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SUNDAY, AUGUST 12

THE 9TH ANNUAL MARDI GRAS INDIAN HALL OF FAME
INDUCTION CEREMONY

CONGO SQUARE
3 P.M. TO 4 P.M.

On August 29, 8 PM to 10 PM on WKZE in Red Hook, NY, I’ll be hosting a two hour program marking two years since the Great Levee Failure (don’t call in Katrina) in New Orleans.

Music, readings from books on the subject, and talk about what New Orleans endured, how it’s coming back, and how people can help.

You’ll be able to hear program live on the Internet. More details as I get them.

A recap of Food Music Justice Projects since we started in December of 2006:

1. FoodMusicJustice.com online magazine - news and culture from the Big Easy (over 100 articles so far)

2. Sharpening the web campaign for Levees.org and helping them put video on their web site which has resulted in an explosion of new members - and enhanced political clout.

3. Technical assistance to CHAT, the Citizens Road Home Task Force, which is working to make sure citizens of Louisiana get the money they were promised to rebuild their homes.

4. The “Two Rivers, One Heart” Tour. We brought Jason Slack and the Slick Slack Brass Band to Manhattan, Brooklyn, the South Bronx, and Hudson, New York to spread the word that New Orleans is alive and well and still needs our help and attention.

Tell your friends about FoodMusicJustice.com and ask them to join our low volume news list.

The bigger our list, the bigger the buzz, the bigger the buzz, the more we can help.

Thanks.

Ken McCarthy

On the plaintiff side, forty including Xavier University. The defendants, over one dozen including Allstate and Travelers.

In a court decision last November reported by FoodMusicJustice.com, Judge Stanwood Duval Jr. found for the plaintiffs and ordered the insurance companies to pay up.

The decision was reversed today.

Judge Carolyn King wrote the opinion for the three-judge panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals

Allstate’s spokes-slimeball Mike Siemienas says the company is “pleased” with the decision.

I bet.

If you like heat and great music, consider a visit to New Orleans this weekend for the annual Satchmo JazzFest.

“Satchmo” of course was the great Louis Armstrong, a native son of New Orleans whose genius helped make jazz “modern.” Even decades after his death, it’s hard to listen to his big sound and shimmering lines without getting chills.

The festival goes from August 2 to August 5th and features great music and programming for kids.

If I were in New Orleans, I’d be checking out my favorites the Soul Rebels and the Panorama Jazz Band on the 4th and Rebirth, Treme, Algier’s, Trombone Shorty and Kermit Ruffins on the 5th. Talk about an embarrassment of riches.

Lots of participatory music workshops for kids on both days plus a puppet show on Sunday.

Good stuff at the Old Historic US Mint at 400 Esplanade Avenue on the border between the French Quarter and the Faubourg Marigny.

Check it out.