Larry Blumenfeld did the interview. David Aman shot and edited. FoodMusicJustice.com produced it.
This was one of the videos Larry showed at the International Jazz Educators Conference in Toronto last summer.
Meanwhile, I shot a ton of nice stuff at the French Quarter Fest which I’ll be posting in the coming days.
Caught this band - Da Truth Brass Band - playing on the corner on Frenchman street.
When I remember to, I carry a $95 video camera, the size of a pack of cigarettes, with me and shoot interesting things I see Lumiere-style (one shot, no edit) If I find that I have anything good, I load it up to YouTube.
Everyone who lives and visits New Orleans could be doing this.
In the process, bit by bit, we could put the magic of New Orleans out there for people who’ve never been here and maybe change people’s perceptions about the city and why it is so worth helping in its time of need.
Stop waiting for grants and the time to be right. Just do it.
I should know better than going anywhere without my PureDigital video camera (about the size of a pack of cigarettes.)But I do have a rudimentary video camera on my cell phone that records up to 15 seconds.
Here’s the end of a drum solo by a young kid playing with the Treme Brass Band at Ray’s Boom Boom Room on Frenchman Street.
Here’s some clips from the 2007 Big Nine Social and Pleasure Club Second Line, my favorite parade of the year and maybe my favorite event in New Orleans period. (more…)
THE MARDI GRAS INDIAN COUNCIL PRESENTS
INDIAN SUNDAY PARADE
Sunday, March 16, 2008 – 1 p.m.
Start: Washington Avenue and LaSalle Street. Down LaSalle to Martin Luther King Blvd. Left on MLK to Galvez. Left on Galvez to Washington Ave. Left on Washington to South Derbigny.
End: Taylor Park, Washington and Galvez
Info courtesy of the Backstreet Museum
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More…on legal observation campaign
Good afternoon all,
Just wondering if anyone wanted to volunteer for the ACLU’s legal observing effort for the Uptown Mardi Gras Indian Super Sunday this Sunday the 16th. Although no longer working for the ACLU, I’m volunteering to help coordinate the effort on Sunday.
If you can, please let me know and send me your name, cellphone number, and availability.
Volunteers will meet at 12:30pm on the corner of Washington and LaSalle on the park side of the street for a brief training. Super Sunday lasts generally till 6:30pm or so. We’d love it if you could stay all day but folks that can help even just for a few hours are welcome.
Thanks in advance for any help. Forward this to anyone who might be interested….
Tory Pegram
504.338.2631
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Why the Indians need defending. The over-the-top campaign of police harassment and brutality took place just three short years ago.
It’s that time of year again.
Last year, I missed it because I got caught in a white-out blizzard in upstate New York. Not only didn’t planes fly, I couldn’t even get my car down the street the snow was falling so thick. (more…)
Volunteers Needed to Serve as Legal Observers for Uptown Super Sunday
Hi All!
The ACLU has been asked again this year to help provide legal observers for Uptown Super Sunday, March 16th. Super Sunday is an all-day event (noon to 6pm) when all the Mardi Gras Indians come out to display their costumes to other Indians and the community.
A brief mandatory training will begin immediately before the event, at noon on Sunday. Please send an email to admin@laaclu.org or reply to this message if you are interested in participating.
As a legal observer, your job is simple but crucial. You will be asked to objectively monitor police interaction with participants.
Sunday, March 16th
Uptown Super Sunday Legal Observing
noon - 6pm
mandatory training begins promptly at noon
Location TBA
We will send you details on where to meet and what to bring once you sign up. Thanks!
Marjorie Esman
Executive Director, ACLU & ACLU Foundation of Louisiana
Email: admin@laaclu.org
ACLU of Louisiana Updates: http://www.laaclu.org
Another great article on the current New Orleans music and culture scene from Larry Blumenfeld.
This one about Donald Harrison Jr. and Mardi Gras “Indian” culture appeared recently in the Village Voice. (more…)
Just got back from a community screening of “Faubourg Treme: The untold story of New Orleans.”
I expected it to be good. It was great.
I shot these two at DBA on the weekend before Mardi Gras 2008.
Japanese documentary about the Mardi Gras Indians.
From: http://www.kreweduvieux.org/
The Krewe du Vieux is a non-profit organization dedicated to the historical and traditional concept of a Mardi Gras parade as a venue for individual creative expression and satirical comment. It is unique among all Mardi Gras parades in the city because it alone carries on the old traditions of Carnival celebrations, using decorated, hand or mule-drawn floats with satirical themes, accompanied by costumed revelers dancing in the streets to the sounds of jazzy street musicians. We believe in exposing the world to the true nature of Mardi Gras - and in exposing ourselves to the world.
‘NOTE: new parade starting time: 6:30 PM. Please start your drinking early.’
Bands that accompanied this year’s Krew de Vieux parade:
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