How in heck can this be called a Jazzfest?

[trooper]

There's less than 5% of artists who are jazz based.

[luvdancin]

There's less than 5% of artists who are jazz based.

The full name is New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival. There's a lot more heritage than just jazz. It celebrates all the good things that make up the New Orleans culture. There's no place else like it.

[heyhon]

well, it's kind of like Caroline and Howard's daughter, Lauren, calling me "Uncle" Terry, when, really, I'm not her actual uncle at all, I'm really like a courtesy uncle, because they don't have much actual family, and Caroline and Meg, my wife, go all the way back to gradeschool in Philadelphia, so they're kind of like family and now I'm implicated by marriage. So maybe this is a courtesy jazzfest.

[trooper]

Then they should change the name. It isn't a jazz fest by any measure

[Stella Blue]

I tend to agree with you, Trooper. Personally, I think more jazz musicians should be on the main stages, but at least they are expanding the Jazz Tent this year, apparently.
One thing, though, you can get plenty of jazz if you like, all day in fact and at several places at the same time. Simply stay in the Jazz Tent or go to the Economy Tent, both of which have full jazz lineups. Other smaller stages have jazz bands from time to time.
You can spend every day at the jazz fest listening to nothing but jazz, and, sometimes, I do or come darn close to it. That said, it should be more prominently featured. It should be the showcase of the festival.

[Amy Winette]

I don't like jazz ;)

[Blitzzzzz]

Then they should change the name. It isn't a jazz fest by any measure
Actually, there are two stages devoted exclusively to Jazz, more than any other single genre. And much of the other music presented at the Fest is directly related to the Jazz root. The other main root is the Blues root, which is not represented in the name at all, but no matter, the blues is there just the same.
Don't over think it, Trooper. Which ever stage you are at, Jazz and Blues informs the music. whether it's Funk or Zydeco, Brass Bands, Injuns, Blues or Gospel!
Get out of your mind, and into your body, the music will do the rest!:cool:

[pokerchick66]

lol, what was it that George Clinton said? Free your mind and your azz will follow.

Crepes would know. ;)

[heyhon]

I've been wondering if Lauren should start calling me something else, get off that "uncle" thing, since it's really not accurate, her getting to be near 10 years old and all, and maybe not wanting to give the wrong impression. I just don't know what else to be called, it sorta being a tradition by now; who knows

[Blitzzzzz]

lol, what was it that George Clinton said? Free your mind and your azz will follow.

Crepes would know. ;)

That's what he said all right!:cool:

[glinda]

I've been wondering if Lauren should start calling me something else, get off that "uncle" thing, since it's really not accurate, her getting to be near 10 years old and all, and maybe not wanting to give the wrong impression. I just don't know what else to be called, it sorta being a tradition by now; who knows

OK from now on we'll call it HeritageFest. Everybody with me? Everybody? Anyone? Anyone? Bueler?

[swag]

Yup, 10 stages, 2 jazz only, so at least 20% jazz. Plus the occasional jazz act on the big stage, like Harry Connick this year. If that's all you like, stick to those 2 tents, and you should still be very happy. Be flexible and wander a bit, and your ears might be pleasantly surprised.

Offended by the very idea of funk, blues, rock, zydeco, bluegrass, rap, and gospel sullying the sacred grounds of a Jazz festival? Then try Montreal or Newport instead. But our food is better!

[Amy Winette]

OK from now on we'll call it HeritageFest. Everybody with me? Everybody? Anyone? Anyone? Bueler?

I'm going to have too much trouble spelling "heritage" when I'm dinkin . . .

How bout just Fest?

[pokerchick66]

I'm going to have too much trouble spelling "heritage" when I'm dinkin . . .

How bout just Fest?

Or even just good old JF. :p

[heyhon]

You know, Howard doesn't drink, and I always considered that part of his problem, and it's maybe a good argument for me remaining an uncle, on account of how much I do drink and the possibility that, as a non-relation, I could be put at more of a distance, whereas, hell, everybody has an uncle who drinks too much, and you just sort of have to put up with 'em, especially when they're the life of the party, the party they're hosting all the time because somebody that doesn't drink sure as hell isn't going to have the party, and I can tell already that that Lauren's a party girl and needs a role model in that regard

[bluesgirl]

There's less than 5% of artists who are jazz based.

Would a fest by any other name sound as sweet?

[glinda]

I'm going to have too much trouble spelling "heritage" when I'm dinkin . . .

How bout just Fest?
Trouble SPELLING heritage!?! I can't even SAY it!

[breambob]

Trouble SPELLING heritage!?! I can't even SAY it!

WWWS (What would W. Say?)

Hair-tij

Three syllables are too many :)

[pokerchick66]

WWWS (What would W. Say?)

Hair-tij

Three syllables are too many :)

LMAO!

[sophisticated sissy]

In a rave up tune called "Night Train", Godfather of Soul James Brown sings..."Can't forget New Orleans...Home of the blues, y'all..."

If you can agree that the Jazz idiom came from the Blues form, then there are more than the 20% of the bands, as mentioned by swag, who are playing some kind of Jazz.

And, then if you consider what Muddy Waters says in one of his songs, "The Blues had a baby and they called the baby Rock 'n Roll", then you have even more of a relationship to Jazz.

In recent years, Chris Thomas King has done a pretty good job of linking Rap to its only logical ancestor, the Blues.

