HAPPY MARDI GRAS, EVERYONE!!

[Brotherjohn]

Laissez les bons temps rouler!

LISTEN! http://www.wwoz.org/listen.php

LOOK! http://www.nola.com/mardigras

GOD I wish I could be there! I'm so proud of my hometown today!

[BOSSHOG]

1. Back at ya Brotherjohn

The weather today is incredibly beautiful but I'm staying away until the French Quarter Fest in April. The parades this year have certainly brought out boo-dro's creative juices. Heckuvajobbrownie troop with merit badges for alcohol abuse and mold remediation. What's in your fridge? Costumes made of MRE packaging - "Lunch is on us." Fridge over troubled water. Attention K-Mart looters. And on and on. The locals certainly needed the time out.

[xultar]

2. I think I know you. Do you know Porche-West?

[Brotherjohn]

3. Nope. Don't know any Porche's. But Happy Mardi Gras, nonetheless! (nt)

[Brotherjohn]

4. But if you're talking about this photographer, his photos are great!

http://www.ipm.jp/ipmj/gallery20/guest/ch-e.html

I particularly like this one:

[xultar]

5. He is my ex-boyfriend. We lived in NOLA for 4 years I guess.

He is still there. He lives in the Bywater on Desire so he didn't have any damage or flooding. THANK GOD!

[Brotherjohn]

6. My Mom used to play piano in a bar in the Faubourg Marigny.

Probably a few blocks from there (Feelings Cafe).

I also knew a number of more "alternative" musicians who lived in or frequented that area.

I guess there are a lot of "Brother John"s in and around N.O. (thanks to the Neville Brothers' classic song). I came by the name hosting a local/regiaonal music radio show in Baton Rouge for a couple of years in the early '90s (then a zine). I probably would have crossed paths more with the arts & music crowd in the Marigny and Bywater areas if I had actually been in N.O. at the time. Wasn't much going on in B.R. at the time, but the Marigny was undergoing a real rennaissance.

[peacebuzzard]

7. link to photos of Carnaval in Brasil (dialup warning)

Click on the arrows to advance and on the right the different galleries. A great democratic party for all.

http://oglobo.globo.com/especiais/carnaval2006/fotomateria/default.asp?arquivo=rio13_tijuca

Link to the samba music at bottom of page "Escute o samba" arrows.

[Brotherjohn]

8. Looks like a lot of fun, too! Happy Carnival! (nt)