Do you get mad when you see someone perfectly able park in a handicapped spot? Now you can do something about it.
There's this website where you can report people who might be abusing handicapped parking or placards. If you see something that looks wrong, write the info down (license plate number, time of day, location, handicapped parking tag number if you can see it). Then, when you're home go to this website and fill out their simple form. They will send a monthly report to each state's DMV. The DMV will determine if there is abuse and contact and possibly fine the person if so. You don't have to and shouldn't confront anyone. This is a great way to bring to justice people who abuse this important resource for handicapped people. People who need the parking are not punished.
For more info and to report people you suspect of abuse, here: http://www.handicappedfraud.org/
Thursday, May 22, 2008
Sunday, May 04, 2008
Jazz Fest video on AT&T, Sun 5/4
(The slate at the end of yesterday's webcast says they start at 1 pm but they don't, thankfully.)
I tune in at 1:54 NY time and they are showing the crowd at some stage. Can't tell who is on stage, some jazz. No lower third to ID this.
This is the Salvador Santana Band. They're not supposed to be on till 4... (They are actually on live I guess.) stupid rap, latin
2:03 NY time. Screen fades to black then they go to intro to Porter Batiste Stoltz. Good.
Audio still ahead of the video. No phasing to speak of.
Now this is some nice music!
- Heavy delta slide blues. Meet Me In The Morning? (Chicago blues) (some 16k!)
2:13 PM Alejandro Escovedo
Right on time. Too short for Porter Batiste Stoltz but I love Alejandro's music. Good lyrics and heartfelt tunes.
- eh
- Nice, typical Alejandro stuff. Cello is a tough instrument to sell in the rock world. Great shot of Alejandro and fiddler trading licks.
- Sweet intro. Sister La Soul, Brother La Soul?
- Another sweet intro. waltz? real slow. Now a different tune, tempo. Familiar. From Lives (Songs?) of the Fathers? (That "opera" he did.) A haunting tune, lovely. Rosalie. What Alejandro does best.
- song from his earlier band, Sensitive Boy.
- Nice intro. (It's going on after 2:40 so I'm glad it's continuing.) Heavy. Makes No Sense, Makes Perfect Sense... Nice.
- More! High pitched squeal of feedback. 'Real as an animal...' (Iggy Pop)
- 'All I ever wanted was a 4 piece band...' 'I'm the last drink of water from the Salton Sea...'
- Well alright, another one. This song ended up on Bush's top 10 iPod songs. Dedicated to Joe Strummer... Dumpstaphunk up next? What happened to Papa Grows Funk? I Like It Better When She Walks Away. Quint gives him a hug.
3:00 PM Ivan Neville’s Dumpstaphunk (live)
- We catch the first tune after it started. Boring. Show Me How To Funk Like You
- another... For whatever reason I don't get into though the beat is good. Some nice camera work. .... shake your bitty booty... Good music to make lunch by. ... I'm getting into it as time goes on.
- Shake It Off. Sax is low in the mix.
3:37 Now they play the Salvador Santana Band. What happened to Bonerama?
Too latin for me w/ rap. ... Evil Ways (Art Neville up next. The schedule is all f'd up.)
4 pm. They do a piece on the fest.
Art Neville on now. (is that the Dumpstaphunk gtr-ist?)
- We miss the beginning of this tune. The difference between these guys and say, Salvador Santana Band. These guys aren't trying so hard to impress. They're getting more out of less.
- old song (for him). forgettable 50s tune.
They cut out of that and go to the host.
Santana (Carlos) as they are starting up a tune or ending one. Some sort of classical-based tune. Then chaos. This will win them over. Carlos directing the chaos with his hands. Drummer goes nuts then into a nice beat. Jingo! Nice. Dual maraca players with two bright yellow maracas in each hand! This is live. Conga player with black hair flowing in the wind. Carlos continues to be one my favorite rock dinosaur gtr players. Ever since Caravanserai.
- "new" singer. Saw him on Later? His vocals get left out at one point... And again.
- Wow, this is a flashback! The old Tower of Power/San Francisco horn sound. Can't remember the name of this, Sing It Round? Somebody's out of the mix.
- Another blast from the past. I'm sure others are having flashbacks too. Another familiar tune in there. And another. And now into a blues tune. A big smile as he finishes up a hot riff. Very nice.
- Familiar but with more noise.
- I Ain't Got Nobody (That I Can Depend On). I hope everyone's drugs are kicking in about now. Yeah! The crowd loves it! "We are the continuation of their voices... We are the opposite of George Bush... The power of love... unity, harmony, compassion... gentleness."
- Dedicates this next tune to the women because "nothing happens unless the women are happy." Naima (John Coltrane) Trumpet solo. Nice closeup of organ player. This could be any jazz band... Nice!
- latin hip hop... Maria, Maria... mama chola... something mambo
- unknown latin/Cuban/Mexican? tune. Good direction, they hit the horns just when needed. Nice shot of Carlos. Yeah!
- Black Magic Woman. (w/ Hendrix's Third Stone From The Sun?) thrown in there) Nice
- Right into Oye Como Va. (Never Go Back To Georgia! thrown in there. I think I've heard him do that before.) Organ is a little low in the mix. Hard to hear it's solo. Prince's Love Bizarre thrown in for one second. This is called blowing the roof off the sucker! Crowd loves it.
- IDs the band. "Your purpose is to create a masterpiece of joy in your life... Heal people in this world"... Video part of the stream is being jerky. Probably lots of viewers. Audio is fine. Unknown song... coño.... We hear the Woodstock chant after they're done! lol
- (tune played at Woodstock, Soul Sacrifice?) Nice mix!! Timbale player using his elbows. Kid on timbales! Then to silence as the tune would normally crescendo. Carlos plays solo at the head of the stage. Then he brings it back up again into a heavy metal riff. Then to (?). Then to a church choir, as they pray. Then into another tune. Peace! Indeed. Carlos shakes the hands of the stage mix engineers as he goes off.
5:59 pm Vaucresson Sausage Co spot. Crawfish sausage! This guy can sing too.
Bonerama! The host previewed this by saying 'see some of the local entertainers or some such.' That's kinda what Jazz Fest should be about, isn't it? Sound problem. Can't hear the CD being used as backup. Elvis... The National Anthem. Done straight. Mostly.
- Crosstown Traffic. Craig has his reneworleans sticker on his horn.
- Hang up the phone and drive... This trying to be "heavy" with these power chords is tiresome.
- new: Hard Times. The dancing girls sure don't hurt! (Fan dancers wearing too much clothing.) The AT&T feed is loving it!
- Nice effect on this funky intro. Is this on their first album? Shake It Down? Shake my rugelator... Craig's singing is pretty weak. (Always?) Papa Grows Funk coming up next.
That's it for them. Not so great. Now wee see some scenes form the fest.
6:27 PM Papa Grows Funk
Nice outfit on the gtr-ist. Video still jerky, might be worse.
6:43 PM They cutaway from Gros and we see the host.
Neville Brothers. Quint intro. Live. AT&T director did the right thing, came in at the right time. Thank you.
- Indians on stage! Wild Tchopitoulas
- Meet De Boys On The Battlefront (gonna stomp some rump) Nice to see them dancing with the crowd behind them. Big Chief Jim Robinson? singing the verses.
- Fire On The Bayou
- Bass starts out. Must have put voodoo on me...
- Long Time Coming beautifully sung by Aaron. Nice!
- Tipitina! Yeah.
- latin beginning... Beasme Mucho, jeez. Nicely done though.
- Tell It Like It Is sung by Aaron. I hear women screaming in the background as this starts! Very nice.
- Carlos Santana comes onstage. Did I see the drummer just lose a drum stick? Had a new one in a second. That's My Blood Down There.
- Ain't No Use To Cut You Loose. Carlos is igniting the band!
- Brother Jake. Nice.
- Yellow Moon. Nice duet w/ gtr-ist
- Brother John Is Gone/Iko Iko (8pm NY time)
- Mean Willie Green starts out on the drums. unknown song/ When You Go To New Orleans? Nice dancing on stage! "Shake what your mama gave ya." " We all Nevilles", Quint after listing all the Neville family members on stage.
- Amazing Grace? Yes. (Sung by Aaron, of course.) One Love! Yes!!! w/ People Get Ready.
- Big Chief. w/ Trombone Shorty on trumpet... Killer drum solo.
Nice ending from Quint.
Stream hasn't gone out today! Video is jerky but it didn't stop. Audio good with a few exceptions. (This is SO much better than listening to WWOZ!!)
I tune in at 1:54 NY time and they are showing the crowd at some stage. Can't tell who is on stage, some jazz. No lower third to ID this.
This is the Salvador Santana Band. They're not supposed to be on till 4... (They are actually on live I guess.) stupid rap, latin
2:03 NY time. Screen fades to black then they go to intro to Porter Batiste Stoltz. Good.
Audio still ahead of the video. No phasing to speak of.
Now this is some nice music!
- Heavy delta slide blues. Meet Me In The Morning? (Chicago blues) (some 16k!)
2:13 PM Alejandro Escovedo
Right on time. Too short for Porter Batiste Stoltz but I love Alejandro's music. Good lyrics and heartfelt tunes.
- eh
- Nice, typical Alejandro stuff. Cello is a tough instrument to sell in the rock world. Great shot of Alejandro and fiddler trading licks.
- Sweet intro. Sister La Soul, Brother La Soul?
- Another sweet intro. waltz? real slow. Now a different tune, tempo. Familiar. From Lives (Songs?) of the Fathers? (That "opera" he did.) A haunting tune, lovely. Rosalie. What Alejandro does best.
- song from his earlier band, Sensitive Boy.
- Nice intro. (It's going on after 2:40 so I'm glad it's continuing.) Heavy. Makes No Sense, Makes Perfect Sense... Nice.
- More! High pitched squeal of feedback. 'Real as an animal...' (Iggy Pop)
- 'All I ever wanted was a 4 piece band...' 'I'm the last drink of water from the Salton Sea...'
- Well alright, another one. This song ended up on Bush's top 10 iPod songs. Dedicated to Joe Strummer... Dumpstaphunk up next? What happened to Papa Grows Funk? I Like It Better When She Walks Away. Quint gives him a hug.
3:00 PM Ivan Neville’s Dumpstaphunk (live)
- We catch the first tune after it started. Boring. Show Me How To Funk Like You
- another... For whatever reason I don't get into though the beat is good. Some nice camera work. .... shake your bitty booty... Good music to make lunch by. ... I'm getting into it as time goes on.
- Shake It Off. Sax is low in the mix.
3:37 Now they play the Salvador Santana Band. What happened to Bonerama?
