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In my dream, I was drowning my sorrows
But my sorrows they'd learned to swim...

U2 - Until the End of the World

Thibodaux and Fontineau(x) are both big family names in southern Louisiana cajun country.  I think that's what he's refering to in the song,

"Thibodaux, Fontaineaux, the place is buzzin',
Kinfolk come to see Yvonne by the dozen."

Singing about all the people that are there.

Hi Guys,
I'm from New Orleans, LA.  and for the second time in three years I have evacuated north to Little Rock, Arkansas fleeing from a hurricane.  I'm headed home tomorrow but each time I have to do this its a little harder to go back home.  It's hard to lock your door and not know if your house will be there when you get back, even harder to tell your neighbors and friends good bye and not know if you'll ever see them again.

The news loves the sensationalism of a hurricane.  They focus on New Orleans because it is the most vulnerable city in the states when it comes to these storms.  Katrina was great TV for these idiots (thanks in a large part to the idiocy of some of our residents), it seems that to some Gustov was a dissapointment.  My wife and I watched in disbelief as one news story focused on some storm chaser who was dissapointed because he had come down from Canada to see the hurricane and it was not as strong as they predicted it would be.  This is someone who claims to love nature but in reality has no respect for it.

We hear that damage is slight this time around so we're headed back but the fact remains if the storm had come in as strong as it was predicted to be and had not veered there would probably be nothing to go back to.  Not trying to be melodramatic, just giving you the perspective of someone who has to live with it.

Thanks for the thoughts and prayers.
Jim

If you guys are ever in New Orleans and like zydeco, you have to go to Rock n Bowl:
http://www.rockandbowl.com/HistoryPAGE/history.html

The best place to hear Zydeco music in the city.  Every Thusday night is Zydeco night and they sometimes have a Zydeco band on a Saturday.  On a recent Thursday night during Jazz Fest they had Buckwheat Zydeco,
C.J. Chenier, Sunpie Barnes, Leon Sam, Li'l Buck Senegal, and Rockin' Dopsie Jr. all on the same night. 

My personal preference is Rockin Dopsie, especially their "Louisiana Music" cd.

http://www.amazon.com/Louisiana-Rockin- … amp;sr=1-1

One night back when the original Dopsie was alive (not jr.) a friend of mine and I took our dates to see the band in a small club in New Orleans.  As the night progressed Dopsie took a shine to our dates and kept buying all of us beers while he chatted them up between sets.  I don't know where he thought the night was headed but he saved us a fortune on alcohol and did us the favor of getting the girls nice and drunk.

Randy Rhoads.  That guy could play.

Yo momma so heavy when she wears high heel shoes she strikes oil.

Yo momma teeth so rotten when she smiles looks like she has a mouth full of dice.

"No more tomorrow baby.  Time is today.  Girl I can make you feel okay."  - Love Gun by Kiss
Okay?  You can make her feel okay?  What a ringing endorsement of your skill set dude.  Also, from the same song, "You pulled the trigger on my, Love Gun."  How Spinal Tap is that?

I have used both the ones with the hole in them (Everly Star Picks) and the ones with the emery board like grips (Snarling Dog Brain Picks) and decided that I wanted the best of both worlds.  So what I do now is take a sigle hole punch to a Snarling Dog and I have a pick that gives you a little skin contact and a some grip as well.

The first one I remember getting from somebody else was Elvis Live in Hawaii via Satellite.  I was only 8 or so but I loved my Elvis.  The first one I bought on my own was Kiss Alive II.  I'm not even sure I knew more than two songs from Kiss but I saw the faces on that alblum cover and the fact that they're were free stick on tattooos included and my money was as good as spent.  I was a big Kiss fan for years after that initial purchase.

Hey David,
Pardon my ignorance but what is a lead?  I am looking at this amp as a replacement for the starter amp that I am currently learning on.  I don't want to spend money on it however if it has a lot of bugs that will require it spending more time in the shop than in my house.
Thanks,
Jim

James,
Hammond has gotten really big.  SELU has exploded over the past few years.  It's a good alternative for kids who want to get away for college but can't get into LSU or don't want to go to Baton Rouge.  I grew up and lived in Uptown New Orleans for most of my life and moved to the suburbs a few years ago.  I still work in the city though.
Jim