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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

I get really sick of hearing about how the corruption here is “the worst.” While I could point to any number of places (Chicago, anyone?) I think this wonderful investigative report on the Texas news should help settle the issue pretty reasonably. Watching the video of legislators voting multiple times, often using the vote buttons of absentee members (not necessarily of their own party) which is in flagrant violation of the law.

So remember kids, when someone starts trying to act all lily white and blameless about corruption outside of New Orleans, just sit them down to watch this.

EDIT: this just in- Detroit Mayor Ordered to Jail. I see MI is setting an example that I hope we follow…..

-Loki, HumidCity Founder

Here you go people, a little hard rocking goodness from the Crescent City. Several years ago, prior to HumidCity, I ran an operation called The Silver Machine (you can see the article about it in Kingfish Magazine by following the link in the side bar.) The Silver Machine was a non profit web portal and production company geared towards exposing the cutting edge of art and music in the city. At that point it seemed as though the traditions were secure due to constant efforts by WWOZ, Jazz Fest, and other organizations, so I worked with bluegrass, death metal, indie rock, and other homegrown varietals that are not usually as easily accessible to those from outside the city.

It was in those days that I had the distinct pleasure of meeting Keith Hajjar, a ferocious percussionist and pillar of the indie music scene here in town. Long story short I ran into Kieth at Poet’s Gallery during White Linen NIght the other evening and he told me he is playing with The Bad Off now. This was already a band on my “to see soon” list, hearing of his involvement simply affirmed this.

This morning he sent a link to their new video, Bomb Drop, and I have to say it is sheer dynamite, Jimmy Walker caliber explosive expletives here. I have not been quite so happy with a indie rock sound since Orange Eye stopped playing back before the storm. Since YouTube and WordPress do not play well together at the moment you will have to settle for a link. Check it out, this is some hard groovin, kick ass music…

Stay tuned as I will be talking to Keith and the boys about doing an interview here on HumidCity in the not too distant future. In the meantime, quit dawdling and just press play! Its just the thing to take your mind off of Tropical Storm Edouard!

-Loki, HumidCity Founder

Three cheers for our own Andrea Garland, coordinator of the St. Claude Arts District and HumidCity cultural contributor! The SCADNOLA is finally getting a small bit of the limelight it so richly deserves, check out this video from NOLA.com (if you are reading this on a feed and cannot see the video just click through to HumidCity where it is embedded):

-Loki, HumidCity Founder

Now this is something wonderful. A new series of locally produced video shorts featuring two old partners in crime of mine: Wild Bill Dykes, who suffered the Blues with me many late nights; and Lewis D’Aubin aka Dr. Milo Thaddeus Pinkerton III the founder and leader of the Consortium of Genius.

The topic is gaming. Old fashioned table top RPG gaming of the Dungeons and Dragons variety. Since I write a lot of gaming material myself and run a weekly game I think its great. Your mileage may vary, but any gamer will feel as though they were hit with Tasha’s Hideous Laughter…

Dice Jockeys, its a natural 20!

-Loki, HumidCity Founder