But, then, maybe Jazz was adopted and there is not a true biological relationship among them. I don't know; maybe they should get a DNA test. It's not my problem.

What the problem we are facing is the title of this particular music festival. Should it be called Jazz Fest?

After giving this question some thought, I could only come up with The American Music Festival In New Orleans Held On The Last Weekend Of April & The First Weekend In May Sponsored By Shell. Kinda catchy, huh?

But, then the "American" part in that name sort of bothers me because a lot of us here don't like to mix good alcohol and music with equal parts of politics.

We're all Americans, except for the Candians and Europeans and Australians, and so forth, and I would just hate to see everyone waving the American flag all over the Fairgrounds. It would be too difficult to find your Krewe that you're hoping to meet up with again.

Also, it would be a poor idea because then all those square-headed, cowboy hat-wearing divas from up in Nashville might invade the Fairgrounds. And, like Kinky Friedman says,"Only cowboys and assholes wear cowboy hats."


So, I dunno...even though it's only been going on for a mere 37 years, it seems like a pretty good music festival to me. But someone should tell the higher ups that run the whole thing that Mahalia Jackson wasn't a jazz singer.

[Amyloves...]

Heyhon....reading your posts on this thread crack me up. Thanks!

[Zydekitten]

Yup, Amyloves - I've been enjoying Heyhon's random/non-sequiter postings too . . .

;)

[MzJoey]

Post-Modern Indigenous Music of North America Festival

[myself]

How about New Orleans Jazz and Roots Festival?

[Michelino]

crabfest

[VWGal]

I'm loving the Heyhon patter too and will tune in tomorrow for another chapter.

As you were.;)

[stlbarb]

we usually just refer to it as 'fest'. going to thfest this year?
like, going to the lake this weekend - you know which lake you're talking
about, don't need to name it.

[Zydekitten]

I think we should call it "George"

[Corona]

you freaks roflmao!!!! Fest it is....Trooper, you have NO idea...there is a ton of jazz at that fest.....you can't possibly know all those bands in the lineups that have been released so far and which ones are jazz and which aren't? Are you saying there's a lack of Jazz headliners? In New Orleans, you don't need Jazz Big Name Acts.....check it out, you won't be sorry.

[saturn]

I think we should call it "George"

Yeh, I like that - George was my dad's name. He would have been proud! :p

[Corona]

you freaks roflmao!!!! Fest it is....Trooper, you have NO idea...there is a ton of jazz at that fest.....you can't possibly know all those bands in the lineups that have been released so far and which ones are jazz and which aren't? Are you saying there's a lack of Jazz headliners? In New Orleans, you don't need Jazz Big Name Acts.....check it out, you won't be sorry.
Trooper, sorry if that came out harsh, it wasn't intended to be...I was just trying to stress there's a lot of jazz at the fest lol....5:30 a.m is a bit rough ;)

[ac_deadhead]

how about the "no sleep for a week fest" ????

[tybeedawg]

I think we should call it "George"

Can we pet it and squeeze it, too?

[pokerchick66]

In a rave up tune called "Night Train", Godfather of Soul James Brown sings..."Can't forget New Orleans...Home of the blues, y'all..."

If you can agree that the Jazz idiom came from the Blues form, then there are more than the 20% of the bands, as mentioned by swag, who are playing some kind of Jazz.

And, then if you consider what Muddy Waters says in one of his songs, "The Blues had a baby and they called the baby Rock 'n Roll", then you have even more of a relationship to Jazz.

In recent years, Chris Thomas King has done a pretty good job of linking Rap to its only logical ancestor, the Blues.

But, then, maybe Jazz was adopted and there is not a true biological relationship among them. I don't know; maybe they should get a DNA test. It's not my problem.

What the problem we are facing is the title of this particular music festival. Should it be called Jazz Fest?

After giving this question some thought, I could only come up with The American Music Festival In New Orleans Held On The Last Weekend Of April & The First Weekend In May Sponsored By Shell. Kinda catchy, huh?

But, then the "American" part in that name sort of bothers me because a lot of us here don't like to mix good alcohol and music with equal parts of politics.

We're all Americans, except for the Candians and Europeans and Australians, and so forth, and I would just hate to see everyone waving the American flag all over the Fairgrounds. It would be too difficult to find your Krewe that you're hoping to meet up with again.

Also, it would be a poor idea because then all those square-headed, cowboy hat-wearing divas from up in Nashville might invade the Fairgrounds. And, like Kinky Friedman says,"Only cowboys and assholes wear cowboy hats."


So, I dunno...even though it's only been going on for a mere 37 years, it seems like a pretty good music festival to me. But someone should tell the higher ups that run the whole thing that Mahalia Jackson wasn't a jazz singer.

/snickers

lol

[ohio]

I've been wondering if Lauren should start calling me something else, get off that "uncle" thing, since it's really not accurate, her getting to be near 10 years old and all, and maybe not wanting to give the wrong impression. I just don't know what else to be called, it sorta being a tradition by now; who knows
She could call you Hon....

[ChiTownHuck]

If I recall correctly, when the festival first began, the Heritage part was considered the day portion of the festival held first in Armstrong Park and then at the Fairgrounds, and the Jazz part was considered the night shows on the riverboat, which have since gone away because of fading popularity.

