Comments on: They All Axed for You

By: Ray Canatella

Ray Canatella — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 20:10:28 +0000

If you want to know about our New Orleans Yat language and how it all began, read the book “The YAT language of New Orleans.” THE WHO DAT NATION
It is a fun book to read about our great city. Also a dictionary of all the YAT words used in New Orleans.

By: Sailor Barsoom

Sailor Barsoom — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 23:40:50 +0000

Yep.

By: lujlp

lujlp — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 22:40:16 +0000

Bst thing the ever could have done is not to have fucked wih the Mississippi in the first place,

With all that silt being dumped of the edge of the continent into the dep watrs off the glf its no wonder the wetlands are shrinking

By: Sailor Barsoom

Sailor Barsoom — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 02:11:14 +0000

Unfortunately, New Orleans has been doomed for some time. Just like Venice, Italy. New Orleans used to be further inland than it is now? It’s right on the Gulf of Mexico now. That isn’t just the city expanding down to the sea; the coast has moved in. The wetlands have been whittled away until they no longer offer the protection from hurricanes they once did. There are things that could have been done, but were not. Something like Katrina was going to happen sooner or later, and the city wasn’t going to be ready for it.

And I don’t see a lot to indicate that we’ve learned any real lessons from it. We’re building higher levees, maybe.

By: xena

xena — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 01:25:23 +0000

I don’t mind jazz either. I could check out the jazz scene, too. But I LOVE the blues.

By: xena

xena — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 01:05:50 +0000

Yes, I regret not going pre-Katrina too. I thumbed down in 1988 and just missed the Mardi Gras celebrations I was aiming for. Remember, thumbing several thousand miles is not like driving that far. If you get behind schedule when you’re driving, you can make it up. You can lose days or weeks hitchhiking from Toronto to Louisiana. So I missed all the fun stuff, had very little money left, and no passport bc I was underage. Hanging around in a cheap motel was out of the question, so I rushed off to try to catch the last hockey game at the Calgary Olympics. I missed that too.

At least I got to see my first gator, and eat some nice Cajun chili. The man I ate with wouldn’t tell me what the strange meat was. I suspect it was crayfish bc it was close in texture to crab&lobster, but the pieces were shredded so small. I didn’t mind it. I might even try it again sometime.

Next time, I want to check out a riverboat blues fest. LOVE the blues. I mean, beyond just the sound of the music itself. I’m Canadian, and I notice things about American life that some Americans don’t. Many of you see the legacy of the Black Holocaust as commonplace, like a zookeeper gets used to the smell of shit. But the way some white Americans treat their black brothers and sisters sickens me like watching disaster footage. I am truly horrified and appalled by it. That such exquisite music was first sung by people in chains, in defiance of their pain, hunger and suffering, really moves me. The blues is one of the most awe inspiring things about our humanity, imo. Blues on a riverboat is on my list of things I absolutely MUST do before I die.

By: Marla

Marla — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 21:44:45 +0000

New Orleans’ image in the eyes of Northerners is summed up by Disneyland’s New Orleans Square:
http://disneyland.disney.go.com/disneyland/new-orleans-square/

It’s the only place in the North where I’ve ever seen the New Orleans drink the mint julep – I tried it and it’s sweet and pungent.

I would have liked to have seen the old New Orleans.

By: Tonja

Tonja — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 17:28:38 +0000

I will never forgive myself for failing to visit Nawlins before Katrina. It’s the birthplace of my Spanish harlot grandmother and though her accent faded when she moved west, it was quite pronounced when she was tired or had a bit to drink.