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A little somthing from our dear friends and allies at Defend New Orleans, check it out! Hat Tip to Scott for pointing it out!
-Loki, HumdCity Founder
Saturday is it! A huge date on the calendar during which Rising Tide, Dirty Cost Press and the Big Easy Rollergirls Present:
FYYFF It’s Black and Gold Forever
A Fund-raiser for the Ashley Morris Memorial Foundation
Featuring:
The Big Easy Roller Girls, The Other Planets , Simon Lott, Helen Gillet, Justin Peake , Diamond Kinkade, Fleur de Tease “Nude Is Nice” performance, Supa Saint, Art for sale/auction/raffle by NOLA Rising, T Shirts and gear from Defend New Orleans and illustrious services of emcee Andrew Ward - The Reverend Pysch Ward, who was last seen at O’Dark Thirty in the morning kicking off the NOLA Running of the Bulls.
BUT WAIT, THERE’S MORE!
You see the fine folks at NOLA Rising have agreed to re-purpose their art party earlier in the day into creating fresh art for the evening to help raise funds. Come by, grab a paintbrush and join in the fun. Ashley Morris loved this city and its community more than words can express. Come and BE a part of that community.
When? Saturday, July 26th, from noon until sunset. Yep, the dog days of summer. No one said living in New Orleans during the summer is nice.
Where? XO Studios in the Marigny. 2833 Dauphine at the corner of Press (right where the train tracks are)
Why? Why not? We love our community, we love to paint, we love to be a part of something that is uniquely New Orleans. You don’t have to be an artist to come and join us. In fact, most of the best talents we’ve discovered had never even picked up a brush in their entire life.
(Proceeds from the raffle and the auction as well as the T-Shirts will be donated by the Morris family to the Ashley Morris Memorial Foundation which will be used to present FYYFF Awards at later dates.)
Please share this message through your MySpace Bulletins, email lists, and blogs. Be part of the community!
For those of you who aren’t familiar with Ashley Morris and his contribution to this city’s Cast of Colorful Characters or of his devotion to The Saints:
Chris Rose: We’ll miss the Blogger next door
The Ashely Morris Blog
Remember Ashley Morris
Dirty Coast Press, The Rising Tide and the Big Easy Roller Girls Present:
FYYFF It’s Black and Gold Forever
A Fund-raiser for the Ashley Morris Memorial Foundation
Featuring:
The Big Easy Roller Girls
The Other Planets
Simon Lott, Helen Gillet, Justin Peake , Diamond Kinkade,
Fleur de Tease “Nude Is Nice” performance
Supa Saint
and emcee Andrew Ward - The Reverend Pysch Ward.
DEFEND NEW ORLEANS T-Shirts
Proceeds from the raffle and the auction as well as the T-Shirts will be donated by the Morris family to the Ashley Morris Memorial Foundation which will be used to present FYYFF Awards at later dates.
One-Eyed Jacks
Saturday July 26
Doors 8p
$10 cover
Please help spread the word. Anyone with donations of art for the raffle or auction please contact Loki at HumidCity
Come on out today and join us fr the Sisth Alternative Media Expo at the Contemporary Arts Center! Look for Loki drifting between the Defend New Orleans and AuthorViews tables! See Jac form Defend New Orleans in a suit! See Leo McGovern in person and determine for your self whether he is only a cartoon character in After the Deluge!
Hurry, Hurry, Hurry, Step Right Up and see the most amazing array of non mainstream media ever gathered in New Orleans!
| The Alternative Media Expo is in its sixth installment and features over 85 exhibitors with ‘zines, comics, photography, t-shirts, web design, films, blogs and other media. |
The first 150 paid attendees will receive a FREE swag bag from the New Orleans Craft Mafia!
What is the Expo? It’s an event that’s much like a trade show and set up like a comic convention–exhibitors show everything from ‘zines and comics to handmade clothing, jewelry and crafts to photography, paintings, t-shirts and films.
If you’re a fan of alternative media, you’ll love the Expo–where else can you find all these things under one roof?
