North America’s other fleur-de-lis city…I come here whenever I can…It’s five hours up the North Way by car. I think New Orleaneans would feel very at home here…great food, lots of live music, very friendly people…sensual, inclusive, compassionate and all those good...
FoodMusicJustice Archive
About The FoodMusicJustice Project
In the dark years after the failure of the US Army Corps of Engineers levees (don’t call it Katrina), Jazz on the Tube produced a few hundred short articles in support of New Orleans. We also shot a lot of original video.
Unfortunately, hackers destroyed most of this site while we were focused on other matters and much of this priceless archival work was lost.
We’re in the process of trying to reconstruct it, a laborious and expensive process.
What we have been able to salvage so far were notes about our “Manchester Loves New Orleans” Project. The goal was to stimulate musical and artistic exchanges between the UK’s hippest music city and New Orleans.
The two cities have strong historical connections. If you throw Liverpool into the mix, the case can be made that modern pop music was invented by a collaboration between these two places.
– Ken McCarthy
FoodMusicJustice
Postcard from Coney Island
I’m back in New York for the summer in search of New Orleans-like events. The best one so far…the annual Mermaid Parade at Coney Island which just celebrated its 25th anniversary. New Orleans has a lot more parades, but in Coney Island they can take their parade into...
Larry Haines – Housing Innovation for New Orleans and Beyond
Larry came to our benefit workshop last April for St. John’s Church #5 in the 7th Ward and then went with us to visit the various rebuilding projects they’re working on. It was a pleasant surprise to discover that he’s the new president of NOREIA, the New Orleans Real...
Levee failures: The Big Picture
UC Berkeley Professor Ray Seed discusses what California can learn from New Orleans and how to prevent a similar catastrophe in California and the rest of the country. This talk was delivered September 12, 2006. Astonishing for its detail so soon after the catastrophe. Astonishing for how few people have had access to this basic […]
The Hurricane Digital Memory Bank
The Hurricane Digital Memory Bank uses electronic media to collect, preserve and present the stories and digital record of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. The University of New Orleans and George Mason’s Center for History and New Media created and maintain this online...
Thelonious Monk