556. Today we talk with Richard Sexton and Randolf Delehanty about the 2nd edition of their classic work, New
Orleans: Elegance and Decadence. The book focuses on the
interiors, furnishings, art collections, and gardens of a
handful of creative people in New Orleans in the 1990s. Dreamers
and urban pioneers, they included bohemian artists, artisans,
architects, preservationists, activists, antiquarians,
restaurateurs, and teachers, all living outside the American
mainstream. They tolerated crumbling plaster, exposed lathe, and
sagging galleries in exchange for communal festivity and joie de
vivre. Richard is returning to the Podcast after an earlier
visit when we discussed his book, Creole
World.
Orleans: Elegance and Decadence. The book focuses on the
interiors, furnishings, art collections, and gardens of a
handful of creative people in New Orleans in the 1990s. Dreamers
and urban pioneers, they included bohemian artists, artisans,
architects, preservationists, activists, antiquarians,
restaurateurs, and teachers, all living outside the American
mainstream. They tolerated crumbling plaster, exposed lathe, and
sagging galleries in exchange for communal festivity and joie de
vivre. Richard is returning to the Podcast after an earlier
visit when we discussed his book, Creole
World.
- This week in Louisiana history. January 13, 1818, Noah
Ludlow opens St. Philip Street Theatre. - This week in New Orleans history. Danny Barker was born
January 13, 1909. African-America Creole guitar and banjo
player, songwriter, composer, singer, author, historian,
teacher, storyteller, humorist, actor, painter. Jazz Hall of
Fame member. Recipient of the National Endowment of the
Arts Music Master Award and numerous other honors. Played on
more than 1,000 records of Jazz, Swing, Blues, Bebop, and
Traditional. Husband of legendary singer Blue Lu Barker.
- This week in Louisiana. Krewe
of Chewbacchus Parade. Saturday, January 20, 7:00 pm in
Marigny. he parade consists of roughly 100 contraptions which
are either pushed, pedaled, or pulled and are built onto
bicycles, homemade trailers, and shopping carts. Chewbacchus
believes that green parades are the “Future of Revelry” and
does not use internal combustion engines to power floats. The
mad scientists who engineer the krewe’s contraptions have
found clever ways to build amazing floats that don’t require
petroleum products.
- Postcards from Louisiana. Rickey Caesar at Blue Nile.
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