Too latin for me w/ rap. ... Evil Ways (Art Neville up next. The schedule is all f'd up.)
4 pm. They do a piece on the fest.
Art Neville on now. (is that the Dumpstaphunk gtr-ist?)
- We miss the beginning of this tune. The difference between these guys and say, Salvador Santana Band. These guys aren't trying so hard to impress. They're getting more out of less.
- old song (for him). forgettable 50s tune.
They cut out of that and go to the host.
Santana (Carlos) as they are starting up a tune or ending one. Some sort of classical-based tune. Then chaos. This will win them over. Carlos directing the chaos with his hands. Drummer goes nuts then into a nice beat. Jingo! Nice. Dual maraca players with two bright yellow maracas in each hand! This is live. Conga player with black hair flowing in the wind. Carlos continues to be one my favorite rock dinosaur gtr players. Ever since Caravanserai.
- "new" singer. Saw him on Later? His vocals get left out at one point... And again.
- Wow, this is a flashback! The old Tower of Power/San Francisco horn sound. Can't remember the name of this, Sing It Round? Somebody's out of the mix.
- Another blast from the past. I'm sure others are having flashbacks too. Another familiar tune in there. And another. And now into a blues tune. A big smile as he finishes up a hot riff. Very nice.
- Familiar but with more noise.
- I Ain't Got Nobody (That I Can Depend On). I hope everyone's drugs are kicking in about now. Yeah! The crowd loves it! "We are the continuation of their voices... We are the opposite of George Bush... The power of love... unity, harmony, compassion... gentleness."
- Dedicates this next tune to the women because "nothing happens unless the women are happy." Naima (John Coltrane) Trumpet solo. Nice closeup of organ player. This could be any jazz band... Nice!
- latin hip hop... Maria, Maria... mama chola... something mambo
- unknown latin/Cuban/Mexican? tune. Good direction, they hit the horns just when needed. Nice shot of Carlos. Yeah!
- Black Magic Woman. (w/ Hendrix's Third Stone From The Sun?) thrown in there) Nice
- Right into Oye Como Va. (Never Go Back To Georgia! thrown in there. I think I've heard him do that before.) Organ is a little low in the mix. Hard to hear it's solo. Prince's Love Bizarre thrown in for one second. This is called blowing the roof off the sucker! Crowd loves it.
- IDs the band. "Your purpose is to create a masterpiece of joy in your life... Heal people in this world"... Video part of the stream is being jerky. Probably lots of viewers. Audio is fine. Unknown song... coño.... We hear the Woodstock chant after they're done! lol
- (tune played at Woodstock, Soul Sacrifice?) Nice mix!! Timbale player using his elbows. Kid on timbales! Then to silence as the tune would normally crescendo. Carlos plays solo at the head of the stage. Then he brings it back up again into a heavy metal riff. Then to (?). Then to a church choir, as they pray. Then into another tune. Peace! Indeed. Carlos shakes the hands of the stage mix engineers as he goes off.
5:59 pm Vaucresson Sausage Co spot. Crawfish sausage! This guy can sing too.
Bonerama! The host previewed this by saying 'see some of the local entertainers or some such.' That's kinda what Jazz Fest should be about, isn't it? Sound problem. Can't hear the CD being used as backup. Elvis... The National Anthem. Done straight. Mostly.
- Crosstown Traffic. Craig has his reneworleans sticker on his horn.
- Hang up the phone and drive... This trying to be "heavy" with these power chords is tiresome.
- new: Hard Times. The dancing girls sure don't hurt! (Fan dancers wearing too much clothing.) The AT&T feed is loving it!
- Nice effect on this funky intro. Is this on their first album? Shake It Down? Shake my rugelator... Craig's singing is pretty weak. (Always?) Papa Grows Funk coming up next.
That's it for them. Not so great. Now wee see some scenes form the fest.
6:27 PM Papa Grows Funk
Nice outfit on the gtr-ist. Video still jerky, might be worse.
6:43 PM They cutaway from Gros and we see the host.
Neville Brothers. Quint intro. Live. AT&T director did the right thing, came in at the right time. Thank you.
- Indians on stage! Wild Tchopitoulas
- Meet De Boys On The Battlefront (gonna stomp some rump) Nice to see them dancing with the crowd behind them. Big Chief Jim Robinson? singing the verses.
- Fire On The Bayou
- Bass starts out. Must have put voodoo on me...
- Long Time Coming beautifully sung by Aaron. Nice!
- Tipitina! Yeah.
- latin beginning... Beasme Mucho, jeez. Nicely done though.
- Tell It Like It Is sung by Aaron. I hear women screaming in the background as this starts! Very nice.
- Carlos Santana comes onstage. Did I see the drummer just lose a drum stick? Had a new one in a second. That's My Blood Down There.
- Ain't No Use To Cut You Loose. Carlos is igniting the band!
- Brother Jake. Nice.
- Yellow Moon. Nice duet w/ gtr-ist
- Brother John Is Gone/Iko Iko (8pm NY time)
- Mean Willie Green starts out on the drums. unknown song/ When You Go To New Orleans? Nice dancing on stage! "Shake what your mama gave ya." " We all Nevilles", Quint after listing all the Neville family members on stage.
- Amazing Grace? Yes. (Sung by Aaron, of course.) One Love! Yes!!! w/ People Get Ready.
- Big Chief. w/ Trombone Shorty on trumpet... Killer drum solo.
Nice ending from Quint.
Stream hasn't gone out today! Video is jerky but it didn't stop. Audio good with a few exceptions. (This is SO much better than listening to WWOZ!!)
Jazz Fest video on AT&T, Sat 5/3
Overall: Stream audio is well mixed but two problems: audio is slightly out of sync with video, ahead of it! and phasing got bad towards the end. Video is freeze-framing here and there but it's so much better to see this stuff. And they've thrown in some features, my favorite being watching the second line with the New Wave Brass Band. They even added some acts that weren't on their schedule: Widespread Panic and Jimmy Buffett who was recorded that day!
Saturday, 5/4
AT&T webcast in the order they appeared (times are NY time)
Roddie Romero and the Hub City All-Stars! The audio on this is overmodulated. The stream stops. On restart I miss most of his set. Probably a buffering problem.
A piece on Muses.
Susan Cowsill
This is on 2:41 NY time. River Of Love.
Theresa Andersson Group!
Looking hot as usual.
Kim Carson
White trash. Another cover - Pink Floyd's Wish You Were Here. Nice.
Jon Cleary!
- Tipitina, done with all the latin influences heard before.
- Zulu Strut
- It's All Over Now
- typical R&B played well but awfully repetitive.
- nice drum intro! nice gtr solo. What We Got, No Different Than What You Got. Good funk groove.
Good mixes so far w/ AT&T. Sounds good other than that one spot where it was distorting. Well directed and cameras are doing a good job.
Dr John! (everyone getting wet)
- Right Place, Wrong Time. Nice shot of keyboard and crowd! Very nostalgic for the pics of Jazz Fest I've seen from the 70s, black and white...
- Keep That Music Simple, funny.
- 'Let's get Shannon McNally's ass up here and do one of them Bobby Charles tunes.' lol. You can lose everything and you still have music. A song for the hurricane survivors. 'Give it up for her ass'.
- song about murders in New Orleans. Say What? Jab at Bush! Yea! "There's a whole lotta shit to be answered for." Hear, hear.
- I'm Qualified, comparing rich vs poor.
Voice of The Wetlands All-stars!
Quint intros them wearing an LSU shirt. LSU sucks! Sorry, I couldn't help myself. All stars indeed. The cream of the crop. Don't Let The Water Wash Us Away.
- Louisiana Sunshine. Another song to help people rebuild their lives. Disco beat?
Stream stops and restarts at beginning.
I get it to work again but I miss the next song.
They don't edit out the between-song wait.
- Dedicates this song to the people who are trying to move back to New Orleans. Sung by Jumpin' Johnny Sansonne. 'Insurance man nothing more than a big ball buster.' Good to hear these songs about how hard it's been. (AT&T has the wrong lower third up as Johnny sings. It's not Dr John playing anymore...) Bush and Haliburton and Blanco. Good song.
- Ain't Gonna Lose No More. (We Gonna Fight). A Mardi Gras Indian is on stage in pink. (Monk Boudreaux) Saving our wetlands in Iraq, we want our money back! Alright!
- Hold Em Joe? chant. The rain is coming down! They cut it short.
The subdudes!
.... What an honor to play after the Dixie Chicks, I mean Dixie Cups.
They are subdued. I always thought the name was more 'sub dudes' but it sure applies to their music now and then. Subdued. Subdued dudes? Sub ub ub...
- Lord you got to help me now... late at night. (ED problems?)
- '1972, the hippies came and rearranged our minds'! Love is a beautiful thing. A familiar tune. 'Leave the mud people alone.' (That's the year I came down there too.) Nice to hear this again.
Now they show a tent where Strum Sticks are sold. A non-musical host.
Zac Brown (on ahead of schedule)
- generic, boring country.
- hard rock w/fiddle and organ, then reggae. Who Knows. Into ska w/ fiddle then Allman Bros. Gtr and fiddle trading licks.
- 'right cheer', cracker for "right here." Whoa, an Irish riff?
- Opening for Etta James that night at the HOB. Talk about a mismatch. Another generic country tune. Just As Free As We'llo Ever Be. Then into Van Morrison's Into The Mystic. Funny, I was thinking he sounded similar to Van, except for the lyrics, phrasing, band, and talent. Then back into his song. "Though we don't have a lot of money, all we need is love." He's from GA.
- Lists his favorite things: ' cold beer on a Friday night, a pair of jeans that fit just right' All country cliches. Next! And he loves his mama. Give me a break. Thanks the soldiers for dying so he doesn't have to sacrifice. (Expletive edited out.)
Irma Thomas! (and the Professionals)
- It's Raining? I miss this.
- Ruler Of My Heart. Sounds like she's going to play the hits. Nothing wrong with that. Thanks the out-of-towners.
- unknown song. The horn players have got their little dance routine with Irma.
- If You Want It, Come And Get It...
- Soul Survivor
- Time Is On My Side
- I Just Got Over! complete w/ second line audience participation. And Iko Iko and Hey Pocky Way and then back into I Just Got Over. Thanks the audience for helping out the city again.
Stream stops then restarts back at the Voice of the Wetlands.
Wayne Toups! (long set)
Starts early. OK
- nice
- Leap Of Faith (hear some phasing throughout AT&T webcast)
- slow dance song
- some song about a train
- from a soundtrack...
- unknown song with bad audio problem (kind of like an echo/phasing problem)
- song in French, nice and long.