[Frosty]

Why is it called a ham sandwich when only 20% of it is ham and the rest is lettuce, tomato, bread, cheese, etc?

[mendelj2]

George likes sandwiches, especially those jazzy cuban ones

[PaulC]

Why is it called a ham sandwich when only 20% of it is ham and the rest is lettuce, tomato, bread, cheese, etc?

hmmmmmmmmmm,.... excellent point...

Of course,.. the ham sandwich is an import (The Earl of Sandwhich) that has been greatly improved upon by American ingenuity... much like the music itself was tweaked in the most European of American cities...

My first experience orderin' a Ham sandwich in London some 25 years ago was a shocker.... A naked little slice of ham, slapped (or sandwiched) between two inferior pieces of bread... Not only was I not in Kansas anymore,.. I wasn't even on the same planet that us sandwich lovers have grown to love....

[tangledupinblue]

WOW, now am totally enjoying this thread.

Hey amy, let's call it "Crawfish Monica Fest"

[pokerchick66]

WOW, now am totally enjoying this thread.

Hey amy, let's call it "Crawfish Monica Fest"

Dem's fightin words, crawfish girl.

;)

[tangledupinblue]

HA HA! You know I LOVE crabs more than crawfish but I am scared of the spider samich. That's all Poker Mama!

[mauibreeze]

I am thankfull the majority of the people I rant and rave to about the Fest think that it is only Jazz...leaves more dancing space for me...

[mendelj2]

MMMMMMMMMMMMmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.... Crawifish monica, cuban sandwiches... sure beats the heck out of what I am going to have for lunch!

[BigDag]

WOW, now am totally enjoying this thread.

Hey amy, let's call it "Crawfish Monica Fest"

You better ask the crab first.

[csoul]

Call IT whatever you want, but call ME there!!! (A rose by any other name..)

[tangledupinblue]

You better ask the crab first.

YYR, might have jazz fest overrun with crabs attacking all of us. As long as they don't steal the beer!!!

[BigDag]

YYR, might have jazz fest overrun with crabs attacking all of us. As long as they don't steal the beer!!!

I think the crabs only drink Budweiser, so the critters will be SOL at Jazzfest.

[csoul]

YYR, might have jazz fest overrun with crabs attacking all of us. As long as they don't steal the beer!!!

Oh, there's an idea....call it "Beer Fest"

[bluesgirl]

Oh, there's an idea....call it "Beer Fest"

Miller Beer fest, because that's all they have. :eek:

[bluesgirl]

YYR, might have jazz fest overrun with crabs attacking all of us. As long as they don't steal the beer!!!

They can steal all the Miller beer that they want to, as long as Abita replaces it.

[heyhon]

I'm wondering about the relationships between names and their objects in general, and I'm sure that speech anthropologists could have a whole bunch to say about this large subject, and I wouldn't mind one bit if a few of them would weigh in with some useful (or useless) intelligence about it. Is accuracy all that important to us here? when the neanderthal grunted rock(or whatever) was there anything in the essence of the rock molecules that corresponded to the sound and intonation of rock, which brings me back to Howard and his bewilderingly schrub-like eyebrows (the neanderthall connection) He'll be going on about something at Easter dinner, and I won't hear a word he says , cause I'm fixated on those two mohair awnings on his forehead, and thinking to myself about why his wife doesn't just cut them off while he's asleep or something. I just don't get it and it's creeping me out, but I've kept my mouth shut so far.

Jazzfest sounds good to me

[pokerchick66]

HA HA! You know I LOVE crabs more than crawfish but I am scared of the spider samich. That's all Poker Mama!

lol, you're scared of it?

The Jazzfest is my mecca; I shall not want.
It maketh me boogie down on green fairgrounds,
It leadeth me beside Muddy Waters.
It restoreth my soul.
It leadeth me in the path to Fais Do Do for a good booty shake.

Yea, though I walk through the grounds of the light of Jazzfest,
I will fear no spider sammich,
for the crispy goodness that is the softshell crab awaits me,
thy aroma and flavor they comfort me.
I preparest a sammich before me in the presence of my Threadheads,
I annointest my sammich with lemon; the Crystal runneth over.
Surely Jazzfest and crab shall sanctify me all the days of my life,
and I will travel to the city of New Orleans forever.

:cool:

[mangoon]

Long Island Iced Tea

INGREDIENTS:
1/2 oz triple sec
1/2 oz light rum
1/2 oz gin
1/2 oz vodka
1/2 oz tequila
1 oz sour mix
cola
lemon wedge for garnish


While were at at can someone please explain why there is absolutely 100% no tea (iced or otherwise) in my drink. WTF??????

[Festvet]

There's less than 5% of artists who are jazz based.
There aren't nearly as many performing jazz musicians in the world today as there were 30+ years ago when the festival started. Does that mean it should be renamed the "BNA Festival of New Orleans" plus very special local guests?

[Staxsun]

Long Island Iced Tea

INGREDIENTS:
1/2 oz triple sec
1/2 oz light rum
1/2 oz gin
1/2 oz vodka
1/2 oz tequila
1 oz sour mix
cola
lemon wedge for garnish


While were at at can someone please explain why there is absolutely 100% no tea (iced or otherwise) in my drink. WTF??????

