I found an interesting brick underfoot.
The big benefit of having bad posture and walking with your face looking at your feet all the time is you get to notice when the bricks underfoot have words on them, to help you learn about history.
I found an interesting brick underfoot.
The big benefit of having bad posture and walking with your face looking at your feet all the time is you get to notice when the bricks underfoot have words on them, to help you learn about history.
I call this one "Holy Cross Ring Toss".
I didn't make this; it's more of a found artwork, like a Duchamp.
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It's got the number-one hallmark of Dixie hoodoo: muddy, bald, eyeless doll heads, something Southern vacant lots contain by the dozen.
New Orleans Louisiana 315 Tricou Street warehouse demolition folk art Dixie hoodoo art with doll heads in it
I was filming when the biggest part of the warehouse came down.
I was outside watching the demolition and filming intermittently. I happened to get the whole thing (what was left) coming down.
Just some pictures of Shadow, for fun.
No real reason to post these, just proof that at least one of us is thriving here on Tricou Street
I learned my friend and bandmate Doug DeRienzo passed away.
I hadn't talked to him in a long time but I thought I could just call him up, if I could find his current number.
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More demolition on Tricou Street.
There was one big boom today, when I think they pulled down more than they meant to. But I didn't have my camera.
New Orleans Holy Cross 315 Tricou Street demolition cats Shadow Buddy sunsets
I saw The Wedding Present and Mark Robinson.
The Wedding Present was the draw, but a few people had to be excited to see "Mark Robinson plays Unrest". I was.
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Buddy and Shadow shared the bed on a cold morning.
And Shadow pulled the blanket over herself.
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I found a record I'd been low-key hunting for: the Bugsy Malone soundtrack.
I didn't really have to have it since I know most of it by heart. I'm glad to have it though.
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I never remember to take pictures. Please don't consider this the definitive Mardi Gras experience.
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Caught Don Wayne's act at Dodie's, a club I had no idea existed.
Don Wayne released a single on Swan Records in 1957.
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I didn't take any before pictures, but I bet I have a couple by accident.
I took a walk in the Lower Ninth Ward.
I think there are a dozen ways to get in the parking lot that this tangle of razor wire is supposed to be protecting.
New Orleans Holy Cross Lower Ninth Ward Dauphine Street barbed wire razor wire fences accessibility
The Stacks play with Happy Talk at Checkpoint Charlie's.
Happy Talk at 9, Stacks at 10
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Buddy was king of all he surveyed.
Just Buddy absolutely enjoying his princedom, or principality, or what you will.
Went to Kajun's to do karaoke with Andrew and ChanDella.
Andrew knocked out the crowd with his (single edit) "Thunder Road".
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Saw Silver Synthetic at BJ's Lounge.
It was a beautiful Saturday night, and there were twice as many people at the show than could fit in the bar at once.
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Saw a really good puppet show performed on the levee.
The String & Shadow puppeteers perfomred their original play _A Night At The Grand Opera_.
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I figured out who's been digging all the little holes in my backyard.
He or she is a really fast worker. There are deadly little traps all over the place back there.
Buddy went out in the snow for the first time in his life.
It snowed in New Orleans. I let Buddy out in it.
I sent an email to Norfolk Southern Railroad today to ask them about this project they are planning in my neighborhood.
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I found an adolescent possum in my kitchen.
I opened the front door and turned out the lights, hoping she’d be brave enough to leave before Buddy came home (though he has no interest in possums, no play value).
We waited for Hurricane Francine.
This one knocked our power out for a day.
Buddy thought a package of books was food.
It sounded like food.
Buddy got his stitches out, The Stacks had a great weekend, and somebody tried to kill the former President.
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Buddy had surgery to remove his left eye and to remove melanoma from his right eye.
It was a scary and sad time but he'll be all right.
Last picture of Buddy with his left eye.
This was so sad, and a dreadful time for us.
Stacks play a Saturday night in June at Pirogue's Whiskey Bayou.
June 15, 2024. 8 - 10 p.m. (Strictly observed.)
