Until we're allowed back into bars in New Orleans and until people feel comfortable coming down and sitting around having a cocktail with random strangers, we're revisiting some our best shows from the past decade. Today Happy Hour Digital Producer, Andrew "C-Rock" Cirac has picked this episode, so here's the Return of the Random All Cajun Happy Hour Special.  Happy Hour is billed as “Random conversation with folks who have nothing in common.” Anything that’s truly random will, sooner or later, appear to us not to be. Like flipping a coin and getting four “heads” in a row. Or inviting random people to sit around a table at a bar in New Orleans and discovering they’re all Cajun. Louis Michot is the fiddle player and lead singer in the Cajun band Lost Bayou Ramblers. You don’t get much more Cajun than Louis and his tales of Petit Paris (aka St Martinville), living in Broussard, Lafayette, and out in the woods of Arnaudville. Louis plays two songs on this Happy Hour, accompanied on one of them by fellow Cajun Andrew Duhon. Here in New Orleans we pronounce Andrew’s name Doo-Hon but if you go a few miles West (just how many is open to debate) it’s pronounced Doo-Yong. Until you get a few miles out of Lafayette, into Texas, where it reverts to doo-hon, as evidenced by Louis’ dog whose name was Clint Duhon, pronounced the Port Arthur way ’cause that’s where he came from. Lizzie Guitreau is a Baton Rouge Cajun who decided that her inspiration from watching the TV show House as a kid should propel her into making TV shows rather than medicine. Lizzie went to UNO for film, started a band (of film makers) and is still working with them today, as Worklight Pictures. Ready for the next weird Cajun coincidence? Worklight Pictures are making a documentary about The Lost Bayou Rambers. It’s called On Va Continuer (we will continue). Brandon Beeyard can’t hide his true identity too long. Yes, it turns out his name is really spelled Bulliard, and he’s Cajun, from, wait for it, St Martinville aka Petit Paris, and his family is related to Louis’s wife’s family. Brandon is headed for self-propelled meta-stardom (no, that’s not a typo, though he might also be bound for mega-stardom) by way of his of his revalatory and inspirational life-story podcast, Dreamster. Photos from this show by Jill Lafleur – yes, that’s a Cajun name! - are at our website.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Until we're allowed back into bars in New Orleans and until people feel comfortable coming down and sitting around having a cocktail with random strangers, we're revisiting some our best shows from the past decade. Today Happy Hour Digital Producer, Andrew "C-Rock" Cirac has picked this episode, so here's the Return of the Random All Cajun Happy Hour Special.  Happy Hour is billed as “Random conversation with folks who have nothing in common.” Anything that’s truly random will, sooner or later, appear to us not to be. Like flipping a coin and getting four “heads” in a row. Or inviting random people to sit around a table at a bar in New Orleans and discovering they’re all Cajun. Louis Michot is the fiddle player and lead singer in the Cajun band L<a href="https://www.lostbayouramblers.com/home" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">ost Bayou Ramblers</a>. You don’t get much more Cajun than Louis and his tales of Petit Paris (aka St Martinville), living in Broussard, Lafayette, and out in the woods of Arnaudville. Louis plays two songs on this Happy Hour, accompanied on one of them by fellow Cajun Andrew Duhon. Here in New Orleans we pronounce Andrew’s name Doo-Hon but if you go a few miles West (just how many is open to debate) it’s pronounced Doo-Yong. Until you get a few miles out of Lafayette, into Texas, where it reverts to doo-hon, as evidenced by Louis’ dog whose name was Clint Duhon, pronounced the Port Arthur way ’cause that’s where he came from. Lizzie Guitreau is a Baton Rouge Cajun who decided that her inspiration from watching the TV show House as a kid should propel her into making TV shows rather than medicine. Lizzie went to UNO for film, started a band (of film makers) and is still working with them today, as <a href="https://www.worklightpictures.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Worklight Pictures</a>. Ready for the next weird Cajun coincidence? Worklight Pictures are making a documentary about The Lost Bayou Rambers. It’s called On Va Continuer (we will continue). Brandon Beeyard can’t hide his true identity too long. Yes, it turns out his name is really spelled Bulliard, and he’s Cajun, from, wait for it, St Martinville aka Petit Paris, and his family is related to Louis’s wife’s family. Brandon is headed for self-propelled meta-stardom (no, that’s not a typo, though he might also be bound for mega-stardom) by way of his of his revalatory and inspirational life-story podcast, <a href="https://www.dreamstermedia.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dreamster</a>. Photos from this show by <a href="http://www.lafleurphoto.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jill Lafleur</a> – yes, that’s a Cajun name! - are <a href="https://itsneworleans.com/2019/01/30/the-totally-random-all-cajun-happy-hour-special-happy-hour-its-new-orleans/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">at our website.</a> See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

The Return Of The Random All Cajun Happy Hour Special

Katrina Brees

In the Happy Hour annals of "random people who have nothing in common," the day artist Katrina Brees meets Tank and the Bangas stands out to Happy Hour Live Feed Video Director Asher Griffith as the Best Of Happy Hour.  Where's Karina? If you ever wondered what happened to Karina Nathan she’s now Kevin Simons. And Karen Regis. And Krystal Sedona. And Chi Chi the lead singer of the Girl Dawgs, who is actually a dog. Katrina Brees sheds some light on this fantastic array of personalities, and their wardrobes. Go Tank or Go Home Tank from Tank and the Bangas has her own specialty wardrobe and range of personas too. Her wardrobe doesn’t extend to panties (which she has given up wearing) but she does occasionally wear boy shorts to boost her booty. Her personas start out with Terianne Michelle Ball in New Orleans East and extend to the woman sorting through damaged goods on aisle 4 at Walmart. Norman Spence and Merell Burket from Tank’s band, Tank and the Bangas, join the party – but strictly under their own names. Hello, Ricky! Ricky Lemann’s alter ego is Frederick, his real name. Ricky could have gone with alter ego #2, Fred, but he’s keeping it real, pleading “the fifth” on a range of issues. Photos from this show by sunny Alison Moon at the now defunct Wayfare at our website.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In the Happy Hour annals of "random people who have nothing in common," the day artist Katrina Brees meets Tank and the Bangas stands out to Happy Hour Live Feed Video Director Asher Griffith as the Best Of Happy Hour.  Where's Karina? If you ever wondered what happened to Karina Nathan she’s now Kevin Simons. And Karen Regis. And Krystal Sedona. And Chi Chi the lead singer of the Girl Dawgs, who is actually a dog. <a href="http://www.katrinabrees.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Katrina Brees </a>sheds some light on this fantastic array of personalities, and their wardrobes. Go Tank or Go Home Tank from <a href="http://tankandthebangas.wix.com/tankandthebangas" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Tank and the Bangas</a> has her own specialty wardrobe and range of personas too. Her wardrobe doesn’t extend to panties (which she has given up wearing) but she does occasionally wear boy shorts to boost her booty. Her personas start out with Terianne Michelle Ball in New Orleans East and extend to the woman sorting through damaged goods on aisle 4 at Walmart. Norman Spence and Merell Burket from Tank’s band, Tank and the Bangas, join the party – but strictly under their own names. Hello, Ricky! <a href="http://www.rickylemann.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ricky Lemann’s </a>alter ego is Frederick, his real name. Ricky could have gone with alter ego #2, Fred, but he’s keeping it real, pleading “the fifth” on a range of issues. Photos from this show by sunny <a href="http://www.alisonemoon.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Alison Moon </a>at the now defunct Wayfare at <a href="https://itsneworleans.com/2020/06/17/katrina-brees-meets-tanks-and-the-bangas/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">our website</a>.See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

Katrina Brees Meets Tank and The Bangas

Still barred from hanging out in bars in New Orleans, in the interests of public health, we continue to revisit standout shows from years gone by. This show, in which Humidor Saves The World Again, is the first Happy Hour after the election of Donald J Trump in 2016. Even then we knew things were going to go to Hell. If only podcasting was as popular in 2016 as it is today. Maybe somebody in DC would have heard this conversation and we could, indeed have saved the world. For now though all we can do is look back and laugh, and try not cry in our beer.  Austin Alward, aka Aus-T the Franco rap star, has a plan to save the country and the world from rampant Trumpism. It involves the internet, a Cuban cigar store owner, and a bunch of New Orleans actors and musicians. It might have been just crazy enough to work. Jazz great Mitchel Forman, and singer-songwriters Sam Doores from The Deslondes and Andrew Duhon have their own plan. It involves a searing rendition of I Shall Be Released, a tribute to both Leonard Cohen and the nation. Actress Teri Wyble made it out of dance school in Lafayette to become a critically acclaimed actress, a go-go dancer at Harrah’s Casino, and an international body painting sensation. This really is one of the greatest Happy Hours in the history of the show. When we first published this show we sent an admonition with it: "If you were thinking of leaving New Orleans this will make you stay. If you are thinking of moving here, call U-Haul, this will tip you over the edge." Photos from the now defunct Wayfare are by Alison Moon. For more Best of Happy Hour, try this.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Still barred from hanging out in bars in New Orleans, in the interests of public health, we continue to revisit standout shows from years gone by. This show, in which Humidor Saves The World Again, is the first Happy Hour after the election of Donald J Trump in 2016. Even then we knew things were going to go to Hell. If only podcasting was as popular in 2016 as it is today. Maybe somebody in DC would have heard this conversation and we could, indeed have saved the world. For now though all we can do is look back and laugh, and try not cry in our beer.  Austin Alward, aka Aus-T the Franco rap star, has a plan to save the country and the world from rampant Trumpism. It involves the internet, a Cuban cigar store owner, and a bunch of New Orleans actors and musicians. It might have been just crazy enough to work. Jazz great<a href="http://www.mitchelforman.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Mitchel Forman</a>, and singer-songwriters Sam Doores from <a href="http://thedeslondes.com/music/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Deslondes</a> and<a href="http://andrewduhon.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Andrew Duhon</a> have their own plan. It involves a searing rendition of I Shall Be Released, a tribute to both Leonard Cohen and the nation. Actress <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3582715/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Teri Wyble</a> made it out of dance school in Lafayette to become a critically acclaimed actress, a go-go dancer at Harrah’s Casino, and an international body painting sensation. This really is one of the greatest Happy Hours in the history of the show. When we first published this show we sent an admonition with it: "If you were thinking of leaving New Orleans this will make you stay. If you are thinking of moving here, call U-Haul, this will tip you over the edge." Photos from the now defunct Wayfare are by A<a href="http://www.alisonemoon.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">lison Moon</a>. For more Best of Happy Hour, try <a href="https://itsneworleans.com/2020/06/03/poboys-drag-queens-and-cowboy-mouth-are-back/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">this</a>.See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

Humidor Saves The World Again

There's nothing more totally "New Orleans" than poboys, drag queens, and Cowboy Mouth. That's why, till we can go back in bars and hang out, Happy Hour photographer Jill Lafleur picks this show as her favorite from the past few years to revisit. Drag Queens Poppy Tooker is New Orleans first lady of food. From her weekly TV appearances on Steppin’ Out to to her weekly radio show and podcast, Poppy is the best known foodie in the city. Poppy’s latest venture is a collaboration with a large group of drag queens to produce a strong of drag queen brunches around town, culminating in her 6th book, simply called Drag Queen Brunch. You could have found out any of this information in any New Orleans publication. What you won’t have heard anywhere but here is the explanation to this sentences Poppy utters by way of her current situation: “I’m not dead and I’m not knocked up.” Cowboy Mouth Fred LeBlanc is the larger than life front man of the band Cowboy Mouth. If you’ve ever been to a Cowboy Mouth show or heard any of Fred’s media appearances you have probably thought Fred’s life is an open book. Well, there might be a couple of chapters of the book you hadn’t heard about. Probably doubtful that you’ve heard Fred’s opinions on marriage or cross-dressing anywhere else. Or known anything about his relationship to the Poboy shop, Melba’s Po Boys. Poboys Scott Wolfe Sr is the owner of Melba’s Po Boy Shop, on the corner of North Claiborbne and Elysian Fields, the busiest Po Boy shop in the world. Scott is also the owner of the wildly successful local New Orleans grocery chain, Wagner’s. Yes, he’s the marketing genius who came up with the slogan “You can’t beat Wagner’s Meat.” Scott’s extraordinary flair for marketing can be found in full display at Melba’s where they’re open 24 hours a day, have a giant laundromat where each machine is named and themed for a local New Orleans celebrity – you can wash your clothes in the Fred LeBlanc machine for example – and a 24/7 daiquiri shop.  This Happy Hour is a classic no-holds-barred conversation with people who are comfortable in their own skin and not hesitant about telling it like it is. If you’d like to see Jill Lafleur’s photos from this show recorded live at Wayfare,  you’ll find them along with much more right here.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

