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Episode 60: Fare Thee Well (For Now!)

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Finally posting this from the airport in Toronto, after writing up part of it in a motel somewhere creepy in the middle of nowhere, New York and part in a dilapidated taqueria in the outskirts of Buffalo… (The above photo is pretty much irrelevant; we didn’t take any pics this episode.) Had such a wonderful, wonderful time on the last radio show of this “season”! Pizza Mike, Patrick Cooper, Mack Guillory, and Joey Oakley were at the station playing, talking, lol-ing, sharing memories, etc, it felt like the cozy good ol’ days (before every episode was a maelstorm, in the best of ways.) We got to hear some great original tunes plus a fun group Rolling Stones sing-a-long where we barely ever swore. Gas station food, double-fisting O’Doul’s and Bud Light Lime (I am probably[/hopefully] the only person on the planet deranged enough to do this….), Pizza Mike’s detailed, riveting, and far-too-prompt answer to the question “what are you going to do on Thursdays now?” … A good time was had by all.

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Episode 58: WORLD PREMIERE(s)!!

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We WORLD PREMIEREd brand new original acoustic live ditties and brand new freshly recorded album tracks. We reprised the WORLD PREMIERE of Musicians, Mentors, and Barroom Heroes by having Marc “Pepe Peligroso” Paradis back on the air. (On the civilian side of the air, that is–he is also a DJ at WHIV.) I think I am capitalizing WORLD PREMIERE to evoke the PHYSICAL CHALLENGE of Rory Danger, who we also spun. What fun!!

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

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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)

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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 46: The Big Ol’ Chicken-Less Fest

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Photo by Brandy

(It’s October 22nd, and you know what that means…it’s time for THE BIG OL’ CHICKEN-FEST!

(I completely made that up.) We’re celebrating my dad being in town with a boiled chicken/fried fish fiasco a la Darby and Brandy Roden, plus mystery *legal* reptile courtesy of Cajun cooker Red DeVecca… And (duh) New Orleans music played live from 102.3 WHIV FM studios! Plus…

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Episode #38: You Can Call Me “Sand” (The August Buffa’s After-Party)

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Thanks so much to all the songwriters who came out and played after this afternoon’s Songwriter Circle feat Cary Hudson, Jean Bayou, Natasha Sanchez at Buffa’s Bar & Restaurant, plus Patrick Cooper driving in from somewheres and the eternally-uninvited Shawn Williams debuting a new song. Thank you to Stacey Kelly Vintage Styling for the amazing hair-do, and congrats to Corey Collins starting his new show “Under the Influence” (11p-1a on Sunday nights!) [Tune in Mondays now, for the Super Sounds of Sunday with Just Wade. 7-9pm!]

Bad jokes, great music, new gimmicks. Walk-ins welcome. Playlist below!

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Episode #32: Arabi Open Mic Field Trip

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Last night’s playlist! Thank you oodles to everyone who played (Dominique & Carly, Ukulele Jake, #WhoNat, #WhoPat, and JP) as well as Joshua Nelson Straume, Zachary Nelson Smith Esq, Andrew, Peter Huganir, and co-horst Pizza Mike for hanging out. My heartwarms were really acting up by the time JP played “Whisky”  A few folks’ first time on air, woohoo! Continue reading →

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)

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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 #27: Windex Pete Isn’t Dead!

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Ha! Hahaha. Mashup! Musicians, Mentors, and Barroom Heroes will be some sort of slice of something tonight…. #LocalFlavor.

*Rumored* participants:
1) Eric Esshallop (Buffa’s Bar & Restaurant’s chef, renowned for being “comparatively sane and articulate”)
2) The one and only Michael Darby (renowned for the opposite) [possibly with offspring]
3) Former Lydia Lunch bass player Lucky Joe (Last seen drinking adult beverages at BMC, days ago.)
4) The one and only, larger than life Judy Hill (Ooh Poo Pah Doo, b!tchez) [possibly with her band]
5) Singer-songwriters Patrick Cooper and Natasha Sanchez (with their respective conversation-forcing acoustic music machines)
6-11) Whoever else stumbles in from the 6th ward, St. Bernard Parish, a brief but bright late 70s no-wave scene that flourished in New York City,and wherever the hell else in between.

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

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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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