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I saw Echo and The Bunnymen at the Joy Theater.
The band went on at least thirty minutes late, leaving us to just stand there while a stagehand tuned the guitars about thirty times.
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Stacks played with Happy Talk at Checkpoint Charlie.
Excellent crowd, excellent sound.
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Stacks show coming up Saturday April 13.
At Checkpoint Charlie. With Happy Talk Band.
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A snake made itself comfortable in front of the house.
They're overall harmless but they will bite. Mostly they're good at getting away.
Saw a bird I couldn't name while walking on the levee.
I think it's a Missisippi Kite, but maybe it's too big for that?
Buddy and Otter watched out for me.
Buddy has already accepted that whatever happens is fate. Otter, on the other hand, never learns anything.
Buddy let me see his cloudy eye.
Buddy finally let me get a picture of his cloudy eye.
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A few words about Dexter Romweber.
If you go listen today, please note how a lot of it is garage/rock/rockabilly, but a lot of it isn't.
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I did a new painting, of a critter saying "Aah".
Aah not pictured.
Notes for September 9, 2022: I kept up my two-mile walks for another day.
I found some artifacts on the levee.
I would say I had a mild case, but it also seemed to last for a month.
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I found a bird's nest partly made of tape.
Perfect nest, no egg inside.
New Orleans 315 Tricou Street birds nests Chalmette Goodwill thrifting
Maybe Buddy brought him in. Anyway, he escaped unharmed.
Stacks played the Saturn Bar on a stormy Spring night.
We had the doors open so we could see the whipping rain and flashes of lightning.
The Stacks and Rabbit Hatch play at Sidney's Saloon.
It's a reunion for Rabbit Hatch, who last played in 2005.
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Gina and I visited with Ben and Kathleen.
I tried on Kathleen's Mardi Gras mask.
We had a great return to Mardi Gras.
I hurt my foot though, and couldn't really walk the next day.
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Gina and I played analog Wordle.
I had misplaced my phone but it was Wordle time so Gina set me up with the analog version.
Golden Ray played a house party on Magazine Street.
We were supposed to play on the front porch but some lady freaked out.
New Orleans rock house shows Golden Ray Magazine Street Greg D.
finally finished this painting of a Unimog.
The more I worked on it the simpler I made it.
I got some dwarf bottlebrush shrubs for Gina.
The lady who sold them looked at me like I was too dumb to care for a plant.
Gina and I visited Holt Cemetery again.
It's one of the most interesting places in New Orleans, though I guess you could say that about every graveyard.
Recorded for the sake of an uncaring posterity.
Saw Quintron and Miss Pussycat in Arabi.
The cops shut it down, it's a peaceful neighborhood.
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I don't know why, I just like making a record of these.
Gina went to City Hall and sent me a picture of a map.
The street names around here have changed since 1893.
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Notes for October 13, 2021: Stacks show later this month, a reason to watch TV.
The Lemon Twigs are good on record but what really shines is the live show.
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Still getting rid of Ida debris.
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I put new strings on my guitars.
I watched YouTube videos and now I don't know how to put the strings on anymore.
I photographed a standing tire in the Holy Cross school parking lot.
Saw this lonely tire while biking around.
I made a pizza with ricotta and basil.
I was out of mozzarella.
I saw Bipolaroid at Sidney's on a Sunday.
Also FR and a band from Brooklyn called TDA.
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Our trash got picked up and we were excited about it.
Gina's trash hadn't been picked up since August 25, before Hurricane Ida.
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I saw Julie Odell and Alex MacMurray at BJ's.
I don't know why it took so long for BJ's to start putting on shows in the yard.
We had a big bonfire to burn up the post-Ida fallen limbs.
I wanted a big fire and I got one.
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I got started on a painting of a Unimog.
I took a picture of this wonder truck in Chattanooga last Thanksgiving.
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I dreamed about looking for a movie to watch.
The movies weren't the ones I'm used to.
I found a shed snake skin in my fire pit.
