HumidCity

SATURDAY MAY 24 FROM 5-10PM

TAVERN ON THE LEVEE
3401 CHARTRES ST. (CORNER OF DESIRE)

FEATURING:
the debut performance of
local young talent
- REDSTAR -

QUI-QUAY

AMERICAN DISASTER PARTY

IXNAY & OTHERS!

$10 COVER • FREE BEER
FOOD FOR SALE • RAFFLE

RAFFLE PRIZES INCLUDE:

A gift certificate to Mimi’s, bottle of wine from Schiro’s, two tickets to the Audubon Zoo, a $50 value gift box from Orleans Coffee Exchange, a shirt and dress from Z’s Tye Dye, Lunch for two at Bayona, an autographed cookbook by Susan Spicer, a glass painting and hand painted olive oil dispenser from Elm Designs, a $25 gift certificate to Saint Roch Tavern, designer clothing by Kate Beck, two Haunted History Tour tickets, a $25 gift certificate to Bacchanal Wine Shop, two tickets to Mardi Gras World, dinner for two at the Nighthawk Tavern, beaded bracelets from One Bead at at Time, a painting by Brad Reynolds, two tickets to “Crimes Against Nature” at the Backyard Ballroom, an autographed Linnzi Zaorski CD, a $100 gift certificate from Veterinarian Dr. Dusty Allen, artwork from L’Art Noir New Orleans and more!

Ten year old Zachary Wright, New Orleans born and raised, was diagnosed with Osteochondromatosis, a rare bone disease. He has courageously endured five successful operations to correct ongoing abnormal bone growth (Thank You, Shriners!!),and is currently gearing up for another round this summer and fall to get him out of his wheelchair, walking, biking and running again…

Meanwhile, there are important expenses not covered by insurance that his mother, Donna, would so appreciate your help meeting. For example: Zach’s writing hand is failing. He is a straight A student at the International School of Louisiana, and an Alpha Smart Keypad will really help him keep up with his class next year. Also, the back-log in settling disability cases is much greater in New Orleans since Katrina. The work missed by Zach’s mom while she cares for him is income lost.

Because getting Zachary well again should be their only concern, his friends are holding a fundraiser. We hope you can come enjoy yourselves and make this special event successful for this very special little boy!

Jazz Fest is always a busy and energizing time for me. Working out on the Fairgrounds, ground zero for entertainment during the season, is always fun. (Well, maybe not running through the rain with PCs wrapped in garbage bags trying to safeguard the gear, the rest is pretty great.) Its especially good this year because I actually have a team to work with. The pictures here were taken by one of the long standing HumidCity Irregulars: M. Styborski (who you may well know from his blog Nation of Morons). We’ve been putting out a good variety of nearly real time content and having fun doing it (except for the rain).

This year I have two surprising new bits of additional good fortune to share.

The first one is tomorrow. Instead of my usual ride to the Bywater on my bike I will be making my way to the French Quarter on the streetcar and heading over to Aranud’s for drinks. The lovely ladies of Tales of the Cocktail have been generous enough to ask me to be a judge, so tomorrow will be an afternoon of careful cocktail appraisal. Their office is next to my own, and we have been working together on fund raising efforts for the Ashley Morris Fund, yet despite knowing me they asked anyway. Brave or foolhardy, you be the judge.

If you’re not familiar with them click the banner below and check out their website:

The second is an odd bit of internet flotsam. I noticed a trackback in the site log that appeared to be brand new, yet when I followed it I got a surprise. Evidently my yearly anti-caterpillar rant here on the HumidCity was picked up and quoted in The New Yorker. Not only that, but the article is almost exactly a year old. I must admit to being quite amused that my words ended up there of all places not to mention puzzled at why it would take a year for a trackback to show. I’ll be damned.

Well here we we go, the last day of the first weekend. With storm clouds overhead failing to impede the enthusiasm of the masses I find myself bouncing between the stages and the WWOZ Brass Pass tent where our web team has set up the silicon. If anybody cares to read my drivel, as well as the words of various other voices ranging from WWOZ DJs to random Jazz Fest attendees, you can stop by the WWOZ Jazz Fest Blog on NOLA.com.

Once again I am acting as Blog Producer for WWOZ during Jazz Fest, so look for our posts and pictures on the Jazz Fest Blog! Come on by, leave some comments, go to the WWOZ site and tune in the stream.

Its time for some food, some music and one hell of a good time.

-Loki, HumidCity Founder�

I am firm in my opinion that George W. Bush is the worst President we have ever had. As a New Orleanian I remember too many events like his big speech on Jackson Square, lit by the only lights in the city, brought in just to illuminate his words. Lights that were taken down and shipped off immediately leaving only crocodile tears and empty promises, like Mardi Gras garbage in their wake.

I do not welcome him, I do not condone any of his actions, and his visits are always such a pain in the ass. Just ask our boys in Iraq.

Anyway, since he has decided to grace us with his prescence getting around town is going to suck. In order to help alleviate that here is a list of the downtown traffic headaches so you can try to avoid them, enjoy!

