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Post by itrainmonkeys on Aug 1, 2018 21:03:25 GMT -5
Pictures aren't that great anymore. It used to be a miracle to take a great photo and not know about how good it was until developed. Now everyone gets a bunch of chances and they're all "too perfect".
Bring back photos that we don't know how good they are until weeks later! You only get one or two chances!
So, 3 hours ago I made my way into the live KEXP in studio performance of Thunderpussy. I'd never listened to their music, but my boss brings them up monthly, as do many other Seattleites. I'd been meaning to see them and I knew what they meant to Seattle and vice versa. The whole time, while engrossed with a pure, unadulterated lust for music, an unrelenting and dangerously high heart-rate I thought, "This band has a serious Jefferson Airplane sound." They closed their set with Somebody To Love. I excitedly guffawed at my own inadvertent accuracy and then shut the fuck up because I was given specific instruction to keep quiet.
I should probably move this to the drunken rambling thread because guess what
So, 3 hours ago I made my way into the live KEXP in studio performance of Thunderpussy. I'd never listened to their music, but my boss brings them up monthly, as do many other Seattleites. I'd been meaning to see them and I knew what they meant to Seattle and vice versa. The whole time, while engrossed with a pure, unadulterated lust for music, an unrelenting and dangerously high heart-rate I thought, "This band has a serious Jefferson Airplane sound." They closed their set with Somebody To Love. I excitedly guffawed at my own inadvertent accuracy and then shut the fuck up because I was given specific instruction to keep quiet.
I should probably move this to the drunken rambling thread because guess what
I had a very similar experience at a Kaleo show earlier this year. The entire time I was thinking that they had the perfect sound to cover "Bang Bang" by Nancy Sinatra, and towards the end of the set they ended up playing exactly that. It was a little freaky.
You two will be shocked to learn I've discovered lots of people who fled Baton Rouge during my research.
Not really. When I lived in Shreveport, we used to laugh at Baton Rouge because there was nothing to do there. (there was nothing to do in Shreveport either, but that was beside the point).
You two will be shocked to learn I've discovered lots of people who fled Baton Rouge during my research.
Not really. When I lived in Shreveport, we used to laugh at Baton Rouge because there was nothing to do there. (there was nothing to do in Shreveport either, but that was beside the point).
I've got a month to put together a half-hour episode of my travel show about Baton Rouge.
My two best ideas right now are the nearby leper colony and the Tabasco factory on Avery Island so I can force my host to make a Neutral Milk Hotel reference.
Not really. When I lived in Shreveport, we used to laugh at Baton Rouge because there was nothing to do there. (there was nothing to do in Shreveport either, but that was beside the point).
I've got a month to put together a half-hour episode of my travel show about Baton Rouge.
My two best ideas right now are the nearby leper colony and the Tabasco factory on Avery Island so I can force my host to make a Neutral Milk Hotel reference.
I've got a month to put together a half-hour episode of my travel show about Baton Rouge.
My two best ideas right now are the nearby leper colony and the Tabasco factory on Avery Island so I can force my host to make a Neutral Milk Hotel reference.
You two will be shocked to learn I've discovered lots of people who fled Baton Rouge during my research.
Oh I know people fled to Baton Rouge, I fled there at 1am on August 29, 2005 a mere 4 hours before Katrina devastated New Orleans. I was stuck there until October 29, 2005 (my 30th birthday) when I was finally able to go back home. Kyle went to school in Baton Rouge, for the time we were there. Let me tell you now, Baton Rouge sucks. Unlike NOLA, bars close, you can't carry go-cups and it is basically a college town with leftover refugees from Katrina, or folks like my dad that are obsessed with LSU.
Not really. When I lived in Shreveport, we used to laugh at Baton Rouge because there was nothing to do there. (there was nothing to do in Shreveport either, but that was beside the point).
I've got a month to put together a half-hour episode of my travel show about Baton Rouge.
My two best ideas right now are the nearby leper colony and the Tabasco factory on Avery Island so I can force my host to make a Neutral Milk Hotel reference.
Technically Avery Island is not in Baton Rouge, neither is the leper colony. Also, I didn't realize outside of Baton Rouge was an option. They have Abita Springs which you can tour and get Abita beer. There is the Myrtle Plantation which is supposedly the most haunted plantation in the US. Supposedly.
I am sure I can pull a few more things like that if you would like.
You two will be shocked to learn I've discovered lots of people who fled Baton Rouge during my research.
Oh I know people fled to Baton Rouge, I fled there at 1am on August 29, 2005 a mere 4 hours before Katrina devastated New Orleans. I was stuck there until October 29, 2005 (my 30th birthday) when I was finally able to go back home. Kyle went to school in Baton Rouge, for the time we were there. Let me tell you now, Baton Rouge sucks. Unlike NOLA, bars close, you can't carry go-cups and it is basically a college town with leftover refugees from Katrina, or folks like my dad that are obsessed with LSU.