Which probably means there's a snake in my fire pit.
Buddy and Otter went to the office.
I guess they got tired of working remotely and wanted to get back to the office.
Saw Sunrise/Sunset at Portside Lounge.
It was part of Creepy Fest.
New Orleans Sunrise/Sunset Tom Beeman Ray Surinck Jay Steigner Portside Lounge Creepy Fest
Stacks played Sidney's Saloon with The Drupes.
The Drupes are just great.
We took the bachelor out, and Gina found a kitten.
It would be a great story if they had happened in the same place.
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The Stacks released the recordings we did with Andre Marquette.
Andre played drums and also engineered the recording.
New Orleans rock The Stacks Anything Helps Andre Marquette recording Bandcamp Covid-19
Saw some of Gina's work from college at the Ogden Museum Of Art.
She made this in 1993.
Went to a bonfire in the Lower Ninth Ward with a horse.
Our friend is moving away but she had a little bonfire to let people say goodbye. And her horse came.
New Orleans bonfires horses Gina Maria L. Kathleen K. Ninth Ward
Attended Goatstock at a neighbor's house.
Stoo Odom was joined by a friend from San Francisco, Allison Lovejoy.
New Orleans Lower Ninth Ward Holy Cross Stoo Odom Allison Lovejoy goats Tom Lehrer
My new band Golden Ray makes its re-re-scheduled debut.
Playing on Gina's stage with George Wilde and Lo Amps, only rescheduled.
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My new band Golden Ray makes its rescheduled debut.
Playing on Gina's stage with George Wilde and Lo Amps, only rescheduled.
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My new band Golden Ray makes its debut.
Playing on Gina's stage with George Wilde and Lo Amps.
New Orleans music rock Golden Ray George Wilde Lo Amps Sister Street Stage Andrew Donaldson Brian Tyranny Anthony Donato Tracy Kennan
I made these specifically for unread books and charging electronics.
My neighbor Stoo has some goats.
He treats my house like it's his workplace.
A new band rising from the ashes of the Stacks, who haven't actually burned down.
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Buddy and Otter stopped fighting for a minute.
These two generally torment each other all day.
Otter came over for a nap on my work table.
This cat lives next door but he doesn't know that.
I realized I hadn't read a lot of the books on my shelves.
The first step is admitting you have a problem...
Kind of silly but I felt like it.
I can learn this software a lot faster than my computers can.
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A small one, about eleven inches high, the height of GI Joe or Barbie.
Otter's been hanging out on the utility shelf.
He treats my house like it's his workplace.
A small painting from a long weekend.
Burned Altima on Alhambra Street.
Being at the end of the parish, our street is often used as a garbage dump.
Might also be considered a current self-portrait.
Gina and I went to the Chalmette Battlefield.
I can't believe I'd never been.
Gina got me exactly what I wanted for Christmas.
She heard me talk about More Zingers From The Hollywood Squares, I didn't know I was dropping a hint.
Gina's dog Daisy doesn't have a lot of fur.
They said the quarantine would be a great time to get work done.
He's available to model any hosiery you can get him to wear.
Saw a nifty slasher truck at the grocery store.
Saw this nifty but off-putting vehicle at Canseco's.
Documenting the exciting life of an animal who puts up with me.
Gina put on the Holy Cross Music Hang.
Gina put on a socially-distanced live music show.
New Orleans music Gina Malevitus Regenerator Gina Phillips and Friends Souvenaires Stoo Odom
Gina was part of a small show at Jonathan Ferrara Gallery.
First art show I'd seen druing the pandemic.
Buddy and I learned a hard lesson about discipline.
In which I teach Buddy a lesson, but you know what? I learned a lesson of my own.
Nature TV, featuring Hurricane Zeta
Gina and I watched the storm come in; it was beautiful.
I doodle while I'm on the phone, a lot (if not always). Sometimes it's my better work.
Otter is the most entitled cat I've ever known, and that's saying a lot.
Imagine the planning that went into dumping this load in somebody's yard.
