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Here's a list of famous places and their condition: Beloved icons still standing By Colleen Long The Associated Press In New Orleans, winding streets where revelers meandered, listening to jazz in the sticky heat, are flooded with murky water. Some businesses and landmarks are submerged or damaged; others escaped the water but were ravaged by looters. Rescue workers are combing the waters in search of survivors, but a different kind of reckoning also is becoming clear. New Orleans is one of the most iconic cities in America, and some of the places and pieces that make it unique could be lost or looted. Here is a list of famous spots in the city, and how they are faring, although the full extent of the damage won't be known for some time: • The French Quarter: This historic district is full of wrought-iron balconies and ornate colonial architecture, but also was a playground for adults who could roam the streets with cocktails in tow, listen to jazz and, during Mardi Gras, grab beads and go wild. The area escaped much of the flooding. • Bourbon Street: A hedonistic strip in the Quarter bursting with bars such as Pat O'Brien's, Molly's on the Market and Jean Laffite's Blacksmith Shop. The latter, a piano bar, supposedly was the in-town headquarters of pirate Jean Laffite, who owned more than 10 vessels and raided American, British and Spanish ships in the early 1800s. Located in the French Quarter, the area escaped flooding but remains closed. • Café du Monde: Established in 1862, this coffee shop on Decatur Street in the French Quarter was best known for its café au lait, made with hearty New Orleans-style coffee, blended with chicory, and beignets — crispy, square doughnuts. Still standing. • Galatoire's: Nearly a century old, the tiled and mirrored restaurant was famous for not taking reservations. The tuxedo-clad wait staff served Creole classics such as shrimp remoulade and crab-meat maison. Also located in the French Quarter. Still standing. • Acme Oyster House: Built more than 90 years ago at the gateway to the French Quarter, it had a menu including raw oysters and traditional po' boys, or fried oyster sandwiches. On the edge of the Quarter, it should have escaped much of the flooding. • U.S. Mint: The building housed Confederate soldiers during the Civil War and produced money for the federal government until 1909. It later became home to jazz, Mardi Gras exhibits and the streetcar immortalized in Tennessee Williams' play "A Streetcar Named Desire." The mint is standing. The fate of the streetcar is unknown. • Preservation Hall: In an unassuming building originally built as a private residence in 1750, this famed jazz club was once a tavern, inn, photo studio and art gallery. Fate unknown; it is in the middle of the Quarter and should be unaffected unless looters have trashed it. • Anne Rice's home: Tourists and fans of the "Vampire Chronicles" books would visit the Garden District home of author Anne Rice. She also has helped create several "haunted tours" of the city. The area was battered by high winds that knocked down trees. Rice no longer lives there, although that hasn't stopped tourists from stopping by. • St. Louis Cathedral: Located in Jackson Square and consecrated in 1794, it was said to be the oldest continuously active cathedral in the country. Still standing. • St. Charles Avenue in the Garden District: The St. Charles Streetcar ran down the historic street, and the area was shaded by majestic oak trees layered in Spanish moss. The Garden District was named for the collection of mansions and sprawling gardens, but Victorian homes built later became a well-known part of the neighborhood. Much wind damage; many trees splintered. • Commander's Palace: A restaurant built in 1880 in the stately Garden District, frequented by everyone from wealthy elite to riverboat captains and charlatans. Known for its turtle soup and turquoise-and-white facade, which was heavily damaged. • Fair grounds: In the northeast section of the city, the fair grounds is best known as the home of the New Orleans Jazz Festival, but is also famous for its racetrack, built in 1852. The roof was torn off. Little is known about other landmarks located in the flood area, including St. Louis Cemetery No. 2, one of the larger cemeteries known as "cities of the dead," with narrow paths, rusty ironwork and sun-bleached tombs built above ground because the water table was so high that caskets occasionally would float away if buried underground; Mid-City Lanes Rock 'N Bowl Nightclub, a bar near Xavier University which has bowling lanes, live Cajun, blues and jazz music plus a full bowling alley and dancing; and Maple Leaf Bar, a smallish place uptown on Oak Street with a hammered-on tin ceiling, an institution for local music. Copyright © 2005 The Seattle Times Company

Dad -- if I'm looking for free stuff!

I'll be reading this also tonight.....

The Essentials of Christian Philosophy by Etienne Gilson. I almost want to cry in wonder reading this book because..... 1. Only France could have produced such a mind like Gilson's, especially pre-WWII Paris. Just a wonderful culture of logic, breadth, and love of learning underlying this book. A culture was lost after the war. 2. When Catholic theology/philosophy was up for grabs after WWII, there was a romantic quest by Thomistic scholars to try to become the major influence in theology. History shows that they failed, but what a wonderful failure. 3. The humanness of Thomas Aquinas, who saw in the human intellect something to rejoice in, and that there was a absolute obligation to follow the truth, whereever it led. Or to quote my old metaphysics teacher, Sr. Mary O.P., when I asked her what the heck I was spending a year on metaphysics for: "Matthew, the search for truth is the search for God." 4. It's great to read a book that makes you think about reality in a truly philosophical way.

That's the man. Didn't Jeffrey also, at one time, incorporate into his homerun trot, flying like a plane?

Will Clark and Ken Griffey, when he played in Seattle, are the two that I loved to watch. I just try to forget that Clark liked dropping N-bombs on Jeff Leonard.