- unknown song
- another. Some nice jams. The Allman Brothers Blue Skies - ending.
- ending tune, phasing is bad at points. Phasing continues after tune ends.
Not on the schedule but it appeared anyway:
Widespread Panic, phasing is bad at times. It's adding it's own rhythm track.
Not much to this music. Gets better. "Sewing machine" is an important lyric, important enough to be repeated three times? This at least has a harder edge than whatever I'd heard Phish do.
Tim McGraw - which I could not watch. Awful stuff.
piece on soft shell crabs!
piece on second lining with the New Wave Brass Band!
(rec today!) Jimmy Buffet (w/ Sonny Landreth? Allen Toussaint comes in)
Is this a little lagniappe?
I am no Jimmy Buffett fan these days. I did like his Why Don't We Get Drunk And Screw days though. This stuff is music perfectly safe for an elevator near you.
- One Particular Harbor
- Ilo Ferreira, more elevator music
- fins song
- Ralph MacDonald on percussion! Brings Allen Toussaint on to do Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans. That was a jazz Fest moment? Pretty pitiful.
Looking forward to tomorrow.
Saturday, 5/4
AT&T webcast in the order they appeared (times are NY time)
Roddie Romero and the Hub City All-Stars! The audio on this is overmodulated. The stream stops. On restart I miss most of his set. Probably a buffering problem.
A piece on Muses.
Susan Cowsill
This is on 2:41 NY time. River Of Love.
Theresa Andersson Group!
Looking hot as usual.
Kim Carson
White trash. Another cover - Pink Floyd's Wish You Were Here. Nice.
Jon Cleary!
- Tipitina, done with all the latin influences heard before.
- Zulu Strut
- It's All Over Now
- typical R&B played well but awfully repetitive.
- nice drum intro! nice gtr solo. What We Got, No Different Than What You Got. Good funk groove.
Good mixes so far w/ AT&T. Sounds good other than that one spot where it was distorting. Well directed and cameras are doing a good job.
Dr John! (everyone getting wet)
- Right Place, Wrong Time. Nice shot of keyboard and crowd! Very nostalgic for the pics of Jazz Fest I've seen from the 70s, black and white...
- Keep That Music Simple, funny.
- 'Let's get Shannon McNally's ass up here and do one of them Bobby Charles tunes.' lol. You can lose everything and you still have music. A song for the hurricane survivors. 'Give it up for her ass'.
- song about murders in New Orleans. Say What? Jab at Bush! Yea! "There's a whole lotta shit to be answered for." Hear, hear.
- I'm Qualified, comparing rich vs poor.
Voice of The Wetlands All-stars!
Quint intros them wearing an LSU shirt. LSU sucks! Sorry, I couldn't help myself. All stars indeed. The cream of the crop. Don't Let The Water Wash Us Away.
- Louisiana Sunshine. Another song to help people rebuild their lives. Disco beat?
Stream stops and restarts at beginning.
I get it to work again but I miss the next song.
They don't edit out the between-song wait.
- Dedicates this song to the people who are trying to move back to New Orleans. Sung by Jumpin' Johnny Sansonne. 'Insurance man nothing more than a big ball buster.' Good to hear these songs about how hard it's been. (AT&T has the wrong lower third up as Johnny sings. It's not Dr John playing anymore...) Bush and Haliburton and Blanco. Good song.
- Ain't Gonna Lose No More. (We Gonna Fight). A Mardi Gras Indian is on stage in pink. (Monk Boudreaux) Saving our wetlands in Iraq, we want our money back! Alright!
- Hold Em Joe? chant. The rain is coming down! They cut it short.
The subdudes!
.... What an honor to play after the Dixie Chicks, I mean Dixie Cups.
They are subdued. I always thought the name was more 'sub dudes' but it sure applies to their music now and then. Subdued. Subdued dudes? Sub ub ub...
- Lord you got to help me now... late at night. (ED problems?)
- '1972, the hippies came and rearranged our minds'! Love is a beautiful thing. A familiar tune. 'Leave the mud people alone.' (That's the year I came down there too.) Nice to hear this again.
Now they show a tent where Strum Sticks are sold. A non-musical host.
Zac Brown (on ahead of schedule)
- generic, boring country.
- hard rock w/fiddle and organ, then reggae. Who Knows. Into ska w/ fiddle then Allman Bros. Gtr and fiddle trading licks.
- 'right cheer', cracker for "right here." Whoa, an Irish riff?
- Opening for Etta James that night at the HOB. Talk about a mismatch. Another generic country tune. Just As Free As We'llo Ever Be. Then into Van Morrison's Into The Mystic. Funny, I was thinking he sounded similar to Van, except for the lyrics, phrasing, band, and talent. Then back into his song. "Though we don't have a lot of money, all we need is love." He's from GA.
- Lists his favorite things: ' cold beer on a Friday night, a pair of jeans that fit just right' All country cliches. Next! And he loves his mama. Give me a break. Thanks the soldiers for dying so he doesn't have to sacrifice. (Expletive edited out.)
Irma Thomas! (and the Professionals)
- It's Raining? I miss this.
- Ruler Of My Heart. Sounds like she's going to play the hits. Nothing wrong with that. Thanks the out-of-towners.
- unknown song. The horn players have got their little dance routine with Irma.
- If You Want It, Come And Get It...
- Soul Survivor
- Time Is On My Side
- I Just Got Over! complete w/ second line audience participation. And Iko Iko and Hey Pocky Way and then back into I Just Got Over. Thanks the audience for helping out the city again.
Stream stops then restarts back at the Voice of the Wetlands.
Wayne Toups! (long set)
Starts early. OK
- nice
- Leap Of Faith (hear some phasing throughout AT&T webcast)
- slow dance song
- some song about a train
- from a soundtrack...
- unknown song with bad audio problem (kind of like an echo/phasing problem)
- song in French, nice and long.
- unknown song
- another. Some nice jams. The Allman Brothers Blue Skies - ending.
- ending tune, phasing is bad at points. Phasing continues after tune ends.
Not on the schedule but it appeared anyway:
Widespread Panic, phasing is bad at times. It's adding it's own rhythm track.
Not much to this music. Gets better. "Sewing machine" is an important lyric, important enough to be repeated three times? This at least has a harder edge than whatever I'd heard Phish do.
Tim McGraw - which I could not watch. Awful stuff.
piece on soft shell crabs!
piece on second lining with the New Wave Brass Band!
(rec today!) Jimmy Buffet (w/ Sonny Landreth? Allen Toussaint comes in)
Is this a little lagniappe?
I am no Jimmy Buffett fan these days. I did like his Why Don't We Get Drunk And Screw days though. This stuff is music perfectly safe for an elevator near you.
- One Particular Harbor
- Ilo Ferreira, more elevator music
- fins song
- Ralph MacDonald on percussion! Brings Allen Toussaint on to do Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans. That was a jazz Fest moment? Pretty pitiful.
Looking forward to tomorrow.
Thursday, May 01, 2008
Jazz Fest (from LAST WEEKEND) on AT&T
Also, AT&T will webcast video as well, on Saturday and Sunday of
some of LAST WEEK'S shows. Starts at 2 pm EST. Should be EXCELLENT!!
Saturday Line-Up
Roddie Romero & The Hub City All Stars!
Zac Brown
Wayne Toups!
Jon Cleary!
Dr. John!
Voice of the Wetlands All Stars featuring Tab Benoit, Dr. Cyril Neville (Dr? lol), Dr. John and others!
the subdudes!
Theresa Andersson!
Susan Cowsill!
Kim Carson
Irma Thomas!
Tim McGraw
Jimmy Buffett
Widespread Panic
Sunday Line-Up
Salvador Santana Band
Alejandro Escovedo!!
Ivan Neville's Dumpstaphunk
Porter Batiste Stoltz!
Papa Grows Funk!
Art Neville!
The Neville Brothers!
See
http://attblueroom.com/music/New-Orleans-Jazz-and-Heritage-Festival/more-informa\
tion.php
for more info.
some of LAST WEEK'S shows. Starts at 2 pm EST. Should be EXCELLENT!!
Saturday Line-Up
Roddie Romero & The Hub City All Stars!
Zac Brown
Wayne Toups!
Jon Cleary!
Dr. John!
Voice of the Wetlands All Stars featuring Tab Benoit, Dr. Cyril Neville (Dr? lol), Dr. John and others!
the subdudes!
Theresa Andersson!
Susan Cowsill!
Kim Carson
Irma Thomas!
Tim McGraw
Jimmy Buffett
Widespread Panic
Sunday Line-Up
Salvador Santana Band
Alejandro Escovedo!!
Ivan Neville's Dumpstaphunk
Porter Batiste Stoltz!
Papa Grows Funk!
Art Neville!
The Neville Brothers!
See
http://attblueroom.com/music/New-Orleans-Jazz-and-Heritage-Festival/more-informa\
tion.php
for more info.
Thursday, April 24, 2008
New Orleans soundmap!
Just found this on the WWOZ page, a soundmap for the city I love. Fantastic.
New Orleans mon amour.
New Orleans mon amour.
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
New Orleans Jazz Fest
Jazz Fest is coming up! (4/25 -4/27 & 5/1 - 5/4). I won't be there but there are plenty of bands I'd want to see. WWOZ will (hopefully) be broadcasting taped performances from the 25th-27th. AT&T will supposedly air video of some on 5/3 & 5/4.
see http://attblueroom.com/music/New-Orleans-Jazz-and-Heritage-Festival/more-information.php
On Monday, 4/28, WWOZ will have their annual Piano Night, always a treat.
I'm looking forward to:
Marcia Ball, Eddie Bo, John Boutte, Jon Cleary, Casandra Faulconer?, John Gros, Joe Krown, Ronald Markham, Shannon Powell, David Torkanowsky
Here's who I would want to see at Jazz Fest. Most I am familiar with. Some I am only curious about since they have interesting names.
I will post more on all this when it starts happening.
Friday, April 25
Buckwheat Zydeco, Robert Plant and Alison Krauss, Burning Spear, Ozomatli, Tab Benoit, Anders Osborne, Big Sam’s Funky Nation, Terence Simien & Zydeco Experience, Leo Nocentelli’s “Rare Gathering” feat. Bernie Worrell, The Iguanas, The New Orleans Nightcrawlers, Twangorama, Bruce Daigrepont Cajun Band, Zydepunks, Zion Trinity, Bonsoir Catin...