I've got a month to put together a half-hour episode of my travel show about Baton Rouge.
My two best ideas right now are the nearby leper colony and the Tabasco factory on Avery Island so I can force my host to make a Neutral Milk Hotel reference.
Technically Avery Island is not in Baton Rouge, neither is the leper colony. Also, I didn't realize outside of Baton Rouge was an option. They have Abita Springs which you can tour and get Abita beer. There is the Myrtle Plantation which is supposedly the most haunted plantation in the US. Supposedly.
I am sure I can pull a few more things like that if you would like.
Ha yea I meant that as I've asked friends about Baton Rouge they've all reported they were happy to flee from there.
And yea anything you could reasonably do (and would want to do) on a long weekend visit to Baton Rouge is fair game. Avery Island is a bit of a stretch but anything within like an hour could work.
The haunted plantation is right in our lane but I feel like we've done one or two of those in recently. Good restaurants with regional cuisine are always a safe bet.
I've got a month to put together a half-hour episode of my travel show about Baton Rouge.
My two best ideas right now are the nearby leper colony and the Tabasco factory on Avery Island so I can force my host to make a Neutral Milk Hotel reference.
Oh I know people fled to Baton Rouge, I fled there at 1am on August 29, 2005 a mere 4 hours before Katrina devastated New Orleans. I was stuck there until October 29, 2005 (my 30th birthday) when I was finally able to go back home. Kyle went to school in Baton Rouge, for the time we were there. Let me tell you now, Baton Rouge sucks. Unlike NOLA, bars close, you can't carry go-cups and it is basically a college town with leftover refugees from Katrina, or folks like my dad that are obsessed with LSU.
Technically Avery Island is not in Baton Rouge, neither is the leper colony. Also, I didn't realize outside of Baton Rouge was an option. They have Abita Springs which you can tour and get Abita beer. There is the Myrtle Plantation which is supposedly the most haunted plantation in the US. Supposedly.
I am sure I can pull a few more things like that if you would like.
Ha yea I meant that as I've asked friends about Baton Rouge they've all reported they were happy to flee from there.
And yea anything you could reasonably do (and would want to do) on a long weekend visit to Baton Rouge is fair game. Avery Island is a bit of a stretch but anything within like an hour could work.
The haunted plantation is right in our lane but I feel like we've done one or two of those in recently. Good restaurants with regional cuisine are always a safe bet.
I will ask my dad about food, he is all about the finer things in life.
Anything within an hour of Baton Rouge is New Orleans.
I mean that is what people from other states think.
Them: "Where are you from?" Person from LA: "Louisiana" Them: "Where in Louisiana?" (like they know anything other than Shreveport, BR or NOLA) Person from LA: "Luling" Them: "What's that by?" Person from LA: "It's like the Boutte (BOO-Tee), Destrehan area..it's St. Charles Parish." Them: "Ummm where? What's a parish?" Person from LA: "New Orlenas..I'm from New Orleans. I live on Bourbon Street and am a beignet."
You probably should have picked Lafayette over Baton Rouge, as it's a much cooler place, and it has a much better culture. Baton Rouge though, isn't all bad. There are some pretty nice areas close to the river and downtown. Spanish Town, German Town and some others are cool. There is a decent music scene with The Varsity getting a lot of fairly cool shit rolling through. There is gambling there - I think 2 or 3 boats - along the river. Also, 3rd street is kind of an up and coming dining/bar destination area near the river. There are some up and coming chefs there as well as decent bars.
It's kind of a weird place as it's the north end of what we call Cancer Alley and there is a refinery north of town. Lafayette is 45 minutes west of there, while New Orleans is about 60 minutes SE. Unlike Lafayette and New Orleans, it doesn't really have that much of an indigenous culture, but it's been pretty big in the rap scene as there's a lot of poverty in North Baton Rouge. Well known rappers such as Lil Boosie/Boosie Badazz, Kevin Gates and Webbie. A lot of Baton Rouge people go down to the Amite and Comite Rivers (LA Trace Road) and areas like French Settlement on the weekends. Those rivers empty into Lake Maurepas which is connected to Lake Pontchartrain, so you can pretty much get to any type of fishing by water pretty easily.
You also might want to shoot some of the estates along Perkins Road as there are some pretty nice houses along there (reference Richard Pryor & Jackie Gleason's movie "The Toy" which was shot there). I have a bunch of friends up that way, and while it's not a city I want to live in, I don't have a problem going there. I used to think it was just one big chain, but there are some okay mom and pop type places there where you can get decent creole or Cajun.
