Comments for PeopleOfNewOrleans.com http://www.peopleofneworleans.com Video Interviews with New Orleanians Wed, 23 Jul 2008 18:42:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 Comment on 24 by Jeff Hebb http://www.peopleofneworleans.com/video/24/#comment-83 Wed, 27 Sep 2006 20:13:31 +0000 http://www.peopleofneworleans.com/video/24/#comment-83 <p>I want to comment about some people in New Orleans that are using the tragedy of Katrina for personal gain. I have heard many stories, but can only speak to my personal knowlege of one person. I,m told this is common in N.O., pessonally I think these type of people need to start being held accountable for these actions. I started working with a pastor in the 7th ward (Hamburg St.) by the name of Bruce Davenport. He reopened his church back in Jan. after we gutted it and another church group put a new roof on. I was working with a relief orginization, and ran a relief crew of 15-17 volunteers who helped gut, and do the mold ebatement on five buildings that belonged to the church. This pastor, in virtually all of his sunday services talked about his supposed experiences during and after Katrina. He continually talked about all the creditors that were harrassing him for their money. He started courting private orginizations for donations to rebuild his church, and it's other properties. He came to me and asked if I would write estimates that he could submit to an orginization that was willing to give the money necessary for rebuilding the church properties, so I did. Then a church from Arizona came and rebuilt two of the properties for free, that he was receiving monies from the other org. for. But then the strangest thing happened, this pastor Davenport started purchasing blighted houses, 4 or 5 at last count, not in the churches name, but rather in his own name, and then hired an inexpensive handyman to rebuild the blighted houses. The only money this pastor has coming in, are all these donations for his church. I believe he his using that money to make himself rich, and I believe that he, and anyone else like him should be held accountable for his fraudulant and criminal behavior. All that I can really say to Mr. Davenport, is to stop using god for his own personal gain, and to return his illgotten gains. And I say to the community of N,O, If you want your city to be better, you as a community need to open your eyes and stop accepting this unsavory behavior, from not only the polititions, and clergy, but from anybody who would try and hustle money from these orginizations that are only trying to do good here. These actions from these people is giving this city a black mark and it is time for the people of New Orleans to put a stop to it. Jeff Hebb</p> I want to comment about some people in New Orleans that are using the tragedy of Katrina for personal gain. I have heard many stories, but can only speak to my personal knowlege of one person. I,m told this is common in N.O., pessonally I think these type of people need to start being held accountable for these actions. I started working with a pastor in the 7th ward (Hamburg St.) by the name of Bruce Davenport. He reopened his church back in Jan. after we gutted it and another church group put a new roof on. I was working with a relief orginization, and ran a relief crew of 15-17 volunteers who helped gut, and do the mold ebatement on five buildings that belonged to the church.
This pastor, in virtually all of his sunday services talked about his supposed experiences during and after Katrina. He continually talked about all the creditors that were harrassing him for their money. He started courting private orginizations for donations to rebuild his church, and it’s other properties. He came to me and asked if I would write estimates that he could submit to an orginization that was willing to give the money necessary for rebuilding the church properties, so I did. Then a church from Arizona came and rebuilt two of the properties for free, that he was receiving monies from the other org. for. But then the strangest thing happened, this pastor Davenport started purchasing blighted houses, 4 or 5 at last count, not in the churches name, but rather in his own name, and then hired an inexpensive handyman to rebuild the blighted houses. The only money this pastor has coming in, are all these donations for his church. I believe he his using that money to make himself rich, and I believe that he, and anyone else like him should be held accountable for his fraudulant and criminal behavior. All that I can really say to Mr. Davenport, is to stop using god for his own personal gain, and to return his illgotten gains. And I say to the community of N,O, If you want your city to be better, you as a community need to open your eyes and stop accepting this unsavory behavior, from not only the polititions, and clergy, but from anybody who would try and hustle money from these orginizations that are only trying to do good here. These actions from these people is giving this city a black mark and it is time for the people of New Orleans to put a stop to it.
Jeff Hebb

]]> Comment on 9 by demonicA http://www.peopleofneworleans.com/video/9/#comment-82 Wed, 20 Sep 2006 04:27:06 +0000 http://www.peopleofneworleans.com/video/9/#comment-82 <p>hey power, so sorry about your home. You said some beautiful things in this interview. keep strong. peace, mon</p> hey power,
so sorry about your home. You said some beautiful things in this interview. keep strong. peace, mon

]]> Comment on 1 by Kim Puckett http://www.peopleofneworleans.com/video/1/#comment-81 Sun, 17 Sep 2006 21:42:52 +0000 http://www.peopleofneworleans.com/video/1/#comment-81 <p>This is such a great idea. I live 10 hours away from New Orleans, and any news I read of the storm is normally through major newspapers or seen on major networks such as CNN. It is so nice to see unbiased accounts of real life stories. New Orleans has been one of my favorites places in the US since my first visit in 2002. It is devasting the way that this city has been treated through the duration and the aftermath of this storm. Through these videos Simon, you are doing a great justice to the city and the people of New Orleans. Thank you.</p> This is such a great idea. I live 10 hours away from New Orleans, and any news I read of the storm is normally through major newspapers or seen on major networks such as CNN. It is so nice to see unbiased accounts of real life stories. New Orleans has been one of my favorites places in the US since my first visit in 2002. It is devasting the way that this city has been treated through the duration and the aftermath of this storm. Through these videos Simon, you are doing a great justice to the city and the people of New Orleans. Thank you.

