HumidCity

This new year marks a number of changes for Humid City, starting with the addition of our new Marigny Correspondent Lord David. A strong and eloquent voice within the community, David has been using his extensive email list to bring news and opinion to the people of NOLA. In the wake of his most recent guest post here he has decided to join the team as a regular contributor. His take no prisoners attitude will be a valued addition to our efforts in the fight for our city. Look for his posts in the near future!

We will also be adding new static pages to act as a repository for useful info/links, suggestions on what you would like to see are always welcome!

In addition there is a potential revamp of the site coming up, mainly to put an end to the issues reported to me by people browsing it using Internet Explorer. If you are experiencing any oddball formatting issues or display problems wth the site please notify me directly via email.

Monday morning I will be a guest on BBC radio once again, this time to address the insanity of our current crime. I will post details and links as soon as I have them.

As expected, it is getting deep now that the Anniversary weekend is here, on top of which I have been physically ill lately. A nurse friend tells me its probably stress related. Big surprise. Anyway, since I am behind on posting (as well as everything else) I am going to collate everything into one post now. Please pardon the abbreviated format.

• Rising Tide - this is a must do! Go take a look at the guests and attendees, that should crystallize your decision. If not read Adrastos’ list of Ten Reasons To Go
• Mayor Wonka has exceeded the stupidity of his, “chocolate city,” remarks by making some pretty inflamatory statements about 9-11 Stybbie over at Nation of Morons will have to supply the vitriol, I am too worn out.
• As the Anniversary looms so does another probable hurricane in the Gulf. Joy. I miss the days when an oncoming hurricane meant having to stock the bar and buy extra candles….
• The Geek Dinner II- man it was a success, but I fear it was also what pushed my health over the edge. Many of the usual suspects were there along with a wonderful array of new faces. It was brilliant finally meeting Ernie the Attorney, who it seems knows some of my family. Likewise GBitch was a grea new face to add to our rogues galley. A majority of the NOLABloggers were there although we did miss Maitri who was having fun flying to Toronto at the time (Don’t worry she did not bring any toothpaste and as a result made it through without being incarcerated).The list of pissed off and motivated bloggers continues to grow. My pics from the dinner are here.
• The BBC did interviews with Alan from ThinkNOLA, Kalypso, and myself. To listen to the broadcast you’ll either need to listen live between 8 and 9pm Central Time on Monday OR the archive goes up the next day - click on listen link in the sidebar at http://blogs.bbc.co.uk/podsandblogs
• Rocky Vaccarella is a traitor to New Orleans. His FEMA trialer visit to DC and comments about wanting four more years of Bush we elegantly staged, but he has GOP roots and questionable motives. Gee, a photo-op as spin control from the Bush Administration? No….. See the Carpetbagger Report for more disturbing details.
• Midsummer Mardi Gras looms Saturday night. Last year we missed it because we had just crystallized our decision to flee Katrina. This year we will not miss it, bad health or not.
• On the Anniversay I will be doing radio interviews for the Mike Malloy Show on Air America as well as on Channel 4 Radio News for the UK. Details will go up as soon as they are worked out.

That is all I have the energy for this morning. I had meant to expand upon each of these points, but I am wiped out. I’m off to write some websites for a gig I have and then get some rest so I can be ready for Rising Tide (did I mention that you should go?).

Finally home after the clean up. Pics are up on Flickr here. Will write more manana, but it was quite good. Several new faces and voices added to the mix. I am exhausted but highly pleased. BBC interviews went well, will have link up as soon as they send me one.

Well the BBC has arranged to interview a few of the local bloggers this evening at the Geek Dinner. Victims will be: Alan from ThinkNOLA, Kalypso, and myself.BBC - Radio Five Live - Pods and Blogs