Episode 52 (S2): My Last Brain Cell is Called Custer

Fun 4-hr episode with a slew of familiar faces/guitars/etc back in the studio! The unofficial theme was, “Eh, fuck it,” but of course the actual theme was “?”.

Big thanks to Lili and Natasha for taking these pics! And this playlist is probably only 90% accurate (and maybe 60% in the correct order) because my brain spontaneously shut off approximately 75% of the way through the show. (Being away from New Orleans for a few months made me revert back to my natural state of being a perversely-early bird, plus the uptick in sobriety is always a jolt to the system….)

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Episode 50: THE LAST STRAW (Season Finale)

Oh lawd!

Finally getting the playlist and pictures up from our season finale a week ago. What a night! We ran from 8pm to almost 1:30am and had over 50 guests in the studio, and various others tuning in from near and far. There were several newcomers (including my best&most-clever frand Brady, the notorious “Whalevo Rob”, and Jim Smith of Checkpoint Charlie’s Acoustic Open Mic), a bunch of old-comers, one dog, one child, a lot of delicious food, a lot of gas station food, Hair-on-the-Air (victim: me), Amber bringing a SPOCK candle (!!!) and Patrick Cooper announcing he was going to play “You’re Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go” seconds after I’d cued up that album on my laptop.

We heard tons of local tunes (mostly live, a few …un-live? dead? undead? ) in the company of an ever-charmingly-diverse crew dear friends, sworn enemies, and neighbors. Our pals at United Bakery Records came in to announce the fabulous shows they’re putting together this holiday season, and we even got a surprise visit at the very end from our illustrious leader, MarkAlain Dery! (emojis) It’s been a great year, and I’ll miss y’all like the dickens. See ya on the flip side! Semi-accurate playlist etc. below… there was a rough draft, then people started shouting requests… you know how it is.

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Episode #35: Buffa’s Songwriter Circle After-Party (Jul)

Live tunes from Carolyn Broussard, Lili Dove, everyone I could kidnap from Natasha Sanchez’s songwriter circle at Buffa’s that afternoon! (#WhoNat, Chip Wilson, Peter Orr was detained, unfortunately.) Playlist below! Thank you to all of you playa’s, lurkers, and tuners-in! A special thanks to Pizza Mike for the gas station food, which is “a new concept” to him. Adieu, Lili Dove, thank you for the little black dress, and be back soon!

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Episode #28: N.O. Dead Air No. 5 (the Last One Before We Retire that Moniker, as the Show Has Pretty Much Become a Songwriter Hang All the Time Anyways, Plus We Kinda Like Dead Air)

N.O. Dead Air on tonight’s episode. Live music, bar stories, pregnant pauses, live applause-s, a convivial atmosphere, and info on exciting upcoming shows. Courtesy of Valerie Jean Capitanich (ha!) & a slew of local singer-songwriters. This week’s lineup includes some combination of Patrick Cooper, Lili Dove, Judy Hill, Ron Hotstream, Tina Jamieson, Alison McConnell, Natasha Sanchez, and whoever else wanders in with a guitar, a washboard, or a set of trigger-happy vocal cords. (You know who you are.)

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Episode #24: N.O. Dead Air Cuatro, Jass Fezt Finale

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Live tunes from Jean Bayou, Lili Dove, Andre Lovett, Marc Paradis, Natasha Sanchez, and Bob Worth! Additional yakking/lurking from Red DeVecca, Pizza Mike, Ashley Rice, Abby Tideman, Sarah Murphy, and/or myself. 102.3 WHIV FM 9-11 pm, tune in! (Phone in, from your local bar, living room, or out-of-state phone booth. I’ll hold your 2 cents up to the mic.)

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Episode #19: N.O. Dead Air (Take 3)

Tonight! The 3rd edition of the monthly “singer, songwriter, etc” series I’m now calling Live Locals & No Dead Air. Studio will be kickin with various players, playahs, and lurkers… Patrick Cooper, Lili Dove, Lynn Drury, Natasha Sanchez, Shawn Williams, Bob Worth, Pizza Mike, Red DeVecca?…. the list groweth. (Text me if you want to come hang, or if you want to play the next one, a couple songs on air guaranteed to the first 6ish people I make drunken promises too  Bad jokes and unflattering lighting guaranteed to one and all.)

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