If you’re a media-maker, it’s the perfect opportunity to expose an interested audience to your work, as well as a great chance to network with like-minded individuals.
Special Guests:A.D.: New Orleans After the Deluge and American Splendor artist Josh Neufeld!
Notes from New Orleans author Deborah Cotton
SPONSORS:
Humid Beings, Dirty Coast, the Charitable Film Network, Static TV, the New Orleans Craft Mafia, ANTIGRAVITY and Defend New Orleans
Committed exhibitors:
AuthorViews, 504 Whatstyle, A Year At the Wheel.com, Alicia Devora, Alternatives Magazine, American New Wave Media Group, Amy Davis Photography, Antigravity Magazine, ArtVoices Magazine, Ashe’ Cultural Arts Center, AuthorViews/HumidCity, Backporch Revolution, Baretta Vendetta, Bidonville Book and Paper Collective, Bizer Law, Black Rain Press, B.L.A.K. Pearl, Bluebird-Art, Brinson Gottshalk Productions, Caesar Meadows, Chainmaille Jewelry by Draillia, Chance Cenac 3-D Acyrlic Paintings, Charitable Film Network, Christina Zendt, Circular Accessories, City Hustlers, Claverie Crafts, C.O.G., Constance, Contemporary Cowrie, Corey Sanders, Curious Tribe, Dead Squirrel Girl, Deep South Samizdat Books, Defend New Orleans, Dirty Coast, dismantled designs, Dreamer 76, El MacFearsome Comic Squares, Etsy New Orleans, Flambeaux Deigns, Goodchildren Carnival Club, greenKangaroo, Gypsy Charms Jewelry/M. Bevis, High Voltage Youth Media Camp, Hip-Hop Teen Magazine, Homegrown Designs/SimplePlay Production, Humid Beings, Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, Icon Studios, Inkwell Press, Iron Rail Book Collective, Jeff Pastorek, Jeremy the Alien, Joey Jones Productions, Josh Neufeld, Kagen Water, Katrina Warriors, Kelly Jarvis, Killers of Kind, Kody Chamberlain, Lucid SFX Development, Magazine Metals, Mana Media, Media Underground Comics, Mardi Gras Service Corps, Maria Fomich, Michelle Lance, Morcos Media, Ms. Placed, Natural Awakenings Magazine, New Orleans Craft Mafia, New Orleans Film Society, Newcomb College Center for Research on Women, Nob Glass, NOLA Fugees, NOLA Party Productions, NOLA Rising, Nueveau, Photography by Emily, R. Scott Taylor and Chris Matherne, Rising Tide Bloggers Conference, Rotten Pathway Through the Digestive Track, Seraphemera Books, Sound Café/Beth’s Books, Spike Vessels, Static TV, Terror Optics, Third World Mojo, Toby Craig, The Trumpet, Truth Universal, Unique Products, UNO Filmmakers, Vance Kelly, Voodoo Maverick, WTUL, YES! (YMCA Educational Services), Zack Smith…the list is growing!
Questions? E-mail expo@antigravitymagazine.com!
FILM LINEUP (Coordinated by Static TV):
2pm—Films by DNO Videos
3pm—Films of Jason Affolder
4pm—Films by New Orleans Xposed’s Jody Smith
5pm—Films by Terror Optics
POST-PARTY: Jock Se Bloque @ Saturn Bar
Loki
Founder, HumidCity
Digital Outreach, Defend New Orleans
A New Defend New Orleans Installation has launched, check it out! -Loki
Our video brother Drew has set up a website featuring documentary-style footage on the REAL new orleans, not the file footage seen over and over again on CNN. so check out his website, www.dnovideo.com, and give him some props, feedback, whatever.
massive party coming up in a week or two. we’ll let you know more of the details soon.
thanks kids,
Brian
Gee whiz, golly! The Corps installed faulty pumps in New Orleans to make up for their failed levees! Everyone who is surprised please raise your hands…
Yup, thought so.
