Category: Letters

Hello Entercom! First off, THANK YOU for keeping the greatest genre of music ever, Classic Rock, alive in New Orleans. With all the great music our city has to offer, it’s easy to forget about good ole rock ‘n’ roll and the indescrible influence of bands like Led Zep, Def Lep, The Crüe, Skynard, Van…

Hello The Lens! I noticed you had a job opening posted on your Web site… Part-time event and sales manager I think I am uniquely qualified for this position. I don’t know if I have an actual resume listing my qualifications on hand but a quick look at my social network accounts should give you…

Hi Lance, I conclude, per your comments, that I am not “up for making something of great value” because I disagree that art’s subject dictates rules to the artist. It’s a long, long discussion often started early in one’s career whether art has rules or is, in fact, the closest we can get to expressing…

Ork, Oh, I understand! But just for fun, will you indulge me in a bit of a discussion on the value of art? Sometimes in the creation of my own art, I wrestle with the urge to take a shortcut and make things easier and more accessible. Though, I always feel like I would cheat…

Hi Lance, Yes it was a hard decision to leave off Algiers and the other neighborhoods, but we did so because we didn’t want to propose in black and white (literally) where ‘New Orleans proper’ ends east of Algiers (include the whole peninsula, or just Algiers and then snub the people in the other neighborhoods…

Hello Ork!!! My name is Lance Vargas and I am a blogger and artist here in New Orleans, the City That Care Forgot in the Neighborhood Ork Forgot! http://www.orkposters.com/neworleans.html See, a friend recently Facebooked (is that a verb?) me the neighborhood poster for New Orleans available for sale on your site (and thank you for…

Dear Gambit, Love you guys. Love the paper. I see you put the Blue Dog on your cover this week. George Rodrigue is a great artist. Always has been. A little repetitive lately but, as an artist I can’t blame him. So few us us ever achieve significant compensation for what we bring to the…

Dear Mr. Vargas, Thank you for your e-mail. The Councilmember asked me to follow up with you regarding this issue. We have reported it to Traffic Engineering under the Department of Public Works. If we have not received a response in one week, we will follow up with them. Best, Mary Mary Cunningham Director, Constituent…

Hello Kristin Palmer! Congratulations on your election to the District C city council seat earlier this year! That’s how many in a row for Algerines? My name is Lance Vargas and I am a found object folk artist, blogger and registered voter in your district. I am writing about a problem intersection in our district,…