Saturday, April 26
The Count Basie Orchestra, Jon Cleary & the Absolute Monster Gentlemen, Wayne Toups & Zydecajun, Walter “Wolfman” Washington & the Roadmasters, Harlem Blues and Jazz Band, NewBirth Brass Band, Rosie Ledet & the Zydeco Playboys, Eddie Bo, Big Chief Peppy & the Golden Arrows, The Original Last Straws, Young Tuxedo Brass Band, Nine Times and Single Men SAPCs, The Electrifying Crown Seekers, Golden Comanche and Chief Iron Horse & the Black Seminole Mardi Gras Indians, The RRAAMS Drum and Dance, Lady Jetsetters...
Sunday, April 27
Irma Thomas, Al Green, Elvis Costello and Allen Toussaint, Cassandra Wilson, Delbert McClinton, Del McCoury, Pete Fountain, Hot 8 Brass Band, Big Chief Monk Boudreaux & the Golden Eagles, BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet, Dolemite, Jo “Cool” Davis, Mamadou Diabate of Mali, Jambalaya, Willis Prudhomme & Zydeco Express, Wilberforce University Choir, Midnite Disturbers, Lars Edegran’s New Orleans Ragtime Orchestra, Furious Five, Carrollton Hunters and Flaming Arrows Mardi Gras Indians, AsheSon, N’Fungola Sibo West African Dance Company, Percussion Inc., Percussion Inc., Ninth Ward Navajo and Cherokee Hunters Mardi Gras Indians...
Thursday, May 1
Randy Newman, Tower of Power, Deacon John, Luther Kent & Trickbag, Porter- Batiste-Stoltz, Steve Riley & the Mamou Playboys, C.J. Chenier & the Red Hot Louisiana Band, Kirk Joseph’s Backyard Groove, Creole Zydeco Farmers, Walter Payton & Filé Gumbo, Hot Club of New Orleans, Topsy Chapman’s Tribute to Dinah Washington, New Orleans Rhythm Conspiracy, Panorama Jazz Band, Mighty Chariots of Fire, Joe Torregano, Billy Iuso & the Restless Natives, The Melody Clouds, TBC Brass Band, Small Souljas Brass Band, The Golden Wings, Red Hawk and Geronimo Hunters Mardi Gras Indians, Culu Children’s Traditional African Dance Company...
Friday, May 2
Art Neville, Stevie Wonder, Richard Thompson, Trombone Shorty & Orleans Ave., Marva Wright & the BMWs, Papa Grows Funk, Sunpie’s Tribute to Clifton Chenier, Zigaboo Modeliste, Bonerama, John Boutté, Soul Rebels, Coco Robicheaux & Spiritland, Theryl “Houseman” DeClouet, Chubby Carrier & the Bayou Swamp Band, Bluerunners, Wanda Rouzan, Ann Savoy’s Sleepless Knights, Butch Thompson, New Wave Brass Band, Tuba Woodshed, Belton Richard & the Musical Aces, Lyle Henderson & Emmanuel, Pinettes Brass Band, D.L. Menard & the Louisiana Aces, New Orleans Mardi Gras Rhythm Indian Section,
Saturday, May 3
Marcia Ball, Steel Pulse, Bobby McFerrin and Chick Corea, Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Henry Butler (only if he doesn't sing), Aaron Neville’s Gospel Soul, John Mooney & Bluesiana, the subdudes, New Leviathan Oriental Foxtrot Orchestra, Savoy Center of Eunice Saturday Cajun Jam, Charmaine Neville, The Dixie Cups, Nathan & the Zydeco Cha-Chas, James Andrews, Dr. Michael White & the Original Liberty Jazz Band, Geno Delafose & French Rockin’ Boogie, Pine Leaf Boys, Treme Brass Band, Don Vappie & the Creole Jazz Serenaders, Feufollet, Pinstripe Brass Band, Storyville Stompers Brass Band, Young Guardians of the Flame, Westbank Steppers, Valley of the Silent Men and Pigeon Town Steppers SAPCs, Golden Blade and Wild Tchoupitoulas Mardi Gras Indians…
Sunday, May 4
The Neville Brothers, Santana, The Radiators, Rebirth Brass Band, Sonny Landreth, Snooks Eaglin, Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Tribute to Mahalia Jackson feat. Irma Thomas, Goldman Thibodeaux & the Lawtell Playboys, Lost Bayou Ramblers, New Orleans Spiritualettes, Zulu Male Ensemble, Tribute to Tuba Fats, Highsteppers Brass Band, Black Eagles, Hardhead Hunters and Apache Hunters Mardi Gras Indians, Lady Rollers and CTC Steppers SAPCs, Young Traditional New Orleans Brass Band, Young Magnolias and Black Feathers Mardi Gras Indians, Original Prince of Wales and the Original New Orleans Lady Buckjumpers SAPCs, Tornado Brass Band...
see http://attblueroom.com/music/New-Orleans-Jazz-and-Heritage-Festival/more-information.php
On Monday, 4/28, WWOZ will have their annual Piano Night, always a treat.
I'm looking forward to:
Marcia Ball, Eddie Bo, John Boutte, Jon Cleary, Casandra Faulconer?, John Gros, Joe Krown, Ronald Markham, Shannon Powell, David Torkanowsky
Here's who I would want to see at Jazz Fest. Most I am familiar with. Some I am only curious about since they have interesting names.
I will post more on all this when it starts happening.
Friday, April 25
Buckwheat Zydeco, Robert Plant and Alison Krauss, Burning Spear, Ozomatli, Tab Benoit, Anders Osborne, Big Sam’s Funky Nation, Terence Simien & Zydeco Experience, Leo Nocentelli’s “Rare Gathering” feat. Bernie Worrell, The Iguanas, The New Orleans Nightcrawlers, Twangorama, Bruce Daigrepont Cajun Band, Zydepunks, Zion Trinity, Bonsoir Catin...
Saturday, April 26
The Count Basie Orchestra, Jon Cleary & the Absolute Monster Gentlemen, Wayne Toups & Zydecajun, Walter “Wolfman” Washington & the Roadmasters, Harlem Blues and Jazz Band, NewBirth Brass Band, Rosie Ledet & the Zydeco Playboys, Eddie Bo, Big Chief Peppy & the Golden Arrows, The Original Last Straws, Young Tuxedo Brass Band, Nine Times and Single Men SAPCs, The Electrifying Crown Seekers, Golden Comanche and Chief Iron Horse & the Black Seminole Mardi Gras Indians, The RRAAMS Drum and Dance, Lady Jetsetters...
Sunday, April 27
Irma Thomas, Al Green, Elvis Costello and Allen Toussaint, Cassandra Wilson, Delbert McClinton, Del McCoury, Pete Fountain, Hot 8 Brass Band, Big Chief Monk Boudreaux & the Golden Eagles, BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet, Dolemite, Jo “Cool” Davis, Mamadou Diabate of Mali, Jambalaya, Willis Prudhomme & Zydeco Express, Wilberforce University Choir, Midnite Disturbers, Lars Edegran’s New Orleans Ragtime Orchestra, Furious Five, Carrollton Hunters and Flaming Arrows Mardi Gras Indians, AsheSon, N’Fungola Sibo West African Dance Company, Percussion Inc., Percussion Inc., Ninth Ward Navajo and Cherokee Hunters Mardi Gras Indians...
Thursday, May 1
Randy Newman, Tower of Power, Deacon John, Luther Kent & Trickbag, Porter- Batiste-Stoltz, Steve Riley & the Mamou Playboys, C.J. Chenier & the Red Hot Louisiana Band, Kirk Joseph’s Backyard Groove, Creole Zydeco Farmers, Walter Payton & Filé Gumbo, Hot Club of New Orleans, Topsy Chapman’s Tribute to Dinah Washington, New Orleans Rhythm Conspiracy, Panorama Jazz Band, Mighty Chariots of Fire, Joe Torregano, Billy Iuso & the Restless Natives, The Melody Clouds, TBC Brass Band, Small Souljas Brass Band, The Golden Wings, Red Hawk and Geronimo Hunters Mardi Gras Indians, Culu Children’s Traditional African Dance Company...
Friday, May 2
Art Neville, Stevie Wonder, Richard Thompson, Trombone Shorty & Orleans Ave., Marva Wright & the BMWs, Papa Grows Funk, Sunpie’s Tribute to Clifton Chenier, Zigaboo Modeliste, Bonerama, John Boutté, Soul Rebels, Coco Robicheaux & Spiritland, Theryl “Houseman” DeClouet, Chubby Carrier & the Bayou Swamp Band, Bluerunners, Wanda Rouzan, Ann Savoy’s Sleepless Knights, Butch Thompson, New Wave Brass Band, Tuba Woodshed, Belton Richard & the Musical Aces, Lyle Henderson & Emmanuel, Pinettes Brass Band, D.L. Menard & the Louisiana Aces, New Orleans Mardi Gras Rhythm Indian Section,
Saturday, May 3
Marcia Ball, Steel Pulse, Bobby McFerrin and Chick Corea, Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Henry Butler (only if he doesn't sing), Aaron Neville’s Gospel Soul, John Mooney & Bluesiana, the subdudes, New Leviathan Oriental Foxtrot Orchestra, Savoy Center of Eunice Saturday Cajun Jam, Charmaine Neville, The Dixie Cups, Nathan & the Zydeco Cha-Chas, James Andrews, Dr. Michael White & the Original Liberty Jazz Band, Geno Delafose & French Rockin’ Boogie, Pine Leaf Boys, Treme Brass Band, Don Vappie & the Creole Jazz Serenaders, Feufollet, Pinstripe Brass Band, Storyville Stompers Brass Band, Young Guardians of the Flame, Westbank Steppers, Valley of the Silent Men and Pigeon Town Steppers SAPCs, Golden Blade and Wild Tchoupitoulas Mardi Gras Indians…
Sunday, May 4
The Neville Brothers, Santana, The Radiators, Rebirth Brass Band, Sonny Landreth, Snooks Eaglin, Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Tribute to Mahalia Jackson feat. Irma Thomas, Goldman Thibodeaux & the Lawtell Playboys, Lost Bayou Ramblers, New Orleans Spiritualettes, Zulu Male Ensemble, Tribute to Tuba Fats, Highsteppers Brass Band, Black Eagles, Hardhead Hunters and Apache Hunters Mardi Gras Indians, Lady Rollers and CTC Steppers SAPCs, Young Traditional New Orleans Brass Band, Young Magnolias and Black Feathers Mardi Gras Indians, Original Prince of Wales and the Original New Orleans Lady Buckjumpers SAPCs, Tornado Brass Band...
