers` relationship …
Feds Raid State Lawmakers In Alaska CBS News
FBI searches Alaska state lawmakers’ offices Reuters
Probe leads to FBI search of 6 Alaska lawmakers’ offices Seattle Times
Brandon Sun – MSNBC
all 155 news articles
ET, WaPo has the AP story and has since this morning.
Here’s the Reuters take on the WaPoO website, not headlined but I found it with a search. Isn’t there a press conference scheduled soon, ET?
http://www.washingtonpost.com/…..00103.html
Sorry for the OfT, Fini and Donita, I think we need to keep hope alive in New Orleans AND Alaska today!
I mean Teddy.
allright, angie!
lotus — in your start programs menu, under accessories, you’ll find a programlet called “command prompt”. Open it. Type in ipconfig. In a sec, it’ll give you 4 lines of answers — the 2nd line is your IP address. Give it to me.
As a moderator, I can tell what you seem to have for an address but if you tell me a different one, we will know its a proxy problem …
the best one I’ve heard was on radio yesterday -NPR Anchorage – where a reporter spotted an FBI agent go into Ben Steven’s office, go right to a picture hanging on the wall, pull it from the wall, and unfasten a plastic enshrouded envelope which was taped to the back of the frame.
toldja, ET, I am on pins and needles here!
wow, angie!
*ilson46201 @ 44
Go here to find out your current IP if you don’t know.
Um, wull, um … first ya gotta point me at where’s the Start Programs (and its Menu) . . .
Ed*ard Teller @ 56
cash? or a bug? the Feds’ own bug, maybe?
juicy
Kurt @ 59
DONT do that ! I am trying to resolve a possible disparity. I already know what that place would say about Lotus. There may be a disparity…
THANKS, Kurt!
It says (should I whisper? 68.202.180.221).
This is Wilson — I knew that answer already as a moderator. BUT I need to know if you are behind a proxy wall. The start programs comes up when you press that Windows button on the lower lefthand corner(2nd from the left, bottom row). Hit the label ALL PROGRAMS. Up pops a window displaying programs. Hit the accessories label which pops up another window showing ‘command prompt’. Double click that to start that program — a black windowlet will open. Type in IPCONFIG and hit enter. The IP address is on the 2nd line of the result. Tell me what it is …
Uh-oh.
Okay, *ilson, back to my previous question . . .
*ilson, would it help if *otus changed both her name and email address on the form?
TeddySanFran @
64
mebbe a clip-on Hulk tie, suitable for jr. *g*
Mommybrain, I tried that when you kindly suggested it yesterday, but it made no diff.
Here’s the home page of Ray Metcalfe, the honest Republican – or is that an oxymoron – who got the feds started on this:
http://www.repmod.info/
Also, it appears State Republican Representative Vic Kohring may be talking to the feds already. He’s chair of the AK House energy and oil subcommittee. His office, in my town (Wasilla) was one of the first searched.
Please, God, let Don Young and Ted Stevens be tied into this!
*ilson46201 @ 61
Oops sorry. Just trying to help…I know just clicking a link is easier for most people than trying to deal with Windows :)
Mommybrain @ 64
done tried that — no good
damn. Limewire brings up no Mink Deville to speak of. And I’m *so* trying to re-constitute my music collection. I general, I’m stuck in a chick-singer thing at the moment: Lucinda Williams, Kasey Chambers, Emmylou Haris, Jennie Devoe (who I keep pimping from Indianapolis) Susan Tedesche, etc.
Any help? (and would love to find some Mink Deville)
Ed*ard Teller @ 67
I wouldn’t mind having a dash of Murkowski in this stew, as well –
TeddySanFran @ 75
Dad’s toast, daughter’s being pushed by people like me to make a clean break with the GOP thugs running congress and assert her independence on issues she disagrees with them on. She has the potential of becoming THE most liberal GOP Senator. She’s already more liberal on most issues – other than the environment – than Lieberman.
