A lot of housing is being torn down in New Orleans. Some of it needs to be, but much of it could be saved. Unfortunately, post-flood it’s become much easier for property owners to demolish historically important structures. This site, SquanderedHeritage.com, is...
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
FEMA New Orleans
The people of New Orleans were kept captive in the city after the levee collapses. It’s a shocking claim, but it’s absolutely true and well documented. At any time after the levee collapses, people who made it to the Convention Center or the sports stadium could...
Free the Second Line – This Thursday
We’re reprinting this news item from our good friends at Offbeat Magazine (you do subscribe don’t you?): “In light of last month’s arrests of Derrick Tabb and Glen David Andrews for being a part of an impromptu second line, the tradition is on people’s minds. Thursday...
Hip Hop New Orleans
I neglect hip hop on this blog which is a mistake because in addition to all its other contributions to world music, New Orleans is home to a very creative and productive hip hop community. These guys are doing a great job of telling the story. Link: 2-Cent.com...
Blackwater in New Orleans
I came across this interview with Jeremy Scahill, author of Blackwater: The Rise of the World’s Most Powerful Mercenary Army. Blackwater, which is owned by right-wing “good Christian” nuts who’ve contributed hundreds of thousands of dollars to various Bush campaigns,...
