For the past two days I experienced an arthritic kind of pain in my right leg which was crippling in its impact at first. Sometime ago I experienced a similar reaction and obtained a gel from my general practitioner which worked like magic and fortunately I had more than half a tube left and so far it is working just as well although after just over a day usage there is still a lingering sense that all is not as it should be,
I begin a late catch up after spending the greater part of the day listening to the editor of Guardian present a powerful condemnation of the News of the World and the section of the printed media whose behaviour had led to the inquiry being held. However his thoughtful introduction which included observations and suggestions for the future which clearly had the ear of Lord Leveson was an introduction for the presentation of the QC representing 51 victims who are to give evidence to the enquiry. He launched a blistering assault on the behaviour of the whole genre of tabloid journalism which suggests it is going to be an import week as the can be described as he fight back begins. However it is important not be carried away demonstrated by the media who briefly referred what he said in of the first witnessed to appear and to some of the others. It may be they have taken cognisance of the of the plea that in giving evidence they should not be revictimised by the processes of giving testimony or by the media reminding of the circumstances which provoked the hounding.
I have watched the last two episodes of Tremé in succession and note that they completed a series which was not as good as the first but which improved as it progressed.
The series ended with an episode focussed on the New Orleans Heritage and Jazz Festival which covers one three and one four day weekend with a three day break in between and has the hallmarks of Glastonbury except for its emphasis on Jazz and Folk, including New Orleans foods. Last year there were seven music stages with and five performance tents plus exhibitions. Some main liners perform the whole range of jazz from traditional, blues and marching bands to mainstream and modern. This is a very different kind of event to the Mardi Gras and other similar events which are designed for riotous living. This event has a performance schedule from 11 to 7 each day although wine, beer as well as soft drinks and water are on sale.
Antoine Batiste (Wendell Pierce): The trombonist does not have a good end of season as his band falls apart which for me is not surprising because he plays neither one thing or the other music, He puts more time in for the pre High School band and in particular the trumpet players and a few finds who have formed themselves into a group and do a street gig as the New Orleans Heritage and Jazz festival approaches. He is a spectator at the event.
LaDonna Batiste-Williams (Khandi Alexander) continues to suffer the effects of the rape and physical beating and when her husband puts the foot down she agrees to sell the bar and remain in Baton Rouge with her husband and sons. Following Counselling she commences to have marital relations although her anger with everyone, especially men continues and comes to a head when she visits another bar to see if they are interested in acquiring some of the equipment from the bar. He she spots one of the rapists sitting and drinking. She calls the police and has the young man arrested giving him a good kicking at the same time. Accompanied by her husband she visits the police/court house where they apologise for the error which led to the release.
She gets her spirit back and her husband says that she should not sell the bar and that he and the boys will move into the City so they are together.
Antoinette "Toni" Bernette (Melissa Leo. She continues to be frustrated with the lack of progress on the death of young man who came as a visitor and stayed but her enquiries suggest that there has been a cover up with missing file information. Unbeknown to her friend has moved in homicide as number two to try and get the evidence to bring the end and those involved in the conspiracy to cover up what during the flooding and subsequently. Because of his apparent lack of cooperation with her investigation the two are no longer on good terms.
Her relationship with her daughter Sofia (India Ennenga): Toni changes as a consequence that the Mayor where she works as an Intern three day a week after school is found to have taken kick backs. Sofia comments that people one trusts and admires key one down and her mother realises she is talking as much about her father as the Mayor. She is able to admit her anger at the suicide and this brings about a reconciliation with her mother who she is also appreciates is looking out for her in relation to the upcoming court proceedings. She rejects an invitation to smoke a piece of weed with a regular young man who fancies her.
