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Tuesday, March 30, 2010
P.D #2
They just called me up to cook up flyer #3. Something must be working because business is good. Last two weeks they've sold out the dough. Last Sunday it happened in the first hour! New hours this week: opening at 4pm (to midnightish)
Monday, March 29, 2010
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Zine # 3
...its been about a year now and the presses are starting to roll on #4. So here's the full (and partially revised) ish numero TRE3 for your online pleasure. The original impetus for this one was in fact for a school assignement, one of the very last assignments I completed before graduating if not THE very last. My cool Natural History of Louisiana teacher, Mz. D Henry, let us create our own final exam projects and when i suggested I would publish a zine about the Mississippi, she eagerly agreed it would be a great chocie.
In reality, a "zine" can be any and all sorts of self-published pamphlet you can imagine, ranging anywhere from an independent textbook professionally bound and distributed to schizophrenic scribblings on toilet paper barely stapled together. Admittedly I used the "zine" label as an excuse not to properly cite my sources and you can see where DH calls me out on that. She also points out a potentially plagiarized doomsday scenario reminiscent of what Bill Streever wrote about in Saving Louisiana (or was it Mark Tidwell in Bayou Farewell?)
Maybe someday I 'll go back and give this zine the old scholarly polish it deserves. Or maybe I'll just put it online and say to hell with it. But about the passage in question I really do believe now that its almost a moot point anyways. The catastrophes he (& I) described are overblown themselves. I read the some of the same sources he researched and in a report that preceded his the aftermath was broken down much more rationally and calmly. It read something like: 'Yes. Disaster will occur but its nothing our resilient human spirit can't overcome. Life may never be the same but solutions will still be found.' But that doesn't make for good copy. So Streever sexed it up, amped up the damages and inability to respond in his book, and then I took that and upped it a little more just for shits and wriggles.
If (or really When) this big switch occurs (who knows how many years from now) it will probably be an event we (god willing) have some sort of control over and can anticipate a little. That's not to say it still wouldn't pose a shit ton of problems. It would. And it will someday. Its a troubling scenario to imagine. It troubled me when DH first explained it to me in class. And it troubled me to write about it last year. And it troubled me up until the point I stopped letting it trouble me, that is, when I stopped thinking about it sometime last summer.
The dinosaurs didn't wake up each day worrying about the an asteroid coming to hit the earth just as the residents of Louisiana don't live there lives filled with fear about the next time mother nature decides to settle the score again. (But then again: if you know about a problem you should hope for the best and plan for the worst.) Hell though, even Memphis is set for a big earthquake one of these days. Reelfoot Lake, look it up) and how are they preparing for it in 2010?
It is hard to get on with your life if your filled with fear imagining everything that can happen to you. We just have to accept the challenges that come our way each day and decide which ones we actually have some control over. The Mississippi River and the fate of 2 cities is bigger than anybody reading this, so don't sweat it too much.
Really though, I still don't know how to make up my mind on this issue. Maybe that's why I only distributed 36 copies originally (12 for my class and 24 in the 2nd ed.). Read this now and tell me if it makes any sense. Tell me what you think.
Thanks.
B
A tale of 2 cities: Look here and compare if you can the different depths of the river channels. On the left we have Uptown New Orleans by the Zoo where the river is approximately 2000 feet wide and 163 feet deep at its lowest. Compare that to Downtown Morgan City on the right where the Atchafalaya is about 1500 feet wide and only 50 feet deep. Do the physics; them pipes don't match up.
In reality, a "zine" can be any and all sorts of self-published pamphlet you can imagine, ranging anywhere from an independent textbook professionally bound and distributed to schizophrenic scribblings on toilet paper barely stapled together. Admittedly I used the "zine" label as an excuse not to properly cite my sources and you can see where DH calls me out on that. She also points out a potentially plagiarized doomsday scenario reminiscent of what Bill Streever wrote about in Saving Louisiana (or was it Mark Tidwell in Bayou Farewell?)
Maybe someday I 'll go back and give this zine the old scholarly polish it deserves. Or maybe I'll just put it online and say to hell with it. But about the passage in question I really do believe now that its almost a moot point anyways. The catastrophes he (& I) described are overblown themselves. I read the some of the same sources he researched and in a report that preceded his the aftermath was broken down much more rationally and calmly. It read something like: 'Yes. Disaster will occur but its nothing our resilient human spirit can't overcome. Life may never be the same but solutions will still be found.' But that doesn't make for good copy. So Streever sexed it up, amped up the damages and inability to respond in his book, and then I took that and upped it a little more just for shits and wriggles.
If (or really When) this big switch occurs (who knows how many years from now) it will probably be an event we (god willing) have some sort of control over and can anticipate a little. That's not to say it still wouldn't pose a shit ton of problems. It would. And it will someday. Its a troubling scenario to imagine. It troubled me when DH first explained it to me in class. And it troubled me to write about it last year. And it troubled me up until the point I stopped letting it trouble me, that is, when I stopped thinking about it sometime last summer.
The dinosaurs didn't wake up each day worrying about the an asteroid coming to hit the earth just as the residents of Louisiana don't live there lives filled with fear about the next time mother nature decides to settle the score again. (But then again: if you know about a problem you should hope for the best and plan for the worst.) Hell though, even Memphis is set for a big earthquake one of these days. Reelfoot Lake, look it up) and how are they preparing for it in 2010?
