Summer Soundtrack

I'm compiling my summer playlist and wanted to know what you guys are playing for hot weather fun.

KDHL Super Ultra Summertime 2010 Mix Tape

The Miracles- Going to a Go Go
The Kinks- Victoria
The Box Tops- The Letter
The Go Gos- Vacation
Tilly and the Wall- Pot Kettle Black
Beirut- My Night with the Prostitute from Marseilles
The Miracles- (Come Round Here) I'm the One You Need
The Rolling Stones- Gimme Shelter
Joan Jett- Do You Wanna Touch Me?
Phoenix-Lisztozamania
The Marvalettes- Beachwood 45789
David Bowie- Oh! You Pretty Things
The Kinks- All Day and All of the Night


(Hidden Tracks:
Jay Z- On to the Next One
Miley Cyrus- Party in the USA)

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jazzland: where dreams come true and then are flooded and abandoned

"King of Swamp Castle: When I first came here, this was all swamp. Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I built in all the same, just to show them. It sank into the swamp. So I built a second one. That sank into the swamp. So I built a third. That burned down, fell over, then sank into the swamp. But the fourth one stayed up. And that's what you're going to get, Lad, the strongest castle in all of England."

This past weekend Breonne and I went to Jazzland.

The park opened in 2000 as Jazzland, and became Six Flags in 2002. It closed before the storm hit in August 2005, and has been closed ever since. There have been plans to redevelop it and plans to demolish it, but when it comes down to it, the park will almost certainly just sit, abandoned, until it gets swallowed up by the swamp it was built on....

...because, um, it's roughly fucked.

This was easily one of the creepiest experiences of my life.

If not for the nearby highways, it would be completely silent there. There is a neighborhood nearby, but _maybe_ half the houses are occupied. Jazzland is also one of the only places I've seen water lines for the past year or so.

The debris around the park is probably the weirdest part. To think that less than five years ago, these stuffed animals were highly sought after prizes for silly games, and now they are simply disintegrating mold colonies.

But really, like so much other shit in New Orleans, despite the impending and totally evident doom that this place has seen and will endure, there's still a strange, calm beauty to it.

It made Breonne very happy that we were there, for a little while...

...until we realized we were in New Orleans East - which, if not for the Vietnamese food, would be the most depressing place I have ever been, hands down. (It still kinda is anyways.) So we got some Vietnamese food and got the fuck out of town, but not before snapping this gorgeous photo.

JAZZLAND!

Afternoon Tea

Hello Sir and Madams not Appearing on this Blog, Greetings Big Cats,

This past Sunday afternoon, I headed over to the Capitol to see what all the fuss was about. The first group I happened upon was approximately 40 middle aged Tea Partiers rallying around Congressman Steve King (R-IA) on the west side of the Capitol. (careful folks, don't go calling them tea baggers, because now it's apparently a "...denigrating word with negative connotations. It’s as bad as calling a black person the N-word").

Congressman King had been speaking to the crowd for about 10 min. when I showed up. I was more interested in the composition of the crowd than the comments coming out of the megaphone, but things got interesting when he brandished that little acorn you see in the photo. After pulling it out of his pocket, and dusting off the lint, he explained to the crowd that it served as a constant reminder of what he is fighting against. This was followed by snarky comments about ACORN being on the verge of bankruptcy, and evoked a shouts of approval, clapping and peals of laughter.

After watching these antics for a few more minutes, I moved on to the shouts and cheers coming from the south side of the Capitol. This is where the main contingent of Tea Partiers had set up shop, and were waving their flags and falling into impromptu chants of "Kill this Bill".

"Call the Wam-bulance"

The crowd was a mixed bag - three parts Tea Partier, one part by-standers who stood on the outskirts of the crowd and observed the Tea Partiers with a befuddled expression on their face. An occasional by-stander would strike up a conversation with a demonstrator, but most kept to themselves. I weaved through the crowd and snapped a few photos, but made my way out after I heard a few of the Partiers grumble "That one there with the camera, he must be a lobbyist".

The Tea Partiers were not the only group out exercising their freedom of assembly. A small contingent of supporters of the House and Senate Health Care bills were out, and right down the Mall, tens of thousands rallied to sound the call for immigration reform. When the Tea Partiers fell silent, their chants and calls for reform could be heard off in the distance.

i figured it out logan don't worry

Which one of you was it?!

Never Forget

i took 6 photos of helicopters at the saints victory parade?

What I think of the Super Bowl

Look, all Im saying is that theyre no Denver Broncos

Poor Neglected Blog

This is the last time I'll be sober for about a week. I finally stopped being flu-y today and it's wonderful to finally have enough energy to go destroy my body again. Mardi Gras is now, amazing and the best time of the year. Rejoice!