OT – Writer of ABC’s 9/11 ‘Docudrama’ Is Avowed Conservative Activist
OT– wrt The blame America firsters– Tucker thinks that America is morally superior…
fyi.
gotta get the bleach soaked Qtips out now…
This is off-topic, but important. ABC apparently approached a right winger to make a ‘docudrama’ about 9/11 and surprise! it whitewashes BushCo’s failings and instead places all the blame on Clinton. THe response in the left blogosphere has been…..uh a bunch of snarky comments and name calling….oooooohhhhhh scaaaaary. At some point the left is going to have to take a stand, but it looks like we are incapable of doing so. The right mobilizes, we make witty remarks. Weak.
http://thinkprogress.org/2006/…..e-clinton/
Ed*ard Teller @ 72
Tell her to become a Democrat, then! We’ve got a great big tent here, and there’s certainly room for some legacy ladies. If the GOP (in Alaska and elsewhere) becomes completely unpalatable to her, she should be urged to convert to where her heart is — there’s no way anyone can justify being an environmentalist and a Republican these days, is there?
jayt @ 70
There are a few on youtube for a quick fix. :)
Duck of Death — what do you think we should do? Flagellate ourselves? Do you usually attack the victim? Weak!
Jenny, Lotus – I thought it was amazing all around in its straightforwardness. I am also assuming that the Post-Gazette is NOT considered a “libera” institution.
aHA — got it:
68.202.180.221
(if you mentioned “Accessories” before, I didn’t see that step.)
oh oh oh —– bad news — your internal IP address matches your external IP address — that shoots my theory —- oh well !
for that matter, “Duck”, youve never posted here before — did you just drop by to castigate us? Weak!
Teddy,
you can’t be elected dogcather anywhere in Alaska running as an environmentalist. Diane Benson, an ardent environmentalist, is running as a Dem against Don Young, and she has to be very careful how she handles questions.
frankly, I think green-minded people have to take over BOTH parties if we’re to survive as human civilization.
Evil Parallel Universe @ 79
I love the plain talk. scurrilous lie, disgusting slur, stupid, among others. Just a breath of fresh air. Thanks again, EPU, that was most heartening.
*Ilson – FYI – “Duck of Death” is how the Little Bill character in Eastwood’s “Unforgiven,” pronounced “Duke of Death,” the name of a fictitious book. I have no clue if that adds any meaning to what the Duck is trying to say, just thought you would like to know.
Hey Donita – hate to be obvious, but I know the first song that popped into my head was Hank Williams ‘Jambalaya’…and while I’m at it, hell, native son Randy Newman’s ‘Louisiana 1927′ – the lyrics are frigging prophetic…
http://www.lyricsdepot.com/ran…..-1927.html
ummm Johnnie Hortons 1959 hit “The Battle of New Orleans” is tuneful and catchy…
Well, bless you for trying, *ilson, and Kurt. I just scrolled back up to confirm the first number myself, and that’s the first I’d seen of your mentioning the “accessories” step, so I guess that’s how I missed it to begin with. Sorry to derail so much of your time/attention with this.
Duck of Death @ 80
you want some push back on passing the blame for 9/11? try this:
http://securingamerica.com/taxonomy/term/5
click on June 6 speech to Texas Dem. Party convention. Gen. Clark explains “command negligence.”
And now I’ve scrolled all the way back up and see that you mentioned Accessories from the git — but I was so busy checking all the buttons at screen TOP then, I lost track of it.
Damn, I wish I knew a little more about computers (without suffering the manuals)!
So, where is our coordinated pre-response to ABC/Disney over its wingnut-produced and -directed 9/11 travesty? Let’s remember that the right-wing Saint Ronnie followers got a network to move their critical Reagan bio-pic onto pay cable.
We could do the same — check out William Rivers Pitt’s arguments about the falsity of blaming Clinton, as this ABC docu-drama does.
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/083006J.shtml
lotus @ 92
Lotus, you’ve got a manual computer? Time to upgrade to the kind you plug into the wall!
;)
Hang in there!
It’s worth looking at David Broder’s Wa Po chat in order to understand how much the man is, or is not, plugged into what is happening, whether he is keeping up with the news, how unfamiliar he is with the Internet tubes, and all-in-all how much he is truly part of the Beltway. He used to be one of the few DC-based writers who got out into the States and cities.