Certainly!!! To make room for more liquor!!!! Incidentally, there are some better moderations of this recipe. You don't need that much triple sec - just a splash, and a little Rose's lime is good, skip the garnish (you ain't gonna eat it or squeeze it in, and triple each of the other alcoholic ingredients.

[Staxsun]

Why is it called a ham sandwich when only 20% of it is ham and the rest is lettuce, tomato, bread, cheese, etc?

A hamburger ain't even gotten any ham in it!

[mendelj2]

A hamburger ain't even gotten any ham in it!

And I am not certain that chicken mcnuggets have chicken in them!

[rosetree]

...and French Fries aren't even French :eek: ...and we all now know about Canadian Bacon;) ;) :D

[Staxsun]

And I am not certain that chicken mcnuggets have chicken in them!

No but they have somebody's mcnuggets in them.

[Staxsun]

French toast should be drinking champagne at a wedding.

[Staxsun]

ON a serious note: If the fest only had two stages, Jazz Tent and Economy Hall, I would miss in a single fest more great jazz than I have ever seen anywhere else.

[funkkjunkie]

Don't forget the Heritage stage with brass bands galore.

[pokerchick66]

lol, you're scared of it?

The Jazzfest is my mecca; I shall not want.
It maketh me boogie down on green fairgrounds,
It leadeth me beside Muddy Waters.
It restoreth my soul.
It leadeth me in the path to Fais Do Do for a good booty shake.

Yea, though I walk through the grounds of the light of Jazzfest,
I will fear no spider sammich,
for the crispy goodness that is the softshell crab awaits me,
thy aroma and flavor they comfort me.
I preparest a sammich before me in the presence of my Threadheads,
I annointest my sammich with lemon; the Crystal runneth over.
Surely Jazzfest and crab shall sanctify me all the days of my life,
and I will travel to the city of New Orleans forever.

:cool:

Embrace the crab, Blue. ;)

[NeenAtlanta]

it all depends on what your definition of "Jazz" is.

as opposed to your definition of what 'is" is.

[Zydekitten]

Can we pet it and squeeze it, too?

Of COURSE you can: you can love it, and pet, and hug it and squeeze it!!!

;) ;)

[Zydekitten]

George likes sandwiches, especially those jazzy cuban ones

George DOES like sandwiches, very especially those super-jazzerific Cochon de Lait ones!

:D

[Zbonnie]

ON a serious note: If the fest only had two stages, Jazz Tent and Economy Hall, I would miss in a single fest more great jazz than I have ever seen anywhere else.
AMEN, STAX!!
Anyone wanna take bets on whether or not Trooper ever returns to respond to the replies to his post?

[BigDag]

AMEN, STAX!!
Anyone wanna take bets on whether or not Trooper ever returns to respond to the replies to his post?

Trooper probably realizes he picked the wrong week to quit sniffing glue.

[sophisticated sissy]

it all depends on what your definition of "Jazz" is.

as opposed to your definition of what 'is" is.


Reality is just kind of a collective hunch. ~ Lily Tomlin


BTW...what is the sound of one hand clapping?

[Michelino]

WOW, now am totally enjoying this thread.

Hey amy, let's call it "Crawfish Monica Fest"

As a result of off thread detente, "Softshell De Monica Fest" is expected as the new Jazz Fest taste sensation. This a Softshell crab po-boy with a ladle of Crawfish Monica sauce including crawfish spooned over it. You are expected to eat one standing next to someone else eating a Couchon de Lait sandwich and exchange every other bite.

And still, we are told, this experience loses hands down to David's bread.

[pokerchick66]

As a result of off thread detente, "Softshell De Monica Fest" is expected as the new Jazz Fest taste sensation. This a Softshell crab po-boy with a ladle of Crawfish Monica sauce including crawfish spooned over it. You are expected to eat one standing next to someone else eating a Couchon de Lait sandwich and exchange every other bite.

And still, we are told, this experience loses hands down to David's bread.

I ain't sharing mine.

[Blitzzzzz]

In the words of George Harrison, "I call it Arthur!":cool:

[mendelj2]

As a result of off thread detente, "Softshell De Monica Fest" is expected as the new Jazz Fest taste sensation. This a Softshell crab po-boy with a ladle of Crawfish Monica sauce including crawfish spooned over it. You are expected to eat one standing next to someone else eating a Couchon de Lait sandwich and exchange every other bite.

And still, we are told, this experience loses hands down to David's bread.

That would be the greatest food item ever served, especially if they could sell a value meal with an ice cold abita!

[pokerchick66]

That would be the greatest food item ever served, especially if they could sell a value meal with an ice cold abita!

I think I would cry if that actually happened.

[ozzie]

A hamburger ain't even gotten any ham in it!

and a Hot Dog... well let's not even go there.

[Frosty]

Reminds me of the old Ben and Jerry's commercials:

there aint no Frusen, there aint no Gladje
there aint no Haagen, there aint no Dazs.........

[Michelino]

I ain't sharing mine.

Ok, rather than make you share...perhaps we can come up with a work around.

