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Evacuation Thoughts
We’re back, and a lot of the city still lacks power. It seems odd that power problems aren’t solved on a neighborhood by neighborhood basis, but that seems to be […]
A Quick Question
I’m in Pontchatoula without power and working off a battery power, so I don’t have time to search the Internet for the answer to a question. Has anybody heard anything […]
On the Road Again
Yesterday I semi-evacuated to Pontchatoula, getting 45 minutes out of town and to a slightly more removed vantage point. With the slight shift in track to the east of Vermilion […]
Putting the “vice” in Vice-President, and Katrina
Oliver Wang at Poplicks.com posted a picture and analysis of John McCain’s running mate, Sarah Palin. And his photo of New Orleans on the anniversary of Katrina reminds that this […]
Need to Feel a Little Righteous Indignation?
Read “Not Ready for Gustav,” an editorial in today’s New York Times: Three years after Hurricane Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast, residents there are nervously watching the progress of Tropical […]
More Katrina at the DNC
Last night, it was nice to hear Katrina mentioned twice in Barack Obama’s speech. Still not enough in my books, but it’s something. A friend who saw my fretting of […]
A Reason to Wish the Storm Away
Like we actually need any, one of my favorite bands from this year’s SXSW – Dark Meat – will play the Saturn Bar Halloween night. Dark Meat is a 16-piece […]
To Be Fair …
Since I’ve been ripping on the Democratic National Convention for its use of muzak pop-funk – Really? Are we really the party of banal music? Seriously? – it’s only fair […]
More Musicians, More Muzak
Yesterday, the members of Papa Grows Funk – minus john Gros – flew back from Denver after playing a convention afterparty. Also, Irma Thomas played an Etown-sponsored show with David […]
More Music in Denver
I’ve written a little about music in Denver in the last few days, but I haven’t written about music at the convention, which so far seems to be at best […]
