A giant sign at Poydras and Tchoupitoulas, urging Saints owner Tom Benson to sign quarterback Drew Brees’s revised contract. (Diya Chacko/ NOLA.com)
Q: You’ve spent most of the past year on the road. What’s your favorite thing about touring?
A: Bringing the New Orleans party all over the world and showing them how we rock down here – that’s the best thing about it.
wnyc:
It’s been two years since the Deepwater Horizon disaster unleashed 4.9 million barrels of oil on the Gulf of Mexico. In the midst of the disaster, BP and its contractors did everything they could to keep people from seeing the scale of the disaster. But new photos released Monday offer some new insight to just how grim the Gulf became for sea life.
You can see the rest here. (Warning: soul-crushingly sad.)
Confirmed: Soul-crushing. —A.P.
(via discoverynews)
Florence and the Machine were amazing at Jazz Fest Friday!
Photo by Keith Marszalek, NOLA.com
Erika Lowman of New Orleans dances with a hula hoop to the music of Big All Carson & the Blues Master Friday, May 4, 2012 during the 2012 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival
(SUSAN POAG / THE TIMES-PICAYUNE)
This week marks the bicentennial celebration of the statehood of Louisiana. Among the historical records of the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate at the Center for Legislative Archives are many documents that illustrate the important role Congress plays in the creation of states. For Louisiana the road to statehood was relatively short; it became a state less than 10 years after being acquired from the French Government under provisions of the Louisiana Purchase. Visit our featured documents page for selection of congressional records that document Louisiana’s journey to become the 18th state in the Union.
Proclamation of Governor William Claiborne, 12/20/1803, Records of the U.S. House of Representatives
President Jefferson’s nomination of William Claiborne, 11/30/1804, Records of the U.S. Senate
The Constitution of the State of Louisiana, 1/22/1812, Records of the U.S. Senate
HR 88, 3/20/1812, Records of the U.S. Senate
(via todaysdocument)
The Revivalists at New Orleans Jazz Fest! Photo by Keith Marszalek, NOLA.com
happy #jazzfest! hanging out @liuzza’s by the track today. I’ve got schedules and coozies for your festing pleasure! (Taken with Instagram at Liuzza’s By The Track)
From my personal instagram, bloody mary’s, mimosas and mango daiquiris ahoy!
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theatlantic:
The Invisible Borders That Define American Culture
One of the clearest regional differences in the U.S. can found by tracking the words people use to refer to soft drinks, which is in fact the map you saw at the top of this story. Pop or soda, or even Coke, these small linguistic differences are not as small as we might think. While “soda” commands the Northeast and West Coast (green) and “pop” is in between (black), “Coke” reigns in the south (turquoise). These small distinctions can often act as touchstones for larger cultural differences.
Read more. [Image: Samuel Arbesman]
See also:
- names for that thing in school hallways you lean over to directly drink water from
- those sandwiches greater than 4” in length
- the tiny chocolate or multi-colored candies one finds atop ice cream cones.
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The Invisible Borders That Define American Culture
One of the clearest regional differences in the U.S. can found by tracking the words people use to refer to soft drinks, which is in fact the map you saw at the top of this story. Pop or soda, or even Coke, these small linguistic differences are not as small as we might think. While “soda” commands the Northeast and West Coast (green) and “pop” is in between (black), “Coke” reigns in the south (turquoise). These small distinctions can often act as touchstones for larger cultural differences.
Read more. [Image: Samuel Arbesman]
See also:
- names for that thing in school hallways you lean over to directly drink water from
- those sandwiches greater than 4” in length
- the tiny chocolate or multi-colored candies one finds atop ice cream cones.
I think you mean hoagies and jimmies
Louisiana Music Factory instore performances during JazzFest start today at noon!