I mentioned during the food fights that last year, at one point during second weekend, the Couchon de lait booth ran out of bread. Some of the people in line kinda overreacted to the news. (using only their accent as guide, many of these seemd to be more from my area of the country than yours...I can recognize a whiner from Long Island anywhere)

Getting back to the point, the Couchon de Lait people were willing substitute an extra big mound of meat on a bed of cabbage with sauce for the missing bread. Despite the whining around us, my wife and I immediately recognized this dish as the "low-carb" masterpiece of fest that it was and quickly got two orders. So good!! So, in order to keep the "de" in the name, I propose that The Great Food Reconciliation Combo Plate of Jazz Fest 2007 consist of:

A Softshell Crab Po Boy with the ladle of Crawfish Monica sauce including crawfish served on a plate with a side of "Couchon de Lait salad".

You Hungry Yet?

[saturn]

http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2003-1/86486/thread.gif

[mariena]

Ok, rather than make you share...perhaps we can come up with a work around.

I mentioned during the food fights that last year, at one point during second weekend, the Couchon de lait booth ran out of bread. Some of the people in line kinda overreacted to the news. (using only their accent as guide, many of these seemd to be more from my area of the country than yours...I can recognize a whiner from Long Island anywhere)

Getting back to the point, the Couchon de Lait people were willing substitute an extra big mound of meat on a bed of cabbage with sauce for the missing bread. Despite the whining around us, my wife and I immediately recognized this dish as the "low-carb" masterpiece of fest that it was and quickly got two orders. So good!! So, in order to keep the "de" in the name, I propose that The Great Food Reconciliation Combo Plate of Jazz Fest 2007 consist of:

A Softshell Crab Po Boy with the ladle of Crawfish Monica sauce including crawfish served on a plate with a side of "Couchon de Lait salad".

You Hungry Yet?

Hungy isn't even the word for it.
Mariena

[justagirl]

Oh goodness that all sounds great! I took my dad to Jazz Fest one year and at the end he said, "I'm starving, where are we going to eat?" I was astounded! But he's from Maine and hasn't spent enough time here, he didn't know what anything was, never mind how to pronounce it! Poor thing! I felt so bad.

So, I took him to Coop's!

[csoul]

http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2003-1/86486/thread.gif

LOL!! Too funny......

[bluesgirl]

Oh goodness that all sounds great! I took my dad to Jazz Fest one year and at the end he said, "I'm starving, where are we going to eat?" I was astounded! But he's from Maine and hasn't spent enough time here, he didn't know what anything was, never mind how to pronounce it! Poor thing! I felt so bad.

So, I took him to Coop's!

The cook from Coop's (Clarence) moved up here around the time of the thing and opened a restaurant. www.clarencestasteofneworleans.com

[tangledupinblue]

Embrace the crab, Blue. ;)

I have embraced all of the crab except the outside of it!

[pokerchick66]

I have embraced all of the crab except the outside of it!

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o231/monica7966/offtopic.png

;)

[Michelino]

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o231/monica7966/offtopic.png

;)

OK, getting back on topic, how about Los Lonely Boys Fest as the new name

[jhjpotter]

MetersandNevilleBrothersless Fest

[Michelino]

Lotsa Jazz but not enough for the occasional troll fest.

[heyhon]

getting on topic is fine, you see I still like the name jazzfest, and who cares about the funk/jazz ratio, really. Maybe little Lauren could call me "Uncle Fester" when she grows up and finds out about all my activities, but, upon reflection, I'm not liking that all too much either -sounds too much like either a grizzled TV western icon, or an incurable suffering through his last days with some unwholesome secretions. Maybe we'll just let things stand where they are; after all, can't be any worse than that damn grandchild calling me poop-paw. That one I gotta turn around.

[ibjamn]

Lotsa Jazz but not enough for the occasional troll fest.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

[jhjpotter]

FOMS Fest!! Suffering severely already with that IAC lineup posted!!

[Michelino]

lol, you're scared of it?

The Jazzfest is my mecca; I shall not want.
It maketh me boogie down on green fairgrounds,
It leadeth me beside Muddy Waters.
It restoreth my soul.
It leadeth me in the path to Fais Do Do for a good booty shake.

Yea, though I walk through the grounds of the light of Jazzfest,
I will fear no spider sammich,
for the crispy goodness that is the softshell crab awaits me,
thy aroma and flavor they comfort me.
I preparest a sammich before me in the presence of my Threadheads,
I annointest my sammich with lemon; the Crystal runneth over.
Surely Jazzfest and crab shall sanctify me all the days of my life,
and I will travel to the city of New Orleans forever.

:cool:

Obviously Team Softshell will be forever in your debt for this, our latest t-shirt. Way better than any funky quotes already hanging on racks in the shops on Bourbon and Decateur. (This despite the fact that your poem could be considered sacrilege among at least three major faiths.)

[pokerchick66]

Obviously Team Softshell will be forever in your debt for this, our latest t-shirt. Way better than any funky quotes already hanging on racks in the shops on Bourbon and Decateur. (This despite the fact that your poem could be considered sacrilege among at least three major faiths.)

LMAO! Thank you, baby.

Sorry if I offended any of the aforementioned faiths, including mine. :o

[mightyradgumbo]

Trooper
If you think about it, all music at the fest is jazz-based. Jazz is, IMHO, the backbone of all American music. From Ragtime to the Blues to Big Bands to Fusion to Rock and all the offshoots got thier start off Jazz. So it is all jazz-based, if you think about it.

YYR, Stax, one could easily miss more jazz at fest than seeing anywhere else

Trooper, I think you will find that most fests are going more eclectic-Newport has long been criticized for not sticking to its roots for both the Jazz and Folk Festivals

Chipchopchick-love the Jazzfest Psalm :D

[Zydekitten]

http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2003-1/86486/thread.gif

ROTFLMAO!!!! Now THAT I want on a t-shirt - STAT!!!!

