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On July 29, 2009, In /, By dno
On July 29, 2009, In /, By dno
The New Orleans City Council has voted against occupying the old Chevron Building by a vote of 4-3 Tuesday afternoon. Stacy Head, Shelly Midura, Arnie Fielkow, and Jackie Clarkson all voted against the decision. Their main reason for doing so is that they felt they didn’t have enough time to study the cost involved, and didn’t feel the Chevron Building, a corporate business, was a good represention of the face of the city.
On July 29, 2009, In Video, By dno
Patti Palladin and Johnny Thunders doing a New Wave version of ‘Crawfish’… and Elvis song from ‘King Creole’
On July 28, 2009, In /, By dno
Alec Ounsworth (CLYHSY singer) has not one but two new solo-esque endeavors on the way. As previously reported, there’s Mo Beauty, a solo album recorded with New Orleans funk and jazz vets— including George Porter, Jr. of the Meters, Stanton Moore of Galactic, and Robert Walter of Greyboy Allstars— out October 20 via Anti-. There’s also a self-released record due this summer credited to the moniker Flashy Python. The latter includes contributions from members of the Walkmen, Dr. Dog, and Man Man. “I’m confused as to which project I’m addressing at whatever particular time,” admitted the singer-songwriter in a recent chat, in which he gave us details about his upcoming records and talked about the future of Clap Your Hands Say Yeah.
Pitchfork: I’ll admit, I was a little surprised to read the press release for your Mo Beauty. It wasn’t exactly what I was expecting.
Alec Ounsworth: [laughs] Why?
Pitchfork: I didn’t expect the bassist from the Meters to be involved.
AO: Well, the way it came about is [producer] Steve [Berlin] asked me if I wanted to do a record with him and then gathered the group. I knew George [Porter Jr.] from his work with the Meters. I heard [drummer] Stan [Moore] play with a jazz combo when I was in New Orleans and was like, “This guy really hits hard.” I didn’t know who he was. These guys have been involved in so many diverse projects that if I approach them with a straightforward rock’n’roll song or something a little more esoteric, they’ll figure it out— not to reduce them to session players, per se. The designation “solo album” is about as confusing to me as it might be to anybody else.
On July 28, 2009, In /, By dno
Opening Reception: Saturday, August 1 at Whitney White Linen Night
Picking up where the Louisiana OPEN (the CAC’s biennial) left off, Hot Up Here is the first in an ongoing series of exhibitions of new work by New Orleans and Louisiana-based artists. Organized by CAC Visual Arts Director Dan Cameron.
Artists:Brad Benischek, Stephen Collier, Generic Art Solutions, Jessica Goldfinch, Brian Guidry, Scott Guion, Christopher Jahncke, Rachel Jones, Michelle Levine, Gina Phillips, Christopher Saucedo, Karoline Schleh, Maxx Sizeler, Chris Sullivan, David Sullivan, Monica Zeringue.
Visual Arts Support
Visual Arts programs of the Contemporary Arts Center are supported by the Sydney & Walda Besthoff Foundation and the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts.
The Entergy KidsFree Gallery is funded in part by the Frederick R. Weisman Foundation.
Support for the Contemporary Arts Center comes from the CAC’s Business Arts Fund members, our major supporters, and by the generous support of our members.
On July 28, 2009, In /, By dno
Kevin Spacey
is producing and starring in a film called Father of Invention and now he’s been joined by the wonderful Craig Robinson, as well as Heather Graham, Johnny Knoxville and Camilla Belle, according to THR. Spacey plays, according to the trade, a “humble inventor turned egomaniacal billionaire” who serves an eight-year stint in jail after some bad shit goes down with one of his inventions. Intent on revitalizing his reputation, he also has to rebuild his family. Trent Cooper is directing from his own script co-written with Krane and Nichole Beatty.
Robinson sounds like the key supporting actor; he’ll play the guy who married Spacey’s ex-wife after he went to jail, and now enjoys the fruits (ahem) of Spacey’s labor. He helps Spacey get back on his feet, which includes nabbing a job working at a store run by Knoxville. Belle will play Spacey’s daughter and Graham her lover, who also hooks up with Spacey. Production begins this week in New Orleans.
On July 28, 2009, In /, By dno
NEW ORLEANS — The massive lobby, with its ornate trim, glittering Italian crystal chandeliers and mosaic floors, looks much as it did when Louisiana’s Kingfish, Gov. Huey P. Long last strolled through. Some say a box full of kickbacks and shakedown money was tucked under his arm as he made his way to his regular suite in the 1930s.
The Roosevelt Hotel has finally reopened in downtown New Orleans four years after Hurricane Katrina. Thanks to a $145 million renovation, it’s making an opulent return to its heyday, when the likes of Long, a parade of Hollywood stars and the country’s movers and shakers held court there.
“The hotel was built in 1893, but the grandest period was from the 1920s and ’30s,” said general manager Tod Chambers. “We wanted to restore it to that era.”
