New Orleans in the News Blog http://www.wwltv.com/community/blogs/new-orleans RSS Feed for WWL - Community - Blogs - New Orleans en-us Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:41:53 GMT Spike Lee: Mitch Landrieu ‘can do better than what Nagin has done’ http://www.wwltv.com/community/blogs/new-orleans/Spike-Lee-Mitch-Landrieu-can-do-better-than-what-Nagin-has-done-87370452.html Spike Lee is revisiting Hurricane Katrina’s impact on New Orleans and the Gulf Coast, making another documentary for HBO, a follow up to “When the Levees Break: A Requiem in Four Acts.” La. sheriff arming volunteers to combat terrorism http://www.wwltv.com/community/blogs/new-orleans/La-sheriff-arming-volunteers-to-combat-terrorism-86464697.html The sheriff in Bossier Parish is arming 200 locals to battle terrorists, according to a report picked up by the USA Today. The weapons: shotguns, riot shields, batons and a .50-caliber machine gun. The latter will be hitched onto "The War Wagon." NPR makes Bonerama's 'When the Levee Breaks' its Song of the Day http://www.wwltv.com/community/blogs/new-orleans/NPR-makes-Boneramas-When-the-Levee-Breaks-its-Song-of-the-Day-85905877.html With their cover Led Zeppelin made the 1929 blues classic "When the Levee Breaks" famous, but Bonerama on its recent CD "Hard Times" made it Naturally N'awlins. New albums show N.O.'s love for collaborations http://www.wwltv.com/community/blogs/new-orleans/New-albums-show-NOs-love-for-collaborations.html Like few other cities the music scene in New Orleans is built upon collaboration, with sets featuring surprise guests, rappers hopping from one album to the other, and artists of all types jamming into the same studio. HBO's David Simon on the focus of Treme http://www.wwltv.com/community/blogs/new-orleans/From-crime-to-culture-Simon-on-the-focus-of-HBOs-treme-84871667.html After the announcement last year that HBO would create a television series set in Treme in New Orleans, the collective New Orleans population gulped and feared of another K-Ville sham of a production. Nagin tells Essence there was 'no corruption' under his watch http://www.wwltv.com/community/blogs/new-orleans/Nagin-tells-Essence-there-was-no-corruption-under-his-watch-84642662.html Gambit Weekly's blog, blogofneworleans.com, has a preview of an Essence magazine interview with Mayor Ray Nagin that has him saying there's a "concerted effort to minimize my accomplishments." Carville says New Orleans is "storming back" http://www.wwltv.com/community/blogs/new-orleans/Carville-says-New-Orleans-is-storming-back-84394757.html James Carville isn’t a native son of New Orleans – he was born in Georgia – but he did go to LSU and now he lives in the Crescent City as he teaches political science at Tulane. Heck of a pick, Brownie http://www.wwltv.com/community/blogs/new-orleans/Heck-of-a-pick-Brownie-83713982.html Former FEMA chief Michael Brown stuck another knife into the back of New Orleanians Saturday in an interview with Politico by picking the Colts over the Saints in the Super Bowl. 'The Louisiana Watergate' sparks debate across country http://www.wwltv.com/community/blogs/new-orleans/The-Louisiana-Watergate-sparks-debate-in-media-outlets-82762207.html On Tuesday James O'Keefe and three others allegedly identified themselves as telephone repairmen in an attempt to get into Sen. Mary Landrieu's office. Now they are accused of trying to tamper with her phone. Tulane med student chronicles Haiti hardships http://www.wwltv.com/community/blogs/new-orleans/MTV-Tulane-med-student-chronicles-Haiti-hardships----82180382.html