]]> Comment on 14 by Simon Dorfman http://www.peopleofneworleans.com/video/14/#comment-78 Sun, 03 Sep 2006 11:12:16 +0000 http://www.peopleofneworleans.com/video/14/#comment-78 <p>Matthew Olson (of the <a href="http://www.mediaspace.vesana.com/" rel="nofollow">Common Ground Media Collective</a>)transcribed this interview to be published in a <a href="http://www.commongroundrelief.org/" rel="nofollow">Common Ground</a> newspaper. He was kind enough to send me the transcript and I thought I'd post it here:</p> <p>On the third of September, we were in Houston, having evacuated initially to Natchez for about fifteen minutes and then to the Sabien river where our friends were staying, from the Sabien river—when our friends left for to Oklahoma—we went ahead and traveled to Houston where my wife’s family is. From Houston my brother-in-law made arrangements with a person who owns a company in New Orleans who do large scale tree and lawn sorts of projects and they had trucks coming into new Orleans that were here to clear trees and we made arrangements to tag along. The morning of the third, about twelve o’clock at night, in Houston we took off with these trucks. I had gone and bought a shotgun and shells because we had no idea what was going on in New Orleans. We were determined to come, but we were also determined not to be carjacked, which happened to some people during that time. So we drove to a spot outside of Houston and met up with a gentleman by the name of Hines who worked for the company and I rode with Hines for the rest of the trip. The power was spotty. There were a couple places you could see lights on the way, once we got within fifty miles. We got over off at the Leland bridge and went down to the river and came along the river road until we got into River Ridge, to Hazel Park where Hines’ house was. On the way in, It’s three-thirty in the morning, there are no lights. There are a whole lot of crazy things going on. There were street lights laying physically in the middle of the road that you have to slow down and go around. At one point, Hines said ‘Well, it’s time to load the guns.’ And he got me to get out his 45 or 9 millimeter, and I told him I don’t load automatic weapons, I’ve never loaded one before. So I held them while he put the clip on and got it seated. And then we put them back away. We didn’t ride around holding them or anything. We rode on into Hazel park, the neighborhood was completely dark. There were signs up in a few windows that said ‘we will kill you if you loot us.’ There were trees all over the place, just huge oaks. The roots in the air. His house, it turned out, was alright. And I helped him load up a lot things up into the trailer. I kinda had the impression that we were all gonna help one another throughout the day to do what we could. When the remainder of the crew showed up, he took off back to Houston with his stuff. At about six ‘o’clock, we [two people on the crew] pulled into New Orleans, there was a tanker truck on its side in a parking lot. There were people with M-16’s in their hands all over the place. And shortly after we got past Oshner, we ran into water we couldn’t cross, we circled the water, which in the uptown area was at that time around Freret. You could go all up and down St. Charles and then you’d turn into the neighborhood into uptown, and you’d get to Freret and it’d be impassable. We traveled around the city quite a bit, but we were never able to get to our houses. We ended up leaving and said we’d come back as soon as we thought the water was a little further down. </p> <p>On the morning of the thirteenth at about five thirty, we were back having once again pretended to be tree-cutters. We were on Claiborne and Calhoun with some National Guardsmen who had told us we should not go into the neighborhood because people were being carjacked, and there were looters with guns that had been seen, so going in there in the dark was not okay. So we waited until the sun came up, it was so eerily quiet that we were standing there, and a flock of ibis flew over and ibis aren’t particularly noisy birds, they make small noises and they were forty or fifty feet in the air at least, but the whisper of their wings on Claiborne Ave. It was utter and complete silence, it was utter and complete darkness, surreal. </p> <p>When I pulled up [to my driveway] I was looking at the house. It was gray then. I was just shaking my head, I couldn’t quite figure out what was wrong for a second until I realized what was wrong. The face of the house had a forty foot porch, four and a half feet tall, but it didn’t have it anymore. It was over where my car’s parked now. It had floated around the corner and it was still standing but over on the street on the side of the house. </p> <p>The next time I came was on the seventeenth, but the water had fallen down by that point. Everything was covered with a fine silt of disgusting gray grit and was not dry. It was soaking wet and stinking to high heaven. Unbelievable smell everywhere you went but just sewage and over on the ground, the grass was matted and gray and sitting on top of it was a Tab can, an empty Tab can. My wife drinks it, it’s an electric pink and it was a beacon in the middle of the much that just said Rachel was here.</p> <p>I just shook my head, I couldn’t figure out how to get into the house first because—the front door being as high as it is, jammed shut with the swelling. So I walked around and went to the backyard and the back door was like that also. I finally decided there wasn’t any choice but to kick them in. When I walked into the house it appeared that everything had just been shaken. Everything was on its ear. Now, as I was in the backyard I heard my cat meowing. We’d evacuated with the dogs, but left the cat. So I ran into the house and I’m calling him and I can hear him but he sounds like he’s upstairs or something. I ran out toward the street cause I heard some national guardsmen go by and ran up to them. ‘Hi, my cat is stuck somewhere in the wall or the ceiling, can someone please try to help me for a minute to figure out where he is and tear out some of the ceiling or walls. They laughed at me. They said, ‘we’re looking for bodies pal,’ and kept on their way.</p> <p>I was destroyed; the house had been shaken up, the sofa was leaning against the wall at a forty-five degree angle, the desks were lifted up into their spaces it was a total equal matter covered mess. The cat wouldn’t come and I’m on the phone with Rachel, finally just crying, saying what am I gonna do? I gotta leave the cat.</p> <p>In the midst of all this I decided I had to get myself out of the house. I saw we had some blockbuster movies, so I thought I'd return em. So I got in the car and went up to the blockbuster on Claiborne, pulled up and parked, and I could see that someone had broken in to the Circle K, but they{d been chased off in mid-break in because there were bottles of liquor unbroken on the sidewalk. Thought, that’s pretty weird. So I went up to put the movie in and I can hear behind me one of the Huey’s going by, one of the helicopters. And I thought, it’s not dopplering the way I would expect and I turn and I look and the guy’s there with a canon. And he’s looking right at me. He’s fifty or sixty feet up in the air. And he’s looking right at me with canon and I waved and I held up the two movies and put em in the slot and the guy burst out laughing.</p> <p>And all of that time, we never saw anyone be the least bit unfriendly. Places where we drove around on the third of September, folks either waved or ignored us. One man about fifty or sixty feet away from us waved a rake angrily in the air. And that was the total of the unfriendliness that we encountered. So we felt kind of foolish having been so worried and gone out and gotten a shotgun and everything, but at the same time if anything bad had come down, you wouldn’t have wanted to bring yourself in here and left yourself at the mercy of anyone.</p> Matthew Olson (of the Common Ground Media Collective)transcribed this interview to be published in a Common Ground newspaper. He was kind enough to send me the transcript and I thought I’d post it here:

On the third of September, we were in Houston, having evacuated initially to Natchez for about fifteen minutes and then to the Sabien river where our friends were staying, from the Sabien river—when our friends left for to Oklahoma—we went ahead and traveled to Houston where my wife’s family is. From Houston my brother-in-law made arrangements with a person who owns a company in New Orleans who do large scale tree and lawn sorts of projects and they had trucks coming into new Orleans that were here to clear trees and we made arrangements to tag along. The morning of the third, about twelve o’clock at night, in Houston we took off with these trucks. I had gone and bought a shotgun and shells because we had no idea what was going on in New Orleans. We were determined to come, but we were also determined not to be carjacked, which happened to some people during that time. So we drove to a spot outside of Houston and met up with a gentleman by the name of Hines who worked for the company and I rode with Hines for the rest of the trip. The power was spotty. There were a couple places you could see lights on the way, once we got within fifty miles. We got over off at the Leland bridge and went down to the river and came along the river road until we got into River Ridge, to Hazel Park where Hines’ house was. On the way in, It’s three-thirty in the morning, there are no lights. There are a whole lot of crazy things going on. There were street lights laying physically in the middle of the road that you have to slow down and go around. At one point, Hines said ‘Well, it’s time to load the guns.’ And he got me to get out his 45 or 9 millimeter, and I told him I don’t load automatic weapons, I’ve never loaded one before. So I held them while he put the clip on and got it seated. And then we put them back away. We didn’t ride around holding them or anything. We rode on into Hazel park, the neighborhood was completely dark. There were signs up in a few windows that said ‘we will kill you if you loot us.’ There were trees all over the place, just huge oaks. The roots in the air. His house, it turned out, was alright. And I helped him load up a lot things up into the trailer. I kinda had the impression that we were all gonna help one another throughout the day to do what we could. When the remainder of the crew showed up, he took off back to Houston with his stuff. At about six ‘o’clock, we [two people on the crew] pulled into New Orleans, there was a tanker truck on its side in a parking lot. There were people with M-16’s in their hands all over the place. And shortly after we got past Oshner, we ran into water we couldn’t cross, we circled the water, which in the uptown area was at that time around Freret. You could go all up and down St. Charles and then you’d turn into the neighborhood into uptown, and you’d get to Freret and it’d be impassable. We traveled around the city quite a bit, but we were never able to get to our houses. We ended up leaving and said we’d come back as soon as we thought the water was a little further down.

On the morning of the thirteenth at about five thirty, we were back having once again pretended to be tree-cutters. We were on Claiborne and Calhoun with some National Guardsmen who had told us we should not go into the neighborhood because people were being carjacked, and there were looters with guns that had been seen, so going in there in the dark was not okay. So we waited until the sun came up, it was so eerily quiet that we were standing there, and a flock of ibis flew over and ibis aren’t particularly noisy birds, they make small noises and they were forty or fifty feet in the air at least, but the whisper of their wings on Claiborne Ave. It was utter and complete silence, it was utter and complete darkness, surreal.

When I pulled up [to my driveway] I was looking at the house. It was gray then. I was just shaking my head, I couldn’t quite figure out what was wrong for a second until I realized what was wrong. The face of the house had a forty foot porch, four and a half feet tall, but it didn’t have it anymore. It was over where my car’s parked now. It had floated around the corner and it was still standing but over on the street on the side of the house.

The next time I came was on the seventeenth, but the water had fallen down by that point. Everything was covered with a fine silt of disgusting gray grit and was not dry. It was soaking wet and stinking to high heaven. Unbelievable smell everywhere you went but just sewage and over on the ground, the grass was matted and gray and sitting on top of it was a Tab can, an empty Tab can. My wife drinks it, it’s an electric pink and it was a beacon in the middle of the much that just said Rachel was here.

I just shook my head, I couldn’t figure out how to get into the house first because—the front door being as high as it is, jammed shut with the swelling. So I walked around and went to the backyard and the back door was like that also. I finally decided there wasn’t any choice but to kick them in. When I walked into the house it appeared that everything had just been shaken. Everything was on its ear. Now, as I was in the backyard I heard my cat meowing. We’d evacuated with the dogs, but left the cat. So I ran into the house and I’m calling him and I can hear him but he sounds like he’s upstairs or something. I ran out toward the street cause I heard some national guardsmen go by and ran up to them. ‘Hi, my cat is stuck somewhere in the wall or the ceiling, can someone please try to help me for a minute to figure out where he is and tear out some of the ceiling or walls. They laughed at me. They said, ‘we’re looking for bodies pal,’ and kept on their way.

I was destroyed; the house had been shaken up, the sofa was leaning against the wall at a forty-five degree angle, the desks were lifted up into their spaces it was a total equal matter covered mess. The cat wouldn’t come and I’m on the phone with Rachel, finally just crying, saying what am I gonna do? I gotta leave the cat.

In the midst of all this I decided I had to get myself out of the house. I saw we had some blockbuster movies, so I thought I’d return em. So I got in the car and went up to the blockbuster on Claiborne, pulled up and parked, and I could see that someone had broken in to the Circle K, but they{d been chased off in mid-break in because there were bottles of liquor unbroken on the sidewalk. Thought, that’s pretty weird. So I went up to put the movie in and I can hear behind me one of the Huey’s going by, one of the helicopters. And I thought, it’s not dopplering the way I would expect and I turn and I look and the guy’s there with a canon. And he’s looking right at me. He’s fifty or sixty feet up in the air. And he’s looking right at me with canon and I waved and I held up the two movies and put em in the slot and the guy burst out laughing.

And all of that time, we never saw anyone be the least bit unfriendly. Places where we drove around on the third of September, folks either waved or ignored us. One man about fifty or sixty feet away from us waved a rake angrily in the air. And that was the total of the unfriendliness that we encountered. So we felt kind of foolish having been so worried and gone out and gotten a shotgun and everything, but at the same time if anything bad had come down, you wouldn’t have wanted to bring yourself in here and left yourself at the mercy of anyone.

]]> Comment on 1 by Cindy Chen http://www.peopleofneworleans.com/video/1/#comment-76 Wed, 23 Aug 2006 07:27:19 +0000 http://www.peopleofneworleans.com/video/1/#comment-76 <p>Dear Simon, THANK YOU for creating this site! I lived in N.O. for over 25 years, and I left years ago, but I miss it so much. After Katrina, I started a help org. It made me realize that not only do I love the city itself, but it is the PEOPLE of New Orleans that I miss. Thank you for updating us all on how things are progressing there and how the people are doing. May The Spirit bless all the people of New Orleans.</p> Dear Simon,
THANK YOU for creating this site! I lived in N.O. for over 25 years, and I left years ago, but I miss it so much. After Katrina, I started a help org. It made me realize that not only do I love the city itself, but it is the PEOPLE of New Orleans that I miss. Thank you for updating us all on how things are progressing there and how the people are doing.
May The Spirit bless all the people of New Orleans.

]]> Comment on 24 by John Dorfman http://www.peopleofneworleans.com/video/24/#comment-75 Mon, 21 Aug 2006 20:25:49 +0000 http://www.peopleofneworleans.com/video/24/#comment-75 <p>That was awesome piano playing.</p> That was awesome piano playing.

]]> Comment on 23 by Ray http://www.peopleofneworleans.com/video/23/#comment-73 Sat, 19 Aug 2006 06:06:58 +0000 http://www.peopleofneworleans.com/video/23/#comment-73 <p>I grew up in New Orleans, spent the last 14 years in Austin, and just moved back to New Orleans.</p> <p>Y'all are a little bit hard on Austin, but just a little bit. Mostly...yeah, I gotta say you're right.</p> <p>I'm glad to be home. I hope y'all get to come home soon.</p> I grew up in New Orleans, spent the last 14 years in Austin, and just moved back to New Orleans.