Seen in Holy Cross. Gina knows who it belongs to but I don't.
Buddy and Otter are frenemies.
Buddy is very patient, despite being the most food-motivated cat I've known.
My neighbor's odd behavior is explained, but it's more than that.
Lewis d'Aubin got it done in an hour.
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Seen a few days after the death of George Floyd.
Stacks recorded in the studio.
Our drummer is moving away so we're recording while we can.
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He's an enormous cat.
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I grew a beard for the first time in my life.
Last time I got close was when I was laid up in the hospital in college.
Cats on a car on Douglass Street, Lower Ninth Ward.
This wouldn't be remarkable except when I see these cats I always look for Sally.
I got robbed, probably by some shady women.
they were living in a U-Haul van in front of the house; hindsight says I should have been more suspicious.
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We had a bonfire for Gina's birthday.
We burned up a stinky knifeblock.
Here's a picture of the inside of my house in New Orleans.
I seem not to change much in how I live.
Pretty typical palette.
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This is in the warehouse across the street from me.
It's spooky in there even when you're alone because the wind blows the loose corrugated metal around.
Morning fog on the Industrial Canal.
Gina and Daisy and I took a walk.
The Stacks played the Circle Bar with Chef Menteur and Good Sugar.
This was Court Batson's first appearance with Chef Menteur.
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I made a pizza with brussels sprouts on it.
Brussels sprouts were trendy at the time.
I played bass with Fore Day Creep at the Circle Bar.
Last time playing that bass on stage, it turns out
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A walk by the Mississippi in December.
Took a walk with Gina and P.J. to the riverbank. I guess the water was very low.
This was a kind of sign you could still see in downtown New Orleans in 2014.
Went to this throwback diner in New Orleans.
I stopped in the Please-U Diner on St. Charles Avenue in New Orleans.
Found this offering on the levee.
An offering on the mississippi River levee in Holy Cross, New Orleans.
Went to Kukhnya with Gina, Trey, and Becca.
A night out with Trey and Becca.
Found out front under the cypress trees.
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Saw a speckled king snake in the road.
Harmless, as long as you don't pick it up.
Gina and I went to see Felice Brothers at Gasa Gasa.
They played the Undress album, pretty much in order.
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I built a kind of a rig to put a camera above my work table.
I saw this anti-Trump truck in New Orleans.
Tailgate as billboard.
I went to open mic night at Old Arabi Bar.
I usually go with Andrew but I think I was on my own this time.
Had a happy bonfire at Gina's.
Sorry if there are too many pictures of fires with no people on here.
I attended Mardi Gras 2019, probably my last.
This was probably my last Mardi Gras.
Took a picture of a mosaic on the ground in the Garden District.
Seen on the sidewalk in front of a mansion on Jackson Avenue.
I started working at Online Optimism.
I was about twice as old as all the other kids there.
Stacks played at Siberia with Rubber Maids and Egg Yolk Jubilee.
I made an animation to advertise the show.
New Orleans rock Rubber Maids Egg Yolk Jubilee The Stacks Siberia
The Stacks played the Circle Bar.
link to (excellent) Bandcamp recording in post
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Here's the recording from that show.
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Sally investigated zinnias from our garden.
Gina asked me to plant these.
I found some marbles in my firepit.
I wonder if these are from the '20s or the '90s.
The Stacks played at Gasa Gasa.
Great show. Really loud.
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The fluorescent paint? Very expensive.
I showed some paintings at Treasure Tattoo.
Nice place to show work.
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Just looking at this picture reminds me how high my utility bills for this house were.
Gina's work tent failed in a storm.
Gina has this wedding tent to work under but maybe it wasn't meant to stay up in real bad weather.
Went with Gina up on the levee.
Just silhouettes, but you can tell who it is.
I lived at 315 Tricou Street in New Orleans.
I moved to the Ninth Ward. Most of my pictures from this time are out of focus.
Holy Cross Neighborhood Association.
This Holy Cross Neighborhood Association t-shirt has had a long run.