There's nothing more totally "New Orleans" than poboys, drag queens, and Cowboy Mouth. That's why, till we can go back in bars and hang out, Happy Hour photographer Jill Lafleur picks this show as her favorite from the past few years to revisit. Drag Queens <a href="http://www.poppytooker.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Poppy Tooker</a> is New Orleans first lady of food. From her weekly TV appearances on Steppin’ Out to to her weekly radio show and podcast, Poppy is the best known foodie in the city. Poppy’s latest venture is a collaboration with a large group of drag queens to produce a strong of drag queen brunches around town, culminating in her 6th book, simply called Drag Queen Brunch. You could have found out any of this information in any New Orleans publication. What you won’t have heard anywhere but here is the explanation to this sentences Poppy utters by way of her current situation: “I’m not dead and I’m not knocked up.” Cowboy Mouth Fred LeBlanc is the larger than life front man of the band<a href="https://www.cowboymouth.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Cowboy Mouth</a>. If you’ve ever been to a Cowboy Mouth show or heard any of Fred’s media appearances you have probably thought Fred’s life is an open book. Well, there might be a couple of chapters of the book you hadn’t heard about. Probably doubtful that you’ve heard Fred’s opinions on marriage or cross-dressing anywhere else. Or known anything about his relationship to the Poboy shop, Melba’s Po Boys. Poboys Scott Wolfe Sr is the owner of <a href="https://melbas.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Melba’s Po Boy Shop</a>, on the corner of North Claiborbne and Elysian Fields, the busiest Po Boy shop in the world. Scott is also the owner of the wildly successful local New Orleans grocery chain, <a href="https://www.nola.com/entertainment_life/article_cbac690b-df0c-5518-b305-eefd79bd927f.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Wagner’s</a>. Yes, he’s the marketing genius who came up with the slogan “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3WBfA1tPuns" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">You can’t beat Wagner’s Meat.</a>” Scott’s extraordinary flair for marketing can be found in full display at Melba’s where they’re open 24 hours a day, have a giant laundromat where each machine is named and themed for a local New Orleans celebrity – you can wash your clothes in the Fred LeBlanc machine for example – and a 24/7 daiquiri shop.  This Happy Hour is a classic no-holds-barred conversation with people who are comfortable in their own skin and not hesitant about telling it like it is. If you’d like to see <a href="http://www.lafleurphoto.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jill Lafleur’s photos</a> from this show recorded live at <a href="http://www.wayfarenola.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Wayfare</a>,  you’ll find them along with much more right <a href="http://bit.ly/36feet" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>.See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

Poboys, Drag Queens, and Cowboy Mouth Are Back

In the annals of “You never know what the hell is going to come up in conversation,” this Happy Hour would have to rank at the top of the list. That's why, till we can go back into bars in new Orleans, Happy Hour producer Graham da Ponte has chosen this as her favorite show of the past 5 years - yes, it's the return of Clit Sit Meditation. Aidi Kansas (her real name) left behind a career as a pet portrait artist to pursue her abilities as a psychic energy healer and has stumbled into the world of getting women to reach spiritual enlightenment by stroking their own clitoris. Aidi calls it Clit Sit Meditation. Masturbatory meditation is only able to be practiced by people with a clitoris, in other words not men. Men, however, can have their own problems with too little ejaculation that can lead to porn and all manner of bad behavior. Talking of badly behaved men, Hitler, according to John Hebert, would have been a nicer person if he’d stayed off of the crystal meth. Apparently only the 1930’s equivalent of Photoshop saved Adolf from being portrayed as the meth-head he really was. Atoning for his owns sins, and some of his family’s (“My mother and I were bar fighters”), John is the guy behind all the red and white signs that say “LOVE” nailed to phone poles all around New Orleans. John Lisi makes a welcome return visit to Happy Hour with his shiny Dobro, a fistful of stories, and a song. Andrew Duhon starts things off on the good foot with a bit of beard oil that was produced by a prisoner friend of Aidi’s. The hour goes by way too fast. If you start listening to this make sure you can listen to the whole 60 minutes because you won’t be turning this off.  Photos at what once was Wayfare by Alison Moon are at our website.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In the annals of “You never know what the hell is going to come up in conversation,” this Happy Hour would have to rank at the top of the list. That's why, till we can go back into bars in new Orleans, Happy Hour producer Graham da Ponte has chosen this as her favorite show of the past 5 years - yes, it's the return of Clit Sit Meditation. <a href="https://www.facebook.com/kansasspiritintuitive/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Aidi Kansas </a>(her real name) left behind a career as a pet portrait artist to pursue her abilities as a psychic energy healer and has stumbled into the world of getting women to reach spiritual enlightenment by stroking their own clitoris. Aidi calls it Clit Sit Meditation. Masturbatory meditation is only able to be practiced by people with a clitoris, in other words not men. Men, however, can have their own problems with too little ejaculation that can lead to porn and all manner of bad behavior. Talking of badly behaved men, Hitler, according to <a href="https://www.facebook.com/john.hebert.9083?lst=570919567%3A100000403246025%3A1498653274" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">John Hebert</a>, would have been a nicer person if he’d stayed off of the crystal meth. Apparently only the 1930’s equivalent of Photoshop saved Adolf from being portrayed as the meth-head he really was. Atoning for his owns sins, and some of his family’s (“My mother and I were bar fighters”), John is the guy behind all the red and white signs that say “LOVE” nailed to phone poles all around New Orleans. <a href="http://www.johnlisi.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">John Lisi</a> makes a welcome return visit to Happy Hour with his shiny Dobro, a fistful of stories, and a song. <a href="http://andrewduhon.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Andrew Duhon</a> starts things off on the good foot with a bit of beard oil that was produced by a prisoner friend of Aidi’s. The hour goes by way too fast. If you start listening to this make sure you can listen to the whole 60 minutes because you won’t be turning this off.  Photos at what once was <a href="http://www.wayfarenola.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Wayfare</a> by <a href="http://www.alisonemoon.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Alison Moon</a> are at our <a href="https://itsneworleans.com/2020/05/27/the-return-of-clit-sit-meditation/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">website</a>. See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

The Return of Clit Sit Meditation

After making Happy Hour for nearly 10 years and meeting with random folks in various bars around New Orleans, this is the very first show where we just turn on the mics, put the Zoom link out on the internet and sit back and see who shows up. Predictably, we get a bunch of people trying to hack the show down and hijack us with a bunch of porn, but other than a few salacious moments, our Digital producer Andrew “C-Rock” Cirac manages to run a tight ship and let in a few folks from around the country. One of them is David Wilkins, who is calling in from a small town just outside of Birmingham, Alabama. David lives with his wife of 35 years – they got married at 18 right out of high school – and for company they open their home to folks who pass by on bicycles. These are all members of a community of cyclists united by their membership of an organization called WarmShowers.org Asher Griffith is Happy Hour’s Facebook Live director, currently hunkering down with his mom in a small town called Greers Ferry, which, apparently, would have been spelled with an apostrophe if it wasn’t in rural Fox News-driven Alabama where niceties like grammar don’t matter that much.  On this show we learn that Asher has a secret life as a musician, that started with his first band Love Hog, and only terminated with his most recent band, Grass Mud Horse. Asher plays a song on this Happy Hour that manages to combine two of America’s rural ways of life: cowboys and masturbation. Other guests on today’s show include Thomas Walsh, Graham daPonte, Monique Pyle, Christopher Roth, and a guy playing an accordion player whose identity remains a mystery. Photos from this show by Jill Lafleur are at our website.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

After making Happy Hour for nearly 10 years and meeting with random folks in various bars around New Orleans, this is the very first show where we just turn on the mics, put the Zoom link out on the internet and sit back and see who shows up. Predictably, we get a bunch of people trying to hack the show down and hijack us with a bunch of porn, but other than a few salacious moments, our Digital producer Andrew “C-Rock” Cirac manages to run a tight ship and let in a few folks from around the country. One of them is David Wilkins, who is calling in from a small town just outside of Birmingham, Alabama. David lives with his wife of 35 years – they got married at 18 right out of high school – and for company they open their home to folks who pass by on bicycles. These are all members of a community of cyclists united by their membership of an organization called <a href="http://WarmShowers.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">WarmShowers.org</a> Asher Griffith is Happy Hour’s Facebook Live director, currently hunkering down with his mom in a small town called Greers Ferry, which, apparently, would have been spelled with an apostrophe if it wasn’t in rural Fox News-driven Alabama where niceties like grammar don’t matter that much.  On this show we learn that Asher has a secret life as a musician, that started with his first band Love Hog, and only terminated with his most recent band, Grass Mud Horse. Asher plays a song on this Happy Hour that manages to combine two of America’s rural ways of life: cowboys and masturbation. Other guests on today’s show include Thomas Walsh, Graham daPonte, Monique Pyle, Christopher Roth, and a guy playing an accordion player whose identity remains a mystery. Photos from this show by Jill Lafleur are <a href="https://itsneworleans.com/2020/05/20/love-hog-warm-showers/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">at our website</a>.See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

Love Hog Warm Showers

Matt Haines went to school to learn to become a classical trombone player with visions of playing trombone in an orchestra. But plans change. Initially Matt started teaching people to play in marching bands, which lead him to Thailand, not necessarily known for its place on the brass band pantheon, and then to new Orleans, the home of the hippest trombone players on the planet. That’s when Matt quit playing trombone. He’s now a writer. Ashley Herbert is the CEO of a company called Bart’s Office. They are office workspace professionals. They set up offices, move offices, and facilitate every aspect of commercial office space. So now what happens? Now everybody’s working from home and too frisked out to go back into the office? Take a listen to Ashley’s hands-on analysis of what’s going on in the world of office work. It’s sobering, even for Happy Hour. Jay Winfield was too preoccupied by people falling ill around him at the beginning of the pandemic to think about music, but things are better now and he’s back into the swing of playing. On this Happy Hour he plays a Stevie Wonder song to celebrate Stevie’s birthday, and a Nora Jones song to temp fate and see if he can get Happy Hour sued. Seeing we’re still not allowed back in bars, this Happy Hour was conducted on Zoom, so we were able to be joined by a bunch of folks who dropped by. That’s the one upside to not being in a bar, but it’s the only one. Things are opening up in New Orleans but if this collection of people is anything to go by, nobody is going out. See photos from this show by Jill Lafleur on our website. Look back at a happier time when we used to hang out in bars here.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

<a href="https://matthaineswrites.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Matt Haines</a> went to school to learn to become a classical trombone player with visions of playing trombone in an orchestra. But plans change. Initially Matt started teaching people to play in marching bands, which lead him to Thailand, not necessarily known for its place on the brass band pantheon, and then to new Orleans, the home of the hippest trombone players on the planet. That’s when Matt quit playing trombone. He’s now a writer. Ashley Herbert is the CEO of a company called <a href="https://bartsofficemoving.com/index" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bart’s Office</a>. They are office workspace professionals. They set up offices, move offices, and facilitate every aspect of commercial office space. So now what happens? Now everybody’s working from home and too frisked out to go back into the office? Take a listen to Ashley’s hands-on analysis of what’s going on in the world of office work. It’s sobering, even for Happy Hour. <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Jay.Winfield" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jay Winfield</a> was too preoccupied by people falling ill around him at the beginning of the pandemic to think about music, but things are better now and he’s back into the swing of playing. On this Happy Hour he plays a Stevie Wonder song to celebrate Stevie’s birthday, and a Nora Jones song to temp fate and see if he can get Happy Hour sued. Seeing we’re still not allowed back in bars, this Happy Hour was conducted on Zoom, so we were able to be joined by a bunch of folks who dropped by. That’s the one upside to not being in a bar, but it’s the only one. Things are opening up in New Orleans but if this collection of people is anything to go by, nobody is going out. See photos from this show by<a href="https://www.lafleurphoto.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Jill Lafleur</a> on our website. Look back at a happier time when we used to hang out in bars <a href="https://itsneworleans.com/2019/10/09/the-new-orleans-ahayuasca-martini/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>.See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

Thai Trombone

Isaac Toups is one of the most talented and celebrated chefs in New Orleans. Isaac was a finalist on the TV show Top Chef and he’s currently a finalist for the prestigious James Beard Award for Best Chef South, which is the food equivalent of the Oscars. But before all that, Isaac was a winner of the Tadpole competition in his native Rayne, Louisiana. Rayne bills itself as The Frog Capital of the World (no kidding, look it up) and Isaac was the winner of the baby competition there, back when he was a baby. The best bay in Rayne, therefore, is the winner of the Tadpole Award. You can’t make this stuff up, and you can’t do justice it in writing, you need to hear this in Isaac’s own words, here on Happy Hour. Sara Lewis is running for Judge. The court she is looking to preside over is New Orleans First City Court. It’s a small claims court where there no jury. As somebody mentions on this show, it’s kind of lie reality TV court, except it’s actually reality. You can vote for Sara if you live in New Orleans, on July 11th if the election isn’t postponed again as it has been twice already. Sara doesn’t have a campaign slogan, yet, but today’s suggestions from the assembled Happy Hour guests and crew include “Lewis will do us,” “Small Claims Sara,” and “Sara is Fairer.” Lori Tipton and Andy Overslaugh might be New Orleans’ most interesting couple. And in New Orleans that’s saying something. Lori and Andy have both been on Happy Hour previously, but as Lori says, “We don’t usually do much together.” Two of the interesting aspects of their life is (a) they date other people and (b) they’re both exponents of various forms of therapeutic psychedelic exploration. So you think you’ve had it tough being cooped up in your house for the past 8 weeks? Imagine what Andy and Lori are going through. Lori and Andy have both had a long career in the New Orleans service industry, and Isaac is fighting to keep his restaurant open. If you’re interested in a front-line report and prognosis of the future of the service industry in New Orleans, take a listen to this conversation. Photos by Jill Lafleur. Lori’s super-popular previous appearance on Happy Hour, is here.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

