View Full Version : Pre Fest Reading List-About N.O.
Terry
03-29-2008, 09:56 PM
I am reading a P.I. story-Settiing is N.O.
What's on your list?
marignygreg
03-29-2008, 10:45 PM
Cubes and Grids.
Cleophus
03-29-2008, 10:48 PM
Porn.
glinda
03-30-2008, 11:32 AM
Still trying to get through The World that Made New Orleans. Very slowly. Early history - really helps you understand how the culture was shaped. Tedious reading sometimes, tho.
almarco
03-30-2008, 11:34 AM
Still trying to get through The World that Made New Orleans. Very slowly. Early history - really helps you understand how the culture was shaped. Tedious reading sometimes, tho.
1001 uses for olives....
Carolina Beadhead
03-30-2008, 11:35 AM
I'm not gonna have time for my pre-fest reading until after fest. :D
funkkjunkie
03-30-2008, 11:54 AM
Cubes, grids, dis bored, dat udda bored I frequent, packiing list, Offbeat.
Stella Blue
03-30-2008, 12:52 PM
I am reading a P.I. story-Settiing is N.O.
What's on your list?
What's the name of it? I read "Jazz Funeral'' on the plane to Jazz Fest last year, a fun bit of investigative fiction written by Julie Smith.
It was a great pre-read before festival and would like to do something similar this year.
Cleophus
03-30-2008, 01:56 PM
Sorry for my earlier wise-@ss response, Terry. I actually just finished Jeff Hannusch's "I Hear You Knockin' -- The Sound of New Orleans Rhythm and Blues". Pretty good book, telling the stories of:
Tuts Washington
Professor Longhair
Huey "Piano" Smith
James Booker
Allen Toussaint
Roy Brown
Dave Bartholomew
Cosimo Matassa
Dr. Daddy-O (a NO DJ)
Johnny Vincent, Joe Banashak (NO record guys)
Marshall Sehorn
"Boogie" Bill Webb
Guitar Slim (maybe the most interesting story in the book)
Earl King
Shirley Goodman (of Shirley & Lee)
Dorothy Labostrie
Irma Thomas
Lee Allen
Smiley Lewis
James "Sugar Boy" Crawford
Johnny Adams
Bobby Mitchell
Chris Kenner
Bobby Marchan
Frankie Ford
Jessie Hill
King Floyd
Ernie K-Doe
Lee Dorsey
It's an informative book and I enjoyed it. I've ordered Hannusch's follow-up, "The Soul of New Orleans -- A Legacy of Rhythm and Blues" from LMF.
I have "The World that Made New Orleans..." on hold at the library. That appears to be a fascinating read.
tabasco
03-30-2008, 02:00 PM
Sorry for my earlier wise-@ss response
Yea! theres no room on this bored for that! :p ;)
tabasco
03-30-2008, 02:39 PM
The Bored! Honestly have no other time for anything else! I go away for the weekend and there are literally 100's if not a 1000 new posts! :eek: Help! I cant keep up!
I'll find something to read on the plane ride down. Probably the Zagat guide to New Orleans I got for free thanks to someone who posted a great link!
Once I'm there though, All the free publications such as Where Yat, The Jazzfest Bible, New Orleans Magazine & Where always keep me busy reading and planning!
pokerchick66
03-30-2008, 02:42 PM
1001 uses for olives....
lmao!
Mikkopk
03-30-2008, 07:58 PM
Tuning in with Saxon, Dreyer & Tallant Gumbo Ya-Ya - Louisiana Folk Tales, should do the trick.
Terry
03-30-2008, 08:37 PM
The Bored! Honestly have no other time for anything else! I go away for the weekend and there are literally 100's if not a 1000 new posts! :eek: Help! I cant keep up!
I'll find something to read on the plane ride down. Probably the Zagat guide to New Orleans I got for free thanks to someone who posted a great link!
Once I'm there though, All the free publications such as Where Yat, The Jazzfest Bible, New Orleans Magazine & Where always keep me busy reading and planning!
There's also another freebie, Gumbo in the title, and I really like the profiles of all the acts in Offbeat Magazine.
I am reading a P.I. story-Settiing is N.O.
What's on your list?
The want ads.
mightyradgumbo
03-30-2008, 10:05 PM
The want ads.
Yep job boreds, t-p and craigslist for me too ;)