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JUL 16 Big Freedia's book, God Save the Queen Diva, is out and available on Amazon. This post on Out magazine asks the NOLA Bounce sensation about being a gay man in Hip Hop, surviving bullying and Katrina, and what he wants people to get out of the book. You already know!!
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JUL 16 Here's one more post about Bobby Jindal's ethnic identity crisis. This one, on HuffPost, is written by a fellow Indian-American. She's fine with the hyphen, and her feelings about Bobby (nee Piyush) and his "whitewash" are mixed.
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WELL, THAT'S A RELIEF. NEED HELP PACKING YOUR STUFF?
JUL 16 This post on KTBS gives us some good news - the acting DA up in Caddo Parish who said we need to be killing more people (via the death penalty) has announced he won't be running for the job this fall. That's good news, because nobody that enamored with putting people to death needs to be acting on behalf of any Louisiana citizens.
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COOL GUIDE TO HOT RESTAURANTS IN NOLA
JUL 16 This map on the NOLA Eater blog maps the hottest restaurants in the city. It's easy to use and constantly updated. While you're there check out the blog, it's an excellent foodie resource.
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MANN IN SALON: JINDAL'S FULL OF HOOEY
JUL 16 Blogger Robert Mann offers this analysis of Bobby Jindal's fiscal failures in Salon. Bobby keeps telling people he's qualified to run the country, but that's not even close to being true, Mann argues.
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JUL 16 Jim Brown is blogging about Garth Brooks this week. He's talking about the Garth concerts in NOLA this past weekend, and remembering the first time he saw Brooks perform - as a continuation of Brown's life story, which, in Gump style, seems to include an inordinate number of brushes with greatness.
Thursday's Blogs from the Bog!
The Queen Diva talks about going from a "sissy" to a storyteller in Out Magazine. Also today, Mann's in Salon about Bobby again and we found a cool new restaurant guide for NOLA.