Y’all are a little bit hard on Austin, but just a little bit. Mostly…yeah, I gotta say you’re right.

I’m glad to be home. I hope y’all get to come home soon.

]]> Comment on 22 by Karen http://www.peopleofneworleans.com/video/22/#comment-71 Sat, 05 Aug 2006 18:24:37 +0000 http://www.peopleofneworleans.com/video/22/#comment-71 <p>What a great series..sad to hear about good people who leave..</p> What a great series..sad to hear about good people who leave..

]]> Comment on 1 by Craig Morris http://www.peopleofneworleans.com/video/1/#comment-70 Sat, 05 Aug 2006 17:51:55 +0000 http://www.peopleofneworleans.com/video/1/#comment-70 <p>Dude, I just stumbled across your site by accident. Seems like a long time since I bumped into you at Whole Foods on Magazine - which was closed when I went back in Dec/Jan. Let's play settlers again some time ;-)</p> Dude, I just stumbled across your site by accident. Seems like a long time since I bumped into you at Whole Foods on Magazine - which was closed when I went back in Dec/Jan. Let’s play settlers again some time ;-)

]]> Comment on 23 by Cat http://www.peopleofneworleans.com/video/23/#comment-69 Wed, 02 Aug 2006 00:10:29 +0000 http://www.peopleofneworleans.com/video/23/#comment-69 <p>Beveaux:</p> <p>By "inner city" I'm asuming you mean downtown, and/or the UT campus/Hyde Park area. We live in the Hyde Park environ, and I've spent plenty of time in downtown Austin.</p> <p>Still not impressed with either locales. Too California-Lite.</p> Beveaux:

By “inner city” I’m asuming you mean downtown, and/or the UT campus/Hyde Park area. We live in the Hyde Park environ, and I’ve spent plenty of time in downtown Austin.

Still not impressed with either locales. Too California-Lite.

]]> Comment on 23 by Megan Burns http://www.peopleofneworleans.com/video/23/#comment-68 Tue, 01 Aug 2006 21:08:19 +0000 http://www.peopleofneworleans.com/video/23/#comment-68 <p>I thought that was a really touching video. But I'm a New Orleanian and incredibly biased.</p> I thought that was a really touching video. But I’m a New Orleanian and incredibly biased.

]]> Comment on 1 by david http://www.peopleofneworleans.com/video/1/#comment-67 Mon, 17 Jul 2006 14:34:47 +0000 http://www.peopleofneworleans.com/video/1/#comment-67 <p>don't edit... it's real...dbv</p> <p>just found this today... i think it's great and needs to be done... everyone can identify with somebody...</p> don’t edit… it’s real…dbv

just found this today… i think it’s great and needs to be done… everyone can identify with somebody…

]]> Comment on 23 by Beveaux http://www.peopleofneworleans.com/video/23/#comment-66 Wed, 12 Jul 2006 01:00:54 +0000 http://www.peopleofneworleans.com/video/23/#comment-66 <p>You are spending too much time out in the suburbs of Austin. You need to go to the inner city.</p> <p>You remind me of someone who came to visit New Orleans. Spent all his time in Kenner. Then, went back home and said New Orleans wasn't that big a deal.</p> <p>Good luck.</p> You are spending too much time out in the suburbs of Austin. You need to go to the inner city.

You remind me of someone who came to visit New Orleans. Spent all his time in Kenner. Then, went back home and said New Orleans wasn’t that big a deal.

Good luck.

]]> Comment on 24 by Bill Edwards http://www.peopleofneworleans.com/video/24/#comment-65 Tue, 11 Jul 2006 17:58:30 +0000 http://www.peopleofneworleans.com/video/24/#comment-65 <p>I had only heard of Tom but not Tom himself. I now have to revisit some of my core ragtime as a result of this inspiring session, and additionally for some ideas I have for an upcoming CD. The latin influence on ragtime was well realized by Jelly Roll Morton, and to some degree by Joplin, Artie Matthews, et. al. However, it was in New Orleans where the confluence of this was, and I can't blame Tom for wanting to be there and absorb some of that history, damned hurricanes or no.</p> <p>But this was also an expensive free video for me, since I now have to buy a couple of his CDs to help improve the playing on my own. And Tom - as a piano technician as well as ragtime artist, I bet we could find a compromise for that broken string and retain it while also fixing it - perhaps a splice? Tee hee.</p> <p>RAGards, "Perfessor" Bill Edwards</p> I had only heard of Tom but not Tom himself. I now have to revisit some of my core ragtime as a result of this inspiring session, and additionally for some ideas I have for an upcoming CD. The latin influence on ragtime was well realized by Jelly Roll Morton, and to some degree by Joplin, Artie Matthews, et. al. However, it was in New Orleans where the confluence of this was, and I can’t blame Tom for wanting to be there and absorb some of that history, damned hurricanes or no.

But this was also an expensive free video for me, since I now have to buy a couple of his CDs to help improve the playing on my own. And Tom - as a piano technician as well as ragtime artist, I bet we could find a compromise for that broken string and retain it while also fixing it - perhaps a splice? Tee hee.

RAGards, “Perfessor” Bill Edwards

]]> Comment on 24 by Liz Serrano http://www.peopleofneworleans.com/video/24/#comment-64 Mon, 10 Jul 2006 23:50:54 +0000 http://www.peopleofneworleans.com/video/24/#comment-64 <p>Tomzinho Querido!</p> <p>Just loved your video.....if it weren´t for the Maple Leaf Rag- we probably wouldn´t have met here in Rio. It never ceases to amaze me how you play ... May you continue to be ever inspired and the awesome musician that you are...</p> <p>Beijos de Lizinha</p> Tomzinho Querido!

Just loved your video…..if it weren´t for the Maple Leaf Rag- we probably wouldn´t have met here in Rio. It never ceases to amaze me how you play …
May you continue to be ever inspired and the awesome musician that you are…

Beijos de Lizinha

]]> Comment on 24 by thenvox@gmail.com http://www.peopleofneworleans.com/video/24/#comment-63 Mon, 10 Jul 2006 03:55:58 +0000 http://www.peopleofneworleans.com/video/24/#comment-63 <p>Tom,</p> <p>Love the chromatic take on Maple Leaf .. man you always make it look so easy.. I'm so glad we had chance to sit down and play at your piano and hang out .. For those of you don't know.. McDermott is one of the best piano players on earth---he's humble and modest but i'm just telling it like it..</p> <p>p.s. Thanks for the booker shirt!</p> Tom,

Love the chromatic take on Maple Leaf .. man you always make it look so easy.. I’m so glad we had chance to sit down and play at your piano and hang out .. For those of you don’t know.. McDermott is one of the best piano players on earth—he’s humble and modest but i’m just telling it like it..

p.s. Thanks for the booker shirt!

