Sparta and Pegasus, 1/26

(See video below)

We have a male announcer. Not a good camera position again, on the wrong side of the street. Cameraman isn't zooming in for much so we're far away. Stream is jerky too. (The old Copeland's? You mean the sign is still up and it isn't open anymore? How long has that been? Will it ever open up again? I guess they're keeping the site?)

Video goes black 25 minutes into it. Oh well. We hear audio but have no video. (Might as well be radio.) Larry from Minnesota says it (the temperature) is like an August day (in MN). Hear Jon Donley. (Keith and Lauren and Greg were the hosts earlier.) WDSU is tied in with the TP and nola.com. Hmmm.

'The return of gaps in parades is a sign that the city is coming back to it's same old usual self....'

32:00 They realize they have a problem with the stream. (And I am watching/listening still!) (It doesn't get fixed.)

Killing time, Jon; "How about those Saints?"

Pegasus probably won't run tonight. I'm assuming it didn't. (It does.)

One of the floats has a flat tire. We get this from a cop. Officer Deal. Good deal, Bad Deal?

The parade starts again. More radio. Good enough. I like radio. These hosts this yaer are MUCH better than the nola.com ones although I liked some of them alot. No more Charlie, thank you .I do miss Reese, Cory, BourboJeff, others.

Pegasus begins. (More radio, no video)

Hosts talk about the band Rush. Please...

Wayne and Gary are hosting. Jon Donley will post blog shortly after. Where? The Mardi Gras blogs on nola.com haven't been added to since January 6th! I have seen stories by Jon on the WDSU site. Haven't seen them on the TP site.

Why do they still have links to the Bourbocam? It's been dead for a long time.... As usual, New Orleans is lackadasical about keeping things up to date.

The DSU crew signs off one hour and 41 minutes after it started.

Host says he is from nola.com. Hmm.

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Sat 1/26 , Pontchartrain, Shangra La

Pontchartrain, Shangra La, Sparta, Pegasus



I tune in at about 5 of 2 my time. No sound, beautiful picture though
and good stream. A cloudy day at (Copeland's, who's web site doesn't
have a NO location!) and St Charles. At least it isn't raining (much,
it is raining some but not like last night). No signs that the parade
is near starting, cops milling around, few people lined up.

Police mobile command center sets off at about 2:15, See a military
Humvee go by. DSU cam is on the wrong side of the street! See
motorcycles go by. Dune buggies throwing throws. I provide my own
soundtrack as the marching band goes by. Float! Throwing tons of
crap. Fish on front. (Carpi Sun?) Lots of overarm throwing. I thought
that was illegal? Stream getting a little jerky. Dancing girls are
mimicked by watchers.

I switch to the (nol.com) Paradecam. it is on the correct side of the
street and has sound. Fun, not obnoxious hosts, a guy and a girl. Not
sure how old the girl is, sounds young. There's a better quality
picture on the DSU cam but better POV on the paradecam and it has
sound. (They are both on the same corner, but the DSU cam is on the
NW corner.) And the DSU cam is several seconds behind the paradecam.
Gold Dusters dancing away. Woman announcer is an adorable blond....,
I switch DSU cam to tv and leave paradecam on. Now can tab between
the two, keeping the audio going! 2:57 my time

Shangra La
Using RealOne player but it is using up more of my CPU than
RealPlayer was. DSU feed is stuttering more. (I don't think it is me.)

Starts 3:17 my time. I have a two cam switched feed! lol Can't get
the Real feed to go full screen though. Now I have a two-cam split.
Not bad.

A kid comes up to the paradecam, "I'm Aiden. I'm from the great city
of New Orleans!" Well, alright!

Cool, both are full screen! (Use on screen control on RealPlayer) but
then I don't get to watch the QT player at all. Guy is talking
off-mic but we can hear him. Audio for the marching bulldogs is very
distorted. DSU feed is very jerky now.

Lots of marching band's dancers using a hop step. (Higgins High
School) Haven't seen that before. Male flag wavers? Skipping too.

AE Breedy says hi to wife in Seattle.

Imperial Children, from China?

I switch to the DSU cam for the floats, to the paradecam for the bands/flags.

Mt Carmel Carmelettes.

Woman host gets hit by beads, it hurts, she laughs.

Ice cream truck music while watching marching band.

Must be woman host's first Mardi Gras. She asks why the parades stop
in the middle.

Good looking high school dancers, mostly blond, with terrible music.
(Before Land of the Matador float)

"Lotta dance companies from Kennah (Kenner)".

(35% CPU!)

Different dance steps. Leaping, one foot hops.

DSU cam has stopped. 4:25 pm my time I restart it.

Big Easy Rollergirls.

Vietnamese Young Leaders of New Orleans dragons!, Riverside Ramblers.

Sparta at 6, paradecam signs off. 4:30 my time. DSU cam still going.
Still more floats! Maybe I'm seeing reruns... I am.

Oshun

I start up the WDSU cam at about 10 of 7 my time. It's raining badly.
I can hear a band coming in the distance! Great stream quality! A
beautiful picture. Here they come, they're smiling! The parade must
go on! I'm nice and warm inside and it's only a little colder
outside: 27 vs 37 in NO. Floats are throwing stuff, alright. The DSU
on air talent goes to to talk to some parade watchers: "we're crazy!"
we hear them say off camera. The cameraman yells to the king as his
float passes by, "King!". "He didn't do nuthin", after... People
inside their cars, to stay out of the rain, honk their horns in
appreciation. The on air talent goes to get some more sound bites,
brings back a black family, "We're going to be on tv! one of the
children says excitedly. Then the signal goes dead. I restart it and
see what turns out to be the beginning of the whole thing repeated.

On restart, I see Pygmalion has been rescheduled. I give up as player
won't play. They have probably stopped the feed.

We'll see if the video ends up on the internet. It isn't up yet.