The first time I met Karen Gadbois she was learning to use WordPress at a workshop I was helping out with. She was full if vim and vigor, and not a little piss and vinegar. I liked her immediately.

In the intervening years I have watched her use the Internet with precision, determination, and a desire to make things better for her community. Truly she is one of the best of us.

As someone who has a proven track record on social issues and as a cancer survivor her words are worth listening to as the subject of health care worms its way through the distant corridors of power up in DC. Please give this bief message about health care a listen and pass it on to your friends. This to important to too many people for us to get it wrong. We already did that during Katrina and the levee failure….

Ladies, gentlemen, and everyone else, I give you Karen Gadbois of Squandered Heritage and The New Orleans Institute. She won New Orleanian of the Year from the Gambit in 2008, and with damn good reason. Lend her your ears.

-Loki, HumidCity Founder and Curator

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Redevelopment now a major driver in neighborhood population shifts

by LokiJuly 1, 2009

Our friends over that the The Greater New Orleans Community Data Center have an update on the subject of population shifts ocurring as we continue to slog forward ion the rebuilding of our city.
NEW ORLEANS – June 30‚ 2009 – Four years after Katrina‚ population shifts in New Orleans neighborhoods are being driven by large-scale [...]

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SKULL CLUB supports NOLA Rising; Saturday Night

by Lord DavidJune 25, 2009

It’s officially official;
This Saturday, in support of NOLA Rising & Rex Dingler,
there will be a cocktail party, featuring ‘Maratmosas’
(Champagne, orange juice and ridiculous quotations)
at the Skull Club, from 9pm ’til Midnight.
Cheap cash bar, or BYOB.
Read the comment thread, too.
Think of it as advance homework.
The info:
http://humidcity.com/?p=2232
Then……
http://skull-club.com/Events.html
This Saturday Night, nine pm to midnight.
Cheap cash bar or BYOB.
Rex will [...]

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Anxious Sound: Take Action- A Personal Appeal on Arts Funding

by LokiJune 24, 2009

If you have a taste for Jazz, experimental music, or sophisticated indie soundscapes you may well know Rob Cambre and Anxious Sound. I’ve known Rob since the early ’90’s when the RC Bridge Lounge was the site of shows like Helios Creed, Nipples of Isis, and others. While he is the one with all the [...]

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A Rising Tide’s A ‘Coming

by LokiJune 22, 2009

The Fourth Annual Rising Tide Conerence, coming to you live from New Orleans this coming August!
In order to help people keep up with the event and surrounding activities I am adding an RSS feed of the Rising Tide Blog in the sidebar (to the right), is plain english there will always be links to the [...]

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Maher Goes Off On Right and Left

by LokiJune 22, 2009

I have often stated that while I have a lot of liberal views I am not a knee jerk supporter of the Democratic Party. I believe Ambrose Bierce said it best in his Devil’s Dictionary when he defined an honest politician as one who once bought stays bought. Power attracts the corruptible and we must [...]

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ReX Answers Poorly Executed NoLA Fugees Article

by nolarexJune 21, 2009

An Answer to a NoLA Fugee Article written by nom de plume John Paul Marat

by Michael “ReX” Dingler
Newly named Ubiquitous Urban Defacement Czar of New Orleans
Not a pen-name
“Article” can be found HERE

In the spirit of Lord David promoting his Truth & Other Lies (:-)>), I decided to share with y’all some truth and other lies [...]

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The Truth & Other Lies

by Lord DavidJune 15, 2009

 While it may seem to be in bad taste to offer a link here to my own blog, the opposite is actually a better reason. It’s gearing up to be a long, hot Summer, and I thought that offering  some cooling mind gel might be just the ticket. Of course, I am frequently and disasterously [...]

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Skull Club & SCADNOLA – 2nd Saturday Openings on the 13th

by Lord DavidJune 10, 2009

 It’s the 2nd Saturday of the month this weekend, kids. That means it’s Open Gallery Time in the St Claude Art District. Check it out at www.scadnola.com, or just come down and get started at the St Roch Tavern or the Yellow Moon. They’ll tell ya where it’s at.
 Joining the festivities this month are the newly showing [...]

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The Swine…

by M StyborskiJune 8, 2009

MSNBC reports that Mr & Mrs Ray Nagin are being held under Swine Flu Quarantine by the Chinese government. Apparently a passenger seated near them on their flight exhibited Swine Flu-like symptoms and the Nagins and one of his staff members will be quarantined for at least seven days. Currently, they show no signs of [...]

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Ahhh, the Past Weekend

by liprapJune 8, 2009

If anything was going to sober us up after an early evening of tasting beer, I guess it’d be this sign:

Located diagonally across Harrison Ave from the cleared site of Edward Hynes Elementary and directly across Argonne Street from the NOPL’s Lakeview branch trailer.
Kind of one out of two ain’t bad, I guess.
Since China has [...]