It is hard to get on with your life if your filled with fear imagining everything that can happen to you. We just have to accept the challenges that come our way each day and decide which ones we actually have some control over. The Mississippi River and the fate of 2 cities is bigger than anybody reading this, so don't sweat it too much.
Really though, I still don't know how to make up my mind on this issue. Maybe that's why I only distributed 36 copies originally (12 for my class and 24 in the 2nd ed.). Read this now and tell me if it makes any sense. Tell me what you think.
Thanks.
B
A tale of 2 cities: Look here and compare if you can the different depths of the river channels. On the left we have Uptown New Orleans by the Zoo where the river is approximately 2000 feet wide and 163 feet deep at its lowest. Compare that to Downtown Morgan City on the right where the Atchafalaya is about 1500 feet wide and only 50 feet deep. Do the physics; them pipes don't match up.
This roller
My dad sent this to me and it deserves to be seen again. 200 points for the piece + 15 bonus points for the picture and the punchline. OBAMABABY!
Sunday, March 14, 2010
Sunday Mourning
Woke up not so early this morning but in time enough to catch my family up in the cabildo by the cathedral. I got up in there too and it felt a little funny, but it was good to be back in the folds of my kin, yea like something you've felt before. yeah so we roamed round the cabildo and finally the younger ones, these visiting cousins just busted out of there and we were free to roam around da plaza. The two bigyoung cousins ran this way and de other two stayed on the wings. One older cousin showed up with his camera and you just know I did my thing. Rode a bike ate a burrito and sent texts to foreign places, all that cocked underneath my boston red cap (yes I rep that).
Saturday, March 13, 2010
Things we still have to discuss
1. Granny's new hip?
2. Bone Doctors convening in town!
3. Evacuation Routes (lord willing)
4. The Clipse?
5. How Not to Talk to Strangers (in the big city)
6. How to work at the Convention Center (parts 1 & now 2!)
7. PaprPapr # 3: NO FLOW
8. Guest Interviews
9. Bryce McCloud
10.The Summertime! (o shit its practically here!!!)
11.Last Summertime
12.New York City
13.Chicago
14.Smok
15.Philadelphia & San Francisco
16.Free roaming chickens (specifically roosters)
17.These Things {å∫ç∂´ƒ©˙ˆ∆˚¬µ˜øπœ®ß†¨√∑≈¥Ω (specifically ßø&®∂)
18.These Ones as well {ÅıÇδϩӈÔ˚Ò˜Ø∏Œ®Í†¨√∑≈ÁΩ¡™£¢∞§¶•ªº
19.Coffee and other socially permissable stimulants
20.Summer Reading 2010 (?¢?¢?)
21.Knoxville
22.Not Atlanta
23.my love for you/sleeping well
2. Bone Doctors convening in town!
3. Evacuation Routes (lord willing)
4. The Clipse?
5. How Not to Talk to Strangers (in the big city)
6. How to work at the Convention Center (parts 1 & now 2!)
7. PaprPapr # 3: NO FLOW
8. Guest Interviews
9. Bryce McCloud
10.The Summertime! (o shit its practically here!!!)
11.Last Summertime
12.New York City
13.Chicago
14.Smok
15.Philadelphia & San Francisco
16.Free roaming chickens (specifically roosters)
17.These Things {å∫ç∂´ƒ©˙ˆ∆˚¬µ˜øπœ®ß†¨√∑≈¥Ω (specifically ßø&®∂)
18.These Ones as well {ÅıÇδϩӈÔ˚Ò˜Ø∏Œ®Í†¨√∑≈ÁΩ¡™£¢∞§¶•ªº
19.Coffee and other socially permissable stimulants
20.Summer Reading 2010 (?¢?¢?)
21.Knoxville
22.Not Atlanta
23.my love for you/sleeping well
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Buypizza in the Bywater
Three weeks of success! Here's the scene, taken live from Pizza Delicious. Everyone agrees their pizza is delicious, their kitchen is righteous, and their cause is just.
That's the man Mike right there in the hat working the dough and sauce. Greg, the other half of the incredible duo that is NOPD, sweated it out in the oven room making sure the crusts came out ever-so crispy, away from where I could capture his portrait. The two are a sight to behold and most every customer lingered around to talk shop with the guys for a few minutes before taking their fresh pies back to their hungry crews waiting throughout the city.
"A late night pizza place in the Bywater??? These guys should make a killing!" I overheard one surprised first time customers say that as she walked up to the spot. But it takes more than the munchies and some start up dough to make an operation like this successful. There is substance to their style; they use quality ingredients on all four of their pie options. I watched as Mike tore off big hunks of fresh mozzarella to deck the Margarita pizza and tasty slices of real fine spicy sausage and mushrooms cover their meat option (no pepperoni pies here). Your choices are classic Cheese, the Margarita, Spicy Sausage, and fresh Arugula with roasted red pepper (yea...that one is boss). They blessed me with a pie with all four toppings neatly divided up so I could taste them all. Whichever you choose you can't go wrong. Nothing tastes as good as fresh does.
Friday, March 5, 2010
Catch-and-Release
This little four legged guy just shot is way right thru the library lobby one sunny day back in January. My friend here scooped him up in a hustle and deposited him back outside where he gladly ran off in another direction. Just like that- it was over in a flash but not before I got to snap their picture.
Isn't this funny?
From an old Playboy. For some reason it struck a nerve with me today. I like that shot out the door.
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