]]> Comment on 24 by Simon Dorfman http://www.peopleofneworleans.com/video/24/#comment-62 Sun, 09 Jul 2006 07:15:52 +0000 http://www.peopleofneworleans.com/video/24/#comment-62 <p>I continue to watch this video over and over. It lead to some questions and subsequent web searches. Here are the results: </p> <p><ul> <li>Background about the <a href="http://www.answers.com/topic/swipesy-cake-walk-for-piano-collaboration-with-arthur-marshall">Swipesy, cake walk for piano</a></li> <li>Wikipedia entry on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cakewalk">Cakewalk</a></li> <li>Wikipedia entry on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Joplin">Scott Joplin</a></li> <li>Re: the May, 1995 flood: From the Wikipedia entry on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drainage_in_New_Orleans">Drainage in New Orleans</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>In May of 1995, torrential rains (up to 20 inches in 12 hours in some places) overwhelmed pumping capacity (compounded, according to some, by a few pumps not being turned on until the deluge was already well underway), flooding substantial portions of the city. Slab houses in some low areas were flooded, and great numbers of automobiles on the city's flooded streets were declared totaled. This prompted projects increasing drainage capacity in the worst hit areas.</li> </ul></p> </blockquote> I continue to watch this video over and over. It lead to some questions and subsequent web searches. Here are the results:

  • Background about the Swipesy, cake walk for piano
  • Wikipedia entry on Cakewalk
  • Wikipedia entry on Scott Joplin
  • Re: the May, 1995 flood: From the Wikipedia entry on Drainage in New Orleans:

    In May of 1995, torrential rains (up to 20 inches in 12 hours in some places) overwhelmed pumping capacity (compounded, according to some, by a few pumps not being turned on until the deluge was already well underway), flooding substantial portions of the city. Slab houses in some low areas were flooded, and great numbers of automobiles on the city’s flooded streets were declared totaled. This prompted projects increasing drainage capacity in the worst hit areas.

]]> Comment on 24 by Mary Martin http://www.peopleofneworleans.com/video/24/#comment-61 Sun, 09 Jul 2006 06:19:13 +0000 http://www.peopleofneworleans.com/video/24/#comment-61 <p>Always a joy and inspiration to see and hear Tom, our Southern Boy. We have all his CDs and some duplicates! After listening to this interview, Doug headed off to the piano to refresh his Maple Leaf Rag, and improvise a few melodies. Let's make music.</p> Always a joy and inspiration to see and hear Tom, our Southern Boy. We have all his CDs and some duplicates! After listening to this interview, Doug headed off to the piano to refresh his Maple Leaf Rag, and improvise a few melodies. Let’s make music.

]]> Comment on 22 by mh http://www.peopleofneworleans.com/video/22/#comment-60 Sat, 08 Jul 2006 02:09:54 +0000 http://www.peopleofneworleans.com/video/22/#comment-60 <p>Two items from this interview. First, one of the few positives of flooding of New Orleans was the outpouring of kindness and generosity by Americans all over the country who took in evacuees. Ronald and Donna’s story reminds me of the countless tales I’ve heard from others taken in by strangers and of gifts of clothes, food, housing, and jobs in far away places. It is heart-warming to realize and to witness that aspect of the American character. </p> <p>The second point is that the New Orleans diaspora will undoubtedly have a permanent effect on the character of New Orleans. Even if many parts of the city eventually recover, aspects of the city’s character will be changed forever by the loss of so many New Orleanians to other parts of the country. In this case, I guess New Orleans’ loss is Champaign’s gain, but still you wonder what long term effects such loss will have. (FYI - There’s a map showing evacuee dispersion after the storm at <a href="http://www.epodunk.com/top10/diaspora/index.html">http://www.epodunk.com/top10/diaspora/index.html</a> )</p> Two items from this interview. First, one of the few positives of flooding of New Orleans was the outpouring of kindness and generosity by Americans all over the country who took in evacuees. Ronald and Donna’s story reminds me of the countless tales I’ve heard from others taken in by strangers and of gifts of clothes, food, housing, and jobs in far away places. It is heart-warming to realize and to witness that aspect of the American character.

The second point is that the New Orleans diaspora will undoubtedly have a permanent effect on the character of New Orleans. Even if many parts of the city eventually recover, aspects of the city’s character will be changed forever by the loss of so many New Orleanians to other parts of the country. In this case, I guess New Orleans’ loss is Champaign’s gain, but still you wonder what long term effects such loss will have. (FYI - There’s a map showing evacuee dispersion after the storm at http://www.epodunk.com/top10/diaspora/index.html )

]]> Comment on 9 by Claudia Santoyo http://www.peopleofneworleans.com/video/9/#comment-59 Thu, 29 Jun 2006 21:06:03 +0000 http://www.peopleofneworleans.com/video/9/#comment-59 <p>Just because of the sheer irony, I had to post here that my office was recently flooded after the roofers failed to tarp the uncovered roof the night before a good rain this week. Although admittedly it sucks to have my whole office flooded out, it's been much easier to deal with than I expected. Practice makes perfect I guess.</p> Just because of the sheer irony, I had to post here that my office was recently flooded after the roofers failed to tarp the uncovered roof the night before a good rain this week. Although admittedly it sucks to have my whole office flooded out, it’s been much easier to deal with than I expected. Practice makes perfect I guess.

]]> Comment on 20 by Simon Dorfman http://www.peopleofneworleans.com/video/20/#comment-58 Tue, 27 Jun 2006 13:04:34 +0000 http://www.peopleofneworleans.com/video/20/#comment-58 <p>Sheesh, that's what I get for waiting a couple weeks to post this. Sorry for messing up and labeling Andy's first name "Alan". I corrected it.</p> Sheesh, that’s what I get for waiting a couple weeks to post this. Sorry for messing up and labeling Andy’s first name “Alan”. I corrected it.

]]> Comment on 20 by Robert Thompson http://www.peopleofneworleans.com/video/20/#comment-57 Mon, 26 Jun 2006 14:13:02 +0000 http://www.peopleofneworleans.com/video/20/#comment-57 <p>An important perspective missed by many of us who did ultimately evacuate. Our alienation and fears were real enough, but pale by comparison to those who stayed behind. Andy (his actual name is Andy) raises many questions about those times which should not go unanswered. The lack of information, leadership and helpful response are shocking revelations. Our racial and social values need examining and studying Andy's experiences should be a starting point for developing a understanding, justice and healing that as yet hasn't happened.</p> An important perspective missed by many of us who did ultimately evacuate. Our alienation and fears were real enough, but pale by comparison to those who stayed behind. Andy (his actual name is Andy) raises many questions about those times which should not go unanswered. The lack of information, leadership and helpful response are shocking revelations. Our racial and social values need examining and studying Andy’s experiences should be a starting point for developing a understanding, justice and healing that as yet hasn’t happened.

