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Posts In 7/2010
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Oil, oil (still) everywhere
1027 days ago
Reporter Jeffrey Kofman’s ABC News report from Buras, La., on July 26 asked “Where did all the crude go?” Agence…
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Is reporting that all the oil seems to have disappeared from the Gulf a cheap rhetorical question used by credulous reporters? (See what we did there?)
1027 days ago
Gol-ly. From reading and watching the news this week, you’d sure think that all the oil in the Gulf went…
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Women of the Storm denies HuffPo charge, seeks meeting with Bullock
1027 days ago
The coastal restoration petition launched on July 20 by the local advocacy group Women of the Storm ran into controversy…
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Anne Rice uses Facebook to announce her breakup with Christianity
1028 days ago
Anne Rice, the New Orleans novelist who famously feuded with Al Copeland, famously rededicated her life to the Church to…
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Opportunities may stop knocking
1028 days ago
Early in the Gulf oil crisis, BP coined a term for the shrimping and fishing boats that were now out…
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The Expendables’ New Orleans Premiere
1028 days ago
Some of the new Sylvester Stallone film The Expendables was shot in New Orleans and it’s having a local (invitation…
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This one goes out to the checkers at the Winn-Dixie in Marrero
1028 days ago
Winn-Dixie announced on Tuesday it plans to close 30 of its “underperforming” supermarkets, and today we found out that Louisiana…
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“The Real World” explained: Gypsies, tramps and beads
1028 days ago
These weekly posts are intended as an episode-by-episode guide to the many psychological ailments, drunken gibberish, senseless actions, Bourbon Street…
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“American Idol” auditions: the video
1028 days ago
Here’s Jonathan Bachman’s video from Monday’s American Idol auditions. None of the singers we met made the first cut, but…
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Marigny Pho on the Move
1029 days ago
For the past few months, folks in the Faubourg Marigny have been enjoying how well casual Vietnamese food works in…
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LPO Promotes Video Game Violence on PBS
1029 days ago
Video Games Live is on a mission to prove that orchestral music and gamers can peacefully co-exist. The tour is…
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Louisiana: the lazy, smelly state
1029 days ago
It seems there’s always a new ranking — usually created by an esteemed scientific research institution such as Condomania —…
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Today in BP Oil Disaster: Day …
1029 days ago
Sing it, Sharon.
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Because putting Drew Brees on the cover wasn’t enough
1030 days ago
First came Drew Brees gracing the cover of the video game Madden NFL 2010 and now there is this YouTube…
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Patricia Clarkson: “BP has ruined the Gulf of Mexico”
1030 days ago
Film star and New Orleans native Patricia Clarkson came home in mid-June to tour Barataria Bay with Plaquemines Parish president…
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Meet Bob Dudley
1030 days ago
As former (and self-described “demonized“) BP CEO Tony Hayward prepares for Siberia, the oil giant will welcome in its first…
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Louis Prima receives star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
1031 days ago
Louis Prima, the New Orleans-born trumpeter and lounge entertainer who was inducted into the Louisiana Music Hall of Fame in…
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“American Idol” hopefuls invade New Orleans
1031 days ago
Now there’s a competition-based reality TV show representing just about every skill or profession, all of them promising fame to…
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Glenn Beck tells Tea Party to keep the fight alive
1033 days ago
Glenn Beck declared himself a “revolutionary” on his eponymous Fox News program Saturday while urging Tea Party members not to…
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Sissy bounce makes The New York Times magazine
1034 days ago
Our dear departed music columnist Alison Fensterstock (who left to write for some paper or another) wrote the first major…
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Mayor Landrieu to furlough city workers for 11 days as part of plan to plug $67 million budget hole
1034 days ago
This afternoon at City Hall, New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu announced plans to plug the city’s $67 million budget hole…
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Ain’t That a Shame
1034 days ago
In the days following Hurricane Katrina, spurious rumors spread about Antoine “Fats” Domino’s fate. He was, in fact, rescued from…
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Cari-boudin, or: How Sarah Palin spent her money in New Orleans
1034 days ago
In early April, dozens of national GOP poohbahs came to New Orleans for the Southern Republican Leadership Conference (SLRC), a…
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Reconciled
1034 days ago
Think you know New Orleans? Think again. No matter how long you’ve live here, no matter how many generations back…
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Sorry, Fort Jackson: Wildlife rehab center moving tonight
1035 days ago
According to plan, as Tropical Storm Bonnie gets uncomfortably close. From Unified Incident Command: The Wildlife Rehabilitation Center in Buras,…