You probably should have picked Lafayette over Baton Rouge, as it's a much cooler place, and it has a much better culture. Baton Rouge though, isn't all bad. There are some pretty nice areas close to the river and downtown. Spanish Town, German Town and some others are cool. There is a decent music scene with The Varsity getting a lot of fairly cool shit rolling through. There is gambling there - I think 2 or 3 boats - along the river. Also, 3rd street is kind of an up and coming dining/bar destination area near the river. There are some up and coming chefs there as well as decent bars.
It's kind of a weird place as it's the north end of what we call Cancer Alley and there is a refinery north of town. Lafayette is 45 minutes west of there, while New Orleans is about 60 minutes SE. Unlike Lafayette and New Orleans, it doesn't really have that much of an indigenous culture, but it's been pretty big in the rap scene as there's a lot of poverty in North Baton Rouge. Well known rappers such as Lil Boosie/Boosie Badazz, Kevin Gates and Webbie. A lot of Baton Rouge people go down to the Amite and Comite Rivers (LA Trace Road) and areas like French Settlement on the weekends. Those rivers empty into Lake Maurepas which is connected to Lake Pontchartrain, so you can pretty much get to any type of fishing by water pretty easily.
You also might want to shoot some of the estates along Perkins Road as there are some pretty nice houses along there (reference Richard Pryor & Jackie Gleason's movie "The Toy" which was shot there). I have a bunch of friends up that way, and while it's not a city I want to live in, I don't have a problem going there. I used to think it was just one big chain, but there are some okay mom and pop type places there where you can get decent creole or Cajun.
Sadly I don't pick the destinations. My show is regional and people much more important than me pick the cities based on places we have affiliate stations. No idea why Baton Rouge was picked but here we are.
Thanks for all of the info though. If I can't find good five good segments in Baton Rouge I have no problem hoping over to Lafayette for one or two.
You probably should have picked Lafayette over Baton Rouge, as it's a much cooler place, and it has a much better culture. Baton Rouge though, isn't all bad. There are some pretty nice areas close to the river and downtown. Spanish Town, German Town and some others are cool. There is a decent music scene with The Varsity getting a lot of fairly cool shit rolling through. There is gambling there - I think 2 or 3 boats - along the river. Also, 3rd street is kind of an up and coming dining/bar destination area near the river. There are some up and coming chefs there as well as decent bars.
It's kind of a weird place as it's the north end of what we call Cancer Alley and there is a refinery north of town. Lafayette is 45 minutes west of there, while New Orleans is about 60 minutes SE. Unlike Lafayette and New Orleans, it doesn't really have that much of an indigenous culture, but it's been pretty big in the rap scene as there's a lot of poverty in North Baton Rouge. Well known rappers such as Lil Boosie/Boosie Badazz, Kevin Gates and Webbie. A lot of Baton Rouge people go down to the Amite and Comite Rivers (LA Trace Road) and areas like French Settlement on the weekends. Those rivers empty into Lake Maurepas which is connected to Lake Pontchartrain, so you can pretty much get to any type of fishing by water pretty easily.
You also might want to shoot some of the estates along Perkins Road as there are some pretty nice houses along there (reference Richard Pryor & Jackie Gleason's movie "The Toy" which was shot there). I have a bunch of friends up that way, and while it's not a city I want to live in, I don't have a problem going there. I used to think it was just one big chain, but there are some okay mom and pop type places there where you can get decent creole or Cajun.
My dad lives in a subdivision off of Perkins Rd. He lived off of Millerville hwy when I was a kid (in fact we lived there before Millerville was even a highway, it was woods and farms), which is like a couple miles from Kleinpeter. Him and his new wife are fancy and lives like 5 miles from LSU. He gave me some subpar "favorite" restaurants that I have decided not to share.
1) State Capitol - There are still some bullet holes from the Huey P. Long Assassination, but I understand those aren't the ones that killed him as it apparently it happened in a stairway. There are 50 steps (or maybe a few more) leading up to the capitol building each with the name of another state on it. I think it's also the tallest state capitol building in the country so there's that. But there is some decent history there.
2) Old State Capitol - Pretty cool and different architecture for Louisiana. I don't know if the Governor lives there or there are some other state offices, but it's pretty cool and has some nice grounds.
3) Atchafayala Basin - This is the swampland between Baton Rouge and Lafayette. There are several areas you'll cross on the over-water bridge - Lake Pelba, Henderson Swamp, Lake Bigeux and a couple of other ones. The Mississippi River used to alternate between the present day course and over to the Atchafalaya River. There are still a lot of grizzled swamp people that live down that way. You can get off at Grosse Tete (Fat Head) or possibly the Whiskey Bay exit and meet some people fishing or hanging out down there. You might want to research as it's all within 25 minutes of Baton Rouge.
