Despite all the Corexit, all the booms (skimmers?) everything that BP and Obama says they are doing in the Gulf of Mexico, the oil has now reached Lake Pontchartrain…well, this brings a whole new reality to the city of New Orleans. Take a look at the map to the right and realize how far that oil had to travel to get there, if there were … Continue reading Yes, there is now oil in Lake Pontchartrain
Saw this band on a tremendous night in San Francisco where I was living at the time, and at their home bar, The Maple Leaf in New Orleans. I’ve seen them on television, in documentaries and most recently in the HBO show Treme. No matter how many times you get the chance, it’s never enough…so enjoy, and if ever in New Orleans on a Tuesday … Continue reading Rebirth Brass Band “Out The Way”
Some good news from the Times Picayune… An article in today’s Times Picayune that explains that the population increases are slowing, they do continue to grow… Please, click the link below… New Orleans post-Katrina population continues to grow, but at a slower rate This would probably be about it from me today…I’m sick as hell and have to go into work for twelve hours…so while … Continue reading New Orleans Continues Katrina Rebound
A fitting song to a fitting day, especially if you are living south of New Orleans and especially when BP is still in control of the cleanup operations, the press, the cops, the government, Thad Allen and all the information… Anyone who says differently is lying to you… Crowbar – Existence is Punishment So to everyone but the companies and organizations above – Have a … Continue reading New Orleans Metal – Crowbar
Screw Joe Barton, screw Louie Gohmert and screw British Petroleum… I guess I didn’t understand that the oil company is in fact, the victim here. Thank you Jarvis Deberry for once again, calling bullshit and setting the record straight… I’m a fan. Oily Words Can’t Hide the Sticky Truth …and yes, have a nice day… Continue reading New Column from Jarvis DeBerry of the Times-Picayune
Picked up this book at a favorite bookstore in New Orleans called Faulkner Books located in Pirate’s Alley…read it on the flight home, highly recommended and nothing I need to add to it… Here is the afterword…by Tom Piazza: “How to convey the mixture of gratitude and grief, anger and joy, worry and hope, that we in New Orleans live with everyday? I don’t know … Continue reading Afterword to Why New Orleans Matters – Tom Piazza
Great trip to New Orleans…been spending the past few days reading the news and I got me much, much anger…more to come later but for now…enjoy… Down: On March the Saints Continue reading I’m back…with Down
Going on vacation…going to what I like to think of as home…see ya round at the Maple Leaf, Rock n Bowl, Flanagans, One Eyed Jacks, Fahey’s, Molly’s, Mojo’s, Checkpoint Charlie’s, Apple Barrel, Vaughn’s, The Spotted Cat and of course, down by the river… Back in a week… As always…Have a nice day… Continue reading Going to New Orleans…
In New Orleans, a second line parade in the Warehouse District for the Gulf of Mexico, British Petroleum Explosion Catastrophe… Sometimes…all you got left to feel in the moment is satire, well….and a crazy desire to throw anyone in the employ of British Petroleum, Halliburton and Transocean into the oil slick and light a match… Continue reading The Krewe of Dead Pelicans – from Times Picayune, photos by Michael Democker
Just some photos from New Orleans Ladder website showing the British Petroleum oil spill protest at Jackson Square, New Orleans. Continue reading British Petroleum Protest in New Orleans
Drake Toulouse: Photography and Words 