Carnival Time

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The "Not Dead Yet" celebrations are heating up.

"come celebrate
with me that everyday
something has tried to kill me
and has failed." -- Lucille Clifton

Lots of Carnival events packed in from this evening on through Mardi Gras Day. Alas, a cold front. (I suspect the neighborhood party with the theme "Brassire to Eternity" tomorrow night will not be as interesting as it might have been with warmer weather.)

Like Christmas nationally, we have lots of holiday season specific music. On WWOZ, we've not just had shows of New Orleans Mardi Gras music, we've had specific shows of R&B New Orleans Mardi Gras music, trad jazz New Orleans Mardi Gras music, New Orleans Mardi Gras Indians music, brass band New Orleans Mardi Gras music, etc. Not to mention the Cajun shows. There are the classics, and new recordings come out each year. Some, of course, undistinguished and quickly forgotten, but I'm amazed at how many good ones there are. I enjoyed Billy Delle's "Records From the Crypt" show last night that had a number of fun records I'd never heard before.

Comments

Is Anna Nicole Smith Still Dead?

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I'm not dead yet!!!

[(Anonymous)]

Hey Froggy...also had a lovely time here in Texas connecting to WWOZ yesterday afternoon...not even close to "being there," but a far cry from being here. Happy Mom's Ball this evenin'! Laissez les bon temps roulet (or rouler dependin' on the local cultural faux pas).

peace, love and carnival, r&b