Larry Blumenfeld on Truthdig: Drilling Beneath the Headlines http://www.truthdig.com/about/staff/4424/ Truthdig, a Web magazine that provides expert in-depth coverage of current affairs as well as a variety of thoughtful, provocative content assembled from a progressive point of view. Editor, Robert Scheer. Publisher, Zuade Kaufman. en editor@truthdig.com Copyright 2009 2009-07-24T08:00:18+00:00 http://www.truthdig.com/ http://www.truthdig.com/images/rss_feed_promo.gif Truthdig logo Larry Blumenfeld on New Orleans After Katrina http://www.truthdig.com/arts_culture/item/20090723_larry_blumenfeld_on_new_orleans_after_katrina/ http://www.truthdig.com/arts_culture/item/20090723_larry_blumenfeld_on_new_orleans_after_katrina/ baum, blumenfeld, book, dan baum, hurricane katrina, katrina, new orleans, nine lives, review, Book Review

Why are New Orleanians—along with people from all over the world who continue to flock there—so devoted to a place that was, even before the storm, the most corrupt, impoverished and violent corner of America? “Nine Lives” by Dan Baum helps provide an answer.

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]]> 2009-07-24T08:00:18+00:00 Yes We Can Can http://www.truthdig.com/arts_culture/item/20080829_yes_we_can_can/ http://www.truthdig.com/arts_culture/item/20080829_yes_we_can_can/ anniversary, convention, democrat, denver, dnc, hurricane katrina, jazz, larry blumenfeld, mardi gras, obama, president, yes we can can, Music Zulu Social Aid & Pleasure Club

New Orleans has figured into this election season as a reminder of the Bush administration’s bungled, uncaring response to Katrina. Yet amid so much talk of hope and change, on this anniversary of disaster, many in New Orleans hope for a change of policy—the kind of federal assistance that can make a dent in crises of housing, public safety, education, health care and levee protection. It makes sense for musicians to kick-start that conversation.

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It’s easy in New Orleans these days to read meaning and purpose into every lyric or song choice—was Sheryl Crow commenting on the housing crisis by covering “Gimme Shelter,” or was she just doing a Stones tune? Also, it’s impossible to take in all the music and all the messages emanating from the Jazz Fest’s 10 stages. Still, a good deal of what I did catch was timely, topical and worth remembering.

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]]> 2008-05-27T08:05:00+00:00 Larry Blumenfeld on New Orleans’ Refusal to Vanish http://www.truthdig.com/arts_culture/item/20080222_larry_blumenfeld_on_new_orleans_refusal_to_vanish/ http://www.truthdig.com/arts_culture/item/20080222_larry_blumenfeld_on_new_orleans_refusal_to_vanish/ blumenfeld, book, culture, history, katrina, law, media, new orleans, politics, race, review, sublette, Book Review Ned Sublette’s remarkable new book tells an inspiring story of resilience and resistance by ordinary men and women who won’t cooperate in their own erasure.

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