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2009 was the Year of Living Madly. Our elected officials went mad. The public got mad. And everyone was mad about Dem Saints. In this week’s Gambit, we look back at the year in news, politics, art, music, stage and environmentalism. Here’s to 2010.

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We could talk about the 6″ of rain that fell today at Gambit World HQ in Mid-City, but why do it when Irma Thomas can sing about it (in a gorgeous version)?




Anyway … coming up in this week’s Gambit:

• Alex Woodward looks back at New Orleans’ seminal 1970s rock club, The Warehouse, which will be celebrating its 40th anniversary next month. It was a center of the ’70s music scene, hosting concerts by everyone from the Allman Brothers to Fleetwood Mac and an ill-fated performance by the Grateful Dead, before Talking Heads played the last waltz there in 1982. A group of filmmakers is making a documentary about the long-demolished Tchoupitoulas Street landmark, and Alex has the scoop in our cover story….

• Clancy DuBos looks at the 11th-hour election maneuvering by Mitch Landrieu and Arnie Fielkow, and reads the tea leaves on the upcoming mayoral and city council elections….

• Zombies in the Vieux Carré? Yes, virtual ones, in “Left 4 Dead 2,” video game that envisions the undead staggering up and down Royal Street. But is it fun? Check our A&E section….

• Noah Bonaparte Pais‘ new column, “On the Record,” previews Harry Shearer and Judith Owen’s annual sing-along holiday concert….

• Earlier this year, chef Frank Brigtsen took over venerable old Charlie’s Seafood. Ian McNulty provides a review….

• …and it’s Gambit’s annual Pet Adopt-a-Thon. If a dog, cat, rabbit or other family pet is on your list, remember: Shelter animals are the best. We have a gallery of dozens of ‘em in the paper.

See you on newsstands Sunday afternoon (if it ever stops raining), or back here online on Monday.

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This week: eventful enough for you? It seems like five weeks, not five days, since the Saints played in the Superdome in a game that seemed to take seven hours and left the city drained of adrenalin … and beer. Since then, we’ve had Dr. Ed Blakely popping off at the mouth, a raid on the ACORN offices, and, of course, yesterday’s big boom from Jim Letten’s office. Meanwhile, tomorrow’s matchup against the Panthers begins at 3:05 p.m., we’ve got seriously great weather out there, it looks like HurriTropiStorm Ida ain’t gonna be our problem, and we have the season finale of Mad Men to look forward to after the game Sunday. So what’s in Gambit this week?

• In our cover story, Jeremy Alford reports on a secret meeting held by statewide elected officials — both Democratic and Republican — to plot their own courses while Gov. Bobby Jindal’s administration begins to grapple with next year’s budget. Trouble for the gov? Or trouble for the legislators?….

• Clancy DuBos weighs in on yesterday’s staggering 63-count federal indictment against the city’s former technology czar, his wife and his business associate. Words that pricked up Clancy’s ears: The investigation “is not over”….

• Adam Norris profiles Brian Young, the Saints tackle who left the team last year after severe knee injuries. Young is back with the team he loves as a volunteer assistant coach….

• I’ve got an interview with comic Ron White, who’s coming to the Mahalia Jackson Theater next week. In a chat so candid much of it was unprintable, Ron goes off on network brass, as well as confessing his fondness for weed, 18-year-old Macallan and Oprah’s Book Club….

• Will Coviello has a thorough preview of next week’s New Orleans Fringe Festival….

• and our gourmet guy, Ian McNulty, eats mambo italiano in Metairie.

As always, thanks for reading. See you on the newsstand Sunday, or read it all online Monday afternoon.

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This week: eventful enough for you? It seems like five weeks, not five days, since the Saints played in the Superdome in a game that seemed to take seven hours and left the city drained of adrenalin … and beer. Since then, we’ve had Dr. Ed Blakely popping off at the mouth, a raid on the ACORN offices, and, of course, yesterday’s big boom from Jim Letten’s office. Meanwhile, tomorrow’s matchup against the Panthers begins at 3:05 p.m., we’ve got seriously great weather out there, it looks like HurriTropiStorm Ida ain’t gonna be our problem, and we have the season finale of Mad Men to look forward to after the game Sunday. So what’s in Gambit this week?

• In our cover story, Jeremy Alford reports on a secret meeting held by statewide elected officials — both Democratic and Republican — to plot their own courses while Gov. Bobby Jindal’s administration begins to grapple with next year’s budget. Trouble for the gov? Or trouble for the legislators?….

• Clancy DuBos weighs in on yesterday’s staggering 63-count federal indictment against the city’s former technology czar, his wife and his business associate. Words that pricked up Clancy’s ears: The investigation “is not over”….

• Adam Norris profiles Brian Young, the Saints tackle who left the team last year after severe knee injuries. Young is back with the team he loves as a volunteer assistant coach….

• I’ve got an interview with comic Ron White, who’s coming to the Mahalia Jackson Theater next week. In a chat so candid much of it was unprintable, Ron goes off on network brass, as well as confessing his fondness for weed, 18-year-old Macallan and Oprah’s Book Club….

• Will Coviello has a thorough preview of next week’s New Orleans Fringe Festival….

• and our gourmet guy, Ian McNulty, eats mambo italiano in Metairie.

As always, thanks for reading. See you on the newsstand Sunday, or read it all online Monday afternoon.

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Hello, Gambiteers. Happy Halloween! Love your costume. Brrr…scary! Very creative. Wish we’d thought of that. Hey, have you lost weight? Here, have a Bit O’Honey and an Mars Bar. Sorry, we’re all out of Hubig’s Pies.

