The Seahawks have a fantastic team, and I love the idea of this column, but think the write up on Seattle-New Orleans tomorrow was pretty weak. No attention to the fact that there's a certainty of rain - in Seattle - in January, and will that effect the crowds there? Brees played a great game in the elements against…

A couple days ago, he put up an entry on his blog (davidsimon.com) to clarify - "Cat re-bagged, I hope" - the exact state of that project. Also, his blog is phenomenal. He doesn't update often, but when he does, it's exactly the brilliance you'd expect. Also, there was a great piece about Tony Bourdain and the…

Edited on account of my failure to see the mention of the Saints in the original post. Apologies. Might've enjoyed today's game a bit too much.

The very best time to see Indians is Super Sunday, the Sunday before St. Joseph's Night (this year it's March 16th). Tribes come from all over the city, meet up at A.L. Davis Park uptown (Washington & LaSalle) and march a circuit up to S Claiborne and back. One of the few times you'll get to see many tribes all…

One of the true pleasures of this show was no matter how much you thought you knew, there was always more to learn. Did the Pharaoh in the Recliner make the final cut? It was all over the last script, and our props department spent hours mounting a recliner on a rascal scooter.

The theme song can get a bit tired (it's actually a riff on Do Whatcha Wanna), but John Boutte (who you see around the neighborhood riding his bike all the time - he could'a moved away, but wanted to stay close to his mom) knows no ill will from me. Also, as a point of interest, he lives two doors down from the…

Well. Treme woes. Found out I missed the boat on Jeff NIchols' new feature today. I thought I could'a sold myself better in the interview, and Mud wasn't a perfect experience, so I can only blame myself. Time to figure out the next move. I'm stranded in Alabama while I wait on my car to get fixed, so I had to…

It's actually totally passable to refer to a second line as a parade (they are parades, after all). I do this often, just because it gets tiring when folks try to make plans with you for Sundays and you have to explain over and over what you mean when you say you "can't make it. Gotta second line."

I understand what you're saying, and I'm finding myself wrapped up in all sorts of semantic loops here. It becomes the question of at what point do we consider espousing traditions and perspectives of ignorance as being hypocritical, especially when those very traditions purport to peddle in a philosophy of love? …

From the interview:
"What, in your mind, is sinful?

Basically all the quotes that are setting people's hair on fire are judgments of others draped in the "Now, I'm not saying this, because it's in the bible" defense of using selective scripture to prove one's own preconceived prejudices. Supposing that this man is - as he claims - a Christian, his very words stand in…

My buddy Ryan did those. He's got a couple of books, too. Coloringforgrownups.com. Last year I know they did a few Mad Men pages, too.

Visiting family in Birmingham for a few days, so had to enjoy some of Huntsville's Monkeynaut IPA last night. Also, my roommate struck out into new territory last night by mixing Buffalo Rock Ginger Ale with tequila, making what he's calling the El Fuego. Not sure my stomach can handle that, I'll stick to my usual…

Haven't been around much lately; what's up with Hat?

I find nothing self congratulatory or smug about not needing a Pepsi Challenge to know I don't need to see a reality show lionize a bunch of wealthy rednecks that wear the friendly label of Christian while ignoring some of the basic tenets of that very religion (kinda making them hypocrites, per your point number…

Check out Davis Rogan's The Once and Future DJ. It's largely what you'd expect, but his lyrics are very funny, and Cheeky Blakk does play on "I Quit," which was really cut down for the show.

I miss Corey Glover (those songs at Tip's were my favorite night of season four, possible exception of the last night, though, because we were supposed to shoot Mardi Gras day, and they cancelled at the last minute on Lundi Gras. Vacation starts a day early, it's Mardi Gras, we all went and got hammered at Circle…

So just this week, WWOZ started listing Mardi Gras Indian practices (they'll be picking up now that we're getting to the end of the year). It's on their Takin' It to the Streets page. Also this week, we had to celebrate the life and going home of Big Chief Rody Lewis of the Black Eagles. I'd expect a big memorial…

Mardi Gras is March 4th, and Super Sunday is March 16th. Seriously, the best time to see Mardi Gras Indians all year. Tribes from all over the city come and march a circuit Uptown. It's pretty fucking amazing.

Kermit just re-opened Ernie K-Doe's Mother-in-Law Lounge like, last week. Haven't been there yet, but the Treme Speakeasy is a great joint. Get the trout, y'all!