Written by cartoonist Eric T Styles about moving into the French Quarter of New Orleans. The day to day experience of living in one of the most popular tourist destinations in the world. The Quarter Rat is the name of the publication that Styles illustrates for featuring off the wall stories as told by locals who work as bartenders, bouncers, dancers and in the service industry on Bourbon Street.
Merry Christmas. Got off to a slow start this morning, but that clip got the blood pumping. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteAin't nuttin' Christmassy about the following, but it'll keep you in The Zone. Featuring the late, great New Orleans jazz pianist, James Booker:
Papa Was A Rascal - Cleaned-up audio track:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UaMtkolWgUY
Crappy audio, but with video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ld9Flsgembs
Lyrics, courtesy of Rob Walker's blog:
http://tinyurl.com/848auln
(Rob Walker wrote a wonderful book of essays on New Orleans called Letters from New Orleans, available through Amazon. Recommended.)