Saw a cruise liner in my backyard.
Pretty common view when the river is high.
We had a little pickin' party.
For my birthday we had a campfire and a pickin party.
Sally kept watch at 321 Clark Street.
I liked living here until I got the light bill.
The Stacks played Sister Street Stage for the first time, before we named it that.
It was cold and the people that were there stayed around the fire.
New Orleans rock The Stacks Gina Benjamin Arthur Ellis Sister Street Stage Bandcamp barbecue parties fires
Sketched Daisy, sitting on the couch with me.
Daisy is a skinny little pit bull Gina found on the levee.
Sally enjoyed an AC/DC record.
Actually I think she's enjoying the sunbeam.
I took pictures of my shed at 321 Clark Street in the rain.
Nice place to work. Too bad it flooded so much.
I had a good shed on Clark Street.
I actually lived like this.
Bev and Pete took me to the Superdome.
The Saints beat the Giants 52-49.
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Lynn Smith rode with me from Austin to New Orleans.
I went to Banks Street Bar with Barbara, Trey, and Becca.
Nothing indicated this would be a remarkable date at the time.
Stacks played at Siberia with Scott H. Biram.
Pretty fun show. Austin Lucas was bossy.
New Orleans rock Scott H. Biram Austin Lucas The Stacks Siberia
I got to be in the 'tit Rex parade.
I made some miniature throws. I thought they had to be Roman-themed.
The Stacks played the Hi-Ho Lounge with Lauren Oglesby and Laugh In the Dark.
Lauren Oglesby brought all the people.
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The Stacks played at Saturn Bar and someon filmed it and put it on YouTube.
I really had a wild time watching this. For one thing I have the opposite of a bad body image; in my mind I'm much thinner and have more hair.
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Gravestones in the cemetery on Spruce Street.
Not quite like Holt Cemetery, but sort of.
Stacks played the Saturn Bar on Valentines Day.
I made a gaudy online flyer.
I sang two songs on The Goodnight Show.
Thanks to Steve Walkup and The Goodnight Show Orchestra.
New Orleans The Goodnight Show Cassandra Snyder Trey Ledford Steve Walkup Tamara Grayson
I admired a unique automobile.
A car I saw while walking around the business end of New Orleans.
The Stacks played the Saturn Bar, with Mystery Girl, I think?
Was this the show with Mystery Girl?
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Sally made friends with a three-legged cat neighbor.
He lived downstairs, and his name was Angus.
Sally lived with me on Orchid Street.
She was happy here, with lots to climb on and catch.
Went to a crawfish boil at the Bomb Factory.
She made this in 1993.
I bought this beater for $20 at a yard sale.
The Stacks played the 8th Annual Chaz Fest.
The Stacks played the 8th Annual Chaz Fest, in the yard of what was known as the Truck Farm, on St. Claude Avenue.
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Stacks played at Allways Lounge with Lynn Drury Band.
Another birthday show for me.
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The Stacks played Allways Lounge on Lundi Gras with M.C. Sweet Tea.
Paul Caporino from M.O.T.O. was on this bill as well?
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Saw Jon Spencer Blues Explosion at One Eyed Jack's.
Good show. Mike Edison was in town.
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Stacks at Siberia with Happy Talk and a play.
a very quickly drawn flyer
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Stacks played at the compound on Rendon Street.
Was this a Hallowe'en show?
Stacks played the Saturn Bar October 5.
I drew a luchador.
The Stacks played at the Big Top another time.
We went on real late if I recall.
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Riding bikes before Hurricane Gustav.
Riding bikes in fifty mile per hour winds.
I hung around the compound during Hurricane Isaac.
My power was out for days.
New Orleans Rendon Street hurricanes Hurricane Isaac Kate Becker
Sally on the porch at Orchid Street.
This was a fantastic porch for man and cat alike.
I visited a strange bar called Marlene's.
It's on Tchoupitoulas. It's not the Rock Bottom (another bar on Tchoupitoulas), but it's close.