Well played, my friend Saturn, well played. :)

[Zydekitten]

LMAO! Thank you, baby.

Sorry if I offended any of the aforementioned faiths, including mine. :o

Mama - Jazzfest (or George) IS my faith!!! This should be included in the Holy JF Scripture - DEFINITELY! :D

[Zydekitten]

getting on topic is fine, you see I still like the name jazzfest, and who cares about the funk/jazz ratio, really. Maybe little Lauren could call me "Uncle Fester" when she grows up and finds out about all my activities, but, upon reflection, I'm not liking that all too much either -sounds too much like either a grizzled TV western icon, or an incurable suffering through his last days with some unwholesome secretions. Maybe we'll just let things stand where they are; after all, can't be any worse than that damn grandchild calling me poop-paw. That one I gotta turn around.

Heyhon, hon - you, FOR SURE, have to do away with "Poop-paw" - that ain't happenin at all.

I like "Uncle Fester" personally - but I've always been a Addams fan (particularly the original cartoons from the New Yorker). How about you get little Miss Lauren to call you "Uncle Funkster?" ;)

[Dr. A.]

There's less than 5% of artists who are jazz based.

you are absoultely right, and i think you should refuse to go in protest. on the other hand, if you do decide to go, you will experience the only music festival in the country, maybe the world, that really matters.

[pokerchick66]

Mama - Jazzfest (or George) IS my faith!!! This should be included in the Holy JF Scripture - DEFINITELY! :D

lol, thanks. I like what Gumbo called it . . . Jazzfest Psalm.

Or should it be the George Psalm?? ;)

[Zydekitten]

lol, thanks. I like what Gumbo called it . . . Jazzfest Psalm.

Or should it be the George Psalm?? ;)

I think it should be the First Georgian Psalm of the Holy Scripture of Jazzfest. ;)

[Corona]

ROTFLMAO!!!! Now THAT I want on a t-shirt - STAT!!!!

Well played, my friend Saturn, well played. :)
THAT is a classic :)

[pokerchick66]

I think it should be the First Georgian Psalm of the Holy Scripture of Jazzfest. ;)

LMAO!

[Papins]

When I saw Rod Stewart is playing I wondered if maybe it was the Soft Rock Less Talk Festival...

[Zydekitten]

LMAO!

Hey, as a Pastafarian, if the Flying Spaghetti Monster can have a religion - so can we Jazzfest Threadheads, dagnabit!! :D

[Zydekitten]

When I saw Rod Stewart is playing I wondered if maybe it was the Soft Rock Less Talk Festival...

LOL - True dat!

[stlbarb]

In a rave up tune called "Night Train", Godfather of Soul James Brown sings..."Can't forget New Orleans...Home of the blues, y'all..."

If you can agree that the Jazz idiom came from the Blues form, then there are more than the 20% of the bands, as mentioned by swag, who are playing some kind of Jazz.

And, then if you consider what Muddy Waters says in one of his songs, "The Blues had a baby and they called the baby Rock 'n Roll", then you have even more of a relationship to Jazz.

In recent years, Chris Thomas King has done a pretty good job of linking Rap to its only logical ancestor, the Blues.

But, then, maybe Jazz was adopted and there is not a true biological relationship among them. I don't know; maybe they should get a DNA test. It's not my problem.

What the problem we are facing is the title of this particular music festival. Should it be called Jazz Fest?

After giving this question some thought, I could only come up with The American Music Festival In New Orleans Held On The Last Weekend Of April & The First Weekend In May Sponsored By Shell. Kinda catchy, huh?

But, then the "American" part in that name sort of bothers me because a lot of us here don't like to mix good alcohol and music with equal parts of politics.

We're all Americans, except for the Candians and Europeans and Australians, and so forth, and I would just hate to see everyone waving the American flag all over the Fairgrounds. It would be too difficult to find your Krewe that you're hoping to meet up with again.

Also, it would be a poor idea because then all those square-headed, cowboy hat-wearing divas from up in Nashville might invade the Fairgrounds. And, like Kinky Friedman says,"Only cowboys and assholes wear cowboy hats."


So, I dunno...even though it's only been going on for a mere 37 years, it seems like a pretty good music festival to me. But someone should tell the higher ups that run the whole thing that Mahalia Jackson wasn't a jazz singer.


how 'bout 'THE MUSIC FESTIVAL' ?
but that leaves so out so much. the food, people, art, people, crafts, people.

[rosetree]

How about just "THE FESTIVAL"..nuff said :p

[pokerchick66]

Hey, as a Pastafarian, if the Flying Spaghetti Monster can have a religion - so can we Jazzfest Threadheads, dagnabit!! :D

True Dat.

[Zydekitten]

True Dat.

Then, I nominate that we Threadheads can be the first apostles of Jazzfest!

[MzJoey]

well that's what babies do!!!

[sophisticated sissy]

and a Hot Dog... well let's not even go there.

Yeah, and just what do they make baby oil out of?

