Darkcasting New Orleans - Jac Currie and Whitney Cummings
I totally forgot this existed, Jac. So obviously I had to post it.
Posts tagged Defend New Orleans
I received an email from City Hall, announcing ‘The Campaign Against Signs on Public Property’. Great, I thought. Maybe those kabillions of John Georges campaign signs that littered St Claude Avenue during the race for mayor are a thing of the past. Maybe the endless supply of coroplast signs, a non-biodegradable plastic material, in our landfills, would come to a timely end. Maybe those kids who Georges paid (by financing their sports teams) to stand in the street, waving his signs & shouting at cars, would find something better to do than block traffic in the name of Another Rich Guy Who Wants To Be Elected To Something.
Then the patter began to rise about band & gallery fliers.
The email from City Hall reads:“We are mindful that cultural businesses may host musical groups, have gallery openings or other such events that require advertising. However, the law requires that you keep signs off of public property and do not distribute fliers on public streets and sidewalks.”
There’s various opinions about this, of course, including the belief that this will seriously hurt New Orleans performing musicians. I don’t personally subscribe to this one, as the only time I’ve attended a ‘fliered’ show, it was so packed I couldn’t get inside. I think it more notable that music licenses are so often withheld in the City Where Jazz Was Born. I imagine no end to the attendances that might be seen, should the music be allowed to play in the first place.
Then there’s the opinion that these fliers are legitimate art, and deserve a place in our society. This same argument was used regarding tagging graffiti, and begs the question of who decides what ‘street art’ can be posted, by the local artists or the Klan, or Koch brothers.
Again, the struggle to see & be seen in the world of art & entertainment is the battle all artists, be it on paper or in music, must face. Somehow, covering telephone poles with bits of paper doesn’t seem to be an egress into that world, either.
(via NOLA Rising)
Required reading vis-a-vis City Hall’s fight on street art, as opposed to a fight on crime, or murder, perhaps. PRIORITIES, Y’ALL!
Also mentioned, (friend of this Tumblr) Rex of NOLA Rising, the Grey Ghost, the arts and crafts sale raided by NOPD like something out of The Wire.
Getting set up for the Defend New Orleans (official) store opening/Cinco de Mayo celebration. Free beer, live DJ, swag, merch, ambiance, cool people. All ages, 21 to drink. Pulse required to have fun.
Now until 9PM.
1101 First Street (at the Downtown/Lakeside corner of Magazine)
New Orleans, Louisiana
(map)
Look for the Defend New Orleans flag out front!
April 28th Recap
- Went to the new Defend New Orleans retail store (1101 First Street at Magazine - Downtown/Lakeside corner). Drank daiquiris, sangria, blogged (YEAH I KNOW SHUT UP), finally met cajunboy in person.
- Sushi and beer.
- Watched the Hornets game at the Saint.
- Minor’s birthday party, paper beards, glow sticks, Unibroue, catching up with lots of people.
- Crashing, royal wedding for like 15 minutes, crashing.
Packing/organizing DNO stickers like back in the good old days, getting ready for a massive garage sale tomorrow morning, slowly getting scared of my dental appointment, and watching Back to the Future on DVD.
No complaints.
dhk:
BBC News - Oil spill in Gulf of Mexico: in maps and graphics
- particularly bad fucking moody about this fucking bullshit.
- We live(d) off fucking shrimp and oysters poboys and prob have mercury pers-nin from da tuna
- FUCK
This whole mess, and I do mean MESS (in the most polite way possible), has driven me to the emotional brink in the past few days.
WHY CAN’T WE JUST GET A FUCKING BREAK. JUST ONE FUCKING BREAK.
But it’s New Orleans, it’s south Louisiana, it’s the Gulf coast. We will survive and overcome, no matter the response of the government (local/state/federal) and the oil companies like we have for years and years. That’s what makes us, all of us, New Orleanians, wherever we are.
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Defend New Orleans is teaming up with Park the Van Records and some special friends for a free/no rsvp/no wristband required party during SXSW. Band details below, invite your friends!
FRIDAY, March 19th
King Rey 5:15 pm
Generationals 4:30 pm
David Vandervelde 3:45 pm
Floating Action 3:00 pm
Giant Cloud 2:15 pm
GIVERS 1:30 pm
The Pharmacy 12:45pm
Brass Bed 12:00pm
EVERYBODY GO TO THIS. And the Canadian Blast, but that’s another post…
No Place Like Home tells the story of Defend New Orleans creator Jac Currie; a Gulf Coast native working to rebuild his hometown through his own non-profit organization. While not your typical documentary, and being sure to stray far from any form of natural disaster statistics, the film is merely an honest portrait of an individual working to overcome to wrath of Katrina. Documenting many of Currie’s efforts to raise money, awareness and spread hope throughout the country, Courtney Fathom Sell’s debut film is a gritty yet emotional and heartfelt documentary, as it allows the subject to present the issue straightforward yet collects sensitive images - and is filled with moments which help describe the effects of the devastation both physically and emotionally.
The film has gone on to screen internationally as well as receive ‘Best Picture’ at the 2006 Blue November Film Festival and made official selection at the 2007 New York Independent Film Festival. Available on DVD through Emphasis Entertainment.
Courtney Fathom Sell / Slumlord Productions
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