Marlene's Bar New Orleans Tchoupitoulas Street Brian A. Court Alec bars
I had a nice office on Orchid Street.
I just gave the drawing board away, eventually.
I saw Sebadoh at One Eyed Jack's.
I went with Dan. They were good.
4e loved this elevated front porch.
I painted a painting called "Eater" while I was visiting New Orleans.
While in New Orleans on a visit.
Watch your language or else I will.
If you want to start the game with ANUS, you better hope I don't have MOTIF.
Walked on the levee with Rosa.
I wonder about the date on this though.
Stacks played the Saturn Bar, without any rehearsal.
I think it was the Stacks. It was probably a sort of Stacks/Wolfpack hybrid.
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I went back to New Orleans to play a Wolfpack gig at Saturn Bar.
For the second time in 2008 (and in the same week), I'm back in New Orleans.
Headless Hookers played at The Saint.
I stayed up all night to catch a morning plane.
New Orleans rock Headless Hookers The Saint Matt Uhlman air travel restaurants Bluebird Café injuries
I painted four luchador heads while I was visiting New Orleans.
I was home visiting my mother and I bought a jigsaw.
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The Stacks played at BJ's Lounge, unexpectedly.
Came to New Orleans for the weekend and somehow got a gig.
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This picture really expresses how I felt at the time.
I worked at a law firm with miserable people.
It was miserable. I made it a little bit fun though.
Saw Gina Phillips and her band at the Big Top.
I remember really liking her harmonica playing.
I met Gina Phillips at a party at the Truck Farm.
We met under amusing circumstances.
New Orleans Truck Farm Whiskeybutt Tom Beeman James Martin Gina stories
Stacks played the Circle Bar and took pictures.
Thanks, anonymous photographer.
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Jimmy and The Wolfpack played Circle Bar.
First Wednesday of a four-Wednesday residence.
The Stacks played at Dr. Cliff Davis's garage again.
The second of a couple of excellent garage shows.
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The Stacks played at The Big Top with Jeremy Lyons and The Deltabilly Boys.
Jeremy Lyons was really busy in New Orleans until one day he was just gone.
rock New Orleans The Stacks Big Top Jeremy Lyons and The Deltabilly Boys
Stacks played Ernie K-Doe's Mother-In-Law Lounge with the Interlopers.
Interlopers had a good new record about to come out.
rock New Orleans The Stacks Interlopers Lefty Parker Josh Gass Ernie K-Doe's Mother-In-Law Lounge
The Stacks played Balcony Bar with Zydepunks and Narcissy for St. Patrick's Day.
We tore it up at this show to a well-oiled crowd. I also saw something remarkable on the way to the gig.
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The Stacks played Lounge Lizards with Paradise Vendors.
Paradise Vendors weren't like any other band in town, good stuff.
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The Stacks played Cafe Istanbul after The Goodnight Show.
It probably wasn't a great idea.
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The Stacks played the Big Top again.
What happened to the velvet curtains?
The Stacks played the Big Top with This Bike Is a Pipe Bomb, Dinteen, and Narcissy.
We looked good in front of those velvet curtains.
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We had nothing to hold the kick drum in place so for a while I sat in front of it.
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The Stacks played another happy hour show at the Mermaid Lounge.
I guess we tried the Happy Hour thing again.
The Stacks played the Bridge Lounge.
I remember having incredible suicidal/elated mood swings on this day.
The Stacks played Lounge Lizards with The Sutures.
I'm sorry, I don't remember The Sutures at all.
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The Stacks played a happy hour show at the Mermaid Lounge with Black Bonnets.
Black Bonnets had Andrew Donaldson, who'd later join the Stacks.
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The Stacks played at Dr. Cliff Davis's garage.
I think this was the first time playing the garage.
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The Stacks played Lounge Lizards with Ka-Nives and Spinns.
There have to be pictures from this.
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The Stacks played a party. It turned into a struggle.
The gig itself wasn't remarkable but the aftermath was.
New Orleans The Stacks Trey Ledford Will Smith Ramona King stories
MAXIMVS! played the Circle Bar without our actual guitar player.