Not to mention Strawberry. Come to think about it, HoJo burned out quick, though the deal with him was steroids, from what I understand -- body just broke down. There's going have to be some kiss-and-tell book coming out about that Met team one of these days.

Pretty much anything recorded before JOS came onto the scene. Just listened to "The Vice Pres. and the organ playing on that cd is ice rink stuff, and Count Basie was doing some of the playing on it. Does jazz ever owe a dig THANK YOU to Smith for his genius.

Just very sad what has happend to Gooden. I remember him pitching a 1-0 victory over the Giants at the 'Stick in his second year. The game could've gone on forever and the Giants never would of scored. Doc and Cesear Cedeno (sp??) were the two best young baseball players I ever watched. Heck, Leo the Lip called Cedeno the equal to Willie Mays in talent! and to see Gooden reduced to his present state is just terrible.

Nah, I leave my stupidity out there for all the world to see.

I think we also have to be careful about what part of Miles Davis' music gets promoted. The pre-Bitches Brew music is heavily promoted, and played on jazz stations in the USA, heck, in the whol world. However, does the "electric Miles" get the same push? I doubt it. In all my years listening to jazz radio, I can count on one hand the post-BB Miles that I've heard. It's all too bad the the Davis' music has been made "safe" through this selective process. And to think, Miles was accussed of pandering to the masses by turning electric, yet that is the music that get ignored compared to the pub the two "classic" quintets receive.

Hope he keeps blowing for many more years.

HUH? His "handlers" told him to make a right turn in the batter's box on the tapper back to the mound in Tampa Bay? His "handlers" told him to go take a leak inside the monster but barely get out in time for the next pitch? ← Manny just needs the right equipment....

Why do I hate the Yankee's & Redsox?????? Let me count the ways!!!!!! 1. Wade Boggs on a horse. 2. Manny's just being Manny. 3. Dave Winfield, Mr. April. 4. "How tragic, Donnie Baseball never got to play in the World Series BFD! 5. "If only Buckner had caught the ball." Dent homerun would've been caught anywhere else." 6. Arod, Jeeter & King George. And many, many, many, more reasons.

I think the A's will right themselves, and go on to the Wild Card, with Cleveland having a really outside chance to sneak in. I wish I could answer by pushing options 3 & 4 -- you Eastcost people think the world revolves around you, when the world really revolves around the Westcoast.

I went to the U. District in Seattle and found a half-way decent used record store, nothing to get too excited about, but was able to cherry picke these cds: Billy Baurer: Plectrist Barney Wilen: Tilt Illinois Jaquet: Desert Winds Paul Quinichette: The Vice 'Pres' Grant Green: Mellow Madness

Yikes, I'm sorry, never thought about that! ← You're dead to me! ←

Yikes, I'm sorry, never thought about that!

Elliot Smith: Either/Or

Try Chuck Nessa, he usually has some to sell.

Maybe I'm just getting cranky in my old age, but are there any organ-jazz cliches that Mr. Stryker left out? To my ears, the cd is a lot more than an exercise in "greasy boogaloo grooves" and "funky-swamp beats"!

... and I'm the boss Alexander -- hope you get the job!

Interesting interview by Mel Martin where Shorter talks about saxaphones, etc. Wayne Shorter by Mel Martin Reprinted from The Saxophone Journal Volume 16, Number 4 January/February 1992 Wayne Shorter is one of the most unique and influential saxophonists and composers performing today. He has spawned a whole new generation of musicians whose musical efforts reflect his profound and lasting influence. His career spans several generations, from his early VeeJay and Blue Note recordings, through his work with Art Blakey and Miles Davis, as well as his work with the seminal fusion group Weather Report, and his own very creative groups. I was able to catch up with Wayne at a concert with Herbie Hancock at the Shoreline Amphitheater in Mountain View, California. It was the first time Wayne and Herbie had played together in an acoustic setting in quite some time and was a delight to hear them as they explored some well worn standards. They came up with some of the most interesting music I've heard in a while. They were on the same bill as the Mike Brecker band and some others. Wayne had just that day purchased a 75,000 series Mark VI tenor and this was his first opportunity to try it out. In the dressing room backstage Mike, Herbie, and I were all admiring this instrument which, for all practical purposes, looked brand new with the original lacquer intact. More recently, I heard Wayne performing with his own band at Kimball's East, and once again was blown away by his absolute creativity in what is loosely regarded as a "fusion" context. He was also playing a tenor which he had previously owned, and had it gold plated. He was playing compositions from different parts of his career with as much freshness and vitality as one could. Wayne has a kind of poetic and creative way of speaking which I've attempted to capture in print, however, one really has to hear the inflections and tonal qualities inherent in his human voice to appreciate the full meaning of his words: much as the way he plays. This interview covers a wide range of topics including many reflections on his contacts with some of the great saxophonists that were his mentors, as well as his views on making music. The conversation begins, appropriately enough, on the subject of saxophones. ................ It's a copywrited article, so here is a link to the rest of the interview.

Listening to Shorter's lp Night Dreamer last night, the solo on Virgo really knocked me on my ass. Such beauty, control and feeling, in nice, concise phrases. Loved it. This board in a goldmine on Shorter, I've spent all day reading some of the threads, and the knowledge shown is wonderfull. I'm learning a lot of stuff. Isn't this a great board or what?

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