Humid City founder, George (Loki) Williams has been hanging out with some heavyweights in the Big Apple. I hope he’ll still speak to us little people after meeting Geraldo Rivera. I’ve heard that shaking Geraldo’s hand leads to an inflated ego and a sudden desire to grow a porn star mustache. I hope it doesn’t happen to our Loki but ya never know…
Thats right, all your worst fears realized! I, Loki that is, was interviewed on Air America last night. Kevin Moreau once called me a “carnival barker’s megaphone aimed at a complacent citizenry,” now you can judge for yourself.
Humid City caught the eye of the folks over at the Mike Malloy Show and they contacted me about doing an interview for their begining of Hurricane Season show, little did I realize that I was going to be on air for the better part of an hour! Now, 24 hours later an archive is up so those of you who desire to can hear it in all its acidic glory. Go toThe White Rose Society - Mike Malloy Show Page and scroll down until you see the June 1st, 2006 show, then just click the link! (Warning to those with slow connections, it is a 30.8 MB MP3 file)
EDIT: The Interview begins 30 minutes into the show. FYI
Humid City started out as an entertainment and events site for the local New Orleans area, since the advent of Katrina it has evolved into a networking point for refugees to share resources, discuss our future, and mobilize as activists to ensure that the governmental malfeasance on all levels during this disaster does not escape accountability. There is one aspect that has been neglected recently which I view as being just as important: oral history.
This is history. I believe that it is important that we document our thoughts and feeling as things progress. Personal stories and viewpoints need to be recorded now, while they are still fresh. Unlike previous generations we can create an inside view of what this time has been like for the people in the middle of it, not just the dry perspectives of those writing books about it from a distance.
I have been inspired in the regard both by the StoryCorps. Project on NPR and by my fiancee’s mother who is a Prof. in the Folklore Dept. of Indiana University.
Please continue to post resources for both survival and activism, but also please post your personal tales and thoughts. This goes for both our volunteer staff and those who post their comments. To quote Merlin in the movie Excalibur, “It is the doom of men that they forget.”
Let us join together and document what living through these times is like.
Please post your stories and thoughts, and if you are interested in joining us on a regular basis email me (george.williams.iv (at) gmail.com). Keep posting resources and political info, but also help us to create a window into thee times for those who will come after us!
Look for Podcasts from the front lines soon, I have just set up a local teacher with podcasting capabilty and she will be reporting from within the New Orleans area in the near future (thanks Cheryl!)
Attention Staff: If you wish to do Podcasts email me and I will set you up so you can do it from any cellphone.