Sunday, April 20, 2008
Stopping feeding the birds
I am having a hard time stopping feeding the birds. I have a suet
feeder. (I don't feed them year-round because the fallen seed will
attract rats.) The suet ran out today and hearing what seemed to be
some plaintive cries, I gave in and put some more out. I know they
can survive without it but it just seemed that some were upset that
my supply wasn't there, their songs sounding just a little bit
worried/upset.
feeder. (I don't feed them year-round because the fallen seed will
attract rats.) The suet ran out today and hearing what seemed to be
some plaintive cries, I gave in and put some more out. I know they
can survive without it but it just seemed that some were upset that
my supply wasn't there, their songs sounding just a little bit
worried/upset.
Things are greening up slowly here and I've started to see some moths
at night, so insects are becoming available for the birds and I guess
seed and other goodies are available all year-round. Still, I don't
want to disappoint them. I will miss their songs when I stop feeding
them since most will move away.
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
watching things I can't do anything about... painful
I watched as the kids in my backyard explored the woods. Last time
they did this they poked sticks at a pair of ducks that were nesting
there. Today, I saw them gather around where they hide but they
weren't making movements like they were doing anything bad to them so
I didn't speak up.
they did this they poked sticks at a pair of ducks that were nesting
there. Today, I saw them gather around where they hide but they
weren't making movements like they were doing anything bad to them so
I didn't speak up.
Later I saw a rabbit run away as they approached. The wildlife here
really has a hard time.
They are painting the house in front of me. Yesterday they brought in
a dumpster and today they tore apart the brick front porch that was
falling apart. In the process of bringing in the dumpster, they ran
over some daffodils that are popping up all over the front yard. I
tried digging a few of them out today but the soil is so thick with
roots and rocks it broke a fork tool. I was able to transfer at least
two shoots with bulbs and have planted them by the other rescued
plants. Maybe others will survive... I took some pics.
Yesterday I moved some plants that the painter stepped on. They were
about to bloom. I also moved the Tulips that were doing the best
they ever had since they had gotten run over by the dumpster
delivery. They are now back with the rescued plants but won't bloom
this year, I shouldn't think.
Today, miraculously the painter DIDN'T run over the hyacinths that
are blooming for the first time (without getting run over) in the six
years I have lived here. I put up a marker so people will know they
are there but that may have to get taken down.
Thursday, April 10, 2008
Thursday, March 20, 2008
Having to kill ants again
I'm feeling bad about having to kill ants again.
When I find them in the bathroom or the kitchen, I might wash them
down the drain. If I was an ant, I can only imagine the terror of one
second everything being fine and the next, I am cold, underwater and
being sucked down into a dark hole that I cannot escape out of.
Imagine this hole as a place where another world exists. It is almost
another dimension. If you're big enough, you're fine; you don't go
down the hole. If you are small, you can and there's no way out. Sort
of like as if a black hole existed on earth. One second you're fine,
the next, you're being sucked into something you can't escape and
that will kill you.
Horrific.
And I see few alternatives. I do escort some of them outside but I
can't do that for all of them. I just have to be hard-hearted or more
apt, cold-blooded and murder them. Not something I like to do.
I kill animals inadvertently all the time. We all do. (Very small
ones. None too big, thank you....) When you walk on the grass you
kill some bugs. Driving, you see bugs splattered on your windshield.
I have avoided killing larger animals. I don't like knowingly killing
anything that I can avoid killing.
This is one of the prices we pay for modern life. We live. They die.
Don't think about it. Move on... Still, I feel a little pain in my
heart every time I do it. I am aware of it. I have to get to the
point, as I know I will, that I don't feel bad about it. That's the
same as knowing that people are dying but not doing anything about
it. A rationalization. It's what made it possible for people to do
nothing while the Nazi's killed the Jews, albeit on a lessor scale.
It's ok to kill ants. It's not ok to kill people. Or, it's ok to kill
ants and it's ok to kill people. We do make these distinctions. The
ants lose. (And too many people die before the killing is stopped.)
Saturday, March 15, 2008
another sign of spring
Ah, spring. The birds are singing, the woodchuck is out and about,
the air has promise.
the air has promise.
And the motorcycles are out. Illegally loud. Annoying. Whatever steps
my local government has done about this, if any, are inadequate. Loud
noise really lowers the quality of life. I wish something was being
done about this.
And soon to be heard, loud car stereos. I would think it would be
easy to station cops anywhere and have them ticket offenders. That
would help but I don't think anyone does that.
Sunday, March 09, 2008
1st ant seen
I just saw the first ant, a small black one, inside my house on the kitchen table at 8:35 pm. I put him/her outside in the 30 degree weather to fend for him/herself.
Will they be as bad they were last year?
Wednesday, March 05, 2008
My first sign of spring!
Daffodil shoots are popping out in my back yard. Last year these shoots didn't turn up until about 5 weeks later!
I've also heard some unusual bird songs recently. I couldn't tell you who they are but that is a sure sign of spring too.
Saturday, March 01, 2008
on Prairie Home Companion tonight
"Deer will roost"? Wild turkeys, which you were talking about earlier
(in fairly horrific terms which surprised me) might but I don't think
deer do.
(in fairly horrific terms which surprised me) might but I don't think
deer do.
And...
"Lyme's disease"? Is that what they call it in Minnesota? Here in NY
we call it Lyme disease after Lyme and Old Lyme, CT where it got its
name.
Earlier he had a skit that decried the abuses of language. Ironic
that he did just that a little later on.
Best bit on today's show: The Spring Warning System. 'Had Spring been
arriving, you would have been told. It hasn't.'
Sunday, February 17, 2008
Gee they're looking old, pt 2
Jon Voigt at charity dinner
Harrison Ford, on Letterman, 12/5/07
Jimmy Walker, on Letterman 10/17/07
Alison Krause (How can she look old? She's only...)
Vanessa Redgrave, 6/20/07 on Charlie Rose
Gore Vidal, 4/7/07
Peter O'Toole is STILL looking old! 1/17/07
Doyle Lawson (of Quicksilver, a Bluegrass band) silver hair, 12/31/06
Jerry Lee Lewis, not surprisingly, hunched over
Paul Simon, on SNL, grey, fat but smiling
(See this post for the earlier listings)
Harrison Ford, on Letterman, 12/5/07
Jimmy Walker, on Letterman 10/17/07
Alison Krause (How can she look old? She's only...)
Vanessa Redgrave, 6/20/07 on Charlie Rose
Gore Vidal, 4/7/07
Peter O'Toole is STILL looking old! 1/17/07
Doyle Lawson (of Quicksilver, a Bluegrass band) silver hair, 12/31/06
Jerry Lee Lewis, not surprisingly, hunched over
Paul Simon, on SNL, grey, fat but smiling
(See this post for the earlier listings)
Tuesday, February 05, 2008
Tues, 2/5
Rex "zings" Chocolate City Mayor Ray Nagin (and gets down) Hail Rex!
(Things start at 9 NY time. WWOZ will riding in Zulu so let's see what
that's like. So far, Krewe Du Vieux and Bacchus have been my
favorites. They also had the best video quality.)
(Things start at 9 NY time. WWOZ will riding in Zulu so let's see what
that's like. So far, Krewe Du Vieux and Bacchus have been my
favorites. They also had the best video quality.)
I tune in at about 8:30 NY time. WWOZ is broadcasting live from Zulu
they say. Haven't heard anything that would indicate that.
Looking at the earthcam bourbocam. Nobody is walking around in
costume. What's up with that? True, it is 8 in the morning but at
least there should be a few people out there wandering around like
lost souls. (see Bourbocam 2006)
Hey Oh! Huey Piano Smith - Don't You just Know it. Me been drinking!
Ha Ha Ha!
I watch the street cleaning crew clean up near the Bourbocam. Imagine
waking up on Mardi Gras day and going to work to clean up Bourbon St.
Amen for my good life.
The cleaning crews are doing a real good job. Good!
Do what you wanna - Dirty Dozen? No.
A plastic bag blows onto Bourbon St. The street sweeper just went by
but a guy with a broom sweeps it up. Right on!
Oh great, bob French next. New Orleans worst ambassador.
It's 9 am in NO. I don't see anyone in costume on Bourbon St. What's
up with that?
Ok, I see one. And a Sousaphone. Alright.
Bob French comes on nicely. Good morning. Kinda quiet. "Ain't no time
for no violence. Good. You people in NYC, I'm sorry you ain't here.
Well, alright." Now he talks on the phone and isn't aware he is also
on mic.
Seeing more crowds on the Pardadecam.
Bob dedicates this to all the big fat women out there. Ok. Help yourself.
A whole slew of bike riders goes by the Bourbocam.
More costumes. Good.
Whoa. Floats passing by the Paradecam! 10:13 NY time.
Watching a Miller Light truck BACK UP on Bourbon St. No one gets run over.
There are f'ing floats going down St Charles and no one is on the Paradecam.
DSU cam is live. They got Zulu on! An aerial cam but Zulu
nonetheless. 10:18 NY time. "Must have taken many hours to get ready
to go to work today". Expect lots of bad humor on this.
Pete Fountain in the Zulu parade. The DSU woman is yakking away,
rapid fire. I turn them down. Listen to OZ. "If you can't be good, be
good at it."
DSU screen goes black. Iko Iko on OZ. They go black for commercials I
guess. Bands go by but we can't hear them, the hosts are yakking. And
the cam is way too high up.
Mardi Gras Mambo...
Woman says: "You look glazed and dazed", to Bob.
Bob cues up a song and then says I'm not sure if I want to play this song.
DSU hosts are way up on the Hotel De Cirque. A safe distance. Cute
blond. You think you're going to get a coconut way up there?
John Boutte - Mardi Gras Mambo as a real mambo on OZ.
Bunch of big wigs on the Bourbocam. Hi! Blue hair, purple hair...
Another latin song on OZ.
11:23 am NY time. Nothing much going on. Ate some shrimp. (I'm going
to run out WAY before I am satiated.) Now eating pistachios. Zulu
parade going on on the DSU cam but it's too far away. Still nothing
going on on the Paradecam. Bob is playing a sad song about a woman
who misses her lover. Drinking Again.
There's Pete Fountain on the DSU Zulu parade cam which is now street
level. They have audio of it, good. See some nice costumes. Doing
Margie! The great Ray Charles song. One of my favorites by Ray, done
on that live album, Ray Charles Live, a great album. Nice!
The Fantastic Four on the Bourbocam! Bob French playing, That't The
Time I Feel Like Making Love... lol. (Topsy Chapman singing them.)
I need another drink.
McCormicks, the cheaper Bailey's. Nice funky tune on OZ. Bob speaks
then WAY overmodulates, playing Henry Butler - Iko Iko... Easy Bob.
DSU cam shows radar with rain over NO, but not for long.
I see a woman pirate on Bourbon St., with purple legs. As Jeff would
say, hello pretty lady. The Jesus freaks are back! ARE YOU BORN
AGAIN? NO!!!