Anyway: coming up in this week’s Gambit:

• Our cover story is our annual “40 Under 40,” celebrating some of the city’s younger folk who are making New Orleans a better place…what Stephen Colbert would call “Difference Makers”….

• Local HIV/AIDS agencies are still struggling to get the funding that’s theirs. In a follow-up to last year’s cover story, “What’s in Their Wallets?,” David Winkler-Schmit talks to the agencies which are still looking for city reimbursement….

• Clancy DuBos remembers the late Gov. Dave Treen, who died on Thursday….

• Will Coviello previews Southern Rep’s next big production, I Am My Own Wife….

• Winkler also has an interview with author Dave Eggers (Zeitoun), who’s appearing this week at NOCCA….

• Ian McNulty goes out for dim sum on the West Bank and comes back full of dining advice. And dumplings….

• …and we’ll be having reports from the Voodoo Music Experience all weekend, right here at the Blog of New Orleans.

See you on the newsstand Sunday, or back here online Monday afternoon. Say, did someone say something about a football game Monday night?

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It’s really galling to work on a 2009 Fall Restaurant Guide when it’s hotter and more humid than August outside. Thoughts of warm soups and roast meats were replaced with dreams of snowballs and gelato. Nevertheless, we persevered and produced a comprehensive guide with restaurants organized by city and neighborhood. From the Northshore to South Claiborne, it’s all here. Dig in.

Also:

• David Winkler-Schmit looks at the oversight process — or lack thereof — at Orleans Parish Prison. Since the City Council holds the pursestrings, can they order reform? And if they can, why haven’t they?…

• Clancy DuBos recounts some of the greatest “hits” of WDSU-TV investigative reporter Richard Angelico, who retires this week after 40 years of birddogging the bad guys…

• Jessica Lange was in town last week to talk photography, not acting. D. Eric Bookhardt sat down with her to discuss her career behind the camera…

• Noah Bonaparte Pais traces the unlikely career and resurrection of Brazilian tropicalia/psychedelia group Os Mutantes…

…and beaucoup more. It’s a 136-page issue, so you’ll find lots to chew over. See you on the newsstand Sunday, and online Monday afternoon.

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With all the excitement over the Saints’ winning streak (spit on the ground three times, toss salt over shoulder, bury a bobblehead of Buddy D facing north in the front yard and pour a bottle of Dixie over it), seems we’ve nearly forgotten about the advent of basketball season. Gambit sports dude Alejandro de los Rios was at Hornets media day, and reports the front office will be doing a full-court press on the players this year to perform…

Also:

• It’s our annual report from Project Censored, the top 10 stories that went un- or underreported by the media in 2009…

• Allen Johnson Jr. broke the news on Thursday that veteran investigative reporter Richard Angelico will be retiring from WDSU-TV later this month after a 40-year career birddogging the bad guys. Angelico reminisces about some of his most storied stories…

• Clancy DuBos casts a dyspeptic eye on the surprising testimony of Greg Meffert this week, and concludes it’s hard out there for a cyberpimp…

• It’s a play! It’s an indie-rock concert! It’s a play and an indie-rock concert! Noah Bonaparte Pais previews Finer Noble Gases…

• The 20th New Orleans Film Festival is upon us. Will Coviello got an advance look at some of the hottest titles and provides reviews…

• Jeremy Alford reports on the contentiousness between shrimpers and shrimp producers, and says that the two are going to have to get their shrimp together if they want to get ahead…

• Ian McNulty goes for a feast at Sammy’s, that lunch spot on Elysian Fields between Lowe’s and the I-610. (Spoiler: He loves it.)

• and it’s time for our monthly health and wellness magazine, H+W (see what we did there?). In this edition: foot pain, childhood obesity, and more.

That’s about it. See you on the newsstand beginning Sunday afternoon, and remember: you can always hit us up on Twitter, where we run a little bit looser than we do in the paper.

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• It’s the fall Arts & Entertainment edition of Gambit, which gave us an excuse to put KISS, Nicolas Cage and a ballet dancer on the cover. Seriously, there are pages of info on upcoming concerts, plays, exhibits, movies, sporting events, arena shows and other divertissements to help you mark your calendar for the next few months.

• With Karen Carter Peterson declining to run for mayor, a lot of people this week were wondering if anyone was interested in running City Hall. One man is — and in an essay, James Carville explains why he would be running for New Orleans mayor … if he could.

• Clancy DuBos does the political algebra behind the City Council pay-raise question — and with Councilmember Jackie Clarkson declaring on Friday (after 5 pm) that she would not be supporting the raise, the algebra approaches calculus …

• In his latest “Suspect Device” cartoon, Greg Peters analyzes the mayoral race terror threat chart …

• Alex Woodward takes a look at a local school that’s going solar. Elsewhere in our monthly Green Matters section, there’s word of a carbon-neutral all-lesbian eco-cruise setting sail from New Orleans ….

• This fall brings a slew of up-and-coming indie rock acts to town. Noah Bonaparte Pais talks to the talent bookers at some local clubs, and finds the increased competition means good things for concertgoers.

• … and restaurant dude Ian McNulty finds formidable Vietnamese cuisine in Metairie.

That’s it. And while you’re waiting for the new Gambit, we highly recommend checking out last night’s edition of Informed Sources on WYES-TV, with panelists Errol Laborde, Travers Mackel, John Hill and Ethan Brown. It gets good when the conversation turns to this week’s U.S. Department of Justice report about conditions at the O.P.P.

See you on the newsstand.

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