jazz brunch, mun’gumry style

[momusfire]

For all my readers in the Montgomery metroplex, I’m giving my BLUES FOR NEW ORLEANS presentation tomorrow at 8:15 a.m. at All Saints’ Episcopal Church, 645 Coliseum Blvd. The early time was thought (not by me) to be the most advantageous time to draw a larger crowd

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[entheos93]

Shouldn't that be, "WHAT THE LAKE HAS DONE"?

Water

[momusfire]

Indeed, but that bit of misdirection points to the complexity I”m trying to get at, the historical narratives that get in the way of the most accurate story - What the Levees Have (Not) Done. One of the long-lived narratives is the historical threat posed to the city by the river. The title is a quotation from Randy Newman’s song “Louisiana 1927” where it is in fact a lie uttered by the President-the flooding below New Orleans in 1927 was a deliberate political and economic decision - What the Bankers Have Done. The paper tries to unpack some of those complexities with stops at Douglas Brinkley and Spike Lee along the way.