Loki, HumidCity Founder

Q:What does George W. Bush think of Rowe v. Wade?

A: He doesn’t care how people get out of New Orleans.

On Sunday, April 20, 2008, from 2:00 pm, until Tuesday, April 22, 2008, at 3:00pm, the following streets will be closed to both vehicular and pedestrian traffic. Additionally, no parking will be allowed during this time frame.

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Help Chris and Otter

Help Chris and Otter

Come out after FQF or before you hit the clubs for the night and enjoy the great art and performances on St. Claude:

L’ART NOIR NEW ORLEANS
4108 St. Claude Ave, Tel: 504.324.2489, http://www.lartnoir.com
SKIP WILLIAMSON, CHRISTINA GUSEK & THE SUBLIMATOR
Opening Reception: Saturday April 12th, 6:00pm - 11:00pm

Art by Skip Williamson and Christina Gusek, Performance by The Subliminator

“Artist Skip Williamson, (is) one of the beloved granddaddies of the nihilistic underground comics movement… Trippier than a sheet of windowpane acid, and often more political than compatriots like R. Crumb, Williamson also invented the “Playboy Funnies” section of America’s favorite lad mag.”
- Diablo Cody (Academy Award winning author of the film “Juno”.)

Chris Gusek, an artist originally from western Massachusetts. Her work is disquieting, willfully scatological and morbidly uncivilized. She’s obsessive/compulsive, a fan of Heavy Metal and her art is like Yellow Submarine meets Charles Manson if Charles Manson were female.

The Subliminator was found in a state of suspended animation in an abandoned crate by spacerock guitar ace John Pack in 2002. Col. Pack immediately installed him in his band Spaceseed, America’s premier spacerock band. He will be playing no less than five optical theramins this evening!

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The Senate Local & Municipal Affairs Committee will meet as follows:
DATE: Wednesday, February 21, 2007
TIME: 9:30 a.m.
PLACE: John J. Hainkel Room
AGENDA: Follow-up with Community Development, LRA and Dr. Blakely

Members: Senator Ann Duplessis, Vice Chair
Senator Heulette “Clo” Fontenot
Senator Lydia Jackson
Senator Tom Schedler
Senator Derrick Shepherd
Senator Mike Smith
Senator Diana Bajoie, Interim member
Senator Edwin Murray, Interim member
FROM: Senator Cleo Fields, Chairman
Senate Local and Municipal Affairs Committee
Senate #: (225) 342-2040

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[via Michelle Kimball of PRC]

Is it just me or does scheduling this on Ash Wenesday seem like a blatant attempt to pare down attendance? -Loki

Krewe du Vieux rolls through the French Quarter this evening. Let Carnival madness Comence!

Alrighty then boys and girls, now that we have worked that black and gold fever out of our bones it is once again time to turn our attention to the buerocrats who are sabotaging the recovery of our city through inaction, incompetence, and/or corruption.

With this in mind HumidCity endorses the effort known as Operation Scary Clown.

On monday please make a copy of following cover letter or compose your own. Then using the list at the end of this post fax and email copies of letter on Monday (Jan 29, 2007). We need to make them understand that we will not put up with much more of this.

January 29, 2007

Elected Officials Of Louisiana

Dear Sir or Madam We, the citizens of New Orleans, are concerned that our leadership is failing us. We are 17 months into the recovery of this great city, and feel that because of Mayor C. R. Nagin our efforts have been less than acceptable. We wonder if you, as one of our elected officials, have come to the same conclusion. We have marched against crime as a community, and we will march against lack of leadership with the same conviction. Our hope with this letter is that you join us in asking our Mayor to step down.

This is a challenge to our elected officials to stand along side us. We only ask for strong and proper leadership at a time that anything less is unacceptable. If you stand with us you can stand proud that you are giving New Orleans a chance. If you do not stand with us , we can accept that you have failed us as an elected official and it will be duly noted upon election time. Give our city a fair chance, take a stand against irresponsible leadership.

We are faxing and emailing as many elected officials that can help us save our city. We feel that a recall can and will be an option if need be. If you truly want to help, contact other elected officials and let them know that you will not stand by as our chance at recovery slips away. Time is not on our side.

Thank You for your time
Respectfully

Whoever You Are

and the list of targets-

City Council:

• Oliver M. Thomas, Jr. (President and Council Member At-Large)(504) 658-1070 Fax: (504) 658-1077O
• Arnie Fielkow (Vice-President and Council Member At-Large)Phone: (504) 658-1060 Fax: (504) 658-1068
• Shelley Midura (District A)Phone: (504) 658-1010Fax: (504) 658-1016S
• Stacy S. Head (District B)Phone: (504) 658 -1020Fax: (504) 658-1025
• James Carter (District C)Phone: (504) 658-1030Fax: (504) 658-1037
• Cynthia Hedge-Morrell (District D)Phone: (504) 658-1040Fax: (504) 658-1048
• Cynthia Willard-Lewis (District E)Phone: (504) 658-1050Fax: (504) 658-1058

