Across the street, officials were packing up their displays and loading into SUVs and sedans. Staring grimly ahead, they passed the locals under the ficus tree on their way back to City Hall.
They Blew Up the Levees
Ever since rogue artist “Master” Jeffrey Holmes left Fort Lauderdale after 9/11, black helicopter sightings have dropped dramatically. But they’re way, way up in New Orleans, where Holmes relocated. After his move to the Bywater neighborhood, he regularly contributed to New Times’ letters section, keeping us updated about various conspiracies via e-mail. After evacuating the city before Katrina, Holmes and his wife, Andrea Garland, returned to secure their battered home. “THEY are trying to take our city from us!” last week’s report said.
“Thousands of poor mostly African-American citizens of New Orleans were murdered. Those levee breaks? Dynamite. Don’t ask me for proof yet – give us some time, we will get it to you.” Holmes and Garland say they’re fighting to retain the unique flavor of the town they love in the face of a challenge from the moneyed mojo of Halliburton: “Developers are salivating at the ‘new’ New Orleans they will build… and all the dead people in its attics will be bulldozed so the land can be turned into a barrier reef to protect the city. Ain’t this lovely?” Paranoid blather, right? Let’s see now. Thousands of New Orleans residents are penned in during a huge hurricane and flood catastrophe as would-be rescuers are kept out by federal authorities – and we’re shocked that the survivors have some way-out explanations? Tailpipe is withholding judgment until he gets the report from the blast site.
Source: newtimesbpb.com
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It was a fine affair for Darcie Denkert's A Fine Romance. The book, which is about the musical love affair between Broadway and Hollywood, had its release party on October 20 at the Times Square Studios. Subtitled "The Magic. The Mayhem. The Musicals," the tome is an amalgam of everyone--and everything--you'd want to know about material that went from Broadway to Hollywood and vice versa. Several Broadway stars were on hand to toast the author--and to help the terrific causes that the book serves: all proceeds benefit the Actors' Fund as well as the Motion Picture Television Fund.
Source: broadway.com
Imagine the following scenario: You finally land a date with that gorgeous woman and, in an attempt to impress, take her to a fine restaurant. You order a bottle of wine on the sommelier's recommendation and it is brought to the table with the usual pomp and circumstance. The ambience is abruptly shattered by a harsh crack as the wine steward twists the screw cap off the bottle.
You ordered a premium bottle of wine. What is going on here? Where's the romance?
Some restaurateurs regard this their worst wine nightmare. A romantic mood is destroyed by the crassness of a screw
Poughkeepsie, NY combo Matchbook Romance are busy readying the follow-up to their 2003 debut Stories and Alibis. Entitled Voices, the album is scheduled to drop on Valentine's Day, 2006.
Voices will be produced by John Goodmanson (Blood Brothers, Hot Hot Heat, Sleater-Kinney) at Long View Farm Studios in North Brookfield, MA. The band will be entrenched in the studio through mid-October.
"This is a huge step out of the realm of our scene and our previous record, Stories and Alibis," explains Mfrontman Andrew Jordan. "While Stories was written with the message, 'yield to love", I feel that Voices is somewhat a
The former head of the Long Island Convention and Visitors Bureau pleaded guilty Thursday to three charges stemming from allegations he submitted phony expense reports for meals, lodging, limousine rides and visits to strip clubs.
Michael Hollander, 52, of Nesconset, pleaded guilty to defrauding the government and offering a false instrument, both felonies, as well as official misconduct, a misdemeanor, said a spokeswoman for Suffolk County District Attorney Thomas Spota.
Hollander was sentenced by state Supreme Court Judge Robert Doyle to 840 hours of community service and five years probation. He also was ordered to pay a $10,000 fine and
Hollywood hot mama Angelina Jolie, looking tanned and oh-so-happy after her idyllic Kenyan holiday with honey Brad Pitt, played tourist in the Big Apple yesterday by treating son Maddox to a horse-and-buggy ride in Central Park.
The ``Tomb Raider'' gal, whose African beach romp with the hunky actor is splashed across 14 pages of next week's US Weekly, popped up in the Apple on Monday to film ``Inside the Actors Studio.''
As she left the James Liptonfest, Jolie broke into a broad smile when an US Weekly reporter asked about