Backs to the wall following the economic devastation after the federal levee failures, New Orleans musicians are starting to organize. This past Sunday, hundreds marched in a silent Second Line to draw attention to their plight. Always poorly paid, the post-levee failure world offers even slimmer pickings. For a city that depends on music for […]
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
“We didn’t do this to ourselves”
The federal government took over the levees – and then let them fail. The oil companies extracted tens of billions of dollars worth of oil and in the process chewed up the wetlands that shield New Orleans from the full effects of storm surges. Now the federal...
Seeking Bush video from New Orleans
On his recent “we’re doing a great job” visit to New Orleans, George Bush gave a speech in which he admitted the levees were a federal responsibility. Given that Bush is now “The Decider” and the Supreme Leader of the former republic known as the United States, his...
Gordon Soderberg leads Lower 9th Ward Cleanup
From Gordon Soderberg I will be in the Lower Ninth Ward August 28th and 29th to clear debris and mow the weeds with my John Deere Tractor from lots that are being threatened with seizure via the New Orleans “Good Neighbor Plan” http://www.cityofno.com/portal.aspx?tabid=72. If any of you would like to help, bring your weed eaters […]
“Tootie’s Last Suit” – Free Screening
TOOTIE’S LAST SUIT Free Showing, Sunday, August 26, 2007. 7 p.m. at the Treme Community Center, 900 N. Villere Parade to the film beginning at the Montana home, 1633 N. Villere at 5 p.m. led by the Treme Brass Band and the Black Men of Labor. Celebrate and honor Chief...