An example:
This response means that Broder doesn’t realize that Bush made the claim recently. Instead he turned it into simply a criticism of Bush, to which he quickly took umbrage. Mr. Broder, it isn’t a requirement. The question is whether the President was being honest in making the claim.
And another:
Told by whom? Really? Yeah, I’ve been told that also. It has been all over the news. And of course this one:
Or the news either? Broder explains:
In his defense, it appears that Broder was doing his own typing, which is nice to know, but he was also hitting several double-keys with his fingers (he also typed “Micvhigan” at one point) and omitting several spaces between words.
Anyway, someone from Rochester expressed great surprise that the Dean of DC Journalism didn’t know about Stevens’ and Byrd’s secret holds on Obama’s bill, using some rather pointed sarcasm, which led to this exchange:
Broder thinks that someone who uses sarcasm toward him should “clam up”? Thin skin, what?
My take on this, plus his suggestion that few people read blogs because only 1/4 of computer users do so, is that Broder simply is not comfortable in the cyber age.
As for outing Valerie Plame:
So that’s all it was, huh?
As for mixed metaphors (”mess” “fish” “hue and cry” “scalp” — that’s four different ones right there in one sentence, including one that we may properly consider somewhat racially insensitive), I wonder if Broder was a bit too relaxed in his typing.
But mostly I just wonder if he is disconnected, and has little idea what’s going on in this country.
Lina,
What I want is for the left to mobilize the way the right has for the last decade. The power of propaganda is huge and the right knows it. Remember how they went after CBS for the Reagan docudrama?
‘Duck of Death — what do you think we should do? Flagellate ourselves? Do you usually attack the victim? Weak!’
*ilson46201, Yes you are a victim and you will remain one apparantly. A careful reading of what i posted would indicate, provided you had the requisite reading comprehension, that I want to see some mobilization as the right would do. No I don’t want you to self-flagellate, but as you describe yourself as ‘victim’ I’m sure you do enough of that.
OT – oh, this isn’t good… regarding the Busby/Bilbray kerfuffle over certification of the vote – judge just ruled and dismissed the recount…
Pre-Certification Swearing in by Hastert Terminates All State Legal Authority Over Elections
not good at all…
Prof sed re Broder:
But mostly I just wonder if he is disconnected, and has little idea what’s going on in this country.
I would bet a lot on that one. I’ve mentioned here before that the Broders are old family friends. David is in ill health and gettin’ old, as are we all. IMHO, he should have retired 5 years ago because he’s messin’ up his reputation as a fair and reasonable judge of the DC dogsh*t. ( i like alliteration) I don’t think he really cares about any of this anymore; but I also think he’s afraid to retire. Just MHO.
Prof @ 95
I tend to agree that Broder is a bit too locked into the DC mindset stuff, but on this one, I think we need to cut him a little slack. I know when I’ve been off at a remote cabin for a couple of weeks of vacation, it takes me a couple of days to get back up to speed. The whole “secret hold” story is only a couple of days old, as was the Camus book thing. Think about some of the commentors here, who go away for a week and then come back with a comment “whoa – sounds like I missed something – someone bring me up to speed here.”
In another part of the chat, he was asked about the Missouri Senate race, and he noted that it’s on his list of states to visit between now and election day. IOW, he still gets out to the states.
Slamming him for Fred Hiatt – or for refusing to discuss the editorials – isn’t helpful or appropriate. Let’s keep after him, by all means, but let’s keep after him for the things he’s responsible for.
Like that comment about Plamegate. Funny, I don’t come across many reporters or columnists who “smell something fishy” in a story and decide to look the other way. If there’s something fishy, there’s a story there – go find it and tell me about it!
new thread – And the Hits Just Keep on Comin’
Here is a place to find your local ABC affiliate if you’d like to express an opinion directly to them about their plans to air this 9/11 tripe.
http://abc.go.com/site/localstations.html
Hey, DoDeath, here’s the difference between you and me. While you asked whether we were gonna do anything about the ABC 9/11 tripe, I found out where to go to find any local affiliate and tell ‘em what you think.
Can we get more organized on this? Yes. Can we do it by calling each other names? No.
It’s called research and taking action. I recommend it!