<a href="https://toupsmeatery.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Isaac Toups is one of the most talented and celebrated chefs in New Orleans</a>. Isaac was a finalist on the TV show Top Chef and he’s currently a finalist for the prestigious James Beard Award for Best Chef South, which is the food equivalent of the Oscars. But before all that, Isaac was a winner of the Tadpole competition in his native Rayne, Louisiana. Rayne bills itself as The Frog Capital of the World (no kidding, look it up) and Isaac was the winner of the baby competition there, back when he was a baby. The best bay in Rayne, therefore, is the winner of the Tadpole Award. You can’t make this stuff up, and you can’t do justice it in writing, you need to hear this in Isaac’s own words, here on Happy Hour. <a href="https://www.lewisforjudge.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sara Lewis is running for Judge</a>. The court she is looking to preside over is New Orleans First City Court. It’s a small claims court where there no jury. As somebody mentions on this show, it’s kind of lie reality TV court, except it’s actually reality. You can vote for Sara if you live in New Orleans, on July 11th if the election isn’t postponed again as it has been twice already. Sara doesn’t have a campaign slogan, yet, but today’s suggestions from the assembled Happy Hour guests and crew include “Lewis will do us,” “Small Claims Sara,” and “Sara is Fairer.” <a href="https://www.lori-tipton.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Lori Tipton</a> and <a href="https://www.vitalspiritbreathwork.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Andy Overslaugh</a> might be New Orleans’ most interesting couple. And in New Orleans that’s saying something. Lori and Andy have both been on Happy Hour previously, but as Lori says, “We don’t usually do much together.” Two of the interesting aspects of their life is (a) they date other people and (b) they’re both exponents of various forms of therapeutic psychedelic exploration. So you think you’ve had it tough being cooped up in your house for the past 8 weeks? Imagine what Andy and Lori are going through. Lori and Andy have both had a long career in the New Orleans service industry, and Isaac is fighting to keep his restaurant open. If you’re interested in a front-line report and prognosis of the future of the service industry in New Orleans, take a listen to this conversation. Photos by<a href="https://www.lafleurphoto.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Jill Lafleur</a>. Lori’s super-popular previous appearance on Happy Hour, is <a href="https://itsneworleans.com/2017/05/03/me-and-my-shallow-vgina-happy-hour-its-new-orleans/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>.See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

Mr. Tadpole Meets the Psychedelic Judge

When you’re in a relationship, sex changes over time. Sometimes it goes from being good to being great. Other times, the fabulous person you fell in love with appears to change completely and turns into a person who is batsh*t crazy and completely unlovable.   We’re summarizing here, but this is pretty much how Andrew Duhon describes the possibility of the trajectories of love in the modern era.  The reason we’re having this conversation on Happy Hour is because Tracy Carlson is a sex therapist. It’s not every day you get  to meet a sex therapist, especially after you’ve already had a couple of drinks in the middle of the afternoon, and well, you’ve got questions, right? The good news is Tracy has answers. Jonathan Freilich raises some pretty good and searching questions about sexuality and fantasy, while he's taking some time off from making his own podcasts to drop by and say hi. Joshua Summey drops by too, from his home in San Antonio, Texas. Josh was the songwriter and singer and front-man for the band Hazy Ray and a favorite on Happy Hour when he lived in New Orleans, so the Covid-enforced Zoom format has its upside in as much as we can reconnect with people far flung across the country. Closer to home, Kimya Holmes is trapped in her apartment with her two highschool age kids. On this show we opened the floodgates to talk to anyone who wanted to join and this time we did not get bombed by Russian porno trolls but we did have a couple of very nice drop-ins. Including David who is calling from his code-atorium in Birmingham Atlanta. We’ll do this open-invitation style show again next week. You can see photos from this show by Jill Lafleur on our website. Last week’s quarantine happy hour is here.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

When you’re in a relationship, sex changes over time. Sometimes it goes from being good to being great. Other times, the fabulous person you fell in love with appears to change completely and turns into a person who is batsh*t crazy and completely unlovable.   We’re summarizing here, but this is pretty much how <a href="http://www.andrewduhon.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Andrew Duhon</a> describes the possibility of the trajectories of love in the modern era.  The reason we’re having this conversation on Happy Hour is because <a href="https://www.myconnectionswellness.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Tracy Carlson is a sex therapist</a>. It’s not every day you get  to meet a sex therapist, especially after you’ve already had a couple of drinks in the middle of the afternoon, and well, you’ve got questions, right? The good news is Tracy has answers. Jonathan Freilich raises some pretty good and searching questions about sexuality and fantasy, while he's taking some time off from making his own podcasts to drop by and say hi. <a href="https://www.facebook.com/hazyraymusic" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Joshua Summey</a> drops by too, from his home in San Antonio, Texas. Josh was the songwriter and singer and front-man for the band Hazy Ray and a favorite on Happy Hour when he lived in New Orleans, so the Covid-enforced Zoom format has its upside in as much as we can reconnect with people far flung across the country. Closer to home, Kimya Holmes is trapped in her apartment with her two highschool age kids. On this show we opened the floodgates to talk to anyone who wanted to join and this time we did not get bombed by Russian porno trolls but we did have a couple of very nice drop-ins. Including David who is calling from his code-atorium in Birmingham Atlanta. We’ll do this open-invitation style show again next week. You can see photos from this show by <a href="https://lafleurphoto.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jill Lafleur</a> on <a href="https://itsneworleans.com/2020/04/29/batsht-crazy-and-completely-unlovable/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">our website</a>. Last week’s quarantine happy hour is<a href="https://itsneworleans.com/2020/04/22/you-have-no-idea-how-easy-it-is-to-be-a-best-selling-author/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> here</a>.See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

Batsh*t Crazy and Completely Unlovable

Seriously, you have no idea how easy it is to be a best selling author. When you see a book on the best seller list of Amazon, don’t you assume that it must be selling hundreds of thousands? Try 800. Not 800,000, just 800. That’s what both the authors on this Happy Hour tell us. Dr Chris Yandle gets up around 6AM. By around 7AM he’s jotting down a clever line that he’s dreamed up since 6AM. He puts the clever line on a piece of paper and slips it into his daughter’s book bag. (This is not the plot of a novel, btw, this is what actually happens in the Yandle household in Mandeville.) So, anyway, after Dr Chris has a bunch of these notes he writes them up into a book called Lucky Enough, which turns out to be a prophetic title ‘cause he’s lucky enough to sell out of the whole run and be a big deal in the non-fiction world and seriously that’s only about 600 books later. You’d be forgiven for not believing these numbers could possibly be true, but then Fermin Ceballos confirms them. Fermin is also the author of a book called Pisadno Mi Sombra, which you have probably already gathered is in Spanish, and there’s some English in there too. Fermin is also shocked at his successful book sales of around 800 books – and both of our authors are working on their second books! Fermin also happens to be a talented musician, which is his primary job. There’s a parallel world of Latin music in New Orleans and the South in general in which Fermin is a star, and deservedly so. You can also catch him online on the Band Together benefit concert to raise money for Covidly-unemployed musicians. Connie Bellone is not an author or a musician but she does live on the Northshore, in delightful Madisonville. However, most of her work is done on the Southshore, brightening the lives of under-privileged children with her Health &amp; Education Alliance of Louisiana, aka HEAL. Just as an aside, she is not killing wild turkeys over there in Madisonville, though there is apparently no good reason not to. Andrew Duhon and Fermin Ceballos team up as best one can on Zoom on a beautiful Andrew Duhon tune, Promised Land. Photos by Jill Lafleur.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Seriously, you have no idea how easy it is to be a best selling author. When you see a book on the best seller list of Amazon, don’t you assume that it must be selling hundreds of thousands? Try 800. Not 800,000, just 800. That’s what both the authors on this Happy Hour tell us. Dr Chris Yandle gets up around 6AM. By around 7AM he’s jotting down a clever line that he’s dreamed up since 6AM. He puts the clever line on a piece of paper and slips it into his daughter’s book bag. (This is not the plot of a novel, btw, this is what actually happens in the Yandle household in Mandeville.) So, anyway, after Dr Chris has a bunch of these notes he writes them up into a book called <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Lucky-Enough-Encouragement-Lessons-Daughter/dp/1643507354" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Lucky Enough</a>, which turns out to be a prophetic title ‘cause he’s lucky enough to sell out of the whole run and be a big deal in the non-fiction world and seriously that’s only about 600 books later. You’d be forgiven for not believing these numbers could possibly be true, but then <a href="https://www.ferminmusica.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Fermin Ceballos</a> confirms them. Fermin is also the author of a book called <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Pisando-sombra-Spanish-Ferm%C3%ADn-Ceballos/dp/0359513816/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&amp;keywords=pisando+mi+sombra&amp;qid=1587583413&amp;sr=8-1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Pisadno Mi Sombra</a>, which you have probably already gathered is in Spanish, and there’s some English in there too. Fermin is also shocked at his successful book sales of around 800 books – and both of our authors are working on their second books! Fermin also happens to be a talented musician, which is his primary job. There’s a parallel world of Latin music in New Orleans and the South in general in which Fermin is a star, and deservedly so. You can also catch him online on the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/661159481122943/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Band Together</a> benefit concert to raise money for Covidly-unemployed musicians. Connie Bellone is not an author or a musician but she does live on the Northshore, in delightful Madisonville. However, most of her work is done on the Southshore, brightening the lives of under-privileged children with her <a href="http://heal-no.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Health &amp; Education Alliance of Louisiana, aka HEAL</a>. Just as an aside, she is not killing wild turkeys over there in Madisonville, though there is apparently no good reason not to. <a href="https://www.andrewduhon.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Andrew Duhon</a> and Fermin Ceballos team up as best one can on Zoom on a beautiful Andrew Duhon tune, Promised Land. Photos by <a href="https://lafleurphoto.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jill Lafleur</a>.See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

You have No Idea How Easy It Is To Be A best Selling Author

HAPPY HOUR is a cocktail-fueled 60 minutes of random conversation with folks who have nothing in common, other than being New Orleanians in a bar. Featuring extraordinary New Orleans musicians playing live, host Grant Morris and sidekick deluxe Andrew Duhon

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It's New Orleans: Happy Hour

Meet Lynx Zohar. When 9 year old Lynx s mom took off to join the army, Lynx took off with her aunt s lawn furniture to go to a drive in movie and ended up 11 years later coming back to the very same moment to realize she was both her 9 year old self and her 20 year old self who by then was also making pens defy gravity and fly around the room. If that s confusing, Lynx will clarify the whole thing for you in this soaring and swooping conversation, unparalleled even for Happy Hour, and that is really saying something. Tiana Hux aka MC Sweet Tea aka Malevitus aka Mrs Dews is also a time traveler. Tiana was living in Austin when she had a vision of herself as a burlesque rapper and moved to New Orleans to make that happen. Tiana is also one of those down to earth super real people you can run into in New Orleans and know for 10 years before you discover they re a secret genius. In Tiana s case, her secret is that she released one of the best albums to ever come out of New Orleans but it got washed away by a hurricane, having been released just before the cataclysmic events of 2005. And if that s not enough, she s one of the creative forces that s a part of the movie Waking Life. One day on the beach in India, in 1971, John Flemming discovered he could make stuff out of leather. A few years later John found himself in New Orleans, making leather masks and that s what he s been doing ever since. For the last 30 years John has been working in leather, making extarordinary masks unlike anything anyone else is making anywhere in the world. Now, this is a pretty wild claim, given the city we re in and the show we ve been making for almost 8 years now, but these might really be the 3 most fascinating random New Orleanians to have ever sat down together in a bar. Photos at Wayfare by Jill Lafleur.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Meet Lynx Zohar. When 9 year old Lynx s mom took off to join the army, Lynx took off with her aunt s lawn furniture to go to a drive in movie and ended up 11 years later coming back to the very same moment to realize she was both her 9 year old self and her 20 year old self who by then was also making pens defy gravity and fly around the room. If that s confusing, Lynx will clarify the whole thing for you in this soaring and swooping conversation, unparalleled even for Happy Hour, and that is really saying something. Tiana Hux aka MC Sweet Tea aka Malevitus aka Mrs Dews is also a time traveler. Tiana was living in Austin when she had a vision of herself as a burlesque rapper and moved to New Orleans to make that happen. Tiana is also one of those down to earth super real people you can run into in New Orleans and know for 10 years before you discover they re a secret genius. In Tiana s case, her secret is that she released one of the best albums to ever come out of New Orleans but it got washed away by a hurricane, having been released just before the cataclysmic events of 2005. And if that s not enough, she s one of the creative forces that s a part of the movie Waking Life. One day on the beach in India, in 1971, John Flemming discovered he could make stuff out of leather. A few years later John found himself in New Orleans, making leather masks and that s what he s been doing ever since. For the last 30 years John has been working in leather, making extarordinary masks unlike anything anyone else is making anywhere in the world. Now, this is a pretty wild claim, given the city we re in and the show we ve been making for almost 8 years now, but these might really be the 3 most fascinating random New Orleanians to have ever sat down together in a bar. Photos at Wayfare by Jill Lafleur.See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