Nor is it a surprise when Janette Desautel (Kim Dickens) seriously considers moving back to New Orleans when the opportunity comes of managing a restaurant. Her move to the top notch counter restaurant is a successful one as she begins to provide New Orleans-Louisiana dishes
I have head of Jambalaya. The first and most common is Creole jambalaya (also called "red jambalaya"). First, meat is added to the trinity of celery, peppers, and onions; the meat is usually chicken and sausage such as andouille or smoked sausage. Next vegetables and tomatoes are added to cook, followed by seafood. Rice and stock are added in equal proportions at the very end. The mixture is brought to a boil and left to simmer for 20 to 60 minutes, depending on the recipe, with infrequent stirring. Towards the end of the cooking process, stirring usually ceases. Some versions call for the jambalaya to be baked after the cooking of all the ingredients.
The second style, more characteristic of south-western and south-central Louisiana, is Cajun jambalaya, which contains no tomatoes (the idea being the closer to New Orleans one gets, the more common tomatoes are in dishes). The meat is browned in a cast-iron pot. The bits of meat that stick to the bottom of the pot are what give a Cajun jambalaya its brown colour. A little vegetable oil is added if there is not enough fat in the pot. The trinity (of 50% onions, 25% celery, and 25% green bell pepper, although proportions can be altered to suit one's taste) is added and sautéed until soft. Stock and seasonings are added in the next step, and then the meats are returned to the pot. This mixture is then simmered, covered, for at least one hour. Lastly, the mixture is brought to a boil and rice is added to the pot. It is then covered and left to simmer over very low heat for at least 1/2 hour without stirring. The dish is finished when the rice has cooked.
While an upmarket Jambalaya may be something which Janette would cook I suspect she is not into the Po Boy or
Muffulettas.
Looking at the list of 100 food outlets at the Heritage and Jazz Festival there were Po Boy’s Hot Sausage, Roast Beef, Crabmeat and Soft Shell crab meat, Paneed chicken, Fried Shrimp Turkey Guiariniera, Louisiana Crawfish, Cajon Duck Cochon du lait, which at one level is no more than a hot sandwich. The muffulettas are more my cup of coffee as a traditional muffuletta consists of one muffulettas loaf, split horizontally. The loaf is then covered with a marinated olive salad, then layers of capicola, salami, pepperoni, emmentaler, ham and provolone. Although some restaurants will do their own take on these ingredients, a proper muffuletta must always have an olive spread and never contains cream cheese. The sandwich is sometimes heated through to soften the provolone. The size of the muffuletta is enough to feed more than one person, and many stores sell quarter or half-muffulettas. Described a round Sicilian bread it resembles Stotty here in the Northeast the Barm cake in Yorks and Lancs
The olive salad consists primarily of olives, along with celery, cauliflower and carrot, found in a jar of Guiariniera. The ingredients are combined, seasonings such as oregano and garlic, are added, covered in olive oil and allowed to combine for at least 24 hours. Today, the Muffuletta has become the signature sandwich of New Orleans
I also liked the sound of Sausage Pecan Catfish Meunière but expensive; Fried Crab Cake with Smoked Tomato & Jalapeño Tartar; Alligator Pie and the Louisiana Crawfish Etouffée or Remoulade.
Jeanette returned to New Orleans to stand bail for her former deputy Chef incarcerated because if immigration problems and they are on the own and into bed soon after. It is not clear if she gives her booked flight and restaurant due session a miss or comes back for the Heritage and Jazz festival where she is very much an item.
Albert "Big Chief" Lambreaux (Clarke Peters) the Mardi Gras Indian chief gets his way in two respects as first his son agrees to finish recording the album mixing modern and traditional sounds in New Orleans and which leads to doing an afternoon set at festival and then he raises the $20000 cash from family and friends to enable the chief to undertake a DIY repair on the his property shell while they wait for insurance government money.
His son Delmond Lambreaux (Rob Brown) gives up his flat to returns to New Orleans to help his father with the work and this appears to become a permanent move when his white girl friend understandably rejects his suggestion that he moves his things over and stays there whenever he needs to be back in the city. This could pave the way for a relationship with Jeantte in the third series.