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Blackout: Mac McClelland on reporting from the Gulf
1035 days ago
Mother Jones human rights reporter Mac McClelland has been on the Gulf Coast since the early days of the Gulf…
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Veteran bartender Brian Rea talks shop at Tales of the Cocktail
1035 days ago
By Jennifer Kilbourne Brian Rea is coauthor of The Modern Bartender’s Guide, creator of thebarkeeper.com, and former curator of what…
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Exene Cervenka says: Download movie, help Gulf
1035 days ago
Back in the mid-1980s, X frontwoman Exene Cervenka and her pal, independent filmmaker Modi Frank, decided to shoot something different:…
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Henry’s Uptown Bar turns 110
1035 days ago
New Orleans is home to many venerable, century-old institutions: Antoine’s, Galatoire’s and Bud Rip’s come to mind. And then there’s…
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“The Real World” explained: Stand Up and Black Out
1035 days ago
These weekly posts are intended as an episode-by-episode guide to the many psychological ailments, drunken gibberish, senseless actions, Bourbon Street…
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ACT NOW fundraiser for Gulf mammals & turtles
1035 days ago
ACT NOW (Artists Coming Together, Nurturing Our World) will present “ACT NOW for the Gulf,” a fundraising art auction to…
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Bridge to somewhere
1036 days ago
The Louisiana National Guard has finished a land bridge on Elmer’s Island, a wildlife refuge, that should protect the wetlands…
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BP Oil Spill Blues
1036 days ago
Singer Tommy Singleton, 67, may not be a household name, but he’s been singing blues, R&B and soul in New…
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Kenner’s getting a Target
1036 days ago
A reason to go to Kenner: Target, retail behemoth and bastion of local recycling efforts, will soon have a 138,000-square…
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Late Night at Tales of the Cocktail
1037 days ago
By Jennifer Kilbourne After long days filled with seminars, tastings and events, Tales of the Cocktail attendees and the public…
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Today in BP Oil Disaster: Day 92
1037 days ago
Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals says 290 oil-related exposure cases have been reported since the disaster began, including 216…
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Blackout: WDSU’s Scott Walker on media access
1037 days ago
Last night, WDSU aired part two of Scott Walker’s interview with former BP subcontractor Adam Dillon — a former site…
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Women of the Storm launch “Be The One” video to draw attention to Gulf restoration
1037 days ago
James Carville and Councilwomen Susan Guidry, Kristin Palmer and Jackie Clarkson joined local organization Women Of The Storm this morning…
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Anti-BP License Plates For Bikes
1037 days ago
Someone is making anti-BP license plates for bikes — I snapped a shot of one featuring pretty colorful language this…
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Be The One
1037 days ago
Today marks the unveiling of a bold initiative by Women of the Storm on behalf of the Gulf Coast. It’s…
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Gambit reads Playboy so you don’t have to
1038 days ago
The Preservation Hall Jazz Band appears in the August issue of Playboy. To save you the trouble of reading the…
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Gambit honored at 52nd annual Press Club of New Orleans journalism awards
1039 days ago
Gambit had a blast last night at the Press Club of New Orleans‘ 52nd annual awards dinner at Harrah’s Hotel.…
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In which Chris Paul drags us all into that Lebron mess: Part 2
1040 days ago
So Lebron James goes to the Miami Heat, Chris Paul is tangentially related to all those shenanigans and now the…
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UNO prepares for $14 million in cuts
1041 days ago
Today University of New Orleans (UNO) officials presented the school’s budget plan before the Louisiana State University System (LSUS) Board…
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“Island Aid” for Grand Isle
1041 days ago
One of Grand Isle’s biggest events of the year, the Grand Isle Tarpon Rodeo, was nixed this year due to…
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Mayor Landrieu Plans To Open Full Service Hospital In New Orleans East By Fall of 2013
1041 days ago
Mayor Mitch Landrieu was joined by fellow council members and community leaders this afternoon to announce a new plan to…
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BP’s new(ish) Vessels of Opportunity program
1041 days ago
In this week’s Gambit, I met charter fishermen in Port Sulphur who were working under BP’s Vessels of Opportunity (VOO)…
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Today in BP Oil Disaster: Day 88
1041 days ago
• BP says it’s “encouraged” about the new cap holding, but it’s only one day into a two-day test of…
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Sportsman’s Ladies Got That Good Good Food
1041 days ago
The Sportsman’s Ladies Social Aid and Pleasure Club is cooking up that homestyle good good Friday and Saturday July 16th…
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“The Real World” explained: Love in the time of Carnival
1042 days ago
These weekly posts are intended as an episode-by-episode guide to the many psychological ailments, drunken gibberish, senseless actions, Bourbon Street…
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