Time Jumping Leather Rap - Happy Hour - It's New Orleans

Not far into this conversation Sophie Lucido Johnson fears she may already have said too much about her polyamorous relationship with Ned, Luke, and Brian. Trying to head off a possible disaster Sophie texts Luke. That doesn t go well. Then Ned calls in. Among other revelations in this show are Sophie s unique take on breast size, the difference between kissing a man s lips and a woman s lips, what it s like for women to feel a woman s breasts pressing into them when they kiss each other, "waggling penises," missing teeth, and the correct interpretation of Emoji symbols, specifically the rabbit with blood pouring out of its nose. You know that one, right Like Sophie, Kate Mason is a comedian. Kate and Sophie are both part of this year s comedy festival, The Hell Yes Fest, that takes place up and down St Claude Avenue and in various other locations scattered around the city. Lynn Drury takes 60 minutes off of her hectic live schedule to stop by Happy Hour and play live. We catch up with Lynn s last boyfriend the one who bored her to tears reading her his PhD thesis and we get the inside scoop on what it s like to play 3 nights a week to drunk Swedes and Australians on Bourbon Street. Andrew Duhon tries out a new song and Sophie can t decide who to make out with first, Andrew or Lynn. The photos on this page were taken at Wayfare by Douglas Engel. For more photos go to Happy Hour Images.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Not far into this conversation Sophie Lucido Johnson fears she may already have said too much about her polyamorous relationship with Ned, Luke, and Brian. Trying to head off a possible disaster Sophie texts Luke. That doesn t go well. Then Ned calls in. Among other revelations in this show are Sophie s unique take on breast size, the difference between kissing a man s lips and a woman s lips, what it s like for women to feel a woman s breasts pressing into them when they kiss each other, "waggling penises," missing teeth, and the correct interpretation of Emoji symbols, specifically the rabbit with blood pouring out of its nose. You know that one, right Like Sophie, Kate Mason is a comedian. Kate and Sophie are both part of this year s comedy festival, The Hell Yes Fest, that takes place up and down St Claude Avenue and in various other locations scattered around the city. Lynn Drury takes 60 minutes off of her hectic live schedule to stop by Happy Hour and play live. We catch up with Lynn s last boyfriend the one who bored her to tears reading her his PhD thesis and we get the inside scoop on what it s like to play 3 nights a week to drunk Swedes and Australians on Bourbon Street. Andrew Duhon tries out a new song and Sophie can t decide who to make out with first, Andrew or Lynn. The photos on this page were taken at Wayfare by Douglas Engel. For more photos go to Happy Hour Images.See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

Dear Luke - Happy Hour - It's New Orleans

The "Duhon" in Andrew Duhon is pronounced doo hon in New Orleans and just a few miles west in Erath, Acadiana, where Andrew s family is from, it s pronounced doo yong. We ll come back to this Cajun French issue in a minute, but meanwhile Mr Duhon is just back from The Holy Land with tales of the Messiah returning, though whether it s Jesus the Christian Messiah or some other Messiah predicted by the Jews, is a little indistinct. Regardless of the savior confusion, Andrew tries out a beautiful new song that he just finished writing mere minutes earlier, about fear. As promised, back to Cajun French. Charlie Wooton grew up in Lafayette and didn t realize till he moved to Los Angeles as a bass player in his 20 s that he relied on Cajun French phrases sprinkled into conversation. One of those phrases was "Gardez Donc " That didn t mean much to LA musicians but to Cajun musicians means, "Look at that." You can learn a lot from hanging out with Charlie. If you re a bass player you can learn that he s in the same league as legends like Jaco Pastorius. It s an amazing treat to watch and listen to him play you can watch video of this show here https www.facebook.com neworleanspodcasts videos 316563699114891 and a double treat to hear him play with the extraordinary Arsene DeLay Cecelia Fernandes can trace her New Orleans roots back 8 generations to both black and white folks. If you want to trace your New Orleans family, according to Cecelia there s a better method than Ancestry.com. It s a guy called Gregory and you can go to the public library and ask for him. This Gregory guy might know a bit about ancestry but the one thing he doesn t know, probably, is how to get Americans off of opioids. Cecelia has strong thoughts on that subject, that include suing drug companies, and one time Judge Graham Bosworth has a few ideas too, born of his personal exoperience with soccer moms who have ended up in jail. Graham was only a judge for a short time after he was appointed to fill a seat that he lost the race for when the real judge who was constitutionally barred from running ran anyway, and won. Then he got kicked off of the bench and that s when Graham got pressed into service. Graham is planning on running again so make sure you follow him on the Twitter account he didn t know he had bosworth4Judge Photos at Wayfare by Jill Lafleur. Oh, and btw, you can get the Gardez Donc T shirt here.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The "Duhon" in Andrew Duhon is pronounced doo hon in New Orleans and just a few miles west in Erath, Acadiana, where Andrew s family is from, it s pronounced doo yong. We ll come back to this Cajun French issue in a minute, but meanwhile Mr Duhon is just back from The Holy Land with tales of the Messiah returning, though whether it s Jesus the Christian Messiah or some other Messiah predicted by the Jews, is a little indistinct. Regardless of the savior confusion, Andrew tries out a beautiful new song that he just finished writing mere minutes earlier, about fear. As promised, back to Cajun French. Charlie Wooton grew up in Lafayette and didn t realize till he moved to Los Angeles as a bass player in his 20 s that he relied on Cajun French phrases sprinkled into conversation. One of those phrases was "Gardez Donc " That didn t mean much to LA musicians but to Cajun musicians means, "Look at that." You can learn a lot from hanging out with Charlie. If you re a bass player you can learn that he s in the same league as legends like Jaco Pastorius. It s an amazing treat to watch and listen to him play you can watch video of this show here https <a href="http://www.facebook.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.facebook.com</a> neworleanspodcasts videos 316563699114891 and a double treat to hear him play with the extraordinary Arsene DeLay Cecelia Fernandes can trace her New Orleans roots back 8 generations to both black and white folks. If you want to trace your New Orleans family, according to Cecelia there s a better method than <a href="http://Ancestry.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ancestry.com</a>. It s a guy called Gregory and you can go to the public library and ask for him. This Gregory guy might know a bit about ancestry but the one thing he doesn t know, probably, is how to get Americans off of opioids. Cecelia has strong thoughts on that subject, that include suing drug companies, and one time Judge Graham Bosworth has a few ideas too, born of his personal exoperience with soccer moms who have ended up in jail. Graham was only a judge for a short time after he was appointed to fill a seat that he lost the race for when the real judge who was constitutionally barred from running ran anyway, and won. Then he got kicked off of the bench and that s when Graham got pressed into service. Graham is planning on running again so make sure you follow him on the Twitter account he didn t know he had bosworth4Judge Photos at Wayfare by Jill Lafleur. Oh, and btw, you can get the Gardez Donc T shirt here.See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

Gardez Donc - Happy Hour - It's New Orleans

If you've been a New Orleanian for any length of time, you're going to enjoy this very candid conversation with 3 New Orleans celebrities. Poppy Tooker is New Orleans first lady of food. From her weekly TV appearances on Steppin' Out to to her weekly radio show and podcast, Poppy is the best known foodie in the city. Poppy's latest venture is a collaboration with a large group of drag queens to produce a strong of drag queen brunches around town, culminating in her 6th book, simply called Drag Queen Brunch. You could have found out any of this information in any New Orleans publication. What you won't have heard anywhere but here is the explanation to this sentences Poppy utters by way of her current situation: "I'm not dead and I'm not knocked up." Fred LeBlanc is the larger than life front man of the band Cowboy Mouth. If you've ever been to a Cowboy Mouth show or heard any of Fred's media appearances you have probably thought Fred's life is an open book. Well, there might be a couple of chapters of the book you hadn't heard about. Probably doubtful that you've heard Fred's opinions on marriage or cross-dressing anywhere else. Or known anything about his relationship to the Poboy shop, Melba's Po Boys. Scott Wolfe Sr is the owner of Melba's Po Boy Shop, on the corner of North Claiborbne and Elysian Fields, the busiest Po Boy shop in the world. Scott is also the owner of the wildly successful local New Orleans grocery chain, Wagner's. Yes, he's the marketing genius who came up with the slogan "You can't beat Wagner's Meat." Scott's extraordinary flair for marketing can be found in full display at Melba's where they're open 24 hours a day, have a giant laundromat where each machine is named and themed for a local New Orleans celebrity - you can wash your clothes in the Fred LeBlanc machine for example - and a 24/7 daiquiri shop.  This Happy Hour is a classic no-holds-barred conversation with people who are comfortable in their own skin and not hesitant about telling it like it is. If you'd like to see Jill Lafleur's photos from this show recorded live at Wayfare,  you'll find them along with much more right here.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

If you've been a New Orleanian for any length of time, you're going to enjoy this very candid conversation with 3 New Orleans celebrities. <a href="http://www.poppytooker.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Poppy Tooker</a> is New Orleans first lady of food. From her weekly TV appearances on Steppin' Out to to her weekly radio show and podcast, Poppy is the best known foodie in the city. Poppy's latest venture is a collaboration with a large group of drag queens to produce a strong of drag queen brunches around town, culminating in her 6th book, simply called Drag Queen Brunch. You could have found out any of this information in any New Orleans publication. What you won't have heard anywhere but here is the explanation to this sentences Poppy utters by way of her current situation: "I'm not dead and I'm not knocked up." Fred LeBlanc is the larger than life front man of the band<a href="https://www.cowboymouth.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Cowboy Mouth</a>. If you've ever been to a Cowboy Mouth show or heard any of Fred's media appearances you have probably thought Fred's life is an open book. Well, there might be a couple of chapters of the book you hadn't heard about. Probably doubtful that you've heard Fred's opinions on marriage or cross-dressing anywhere else. Or known anything about his relationship to the Poboy shop, Melba's Po Boys. Scott Wolfe Sr is the owner of <a href="https://melbas.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Melba's Po Boy Shop</a>, on the corner of North Claiborbne and Elysian Fields, the busiest Po Boy shop in the world. Scott is also the owner of the wildly successful local New Orleans grocery chain, <a href="https://www.nola.com/entertainment_life/article_cbac690b-df0c-5518-b305-eefd79bd927f.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Wagner's</a>. Yes, he's the marketing genius who came up with the slogan "<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3WBfA1tPuns" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">You can't beat Wagner's Meat.</a>" Scott's extraordinary flair for marketing can be found in full display at Melba's where they're open 24 hours a day, have a giant laundromat where each machine is named and themed for a local New Orleans celebrity - you can wash your clothes in the Fred LeBlanc machine for example - and a 24/7 daiquiri shop.  This Happy Hour is a classic no-holds-barred conversation with people who are comfortable in their own skin and not hesitant about telling it like it is. If you'd like to see <a href="http://www.lafleurphoto.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jill Lafleur's photos</a> from this show recorded live at <a href="http://www.wayfarenola.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Wayfare</a>,  you'll find them along with much more right <a href="http://bit.ly/36feet" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>. See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

