( Illustrated account of some things I've been up to recently )

Yesterday afternoon I was playing with a jazz band with a bunch of revelers, many in wacky costumes, out on a side street in Uptown New Orleans. A friend drove by and asked what the occasion was, and I said it was a pre-party for an upcomming party ( Read more... )

Short video of "Bear's Eternally Annoying Royal Band" (including yours frogly) playing at a party the Saturday before Mardi Gras. Low quality video (half of it sideways), though some of the good-time spirit comes through.

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Also a treat:

"Mid Summer Mardi Gras" in the streets of your neighborhood, allowing one to party, stop back by home to use the facilities, geek a little, get a fresh beer, and go party some more. Yay.

Saturday Night: Royal Band for a Carnival Ball.

Added attraction: Froggy answers a Mardi Gras question.

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I'm finally getting around to our next installment: Daytime Porch Band Parties on Fat Saturday.

On the Saturday before Mardi Gras I went to a couple of parties with good bands on the front porch.

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( Another unremarkable post about what someone on LiveJournal did for the New Year )

In which Your Amphibious Cyber-Pal goes to a New Orleans Krewe party, plays horn for a chicken drop, attends an after-hours jam of which webpix may be viewed, and marks the passing of New Orleans Worst Film Festival

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