Just finished one of my weekly walks through the French Market Flea Market from a meeting, where I ran into my old friend and vendor Oscar. Oscar is the guy who makes the iridescent earrings, jewelry, fridge magnets and various handcrafted tchotchkes and sells them from his kiosk in the Market. I met Oscar when [...]
Tag Archives: New Orleans Saints
Mark Ingram, Patrick Peterson on the LSU-Alabama Rivalry
January 9, 2012 – 10:25 am
Last night, Mark Ingram and Patrick Peterson hosted “Rock the Night presents The Crystal Ball”, a pre-party for tonight’s BCS Championship Game with some of the proceeds benefiting a local Veterans Affairs group. Former LSU and Alabama players including Marcell Dareus (Alabama), Justin Vincent (LSU), and Joseph Addai (LSU) attended. The players predicted tonight’s winner [...]
Gypsyphonic Disko Remixes “Halftime (Stand Up and Get Crunk)” Balkan-Style
January 7, 2012 – 4:01 pm
A new remix by Gypsyphonic Disko (Ben Ellman and DJ Quickie Mart) always inspires a celebration, but this time it’s a celebration that’s inspiring a new Gypsyphonic remix. Just in time for the start of the New Orleans Saints’ NFC playoff run against the Detroit Lions tonight comes a Balkanized version of the Saints anthem [...]
Saints, Tigers Lead to Cee Lo, Nevilles, Cowboy Mouth
January 6, 2012 – 1:01 pm
Hosting an NFL Wild Card Weekend football game and the BCS Championship Game in the same weekend has many advantages, one of which is the quality of music around town. Saturday afternoon, Cowboy Mouth will perform at Champions Square starting at 3 p.m. before the Saints-Lions game. They’ll be followed at 4:45 by Karma, and [...]
Back to the Playoffs and 504 Connect
January 6, 2012 – 9:56 am
Brian Boyles’ December story on the phenomenon of Saints songs in 2009 started before a game this season when he was DJ’ing at Handsome Willy’s (as he’ll be Saturday afternoon) and played “Saints Anthem” by 504 Connect. I’d never heard it before, and he explained that someone from the group brought in a home-burned CD [...]
Saints Nuns
December 1, 2011 – 12:09 am
Photographer: Philip Gould New Orleans was on a high like no other when the city celebrated its beloved Saints playing in the Super Bowl last year. It was a moment of deliverance. Finally New Orleanians could rise above the pervasive sense of purgatory that had afflicted their beloved city since before Hurricane Katrina. [...]
Through the Checkpoint to the Information Cave
November 29, 2011 – 11:19 am
There was a lot to love in last night’s Saints win, but time for two non-game-related notes: – I’ve vented before about my irritation with the information blackout in the Mercedes-Benz Superdome, but last night when Will Herring made the interception in the end zone, there was no replay. I remember it as an athletic [...]
YouTube du Jour: Better Than Ezra
November 27, 2011 – 9:02 am
Gleason Gras takes place this afternoon at Champions Square starting at 11 a.m., and it’s headlined by Better Than Ezra, who’ll perform with Collective Soul’s Ed Roland. Here’s BTE in 2009′s partially animated video for “Absolutely Still” from the band’s Paper Empire album. The Gleason Gras schedule is as follows: 11 a.m. Spyboy 11:35 a.m. Kristin [...]
Steves Prepare for Gleason Gras
November 21, 2011 – 9:17 am
The Voodoo Experience was a week or so away when producer Steve Rehage started working on Gleason Gras. “It started as a joke where [Steve] Gleason was explaining to the team that he’s lived a life of adventure and he wants to continue being adventurous and do things he loves,” Rehage says. “Now people are [...]