House of Representatives:

• Arnold, Jeffery “Jeff” J. 4480 General DeGaulleSuite 205 New Orleans, LA 70131(504)393-5801(504)393-5809
• Badon, Austin 3212 PrytaniaNew Orleans, LA 70115 ( 504)896-1491(504)896-1412
• Bruneau, Emile “Peppi” 145 Robert E. Lee Blvd., Ste. 206 New Orleans, LA 70124-2585 (504)288-1200(504)483-4686
• Gray, Cheryl A. 1100 Poydras St., Ste. 2621 New Orleans, LA 70163(504)568-2098(504)588-2179
• Heaton, Alex 2920 Dante Street New Orleans, LA 70118 (504)865-0751(504)865-0752
• Jefferson-Bullock, Jalila 3313 S. Saratoga St., Ste. 7 New Orleans, LA 70115 (504)896-1478(504)896-1480
• LaFonta, Juan 6305 Elysian Fields Ave.Suite 207A New Orleans, LA 70122(504)282-0265(504)282-0821
• Marchand, Charmaine P. O. Box 94062 Baton Rouge, LA 70804
• Morrell, Jean-Paul J. 1660 Treasure St.Suite B New Orleans, LA 70119 (504)942-5996(504)942-5998
• Richmond, Cedric P.O. Box 44457 Baton Rouge, LA 70804 (504)242-4198(225)342-5763
• Tucker, Jim 732 Behrman Highway, Suite C-2 Terrytown, LA 70056 (504)393-5646
• Scalise, Steve 824 Elmwood Park Blvd.Suite 220 Harahan, LA 70123 (504) 888-9899(504)838-5212
• Carter, Karen R. 1215 Prytania StreetSuite 364 New Orleans, LA 70130 (504)568-8346(504)568-8405

Louisiana state Senators:

main email address: websen@legis.state.la.us Subject line: “SENATORS NAME”

• Diana E. Bajoie Post Office Box 15168New Orleans, LA 70175(504) 568-7760
• Derrick Shepherd 2009 Ames BoulevardMarrero, LA 70072 (504) 371-0263
• Julie Quinn 3330 North Causeway BoulevardSuite 438Metairie, LA 70002(504) 219-4640
• Francis C. Heitmeier 3709 General DeGaulleNew Orleans, LA 70114 (504) 361-6014
• Edwin R. Murray 1540 N. Broad St.New Orleans, LA 70119 (504) 945-0042
• Ann Duplessis P.O. Box 94183 Baton Rouge, LA 70804 (225) 342-1751Toll Free Number(866) 406-6281
• Walter J. Boasso 100 Intermodal Drive Chalmette, LA 70043(504) 270-9258Toll-free: 1-866-926-2776

US SENATORS:

• Landrieu, Mary L.-Hale Boggs Federal Building 500 Poydras StreetRoom 1005 New Orleans, LA 70130 Voice: (504) 589-2427Fax:(504) 589-4023
• Vitter, David- 2800 Veterans Blvd.,Suite 201 Metairie, LA 70002 Phone: (504) 589-2753Fax: (504) 589-2607

GovernorKathleen Blanco
Phone: 866-366-1121, 225-342-0991 or 225-342-7015 Facsimile: 225-342-7099

Xposted and rewritten from LJ New Orleans

Xposted to HumidCity MySpace (also sent as a bulletin), HumidCity, and Powers & Morrison

CHICKIE WAH WAH 6pm

THE RETURN OF THE SIDESHOW COMEDY BBQ

with P.H. FRED and the HOLY OHs
THE WILD JANUSAS, KENNETH LaFRANCE
MIKE STRECKER and WILD BILL DYKES

featuring MUSIC, STANDUP, and  BBQ “slathered”
BRISQUIT

plus free T-SHIRTS! free POSTERS!
and free copies of Fred’s book KATRINA KILLED MY MOMMA!

Do not expect any posts from me for the next several days…..

I’m pleased to announce the *Consortium of Genius*’s 10th Anniversary
Live Lecture, to be held Saturday, July 1st at the Howlin’ Wolf, located at 907 South Peters St. in New Orleans, LA.

This show will feature cameo appearances by all past members of the C.O.G., and parts of it will be taped for the Consortium of Genius’s 2nd television episode!  Our guests this time are Love Zombie , the band fronted by Filbert Snodgrass’s alter-ego Chris Flattmann.

• BE ON TV
• We need you loyal fans to show up early, to tape some crowd shots forour 2nd episode.  *HERE’S THE DEAL: *if you can make it there* before 5:00pm*, we’ll let you in for free!  Normal admission price for the night will be $5.  The first 75 people in will get a free CD or DVD!
• For this episode, we need people dressed in HEAVY METAL or BIKER styleclothing, so if you want to be on TV, dress appropriately!

Saturday, May 27
The High Ground w/ The Twats, 7pm, Metairie, LA

http://www.zydepunks.com

Friday, May 26
Kerry Irish Pub, 9pm, New Orleans, LA

http://www.johnnysketch.com