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ANTIGRAVITY MAGAZINE, THE NEW ORLEANS CRAFT MAFIA AND TWISTED HAIR SALON JOIN FORCES FOR COMBINED BIRTHDAY BLOWOUT!

by LokiJune 6, 2009

WHAT: Triple Threat Birthday Bash
WHEN: Thursday, June 18, 6:00 pm – 10:00 pm
WHERE: Twisted Hair Salon, 4824 Prytania, NOLA 70115, (504) 504-309-7791
WHO: Antigravity Magazine, New Orleans Craft Mafia, Twisted Hair Salon
Antigravity Magazine, the New Orleans Craft Mafia, and Twisted Hair Salon are joining forces to make their respective birthdays ultra-special this year, throwing a Triple [...]

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filling the holes of history with the poetry of music

by Louis MaistrosMay 28, 2009

The following is cross-posted from the very cool music and literary blog, LargeheartedBoy.com. It was an honor for me to be invited to contribute there. Since Humid City is an all-things-New Orleans kind of joint, I thought it might be of interest here. I hope that’s right. Either way, here it is….
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Filling the Holes of [...]

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Facebook, The Angry Mob and Healthcare in New Orleans

by Lord DavidMay 27, 2009

 I recently got goaded in to signing up for Facebook as an alternative social network to Myspace. I was told it was less dramatic and the members more adult and serious.
Boy Howdy, was that far off the mark.
 I read more news today about the ongoing legislative battle over building a hospital in New Orleans, the proposed [...]

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Louisiana Food Bank In Need

by LokiMay 27, 2009

The Louisiana Food Bank Association (LFBA) has requested $18 million from the state of Louisiana to support the Louisiana Nutrition Assistance Program (LANIAP) — a model program that allows the five food banks of the Louisiana Food Bank Association to purchase nutritious foods from Louisiana farmers, fishermen, vendors and wholesalers to help feed hungry families, [...]

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Riley To The Rescue!

by Lord DavidMay 23, 2009

Great job there Warren.
I can see your bumper stickers now….
NOPD: when seconds matter, they’re only minutes away.
Another delusional egomaniac at the party.
Have you bought a new home for City Hall, too?
Is your crime fighting plan also a “done deal”?
Go away, loser.

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Welcome To The Pot, Renee

by M StyborskiMay 22, 2009

Former city council-woman, member of the Louisiana House of Representativces and current moll of Mose Jefferson, Renee Gill-Pratt, had just been added to the roux being brewed in New Orleans’ US Attorneys office. The original charges reported here have been refined as more information was uncovered during the course of the investigation. The original indictment [...]

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XLVII – 2013

by M StyborskiMay 20, 2009

Since I’m the lone sports nut here here at HumidCity, allow me to announce that the NFL SuperBowl site selection committee has chosen New Orleans as the host city for SuperBowl XLVII in 2013!
New Orleans won out over Miami, FL and Glendale, AZ, and this will be the tenth NFL Championship hosted by our fair [...]

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CameraGate Update: Dell Ordered to Testify

by LokiMay 19, 2009

It’s well known that I am a bit of a socialmedia evangelist, the years since Katrina have shown me the power of using information technology to organize, share information, and build connectivity between people for the common good. As a result I tend to get more than a bit torqued when I run into the [...]

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BBQ, Art Auction & After Party in the Marigny

by Lord DavidMay 15, 2009

 
 
This Saturday, May the 16th, there will be a Bar.B.Que and Art Auction (as well as other fun mayhem) at the NOOMOON Compound, 823 St Roch Avenue, in the Marigny, from Noon until 8pm.
This will be followed by a cocktail party and reception at Skull Club, right around the corner at 1003 Spain Street, from [...]

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Credit Card Reform Bill

by LokiMay 12, 2009

I just got this from my buddy Steve Picou and felt it well worth sharing with our audience:
Looks like the credit card reform bill is going to be voted on today. Please call Landrieu and Vitter and let them know you support the bill, S. 414.
Thanks to Consumers Union and the Pew Charitable Trusts, I [...]

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A Hero for Our Times

by BigEZBearMay 11, 2009

I got to pass some time last night with a buddy of mine, let’s call him Jim. Jim’s not doing too well these days.
See, before Katrina, Jim used to be a school teacher here in town. Nowadays, he does construction work, building maintenance, all-around handyman jobs for wages paid under the table. I know, it’s [...]

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And You Thought it Couldn’t be Any Worse…

by Lord DavidMay 8, 2009

While we discuss the darkness of mediocrity and the pagent of stupidity that IS City Hall (Nagin & Riley met only 6 times in all of 2008?), there are far worse horrors, lurking everywhere, even, it seems, at the Walmart in Abbeville….
Abbeville, LA) – A lawsuit has been filed against a Wal-Mart store in Abbeville, seeking damages [...]

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In Half Light

by BigEZBearMay 8, 2009

These past few weeks have been dull for me – not dull as in boring, but dull as in unpolished, unsaturated, lusterless. I’m living my life in half light while fighting to douse a fire of rage consuming my spirit.
Since I was a child, I’ve owned a visceral abhorrence to injustice of any kind. It’s [...]

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