From Yahoo News via the AP wire:
NEW ORLEANS - The Army Corps of Engineers, rushing to meet
’s promise to protect New Orleans by the start of the 2006 hurricane season, installed defective flood-control pumps last year despite warnings from its own expert that the equipment would fail during a storm, according to documents obtained by The Associated Press.
The Churchillian verbiage of the infamous Speech at Jackson Square continues to prove that talk, no matter how lordly, is cheap. I guess I shouldn’t be surprised, the US seems to have declared war on the city. Granted we have our own batch of lackwits running the show, but the Federal efforts seem almost deliberately geared towards stamping us out under the guise of assisting us.
We lived here because we were told by the Army Corps of Engineers that it was safe within certain parameters. That was a lie. The Cat 5 part of the storm ht the MS gulf coast and obliterated it. The winds that hit New Orleans were clocked at Cat 2, one level below what the levees were supposed to be rated for. They failed. “Act of God, ” try “Act of Man.”
So our supposed protection, promised before last hurricane season has been provided by these pumps:
The pumps failed less-strenuous testing than the original contract
called for, according to the memo. Originally, each of the 34 pumps was
to be “load tested” — made to pump water — but that requirement for all
the pumps was dropped, the memo said.Of eight pumps that were load tested, one was turned on for a few
minutes and another was run at one-third of operating pressure, the
memo said. Three of the other load-tested pumps “experienced
catastrophic failure,” Garzino wrote.
What is it going to take for pink slips to start being issued? Or even better, we make it law that members of the Corps, politicians, and mebers of the Levee Board have to live in house that back directly up to the levess.
This is not simple dishonesty, these are people’s lives! Something has got to give, we need a serious change in the way these people are paid, contracted, and held accountable for works that directly affect the lives of an entire city.
One of my favorite little details, one I will end on, is about the company that made the pumps (a company that still got 80% of the mony for the job). They have *GASP*connections to the Bush family:
MWI is owned by J. David Eller and his sons. Eller was once a business partner of former Florida Gov.
Jeb Bush
in a venture called Bush-El that marketed MWI pumps. And Eller has
donated about $128,000 to politicians, the vast majority of it to the
Republican Party, since 1996, according to the Center for Responsive
Politics.MWI has run into trouble before. The U.S. Justice Department sued
the company in 2002, accusing it of fraudulently helping Nigeria obtain
$74 million in taxpayer-backed loans for overpriced and unnecessary
water-pump equipment. The case has yet to be resolved.Because of the trouble with the New Orleans pumps, the Corps has
withheld 20 percent of the MWI contract, including an incentive of up
to $4 million that the company could have collected if it delivered the
equipment in time for the 2006 hurricane season.
xposted on HumidCity, DefendNOLA, LJ New Orleans, Powers and Morrison
Just a short update: I have been brought in as a member of the Board of Directors for Defend New Orleans, which is keeping me mind numbingly busy as I get up to speed on things. I should have some more regular posting in the next day or so.
Lots of news coming, we are working on getting everything rolling to begin doing some serious projects under the Defend NOLA banner within the next few weeks.
Sunday I will be at The Big Top manning the Defend New Orleans Table and helping support the efforts of the New Orleans Craft Mafia. Come on by and say hello. For those of you who wish some details here is the press release:
Who: The New Orleans Craft Mafia presents…
What: Crescent City Craft Market – Spring/Women’s History Month Edition
Where: The Big Top Gallery (1638 Clio St. – 504-569-2700)
When: 2 – 6pm Sunday, March 11, 2007
Further Info: http://www.neworleanscraftmafia.com
CELEBRATE WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH AND THE COMING OF SPRING WITH THE NEW
ORLEANS CRAFT MAFIA AT THE CRESCENT CITY CRAFT MARKET, SUNDAY MARCH
11TH, 2007
Hot on the heels of a feature write-up in the March issue of Antigravity Magazine and several members’ mentions in the Saturday, March 3rd edition of the Times-Picayune, the New Orleans Craft Mafia’s new monthly indie/alternative art and craft bazaar The Crescent City Craft Market is back for a March installment, celebrating Women’s History Month as well as the coming of one of our favorite seasons in New Orleans, Spring. Springtime fashions, jewelry, accessories, home décor and other handmade goods will abound.
