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Y@ Speak: Voodoo camping, prison escapees and more

Posted by Lauren LaBorde on Mon, May 21, 2012 at 12:13 PM

City Park seemed to be the locus of some weirdness this week, from the announcement that the Voodoo Music Experience is goin' Bonnaroo this year to the green underwear-donning escaped prisoner (he was just trying to be a good boyfriend, guys). Also this week: Norman Robinson isn't feeling Justin Bieber's new look, Michael Caine is not stuck in a New Orleans attic after all, and Jeremy Davenport has hard nipples.

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Y@ Speak: Post-Jazz Fest depression edition

Posted by Lauren LaBorde on Mon, May 14, 2012 at 11:34 AM

What a weird, sad week! Besides feeling devoid of energy and purpose after two weekends of Jazz Fest, this week was replete with many sad and confusing moments. Beloved children's author Maurice Sendak died. President Barack Obama spoke in support of gay marriage, but only after North Carolina voted to outlaw it. And, maybe not as important but certainly disorienting for some, nola.com got a bold facelift. I hope we can all go back to posting twitpics of crawfish and celebrity sightings next week.

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Y@ Speak: Jazz Fest weekend 2 edition

Posted by Lauren LaBorde on Mon, May 7, 2012 at 12:45 PM

Bye, Jazz Fest 2012. It's been great, but now we're back to this sick joke of a world where it's not OK to eat three cochon de lait sandwiches a day. As you rub salve all of your sunburns and cry about your checking account balance, read these tweets and remember the magic. Also this week: another Saints suspension! Termites! John Stamos likes big butts and no, he cannot lie.

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Tags: Y@ Speak, Jazz Fest, Saints, Jonathan Vilma, Bruce Springsteen, Florence + the Machine, Foo Fighters, John Stamos, Ne-Yo, Herbie Hancock

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Y@ Speak: Jazz Fest weekend 1 edition

Posted by Lauren LaBorde on Mon, Apr 30, 2012 at 11:41 AM

On this post-Jazz Fest morning as you attempt to move your achy limbs and avoid those coworkers who like to point out that you're sunburned/have weird tanlines (but not as weird as this guy, I'm sure), relive the first weekend of the fest with tweets from those whose cell phones actually had service during the event. Consider this compilation the Acura Stage of Twitter. Also this week: celebrities! Another Saints scandal! Steven Van Zandt complains about his New Orleans hotel!

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Tags: Y@ Speak, Jazz Fest, Saints, Jonah Hill, Leslie Bibb, Mindy Kaling, Tom Petty, Thomas Lennon, Steven Van Zandt, Bruce Springsteen, Iron & Wine, Janelle Monae

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Y@ Speak: In the Navy edition

Posted by Lauren LaBorde on Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 11:49 AM

If you were alarmed by the low-flying aircrafts (Missy Wilkinson flew on one!) and fleet of imposing ships docked at the river, don't worry — we're not under attack. It was the inaugural NOLA Navy Week, which seemed to satisfy both those with a childlike fascination of really big boats and single women with Sex and the City fleet-week fantasies (I would be OK with not hearing the phrase "I just love a man in uniform!" for a while or ever again). Besides freaking out over big ships, this week people pitched new names and mascots for the Hornets, Arnold Swarchenegger went to French Quarter strip clubs (allegedly!) and local bounce diva Sissy Nobby collaborated with human video game character/rapper Kreayshawn.

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Y@ Speak: Celebs! They're Just Like Us, Part 2

Posted by Lauren LaBorde on Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 12:22 PM

Another week, another crop of celebrity sightings — and it seems this week there were more than usual. Tweeters sent their Gossip Girl-esque dispatches of celebrity spottings that ranged from gothy actress Evan Rachel Wood (acclaimed 2008 drama The Wrestler, 2003's big-budget after school special Thirteen) to the effing Governator. Based on recent sightings, here's some things we know about the celebs who've been hanging out around town: Leonardo Dicaprio likes riding his bike (and looks damn good doing it), comedy dudes like going to lower Garden District coffee shop Mojo, and Arnold Schwarzenegger — obviously unafraid of being called a Girlie Man — likes Pinkberry? (Seems to be the dessert of choice among elected officials.) Please continue to tweet your celebrity sightings, but from afar: let's keep the celebrity stalking in the other L.A. Also this week: The Hornets have an owner! Rick Santorum pulls out (hehe)! French Quarter Fest! Ray Nagin listens to Maxwell!

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Tags: y@ speak, french quarter fest, evan rachel wood, paul sheer, leonardo dicaprio, arnold schwarzenegger, ron huebel

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Y@ Speak: Easter eggs edition

Posted by Lauren LaBorde on Mon, Apr 9, 2012 at 12:04 PM

Happy Easter! Or, for those of you who don't celebrate, hope you enjoyed your day of watching The Ten Commandments on cable or trying to navigate a sea of hats and floral attire in order to get some damn brunch. Or maybe you spent the day tired from a weekend of SlutWalk-ing, Crescent City Classic-running, partying with Quentin Tarantino or just Instagram-ing super hard. Whatever you did, I wish you a happy spring of bountiful crawfish, new beginnings and discounted Peeps.

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Y@ Speak: March Madness and Mega Millions edition

Posted by Lauren LaBorde on Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 10:52 AM

I should first start off by saying that the rest of Y@ Speak is canceled because I've won the Mega Millions and I am moving to space. Haha, April Fool's. None of us won. But that didn't stop any of us from having little daydreams about what we'd do with all that money. Just like The Hunger Games (except without the televised murders), the lottery gives us all a little hope. And if we have hope, that means all of us hit the jackpot*!

Also this week: college sports games! (But mostly everyone was talking about the free concerts in Woldenburg Park.) We hope no one was teabagged while unconscious at a tiny hamburger restaurant this time.

*But really, it was some people in Maryland, Kansas and Illinois who won.

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Y@ Speak: Springtime in New Orleans edition

Posted by Lauren LaBorde on Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 12:22 PM

It's that time between Carnival and festival season when the weather is not yet terrible and heatstroke-inducing, so it's a nice time to enjoy parades and second lines and other outdoor things. This weekend alone we had the day-drinking massacre known as St. Patrick's Day, followed by Super Sunday, when the opulently attired Mardi Gras Indians make our attempts at costuming look really pathetic by comparison. Things on the outdoor festivals/events front are just going to get crazier from here, so remember: stay hydrated (and not on booze and melty sno-balls) and keep in mind that just because it's in front of you, you don't need to eat all the food. Also this week: New Orleanians go to South by Southwest, Buku Music + Art Project brings quality hip-hop and robot fart music ("dubstep") to New Orleans, and the GOP race continues.

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Y@ Speak: Chris Paul trade fiasco edition

Posted by Lauren LaBorde on Mon, Dec 12, 2011 at 1:13 PM

Sure, plenty of other things happened this past week, but all anyone wanted to talk about was the Chris Paul trade kerfuffle that went down last Thursday. For anyone who took up residence under the proverbial rock last week, evil NBA commissioner/de facto Hornets owner David Stern nixed a deal that would have sent Paul to the Lakers and would have given us Kevin Martin, Luis Scola and Kardashian husband Lamar Odom. New Orleans briefly fantasized about CP3/Kobe Bryant man-dates and Khloe and Lamar Take New Orleans before Stern squashed the deal. Also this week: a heart attack-inducing Saints game, Newt Gingrich and holiday cheer!

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