I thought the Paradecam was going to be on at 10 NO time. It is
almost 12 NY time, 11 NO time and they are still on the roof. No
parade happening though. I take it back, there goes a military band.
And vendors. And riders on horses. And floats. Did someone oversleep?
Nope they have a host but are still on the roof. Lauren is hosting.
"Happy Mardi Gras, sweetheart", heard on OZ.
Nice float on the Zulu parade. Nice drumming on OZ but overmodulated,
seriously overmodulated. Rebirth - On A Mardi Gras Day. We see an
American Indian with head-dress in the reviewing stand on the DSU
cam, Zulu parade. Nonstop parades wherever you look. Mardi Gras
overload!! OZ, Paradecam, DSU cam...
Raining doubloons!, heard on the Paradecam.
Right Time Wrong Place - brass band version. Nice. Overmodulated but
nice. I can look past that. But it is typical of WWOZ production
values. Amateurs. Haven't gotten better in all these years.
(12 pm NY time) Nice black and white tiger on Zulu parade. Incredible
headdresses. Huge.
That looks like Arthur Hardy with the DSU hosts.
Maxing out my computer. Getting nice dribs and drabs of DSU cam
audio, Paradecam audio, OZ audio.
Zulu handing out NutriGrain bars! lol
DSU cam: "This is exhausting." Wimps.
Zulus riding on top of the fire truck. Very white people doing
commentary. "They really go full out into their costumes." Their
problem? They talk too much. Relax and enjoy it.
Whoa. Bourbon St is getting crowded! Well alright. 12 NY time
still... 12: 06 actually.
Nice audio soup. Paradecam, DSU cam, OZ. Very nice.
I sing along with OZ, Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans
and the DSU cam, and the Paradecam. Nice melange.
Scott, we're multifaceted, Bob French says. Bob says goodbye. Bye
Bob. Paradecam has Laurie and other non-native host. And we DO get
dead air from OZ!! What Bozos. (Where is it, Bob asks.) Clueless
amateurs. Funny. "We are expecting temporary difficulties."
(Experiencing?)
I laugh. OZ still doesn't have it's act together. They never will .
See fire engine on Paradecam.
Gotta roll with it on OZ. The end of Rex on the Paradecam. Elks next.
DSU cam:" We should identify these people." Nice audio soup with all three.
OZ stream stops. Maybe I have too much going on here... Only 91% CPU
use... 12:33 pm NY time.
Very little of any stream getting through now. Only a few dribs of
the DSU cam audio.
Ooh, silence. Can't deal with that. Now we get DSU cam back. "Things
are looking back to good." What the hell does that mean? lol. Mardi
Gras madness.
DSU cam: "Here comes the tribal king." ..."As he tosses out all those
riches, so to speak."
DSU cam: "The stuffed animals. This is what I'm telling you."...
"What's interesting, those backup tractors." lol, these guys are
hilarious. Must be Republicans. Not used to seeing black people. I
crack myself up. "Those girls can dance too." "I'm so jealous of
these girls, I have two left left." Mitchell High School of Memphis,
TN.
OZ is back. 1 pm NY time. DSU cam: Didn't know there were so many
riding clubs around here. Arthur Hardy on DSU cam.
OZ is playing a nice smooth variation on a brass band tune.
DSU cam is on Poydras by One Shell Square. Dr john singing Mama Roux
on OZ! "Wham bam, Hang the ham"
Zulu is only half way through! 1 pm NY times.
"Everybody do your thing. Who knows what tomorrow brings."
Paradecam still with no host, but parade passing by. 1:10 pm NY time.
Inkster High School, Inster, MN. I never knew there was such a place.
I've heard of a Jay Inkster but had no idea there was an Inkster
anywhere.
DSU cam: "A family oriented parade."
Nice evil mouse float on DSU cam. Do What You Wanna on OZ. Gotta
love it. Sure, my computer keyboard is covered with pistachio stains.
I'm having fun. Will clean it all up tomorrow.
Not seeing very many costumes on the Bourbocam.
Looks like a nice band on the DSU cam but they aren't letting us hear
their music.
Do What You Wanna still on. A nice soundtrack to the DSU cam with
their chattering idiots muted. Yeah, you right.
Doin' The ? ? Strut. Front Porch Strut! "Do the front porch strut.
Swing your butt. Swing it to the left, swing it to the right." My new
favorite song. 433 A <-
DSU is showing a Metairie parade... Argus.
So Tom, what was that? He doesn't say!!
Paradecam is still stopped.
Want My Money Back again on OZ. Another version.
Almost time for lunch. Fried catfish. Yum. May have to start that before Rex...
DSU cam : "One of the longest Zulu parades in history. This is
unfortunate." "We're waiting for the king of merriment..." Sure we
are...
A leaning tower or Pizza on one float. "They mean well." as they get pelted.
Arthur: " I feel like I'm doing a hurricane report." "Are we ready to
get toasted", another DSU anchor. Queen of Argus.
Rex is beginning at last. 1:40 NY time. The LSU marching band. Nice
drumming and nice lines but not a NO tune.
Rex comes by. 1:42 pm NY time. Towards the 2000 block of St Charles.
Paradecam is still stuck on a stopped parade. DSU cam has Rex moving
on down.
Riders on Rex? wearing blackface! Some with one eye whitened. Man,
they got balls.
DSU cam: 40 minute delays, Blaine Kern trucks pulling away...
"The only thing that we really have is our funk down by Congo
Square." Mardi Gras indian song on OZ.
2pm Paradecam paradecam is still stuck.
No audio from DSU cam, it's breaking up.
DSU cam: Still waiting for Rex to start. My mind spins.
Rebirth with the Nightcrawlers! on OZ.
Paradecam is finally moving. 2 pm NY time. Is that Elks? (Bad hum on
the Paradecam but we can hear Lauren occasionally. Still on the roof.)
DSU: Arthur?: "My 30th Mardi Gras. Never ceases to be hilarious." DSU
is on Bourbon Street. No, tomorrow they will be hurting... not back
at their desks like any other day. "Now is the time to bring the
family to Bourbon Street." Un hunh.
Warren Easton High School in Rex too.
Bouef Gros!
Streams stop so I restart the computer. Or was it that nap I took...
Rex is by One Shell Square. ~3 pm NY time. Maitre d from the Boston
Club, a black man.
Rex: "We need you all to help us rebuild this city... To my wife,
today you are the other woman and that makes you that much more
alluring."
Arthur Hardy w/ Dr John Oeschner Sr.
Bad hum on the Paradecam, still on roof too, so hard to watch. 3:05
pm, NY time.
Gretna parade a little late. Hah!
Bouef Gras has smoke coming out of his nostrils!
Tributes to rivers, NO pays homage to rivers, the Amazon river is the
next float. Volga the next. Old wagon wheels on this float, not that
many people can see them.
Some nice floats. Mekong river.
"Long time ago we used to knock some heads, Now we knock em dead with
some needle and threads", Mardi Gras Indian song.
Some newbies on OZ.
Tigres and Euphrates river float. Iraq not mentioned. "They didn't
have to dodge heavy quantities of heavy beads." No, they are dodging
something a little more dangerous these days.
River Tiber float, with supposed wolf at the head.
Pipe band, scottish, Scotland The Brave played.
The river Styx.
OZ DJ chastises himself for calling the Mardi Gras Indian outfits
"costumes". They are "suits", like there is any difference...
Congo river float. Atchafalaya river. Not exactly one of the major
rivers of the world but what the heck. An egret has fallen off one of
the floats, stopping the parade.
The river Ganges. DSU host gets hit: "that's not nice." But she gets
him back. Lots of people complaining of getting hit by beads and
stuff. 3:45 NY time
The Nile. Nice dog? head. We hear DSU tv people talking between live shots.
OZ DJ singing along with the Mardi Gras Indians. OZ DJ, "it's
definitely not about Bourbon St and beads." Well, it sort of is.
"You uptown rulers don't give a damn." - Handa Wanda Indian song.
The mighty Mississippi float has a fearsome figurehead.
The Yangtze river, a float I've seen before and loved.
DSU preparing to sign off live so they can show the Ellen deGeneris
show. Paradecam has truck floats but is still on the roof (and has
horizontal lines going up the screen.)
4pm NY time. Bourbocam (Earthcam) shows few in costume.)
DSU continues its web feed with a very high overhead shot of Canal
St. showing floats going up and down the street.
OZ DJs are talking about tipping the street cleaners and waitresses,
one guy says, "don't forget those dancing girls..."Smoke My Peace
Pipe - Wild Tchopitoulas.
Good to see the (Palm?) trees on Poydras have survived. They look magnificent!
4:33 pm NY time. Things are kinda winding down. OZ is playing slower
stuff. The DSU cam is showing the high aerial shot of Canal St. The
Paradecam's parade is done. I think it is time for me to have lunch.
Catfish here I come.
5 pm NY time. I see trucks not moving on Canal St on the DSU cam.
Lots of people on the Bourbocam. Nothing much on the Paradecam. Time
to kiss that one goodbye. See you next year. It's been great.
So, for me it might as well be over. I'll keep watching the Bourbocam
and the aerial Canal St DSU cam till I go out tonight. I'll be going
out to see a local band do jazz/NO funk. Could be good. Could be
disappointing. We'll see.
Happy Mardi Gras y'all.
PS I tune into the Bourbocam (earthcam...) to watch the cops clear Bourbon St. They sweep through rapidly. I was heartened to see people APPLAUDING the police, the street sweepers, etc as they walked/rode by. In my day, the mid 70s, we didn't respect the cops because they were out of control. To see people applauding them now is heartening.Monday, February 04, 2008
Monday, 2/4 Proteus and Orpheus
I foolishly thought Cox 10 was going to webcast the Zulu Lundi Gras
Fest but all they have is a promo. You have to have Cox cable to see
the show. Oh well.
Fest but all they have is a promo. You have to have Cox cable to see
the show. Oh well.
So tonight, it's
Proteus - 6:15 p.m. and Orpheus - 7 p.m. (NY times) (DSU said Zeus
too but we never see it.)
I tune in at 6:04 NY time. DSU cam has reporter. Paradecam is still
on the roof.
Jeff is on Paradecam. "Bloggers have been mentioning you, Meredith,
too." I have... Others?
People walking around in shorts so the weather must be nice. Arthur
Hardy next on DSU. We see Arthur reacting to whatever they are saying
in the studio. He talks. When done, a beauty shot...
Watching people standing around eating, drinking, talking on cell
phones before the parade starts.
DSU guy white balances the camera on a guy's shirt?
See flambeaux with lights arranged vertically. Haven't seen that before.
