Starting this early is crazy. 9 o'clock, NY time, 8 NO time. What are
they thinking. Who can function at that hour especially after all
this...
It's snowing up in NY. Snowed all day. Maybe 6". But it's actually
warmer than NO or some places in LA!
First I look at the Jackson Square cam. It looks beautiful in the morning sun.
I then watch the Algiers Point cam. It's crooked. Never seen it
crooked before. Related to Mardi Gras? See a (barge) with lots of
(barges) (substitute correct terminology) heading downriver. It heads
away from downstream. I wonder if I am about to witness an accident.
It goes off cam. Another barge speeds by but I don't see it pass the
other longer one. When the longer one comes back into view, it is
heading downstream correctly and the faster one has passed it safely
on the New Orleans side. I've need seen barges take the turn like
that before.
8:48 am I watch the DSU cam. There are two hosts at the Le Cirque
hotel, high above Lee Circle. The man says, "let me check my
chronographer." He means his watch. Chronographer? Right. Chronograph
maybe.
The woman says, " We're all excited about all the excitement." Aren't
these people great?
It's 30 degrees down there. Same here!
Margaret said Zulu started a minute early. Another woman said it
started 3 minutes early. Which is it? Both got this info from DSU's
text service.
Audio is ahead of video. Video quality is jerky. We then lose the
audio. Audio is intermittent.
We see a Revolutionary War soldier walk by playing a banjo. Great!
Never seen that in NO before.
Bud Light advertising is all over the stage in Metarie. I hate to see
advertising like that during Mardi Gras.
Margaret and Arthur are low level. Randi - no audio. Yeah!
I have my first drink at 9:34 am.
We see a kid in a banana suit who's gotten a skeleton and another
throw from Zulu. Her father is in a skeleton krewe. Cool.
We see the Revolutionary War soldier again.
A very nice walking Lombardi trophy!
We see Pete Fountain. His Half Fast Walking Club are all dressed as
Juan Valdezes! Great! Pete looks great too. Nice to see him so happy.
Randi, talking about the Half Fast MC, "They're so true." Margaret,
"They're drinking." (That's what makes them "true".)
Randi, "We've got all the marching clubs kind of coming through.
Setting the screen for what's really going to happen."
Nice Peter Pan family out in Metarie.
Rachel Wulff, "So, again..." No, not again. You haven't said it once
so how can it be again?
Nice giraffe costume on stilts has 4 legs!
Travis, "High atop the Intercontinental." No, the camera is showing a
street level shot.
People are calling it Lombardi Gras.
10:09 am, no audio on Camille's standup on the Bourbon St balcony.
DSU is having its problems this morning.
No audio for Pete Fountain's HFMC at Gallier Hall.
Pete toasts us. To you, Pete. Lots of funny old guys in this group,
though we can't hear them.
Norman joins Chris and Arthur.
Nice fans, Hell freezes over sign.
We see "Study the Bible" and "Repent" signs on Bourbon St.
Nice costumes on Mondo Kayo group. I never knew about them before.
Travis describes the Juan Valdezes as wearing white tuxedos. I think
they are just white suits.
See Nagin ride with Zulu.
10:49 am We lose the audio.
Zulu is at Gallier Hall.
Norman says: Hotel Intercontinental.
Lower third: Intercontinental Hotel.
Nagin toasts King of Zulu.
We see the Juan Valdezes walking down Bourbon St.
The male host at the le Cirque Hotel is good. He thinks before he speaks.
We see Shaw HS from East Cleveland. I wonder if they are the same
dancers in red I was so impressed with last year?
We see people dancing on the cam by Touro.
No audio for Rachel in Metarie.
I can get the audio to come back if I move the jog shuttle control on
the Quicktime Player. Is this a Flip4 Mac bug?
Randi, "the marching bands that have just came through."
See a blond, wearing a wig?, on the Zulu float.
Travis, "Like I said..." No, you didn't say it already.
We see a nice parade crossing Bourbon! I wonder who that was.
We hear the Marine Band play. Norman says, let's hear them and then
he talks over them.
See a nice shot of the Captain for Rex.
The chef on the Boeuf Gras float is wearing a Saints jersey.
Arthur recognizes a 70s tune, The Horse. I wondered what it was. Very familiar.
We see the Gates of Hell float. Wow.
The crowd is still dancing by Touro.
See a Rodrigue Blue Dog float, Puppy Love.
We lose the audio after the New Millennium Social Club float.
Jog/shuttle gets it to work.
1:33 pm NY time. Zulu is still going on!
We see a truck parade Uptown.
Bourbon St is full.
Norman, talking about the Marines, "Not at parade rest." Chris, "At a parade."
Rex is at Lee Circle.
A little girl, when asked why she doesn't have very many beads, says
she was told you'd get more if you don't look like you have very
many. Smart! Start them youg!
Boeuf Gras looks great.
Talking about Laura Bush: Norman, "She's been here several times."
Chris,"Many".
We see a cool praying mantis.
The guy on Bourbon St says, "A shot of former first lady Laura Bush
riding in Rex." No, she's watching Rex.
Rex gets to Gallier Hall.
Bravo to Norman for asking to hear the bands as they pass by.
The stream stops, then it starts but we lose audio.
Nice pot of Gold costume.
Norman, "This is a shot of Rex." No, it's not.
We see and hear the Riverside Ramblers go by playing Hey Pocky Way.
Margaret talks with Bailey who is wearing a Mexican hat and has tons of beads.
Get a cool shot looking up to float at Gallier Hall.
See a "War on Cancer" float! And I see prostate cancer written on the
side it gets to me, having gotten rid of my prostate cancer recently.
One of the cams marches with the band. Great shot. The cameraperson
is using a Stedicam. Very nice work there.
Norman, "This is dynamic stuff." Arthur is low level.
We hear the Jeopardy theme.
At about 4:20 pm NY time, I watch the Jackson Square cam. Kinda blurry.
Now, to watch the Bourbocam.
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