New York City is getting a bum rap! We’ve watched the theme as it slowly develops in the Simon psyche – this New York vs. New Orleans thing. New York’s glowering chef Enrico Brulard (based on real-life kitchen nazi David Bouley) verbally abusing poor Janette Desautels (real li...
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While previewing Louisiana's new history and biology textbook I ran into ....
http://www.ebiblefellowship.com/outreach/tracts/may21/ Unfortunately, with
the end-of-the-world scheduled just before my Saturday midnight shift, it
makes it hard to plan the program. I'm a bit...
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Was so dead tired from Jazz Fest (the true mark of a Fest well spent) that I
fell asleep both times I tried to watch this week’s ‘sode--will try to
catch up in future blogs on what promises to be a descent into the heart of
darkness in the weeks to come.In the meantime, as ...
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The great musicians can conjure their muse in any situation. They can withstand commercialism, hubris and changing times. Listeners with great ears can also hear the artistry in any situation.
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"I'mma need y'all to stay with the group," says Music Director at Abramson
Science and Technology Charter School, Erica Johnson, as she looks after some
eager gradeschoolers who want to buy sno-balls."I can't let you guys walk by
yourself, this is a big place; we need to st...
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We had had a full day at Jazz Fest and were exhausted as we sat among 30 or
so fellow Treme followers, faithfully keeping our appointment to keep an eye
on how our self-portrait was coming along, dinners in our laps, in the front
room of Bywater’s Country Club.
The experi...
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The bad news is Billy Delle will be out resting tonight after returning back
from Pakistan on “Classified Business”.
The good news (to some it may be bad news) is the Boudin Man has plans to
hijack the airwaves from 7:00 p.m. to midnight with some very special
programming....
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My approach to planning JazzFest: pick a bunch of shows that I absolutely
can't miss, then when the night of the show comes around be open to going
anywhere and doing anything. That being said, here's the shows I can't wait
to see:
Tuesday, May 3: Skerik's Sauce Fest at...
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Pitch Perfect!
So many of the images in the opening episode of HBO’s 2nd season’s
premier of Treme resonate with the pictures of New Orleans that I carry in my
mind’s eye--an eye that has been richly provisioned by this city over a
lifetime.
It was heartening to see Lol...
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With the new season of Treme starting up, one thing that I fret about from time to time is: how many of us will start playing ourselves, instead of just being ourselves? When we start representing our culture and music (and not just living it), we start down the road that ends...
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