******Reading and writing, intriguing women (OK, OK: sexy, smart, funny ones!), beer, wet vodka martinis w/ olives, maduro cigars (but also Cuban Monte Cristo #2!). Also, walks, yoga, working out, swimming, playing some hoops (although I haven't played for a while, but I did coach a group of rag-tag 7-8 year-olds who were sort of like the Bad News Bears).
Exotic foods, movies, plays - even ballet (but not opera!).
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Here's Morning 40 Federation performing live in New Orleans. It's a song called, "Sugar From Behind" which is a tongue-in-cheek, funny song about sexual taboos like anal sex. These guys used to get together near their Ninth Ward homes and drink a 40 ounce of malt liquor in the morning - thus the name. None of them played instruments, but they got drunk one day and decided that each one of them would learn a different instrument, and Morning 40 Federation was born! These guys are a hell of a lot of fun!
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Music
Blues and traditional jazz music - really all types but I'm starting to like Latin music more but too much Zydeco gets on my nerves.
Morning 40 Federation, Louis Armstrong, Al Green, Sam Cooke, Marvin Gaye, Bix Beiderbeck, Sidney Bechet, Dr. John, Bob French, any of the Marsalis boys, Harry Connick, Jr., Cowboy Mouth and Fred LeBlanc, Troi Bechet, Jesse Moore and most of the local New Orleans music scene.
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Me evacuating from Hurricane Katrina, I appear around 2:30-2:45 on the video. Kinda hard for me to watch. Brings back a flood of (bad) memories.
My New Orleans peeps (below) check them out!!!
Gotty New Video
Movies
The Importance of Being Earnest,
Born Into This (Bukowski documentary),
Natural Born Killers (about the only violent film I like),
Godfather,
The Dirty Dozen,
Carlito's Way,
Gone with the Wind.
Television
SOPRANOS,
Daily Show,
Tim Russert (R.I.P.) Meet the Press,
PBS,
30 Rock,
Saints Football,
Sex in the City.
Books
A Confederacy of Dunces,
The Great Gatsby,
Ham on Rye,
A Moveable Feast,
The Sun Also Rises,
Ask the Dust,
A Streetcar Named Desire,
Collected Works of Oscar Wilde,
Brando (biographies),
The Five People You Meet in Hell: Surviving Katrina
(of course! I wrote it! 46,000 words in 3 1/2 weeks!)
Loyola University New Orleans
New Orleans,LA
Graduated: 2000
Student status: Alumni
Degree: Master's Degree
Major: International Business
1992 to 2000
University Of Northern Iowa
Cedar Falls,IA
Graduated: 1982
Student status: Alumni
Degree: Bachelor's Degree
Major: Business Management
Minor: Psychology
I wrote a play titled, "Brando, Tennessee & Me." (Buy the version at Barnes & Noble, not the Advance Directors' version on Amazon).
I like the "Stella" contest that they hold every year at the Tennessee Williams Literary Festival in New Orleans.
About me:
******What They Said About My First Book!!!********************************************** *"The Five People You Meet in Hell: Surviving Katrina"*****
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"Reads like another Confederacy of Dunces!"
-Texas Public Radio
***********“Read it… and find the treasure!” -- Andrei Codrescu, NPR
****“Unique and gutsy! -- Rex Reed, New York Observer**************
***********“I especially like the parts about me!”
-- Harry Anderson******
****************"Henry Miller would be proud!"
-- Morningside Bookshop, NYC
****“It's rough, and it's immediate, and it's real.”
-- Salon.com
****************“Once you start reading it, you will laugh with him, cry with him, and want to have a drink with him!”
-- New Orleans Slate**
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I try to use both sides of my brain - I'm a writer but also my main career is consulting in the field of enterprise content management. I've published maybe 100 articles on related subjects but just published my first book about my experience with Hurricane Katrina and the aftermath in New Orleans and also a play called "Brando, Tennessee & Me."
I like to socialize and see live music. I like hanging out with the local New Orleans writers like Dave Brinks (he holds the weekly 17 Poets reading series at the Goldmine Saloon), Andrei Codrescu, Jimmy Nolan, Brenda Marie Osbey, Lee Grue and others. I like going to Marda Burton's Literary Salon (she also has music, sometimes comedy, and always champagne) on special Sundays. I love the food and unique people in New Orleans too.
I exercise almost daily - finally back into a routine after the upending that Katrina did to everyone here.
Riding on a train or cruise ship is so much more fun than airplanes! I like the freedom to walk around & the food's good!
Below is an interview of me about my Katrina book:
************************This is the annual Stella and Stanley shouting contest at the Tennessee Williams Literary Festival in New Orleans
Create your own visitor map!
People from all walks of life - I am especially drawn to artistic or humanitarian types. Musicians and singers intrigue me, as well as visual artists.
I am interested in people from all types of cultures too and enjoy talking with those who are world travelers.
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Here's a real TRUE poem by Charles "Hank" Bukowski.
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Here's Bukowski reading his poem, "The Night I Killed Tommy." It's pretty damn funny but maybe a little gross at the end. That's Buk!
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Saludos amigo! I was with Jaime this weekend and we were talking about almost a year ago when we all met. Are you planing to be there for this year's event? Take care!
Pretty cool video! you just needed one more take with you dancing or showing your face... right? hahaha... well that would be me filming... The festival of seafood will be apparently Sunday 19th of July... hope to see you there!
hey robert! many thanks for the add. please help us spread the music, and we’ll see you at the howlin’ wolf (new orleans) on june 6. all the best & GOD bless!
I'll be at the Coffee shop again this Friday 6-9pm, then from there I'll be at the SALSA BASH at the Zocalo Club! Stop by and enjoy the moods and vibes.
The Domino Effect is a star-studded tribute concert celebrating the life and influence of rock and roll legend Fats Domino. Musical legends from far and wide are gathering in New Orleans for one historic night to pay tribute to Fats and his feats throughout his lifetime. A portion of the proceeds from this music extravaganza will benefit the Brees Dream Foundation bettering local playgrounds and outdoor recreation sites for the children of New Orleans. May 30th, New Orleans Arena.
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