December 2009
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Introducing INVADENOLA.COM
I am pleased to announce our new curious site: http://www.invadenola.com, New Orleans’ biweekly online magazine.
The first issue, Secrets, features articles on the good and bad side of living in Central City, falling in love with Fred Williamson, and instructions on how to invent an imaginary boyfriend. Check it out and let us know what you think. http://www.invadenola.com The digital...
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Marie-Pierre Arthur - Elle
Marie-Pierre...
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YouTube Film Degree: The Earlier Films of Woody...
sometimesagreatnotion:
(in chronological order)
Take the Money and Run
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex but Were Afraid to Ask
Sleeper
Love and Death
Annie Hall
Interiors
Manhattan
Stardust Memories
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Lil Wayne Protege Gudda Gudda Introduces Himself...
defendneworleans:
New Orleans native Gudda Gudda has a bunch of superstars in his camp, including Lil Wayne, Nicki Minaj and Drake. Dude might be next in line to blow. Gudda, who’s been down with Wayne for around a decade, has been lacing family records like “Thinking to Myself” (his verse about Kunta Kinte steals the show!) “Bedrock” and “Every Girl” with his laid-back, spoken-word flow. This...
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The Black Book
In 1974, Middleton A. Harris headed up a team including author Toni Morrison to collaborate on The Black Book, an impressively detailed and now-classic chronicle of the black experience in America. To celebrate its 35th anniversary, the book has been handsomely reissued—with a new foreword by Morrison—and if you haven’t ever had the chance to read it, don’t miss the experience of what Henry...
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“Perhaps the most profound issue surrounding my receipt of this prize is the fact...”
– President BARACK OBAMA, from his prepared Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech, via the New York Times (via inothernews)
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Yourmorals.org // Do we still have those?
Surely most of us believe ourselves to be fair-minded, honest and—of course—correct when it comes to issues of right and wrong. But how do your individual beliefs match up to others? The (highly addictive) site YourMorals.org provides easy-to-complete tests of your ethics, values and morality, with instant results that chart where your judgments fall amid other participants’.
The Web site was...
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Glee 113 ("Sectionals")
Figgins: Sue. The directors both from the Jane Adams Academy and Haverbrook School for the Deaf have informed me that you gave them the New Directions set list.
Sue: You have no proof.
Figgins: The set lists were on Cheerios letterhead.
Sue: I didn't do it.
Figgins: They say 'from the desk of Sue Sylvester'.
Sue: Circumstantial evidence.
Figgins: They're written in your handwriting.
Sue: Forgeries.
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All the cool kids shop fair trade.
Erika at IN EXCHANGE opened up a new online store featuring some beautiful fair trade items. Go over and purchase scarves, DEFEND New Orleans shirts, and some cool tote bags.
And if you’re a local New Orleanian, check out her store on the Tulane campus in the University Center.
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OffBeat’s Best of the Beat Awards 2009 |...
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VOTE! VOTE! VOTE!
Every January, OffBeat Magazine throws the first great party of the year–the annual Best of the Beat Awards to honor the best local musicians and music businesses for their accomplishments. The music awards take place at House of Blues, and feature performances from some of Louisiana’s best musicians as well as complimentary catering from many of New Orleans’...
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New Orleans Multimedia User Group December Meeting...
new-orleans-info:
Matt Toups from the local New Orleans chapter of the OpenStreetMap project will present this Tuesday evening, 8 December, at 6:30pm.
OpenStreetMap (OSM) is an open source map of the world that is freely available online. You can contribute to the map by adding in your favorite places, as well as download the map data and create your own local map. There are over 150,000...
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Free Apparatjik Single, Vampire Weekend Samples, &...
twentyfourbit:
We posted recently about a 60-second sample of the first single off the debut LP from Apparatjik, a group made up of A-Ha’s Magne Furuholmen, Mew’s Jonas Bjerre, and Coldplay’s Guy Berryman. At that time, we knew the full version would be released today, but not that it would be free and over 9 minutes long. Download “Electric Eye” for the cost of a name and email address here.
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New Orleans Craft Mafia Events
Finish up your holiday shopping list – and celebrate doing so! — with the New Orleans Craft Mafia at our Last Stop Shop at the Big Top Holiday Market and Party, Thursday, December 17th from 6pm – 10pm. Get all your last-minute gifts from your favorite local artists and crafters, who’ll be offering a wide assortment of one-of-a-kind, handmade items made right here in New Orleans. The Thursday...
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Saints Have Karma on Their Side (NY Times)
defendneworleans:
By LYNN ZINSER Published: December 7, 2009
It was only four years ago when the Saints were the anti-karma: holed up in a hotel in San Antonio, a hurricane submerging their home city, their stadium the house of untold horrors, while their owner openly contemplated ditching New Orleans in its worst days for the highest bidding city not currently under water. Oh, and Jim Haslett...
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Treme company carves slice of post-film work | New...
new-orleans-info:
Post-production capabilities are one of the gaps in state’s burgeoning movie industry
Having companies such as Maison Post located in Louisiana helps stop the brain drain of technically skilled locals who have traditionally had to look elsewhere for jobs in the film industry
Read more via neworleanscitybusiness.com
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Postmedium Demo Party at Antenna | Dec 11th at 8pm
Erik is having a Postmedium demo party at Antenna Gallery on Friday, December 11th at 8pm. He is inviting people from the arts community to come check out his online portfolio system his team developed. It will be a super informal event with DJ Minor playing some records Alex Vialou pouring up his ‘Cane Claude’ spirits. They will showcase the system during the event and how it can...
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what they said
I want to live in a country where pop media is a form of self-expression and not of mind control. I want to live in a country where farmers are valued more than lawyers. I want to live in a country where more money is spent on education than on war. I want to live in a country where the public health is not determined by profit margins. I want to live in a country where the bicycle industry is...
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JuJu GrisGris YaYa // New Orleans Graphic Design
Innovative, eye-popping graphic design from across the Gulf Coast region will be on display at The Contemporary Arts Center (CAC) from December 5 to December 13, 2009. The exhibition will proudly present the winners of “JuJu GrisGris YaYa NOLA 2009,” the awards program sponsored by the New Orleans chapter of American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA), the national association for design.
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Ride or Die - Bicycle Film Fest
In 2001, Brendt Barbur was compelled to start the Bicycle Film Festival after being hit by a bus while riding his bike in New York City. Instead of being deterred by this experience, it inspired him to create a festival that celebrates the bicycle through music, art, and film. Now in its ninth year the festival is held in 39 cities worldwide. This worldwide festival is making a pit stop in New...