Mardi Gras Mom-Bo
As part of our ongoing Carnival coverage here is a guest post contributed by Heather Penden. While it is not quite our usual fare if...
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Joseph Konert, Muralist. When asked about himself he responded: ” I am walking in unwavering faith ! “
read moreKrewe Du Vieux: Spanked #Throu...
We are kicking off a new series of videos, Carnival Under Glass, with an inside look at Krewe du Vieux. I had the honor of being...
read moreComic Con Under Glass
Here we go, kids, the New Orleans Comic Con coverage has arrived! Three days of shooting video and interviews through Google Glass is...
read moreMarv Wolfman Under Glass
So I was walking along on the Saturday of Comic Con and came across Chris Claremont’s table. While he was expressing his...
read moreIs L.A. > LA when paying to...
In October 2013, I left the place I love (New Orleans) abruptly to focus my time and attention on a person I love (my father, as his...
read moreLinda Hamilton, Google Glass, ...
As we compile the photos and Glass videos shot today I decided I could not honorably leave you hanging. Here is a teaser of some of...
read moreTrial by Twitter
I’ve spent way too much time on the tweeter tube following the C Ray Nagin follies this week. Since I’ve had a hard time...
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It’s that time of year again! Comic Con New Orleans is upon us! As we wait for the doors to open late this afternoon lets kick...
read moreOne is the Mitchiest Number Re...
It’s tempting to call this the dullest New Orleans election since I moved here in 1987 but Marc Morial’s re-election in...
read moreMalaka Of The Week: Drew Ward
This is a feature I’ve been doing for years. First at my former eponymous blog and now at First Draft. Malaka is a Greek word...
read moreUndercover Brother
I posted this over at First Draft on Friday so it has some extra exposition but I thought I’d bring it here as well. I have...
read moreArtists POV: Ryan Ballard of C...
Time for another dose of the New Orleans perspective. This time we put the Google Glass on Ryan Ballard, Space Commander...
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Cum On Feel The Noize Ordinanc...
I’m sorry I missed the demonstration against the noise ordinance. It was really more of a defenestration since the bill was...
read moreThe Festivus Election
It’s been a dull and somewhat dispiriting campaign for those of us who follow NOLA politics for its entertainment value. I live...
read moreLong Division
Last Episode… The Saints can’t win on the road. Or outdoors. In cold weather. Yeah, I guess you told me… Saints 27 – 507...
read moreA Stanton Moore Drum Lesson Fr...
Thanks to a happenstance connection when I was following up on a press release about something else entirely I managed to create a...
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Last Episode… Here we are in Week 18, the Wild Card round of the 2013 NFL Playoffs. All you kids yammering on and on last week about...
read moreTabby Thomas, R.I.P.
I went to LSU in the 1980’s and hated most things about Baton Rouge. One of my favorite places there was Tabby’s Blues...
read moreYou’re The Reason Our Ki...
Last Episode… Sean Payton made drastic changes to the New Orleans Saints roster after a miserable game in St Louis in which the team...
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Why A Duck?
The post title comes from a classic bit of dialogue between Groucho and Chico Marx in Cocoanuts. Chico was a master of malaprops,...
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