Thanks, anonymous photographer.
New Orleans Circle Bar MAXIMVS! Anthony Donato Jeff Pounds Trey Ledford Mississippi Delta Mark Davis
Stacks played Dragon's Den with Bipolaroid and Ratty Scurvics.
The venue gives me the willies but it was a fun show.
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MAXIMVS! played the Circle Bar.
Not sure who took all these.
New Orleans Circle Bar MAXIMVS! Trey Ledford Jeff Pounds Eli Andrew Donaldson Truck (band hypeman) drums date approximate
i did the cover illustration for Where Y'At magazine.
It's a magazine that covers events and listings in new Orleans.
Stacks played Lounge Lizards with The Sophisticats, I made a special flyer.
The paper color was really important.
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I saw Cousin Vickie at the Art Brat party.
Cousin Vickie later played keyboards in The Stacks.
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I saw The Fuse and The Ponys at Circle Bar.
I liked the Ponys until I got thoroughly sick of the singer's voice.
New Orleans rock shows The Ponys The Fuse Circle Bar Michael Bateman
They said it would take two weeks to work. It took one week.
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MAXIMVS! walked around and played all over on Mardi Gras day.
We stopped at Buffa's and played a short set, uninvited.
New Orleans rock MAXIMVS! Jeff Pounds Trey Ledford Mardi Gras amplifiers drums Buffa's Esplanade Avenue Get Down On It
The Stacks played the Big Top on Lundi Gras.
I wonder if it was actually MAXIMVS! that played this gig, though.
MAXIMVS! played at the Big Top again after the Muses parade.
Less than a week after our first show.
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We thought we really needed these.
I saw Andre Williams on Valentine's Day.
Had to be at Circle Bar or One Eyed Jack's.
New Orleans rock shows Andre Williams Circle Bar One Eyed Jack's
MAXIMVS! played our first show at the Big Top.
I said I would only be in the band if I could play drums. The thing is, I didn't know how to play drums.
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MAXIMVS! played a Mardi Gras type party at Trey's house.
Actually our first show.
Stacks played New Year's Eve at Ernie K-Doe's Mother-In-Law Lounge.
I think this was the first of three New Yearses we played there.
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I had an art show with Mimi at Circle Bar.
Back when the Mod Dance Party needed some support, I guess.
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I went to Gretna Fest and saw two favorite acts on the same day.
It was as if they designed this show specifically for me.
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Stacks played the Mermaid Lounge.
I don't remember it, somebody remind me.
All-Night Movers played at Dixie Taverne with Preacher's Kids and Original 3.
I was just a huge fan of Preacher's Kids. Wish I could have been in the band.
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Stacks played a reunion show at the Circle Bar.
I don't remember why we called it a reunion.
Stacks played One-Eyed Jacks with Doctor-a-Go-Go and Pocket Foxx.
Got out my black and green inks.
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All-Night Movers played El Matador with The Detonations.
I went walking around Decatur Street before the show.
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All-Night Movers played the Hi-Ho Lounge with the Ka-Nives.
The Ka-Nives said New Orleans shows were stiff and nobody came. This time they were right.
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All-Night Movers played the Hi-Ho Lounge with the Bangs and Original 3.
The Bangs had a song called "Dirty Knives".
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All-Night Movers played at El Matador with Demolition Doll Rods.
Dan Kroha (ex-Gories!) had a nifty "diddley-bow". I had forgotten we played on this show.
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Saw VLADRM and Fontanelles at El Matador.
I feel like there was another band called Golden Showers on the bill but I dunno.
Saw Charm City Brokers at d.b.a.
I guess I went, it's in my date book.
All-Night Movers played at Jeff Pounds' house again.
It was Jeff's birthday I think.
All-Night Movers played the Circle Bar in Santa hats, in January.
Looks like we had some festive and timely headwear.
rock All-Night Movers Circle Bar Slade Nash Jeff Pounds New Orleans
Dirty Knives played our last show at Mermaid Lounge with The Forty Fives.
