A great slideshow of Jennifer Shaw’s Hurricane story. I mentioned the book version here earlier.
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“Hurricane Story” — the video
Posted in Friends, New Orleans on May 9, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Q&A Series (5): “I Went Down To St. James Infirmary,” by Robert W. Harwood
Posted in "St. James Infirmary", Friends, Intellectual property, Irving Mills/Joe Primrose, Q&As on January 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
[And now, Part 5 of this ongoing interview with Robert W. Harwood about his book I Went Down To St. James Infirmary. Part 1 is here, Part 2 is here, Part 3 is here, and Part 4 is here. This may or may not be the last installment in this series -- it's all I [...]
Let’s Talk About Taste
Posted in Friends, One song / one album on December 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Friend of NO Notes Carl Wilson appeared this weekend on To The Best of Our Knowledge to talk about his book Let’s Talk About Love: A Journey to the End of Taste. This is Mr. Wilson’s entry in the famous 33 1/3 series of books about single albums. I’ve read this book — which is [...]
Photography of CR Franklin
Posted in Friends on September 28, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Our friend Charles R. Franklin, New Orleans photographer and one of my favorite people ever, has recently revamped his Web site to include some of his new projects, in addition to those he’s worked on over a period of some years now. It’s great stuff. I am particularly into this set of wrestling photographs: Stars [...]
Two quick notes:
Posted in Friends, New Orleans on September 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
1. Long time friend of No Notes, Josh Neufeld, recently published the last online installment of his A.D.: New Orleans After the Deluge Web comic, which I’ve mentioned here a number of times in the past. He’s now in the process of turning A.D. into a book (with new material added) that I believe comes [...]
Another SJI blog? Yes!
Posted in "St. James Infirmary", Friends, Musical context, Non-musical context on August 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
For a long time I’ve touted no notes as the world’s only known one-song blog. I can’t do that anymore — but that’s okay. It’s okay because it’s still the oldest such blog, and because the new entry in the category is an excellent one, by a respected friend of no notes — and it’s [...]
“No Easy Solution”
Posted in Friends, New Orleans on March 21, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Our estimable pal Jed Horne has this piece about the “new” New Orleans, and the challenges ahead. It’s a very clear-eyed overview, and worth a read if you’re intersted in the future of the 504.
A search for homemade Mardi Gras costumes: Can you help?
Posted in Announcements, Friends on February 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
E is looking for some help with a new photography project. She is seeking handmade/homemade Mardi Gras costumes to photograph. You may or may not wear or use costumes yourself — but maybe you know some people who do? Just trying to help get the word out. E is going to be in New Orleans [...]
Hurricane Story: book available now
Posted in Friends, New Orleans on January 14, 2008 |
The other day I mentioned our friend Jennifer Shaw’s show at Farrington Smith in New Orleans, and her related book: Hurricane Story. The show has been extended through January 19, if you happen to be in New Orleans. And if you don’t, well, the book Hurricane Story (paperback; $30) is now available to all via [...]
What’s new and good (to me at least) in N.O.
Posted in Friends, New Orleans on December 13, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
E & I recently returned from a trip to New Orleans. We were there, as mentioned previously, for the opening of E’s photography show Soldier Portraits. It was a nice trip, and I thought I’d pass along some highlights of interest. We hadn’t been in N.O. for a while, and I’ll spare you my “take” [...]
“St. James Infirmary”
[Or: The Point of this Site]
A couple of years ago I did some research into the song "St. James Infirmary," wrote up what I found, emailed that essay to friends and posted it on my web site (as part of a series of "Letters From New Orleans," as I was living in that city at the time). Based on the feedback, I wrote a second version of the essay, and asked for more feedback. Based on that, I wrote a third version.And now, this site: A place to collect some of the links, leads, thoughts, and suggestions relating to the song that readers (from Finland, The Netherlands, Australia, Spain, England, Sweden, Canada, and all over the U.S.) have sent me. This may lead to a fourth and significantly expanded version of the essay, some day. Also on this site: Plenty of tangents.
Never heard "St. James Infirmary"? Start here.
The Essay
The most recent version of my "St. James Infirmary" essay is now a few years old. But it's still a fairly decent overview of what I know about the song, and why I'm interested in it. You can read it either in the book Letters from New Orleans (see below), or in the archives of The Gambit, the New Orleans weekly that published the piece as a book excerpt when LfNO came out.
The Book
This site is a partial spinoff of the book Letters from New Orleans, published by the unstoppable Garrett County Press. My interest in "St. James Infirmary" is the subject of one essay in the book. All author proceeds from the book still go to post-Katrina relief efforts, so I think it's okay for me to say: You ought to buy it.
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