[Lostcajun]

Would I love more jazz at the fest? Hmmmmm, I love it, love it, love it, and have had as much jazz as I can take in in three days, plus new music that is amazing. I am just grateful...........that JAZZfest comes around every year. It is my time for renewal. If there's not enough jazz for some..... I guess $35 bucks is just too much risk for Herbie Hancock, or Herbie Mann (RIP), or DAVE (freekin) BRUBECK. My 14 year old son who plays the piano was so inspired by Brubeck that he's been working on jazz techniques since. Sheesh.

[MzJoey]

Yeah, and just what do they make baby oil out of?

euuuuwww!

[NeenAtlanta]

Reality is just kind of a collective hunch. ~ Lily Tomlin


BTW...what is the sound of one hand clapping?

Great Lily Tomlin quote!

[ozzie]

Wake me up before you go go...

[Zbonnie]

Mama - Jazzfest (or George) IS my faith!!! This should be included in the Holy JF Scripture - DEFINITELY! :D
True story: One year my friend Nancy, who's a nurse, got real sick on the last day of JazzFest. She knew she must have pneumonia. So, she goes to the First Aid tent, a doctor pulls out a form and starts asking her for all her vital statistics. When he asked, "Religion?", she replied, straight-faced "JazzFest." The doctor totally cracked up.

[mno]

There's less than 5% of artists who are jazz based.
youre obviously not a trooper. you should change your name - to BUZZKILL.

There I took your troll bait. HAPPY NOW?

[Amy Winette]

Ok, rather than make you share...perhaps we can come up with a work around.

I mentioned during the food fights that last year, at one point during second weekend, the Couchon de lait booth ran out of bread. Some of the people in line kinda overreacted to the news. (using only their accent as guide, many of these seemd to be more from my area of the country than yours...I can recognize a whiner from Long Island anywhere)

Getting back to the point, the Couchon de Lait people were willing substitute an extra big mound of meat on a bed of cabbage with sauce for the missing bread. Despite the whining around us, my wife and I immediately recognized this dish as the "low-carb" masterpiece of fest that it was and quickly got two orders. So good!! So, in order to keep the "de" in the name, I propose that The Great Food Reconciliation Combo Plate of Jazz Fest 2007 consist of:

A Softshell Crab Po Boy with the ladle of Crawfish Monica sauce including crawfish served on a plate with a side of "Couchon de Lait salad".

You Hungry Yet?

Good god that sounds wonderful Mich!

[PaulC]

youre obviously not a trooper. you should change your name - to BUZZKILL.

There I took your troll bait. HAPPY NOW?


How did that guys (possibly very sincere) question turn into this,.. not to mention the newer one just like it??... (Oops,.. consider it mentioned now)...

We all enjoy the fest for many different reasons.. I keep returnin' because it's the coolest BIG collection of place,.. product,.. and people I have ever been fortunate enough to experience,.. and that was very true many years before I ever heard of a thread head... Shoot I've only met a few of you and if you all had to call in sick this year,.. I'm still there,.. and it's still WAY cool...

I don't get what happens here sometimes,... I really don't,... and I get the fest,.. I really, really do.......

[where yat brah]

OH, let's not forget the age ol' riddle of the "po' boy", which fits right in with talk of soft shell crabs, crawfish, oysters, ham and hamburgers. Is a po' boy a sandwich? or a sub? or a hoagie? Or is a po' boy an entity of it's own, kinda like a NO Jazz and Heritage Fest is also an entity all it's own. :D

[saturn]

How did that guys (possibly very sincere) question turn into this,.. not to mention the newer one just like it??... (Oops,.. consider it mentioned now)...

I don't get what happens here sometimes,... I really don't,... and I get the fest,.. I really, really do.......

Yah, you're right -- we probably have been a little hard on "trooper". However, when someone new appears and the very first post he/she makes is a bitch and moan, without even saying hi first, we tend to go off a bit on it. Maybe not fair, but generally the way it goes -- on this forum and on any other forum I have ever participated in.

[Zydekitten]

True story: One year my friend Nancy, who's a nurse, got real sick on the last day of JazzFest. She knew she must have pneumonia. So, she goes to the First Aid tent, a doctor pulls out a form and starts asking her for all her vital statistics. When he asked, "Religion?", she replied, straight-faced "JazzFest." The doctor totally cracked up.

Zbon: that is SO great!! Thanks for sharing that!

:D

[funkkjunkie]

Only a couple negatives threw off the rhythm. But we're back on now with where yat brah's cool save, mixin the food and the music and the fun right back in together. Whether it was an honest question that wanted an honest answer or not, my threadhead nation has not failed to entertain and inform. Now give me some Rebirth with a side of Old Skool Brass.

[Zydekitten]

Only a couple negatives threw off the rhythm. But we're back on now with where yat brah's cool save, mixin the food and the music and the fun right back in together. Whether it was an honest question that wanted an honest answer or not, my threadhead nation has not failed to entertain and inform. Now give me some Rebirth with a side of Old Skool Brass.

Yeah, you right, FJ!!! The T-head Nation does try to make learning fun, but bring on da live music, great eats, wonderful art and crafts, COLD, COLD beer and the best mix of people anywhere . . . no matter what you call it.

:D

[ohio]

Ok, rather than make you share...perhaps we can come up with a work around.

