no one fuck wit da Top

Pure Genus

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9J65j2GNzw

Bail Me! Bail Me! Where do you go When they say Roll Out!

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2009/0311091phish18.html


THE FUNNIEST SHIT...mugshots from the recent Phish tour arrests...not sure what they got arrested for, but im sure you can guess when you take a look.

THe Night the Lights went out in da Quarta

Yeah, so an 'lectric grid blew da fuck up aroun Iberville St. right unda da Quawta and dey got not pahwuh daaalin. i took some snaps after leaving OEJ's and it reminded me of the post-K blackouts that used to happen. wierd.

Yeah That's Right

I'm packing into that van bruh. I'll be joining MC Trachiotomy on tour thru Holland and Germany in April documenting the roving mad freak tour - as Trach brings his Butthole Surfers meets Bitches Brew in the 9th Ward live show.

http://www.myspace.com/mctrachiotomy

i'll be uploading day to day blogs featuring interviews, videos, photos and tour accounts from the week of April 8th-15th. Check his myspace for tourdates.

And i missing fucking MASTODON while im out there...if you're in town, don't miss it - April 11th @ HOB.

Z

Middendorfs! Duh!

Ok, so you've herd, right? Middendorfs "razor thin" sliced catfish? right der off 55 in Manchac? Well you need to taste. As part of the Birthday Dinner Posse, we rolled out to D'orfs last Sunday for Mikals birthday and had a feast. and after trying pretty much about everything worth anything on the menu, i have to say that their hush puppies are more famous to me than the catfish. Yes, the fish are great, the batter is great, they are thin..but the amount of flavor and style points you get w/ these little puppies are by far better than any seafood add-on ive ever had...sorry Cock-of-the-Walk (RIP).

9th Ward Marching Band Feature UP!

hey gang - it's up - the mini-doc i did of our very own 9th Ward Marching Band. Take a look and pass it around.

http://vimeo.com/3868742

words are not needed to describe them...they are, just, Naturally N'awlins...\\

APOSTA DEI CHALLENGE!

I was just challenged by Mr. Lucius Fontenot of Life from the Bottom of the Boot - http://luciusf.blogspot.com/

- if i post a post a day, he posts a post a day - im up for it Lucius...but just as i say this - lets start today. i forgot to post yesterday.

deal?


I would like to up the ante - if this challenge is about keeping the stories flowing, the creativity rocking, and the gears greased...i am going to post a new post a day but also add a new photograph that i have taken with it

Original Post = Original Art

....can ya keep up? i know, i just picked up the pace.

Jazz Fest Press Conference

The 40th Annual New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival is on y'all. I am honored to have been hired by the Fest as one of their staff photographers for this years historic festival. I have shot it the last 5 years for my good peoples'over at SF's Jambase.com, and was going to take a break this year and do portraits when i got the call. Needless to say i am stoked, very stoked.

I attended yesterdays official press day for the unveiling of the posters, some announcements, and some music by some folks you may have heard of...Allen Toussaint, Troy Andrews, Renard Poche, and Herman Ernest. They wrote some new music to commemorate the 40th Anniversary, and pretty much killed it in the paddock. It smelled like fest, sounded like fest. I guess it is...

APOSTA DEI

So i'm going to put up a post erry day. I do some interesting things sometimes.

Last week was insane - Austin, SXSW, BACK FOR 4 shoots in 3 days.

SXSW was insane, (again) - got there late Tuesday night, slept on a floor college style, surrounded by dried pizza crusts, coke cans, and stale beer smell. Reminded me of my days on GSRI @ LSU, living downwind of the poo poo plant. And living w/ Kyle Nash for good measure.

Rotary gigged that night at the so-called PASTE magazine showcase, where there was no signs, no magazines, or no rep's from the magazine. Great job guys. But we had 50 or so folks there, good nola cats and some bay area friends.

The next day i played percussion with White Bitch at Noon, then Rotary had a 3pm gig, then a 6pm gig. i ate some BBQ and hit the wall. Slept for 12 hours, and flew back to NOLA w/ Chris.

Friday night when i got back to nola, i was dropped off at the CAC to shoot the heralded Master of Laptop Electro Music - Carl Stone.



...and yes, that was him, for an hour. at the computer. If i was on some drugs it would have been a great show. i would have picked mushrooms. But i couldnt' stay, i was off to the Dirty Coast Fashion show to photograph models wearing nothing but DC gear...cut up, falling off, and damn sexy.




The next day, SAT, was two weddings back to back - from 10am - 10pm - and after that i was beat down fo sho.

Sunday was chillin at Chaz n Claires bebe shower. Yeah, i guess we're getting older, going to baby showers, weddings and the such. im getting older too, but not goin there yet.

Austin NOW!

