Tag: Tremé
Hasty Ray, You’re Much Too Late
Today was one of the strangest days of my admittedly strange career. I suppose that being an extra in a big film or television production is always kind of weird. But it’s a truly bizarre thing to reenact events that one has experienced firsthand. So it was for me today as I did my bit […]
Read More → Hasty Ray, You’re Much Too LateRecreating a Moment
As previously mentioned, HBO’s Treme is recreating the 2007 March for Survival. I’m trying to “drum up” some support for recreating the Mid-City contingent. In particular I’m hoping someone with a snare drum turns out. As you can see in the photo below, the Mid-City contingent included a snare drum in honor of Dinerral Shavers. […]
Read More → Recreating a MomentMultiple Marches
If I was feeling better I would attend one of these marches today. SilenceIsViolence a campaign for peace in New Orleans STRIKE AGAINST CRIME: FRIDAY, JANUARY 28 MARCH FOR PEACE Friday, January 28th, Central City 3:00pm: March to City Hall in memory of Magnolia Shorty, Jeremy Galmon, Jashawn Powell, and Mariah Woods. START: Washington and […]
Read More → Multiple MarchesConfessions of a Media Whore
The producers of HBO’s Treme have said that they are creating historical fiction of extremely recent vintage. Thus, while watching the first season of Treme last year, we were reliving the events of late 2005 and early 2006. And I couldn’t help thinking of what the second season might bring. The focus would shift forward […]
Read More → Confessions of a Media WhoreObligatory Treme Post
Photo by Derek Bridges / CC BY 2.0 Expanding on a comment I left back o’ town: Finally saw it Thursday night. Absolutely blown-ass-away. All my expectations were exceeded. I’m so impressed by the execution of the pilot and the potential of this series. I think it is going to give The Wire a run […]
Read More → Obligatory Treme PostBooks vs. TV
I am pretty excited about HBO’s new series, Tremé. I still haven’t actually seen it yet, but I feel like I have, almost. It premiered Friday night, and I had a couple invites to see it in some venues that would have been fun. (Like the Charbonnet Funeral Home in Tremé. That would have been […]
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