Alas Davis McAlary (Steve Zahn) is one of the characters worse off at the end of these series than the beginning although his relationship with Annie goes from strength to strength. His record independent label record financed by his aunt is a great success except that his band take over and have no place for him except for his novelty rants while his aunt also sells out for $40000 of which he only gets just over $4000 after expenses have been deducted,
He does help to comfort Annie Tallarico (Lucia Micarelli): who was present going home from a gig when the leader of the band is shot dead. The penultimate episode opens with a meeting, singing and playing in the adjacent part of his closest friends followed by the discovery of relative who admits the long bearded southerner was something a fraud having grown up in middle class Washington. She has got hold of some incomplete compositions of her mentor and with Davis encouragement she starts to complete the pieces. Davis does a red eye set at the old radio station hoping to get back in the good books of the station owner.
Sonny (Michiel Huisman) Anni‘s former lover continues in his new life and seems to have given up playing his guitar as well as drugs for work with the fishing fleet. He meets Annie and Davis and she mentions the exhibition photo of him rescuing the baby during the flooding. He takes an interest in the daughter of the Chinese shrimp boat fisherman and she says he has to ask her father if they can date. The father arranges for him to go on a fishing trip on his boat before giving consent. The trip provides an opportunity to show the extent to which the bay is being overrun by oil exploration and the ongoing contamination from leaks.
This just leaves Terry Colson (David Morse) who moved from being a lieutenant for the NOPD to deputy at their homicide division where his refusal to hand over papers to Toni to help in her investigation is a cover for his own work to find the evidence to expose the head and those within the team who have covered up their involvement in deaths that occurred during the floods. This story is carried over to the third series.
The other story lead is that of second season newcomer Nelson Hidalgo (Jon Seda) the politically connected developer and venture capitalist from Dallas, who becomes involved in the renewal efforts in post-Katrina New Orleans, he has a penchant for fast women, getting drunk and for dodgy deals as well a developing love for the culture which he explores at every opportunity. He is challenged by his brother to say what he creates or contributes. He is also busy buying up properties at above market prices in an area because he has been told there are plans for future redevelopment. However he gives the impression of being affected by the comments of his brother,
All the music videos are available on the official site.
I begin a late catch up after spending the greater part of the day listening to the editor of Guardian present a powerful condemnation of the News of the World and the section of the printed media whose behaviour had led to the inquiry being held. However his thoughtful introduction which included observations and suggestions for the future which clearly had the ear of Lord Leveson was an introduction for the presentation of the QC representing 51 victims who are to give evidence to the enquiry. He launched a blistering assault on the behaviour of the whole genre of tabloid journalism which suggests it is going to be an import week as the can be described as he fight back begins. However it is important not be carried away demonstrated by the media who briefly referred what he said in of the first witnessed to appear and to some of the others. It may be they have taken cognisance of the of the plea that in giving evidence they should not be revictimised by the processes of giving testimony or by the media reminding of the circumstances which provoked the hounding.
I have watched the last two episodes of Tremé in succession and note that they completed a series which was not as good as the first but which improved as it progressed.
The series ended with an episode focussed on the New Orleans Heritage and Jazz Festival which covers one three and one four day weekend with a three day break in between and has the hallmarks of Glastonbury except for its emphasis on Jazz and Folk, including New Orleans foods. Last year there were seven music stages with and five performance tents plus exhibitions. Some main liners perform the whole range of jazz from traditional, blues and marching bands to mainstream and modern. This is a very different kind of event to the Mardi Gras and other similar events which are designed for riotous living. This event has a performance schedule from 11 to 7 each day although wine, beer as well as soft drinks and water are on sale.
Antoine Batiste (Wendell Pierce): The trombonist does not have a good end of season as his band falls apart which for me is not surprising because he plays neither one thing or the other music, He puts more time in for the pre High School band and in particular the trumpet players and a few finds who have formed themselves into a group and do a street gig as the New Orleans Heritage and Jazz festival approaches. He is a spectator at the event.
