Alex delivers talk on CoSM at House of Blues in New Orleans
Allyson and Alex onstage with Tipper
Eli Morgan joins us at Dithyrambelina the Music Box Shanty Town where a cluster of music shacks were built of recycled materials after the house that dwelled on that lot was demolished in Hurricane Katrina.
Brooklyn based artist, Swoon, designed Dithyrambelina as a House that can be played like many musical instruments.
Swoon's model for Dithyrambelina.
Swoon's larger model of the Dithyrambelina.
Swoon is one of the greatest artists alive - here's more of her installation.
The shantytown was erected by 23 artists and concerts were played to sold out audiences.
Each interactive shack invites visitors to "play" music inside -- a wall is piano-wire, a floorboard is a keyboard, a swing bows a stringed shack.
One of our favorite DJ's, Tipper, with one of the empresarios of the Music Box Shantytown, dj Rusty Laser who masterminded the transformation of a condemned building into an extraordinary installation of music and sculpture. Shacks are now for sale.
Dear friend of visionary culture and author of Tryptamine Palace, James Oroc, a.k.a. Roc, takes us to St. Roch's Shrine, patron saint of miraculous cures. James took us to many of the special sites in New Orleans and with his fisheye lens took some incredible photos.
Praying at Marie Leveau's tomb. She was the VOODOO Queen of New Orleans.
Cemetery guide explains that if a visitor marks Marie Laveau's mausoleum with three "x's" and leaves three coins on the altar, their wish should come true, after which they should return to circle their "x's."
Allyson makes her favorite wish while marking Marie Laveau's grave with "x's." We shall return!
