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10 am MARDI GRAS DAY

January 23, 2016 by Charlie London

 

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Meet at Pal’s Lounge at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, February 9, 2016

Pal’s Lounge is located at 949 North Rendon in Faubourg St. John.moonpie

There will be moon pies, shopping carts full of beer along with kings, queens and music.

pbrholdParade with the Pal’s Lounge revelers as they cross the Magnolia Bridge (by Cabrini High School) then head on over to Pearl Wine, Holy Ground, Bayou Beer Garden then back to Pal’s.

 

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Pal’s Lounge will open at 8 a.m. for the Krewe of Bikeus Parade

From the Krewe of Bikeus press page…  It is early in the morning and the Krewe of Bike-us assembles in mid-city in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Their bicycles serve as their floats and their way to get around barricades set up to curtail traffic on the streets of New Orleans. Bloody Marys, vodka cranberries and screwdrivers are part of the breakfast buffet of fun at Pal’s Lounge, a neighborhood institution owned in part by the son of Oscar winner Helen Miren.

While most Mardi Gras krewes roll thru the streets of New Orleans, this is no ordinary parade. The pedal-powered members are one of numerous unsanctioned parade organizations that add to the beauty and local color of Mardi Gras. The group got its start in 2002 when a group of avid bicyclists discovered that two wheels are better than one when it comes to the jam-packed streets of Fat Tuesday.

The group formed as an efficient way to get around during the day. They thank the scarcity of parking spots along routes for its conception.

“People see the dozens of members in costumes rolling down the street and they assume it’s a real parade and start cheering and yelling for beads,” says Krewe of Bikeus founder [sic – not really] Rob Savoy.

Each year the group of friends and friends of friends gather in Faubourg St. John.  The revelers cycle along a ceremonial path Uptown to catch the Zulu parade before making their way to the French Quarter for the rest of the day. The group has grown into one of the most recognized unrecognized groups of Mardi Gras.

 

 

 

 

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Super Secret in City Park

April 24, 2015 by Charlie London

music-boxMusic Box announces ‘Super Secret’ concert to accompany New Orleans Jazz Fest

The makers of the Music Box Roving Village, that enchanting assembly of musical architecture in City Park, are planning a “Super Secret” April 24 concert to accompany the first day of the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival 2015, which takes place just a few block away

New Orleans stars Quintron, Luke Winslow-King, Rob Cambre and Dustin Louque will perform using the eccentric instruments of the Music Box, joined by Jazz Fest performers whose names will only be announced on the day of the concert. Hence the secrecy.

Whatever guest performers appear at the 8:30 p.m. April 24 concert, the outdoor, largely improvised show will be unlike any other music experience in town.

The Music Box Roving Village: City Park

*What: Music performed in whimsical array of small sculptural dwellings that second as one-of-a-kind musical instruments.

*Where: In City Park near the intersection of Harrison Avenue and Wisner Boulevard.

*When: April 24 at 8:30 p.m., doors open at 7 p.m.
*Tickets are $20 and are available online.
*More information: Visit the Music Box website.
http://www.eventbrite.com/e/roving-village-orchestra-special-after-jazz-fest-performance-april-24th-tickets-16026948033

Music Box Roving Village in City Park

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The Music Box Roving Village: City Park will host concerts with the houses serving as the orchestra. Its performances are 7 p.m. and 9 p.m.

The bright, intricate nests made by bowerbirds inspired Ross Harmon and Frank Pahl’s shack, surrounded with heavy chimes tuned to different scales. The inside is completely covered in mosaic mirrors.

Callie Curry (aka Swoon) collaborated with New Orleans blacksmith Darryl Reeves on a gazebo-like structure, detailed with lattice-like brass cuttings and Reeves’ brass instruments twisted into the house’s frame. A pneumatic switchboard in the center controls the horns

A tall windmill-inspired silo topped with tubes and metal shaped into musical ceiling fans. Slowly pull a rope from the ornate pulley system inside the house and you’ll hear the tubes catch air as they turn into resonating chambers bellowing slightly dissonant tones.

“We’ll probably have only heard our instruments playing together for the first time the day before, “It’ll be sunset when people first arrive. We want them to feel like they’ve entered an enchanted world. They’ll come in, find these musical houses, find their seats – they’ll be all over the place – and we’ll have a concert that we have no idea what it will sound like.”

The Music Box – December 10, 2011 from New Orleans Airlift on Vimeo

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WHIV WORLDWIDE

March 6, 2015 by Charlie London

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WHIV-on-the-airYou know that low power FM began in Faubourg St. John on December 1st, 2014. Now you can share the experience with your friends and relatives worldwide! WHIV-FM has officially begun streaming their signal over the internet. Check it out at: http://tinyurl.com/streaming-whiv

Launched in late 2014, 102.3 FM is a new low power radio station for New Orleans. This is community radio for New Orleans; the signal range covers the complete New Orleans metropolitan area.WHIVFM

WHIV programming is dedicated to public health, human rights and social justice.

During the day, WHIV features local New Orleans and Louisiana news and current events with voices as diverse as our city. In the evenings, weekends, and holidays, WHIV will be broadcasting locally DJ’ed shows highlighting New Orleans music and culture.

http://tinyurl.com/streaming-whiv

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https://fsjna.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/FSJ-promo-2014dec6-small1.mp4

Thanks to NOLA AERIALS for the intro photos in the video!

Lyrics to “Livin’ in the Life” by the Isley Brothers used in the video above.

Somebody said, I was living in the life
Somebody told me, I was living in the life
Think that you might know, you’ll find that you’re readin’ me wrong
My patience come and go but my living has got to go on

And if you think it’s easy it’s only ’cause
You ain’t me and I ain’t you
Check out the difference between the two

Somebody said, it was easy in my life
Somebody told me, I had made it in my life
Try to understand my determination wins
You can’t only stand on the outside looking in

And if you think it’s easy it’s only ’cause
You ain’t me and I ain’t you

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