We had a new drummer but the change didn't do what we wanted it to.
rock New Orleans Dirty Knives Mermaid Lounge The Forty Fives
All-Night Movers played Circle Bar. I jumped on a patron who somehow fell asleep.
Everybody said the guy was some sort of mafioso and I should expect retribution.
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All-Night Movers played at El Matador with Mondo Topless.
We went out for fried chicken after.
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We start a ritual regarding a sign in Laurel, Mississippi.
Chattanooga New Orleans Mississippi Trey Ledford Thanksgiving date approximate
I got interviewed by Bunny Matthews for Offbeat.
I don't think the managing editor was too thrilled.
All-Night Movers played at Jonathan Ferrara Gallery on Carondelet Street.
It was insanely loud inside, so we took the show out to the sidewalk.
All-Night Movers played to a crowded house at the Circle Bar.
This is probably the apotheosis of my New Orleans social life, back when I had one.
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All-Night Movers played El Matador with Zoom.
I broke too many guitar strings.
All-Night Movers played a show at Sara Essex's studio.
It was downtown on Carondelet Street.
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All-Night Movers played at Jeff Pounds' house.
Jeff made crawfish etouffée.
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Dirty Knives played Dixie Taverne again.
The venue was un-airconditioned.
rock Dirty Knives New Orleans Dixie Taverne date approximate
Sleepy Heads played New Year's Eve at Circle Bar.
This turned out to be our final show.
Dirty Knives played Mermaid Lounge with Immortal Lee County Killers.
Immortal Lee County Killers' drummer J.R.R. Tokin' used his floor tom strictly as a coffee table.
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Sleepy Heads played El Matador with Hip Replacements.
I do remember this show happening. I have no evidence that it did though.
Dirty Knives played Mermaid Lounge with Hip Replacements and 66 Goat.
I think both 66 Goat and Hip Replacements were power duos.
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Dirty Knives played Dixie Taverne.
The cops took all the money.
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Dirty Knives played Checkpoint Charlie's.
I hurt myself a little goofing off on their stage fence.
Dirty Knives played El Matador with Sugar Tank.
At the end of our set Trey hopped down the little steps at the side of the stage, smashing them to bits.
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I interviewed for the job of running the Offbeat magazine web site.
It was one of the least worthwhile job interviews I've been on.
New Orleans Offbeat Jan Ramsey jobs interviews web development date approximate
Dirty Knives played Rock n Bock with Lowerline.
We got to this lonely place and Dan said "This is like being on tour in North Dakota."
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Dirty Knives played with Rock*A*Teens at Tipitina's, I think.
I honestly don't recall playing Tip's twice but I guess we did.
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Sleepy Heads played Mermaid Lounge with Zoom.
I tried out for Zoom at one point, it didn't go well.
I saw a musical group called Squab Teen.
It wasn't my kind of music but I found the show memorable.
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Dirty Knives played a house party near UNO.
It was our second show in two days. It would also be our last show with this lineup.
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Dirty Knives played our first show at Mermaid Lounge.
We opened for The Bruisers and The Bullies.
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I saw Betty Wright at Jazz Fest and got blown away.
I'm writing this on May 11, 2020, having just heard the news that Betty Wright has passed at the age of 66. I saw Betty Wright at Jazz Fest on May 7, 2000. It was one of the best shows I ever saw.
We got the strangest wedding present.
If you can't tell, it's supposed to be a pelican.
New Orleans 2120 Milan Street Sara weddings Brian and Suzanne Daddis Katrina pelicans
Ernie K-Doe sang at my wedding.
He did a couple of numbers with the band.
I guess it was lame except that I had fun.
Stacks played Ernie K-Doe's Mother-In-Law Lounge With Final Solutions.
Except...I'm not sure this show really happened.
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Date very approximate.
I learned about my new boss as well.
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I played an open mic at Checkpoint Charlie.
This was my first visit to New Orleans.
We were housesitting on my first visit to New Orleans.
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