mardi_gras 2OO5
Tuesday, February 08, 2005
I was going to find a few images of mardi_gras to post today, but found... a lot. No b00bs-for-beads pics, these are more of a reflection of mardi gras as it is in my memory, which is to say fairly good-natured, colorful, fun, and extremely exciting. Seriously, it's an invigorating experience.
The St. Augustine (High School) marching band has always been held in high esteem in nola as one of the most entertaining and engaging bands to see and hear. They're the first band i can ever remember playing, marching and dancing at the same time.
Mardi_Gras marching bands have been a huge influence on the music i've been creating over the last year.
Rex, The King of Carnival. Rex wears more make-up than your Great Aunt.
The uptown parade route runs down Napoleon Ave. and St. Charles Ave. toward the French_Quarter. Seeing the parades under the oak trees is the way it's supposed to be done.
Bourbon_Street. Do it once, but don't do it again.
It's like being front-stage at a concert, jam-packed with people. Everyone's pushing and shoving and you're just waiting for the entire crowd to begin falling over while you try to protect your girlfriend or wife or whoever's next to you from being trampled underfoot.
Something about the captains on their horses just seems so... KKK...
If you say so.
The flambeaux carriers always tripped me out. They have coffee cans mounted between the flames that people try to throw coins into. Which leads to money all over the street, which the flambeaux carriers bend down to pick up, leaning over with their flames right next to your head. What a crazy ass idea.
Pete Fountain is a mainstay.
I don't think i've ever actually spent mardi_gras day here on Canal Street (downtown). I've always stayed uptown on St. Charles where you can claim a small space to (attempt to) call your own.
There's a guy's face in there somewhere.
The image of this float (from the Rex parade mardi gras morning) has practically become the mardi gras logo.
Stupid Klan.
This was my view of mardi_gras 2005, the nola.com paradecam. Bleh.
Most pics were taken from these sites:
http://www.bourbonstreetparty.com/bourbon_street_pictures.htm
http://www.nomcvb.com/imagegallery/imagedisplay.cfm?cat=12
http://photos.neworleans.com/mardi_gras/
http://bywater.org/
This bywater site is about a neighborhood in New Orleans just outside of the French Quarter... it's a pretty cool site with a lot of nice pictures.
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