I mentioned during the food fights that last year, at one point during second weekend, the Couchon de lait booth ran out of bread. Some of the people in line kinda overreacted to the news. (using only their accent as guide, many of these seemd to be more from my area of the country than yours...I can recognize a whiner from Long Island anywhere)

Getting back to the point, the Couchon de Lait people were willing substitute an extra big mound of meat on a bed of cabbage with sauce for the missing bread. Despite the whining around us, my wife and I immediately recognized this dish as the "low-carb" masterpiece of fest that it was and quickly got two orders. So good!! So, in order to keep the "de" in the name, I propose that The Great Food Reconciliation Combo Plate of Jazz Fest 2007 consist of:

A Softshell Crab Po Boy with the ladle of Crawfish Monica sauce including crawfish served on a plate with a side of "Couchon de Lait salad".

You Hungry Yet?
PLEASE!!! STOP THE TORTURE....

I remember them running out of bread, and that's when I went CUBAN for the first time! YeeHa!

[ohio]

http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2003-1/86486/thread.gif
OMG! TFF, Kathie! I want the shirt.

[Zydekitten]

OMG! TFF, Kathie! I want the shirt.

Me too - I DEMAND this shirt be made available ASAP!!! CBH . . .???

;)

[PaulC]

However, when someone new appears and the very first post he/she makes is a bitch and moan, without even saying hi first, we tend to go off a bit on it. Maybe not fair, but generally the way it goes -- on this forum and on any other forum I have ever participated in.

Ya',... you gots a point there..........

I know two things for sure,.. I generally can't catch fish without fishin',.. and the fest comes first,.. as does mrs. moo..... three things really....

[PaulC]

http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2003-1/86486/thread.gif

Too fantastic!!!... but....

Certainly,.. after the last six years,.. maybe a turn to the left would be better advised... Possibly add a rest stop for pc, c, and a..... and get those services shakin' some....

that's only three more things........

[Amy Winette]

Hmm, yeah, I thought we were all just having fun too!

Would love to see thread drift as a t ;)

[sophisticated sissy]

Don't need no rest stops if you're decked out in AstroNaut Dydees. But I, too, think it should go to the left.

Too freakin' funny, saturn!:D

[Zydekitten]

Don't need no rest stops if you're decked out in AstroNaut Dydees. But I, too, think it should go to the left.

Too freakin' funny, saturn!:D

LMAO, Sissy!!! You just made me do a spit take on my keyboard!

Don't you mean, "AstroNUT" Dydees??

And yes, I concur - thread detour to the left, or a long and winding road all over the place . . .

:D

[Carolina Beadhead]

Me too - I DEMAND this shirt be made available ASAP!!! CBH . . .???

;)

Gimme a little time! I'll see what I can do. :D

(BTW, and off topic, but does my avatar flash "Happy Mardi Gras"? I've been playing with animation and need to be sure you see what I see.)

[ozzie]

Gimme a little time! I'll see what I can do. :D

(BTW, and off topic, but does my avatar flash "Happy Mardi Gras"? I've been playing with animation and need to be sure you see what I see.)

Yep... it's flashing! :D

[saturn]

And yes, I concur - thread detour to the left, or a long and winding road all over the place . . .

:D

http://www.tacuroctr.com/images/Blog/detour.jpg

A little like this?

[ibjamn]

I remember a picture that Swag took at the Fest once that continues to crack me up; "Exit to Mystery St. - No re-entry."

[Michelino]

Ya',... you gots a point there..........

I know two things for sure,.. I generally can't catch fish without fishin',.. and the fest comes first,.. as does mrs. moo..... three things really....

Hey man...here's his "second line"

Then they should change the name. It isn't a jazz fest by any measure

If that's not a plain ole fashion troll, then I've got crab all over my face...wait a minute....I do have crab all over my face...

If Jazz Fest is good enough for a purist like Wynton to show up occasionally (between lectures as to who is playing jazz and who ain't), why should we take trooper's beef seriously?

It's all connected: Just as Gil Scott-Heron rapped in 1976: "The Blues were born in Satchmo's Horn", you can trace rap straight back through Gil's "B-Movie" and then "The Revolution will not be Televised" all the way to Louis Jordan's "Beware" and then back to the more famous Louis. And where would Rock be without Louis's Tympany Five "Blue Light Boogie (he sings:All she did was rock!)" , plus Roy Brown & Wynonie Harris (Good Rockin' Tonight (1947!)) Of course Blues...and I mean BB King specifically tributes Louis Jordan again and Cab Calloway...both of whose Jazz pedigree, no doubt, Trooper would have issue with.

And I haven't touched on the Mardi Gras Indians and Brass Bands whose roots go back right to the beginning and are such kissin cousins with Jazz that their relationship would be illegal in 22 states.

[Frosty]

Considering "jazz" was once slang for sex, has anybody considered that the original post may have had nothing to do with the kind of music played there? Perhaps Trooped was searching for the kind of Monica WITHOUT crawfish.

[BigDag]

Considering "jazz" was once slang for sex, has anybody considered that the original post may have had nothing to do with the kind of music played there? Perhaps Trooped was searching for the kind of Monica WITHOUT crawfish.

Hey Poker, looks like you have a date!

[pokerchick66]

Hey Poker, looks like you have a date!

lol, oh goody. ;)

[Zydekitten]

http://www.tacuroctr.com/images/Blog/detour.jpg

A little like this?

(OMG, Saturn - you're killin' me with these graphics!!!! ROTFLMAO)

YES, just like that!!!

:D