Diplo’s “No One Is Safe” - Bounce Episode
I wish Diplo would’ve reached out to me or some other folks with better resources on New Orleans music before doing this, but any exposure for the music is good exposure! Also, big up my homie Sinden for his blog post on MadDecent.com big upping Shake, Twerk & Wobble Part 2! Cop it [...]
Where They At: Bounce & Hip-Hop in Words and Pictures
For Immediate Release
March 1, 2010
WHERE THEY AT: New Orleans Bounce and Hip-Hop in Words and Pictures
Documenting the Latest Indigenous Musical Genre to Arise from the Streets of New Orleans
A Collaboration between Aubrey Edwards and Alison Fensterstock
April 22 –August 1, 2010 at Ogden Museum of Southern Art
The Ogden Museum of Southern Art/University of New Orleans is [...]
Galactic “Ya-Ka-May”
Jesse Serwer of the Washington Post recently hit me up with a link to his excellent review of the forthcoming Galactic album “Ya-Ka-May” which features contributions from Bounce luminaries Big Freedia, Katey Red, Cheeky Blakk, and Sissy Nobby. I haven’t heard the album yet, but the snippets on Amazon sound extremely promising–definitely supporting this [...]
Bounce to SXSW: Your Help Needed!
Just got this email from my buddy Rusty Lazer:
Hello from the Dirty South!
It’s Rusty Lazer (Jay to some of you!), and I’m writing a short letter for some big help!
The Bounce Music performers and promoters I work with here in New Orleans have been invited to a showcase at this year’s South By Southwest Music [...]
10th Ward Buck Wings Restaurant Grand Opening!
Sorry for the late notice, but I just found this in my inbox. If you’re in the NO today, go check out 10th Ward Buck’s Finger Lickn Wings restaurant grand opening! The party starts at 3pm Sunday January 10 and is at 739 Jackson Ave. DJ Jubilee, Big Freedia, Sissy Nobby, [...]
T.T. Tucker busted for stealing cigarettes. A lot of cigarettes.
From Nola.Com:
Kevin Ventry, aka T.T. TuckerAn Algiers man has been booked in connection with the theft of almost $20,000 worth of cigarettes in Meraux and New Orleans, authorities said.
Two more suspects are being sought, including one known to authorities only as “Sizzlin’.”
Kevin Ventry, 41, who the St. Bernard Sheriff’s Office said is also a rapper [...]
New book by Kenneth Phillips, nephew of Bounce founding father DJ Irv
The Neighborhood Story Project is a New Orleans based non-profit organization that works with High School students and helps them write and publish books about their lives. The second batch has just come out, four books by five John McDonogh students, including Signed, The President by Kenneth Phiilips. Amongst other aspects of his life, Kenneth [...]
Big Freedia Interview on Fader TV
Sorry for the lack of posts. As I once famously told the interviewer of this interview: “Life gets in the way of the Internet sometimes.”
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Black Patti Production in NO: A Sissy Bounce Story
Black Patti Productions is coming down to New Orleans this friday the 23rd and will be in town through Voodoo Fest until the 3rd filming a web doc on Bounce featuring Katey Red, Big Freedia, and Sissy Nobby. “Punks Under Pressure–A Sissy Bounce Story” will act as a showcase and introduction for Katey, Freedia, and [...]
“Catch Dat Beat” - Bounce Play
Don’t really know what to say about this, but it’s definitely worth posting.
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