Thursday, September 3, 2009
Button Mashers
Posted by Alex Woodward on Thu, Sep 3, 2009 at 10:40 PM
Though not unlike contemporaries in the international (Earthen) realm of electronic music duos — France's Daft Punk and Air, England's Autechre and F--- Buttons, Canada's Junior Boys and Crystal Castles, New York's Ratatat — New Orleans Moog fetishists The Buttons take a more intergalactic approach (well, not as much as say, Daft Punk, who may as well be aliens). The Buttons step out from their underground-UFO lair at Spellcaster Lodge and perform at One Eyed Jacks Saturday, Sept. 5, briging with them their smoke-machine-induced exhaust fumes and pulsating Close Encounters of the Third Kind lights (and respective musical notes) rearranged for a coked-out intergalactic disco. The Buttons surround themselves with clunky analog synthesizers and drum machines, pumping out Giorgio Moroder-inspired vocoder-pop with motorik dance beats. (Backporch Revolution has the band's eight-song LP up for free download.)
- The Buttons will also debut a video for the single "Roller Rock," directed by Mike Kennedy.
- The East Bank duo shares the stage with the West Bank's favorite sons: Ballzack, who dropped his latest LP Yeah Indeed this summer, and Odoms, Ballzack’s oft partner in rhyme.
- Doors are 9 p.m. Tickets $10.
Afternoon updates
Posted by Kevin Allman on Thu, Sep 3, 2009 at 9:52 PM
• Ed Quatrevaux, a native of Metairie, has been named New Orleans' new Inspector General, succeeding the city's first IG, Robert Cerasoli, and interim IG Leonard Odom.
• In a press conference this afternoon, JPSO sheriff Newell Normand said no charges or disciplinary actions are expected to be filed against the sheriff's department employee in That Photo (below), and added the picture seemed to be part of a smear campaign against the officer involved. Normand also said the photograph was two years old and just surfacing.
• Erika weakened below tropical storm status, and forecast models are diverging.
JPSO calls presser to address That Photo
Posted by Kevin Allman on Thu, Sep 3, 2009 at 7:26 PM
If you haven't heard about (or seen) the girl posing it up on top of the JPSO cruiser, you will. Sheriff Newell Normand calls it a "shenanigan" and promises to investigate the circumstances that lead to this photo:
The photo -- taken outside Mike's Place in Fat City -- has resulted in Normand calling a press conference at 3:30 pm to discuss the matter.
(For the record: We debated whether to post this image, but, hell, it's all over town.)
JPSO would seem to be an interesting place these days, what with racy photos on police cruisers and the upcoming A&E reality series Steven Seagal: Lawman, which follows the martial-arts star's part-time career as a sheriff's deputy:
Thursday afternoon news dump
Posted by Kevin Allman on Thu, Sep 3, 2009 at 6:16 PM
• MAJOR LUXURY HOTEL LOSES ITS MIND: The Ritz-Carlton New Orleans has asked Gambit staff writer Noah Bonaparte Pais to guest-bartend at the On Trois lounge this afternoon, beginning at 5:30. Two things they don't know: Noah is actually an accomplished bartender, and we've declared the Ritz dress code for the afternoon to be TOPLESS ...
• SPEAKING OF SUCH THINGS: If you haven't heard about the girl posing it up on top of the JPSO cruiser, you will. Sheriff Newell Normand calls it a "shenanigan" and promises to investigate the circumstances that lead to this photo:
• LEGAL BRIEF: Domestic violence charge against putative Senate candidate Stormy Daniels dropped. Thank God that's the only cloud hanging over her candidacy.
• HELICHURCHCOPTERGATE: Gawker calls Gov. Bobby Jindal a "high-flying failure" due to his penchant for taking state helicopters to church. A group called the InterFaith Alliance is calling on him to reimburse the state. Jindal spokesperson Melissa Sellers parries back in fine style:
This political group opposes putting crosses up in honor of fallen policemen, has attacked the National Day of Prayer and advocates for same-sex marriage, so it's not surprising that they are attacking the governor for accepting invitations to speak at Louisiana churches.
• AND, FINALLY: The pride of Kentwood, Britney Spears, launches a new fragrance called, rather confusingly, CIRCUS Fantasy BRITNEY SPEARS (TM). What does CIRCUS Fantasy BRITNEY SPEARS (TM) smell like?
Capturing the excitement that surrounds "The Circus Starring Britney Spears," a world of magic and intrigue comes to life with this new scent. Vibrant and whimsical, CIRCUS fantasy BRITNEY SPEARS(TM) takes you on an exhilarating adventure where nothing is what it seems.
If you want to smell like Britney Spears, or a circus for that matter, it'll be available later this month at Dillard's.
See you at the Ritz at 5:30. Don't forget to make up drink names and make Noah pretend like he's heard of them before.