Hear the train whistle from down by the river. Ah nostalgia.
6:30 NY time and no sign of any movement. We can see the first float
in the DSU cam. Now hear a siren. The parade is moving.
Flambeaux moving up. The DSU cam is only just around the corner from
the Paradecam so is slightly ahead of the Paradecam.
20 floats. Realms of Enchantment the theme. DSU cam has a good spot.
First float after the captain is nice, green Proteus, nicely done.
Poseidon (Pronounced Po-sigh'-den not Posaden). A flambeaux shouts
Happy Mardi Gras.
Nice faery float coming up. Well, at least the faery is nicely done.
The rest of it is poorly painted. A nice figure on the very end I
see. (That may be on another float. It's hard to keep track...)
I missed a big fish float.
Proteus had a lot of family troubles...
Did I see one of the black band members in whiteface?
This float is waddling up, the figurehead seems to be pulling it.
(The Cyclops! I later hear.)
Paradecam guy reads James Joyce!
Nice to hear the weather is nice.
The (St James) Wildcats conveniently stopping in front of the
Paradecam. I noticed the cymbal player jazzing it up too. The tuba
player giving it alot of body English. Cymbal player really showing
off! Now they all gyrate.
DSU reporter getting ready to go live, on cam.
Damian wants to get an organ transplant from one of these guys! The
band shakes it up. Band finally moves off.
Float #11, nice figurehead.
Beautiful blue sky shot on the DSU cam.
Nice leprechaun figurehead on this float.
Jeff thinks that I might know who is who. Nope. I'm just following
your lead and writing down as much as I can. But thanks for the
reference! It's nice to be mentioned. And fun to see who is looking
at the blog!
Crystal Caverns, cool figurehead. I would have guessed it was an
alien but Jeff has a better view.
DSU reporter is doing her on-cam thing. A beautiful float
(figurehead, an old man) passing by her.
Sunflowers on this float. Gilded Gardens it's called.
Fire engine on the DSU cam. 7:18 pm NY time.
(I do watch the streetcar cam occasionally...)
St Charles Streetcar Band again.
Proteus is done. (~ 1 hr) after it started. 7:22 NY time.
The view on Bourbon St is familiar but we sure miss the Bourbocam and
it's hosts. All those interviews. The whole scene. Now all we see is
a silent mass of people moving around, jerkily, very slow motion.
Orpheus 7:30 pm NY time
Paradecam is going but DSU cam is bluescreen. Are they done?
Eating dinner as I write, we see a Trojan horse float! The DSU cam is back.
Paradecam video camera is acting up, giving strange but beautiful
colors and having other technical problems. 7:40 pm NY time
St Aug band coming up on the DSU cam.
Some nice spotlights coming up on the DSU cam. Very cool effect
seeing the light in the trees.
Original Lady Buck Jumpers/Steppers struttin' front of the cam.
O Perry Walker wearing white pith helmets!
They ran out of Hummers and now have golf carts! (Good, I hate Hummers.)
Gorgeous effects with the searchlights on the DSU cam.
Paradecam has been better but still has some video problems.
Damian: Palm trees?
Float goes by Pitt St so DSU cam is by Pitt and Napolean.
Wow, a very bright float approaches on the DSU cam.
Have a steam train float but haven't seen Smokey Mary yet. Oh, that
is her. 6 floats long! Wow. Let's watch this go around the corner.
Smokey Mary has all kinds of American flags on her. We hear the
whistle but she isn't smoking much that I can see.
Bachalopter? I thought it was the Bacchussaurus? Paradecam is acting
up, strange colors.
Wow, an incredible white float coming up on the DSU cam, 2 sections,
full of feathers or what looks like feathers. Might be flowers.
Another cool gremlin with a blue shirt coming up on the DSU cam. And
a nice owl.
Kids marching on the DSU cam. Not in uniforms or at least it looked
like it (they do on the Paradecam). Then a band.
Jiminy Cricket and a large sun behind him.
Paradecam is all video noise now. Audio is fine. 8:31 pm NY time.
Bee on the Stinger float. I like the arch of flowers on it too.
We hear the Paradecamers catching beads.
Lots of nice close-ups of the riders on the DSU cam. The crowd is
very close to the float on the DSU cam.
Paradecam video is f'd up. 8:41 pm NY time (before and after the tape
change.) OK now but not for long.
Unmasked riders on the Coast Guard air rescue float with the
helicopter on the back.
I watch the DSU cam cuz the Paradecam video is too bad. Audio is
fine. (I think there is something wrong with the camera or the
transmission from it to the receiver.) Internet connection is fine
for both. DSU cam, not surprisingly since they are a TV station, has
had a great picture throughout Mardi Gras. Not always the best
position but best picture quality. And good audio when they use it.
Nice Neptune? float coming up. Paradecam fine now!
How are the high school seniors marked? The hosts are noting the
seniors often so they must be marked somehow.
Cool dragon coming up on the DSU cam. Fabulous! The best decorated float yet.
I agree. It's not quite the same when the Ford blows its horn
compared to the train!
Band in red making a good noise on the DSU cam.
Dragon looks great on the Paradecam, smoke everywhere.
Wow, a white creampuff of a float.
DSU cam is blue screen now. 9 pm NY time.
Here's the white creampuff. A green dragon as its figurehead.
Well alright, biodiesel!
Paradecam is now blue screen. Both are blue now. 9:05 pm NY time.
Good, they realize there is a problem. This is so much better than in
previous years when they would go on without doing anything about it.
Glad they still have audio.
The DSU cam is blue screen and doesn't look like it is coming back so
goodbye, DSU.
Paradecam is still on the roof. 9:15 pm NY time.
Good, the audio gets better on the Paradecam. We have radio at this
point with the cam up on the roof.
The hummingbird? Not the restaurant...
End of Orpheus. Very nice. Tomorrow starts at 10 (NO time for the Paradecam.
Sunday, February 03, 2008
Sunday 2/3, Bacchus
I tune in about 6 NY time. The DSU cam is on Annunciation and
Napolean. Traffic was too messed up to get to other spot, anchor
says. OK.
Napolean. Traffic was too messed up to get to other spot, anchor
says. OK.
We hear anchor live, before they are on cam.
Paradecam is on the roof still.
She throws to Camille. Behind the scenes of live tv...
Parade doesn't look ready but who knows when it will start.
(6:15 NY time) Two motorcycle cops just went by and I see some
blinking lights and hear more sirens, but now that's stopped... Oh
well.
More sirens. Here we go. Lots or people in wheelchairs here. We may
be near a hospital. Sirens stopped. Now started again. Now stopped.
(6:19 NY time) Paradecam switches to the street level. No host yet.
(Paradecam has audio hum...)
DSU cam will be AHEAD of the Paradecam...
Crowd on DSU cam cheers.
Anchor says some bands are still unloading, so will be more delays.
(6:25 NY time)
Meredith of nola.com comes on. "We're excited about Hulk Hogan." Un hunh. lol.
DSU cam goes blue screen but is ok shortly after.
Marching band. Marines probably, playing the Marine Hymn. 1st float
is going by. DSU cam is not changing position.
See some flambeaux. Now DSU cam moves. Nice shot of masked riders
moving closer.
Paradecam is going to the roof but little do they know the parade is
on it's way.
There's Hulk. Dad by ladder does Hulk poses!! Hulk throwing casually.
People might be booing! He definitely wasn't into it.
Paradecam is blue screen, now ok.
Lots of flambeaux!! These flambeaux carriers have propane containers
on their backs!!
Nothing has reached the Paradecam yet. (6:43 NY time)
Nice marching band on DSU cam. St Aug? Purple Knights so yes.
"Beads crushing under your feet are like fall leaves..." Meredith.
Sort of. If your leaves are real crunchy.
Meredith wonders if they sleep in the big cop van when they're on
stakeouts. Another guy points out that having Police written in big
letters on the van probably eliminates that idea.
People waving to the cops. Angola Prison rodeo...
Some nice close-ups on the DSU cam. Some guy on the Bacchus float
signing throws.
DSU audio cuts out. (6:53 pm NY time) but comes back soon. The parade
has stopped. Guy is signing a shirt now.
Meredith is a roller girl. (Her audio is a little low now, compared
to everyone on this cam being really loud normally. She was loud
earlier so I guess someone turned her down.)
Hulk hasn't rounded the corner by the Paradecam yet.
Here we go.
Nice dancers going by, in black. Band behind them. Good audio from
DSU cam. 7 pm NY time
Confetti! Two tigers. Louie Louie! Unmasked riders on this float. LSU
float. National champs in something.
How many toes have been run over by police cars trying to clear
people from the street. 1st float, riderless, is for Harry Lee. They
really worshipped him down there. I don't know why. Black bunting on
the float.
DSU stream looks nice. A little jerky but nice. 7:06 pm NY time
Paradecam guy catches a miniature Harry Lee magnets. Very weird!
We see some marchers turn onto Napolean on DSU cam. Floats come up Napolean.
Nice band! Red outfits.
Wow, a big white French Quarter float, the 4-parter?! Hey Pocky Way
plays! Then Going To The Mardi Gras.
This is like watching two different parades. Where's Hulk on the
Parardecam?! 7:12 pm NY time
Here he is. Meredith goes nuts. Paradecam miss him by not pointing
high enough up.
Meredith discovers making flirty eye contact gets her throws.
Statue of Liberty float. Some cowboy types in the middle and a ladies
leg on the back. Not sure what the theme was there.
St Aug parade leaders walk backwards!
Nice effect to see the confetti and the searchlights.
Peace sign on this float!
Beautiful red float coming up. Big heart and hearts all over. Cupid
ready to shoot his arrow. That is a well designed float. Hearts like
strawberries.
Great band beat! O Perry Walker. Bravo! (Maybe this is on the DSU
cam though so I don't know who the band is there.)
Cool dancing on the Paradecam. O Perry Walker there.
Budget truck. Somebody moving in the middle of the parade?
Guy just got 4 bags of beads! His old boss.
Star Wars float.
Nice band, 7:56 NY time. Thundering drums. Then Led Zeppelin
dirigible on float. Bee Gees on the end. WTF?
Band with straw hats! St Paul's High school.
Star Wars float reaches the Paradecam 8:15 pm NY time. Spectacular
dinosaur on the DSU cam!
I rejoin things after dinner 8:30 NY time
Bands conveniently stop in front of either cam. Great sound from the DSU feed.
Beautiful alligator float on the DSU cam.
We have smart hosts on the Paradecam for a change. Not that I think
Jeff isn't smart but compared to the other usual hosts, Meredith and
friends are a pleasant change.
DSU cam goes blue screen suddenly, losing audio too. (8:38 NY time) I
miss it...