]]> Comment on 20 by Fran http://www.peopleofneworleans.com/video/20/#comment-56 Mon, 26 Jun 2006 13:53:03 +0000 http://www.peopleofneworleans.com/video/20/#comment-56 <p>Wow Alan, Thank you so much for doing the interview, telling your story, and showing the photographs. It is so hard to find grounded information about the days that followed the levee failures. I have been wanting to hear from someone who stayed in my area. Thanks for your candor. </p> <p>Simon, Great job. I admire the way you adapted to the situation presented in this interview.</p> <p>-Fran</p> Wow Alan,
Thank you so much for doing the interview, telling your story, and showing the photographs. It is so hard to find grounded information about the days that followed the levee failures. I have been wanting to hear from someone who stayed in my area. Thanks for your candor.

Simon,
Great job. I admire the way you adapted to the situation presented in this interview.

-Fran

]]> Comment on 18 by M.T. http://www.peopleofneworleans.com/video/18/#comment-55 Thu, 08 Jun 2006 18:25:31 +0000 http://www.peopleofneworleans.com/video/18/#comment-55 <p>Hearing all this from my home in Wisconsin, I can't imagine really going back and facing another hurricane season. I'd have to say you're all braver than I'd be! </p> <p>But I suppose we have our blizzards &#38; tornadoes and those don't usually faze us for long, even when they've caused devastation. There is just no place without some dangerous weather.</p> Hearing all this from my home in Wisconsin, I can’t imagine really going back and facing another hurricane season. I’d have to say you’re all braver than I’d be!

But I suppose we have our blizzards & tornadoes and those don’t usually faze us for long, even when they’ve caused devastation. There is just no place without some dangerous weather.

]]> Comment on 17 by Corrina http://www.peopleofneworleans.com/video/17/#comment-54 Sun, 04 Jun 2006 04:49:02 +0000 http://www.peopleofneworleans.com/video/17/#comment-54 <p>This is the first video I have seen and it made me get a glimpse into what it might feel like to be a refuge. It still is hard for me to comprehend that there are so many refugees from an American city- it seems bizarre. I am praying that everyone is safe this hurricane season. I encourage all New Orleanians to have evacuation plans, especially my brother Simon, and to leave right away if need be, G-d forbid, and to always have gas in the car, and back-up evacuation plans as well.</p> This is the first video I have seen and it made me get a glimpse into what it might feel like to be a refuge. It still is hard for me to comprehend that there are so many refugees from an American city- it seems bizarre. I am praying that everyone is safe this hurricane season. I encourage all New Orleanians to have evacuation plans, especially my brother Simon, and to leave right away if need be, G-d forbid, and to always have gas in the car, and back-up evacuation plans as well.

]]> Comment on 1 by Tim http://www.peopleofneworleans.com/video/1/#comment-53 Fri, 02 Jun 2006 19:28:14 +0000 http://www.peopleofneworleans.com/video/1/#comment-53 <p>I love your site and await every new video as it arrives; I think preserving an oral history is a noble idea. I have seen many different perspectives on how Katrina has affected each and every New Orleanian although I do notice that most of folks you have interviewed are semi-recent to recent transplants to the area. Not to sound like some kind of "nativist" but are you/have you considered interviewing more people whose roots go way back? I found Joshua Barone's story particularly heartbreaking, when all you ever knew stops being home...</p> <p>Speaking as a 6th generation New Orleanian, I would be (along with many others, I'm sure!) interested to see how the disruption of these folks' traditions, loss of family history/heirlooms has deeply affected them. Unfortunately, I don't live anywhere near NO, 'cause I could go on and on. </p> <p>Maybe you've already considered all of what I said... New Orleans is a complex place that means a lot of things to different people and I love how you are capturing that.</p> <p>Thank you.</p> I love your site and await every new video as it arrives; I think preserving an oral history is a noble idea. I have seen many different perspectives on how Katrina has affected each and every New Orleanian although I do notice that most of folks you have interviewed are semi-recent to recent transplants to the area. Not to sound like some kind of “nativist” but are you/have you considered interviewing more people whose roots go way back? I found Joshua Barone’s story particularly heartbreaking, when all you ever knew stops being home…

Speaking as a 6th generation New Orleanian, I would be (along with many others, I’m sure!) interested to see how the disruption of these folks’ traditions, loss of family history/heirlooms has deeply affected them. Unfortunately, I don’t live anywhere near NO, ’cause I could go on and on.

Maybe you’ve already considered all of what I said… New Orleans is a complex place that means a lot of things to different people and I love how you are capturing that.

Thank you.

]]> Comment on 14 by Simon Dorfman http://www.peopleofneworleans.com/video/14/#comment-52 Tue, 30 May 2006 17:39:40 +0000 http://www.peopleofneworleans.com/video/14/#comment-52 <p>David's been here since 1993, he misspoke when he said 2003.</p> David’s been here since 1993, he misspoke when he said 2003.

]]> Comment on 9 by Claudia http://www.peopleofneworleans.com/video/9/#comment-51 Tue, 30 May 2006 14:59:29 +0000 http://www.peopleofneworleans.com/video/9/#comment-51 <p>Thanks Jeannie--I try not to make too big a deal of it as crying in public isn't great for the lawyerly image. But it felt great to tell the truth and get it recorded so that we don't forget what a toll this city has had to take.</p> <p>BTW-we moved into the new house this weekend and it really does feel like home. I can't wait to have everyone over to swim and enjoy this new chapter in our lives. See you at practice!</p> Thanks Jeannie–I try not to make too big a deal of it as crying in public isn’t great for the lawyerly image. But it felt great to tell the truth and get it recorded so that we don’t forget what a toll this city has had to take.

BTW-we moved into the new house this weekend and it really does feel like home. I can’t wait to have everyone over to swim and enjoy this new chapter in our lives. See you at practice!

]]> Comment on 14 by normajean http://www.peopleofneworleans.com/video/14/#comment-50 Mon, 29 May 2006 23:19:19 +0000 http://www.peopleofneworleans.com/video/14/#comment-50 <p>if david answered that he has been here for 13 years, since 2003...how does that compute?</p> if david answered that he has been here for 13 years, since 2003…how does that compute?