Poboys, Drag Queens & Cowboy Mouth: the Most New Orleans Happy Hour Ever

The two poles of human interaction are the desire for intimacy but the fear of commitment, right? We all have it. And nobody nails it quite like Cyrille Aimee. French-born, New York seasoned and now new Orleans resident, chanteuse Cyrille Aimee is what she calls "jazz famous." And she is. The New York Times has called Cyrille one of the greatest jazz vocalists of our time so it's a real treat to have her sit at Happy Hour and, with extraordinary accompanist Joshua Starkman, play Sondheim's Marry Me A little and the jazz standard, Duke Ellington's I'm Beginning To See The Light. Gia Hamilton is the person in this conversation who puts her finger on fear and intimacy. By day, Gia is officially the Executive Director and Chief Curator of the New Orleans African American Museum. But Gia has a varied past that includes farmer,  healer, and life coach - pastimes and traits that she has not totally left behind. Gia manages to integrate an amazing number of streams into her current life, including raising 5 sons, the youngest of whom, 4 month old Zaire, is with her. Matt Wisdom might be the smartest guy in New Orleans. He';s officially the founder and CEO of TurboSquid, the world's leading seller of 3D models that you see in films and video games. Matt is in reality the Jeff Bezos of New Orleans. You wouldn't necessarily know it though. He's modest, nice, and humble, but make no mistake - he's politically involved, he's got his finger on the pulse of what we all know is wrong with the city, he knows how to fix it, and he's on the way to doing it. Keep an eye on this guy! You can see photos by Hope Byrd of Happy Hour recorded live at Wayfare, here.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The two poles of human interaction are the desire for intimacy but the fear of commitment, right? We all have it. And nobody nails it quite like <a href="https://cyrillemusic.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Cyrille Aimee</a>. French-born, New York seasoned and now new Orleans resident, chanteuse Cyrille Aimee is what she calls "jazz famous." And she is. The New York Times has called Cyrille one of the greatest jazz vocalists of our time so it's a real treat to have her sit at Happy Hour and, with extraordinary accompanist <a href="https://www.facebook.com/joshuastarkmanhagd/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Joshua Starkman</a>, play Sondheim's Marry Me A little and the jazz standard, Duke Ellington's I'm Beginning To See The Light. Gia Hamilton is the person in this conversation who puts her finger on fear and intimacy. By day, Gia is officially the Executive Director and Chief Curator of the <a href="https://www.noaam.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">New Orleans African American Museum</a>. But Gia has a varied past that includes farmer,  healer, and life coach - pastimes and traits that she has not totally left behind. Gia manages to integrate an amazing number of streams into her current life, including raising 5 sons, the youngest of whom, 4 month old Zaire, is with her. Matt Wisdom might be the smartest guy in New Orleans. He';s officially the founder and CEO of TurboSquid, the world's leading seller of 3D models that you see in films and video games. Matt is in reality the Jeff Bezos of New Orleans. You wouldn't necessarily know it though. He's modest, nice, and humble, but make no mistake - he's politically involved, he's got his finger on the pulse of what we all know is wrong with the city, he knows how to fix it, and he's on the way to doing it. Keep an eye on this guy! You can see photos by <a href="http://thegoldfra.me/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Hope Byrd</a> of Happy Hour recorded live at <a href="http://www.wayfarenola.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Wayfare</a>, <a href="https://itsneworleans.com/happy-hour/fear-of-commitment-and-desire-for-intimacy/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>. See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

Fear of Commitment and Desire For Intimacy

This is probably not quite how Kate Becker intended her serious practice of healing and self development through breath work to be interpreted, but did you know you can get high AF from breathing Breath work is cheaper than drugs and the effects of happiness linger on and reverberate through your life long after the high is gone. You might ask, "Why aren t we all doing it " Well, exactly Rene Coman, the super smart bass player from legendary NOLA band The Iguanas, has been fighting loneliness his whole life, practically from the moment he was born. Then, after years in the wilderness, hanging out with cigarette smoking 60 year olds, a successful music career, getting married and raising kids, Rene finally discovered a cure for loneliness podcasts Now he s the co host of his very own podcast, the highly entertaining, curmudgeonly Troubled Men Podcast. Owen Legendre is one of the funniest people in New Orleans. And on the internet in general, actually. He s half of the comedy duo, Bare Handed Bear Handlers yes, he explains where the name comes from who are responsible for making some outrageoulsy funny stuff like Pensacola Prophet The Legend of Pecan Pinwheelie. On today s show Owen sings a couple of songs, one about old people "all my friends are dead" called Platinum Plated Walker, and a brand new country ballad making it s world premier, about Owen s Aunt Mille the drug smuggler and her unsuspecting or is he husband, Uncle Willie. This is the first happy Hour of 2019. We re off to a roaring start. Photos at Wayfare by Jill Lafleur.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This is probably not quite how Kate Becker intended her serious practice of healing and self development through breath work to be interpreted, but did you know you can get high AF from breathing Breath work is cheaper than drugs and the effects of happiness linger on and reverberate through your life long after the high is gone. You might ask, "Why aren t we all doing it " Well, exactly Rene Coman, the super smart bass player from legendary NOLA band The Iguanas, has been fighting loneliness his whole life, practically from the moment he was born. Then, after years in the wilderness, hanging out with cigarette smoking 60 year olds, a successful music career, getting married and raising kids, Rene finally discovered a cure for loneliness podcasts Now he s the co host of his very own podcast, the highly entertaining, curmudgeonly Troubled Men Podcast. Owen Legendre is one of the funniest people in New Orleans. And on the internet in general, actually. He s half of the comedy duo, Bare Handed Bear Handlers yes, he explains where the name comes from who are responsible for making some outrageoulsy funny stuff like Pensacola Prophet The Legend of Pecan Pinwheelie. On today s show Owen sings a couple of songs, one about old people "all my friends are dead" called Platinum Plated Walker, and a brand new country ballad making it s world premier, about Owen s Aunt Mille the drug smuggler and her unsuspecting or is he husband, Uncle Willie. This is the first happy Hour of 2019. We re off to a roaring start. Photos at Wayfare by Jill Lafleur.See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

Accidental Ecstatic Hypoventilation - Happy Hour - It's New Orleans

Andrew Duhon is back from the road And he s back with a new song that s he s just finished writing with Anders Osborne, called One Connection. It s about what happens when you quit drinking and you have to find a way to bond with people over something other than a drink. A fitting return to Happy Hour Jonathan Pretus was last on Happy Hour when he and his brother Brian were in the same band. The Breton Sound is still Jonathan s band and Brian has gone off to do his own thing. The Breton Sound rocks like rock ought to be rocked, and Jonathan has the kind of rock voice that stars are made of. If you haven t heard The Breton Sound before, remember you heard it here first. If you ve thought about dressing as a pirate to get out of jury duty, Wendy Laker has some advice for you. Wendy is a court reporter, and the last last guy she saw in court wearing a pirate outfit was not only picked for the jury, he asked Wendy out on a date. She didn t go. But if she had she could have told the pirate how she s not only a court reporter, she s also a welder, a metal artist, and the founder of both the Palmer Park Art Market and her new venture, Art In The Bend. Shaun Walker grew up in a NOLA showbiz family. His dad is the King of Oldies, Bob Walker, and his brother is the Scott Walker who was on channel 6 not the governor of Wisconsin, even though President Trump apparently can t tell them apart. Shaun came to terms with being the Cooper Manning of the Walker family and is happy being a creative genius behind the scenes doing great work for good people. Photos at Wayfare by Jill Lafleur.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Andrew Duhon is back from the road And he s back with a new song that s he s just finished writing with Anders Osborne, called One Connection. It s about what happens when you quit drinking and you have to find a way to bond with people over something other than a drink. A fitting return to Happy Hour Jonathan Pretus was last on Happy Hour when he and his brother Brian were in the same band. The Breton Sound is still Jonathan s band and Brian has gone off to do his own thing. The Breton Sound rocks like rock ought to be rocked, and Jonathan has the kind of rock voice that stars are made of. If you haven t heard The Breton Sound before, remember you heard it here first. If you ve thought about dressing as a pirate to get out of jury duty, Wendy Laker has some advice for you. Wendy is a court reporter, and the last last guy she saw in court wearing a pirate outfit was not only picked for the jury, he asked Wendy out on a date. She didn t go. But if she had she could have told the pirate how she s not only a court reporter, she s also a welder, a metal artist, and the founder of both the Palmer Park Art Market and her new venture, Art In The Bend. Shaun Walker grew up in a NOLA showbiz family. His dad is the King of Oldies, Bob Walker, and his brother is the Scott Walker who was on channel 6 not the governor of Wisconsin, even though President Trump apparently can t tell them apart. Shaun came to terms with being the Cooper Manning of the Walker family and is happy being a creative genius behind the scenes doing great work for good people. Photos at Wayfare by Jill Lafleur.See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

All You Need Is Juan Connection - Happy Hour - It's New Orleans

Just when you think New Orleans couldn't surprise you any more, you meet Luke Hooper.  Luke Hooper is the kind of character a Hollywood screenwriter would dream up. Tall and handsome. A semi-professional iron-man athlete who is also an award-winning inventor. He's invented a new version of delivering wireless power (yes, that's right, wireless power), creates futuristic games for children, designs creative solutions for giant companies like Nike, and has defended his patents in the Supreme Court of the US (yes, the Supreme Court) and won. He invented shoes that do themselves up, called Slaps. And he works out of an office downtown, next to the yoga studio he founded. Even the name "Luke Hooper" is from Central Casting superhero.   There's nobody larger than life than Katrina Brees. Katrina is the founder of The Bearded Oysters Mardi Gras parade troupe, the Kolossos Bike Zoo, a do-it-yourself coffin business, and now she's sponsoring legislation that is making its way through the Louisiana legislature. Donna's Law is named for Katrina's mom, Donna. In 2018 suicidal thoughts got the better of Donna, and she bought her first gun and killed herself with it.  Donna's Law will allow people who feel they are a threat to themselves or others to self-register on a list that denies them the right purchase a gun. Somehow, Katrina is managing to do what literally nobody in America has accomplished - she is shepherding bipartisan gun control into law. While at the same time retaining her sequined, giant-eyelashes, crown-wearing flamboyance.  If you've spent any time in New Orleans and you love going out to hear live music, there's a fair chance you've never heard any bluegrass. Well, you have nobody to blame for that but yourself. Any time you feel like hearing some bluegrass you can go check out The Tanglers. Jacob Tanner and Craig Alexander are the core of the band, which is a 6-piece, and they do a duo gig where the two of them call themselves The Tanglers. Yes, that's confusing but if you never see the full band, the duo version of The Tanglers is awesome, as you'll hear on this Happy Hour.  Photos at Wayfare by Jill Lafleur.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Just when you think New Orleans couldn't surprise you any more, you meet Luke Hooper. Luke Hooper is the kind of character a Hollywood screenwriter would dream up. Tall and handsome. A semi-professional iron-man athlete who is also an award-winning inventor. He's invented a new version of delivering wireless power (yes, that's right, wireless power), creates futuristic games for children, designs creative solutions for giant companies like Nike, and has defended his patents in the Supreme Court of the US (yes, the Supreme Court) and won. He invented shoes that do themselves up, called Slaps. And he works out of an office downtown, next to the yoga studio he founded. Even the name "Luke Hooper" is from Central Casting superhero. There's nobody larger than life than Katrina Brees. Katrina is the founder of The Bearded Oysters Mardi Gras parade troupe, the Kolossos Bike Zoo, a do-it-yourself coffin business, and now she's sponsoring legislation that is making its way through the Louisiana legislature. Donna's Law is named for Katrina's mom, Donna. In 2018 suicidal thoughts got the better of Donna, and she bought her first gun and killed herself with it. Donna's Law will allow people who feel they are a threat to themselves or others to self-register on a list that denies them the right purchase a gun. Somehow, Katrina is managing to do what literally nobody in America has accomplished - she is shepherding bipartisan gun control into law. While at the same time retaining her sequined, giant-eyelashes, crown-wearing flamboyance. If you've spent any time in New Orleans and you love going out to hear live music, there's a fair chance you've never heard any bluegrass. Well, you have nobody to blame for that but yourself. Any time you feel like hearing some bluegrass you can go check out The Tanglers. Jacob Tanner and Craig Alexander are the core of the band, which is a 6-piece, and they do a duo gig where the two of them call themselves The Tanglers. Yes, that's confusing but if you never see the full band, the duo version of The Tanglers is awesome, as you'll hear on this Happy Hour. Photos at Wayfare by Jill Lafleur.See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

Slaps! - Happy Hour - It's New Orleans

So today it's New Orleans Corona Virus: Part 1 - the first day of the New Orleans shut down. Even the It's New Orleans Happy Hour podcast is caught up in the global pandemic, though so far all that's happened to us is we have to move off the stage of the Maple Leaf Bar to make room for Dave Jordan and Flow Tribe after they relocated here when the outdoor Wednesday in the Square concert was shut down by the city. So, instead of thousands of people gathering in the sunny outdoors while our small crew meets on the stage of the club, now thousands of people are crammed into the club while our small crew gets to hang out in the sunny outdoors in the courtyard. So, Yay Corona Virus Part 1! Felter goes by one name, like Cher or Prince, who she's the same height as. Felter, like Prince and Cher, specializes in making people feel better. She's a motivational speaker whose contribution to New Orleans Corona Virus Part 1 is coming up with a whole new way to inspire people without catching their viruses. Joe Gerrity's contribution to making people feel good during the early days of New Orleans Corona Virus: Part 1 is selling them CBD. Joe's company - Crescent Canna - makes what he says is not only the finest CBD available but, unlike other local manufacturers, it is actually CBD. Did you know what other people claim as CBD that you're paying $60 a bottle for, is not CBD at all? Now that you'll have plenty of time at home to do nothing but experimental stuff like trying various CBD's you can find that out for yourself. Doyle Cooper's contribution to the sum total of human happiness during the era of New Orleans Corona Virus is substantial. Doyle is the leader of the Doyle Cooper Jazz Band. Maybe you've heard people tell stories of how they got started playing an instrument? No matter how many of these stories you've heard, you've never heard  one like Doyle's. It involves parents who are partying their asses off, a stoned baby sitter, and Jazz Fest Crawfish Bread. See photos from this show by Jill Lafleur at our website: https://itsneworleans.com/2020/03/11/new-orleans-corona-virus-part-1/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

