HumidCity

It is common knowledge that I am not a fan of sports in general. Simply a matter of taste. Even I am aware fo the fact that it is football season, mainly because Twitter is awash with sports comments. That being the case I have decided that it is time to drag one out of the archives just for the Saints. This is slightly more hazardous now as the person lampooned currently has posting access here. (Nah, not really, I’m the admin.)

So without further ado here’s one from the archives, HumidCity’s very own cheerleader:

-Loki, Founder HumidCity

Some of our readers may well have noticed that once again a new crop of authors are appearing on the blog. You see, HumidCity is an organic community that continually grows and shifts. While I remain the dictatorial overlord the cast of characters goes through a pretty consistent state of flux.

Rooted firmly in the “pass the mic” ethos of the hip-hop scene we try to bring in new voices that we beieve need to be heard. Unlike the well known Metroblogging sites we do not make any money from the effort. As a pro blogger I wholeheartedly support being paid for my words, it is what keeps a roof over my wife’s head. I also believe that there are times when purity of message requires a removal of profit motive. HumidCity exists perpetually in one of those times: post levee failure New Orleans.

That said  would like to share the current roster of internet reprobates that have agreed to share their wit, wisdom, rants, and perspectives with you.  As always the list of active authors will change as people join and leave. I’m going to try to recap the current culprits monthly (we’ll see how that works out…)

• Bigezbear
• Dirtysouthbureau
• Editor B
• GBitch
• George Ingmire
• Liprap
• Lord David
• Loki, Founder (Me!)
• Louis Maistros
• M Styborski
• Maitri
• NOLARising
• PH Fred
• Kami Patterson
• Rachelle Matherne
• Greg Peters
• Eli Ackerman
• Wet Bank Guy

[EDIT: I am a clod. I completely forgot that the madcap snarking of Adrastos will also be found here on occassion. Omission now rectified. -Loki the clod]

As always, these voices are brought to you free of censorship by HumidCity. Please go check out their blogs, especially if you live outside of the New Orleans area. It will be infuriating and educational, I promise!

-Loki, Founder HumidCity

Yes, thats right, HumidCity is moving to Portland, OR. Not only that but we leave this weekend, at least the ones and zeros do.

After two and a half years of hosting kindly donated by ThinkNOLA the HumidCity site will be relocated to servers owned by Green Tangerine Media, who are also being quite kind to us. ThinkNOLA is shutting its doors. The team writing are still in New Orleans, the attitude is still in New Orleans, but our servers will be outside the storm zone.

I am stressing this for a few reasons, first of which is the fact that we may end up with some dead time during the change. It can sometimes take a day or two for the address to map to the new server. In other words while I hope there won’t be any, the possibility of down time is one to be aware of. The move will be late at night on Friday so there will be no new blog posts from dinner time on.

In addition, those of you following on Feedburner or through Feedblitz will need to add us again after the move. The feedburner account is ThinkNOLA’s and we cannot take it with us.

I’m letting you all know about this in advance because the memory of our three days of downtime a few months back haunts me. It haunts me I tell you!

Look for some major improvements to the site in the near future!

-Loki, HumidCity 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!

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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 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

Spammers, hackers, and scumbags have crash the site of one of my personal favorite voices in the local blogosphere: Gbitch. Not being one to allow the vile creatures win I have offered her sanctuary here on HumidCity until they can undo the damage. Be warned, my favorite angry African American female is about to assume her place here while in exile. (Bringing up the quality levels of our offering to you in the process.)

You will be seeing several new voices appear in the next few weeks as we begin our expansion of the site to include more new voices and perspectives from around our Humid City. Stay tuned, folks. The fun is only just beginning!

-Loki

Alrighty then…

It has been a bit since I have been able to post much due to a massive over inflation of my schedule (read: work, lots of it!). I do want to take a few moments and thank reader Barnzey who has left me several comments recently.

It seems that in my prior posting about David Vitter I spread some misinformation, which I would now like to put right. I did go to De La Salle High School with one of the Vitters, and I could swear the first name was David, but it was actually Paul. I would ike to herewith retract comments made in my posts about the character of David Vitter as based on personal experience, I was remembering a sibling of his.

That said, my comments and posts about his public behaviour and his political posturing remain unaltered. Recent news has borne out my assertions of hypocracy and idiocy on his part better than anything I have written. He is, quite simply, still an utter ass and has no place in public office.

I would also like to encourage fact checking readers out there to continue to assist me by leaving comments and sources whenever they see me accidentally dispense misinformation. I will never take such comments at face value, for anyone can make an assertion with or without factual basis, but I will follow up and recent if that is required to maintain the standard of honesty I require.

Thanks Barnzey!

Well folks, posting has been slow, I will not lie. Things here in the Big UnEasy has been tumultuous to say the least. I have been buried in work doing construction during the day and web development/wedding plans at night.

Soooo……. Since I will be increasingly out of action and posting more sporadically I am opening up HumidCity as a group blog. I am giving the Legendary PH Fred posting access this coming week so steel yourselves for the satirical onslaught. Check out the article in the current Offbeat about him for more background!

offBeat :: Fresh :: The Best Medicine
“Katrina killed my mom,” says New Orleans comedian/musician P.H. Fred’s MySpace page. In fact, his mother died of natural causes in an old folks’ home shortly before the levees gave way. What Katrina did do was send him on a month-and-a-half-long odyssey to find her body.

“Every day we were told, ‘We have no idea who Mrs. Catherine Schneider is,’” Fred remembers. “Six weeks into it, I got a phone call [from FEMA]. They said, ‘We have your mother’s body.’” It turns out they had her body all along but said they couldn’t tell him because “it was a matter of national security.”

In addition, I cannot say if or how often you might see posts from her but I have also given posting access to the mighty Maitri. You have been warned!