]]> Comment on 9 by jeannie http://www.peopleofneworleans.com/video/9/#comment-49 Sun, 28 May 2006 13:44:01 +0000 http://www.peopleofneworleans.com/video/9/#comment-49 <p>hey claudia- i'm sorry about your loss... i didn't realize... i want to share this with the other berg girls... i'm glad you decided to stay and give the city one more chance!!! -galaxy grrl</p> hey claudia-
i’m sorry about your loss… i didn’t realize… i want to share this with the other berg girls… i’m glad you decided to stay and give the city one more chance!!!
-galaxy grrl

]]> Comment on 13 by Mark Lister http://www.peopleofneworleans.com/video/13/#comment-48 Fri, 26 May 2006 21:26:26 +0000 http://www.peopleofneworleans.com/video/13/#comment-48 <p>He had some good insight from the kid's point of view. I liked the fact that he gave a pretty good history of the events after the storm and his new situation. It would be interesting to ask kids about how they feel the city is doing since the storm.</p> He had some good insight from the kid’s point of view. I liked the fact that he gave a pretty good history of the events after the storm and his new situation. It would be interesting to ask kids about how they feel the city is doing since the storm.

]]> Comment on 13 by ezekiel http://www.peopleofneworleans.com/video/13/#comment-47 Thu, 25 May 2006 01:01:40 +0000 http://www.peopleofneworleans.com/video/13/#comment-47 <p>I liked the interview. thank you mr simen</p> I liked the interview. thank you mr simen

]]> Comment on 1 by Sarah Lierk http://www.peopleofneworleans.com/video/1/#comment-46 Wed, 24 May 2006 20:21:28 +0000 http://www.peopleofneworleans.com/video/1/#comment-46 <p>Simon!!! This rocks. You rock. </p> <p>I love you to the moon and back.</p> <p>Sarah</p> Simon!!! This rocks. You rock.

I love you to the moon and back.

Sarah

]]> Comment on 13 by (anonymous) http://www.peopleofneworleans.com/video/13/#comment-45 Wed, 24 May 2006 17:09:50 +0000 http://www.peopleofneworleans.com/video/13/#comment-45 <p>Poor teacher...It sounds to me like she probably got Ugly and Mean because she forgot how to listen to the wind.</p> Poor teacher…It sounds to me like she probably got Ugly and Mean because she forgot how to listen to the wind.

]]> Comment on 13 by Sandi http://www.peopleofneworleans.com/video/13/#comment-44 Wed, 24 May 2006 16:23:47 +0000 http://www.peopleofneworleans.com/video/13/#comment-44 <p>Zeke was adorable! I loved how he described his teacher as bossy, ugly, and sassy. Not to mention meeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaannnnn!!! Ha Ha!! It seemed to me like he didn't really want to talk much about the storm. I'm sure it was very upsetting to him and as a child, he probably didn't really understand why him and his family HAD to make all the changes that they did. However, he did make a new friend after the storm. My opinion is that you should interview some more children. It's good to hear their point of view of the hurricane.</p> Zeke was adorable! I loved how he described his teacher as bossy, ugly, and sassy. Not to mention meeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaannnnn!!! Ha Ha!! It seemed to me like he didn’t really want to talk much about the storm. I’m sure it was very upsetting to him and as a child, he probably didn’t really understand why him and his family HAD to make all the changes that they did. However, he did make a new friend after the storm. My opinion is that you should interview some more children. It’s good to hear their point of view of the hurricane.

]]> Comment on 12 by David Joseph http://www.peopleofneworleans.com/video/12/#comment-43 Tue, 23 May 2006 18:42:28 +0000 http://www.peopleofneworleans.com/video/12/#comment-43 <p>Great one. Losing the tripod and being able to reference what was being talked about was a great addition. Glad you shifted gears at the end and got some time to slow it down and hear about the evacuation and aftermath. A sweet ending to an excellent video.</p> Great one. Losing the tripod and being able to reference what was being talked about was a great addition. Glad you shifted gears at the end and got some time to slow it down and hear about the evacuation and aftermath. A sweet ending to an excellent video.

]]> Comment on 12 by MH http://www.peopleofneworleans.com/video/12/#comment-42 Tue, 23 May 2006 16:44:02 +0000 http://www.peopleofneworleans.com/video/12/#comment-42 <p>Very good interview. I do like the moving, action oriented interviews better than the talking heads style. DJ shows the resourcefulness and drive that will help rebuild the city from the grassroots up. And, just as important, restore its neighborhoods. His optimism and connection to his extended family is so typical of New Orleanians. I believe those traits, exhibited by folks like DJ, are one of the main reasons New Orleans has remained a neighborhood-based community while many American cities have come mere commerce hubs for homogenized suburbs.</p> Very good interview. I do like the moving, action oriented interviews better than the talking heads style. DJ shows the resourcefulness and drive that will help rebuild the city from the grassroots up. And, just as important, restore its neighborhoods. His optimism and connection to his extended family is so typical of New Orleanians. I believe those traits, exhibited by folks like DJ, are one of the main reasons New Orleans has remained a neighborhood-based community while many American cities have come mere commerce hubs for homogenized suburbs.

]]> Comment on 12 by Sandi http://www.peopleofneworleans.com/video/12/#comment-41 Tue, 23 May 2006 15:17:32 +0000 http://www.peopleofneworleans.com/video/12/#comment-41 <p>Excellent interview! DJ has a positive attitude and is very determined in rebuilding his home. I wish him and his family the best!</p> Excellent interview! DJ has a positive attitude and is very determined in rebuilding his home. I wish him and his family the best!

]]> Comment on 8 by John Dorfman http://www.peopleofneworleans.com/video/8/#comment-40 Tue, 23 May 2006 01:57:13 +0000 http://www.peopleofneworleans.com/video/8/#comment-40 <p>Wow, thanks for the answer, that was quite a story. I will keep an eye out for the whole story.</p> Wow, thanks for the answer, that was quite a story. I will keep an eye out for the whole story.

]]> Comment on 6 by nik holton http://www.peopleofneworleans.com/video/6/#comment-39 Mon, 22 May 2006 20:21:23 +0000 http://www.peopleofneworleans.com/video/6/#comment-39 <p>Simon, amazing idea.. awesome job! Thank you for doing this.</p> <p>Fran, WOW, Im sorry for your losses but so happy for your new love.</p> Simon, amazing idea.. awesome job! Thank you for doing this.

Fran,
WOW, Im sorry for your losses but so happy for your new love.

]]> Comment on 8 by Maitri http://www.peopleofneworleans.com/video/8/#comment-38 Mon, 22 May 2006 14:19:48 +0000 http://www.peopleofneworleans.com/video/8/#comment-38 <p>Actually, Iraqi troop buildup at the border was quite evident to those who paid attention (I.e. read the news, talked to other people, etc.). Some who had advance warning (and a LOT of money) did manage to escape before and during the invasion.</p> <p>My mom and I left for India on a month-long vacation a week before the invasion. My father, however, was on the last British Airways flight that didn't make it out. He was a hostage of the Iraqis for a month.</p> <p>My aunt, uncle, cousin and hordes of friends had to leave by caravan through the deserts of Iraq and Jordan. Some didn't make it or got really ill. It's a long story that I'll write about on my blog some day after having that 16-year-long-overdue interview with my dad.</p> Actually, Iraqi troop buildup at the border was quite evident to those who paid attention (I.e. read the news, talked to other people, etc.). Some who had advance warning (and a LOT of money) did manage to escape before and during the invasion.