Prof says
September 1st, 2006 at 1:33 pm*
It’s not just Broder. The entire conventional news establishment is fight’n like hell to just ignore – in the hope that they’ll go away – the newer, up-to-the minute- news establishment, which is found within the blogs.
Around here, we have news within the hour, at the very least, and opinions within milli-seconds afterward.
This is revolutionary, and as with all revolutions, someone must leave as the new someone comes to the fore. I submit that there is not a single soul, presently existent w/in OldMedia, who could survive in the blogs, for the blogs require instantaneous, intelligent response, and none of the ‘old dogs’., e.g. Broder, Will, Friedman, could keep up.
Information is coming at lightning speed, and if it takes three days to form an opinion, you’re dust – but they’ll fight against that.
OldCoastie @ 98
I think that qualifies as an understatement, old coastie. Shit. All the irregularities in that one – the voting machine sleep-overs, Hastert swearing him in before the dust had settled. San Diego is a cesspool of rethug politics. Pete Wilson came from there. AS bad as he was, other local pols make him smell like a rose. And it was, after all, Cunningham’s seat.
IIRC, three out of the last four mayors elected didn’t serve a minute of their terms due to scandals that popped before they even took office. The scandals were common knowledge before the elections among city insiders, who would have been content to play it as it lay if the press hadn’t found out and made it public. Just like in DC. Well, except for the part about the press.
Duck of Death: I sicced Paul Krugman on Bush’s claim that he read “3 Shakespeares.” Smacks of “fuzzy math” of the sort PK built his rep on unmasking.
My working hypothesis: 1 Shakespeare = 1 Polonius quote.
DISSIDENT NOTE
A right of return to NOLA shouldn’t turn on chops. Make that the criterion and you play into the “rhythm” stereotype. I love NOLA jazz, but c’mon! There’s a broader right here! Gotta see ethnic cleansing for what it is! NOLA is occupied territory.
If I were a horn in Bush’s burgeoning Disneyesque NOLA, I’d lay my brass down ‘cept to play dirges for the evacuees in Texas and Kentucky and for the returnees sitting in those off-limits FEMA trailers caught between State Farm and HUD.
The White Folks have no boogey. That’s a fount of power. The message: Boogey’ll cost ya. Price: Give us our city back, with or without the chops!
They’ll crawl. What’s more, USA will back the evacuees. They haven’t forgotten the shame of Katrina.
Watch for this issue, it’s real, and it’s on the rise.
TeddySanFran @ 103
Another difference is that I know what namecalling is and you apparantly do not. A careful reading will show that I did NOT engage in name calling, I did however register my disgust at our team’s inability to do what the right does regularly…mobilize and scare the shit out of any network that attempts to propagandize against them. As far as calling the local affiliate, this will accomplish little if anything. ABC doesn’t care about your opinion(unless your a wingnut apparantly), they only care about the bottom line. So you researched and found the phone number of the local ABC affiliate? I’m guessing that took all of 5 minutes. We need to find who their BIG accounts are and go after them. And yes, I’m researching that very thing now.
jayt @
45
Nah. Nor to C.C. or Mink. Just a nom du web. My band is called Group DeVille. Four old middle-aged pros, but strictly part-time these days. Totally DIY. Original tunes from Western Mass with a sound kinda like The Kinks meet Dire Straits. I think clicking on my name up there will take you to our blog.
Thanks for asking. Each year we try to do half paying gigs and half benefits. The paying ones are so we can be self-supporting and still afford to give the other half away to various charities and stuff. Acting locally and all that.
I’ve lived in New Orleans for the past 12 years. Last year I lived in a half dozen places across the country. Wherever I went I was always asked why I wanted to come back home. Two nights ago at my local bar, dba, Walter “Wolfman” Washington was playing his regular Wednesday gig. Stevie Wonder dropped by and sang for two sets (Aint’ No Sunshine, and Higher Ground had especial significance). Where else could this happen. When we talk about the culture of New Orleans, what we mean is the old, weird ideal of America where anything is possible. It’s sad that that is not what can be expected throughout the country. But it is why so many of us are willing to live under third world conditions a year later. This is what we (all of us in America) were promised. This is where that promise still is expected.
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Be interested to hear if there’s any news on that front….