4) A 30 mile trip north is into St. Francisville. That's a pretty cool area ripe with history. You can research on that, but just do a Google Image Search and you will see that even though it is a smaller town, it's full of all kinds of cool and historic architecture. Also, down-river from Baton Rouge on both sides of the MS River are many plantation houses. Most of them are a relatively short drive, but you can visit Houmas House, Nottoway, Magnolia Mound, Rosedown and The Myrtles. There is plenty of Eye Candy at all of them, and Nottoway is probably one of the best.
Always there's the college town culture and LSU which is a big part of what that city is. Maybe some of these ideas will help you, but there is enough "scenery" around Baton Rouge and just outside to fill up the kind of show you're probably doing. Couple that with some food and interviews with people and what they eat there could easily fill the half hour and leave 3-4 hours on the cutting table.
1) State Capitol - There are still some bullet holes from the Huey P. Long Assassination, but I understand those aren't the ones that killed him as it apparently it happened in a stairway. There are 50 steps (or maybe a few more) leading up to the capitol building each with the name of another state on it. I think it's also the tallest state capitol building in the country so there's that. But there is some decent history there.
2) Old State Capitol - Pretty cool and different architecture for Louisiana. I don't know if the Governor lives there or there are some other state offices, but it's pretty cool and has some nice grounds.
3) Atchafayala Basin - This is the swampland between Baton Rouge and Lafayette. There are several areas you'll cross on the over-water bridge - Lake Pelba, Henderson Swamp, Lake Bigeux and a couple of other ones. The Mississippi River used to alternate between the present day course and over to the Atchafalaya River. There are still a lot of grizzled swamp people that live down that way. You can get off at Grosse Tete (Fat Head) or possibly the Whiskey Bay exit and meet some people fishing or hanging out down there. You might want to research as it's all within 25 minutes of Baton Rouge.
4) A 30 mile trip north is into St. Francisville. That's a pretty cool area ripe with history. You can research on that, but just do a Google Image Search and you will see that even though it is a smaller town, it's full of all kinds of cool and historic architecture. Also, down-river from Baton Rouge on both sides of the MS River are many plantation houses. Most of them are a relatively short drive, but you can visit Houmas House, Nottoway, Magnolia Mound, Rosedown and The Myrtles. There is plenty of Eye Candy at all of them, and Nottoway is probably one of the best.
Always there's the college town culture and LSU which is a big part of what that city is. Maybe some of these ideas will help you, but there is enough "scenery" around Baton Rouge and just outside to fill up the kind of show you're probably doing. Couple that with some food and interviews with people and what they eat there could easily fill the half hour and leave 3-4 hours on the cutting table.
Awesome man, thank you. This saves me a ton of time. Once I find a few fun activities I think we're good to go.
1) State Capitol - There are still some bullet holes from the Huey P. Long Assassination, but I understand those aren't the ones that killed him as it apparently it happened in a stairway. There are 50 steps (or maybe a few more) leading up to the capitol building each with the name of another state on it. I think it's also the tallest state capitol building in the country so there's that. But there is some decent history there.
2) Old State Capitol - Pretty cool and different architecture for Louisiana. I don't know if the Governor lives there or there are some other state offices, but it's pretty cool and has some nice grounds.
3) Atchafayala Basin - This is the swampland between Baton Rouge and Lafayette. There are several areas you'll cross on the over-water bridge - Lake Pelba, Henderson Swamp, Lake Bigeux and a couple of other ones. The Mississippi River used to alternate between the present day course and over to the Atchafalaya River. There are still a lot of grizzled swamp people that live down that way. You can get off at Grosse Tete (Fat Head) or possibly the Whiskey Bay exit and meet some people fishing or hanging out down there. You might want to research as it's all within 25 minutes of Baton Rouge.
4) A 30 mile trip north is into St. Francisville. That's a pretty cool area ripe with history. You can research on that, but just do a Google Image Search and you will see that even though it is a smaller town, it's full of all kinds of cool and historic architecture. Also, down-river from Baton Rouge on both sides of the MS River are many plantation houses. Most of them are a relatively short drive, but you can visit Houmas House, Nottoway, Magnolia Mound, Rosedown and The Myrtles. There is plenty of Eye Candy at all of them, and Nottoway is probably one of the best.
Always there's the college town culture and LSU which is a big part of what that city is. Maybe some of these ideas will help you, but there is enough "scenery" around Baton Rouge and just outside to fill up the kind of show you're probably doing. Couple that with some food and interviews with people and what they eat there could easily fill the half hour and leave 3-4 hours on the cutting table.
Awesome man, thank you. This saves me a ton of time. Once I find a few fun activities I think we're good to go.
The capital is really cool (both). Fun fact, they used to have a Blues and Heritage festival on the state capital in the 80s.