My mom and I left for India on a month-long vacation a week before the invasion. My father, however, was on the last British Airways flight that didn’t make it out. He was a hostage of the Iraqis for a month.

My aunt, uncle, cousin and hordes of friends had to leave by caravan through the deserts of Iraq and Jordan. Some didn’t make it or got really ill. It’s a long story that I’ll write about on my blog some day after having that 16-year-long-overdue interview with my dad.

]]> Comment on 11 by Simon Dorfman http://www.peopleofneworleans.com/video/11/#comment-37 Mon, 22 May 2006 02:08:59 +0000 http://www.peopleofneworleans.com/video/11/#comment-37 <p><a href="http://www.peopleofneworleans.com/video/8/" rel="nofollow">Maitri</a> posted a <a href="http://vatul.net/blog/index.php/857/" rel="nofollow">blog entry</a> with photos from the Irish Wake. Check out the <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/maitri/150658518/in/photostream/" rel="nofollow">piano falling apart photo</a>. Thanks for setting up this interview, Maitri!</p> Maitri posted a blog entry with photos from the Irish Wake. Check out the piano falling apart photo. Thanks for setting up this interview, Maitri!

]]> Comment on 8 by John Dorfman http://www.peopleofneworleans.com/video/8/#comment-36 Sat, 20 May 2006 19:24:35 +0000 http://www.peopleofneworleans.com/video/8/#comment-36 <p>Wow, evacuating from Kuwait. It would be interesting to know exactly how that happened. Was there news of the Iraqis advancing? So everyone tried to jump on the closest air transport or what?</p> Wow, evacuating from Kuwait. It would be interesting to know exactly how that happened. Was there news of the Iraqis advancing? So everyone tried to jump on the closest air transport or what?

]]> Comment on 1 by John Dorfman http://www.peopleofneworleans.com/video/1/#comment-35 Sat, 20 May 2006 19:19:40 +0000 http://www.peopleofneworleans.com/video/1/#comment-35 <p>So are we going to see an interview with the guy who can tell the difference between a 1/2 lb and 1 lb hamburger patty? 'Cause that guy sounds pretty cool.</p> So are we going to see an interview with the guy who can tell the difference between a 1/2 lb and 1 lb hamburger patty? ‘Cause that guy sounds pretty cool.

]]> Comment on 5 by Simon Dorfman http://www.peopleofneworleans.com/video/5/#comment-34 Sat, 20 May 2006 10:15:30 +0000 http://www.peopleofneworleans.com/video/5/#comment-34 <p>Mike's in the <a href="http://www.gnocdc.org/orleans/3/58/index.html" rel="nofollow">Marlyville/Fontainebleau Neighborhood</a>. Eventually, I'd like to build an interface for browsing these videos by neighborhood.</p> Mike’s in the Marlyville/Fontainebleau Neighborhood. Eventually, I’d like to build an interface for browsing these videos by neighborhood.

]]> Comment on 4 by Maitri http://www.peopleofneworleans.com/video/4/#comment-33 Fri, 19 May 2006 21:19:54 +0000 http://www.peopleofneworleans.com/video/4/#comment-33 <p>Hey, B! Nice wifebeater.</p> Hey, B! Nice wifebeater.

]]> Comment on 6 by Maitri http://www.peopleofneworleans.com/video/6/#comment-32 Fri, 19 May 2006 21:18:49 +0000 http://www.peopleofneworleans.com/video/6/#comment-32 <p>Randolfe,</p> <p>We have all suffered somehow because of this storm. It looks like Simon's getting his feet wet at interviewing people around him and who've sustained some losses, before he gets out there into some pretty heavy stuff. It's tricky.</p> <p>This kind of filmmaking can be a very intrusive and voyeuristic business and I think it best that the interviewer be very comfortable doing what he does so as not to set his subject at unease. Especially when it comes to talking to people about tragic stories of people of any color that lost their houses, their loved ones, their pets, their wedding photos, etc.</p> Randolfe,

We have all suffered somehow because of this storm. It looks like Simon’s getting his feet wet at interviewing people around him and who’ve sustained some losses, before he gets out there into some pretty heavy stuff. It’s tricky.

This kind of filmmaking can be a very intrusive and voyeuristic business and I think it best that the interviewer be very comfortable doing what he does so as not to set his subject at unease. Especially when it comes to talking to people about tragic stories of people of any color that lost their houses, their loved ones, their pets, their wedding photos, etc.

]]> Comment on 7 by white_in_the_ghetto http://www.peopleofneworleans.com/video/7/#comment-31 Fri, 19 May 2006 16:47:58 +0000 http://www.peopleofneworleans.com/video/7/#comment-31 <p>Yes, everything is sunshine and roses uptown for you rich folks! ...it must be tough, a traffic light out! ( Oh the woes of the petty bourgeois)</p> <p>Try not having a home to come back to, getting evicted for no reason other than greedy landlords wanting to up the rent. Seeing that guys smug mug and bleached teeth only made my convictions stronger...It's all about the haves and have nots...</p> Yes, everything is sunshine and roses uptown for you rich folks! …it must be tough, a traffic light out! ( Oh the woes of the petty bourgeois)

Try not having a home to come back to, getting evicted for no reason other than greedy landlords wanting to up the rent. Seeing that guys smug mug and bleached teeth only made my convictions stronger…It’s all about the haves and have nots…

]]> Comment on 5 by Beveaux http://www.peopleofneworleans.com/video/5/#comment-30 Fri, 19 May 2006 00:49:36 +0000 http://www.peopleofneworleans.com/video/5/#comment-30 <p>In what neighborhood does Mike live? I don't remember him saying.</p> In what neighborhood does Mike live? I don’t remember him saying.

]]> Comment on 7 by M.T. http://www.peopleofneworleans.com/video/7/#comment-29 Wed, 17 May 2006 16:04:01 +0000 http://www.peopleofneworleans.com/video/7/#comment-29 <p>I'm enjoying all the interviews--especially this last one. I like the "work in progress" idea. Editing them into one whole eventually could be very nice. Suggestions: interview more different kinds of people. Let us see their houses, neighborhoods, etc.</p> I’m enjoying all the interviews–especially this last one.
I like the “work in progress” idea. Editing them into one whole eventually could be very nice.
Suggestions: interview more different kinds of people. Let us see their houses, neighborhoods, etc.

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