Blogs
The Sound of Silence
What would New Orleans be like without music? A New Orleans with only silence instead of street performers, live music clubs, marching bands, jazz funerals, Mardi Gras Indians and restaurants. […]
Happy New Year
This is my last blog in 2014, and we wish you all the best so that you and yours will hopefully have a wonderful 2015. The city of New Orleans is changing rapidly. […]
Noise lawsuit against the 544 Club squashed
The noise lawsuit against the 544 Club in the French Quarter didn’t make muster. This suit is important because it’s the tip of the iceberg of the mass of lawsuits […]
Cyberstalking and noise abatement
Today’s newspaper ran a brief article that reported that “noise” opponent and lawyer Stuart Smith pleaded guilty to a cyberstalking charge and was given a one-year suspended sentence, and two […]
K-Doe and the Golden Rule
I miss K-Doe, I really do. I really miss Antoinette. I always had such admiration for her. She took Ernie, lifted him up, straightened him out and made him a […]
Local attorney Stuart Smith tactics revealed in NOLA.com article
My blog has consistently identified local attorney Stuart Smith as the “puppetmaster” and bully behind the Vieux Carre Property Owners and Residents Association (VCPORA) and French Quarter Citizens’ efforts to […]
Bullying Is As Bullying Does
Bullying is defined by Wikipedia as “is the use of force, threat, or coercion to abuse, intimidate, or aggressively impose domination over others. The behavior is often repeated and habitual. One essential prerequisite […]
All Hell Breaking Loose
All hell seems to be breaking loose from New Orleans citizens who are up in arms regarding the underhanded way that the VCPORA attempted to slip in a noise ordinance […]
Why Music Hasn’t Prevailed in New Orleans
I’ve been writing about the reasons why music isn’t respected in New Orleans for probably 30 years, and why it hasn’t prevailed in our economy. I’ve been ranting about it, […]
Frankenstorm and the Noise Police
I passed the last few days listening cynically to the warning stories of the coming “Frankenstorm” in the northeast. Joseph tends to be a little more cynical than me; he […]