So today it's New Orleans Corona Virus: Part 1 - the first day of the New Orleans shut down. Even the It's New Orleans Happy Hour podcast is caught up in the global pandemic, though so far all that's happened to us is we have to move off the stage of the<a href="https://www.mapleleafbar.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Maple Leaf Bar</a> to make room for <a href="https://www.davejordanmusic.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dave Jordan</a> and <a href="https://www.flowtribe.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Flow Tribe</a> after they relocated here when the outdoor <a href="https://www.neworleans.com/event/wednesday-at-the-square-concert-series/3248/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Wednesday in the Square</a> concert was shut down by the city. So, instead of thousands of people gathering in the sunny outdoors while our small crew meets on the stage of the club, now thousands of people are crammed into the club while our small crew gets to hang out in the sunny outdoors in the courtyard. So, Yay Corona Virus Part 1! <a href="https://felterunfiltered.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Felter</a> goes by one name, like Cher or Prince, who she's the same height as. Felter, like Prince and Cher, specializes in making people feel better. She's a motivational speaker whose contribution to New Orleans Corona Virus Part 1 is coming up with a whole new way to inspire people without catching their viruses. Joe Gerrity's contribution to making people feel good during the early days of New Orleans Corona Virus: Part 1 is selling them CBD. Joe's company - <a href="https://www.crescentcanna.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Crescent Canna</a> - makes what he says is not only the finest CBD available but, unlike other local manufacturers, it is actually CBD. Did you know what other people claim as CBD that you're paying $60 a bottle for, is not CBD at all? Now that you'll have plenty of time at home to do nothing but experimental stuff like trying various CBD's you can find that out for yourself. Doyle Cooper's contribution to the sum total of human happiness during the era of New Orleans Corona Virus is substantial. Doyle is the leader of the <a href="http://www.doylecooper.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Doyle Cooper Jazz Band</a>. Maybe you've heard people tell stories of how they got started playing an instrument? No matter how many of these stories you've heard, you've never heard  one like Doyle's. It involves parents who are partying their asses off, a stoned baby sitter, and Jazz Fest Crawfish Bread. See photos from this show by<a href="https://www.lafleurphoto.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Jill Lafleur</a> at our website: <a href="https://itsneworleans.com/2020/03/11/new-orleans-corona-virus-part-1/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://itsneworleans.com/2020/03/11/new-orleans-corona-virus-part-1/</a>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

New Orleans Corona Virus: Part 1

Thomas Cole found America so polarized that he no longer wanted to live here, and moved to India. That was 1969. Thomas stayed in India, Nepal, Thailand, Tibet and Afghanistan for 16 out of the 20 next years where he became what we don t dare call a "rug merchant." Thomas a far more elegant title for that occupation, and now he has a new, double barreled occupational handle and achievement he s an author photographer. Thomas s new book of photographs is called Standing in the Shadows New Orleans in Focus. It s an elegant and impressive pictorial chronicle of the city. Roger Johns is an award winning author. His award is Georgia Author of the Year, because he lives in Georgia, but he s a native Louisiana boy from Alexandria. Roger s books are crime novels, with a main character called Wallace Hartman who s a woman detective. The stories are set in Baton Rouge, which Roger describes as "the most interesting city" he s ever been in. And he s not kidding. You never forget your first. That s why Joy Clark will remember this Happy Hour forever. It s Joy s first podcast. If you ve never heard Joy play or sing, you are in for a treat she s the real deal. She also has a fascinating life story that involves being home schooled on the West Bank and a long lost African American cousin in Germany. Andrew Duhon almost bought himself a time bomb in the shape of a touring van today, but luckily figured out the truth before he got himself killed on the road. Andrew, as he often does, tries out a brand new song. It s another beautiful dissection of the human heart. Photos taken in the few remaining rays of daylight at Wayfare by Jill Lafleur.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Thomas Cole found America so polarized that he no longer wanted to live here, and moved to India. That was 1969. Thomas stayed in India, Nepal, Thailand, Tibet and Afghanistan for 16 out of the 20 next years where he became what we don t dare call a "rug merchant." Thomas a far more elegant title for that occupation, and now he has a new, double barreled occupational handle and achievement he s an author photographer. Thomas s new book of photographs is called Standing in the Shadows New Orleans in Focus. It s an elegant and impressive pictorial chronicle of the city. Roger Johns is an award winning author. His award is Georgia Author of the Year, because he lives in Georgia, but he s a native Louisiana boy from Alexandria. Roger s books are crime novels, with a main character called Wallace Hartman who s a woman detective. The stories are set in Baton Rouge, which Roger describes as "the most interesting city" he s ever been in. And he s not kidding. You never forget your first. That s why Joy Clark will remember this Happy Hour forever. It s Joy s first podcast. If you ve never heard Joy play or sing, you are in for a treat she s the real deal. She also has a fascinating life story that involves being home schooled on the West Bank and a long lost African American cousin in Germany. Andrew Duhon almost bought himself a time bomb in the shape of a touring van today, but luckily figured out the truth before he got himself killed on the road. Andrew, as he often does, tries out a brand new song. It s another beautiful dissection of the human heart. Photos taken in the few remaining rays of daylight at Wayfare by Jill Lafleur.See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

Come with me River of Dream Weavers - Happy Hour - It's New Orleans

Brentt Arcement grew up as a drummer in New Orleans and took his musical skills to Los Angeles where he carved out a career as an A list drummer, playing with Fiona Apple, Live, and many other big name artists. But the show stopping sentence in this conversation is when Brentt gets onto the subject of how he met, became friends with, and even lived with none other than Dennis Rodman. You ll be pleased to learn that Dennis is not just a regular guy. If you think Dennis Rodman has a unique life, wait till you hear about the people Katie Sikora hangs out with. Katie is one of the creators of an online undertaking called The Sexism Project. Katie, a photographer, photographs and interviews women in particular industries about their relationship to sexism. So far the project has examined the lives of women in the New Orleans music industry and the New Orleans sex industry. It s hard to put into words on a page, here, just how riveting these photographs and conversations are. Katie is one of these people who move to New Orleans 5 years ago and find the fertile soil they need to flourish. Piano player, composer, and writer Tom McDermott moved to New Orleans in 1984. Tom is another New Orleanian who couldn t live anywhere else. An insanely gifted player and disciple of James Booker, on this edition of Happy Hour Tom plays Professor Longhair s Tipitina and one of his own compositions, The Gospel Waltz That Wasn t. Andrew Duhon says that sitting at this table of creatives he ought to play something polished, but opts to continue his tradition of trying out new songs on Happy Hour. This unitiled song When The Fog Rolls In is a song Andrew wrote over the past couple of days and just finished today. It s beautiful, and about as close to perfect as you can get for first time out. If you re a Duhon fan this is a must listen, if you re not a fan yet, you will be after you hear this. This is our final show for 2018. It s been a great year for Happy Hour. We ve met amazing New Orleanians, we ve heard amazing music, and we ve been lucky enough to be at the right place at the right time for podcasting and we ve seen our audience grow beyond anything we ever imagined. If you re one of our regular listeners, thanks for hanging out with us on your podcast app or on Facebook, or Spotify, or wherever you find us. We look forward to seeing you in 2019. Photos at Wayfare by Jill Lafleur.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Brentt Arcement grew up as a drummer in New Orleans and took his musical skills to Los Angeles where he carved out a career as an A list drummer, playing with Fiona Apple, Live, and many other big name artists. But the show stopping sentence in this conversation is when Brentt gets onto the subject of how he met, became friends with, and even lived with none other than Dennis Rodman. You ll be pleased to learn that Dennis is not just a regular guy. If you think Dennis Rodman has a unique life, wait till you hear about the people Katie Sikora hangs out with. Katie is one of the creators of an online undertaking called The Sexism Project. Katie, a photographer, photographs and interviews women in particular industries about their relationship to sexism. So far the project has examined the lives of women in the New Orleans music industry and the New Orleans sex industry. It s hard to put into words on a page, here, just how riveting these photographs and conversations are. Katie is one of these people who move to New Orleans 5 years ago and find the fertile soil they need to flourish. Piano player, composer, and writer Tom McDermott moved to New Orleans in 1984. Tom is another New Orleanian who couldn t live anywhere else. An insanely gifted player and disciple of James Booker, on this edition of Happy Hour Tom plays Professor Longhair s Tipitina and one of his own compositions, The Gospel Waltz That Wasn t. Andrew Duhon says that sitting at this table of creatives he ought to play something polished, but opts to continue his tradition of trying out new songs on Happy Hour. This unitiled song When The Fog Rolls In is a song Andrew wrote over the past couple of days and just finished today. It s beautiful, and about as close to perfect as you can get for first time out. If you re a Duhon fan this is a must listen, if you re not a fan yet, you will be after you hear this. This is our final show for 2018. It s been a great year for Happy Hour. We ve met amazing New Orleanians, we ve heard amazing music, and we ve been lucky enough to be at the right place at the right time for podcasting and we ve seen our audience grow beyond anything we ever imagined. If you re one of our regular listeners, thanks for hanging out with us on your podcast app or on Facebook, or Spotify, or wherever you find us. We look forward to seeing you in 2019. Photos at Wayfare by Jill Lafleur.See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

I Was Dennis Rodman's Roommate - Happy Hour - It's New Orleans

Ingrid Victoria is best known in the world of drag queens as the maker of extravagant eyelashes. If you've seen drag queens on TV or on stage and wondered where the heck you get eyelashes like that, now you too can get hooked up for just $25 (or $12.50 for one eyelash) at Chimera Lashes. But Ingrid doesn't stop at making eyelashes. She also crochets stuff. Like beards. If you're thinking a woman in a fake beard must look like a circus freak, head over to here and check out the photo of Ingrid in her beard. She's gorgeous. Talking of men dressed as women, Edward Simon might be studying for a Ph.D in psychology, and he night also be a photographer, but he's also an award winning actor who made a name for himself playing the lead in Hedwig and the Angry Inch. Oh, and he's also a recording artist with three records and was the lead singer in the Hollywood hair-band Knife Confession. Duz Mancini came to New Orleans from West Los Angeles and never went back. 10 years later, and after a stint as a song writer in Nashville, Duz is back and making music with his band the Scorpedos. On this Happy Hour, Duz plays two new songs. If you're not familiar with the Scorpedos, do yourself a favor and check this out. Happy Hour is recorded live at Wayfare in Uptown New Orleans.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ingrid Victoria is best known in the world of drag queens as the maker of extravagant eyelashes. If you've seen drag queens on TV or on stage and wondered where the heck you get eyelashes like that, now you too can get hooked up for just $25 (or $12.50 for one eyelash) at <a href="https://chimeralashes.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Chimera Lashes</a>. But Ingrid doesn't stop at making eyelashes. She also crochets stuff. Like beards. If you're thinking a woman in a fake beard must look like a circus freak, head over to <a href="http://bit.ly/2LdLdy" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a> and check out the photo of Ingrid in her beard. She's gorgeous. Talking of men dressed as women, Edward Simon might be studying for a Ph.D in psychology, and he night also be a <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BhZtmPuFQDZ/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">photographer</a>, but he's also an award winning actor who made a name for himself playing the lead in Hedwig and the Angry Inch. Oh, and he's also a recording artist with three records and was the lead singer in the Hollywood hair-band Knife Confession. Duz Mancini came to New Orleans from West Los Angeles and never went back. 10 years later, and after a stint as a song writer in Nashville, Duz is back and making music with his band the <a href="https://www.instagram.com/scorpedos/?hl=en" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Scorpedos</a>. On this Happy Hour, Duz plays two new songs. If you're not familiar with the Scorpedos, do yourself a favor and check this out. Happy Hour is recorded live at<a href="http://www.wayfarenola.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Wayfare</a> in Uptown New Orleans.See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

