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Episode No. 28 - featuring music by Jack In the Pulpit.
Episode No. 27 - featuring music by The Cantonement Jazz Band.
Yesterday kicked off a momentous fortnight in New Orleans, with a mayoral election, the Saints’ participation in the Super Bowl, and Mardi Gras all taking place in a span of eleven days.
Saturday’s election of Mitch Landrieu ushered in the city’s first new mayor since Hurricane Katrina. (Ray Nagin was term-limited—and surely would have been voted out this time). You may recall that back in August, I signed a copy of A.D. for one of the mayoral candidates, State Senator Edwin R. Murray, at The Doctor’s A.D. release party. Well, Senator Murray pulled out of the mayoral race last month. In any case, although Landrieu will be New Orleans’ first white mayor in over thirty years, he won 66% percent of the vote, including a large share of the African American electorate. Let’s hope Landrieu truly is a mayor of unity and progress, and speeds up the Crescent City’s post-Katrina rebuilding. (more…)
Episode No. 26 - featuring music by The Octagon.
Episode No. 25 - featuring music by The Cantonement Jazz Band.
Tin House Magazine, the magazine and book publishers that aim to publish the “compelling and authentic narratives of our time,” are currently accepting submissions on the subject of class in America for their upcoming Fall issue.
Specifically, they’re looking for submissions in the form of fiction, essays, and poetry on the subject that come from a unique perspective. Whether you’ve made the move from lower to upper class or vice versa, consider yourself classless, or are a recent immigrant from a country with a different attitude towards class…Tin House wants to hear from you. Submissions will be accepted until May 1 and should be no longer than ten-thousand words. (more…)
Episode No. 24 - featuring music by Benji Cossa.
Turning 30 is a terrifying thing for a lot of people. As such, year 29 carries quite a bit of weight. So why not do something special to remember your life before the transition into 30dom?
That is exactly what artist Nicole Kenney has done with her personal story project, diary29. That magical number, 29, also happens to be her golden birthday. To honor that year, she started documenting her life on July 29, 2009. Each day Nicole takes a photo of the happenings in her life. (more…)