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Dear Listener,
The otherworldly Superbowl XLIV alone was a good enough time to last New
Orleans all the way through 2010 — we should just start working right now
on feeling half that good in 2011. And that live broadcast on ‘OZ two weeks
ago from the Grammy Museum had us...
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On the heels of a new mayor sans foot in mouth disease, a Superbowl win
lifting the Aints curse, and Mardi Gras with some new suits and old friends,
I figured it’s time to celebrate something else, something special.
Irma Thomas’ birthday!
Born on February 18, the Sweet Qu...
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Mind Meld of Radio and Television While dumpster diving in the trash cana
of Americana, I ran across a prescient Star Trek episode that captures this
weekend's New Orleans. Forty years ago, The Return of the Archons,
featured a society lead by a guy named Landru that cele...
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In Louisiana, fresh oysters are available all year ‘round, though they tend to be even more popular in the winter. This month’s recipe for roasted eggplant and oysters comes from Chef Joe Heacook, the Culinary Department Head at Sowela Technical Community College in Lake Charles.
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Tune in Wednesday Feburary 10th at 9:00 p.m. as we will rebroadcast Billy
Delle's 1995 Mardi Gras Special, produced by 'OZ general manager David
Freedman.
Take off your shoes and throw them in the corner for this "house party"
hosted by the Kunta Kinte of New Orleans street...
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The Spirit of New Orleans
February 7, 2010 - Articles
Down on the Bayou where the mighty Mississippi kisses Lake Pontchartrain and
spills into the Gulf of Mexico. There sits that jewel of the Southland. What
the French lost to the British who gave it to the Spanish who lost...
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On Superbowl Sunday, we are tailgating with the original underdog, the
world's most under-rated blues singer, the Mayor of MacDougal Street: Dave
Van Ronk.
This week marks the 8th anniversary of his passing and, like every year, we
remember Dave with two hours of his music...
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Tune in Wednesday night February 10th at 10:00 p.m. as Ben Jaffe will be in the Studio spinning songs off the upcoming release as well as playing the original recording of the songs and I'm sure he'll have plenty of stories about producing this project!
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