The Bearded Lady

Lori Tipton is the most popular guest in Happy Hour history. Last time Lori was here she talked about her shallow vagina and how she had to become intimately familiar with its intricacies in pursuit of self administered insemination aka turkey baster . As impossible as it sounds, today Lori has an even more amazing story to tell. Today s story includes details of Lori s mother s escapades in strip clubs on Bourbon Street where she worked for many years as a house mother and professional pool player, and the day Lori went to visit her and found she had murdered two other women and killed herself. No matter how good you are at guessing where stories are going to go, you won t predict this one. Briefly, without spoiling anything, FDA administered Ecstasy MDMA has changed Lori s life and delivered her true happiness. Legendary New Orleans musician Billy Iuso has a dream that he s not far from realizing moving to Jamaica. He s got a house picked out and a plan to buy it. Next week he turns 50 and looking back he s accomplished almost everything that he musically set out to do. The one thing he hasn t done, which is about to be rectified at this year s Jazz Fest, is open for The Rolling Stones. Billy plays two songs on this Happy Hour. If you re a fan you re going to love these intimate versions of his songs, if you re discovering Billy for the first time this is a great introduction to a kick ass musician you need to know about. David Villarubia is the most eligible bachelor in New Orleans. He s the owner of the Degas House, the house Edgar Degas, the now famous artist, lived in for a few months, on Esplanade Ave, before he was so famous. But that s not what makes David so attractive. Here s the hook he used to be an international pilot for Delta, and he can fly anywhere in the world, free, for the rest of his life, and take anyone he wants with him You know where to find him. Photos at Wayfare by Jill Lafleur.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Lori Tipton is the most popular guest in Happy Hour history. Last time Lori was here she talked about her shallow vagina and how she had to become intimately familiar with its intricacies in pursuit of self administered insemination aka turkey baster . As impossible as it sounds, today Lori has an even more amazing story to tell. Today s story includes details of Lori s mother s escapades in strip clubs on Bourbon Street where she worked for many years as a house mother and professional pool player, and the day Lori went to visit her and found she had murdered two other women and killed herself. No matter how good you are at guessing where stories are going to go, you won t predict this one. Briefly, without spoiling anything, FDA administered Ecstasy MDMA has changed Lori s life and delivered her true happiness. Legendary New Orleans musician Billy Iuso has a dream that he s not far from realizing moving to Jamaica. He s got a house picked out and a plan to buy it. Next week he turns 50 and looking back he s accomplished almost everything that he musically set out to do. The one thing he hasn t done, which is about to be rectified at this year s Jazz Fest, is open for The Rolling Stones. Billy plays two songs on this Happy Hour. If you re a fan you re going to love these intimate versions of his songs, if you re discovering Billy for the first time this is a great introduction to a kick ass musician you need to know about. David Villarubia is the most eligible bachelor in New Orleans. He s the owner of the Degas House, the house Edgar Degas, the now famous artist, lived in for a few months, on Esplanade Ave, before he was so famous. But that s not what makes David so attractive. Here s the hook he used to be an international pilot for Delta, and he can fly anywhere in the world, free, for the rest of his life, and take anyone he wants with him You know where to find him. Photos at Wayfare by Jill Lafleur.See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

Ecstasy Saved My Life - Happy Hour - It's New Orleans

Among the many things you could find remarkable about Arwen Podesta and there are plenty perhaps the singularly most impressive is the fact there is a part of your body named after her. There is a part of everybody s body name after her. It s in your DNA. Arwen was a part of the Human Genome Project the folks who mapped the human genome and as a result there is a human gene named after her, called AR 1. It is an interluken atagonist interceptor, which at one point might have turned out to be the key to curing cancer. On top of that minor detail, Arwen is also a psychiatrist who started out life as the daughter of a father who was and is a massage therapist. Arwen went into the family business, mutated from massage to medicine to clinical superstar, to leading authority on addiction and author of the book, Hooked. Genevieve Douglass s grandfather was an Admiral in the Navy. Yes, an Admiral. Somehow he ended up in New Orleans, Genevieve s dad went to Tulane law and has a standalone practice in Kenner where he s, 30 years later, still looking for a slogan to compete with Putting the Womac on em and One Call That s All. Genevieve who, by the way is a Sagittarius is equally entrepreneurial. She is the marketing mastermind at entrepreneurial consultant firm Trepwise, and the creative force behind a great business idea, called Kindred, which was a mother child wellness and fun spot. Now it s a place to get your hair blown out, and that s another entrepreneurial story. Dustan Louque s life story has the greatest opening line of any singer songwriter, ever. "I grew up in a town where there was no music." In a small town in St James Parish called Grand Point Pop 500 Dustan was the first person ever to play music. Ever. In the mid 90 s, the sounds of Alternative rock, played by the likes of Depeche Mode, filtered into Dustan s bedroom courtesy of New Orleans radio station The Zephyr, and inspired Dustan to play music. Ultimately he moved to New York, got signed by Atlantic records, then turned his back on fame and the music industry and lived anonymously in the Bywater for 7 years, before re finding himself and choosing to play music in small venues across the country. On this show Dustan plays a song inspired by the day Lou Reed died, 10 27 13 the one magical day we were all hipsters listening The Velvet Underground. Photos at Wayfare by Jill Lafleur.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Among the many things you could find remarkable about Arwen Podesta and there are plenty perhaps the singularly most impressive is the fact there is a part of your body named after her. There is a part of everybody s body name after her. It s in your DNA. Arwen was a part of the Human Genome Project the folks who mapped the human genome and as a result there is a human gene named after her, called AR 1. It is an interluken atagonist interceptor, which at one point might have turned out to be the key to curing cancer. On top of that minor detail, Arwen is also a psychiatrist who started out life as the daughter of a father who was and is a massage therapist. Arwen went into the family business, mutated from massage to medicine to clinical superstar, to leading authority on addiction and author of the book, Hooked. Genevieve Douglass s grandfather was an Admiral in the Navy. Yes, an Admiral. Somehow he ended up in New Orleans, Genevieve s dad went to Tulane law and has a standalone practice in Kenner where he s, 30 years later, still looking for a slogan to compete with Putting the Womac on em and One Call That s All. Genevieve who, by the way is a Sagittarius is equally entrepreneurial. She is the marketing mastermind at entrepreneurial consultant firm Trepwise, and the creative force behind a great business idea, called Kindred, which was a mother child wellness and fun spot. Now it s a place to get your hair blown out, and that s another entrepreneurial story. Dustan Louque s life story has the greatest opening line of any singer songwriter, ever. "I grew up in a town where there was no music." In a small town in St James Parish called Grand Point Pop 500 Dustan was the first person ever to play music. Ever. In the mid 90 s, the sounds of Alternative rock, played by the likes of Depeche Mode, filtered into Dustan s bedroom courtesy of New Orleans radio station The Zephyr, and inspired Dustan to play music. Ultimately he moved to New York, got signed by Atlantic records, then turned his back on fame and the music industry and lived anonymously in the Bywater for 7 years, before re finding himself and choosing to play music in small venues across the country. On this show Dustan plays a song inspired by the day Lou Reed died, 10 27 13 the one magical day we were all hipsters listening The Velvet Underground. Photos at Wayfare by Jill Lafleur.See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

A R 1 10 27 13 Sagittarius - Happy Hour - It's New Orleans

Sure it's heresy to eat King Cake before 12th Night but Susan Freeswick brings a load of awesome food to this edition of Happy Hour, including King Cake, and gets a NOLA Heresy Pass because it's all Keto from her bakery Everyday Keto to Go. In the middle of this conversation, Susan's Keto Fat Bomb explodes the myth of celebrity. Strictly, it's writer Thomas Beller who explodes that myth. Tom set out to be a rock star, as the drummer in a New York band. Along the way he stumbled into a different kind of stardom: as a staff writer for The New Yorker, the pinnacle of all writing gigs ever, anywhere. Tom describes the night he hung out recently with another superstar writer, playwright Tom Stoppard - the night neither of them had anything to do after the Rolling Stones canceled their Jazz fest gig - and British Tom imagined that New Yorker Tom "must have felt like a dog with five tails" the year he had the New Yorker gig. If you'd like to know what happened to the rest of the guys in New York Tom's band, check this out: https://www.beastiemania.com/whois/cushman_tom You can find Thomas Beller down on Canal Street staring at the crumpled Hard Rock Hotel or at Tulane directing the creative writing course. Singer/songwriter Dave Jordan's take on celebrity is, "Everybody in New Orleans thinks they're a celebrity." Not that they're delusionally believing they're the greatest guitar player of all time like some kind of loser wandering along Hollywood Boulevard, but they claim celebrity of a more totally NOLA nature in claiming they make the best gumbo or fried turkey on the planet - where "planet" ends at the spillway. Dave plays two songs on this show, one off his latest album, Burning Sage, the other a cover of Bob Dylan song that Andrew Duhon joins him on. For his part, Andrew Duhon is writing a new album and premieres a brand new song he's just finished writing with Anders Osborne, called Everybody's Got a Little Piece of the Map.  If you're listening to the conversation here about high school drinking and wondering, "What did ever happen to Friar Tucks bar on Freret Street?" this true story might interest you. http://uptownmessenger.com/2011/01/friar-tucks-ceasing-operations-immediately-owner-tells-freret-street/  You may also find these kind of hilarious yelp reviews interesting: https://www.yelp.com/biz/friar-tucks-new-orleans It's new Orleans Happy Hour is recorded live over drinks at The Freret Beer Room. You can find photos from the show by Jill Lafleur and more information at our website: https://link.chtbl.com/NnOEpjgh    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sure it's heresy to eat King Cake before 12th Night but Susan Freeswick brings a load of awesome food to this edition of Happy Hour, including King Cake, and gets a NOLA Heresy Pass because it's all Keto from her bakery <a href="https://www.facebook.com/EverydayKETOToGo/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Everyday Keto to Go</a>. In the middle of this conversation, Susan's Keto Fat Bomb explodes the myth of celebrity. Strictly, it's writer <a href="http://www.thomasbeller.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Thomas Beller</a> who explodes that myth. Tom set out to be a rock star, as the drummer in a New York band. Along the way he stumbled into a different kind of stardom: as a staff writer for The New Yorker, the pinnacle of all writing gigs ever, anywhere. Tom describes the night he hung out recently with another superstar writer, playwright Tom Stoppard - the night neither of them had anything to do after the Rolling Stones canceled their Jazz fest gig - and British Tom imagined that New Yorker Tom "must have felt like a dog with five tails" the year he had the New Yorker gig. If you'd like to know what happened to the rest of the guys in New York Tom's band, check this out: <a href="https://www.beastiemania.com/whois/cushman_tom/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.beastiemania.com/whois/cushman_tom</a> You can find Thomas Beller down on Canal Street staring at the crumpled Hard Rock Hotel or at Tulane directing the creative writing course. Singer/songwriter <a href="https://www.davejordanmusic.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dave Jordan'</a>s take on celebrity is, "Everybody in New Orleans thinks they're a celebrity." Not that they're delusionally believing they're the greatest guitar player of all time like some kind of loser wandering along Hollywood Boulevard, but they claim celebrity of a more totally NOLA nature in claiming they make the best gumbo or fried turkey on the planet - where "planet" ends at the spillway. Dave plays two songs on this show, one off his latest album, Burning Sage, the other a cover of Bob Dylan song that Andrew Duhon joins him on. For his part, <a href="https://www.andrewduhon.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Andrew Duhon</a> is writing a new album and premieres a brand new song he's just finished writing with Anders Osborne, called Everybody's Got a Little Piece of the Map.  If you're listening to the conversation here about high school drinking and wondering, "What did ever happen to Friar Tucks bar on Freret Street?" this true story might interest you. <a href="http://uptownmessenger.com/2011/01/friar-tucks-ceasing-operations-immediately-owner-tells-freret-street/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://uptownmessenger.com/2011/01/friar-tucks-ceasing-operations-immediately-owner-tells-freret-street/ </a> You may also find these kind of hilarious yelp reviews interesting: <a href="https://www.yelp.com/biz/friar-tucks-new-orleans" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.yelp.com/biz/friar-tucks-new-orleans</a> It's new Orleans Happy Hour is recorded live over drinks at The Freret Beer Room. You can find photos from the show by Jill Lafleur and more information at our website: <a href="https://link.chtbl.com/NnOEpjgh" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://link.chtbl.com/NnOEpjgh</a> See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