LaDonna Batiste-Williams (Khandi Alexander) continues to suffer the effects of the rape and physical beating and when her husband puts the foot down she agrees to sell the bar and remain in Baton Rouge with her husband and sons. Following Counselling she commences to have marital relations although her anger with everyone, especially men continues and comes to a head when she visits another bar to see if they are interested in acquiring some of the equipment from the bar. He she spots one of the rapists sitting and drinking. She calls the police and has the young man arrested giving him a good kicking at the same time. Accompanied by her husband she visits the police/court house where they apologise for the error which led to the release.
She gets her spirit back and her husband says that she should not sell the bar and that he and the boys will move into the City so they are together.
Antoinette "Toni" Bernette (Melissa Leo. She continues to be frustrated with the lack of progress on the death of young man who came as a visitor and stayed but her enquiries suggest that there has been a cover up with missing file information. Unbeknown to her friend has moved in homicide as number two to try and get the evidence to bring the end and those involved in the conspiracy to cover up what during the flooding and subsequently. Because of his apparent lack of cooperation with her investigation the two are no longer on good terms.
Her relationship with her daughter Sofia (India Ennenga): Toni changes as a consequence that the Mayor where she works as an Intern three day a week after school is found to have taken kick backs. Sofia comments that people one trusts and admires key one down and her mother realises she is talking as much about her father as the Mayor. She is able to admit her anger at the suicide and this brings about a reconciliation with her mother who she is also appreciates is looking out for her in relation to the upcoming court proceedings. She rejects an invitation to smoke a piece of weed with a regular young man who fancies her.
Nor is it a surprise when Janette Desautel (Kim Dickens) seriously considers moving back to New Orleans when the opportunity comes of managing a restaurant. Her move to the top notch counter restaurant is a successful one as she begins to provide New Orleans-Louisiana dishes
I have head of Jambalaya. The first and most common is Creole jambalaya (also called "red jambalaya"). First, meat is added to the trinity of celery, peppers, and onions; the meat is usually chicken and sausage such as andouille or smoked sausage. Next vegetables and tomatoes are added to cook, followed by seafood. Rice and stock are added in equal proportions at the very end. The mixture is brought to a boil and left to simmer for 20 to 60 minutes, depending on the recipe, with infrequent stirring. Towards the end of the cooking process, stirring usually ceases. Some versions call for the jambalaya to be baked after the cooking of all the ingredients.
The second style, more characteristic of south-western and south-central Louisiana, is Cajun jambalaya, which contains no tomatoes (the idea being the closer to New Orleans one gets, the more common tomatoes are in dishes). The meat is browned in a cast-iron pot. The bits of meat that stick to the bottom of the pot are what give a Cajun jambalaya its brown colour. A little vegetable oil is added if there is not enough fat in the pot. The trinity (of 50% onions, 25% celery, and 25% green bell pepper, although proportions can be altered to suit one's taste) is added and sautéed until soft. Stock and seasonings are added in the next step, and then the meats are returned to the pot. This mixture is then simmered, covered, for at least one hour. Lastly, the mixture is brought to a boil and rice is added to the pot. It is then covered and left to simmer over very low heat for at least 1/2 hour without stirring. The dish is finished when the rice has cooked.
While an upmarket Jambalaya may be something which Janette would cook I suspect she is not into the Po Boy or
Muffulettas.
