Perhaps because the lyrics fit him so well, perhaps because the disk was in heavy rotation around the time he died, but, this M. Ward song always makes me think of St. Ashmo. We miss ya. Lyrics… Requiem M Ward Well he stormed with his feet And he clapped with his hands He summoned all…
Bubbles!
Greg Meffert took Mayor Nagin and his family on a trip to Hawaii in 2004 I took the liberty of adding bubbles to Nola.com’s front page images…
CNN Heds
I wonder what global crisis is about to unfold while the monkeys at CNN are busy posting these headlines? I realize lambasting CNN is like picking on the slow kid is class but still. it’s one of the most widely-viewed media outlets, you think they could you know, make a little effort. Anyway, check their…
It’s Like Fats Domino and Usher
The Jazzfest cubes were posted on Nola.com today and I was puzzled by the way the site tried to pair-up some of the offerings. Not sure how Kermit and Tony Bennett go together. Jakob Dylan and Emmylou make more sense and Marcia Ball and Bonnie Raitt is perfect. The big head scratcher is Dr. John…
The Cutline SHOULD Read
Mayor tells station he won’t discipline Veronica White in e-mail scandal Even though the photo’s cutline reads… Mayor Ray Nagin, pictured here with Veronica White in Feb., told a local TV station Thursday that he can’t find any reason to discipline or fire the embattled sanitation director. Perhaps it should read… Mayor Ray Nagin is…
Debit Adieu
Bye-bye pretty green, color of money, locally-owned Hibernia card relic … Hello cold, steely, frigid Capital One card…
Nope!
Mayor Says He’s Not Part Of (E-Maelstrom) Probe Wow, that certainly is brief but I don’t agree when they say terse. He’s sort of got a “nothing to see here” grin on his face. Later in last night’s broadcast version of this story, they chased Veronica White around Poydras street but couldn’t get a comment….
Post-Intelligencer Print Edition Goes Bye-Bye…
Seattle P-I to publish last edition Tuesday …and word is the Seattle Times is not far behind. The failure of the Times print edition would leave Seattle without a major daily paper. What is interesting is how many resources the P-I can put into their Web site. Eliminating delivery and paper and ink frees up…
A Fat Tuesday Remnant
I was looking through my Fat Tuesday photos and saw this one taken late in the day / early in the night at a point when I was mostly intoxicated and quite spirited. It is a case when an instrument perfectly captures the state of its operator…
Do You Know Who I Am? I’m Vitty Cent!
TSA to look into alleged Vitter airport incident I have always loved when “Do you know who I am” is utilized when folks who are used to leading a life of exceptions run into some situation in which the exceptions run out. Predictably, it has been uttered by a few local servants in the last…