Keto Fat Bomb Explodes the Myth  of Celebrity

Happy Hour is billed as "Random conversation with folks who have nothing in common." Anything that s truly random will, sooner or later, appear to us not to be. Like flipping a coin and getting four "heads" in a row. Or inviting random people to sit around a table at a bar in New Orleans and discover they re all Cajun. Louis Michot is the fiddle player and lead singer in the Cajun band Lost Bayou Ramblers. You don t get much more Cajun than Louis and his tales of Petit Paris aka St Martinville , living in Broussard, Lafayette, and out in the woods of Arnaudville. Louis plays two songs on this Happy Hour, accompanied on one of them by fellow Cajun Andrew Duhon. Here in New Orleans we pronounce Andrew s name Doo Hon but if you go a few miles West just how many is open to debate it s pronounced Doo Yong. Until you get a few miles out of Lafayette, into Texas, where it reverts to doo hon, as evidenced by Louis dog whose name was Clint Duhon, pronounced the Port Arthur way cause that s where he came from. Lizzie Guitreau is a Baton Rouge Cajun who decided that her inspiration from watching the TV show House as a kid should propel her into making TV shows rather than medicine. Lizzie went to UNO for film, started a band of film makers and is still working with them today, as Worklight Pictures. Ready for the next weird Cajun coincidence Worklight Pictures are making a documentary about The Lost Bayou Rambers. It s called On Va Continuer we will continue and premieres in February. Brandon Beeyard can t hide his true identity too long. Yes, it turns out his name is really spelled Bulliard, and he s Cajun, from, wait for it, St Martinville aka Petit Paris, and his family is related to Louis s wife s family. Brandon is headed for self propelled meta stardom no, that s not a typo, though he might also be bound for mega stardom by way of his of his revalatory and inspirational life story podcast, Dreamster. The photos on this page were taken at Wayfare by Jill Lafleur yes, that s a Cajun nameSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Happy Hour is billed as "Random conversation with folks who have nothing in common." Anything that s truly random will, sooner or later, appear to us not to be. Like flipping a coin and getting four "heads" in a row. Or inviting random people to sit around a table at a bar in New Orleans and discover they re all Cajun. Louis Michot is the fiddle player and lead singer in the Cajun band Lost Bayou Ramblers. You don t get much more Cajun than Louis and his tales of Petit Paris aka St Martinville , living in Broussard, Lafayette, and out in the woods of Arnaudville. Louis plays two songs on this Happy Hour, accompanied on one of them by fellow Cajun Andrew Duhon. Here in New Orleans we pronounce Andrew s name Doo Hon but if you go a few miles West just how many is open to debate it s pronounced Doo Yong. Until you get a few miles out of Lafayette, into Texas, where it reverts to doo hon, as evidenced by Louis dog whose name was Clint Duhon, pronounced the Port Arthur way cause that s where he came from. Lizzie Guitreau is a Baton Rouge Cajun who decided that her inspiration from watching the TV show House as a kid should propel her into making TV shows rather than medicine. Lizzie went to UNO for film, started a band of film makers and is still working with them today, as Worklight Pictures. Ready for the next weird Cajun coincidence Worklight Pictures are making a documentary about The Lost Bayou Rambers. It s called On Va Continuer we will continue and premieres in February. Brandon Beeyard can t hide his true identity too long. Yes, it turns out his name is really spelled Bulliard, and he s Cajun, from, wait for it, St Martinville aka Petit Paris, and his family is related to Louis s wife s family. Brandon is headed for self propelled meta stardom no, that s not a typo, though he might also be bound for mega stardom by way of his of his revalatory and inspirational life story podcast, Dreamster. The photos on this page were taken at Wayfare by Jill Lafleur yes, that s a Cajun nameSee <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

The Totally Random All Cajun Happy Hour Special - Happy Hour - It's New Orleans

Calla Lily

If you're looking for a good place to steal hard to find, exotic plants, Ninth Ward Nursery is the place. Mark Sanders started Ninth Ward Nursery, as you might have guessed, in the 9th Ward, as a way to relive his glory days as a child, wandering through the backwoods of Huntsville, Alabama, waiting for the street lights to come on. Mark is also a travel writer and editor so there are plenty of hours when the one-man nursery business is unattended. On the advice of our lawyers, we recommend you buy plants the legit way in the hours that Mark is in attendance at the nursery. You'll recognize him, he's the guy with the yellow Google sunglasses. Havialh Malone is the 4th best looking woman in the universe. It's official. She was named Ms Louisiana Universe in 2018 and was 4th runner up in the national pageant. For most people that would be a crowning achievement. For Havilah it's basically a footnote. You're not even going to believe the list of accomplishments Havilah has racked up in her few short years since graduating from Bonnabel High, but they include running a $160m company, appearing on QVC and Home Shopping Network, and writing a #1 Best-selling book. The last time Danielle Ryce was on Happy Hour she was 50% of a musical duo. Now she's a smaller percentage of, Dianella, a far larger band, but they're still all playing her songs and she's still got one of the world's most impressive singing voices. You would be forgiven for thinking that's hyperbole, but check it out for yourself. Danielle plays two songs on this Happy Hour. Andrew Duhon has had an idea about owning a piece of land in the back of his mind and the riff for a song about it in his back pocket for a while now. On this show Andrew unveils the song that is the sum of those two parts. This one's a keeper. Photos at Wayfare by Jill Lafleur.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

If you're looking for a good place to steal hard to find, exotic plants, Ninth Ward Nursery is the place. Mark Sanders started Ninth Ward Nursery, as you might have guessed, in the 9th Ward, as a way to relive his glory days as a child, wandering through the backwoods of Huntsville, Alabama, waiting for the street lights to come on. Mark is also a travel writer and editor so there are plenty of hours when the one-man nursery business is unattended. On the advice of our lawyers, we recommend you buy plants the legit way in the hours that Mark is in attendance at the nursery. You'll recognize him, he's the guy with the yellow Google sunglasses. Havialh Malone is the 4th best looking woman in the universe. It's official. She was named Ms Louisiana Universe in 2018 and was 4th runner up in the national pageant. For most people that would be a crowning achievement. For Havilah it's basically a footnote. You're not even going to believe the list of accomplishments Havilah has racked up in her few short years since graduating from Bonnabel High, but they include running a $160m company, appearing on QVC and Home Shopping Network, and writing a #1 Best-selling book. The last time Danielle Ryce was on Happy Hour she was 50% of a musical duo. Now she's a smaller percentage of, Dianella, a far larger band, but they're still all playing her songs and she's still got one of the world's most impressive singing voices. You would be forgiven for thinking that's hyperbole, but check it out for yourself. Danielle plays two songs on this Happy Hour. Andrew Duhon has had an idea about owning a piece of land in the back of his mind and the riff for a song about it in his back pocket for a while now. On this show Andrew unveils the song that is the sum of those two parts. This one's a keeper. Photos at Wayfare by Jill Lafleur.See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

The Calla Lily Thief - Happy Hour - It's New Orleans

You probably think you've heard every weird bad disastrous insane mistaken awful relationship story there is. You haven't. Not till you hear comedian hypnotist Flip Orley document his 5 wives and explain the drunken tattoos all over his body with, "My 4th wife was Cajun." Honestly, if you need to be reassured your own relationship is not so bad, or you want to bask in the relief of being in a good relationship, you have got to hear these extraordinary true tales of Flip's wives.  Musician Lenny Green has his own horror story. Namely, the time he came from a great gig to find his wife so mad that he was out all night playing music that she got out of bed and punched him in the face. "That was the beginning of the end," as you might imagine. Lenny also sings a love song on this show complete with the chorus in which he dreams about "flipping you over." Strangely, for a guy who writes sad songs about the lonely and broken-hearted - the self-described genre of Sad Bastard music - Andrew Duhon is the one guy at the table with a stable relationship. And a beautiful new work-in-progress song about the state of the heart. Fashion designer Claudia Croazzo was meant to be on this show but a last minute emergency took her away. Fate has a strange way of working things out. Claudia was spared having to listen to this kind of barroom talk, but on the other hand it's doubtful we would have gotten to these kinds of bare-knuckle tales with the leavening influence of a sensible woman of the world at the table. This is a chance to be a fly on the barroom wall at The Maple Leaf. There are photos by Jill Lafleur and more info on our website.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

You probably think you've heard every weird bad disastrous insane mistaken awful relationship story there is. You haven't. Not till you hear comedian hypnotist <a href="https://www.fliporley.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Flip Orley</a> document his 5 wives and explain the drunken tattoos all over his body with, "My 4th wife was Cajun." Honestly, if you need to be reassured your own relationship is not so bad, or you want to bask in the relief of being in a good relationship, you have got to hear these extraordinary true tales of Flip's wives.  Musician <a href="https://www.facebook.com/lennygreenneworleans/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Lenny Green</a> has his own horror story. Namely, the time he came from a great gig to find his wife so mad that he was out all night playing music that she got out of bed and punched him in the face. "That was the beginning of the end," as you might imagine. Lenny also sings a love song on this show complete with the chorus in which he dreams about "flipping you over." Strangely, for a guy who writes sad songs about the lonely and broken-hearted - the self-described genre of Sad Bastard music - <a href="https://www.andrewduhon.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Andrew Duhon</a> is the one guy at the table with a stable relationship. And a beautiful new work-in-progress song about the state of the heart. Fashion designer Claudia Croazzo was meant to be on this show but a last minute emergency took her away. Fate has a strange way of working things out. Claudia was spared having to listen to this kind of barroom talk, but on the other hand it's doubtful we would have gotten to these kinds of bare-knuckle tales with the leavening influence of a sensible woman of the world at the table. This is a chance to be a fly on the barroom wall at <a href="https://www.mapleleafbar.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Maple Leaf</a>. There are photos by<a href="https://www.lafleurphoto.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Jill Lafleur</a> and more info on our <a href="https://link.chtbl.com/NnOEpjgh" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">website</a>.See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

My 4th Wife Was Cajun

It literally doesn't get more real New Orleans than this Happy Hour. Charlie Gabriel was born in New Orleans in 1932. He started shining shoes and playing music when he was 5. By the time he was 11 he was a professional musician and he's never looked back. He did leave new Orleans for a while. Actually, about 60 years. Hurricane Katrina and Preservation Hall brought him back. Charlie is a national treasure and one of New Orleans' finest musicians and gentlemen. This is a rare opportunity to hear him talk about everything from living through segregation to playing with Aretha Franklin and working for Amazon.  Charlie plays sax on a new song by Andrew Duhon. If you're an Andrew Duhon fan you might want to chart the progress of this song from its first ever airing here on Happy Hour, through to wherever it eventually ends up. You'll get it from the first note: this is going to be a beautiful song. Deniseea Taylor moved to New Orleans because she got a cheap air ticket from New York but even if you don't believe in anything as mystical as the power of the Universe you'd have to believe it was Destiny. Where else could a person who is cocktail artist live if not the city that's the home of the cocktail? "D" as everybody calls her is the creative force behind Cocktails by Pop. You can keep up with all her cocktail events - and they're super cool - by following her on Instagram at @ChickenandChampagne. And just to make this show the most perfect representation of New Orleans of all time, T R Johnson is here with his new book, the definitive collection of New Orleans literature, called New Orleans: A Literary History. The book might be an academic tome but you can get it at decidedly unacademic places like Melba's poboy shop. Really, can you even imagine anything more Real New Orleans than this collection of New Orleanians? It's New Orleans Happy Hour is recorded live at The Maple Leaf Bar on Oak Street in Uptown New Orleans. You can see photos from this show by Jill Lafleur, and more, on our website https://link.chtbl.com/NnOEpjgh See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It literally doesn't get more real New Orleans than this Happy Hour. <a href="https://www.charliegabriel.com/index.htm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Charlie Gabriel</a> was born in New Orleans in 1932. He started shining shoes and playing music when he was 5. By the time he was 11 he was a professional musician and he's never looked back. He did leave new Orleans for a while. Actually, about 60 years. Hurricane Katrina and <a href="https://www.preservationhall.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Preservation Hall</a> brought him back. Charlie is a national treasure and one of New Orleans' finest musicians and gentlemen. This is a rare opportunity to hear him talk about everything from living through segregation to playing with Aretha Franklin and working for Amazon.  Charlie plays sax on a new song by <a href="http://www.andrewduhon.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Andrew Duhon</a>. If you're an Andrew Duhon fan you might want to chart the progress of this song from its first ever airing here on Happy Hour, through to wherever it eventually ends up. You'll get it from the first note: this is going to be a beautiful song. Deniseea Taylor moved to New Orleans because she got a cheap air ticket from New York but even if you don't believe in anything as mystical as the power of the Universe you'd have to believe it was Destiny. Where else could a person who is cocktail artist live if not the city that's the home of the cocktail? "D" as everybody calls her is the creative force behind <a href="https://www.cocktailsbypop.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Cocktails by Pop</a>. You can keep up with all her cocktail events - and they're super cool - by following her on Instagram at <a href="https://www.instagram.com/chickenandchampagne/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@ChickenandChampagne</a>. And just to make this show the most perfect representation of New Orleans of all time,<a href="https://liberalarts.tulane.edu/departments/english/people/faculty-staff/t-r-johnson" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> T R Johnson</a> is here with his new book, the definitive collection of New Orleans literature, called <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1108498191/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i0" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">New Orleans: A Literary History</a>. The book might be an academic tome but you can get it at decidedly unacademic places like Melba's poboy shop. Really, can you even imagine anything more Real New Orleans than this collection of New Orleanians? It's New Orleans Happy Hour is recorded live at <a href="https://www.mapleleafbar.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Maple Leaf Bar</a> on Oak Street in Uptown New Orleans. You can see photos from this show by <a href="https://www.lafleurphoto.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jill Lafleur</a>, and more, on our website <a href="https://link.chtbl.com/NnOEpjgh" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://link.chtbl.com/NnOEpjgh</a> See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

Real New Orleans

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