Looking at the list of 100 food outlets at the Heritage and Jazz Festival there were Po Boy’s Hot Sausage, Roast Beef, Crabmeat and Soft Shell crab meat, Paneed chicken, Fried Shrimp Turkey Guiariniera, Louisiana Crawfish, Cajon Duck Cochon du lait, which at one level is no more than a hot sandwich. The muffulettas are more my cup of coffee as a traditional muffuletta consists of one muffulettas loaf, split horizontally. The loaf is then covered with a marinated olive salad, then layers of capicola, salami, pepperoni, emmentaler, ham and provolone. Although some restaurants will do their own take on these ingredients, a proper muffuletta must always have an olive spread and never contains cream cheese. The sandwich is sometimes heated through to soften the provolone. The size of the muffuletta is enough to feed more than one person, and many stores sell quarter or half-muffulettas. Described a round Sicilian bread it resembles Stotty here in the Northeast the Barm cake in Yorks and Lancs
The olive salad consists primarily of olives, along with celery, cauliflower and carrot, found in a jar of Guiariniera. The ingredients are combined, seasonings such as oregano and garlic, are added, covered in olive oil and allowed to combine for at least 24 hours. Today, the Muffuletta has become the signature sandwich of New Orleans
I also liked the sound of Sausage Pecan Catfish Meunière but expensive; Fried Crab Cake with Smoked Tomato & Jalapeño Tartar; Alligator Pie and the Louisiana Crawfish Etouffée or Remoulade.
Jeanette returned to New Orleans to stand bail for her former deputy Chef incarcerated because if immigration problems and they are on the own and into bed soon after. It is not clear if she gives her booked flight and restaurant due session a miss or comes back for the Heritage and Jazz festival where she is very much an item.
Albert "Big Chief" Lambreaux (Clarke Peters) the Mardi Gras Indian chief gets his way in two respects as first his son agrees to finish recording the album mixing modern and traditional sounds in New Orleans and which leads to doing an afternoon set at festival and then he raises the $20000 cash from family and friends to enable the chief to undertake a DIY repair on the his property shell while they wait for insurance government money.
His son Delmond Lambreaux (Rob Brown) gives up his flat to returns to New Orleans to help his father with the work and this appears to become a permanent move when his white girl friend understandably rejects his suggestion that he moves his things over and stays there whenever he needs to be back in the city. This could pave the way for a relationship with Jeantte in the third series.
Alas Davis McAlary (Steve Zahn) is one of the characters worse off at the end of these series than the beginning although his relationship with Annie goes from strength to strength. His record independent label record financed by his aunt is a great success except that his band take over and have no place for him except for his novelty rants while his aunt also sells out for $40000 of which he only gets just over $4000 after expenses have been deducted,
He does help to comfort Annie Tallarico (Lucia Micarelli): who was present going home from a gig when the leader of the band is shot dead. The penultimate episode opens with a meeting, singing and playing in the adjacent part of his closest friends followed by the discovery of relative who admits the long bearded southerner was something a fraud having grown up in middle class Washington. She has got hold of some incomplete compositions of her mentor and with Davis encouragement she starts to complete the pieces. Davis does a red eye set at the old radio station hoping to get back in the good books of the station owner.
Sonny (Michiel Huisman) Anni‘s former lover continues in his new life and seems to have given up playing his guitar as well as drugs for work with the fishing fleet. He meets Annie and Davis and she mentions the exhibition photo of him rescuing the baby during the flooding. He takes an interest in the daughter of the Chinese shrimp boat fisherman and she says he has to ask her father if they can date. The father arranges for him to go on a fishing trip on his boat before giving consent. The trip provides an opportunity to show the extent to which the bay is being overrun by oil exploration and the ongoing contamination from leaks.
This just leaves Terry Colson (David Morse) who moved from being a lieutenant for the NOPD to deputy at their homicide division where his refusal to hand over papers to Toni to help in her investigation is a cover for his own work to find the evidence to expose the head and those within the team who have covered up their involvement in deaths that occurred during the floods. This story is carried over to the third series.
The other story lead is that of second season newcomer Nelson Hidalgo (Jon Seda) the politically connected developer and venture capitalist from Dallas, who becomes involved in the renewal efforts in post-Katrina New Orleans, he has a penchant for fast women, getting drunk and for dodgy deals as well a developing love for the culture which he explores at every opportunity. He is challenged by his brother to say what he creates or contributes. He is also busy buying up properties at above market prices in an area because he has been told there are plans for future redevelopment. However he gives the impression of being affected by the comments of his brother,
All the music videos are available on the official site.
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