Taking place on Sunday, March 11th, the same day we set our clocks ahead an hour to switch to Daylight Savings Time, the Crescent City Craft Market will be from 2-6pm at the Big Top art gallery (1638 Clio Street, off St. Charles near Lee Circle). DJ Lingerie will be spinning festive party tunes, and participating NOCM members include: art by mags!, Claverie Crafts, dismantled designs, greenKangaroo, and Unique Products, along with guest vendors Miss Karina, KOKO Crafts, Christine Wright, Patricia Loureiro, and Inexplicable Confetti. (Links to all NOCM members\’ and guest vendors’ websites can be found at: http://www.neworleanscraftmafia.com)
The Crescent City Craft Market takes place the second Sunday of every month from 2-6pm at the Big Top, showcasing the handmade crafty wares of not only the New Orleans Craft Mafia\’s own members, but also a rotating cast of guest vendors from the city and beyond.
The goal of the CCCM is to offer an alternative to the more conventional, upscale art markets around town, hopefully fostering more of sense of community amongst up-and-coming, edgier artists, designers, indie crafters and like-minded DIYers. Guest entertainers, snacks and other activities are planned for each market, and it\’s always FREE to get in.
Future dates for the Crescent City Craft Market include April 8th and May 13th. Indie crafters, designers, artists and other DIY types interested in applying to be a guest vendor can fill out an application here: http://www.neworleanscraftmafia.com/monthlymarketapplication.htm.
The New Orleans Craft Mafia formed in June 2005 and consists of several independent artists in a variety of media: jewelry, clothing, accessories, home decor, journals, and more. The group models itself after the original Craft Mafia in Austin, Texas, where a small group of talented ladies joined together to support each other in their crafty business endeavors. Interest grew across the U.S. and Craft Mafias have been popping up all over the vendors Miss Karina, KOKO Crafts, Defend New Orleans, Christine Wright, Patricia Loureiro, and Inexplicable Confetti. (Links to all NOCM members’ and guest vendors’ websites can be found at:
http://www.neworleanscraftmafia.com)
The Crescent City Craft Market takes place the second Sunday of every month from 2-6pm at the Big Top, showcasing the handmade crafty wares of not only the New Orleans Craft Mafia’s own members, but also a rotating cast of guest vendors from the city and beyond.
The goal of the CCCM is to offer an alternative to the more conventional, upscale art markets around town, hopefully fostering more of sense of community amongst up-and-coming, edgier artists, designers, indie crafters and like-minded DIYers. Guest entertainers, snacks and other activities are planned for each market, and it’s always FREE to get in.
Future dates for the Crescent City Craft Market include April 8th and May 13th. Indie crafters, designers, artists and other DIY types interested in applying to be a guest vendor can fill out an application here:
http://www.neworleanscraftmafia.com/monthlymarketapplication.htm.
The New Orleans Craft Mafia formed in June 2005 and consists of several independent artists in a variety of media: jewelry, clothing, accessories, home decor, journals, and more. The group models itself after the original Craft Mafia in Austin, Texas, where a small group of talented ladies joined together to support each other in their crafty business endeavors. Interest
grew across the U.S. and Craft Mafias have been popping up all over the
The NOCM is also currently accepting applications for new members. Information on applying can be found online at:
http://www.neworleanscraftmafia.com/membership.html.
For more information about the NOCM in general, visit our website at:http://www.neworleanscraftmafia.com.
The NOCM is also currently accepting applications for new members.
Information on applying can be found online at:
http://www.neworleanscraftmafia.com/membership.html.
For more information about the NOCM in general, visit our website at:
http://www.neworleanscraftmafia.com.
Loki interviews Jac from Defend New Orleans.
Watch out for the upcoming alliance between Defend New Orleans and Humid City, we have plans!