The Goodfellas Social Aid & Pleasure Club secondline parade rolled yesterday. I caught them about a block from our house and followed them for a few minutes just to get a taste of the secondline energy that I’ve missed since the spring. The Black Men…
Someone left a fantastic comment on a flickr photo of mine–I’ve posted the photo below along with the comment (it’s a song; we’re aiming for an MP3 soon):
My reckless prediction: The media wolves will devour her. They’ve been following the other three players–Obama, Biden and McCain–for a year and a half, and here comes along this half-a-term-beauty pageant-governor from Alaska? She could surpass Dan Quayle in her badness. She could even be…
I’m over at The G Bitch Spot liveblogging the Democratic Convention, starting with Al Gore’s speech right NOW. Our good friend Chet HIx from Bama will be joining us.
My impression is that most New Orleanians are realistic about our recovery. We know recovery funds are limited. We acknowledge New Orleans had serious problems before the Federal Flood that continue to dog us and complicate recovery efforts. We don’t all expect to live in…
Too bad John Lewis isn’t so sure.
Only a bark eater can go from My loyalty is to the Democrats winning. to I haven’t ruled out voting for McCain. I like him a lot. This must be an “ordinary American,” eh? Not quite. It’s Lynn Forester, Lady de Rothschild, “one of Britain’s…
I’m just asking since we’re all Georgians and all … I guess being vegetarian won’t exempt me. Let’s hope Saavashvili dotted it with Tabasco first.
“Dancing Queen” by ABBA: “Now look, everybody says, ‘I hate ABBA. Oh ABBA, how terrible! Blah blah blah. How come everybody goes to ‘Mamma Mia?’ Huh? I mean really, seriously, huh? ‘I hate ABBA, they’re no good, you know.’ Well, everybody goes. They’ve been selling…
Following up on what Varg says … judge [New Orleans] on the 2007 Crime March, the ouster of Eddie Jordan, the numerous organizations and artists who have emerged from the wake of the flood… Karen Gadbois’ work is finally getting the attention it deserves. I’m…
It could be worse. A Chinese Politburo member apparently liked one girl’s voice and another girl’s looks, so … “The national interest requires that the girl should have good looks and a good grasp of the song and look good on screen,” [chief music director]…
New Orleans isn’t one of the top 15 hardest drinking cities in America? We must’ve been too drunk or hungover to take the survey. Austin comes in at #1 . Hunter Darby, manager of Austin’s Dog & Duck Pub, says Sixth Street in Austin is…
John M. Barry, author of Rising Tide (the book!), will be the keynote speaker. Other notables include Leigh Dingerson, Center for Community Change‘s education team leader, on the Education panel, and WWL-TV’s Lee Zurik on the Media panel. Bloggers galore will appear as panelists and…