New Orleans photographer Frank Relle… I just picked up a postcard of his work at Mojo’s (see previous post) my favorite hangout in the city. Relle specializes in what he calls “nightscapes” which turns out to be exquisite architecture photography, portraits of the...
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
The saga of the gray ghost
A while back, I posted an article about MICHAEL “REX” DINGLER who faces $50,000 in city fines for posting beautiful, encouraging hand-painted signs in desolate areas and other places needing some charm. http://foodmusicjustice.com/2008/03/19/nola-rising-video/ Today,...
Frenchman Street New Orleans
In the spirit of “anything worth doing, is worth doing badly,” I got on my bicycle on a slow night on Frenchman Street and one-handed it with my $95 video camera. Yes, it could be done a lot better. Consider it a rough sketch, a very rough sketch. ...
Jazz, New Orleans and the building trades
Caught this at the Sound Cafe and glad I did. The video doesn’t begin to do it justice. Why are the old buildings in New Orleans so beautiful? Craftsmanship of a very high order. In fact, New Orleans plasterers, woodworkers and other members of the building trade were...
Treme Brass Band Lindy Hop
New Orleans may have more smoking good dancers per capita than any other place in America. They sure have great bands to dance to. This is the Treme Brass Band at Ray’s Boom Boom Room on Frenchman.
Thelonious Monk