What a scream! As the Bachussuarus passes by. (Took 1/2 an hour to
get to the Paradecam.)
DSU cam is back but now is a high overhead shot with static for audio
(and some on the video). They are probably almost done with their
feed though there is still plenty of parade by them. Getting some
cool effects from the searchlights maxing out the camera... Kind of
like the aurora around the sun.
DSU cam is black cuz the lighting is so low. We see only a light or two.
Nice overhead shot from the Paradecam too. Still getting audio from
them. Now we're back to street level. There goes the gator. Saw that
about 20 minutes ago on the DSU cam.
No audio from the Paradecam now. 9:01 pm NY time. (Seeing street
level view.) The DSU cam has a truck on it. Done for them?
Audio is coming back, but breaking up, on the Paradecam. Here we go.
Yeah, those are the street cleaners on the DSU cam. Audio is ok on
Paradecam now.
Misimpression is only a word while Bush is president. Hopefully after
that we go back to reality as we used to know it.
Ick. The Spice Girls. The hum comes back.
I stop the DSU cam
Guy they are interviewing, 'I know where the adult fun can be found.
He feels good about the country that families can have fun like
this.' We know how you feel bro.
Float 25 out of 31 here. A beautiful woman.
Cool, throwing beads into the exhaust pipes of the Mardi Gras tow
truck! Nice diesel horn. Other woman host needs a doorbell like that.
CSI float. Ick. "Lust" written after it.
It's done. See you tomorrow.
Sun, 2/3: Mid-City, Toth
1:31 NY time, the 2nd half starts. (Already started on DSU cam?... hmm.)
40 floats. Quite the scene with all the crowd. BBQs going? Something smoking.
St Aug passes by yet again.
Now no parade on the DSU cam.
Looks like St Aug passing on the DSU cam. So, DSU is after Paradecam....
This is Mid City, not Toth. OK.
40 floats. Quite the scene with all the crowd. BBQs going? Something smoking.
St Aug passes by yet again.
Now no parade on the DSU cam.
Looks like St Aug passing on the DSU cam. So, DSU is after Paradecam....
This is Mid City, not Toth. OK.
Uses aluminum foil rather than paper mache'. Their "den" got flooded during Katrina , dens being where the floats are stored.
Xavier Prep band.
A bright red float looks great.
Nice medallion.
Mid City had the first animated float, being propelled by Boy Scouts on stationary bikes! Hilarious. Slave labor.
Float 6 - beautiful.
This guy knows how much hotter the foil floats are: 35 degrees. Un hunh. Is that a fact?
Drill team dressed in black does routine in front of Paradecam. One guy drops his fake rifle.
2:02 PM NY time. A break in the action on both cams.
"Port-O-Lets have regained their shape after Friday." People were sitting on top of them then.
Jeff interviews group in front of Paradecam. Guy sings The Time of My Life, ick. 'Blood level is vodka and tonic right now.' Their breath would catch fire...
More break. 2:11 NY time
Paradeacam comes back at 2:20 NY time.
DSU cam has parade at 2:24 NY time so it is definitely AFTER the Paradecam, ok?
Last float of Mid City. 2:27 NY time. (False alarm)
DSU stream is very jerky. My computer is running at 100% CPU use.
Smokey Mary? No, just a steam tractor! Cool.
And a calliope! Calliope being pulled by a steam tractor. We don't hear much of it, alas.
End of Mid City? (Audio is dropping out/breaking up on Paradecam) 2:31 NY time.
No pies from Hubigs. No love...
Jeff: Jaeger - Epicac with alcohol! (I've never had it.)
Yes, they are making absinthe again! Great. We can narcotisize ourselves with it.
Jeff asks group to sing. American Pie. That's kinda what I would expect from them. 'They are adjusting so well for their first time in NO.'
Toth begins. 2:39 NY time. ("Toth. Is that a word?")
Beautiful horses for the mounted police. Apaloosas? I have no idea. Lots of white markings. (Some of the cops have cowboy hats. Gretna police?)
Cheese fries. Sausage sandwiches. Yum.
Coast Guard helicopter flies over.
When The Saints - somewhere in GA Marine Corp band.
Drill team does their thing.
3:00 pm NYtime (Have blue screen when he thinks Paradecam is done with tape exchange.)
3:01 pm NY time. I write to nola.com to tell them the Paradecam is still blue screen. Let's see how long it takes for them to fix it. Cool. It is fixed as I am writing this! Thanks!! 3:03 ny time
Tulane band is in front of the Paradecam now. Jeff will be graduating soon. (after 7 years...)
Float with (Egyptian?) one eye. Master Builders. Masons?
Gary is a target so Jeff moves away. Aiming for Gary but their aim sucks. Get tons of stuff.
Fish beads
Nice stepping from the Arlington High School dancers.
Float #1 now?
Lots of Carmelettes.
Another song... You've Lost That Loving Feeling. Artfully sung. Or more accurately, drunkenly. They go on.
One guy throwing heaps, armfuls, of beads on the Renaissance Festival float.
Jeff says to a guy on the float, "you look familiar." He responds with a shrug.
Maine lobster float! Lobster, bland compared to crawfish and hard to peel. (But so much more meat and damn good!)
Low-weesiana...
Parisolcam?
'A band displaying their pride in motion?' Something only a bandmember would say or think.
Nice Egyptian masks!
Maybe the horses enjoy Guns N Roses. Maybe...
Almost 4pm NY time and the RealOne Player hasn't stopped in a long time. Stream is abit jerky and video quality is not great but is as good as can be expected. Audio is better, not breaking up much. DSU cam is still jerky but I haven't been watching it much.
India float followed by NO Irish Pipe Band. Well, alright.
AZ Balloon Festival! Wouldn't have expected them to be there.
Day of the Dead. Yes, Mexico. Float isn't decorated very well. A skull here, a skull there. Could have been MUCH better.
LA Fantasy Girls?
LA Swampfest. Alright!!! Miles of alligators! Alligators love marshmallows! lol
I remember the Chinese New Year dragon float. One of my favorites.
(CPU is staying at 100% now... but all seems well.)
Abdul and the Tentmakers on their burger break.
(I stop watching the DSU cam as the Paradecam has a better angle on it all, though it is blurry.) 4:05 pm NY time Get CPU use to 75% now. Better.
Another dunk tractor driver.
"Tiger bait" idiot yelling.
Big Chief by Gulf Coast something band. Drummers in truck!
NO Jazz Fest, float #21.
Loyola dance team, not very energetic... Jeff says.
Nice gold medallion!
Jeff: "This is getting dangerous. These assholes are going way too far." The riders on the floats?
I like the striped outfits on these dancers.
Horse drawn cart! The Mardi Gras Indians on horses. The Indian competition on Mardi Gras day is to see who's the prettiest.
Basketballs being thrown from floats.
Rider hands out one of his flowers to someone and he didn't have many. Another rider talking on his cell phone. Black cowboys.
"Once again, the horses are being followed by a sound truck. they apparently enjoy it!"
Hear a steam/train whistle coming up. Christmas in NY float - what's that about? Maybe a Santa Claus and maybe either a Rockette or a Nutcracker figure. Two touristy things to do I guess. An interesting idea for New Orleanians going up to NY for Christmas.
We hear a little bit of Zoot Suit by the WIld Tchopitoulas.
A very quick battery change!! 4:23 pm NY time
It's getting dark there. Still light here! Maybe, it'd be good to adjust the camera... It's ok for looking towards the parade though. The sky is a little dark when focusing on that.
Nice Egyptian insignias on the last float. Meredith will host Bacchus. Starting at 5:15 NO time.
OK.
Sun, 2/3: Okeanos, Babylon
I tune in about 5 of 12 NY time. The WDSU cam is on, low level audio
but nothing happening. People standing around with no parade in
sight. As usual they are abit back from the action but they do zoom
and pan so we will see good scenes. The Paradecam link for the live
Real video isn't working. (The Quartercam looks nice...)
but nothing happening. People standing around with no parade in
sight. As usual they are abit back from the action but they do zoom
and pan so we will see good scenes. The Paradecam link for the live
Real video isn't working. (The Quartercam looks nice...)
Paradecam (works now and) is still on the roof. And people are marching!
12:07 NY time, Paradecam switches to handheld. Jeff again. great!
(Nothing happening on DSU cam)
This is Okeanos. New Orleans Past and Future, Back To The Future. 17
floats for this parade.
Dominican cheerleaders and talk of gods/sacrifices...
DSU cam has parade now. A nice white Roman-stylle villa float stopped.
Queen of Okeanos passes by the Paradecam. (12:16 NY time)
Chappelle High Steppers have lots of "protection".
Okeanos frisbee.
(I think the DSU cam is ahead of the Paradecam. Am seeing the
streetcar. (Paradecam stops but starts again...) float, St Charles
Streetcar band, singing Prof Longhair's Going To The Mardi Gras. I
saw another streetcar float on the DSU cam abit before.)
It's raining stuff. (We hear them get bombarded.) Aquarium
float.(Audio drops out)
Parade is stopped on DSU cam. Now moving. See cowboy on float. (12:30 NY time)
Paradecam has stopped but it starts again eventually. Then stops. May
have to drop it. It comes back.
Indians on horses.
Change in LA license plates!
Fire engine on DSU cam. (12:35 NY time)
Talk of Roy Scheider... boring. Christopher Walken - renaissance
man... can't get enough....
Here comes the fire engine so DSU cam is ahead of the Paradecam. I
suspect by the corner of Perrier and Napolean. (12:39 NY time)
King and other floats are behind fire engine?!
This parade does not use electricity on their floats when usually
parading at night. Only flambeaux. Got to see that in person.
(DSU cam is blue screen now.)
Officers/official knights. M'Lasses, ah. Translucent cups.
Float #3, so this is a new parade? Ah, this is Babylon.
12:55 NY time, paradecam stops then starts.
12:59 NY time we see a blue satyr w/ a bow (and arrow I suppose)
float on the DSU cam.
Here it is on the Paradecam, 1:03 NY time. Sagitarius. Fire engine
behind it. Wait. The satyr is still sitting stopped at the DSU cam
and that cam is live! Hmm... Now I'm confused. There's the fire
engine. So the DSU cam is after the Paradecam? Like, a few feet past
it?
Now a break on both cams. Paradecam is holding up well despite some
starts and stops. DSU cam is good. No audio on it but good steady
stream. Better picture quality than the Paradecam. But the Paradecam
has hosts and people like Jeff are worth listening to. His
accomplices, while smarter than the usual, are not worth listening
to. At least they aren't screaming like some of the other accomplices.
(Might as well post this since there is a break in the action.)
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