It was raining heavily this morning. I got pretty soaked on the ride to work. There was a foot of water standing on parts of…
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It was raining heavily this morning. I got pretty soaked on the ride to work. There was a foot of water standing on parts of…
Noah K called me the other day to promote an upcoming event called Hip-Hop for Hope. Now I love me some hip-hop, but I don’t care for what much of mainstream commercial hip-hop has become. My tastes run to the old school and the underground. I like intelligent, socially conscious rap. That’s why it’s good to see a positive local event like this. Here’s the info from Noah, and be sure to check out his blog.
I’ll be participating in a panel discussion on “Media, Communication and Community: Private and Public Interests in Rebuilding New Orleans” this Wednesday night. It’s sponsored…
I’m quoted in an AP article about Ed Blakeley: Mid-City resident Bart Everson said that after Blakely started work in January, he saw him as…
48 Hours Mystery will be running a show this weekend about Helen Hill and Dinerral Shavers and the general topic of violence in New Orleans.
I spoke to the producers a couple of times. One producer told me he was disappointed by the seeming resignation of most of the people they’d interviewed. He was hoping I might bring the rage. I must not have sounded angry enough, though, because in the end they never interviewed me.
Here’s their press release:
Last night I attended the New Orleans City Council At-Large candidate forum at Xavier. Twelve of the thirteen candidates were there, Kimberly Butler being absent.…
A friend of mine voted early and sends the following report. Since you gave me some advice, I’ll tell you how I voted. Just a…
This morning I noticed something kind of strange. This new graffito, on the back of the RTA facility… …bears a striking resemblance to this older…
My expectations for K-Ville were extremely low. (I get exposed to more than my fair share of bad police dramas because of Xy’s execrable taste…
There will be a segment about Helen Hill‘s unsolved murder case on America’s Most Wanted tomorrow night. I believe they’ll be using some video I…
Friends of New Orleans is mounting a campaign to bring a presidential debate to New Orleans. I have mixed emotions about this. The presidential debates…
Humberto is hitting Texas, but we’re feeling the effects all the way here in New Orleans. I stopped and took this picture on the way…
One of the most interesting things I got out of the Green Party of Louisiana convention on Saturday was a press release distributed by the…
When qualifying ends today (in two and a half hours from now) we’ll know if Latoya Cantrell is running for City Council At-Large. If she…
I was hanging out with the neighbors across the street one evening, about a month ago. I was mostly talking to this older gentleman, a…
MaPó called me Saturday afternoon to tell me John Scott had passed on. I never met the great sculptor, despite his close association with the…
Now that Oliver Thomas has resigned, the New Orleans City Council’s At-Large seat will be on the ballot October 20. The question is, will we…
While our public officials were ringing bells and laying wreaths yesterday, hundreds of people were marching in San Jose. They were commemorating Katrina just like…
So where are we in the recovery of New Orleans, two years after the great disaster? It’s been slow going, that’s for sure. I expected…