Just woke up in Austin, don't know how i got here. No, i do. Cory and i left NO at 7ish, stopped in Laffy-ette to pick up percussion from Tiffany, get coffee, greenery, and hit the road. checked out the new Caddywompus EP called "EP's" and Mike Gambles "Scrambler Sequill" - will these bands get together already?

Damn, please go see Caddywompus...their music is fresh, live, and full of reckless abandon. go, now.

Scott Guion @ BARRISTERS

"MAN'S SON (The Last Breakfast)"
Barrister's Gallery
2331 St. Claude Ave & Spain
New Orleans, LA 70117
504-525-2767 / 710-4506
Tues-Sat 11am-5pm

Absolutely, hands down, no-holds-barred, most surrealistically talented New Orleans artist Scott Guion has a show this weekend at Barristers. Dont miss it, or Mr. Bingle will come after your hat.





Painting by Scott Guion

Ash Wednesday 2009

I decided to get out of town, touch the end of the road. the beginning of the Gulf, the sticky air, and crawfish heads abound. Hw1 for fun, Hw1 for reset.

mardi gras was and is and shall forever be the purge, and Ash Wednesday is the reformation. I feel good about this year, i said this last year, and i was right.

Rotary Downs @ SXSW 2009

Wednesday, March 18th
PASTE SXSW Showcase

Ace's Lounge - 222 E. 6th St., Austin, TX
Rotary Downs @ 9pm (21+)

Thursday, March 19th -

Electronic Musician/reapandsow music SXSW Day party
Calle Habana 6 - 709 E. 6th St., Austin, TX
Rotary Downs @ 3pm - INSIDE STAGE

NOLA Soul Presents
Historic Victory Grill - 1104 E. 11th St, Austin, TX
Rotary Downs @ 5:45


come one come all! Please pass on to anyone you know in Austin, or that will be there!

Z

COMO MAMAS @ JAZZ FEST!

Dont miss the COMO Mamas at Jazz Fest! Friday, April 24th - times TBA

i recently did a shoot for MOJO Magazine, with Gabe Soria, on the Como Mamas from Como, MS. An all Acapella group that will blow your mind...here are some videos from Daptone, and some of my photos from our long wonderful day in Como, MS.

THANK YOU LUCIUS

I found this on Lucius Fontenots blog: http://luciusf.blogspot.com/

Having a camera makes you a photographer like having a calculator makes you a mathematician.
-Clayton Cubitt


so true

PInchin Pennies, Stretched Dollas

Alright, so since mardi gras, i haven't drank alcohol or even gone to a bar. just bought a bike to save money. And im shooting a Sweet 16 Party at the end of the month. But that's besides the point...

I just got lunch on Julia St. for $3.50. That's right.

$2 - Day old Sandwich
$.99 - Bugles
$.60 Hawaiian Punch

Lipstick Traces

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SdMDexoMSlc&feature=related

Snooks Eaglin 2nd Line Funeral

2 greats in 2 days...has this happened before? Two New Orleans icons, having their 2nd line funerals back to back. Well, if you live in New Orleans, it is not to surprising considering the giants of the music scene that have passed only in the recent year. The days are rolling along, time is taking our masters and our teachers: our inspiration. I am here for only a few reasons, and they all have to do with the LIVING HISTORY of this city...it is passed down, its breathed, its sounds are ricocheted from Treme homes and sent to my ears ..which then moves my feet.

Fird "Snooks" Eaglin passed on February 14th, 2008. He was one of those living cultural icons, that would amaze you and astonish you at what talent he had.

here's an idea:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAjLyDqmwdk&feature=related


always teaching, always jokin...but a truly a talent.

Here are some images from his VERY traditional 2nd line funeral. I did some audio interviews that i will release shortly when i finish editing them

Antoinette K-Doe 2nd Line

These images are a few of the many images i shot at Antoinette's 2nd Line Jazz Funeral. It was an amazing day, a true, honest, jubilant send off for one of New Orleans' ambassadors of culture, Antoinette K-Doe. The streets were packed: Skull and Bones, Baby Dolls, Camel Toes, Indian Tribes, Brass Bands, and even Ernie. The widow of N.O. legend Ernie K-doe (Mother-in-Law, Here Come the Girls) - worked tirelessly at keeping Ernie's legacy of music and love for his city alive, as well as keeping the tradition of female walking crews in check and vibrant. She was a founding member of the Baby Dolls, and also worked closely and mentored the Camel Toe Lady Steppers. Her club, The Mother-in-Law Lounge on Claiborne Ave, still stands as a bar, museum, and cultural institute. Visit often, drink plenty, but always remember Antoinette as the ambassador.

go here:

http://www.k-doe.com/lounge.shtml

http://www.nola.com/news/index.ssf/2009/02/antoinette_kdoe_remembered.html