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Program 05-09-11-B

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To The Best of Our Knowledge
from Wisconsin Public Radio

Canal Street flooded with so much water it looks like an actual canal. People mourning the loss of their homes and loved ones. The Gulf Coast will never be the same after the devastation that Hurricane Katrina has caused. In this hour of the Peabody-Award-Winning program To the Best of Our Knowledge, we'll pay homage to the City of New Orleans.

SEGMENT 1:

James Nolan is a poet, writer and fifth generation New Orleans native. He went through Katrina inside his French Quarter apartment, and tells Steve Paulson what it's been like to be there. Also, Kalamu Ya Salaam is a writer, film-maker and producer who evacuated New Orleans just ahead of the storm. He tells Jim Fleming he lost his grandfather in the floods after Hurricane Betsy in 1965, and speculates on the future New Orleans. He thinks business interests necessitate the rebuilding of the city, but doubts there will be any room for the thousands of poor Black people who had called the city home and who created its vibrant culture.

SEGMENT 2:

Film-maker Walter Williams created the "Mr. Bill" character for "Saturday Night Live." He was born and raised in New Orleans and has thought a lot about the natural history of his hometown. He tells Jim Fleming that he wasn't surprised by the havoc wrought by Katrina. Also, humorist Roy Blount Junior believes New Orleans is the cradle of American culture. He tells Steve Paulson why. Blount's book about the city is called "Feet on the Street: Rambles Around New Orleans."

SEGMENT 3:

Chuck Taggert is the producer and compiler of a CD box set called "Doctors, Professors, Kings and Queens: The Big Ol' Box of New Orleans." Taggert talks with Steve Paulson about New Orleans music and we hear lots of it.

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Books:

• Roy Blount, Jr., Feet on the Street: Rambles Around New Orleans (Crown Journeys)

Links:

• -- James Nolan's essay, "Our Hell in High Water," from the
  September 4th, 2005 edition of "The Washington Post"
  http://tinyurl.com/9v2mq
• -- Kalamu ya Salaam
  http://aalbc.com/reviews/kalamu.htm
• -- Walter Williams' Mr. Bill website
  http://www.mrbill.com/
• -- View the Mr. Bill/"Save the Wetlands" Hurricane PSA
  http://www.mrbill.com/MBReedZ.wmv
• -- View the complete series of Mr. Bill and the Estuarians
  "America's Wetland Campaign to Save Coastal Louisiana" PSAs
  http://www.mrbill.com/Estuarians.html
• -- Rescue Party, "Community-driven disaster relief"
  http://www.rescueparty.org/
• -- Roy Blount Jr.
  http://www.royblountjr.com/
• -- "Doctors, Professors, Kings & Queens: The Big Ol'
  Box of New Orleans"/Various Artists (Shout! Factory)
  http://tinyurl.com/5g66m
  http://www.shoutfactory.com/
• -- Chuck Taggart's weblog
  http://www.gumbopages.com/

Music:

• -- "Just A Closer Walk With Thee"/George Lewis
  from the CD, "Jazz Funeral In New Orleans" (Tradition/Rykodisc)
  http://tinyurl.com/cytj9
• -- "St. James Infirmary"/Preservation Hall Jazz Band
  from the box set, "Doctors, Professors, Kings & Queens: The Big
  Ol' Box of New Orleans"/Various Artists (Shout! Factory)
  http://tinyurl.com/5g66m
  http://www.shoutfactory.com/
• -- "Black Drawers/Blue Piccolo"/The Dirty Dozen Brass Band
  from the CD, "Voodoo" (Columbia)
  http://www.dirtydozenbrass.com/
• -- "Mardi Gras in New Orleans"/Tuba Fats' Chosen Few Brass Band
  from the box set, "Doctors, Professors, Kings & Queens: The Big
  Ol' Box of New Orleans"/Various Artists (Shout! Factory)
  http://tinyurl.com/5g66m
  http://www.shoutfactory.com/
• -- "Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans?"/Louis
  Armstrong & His Dixieland Seven
  from the box set, "Doctors, Professors, Kings & Queens: The Big
  Ol' Box of New Orleans"/Various Artists (Shout! Factory)
  http://tinyurl.com/5g66m
  http://www.shoutfactory.com/
• -- "Potato Head Blues"/Louis Armstrong & His Hot Seven
  from the box set, "Doctors, Professors, Kings & Queens: The Big
  Ol' Box of New Orleans"/Various Artists (Shout! Factory)
  http://tinyurl.com/5g66m
  http://www.shoutfactory.com/
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• -- Music featured in Chuck Taggart/New Orleans music mix:

  -- "Tipitina"/Professor Longhair
  from the box set, "Doctors, Professors, Kings & Queens: The Big Ol' Box of New Orleans"/Various Artists (Shout! Factory)
  -- "Hey Pocky A-Way"/The Meters
  from the box set, "Doctors, Professors, Kings & Queens: The Big Ol' Box of New Orleans"/Various Artists (Shout! Factory)
  -- "Mother-In-Law"/Ernie K-Doe
  from the box set, "Doctors, Professors, Kings & Queens: The Big Ol' Box of New Orleans"/Various Artists (Shout! Factory)
  -- "Southern Nights"/Allen Toussaint
  from the box set, "Doctors, Professors, Kings & Queens: The Big Ol' Box of New Orleans"/Various Artists (Shout! Factory)
  -- "Jambalaya"/Clifton Chenier
  from the box set, "Doctors, Professors, Kings & Queens: The Big Ol' Box of New Orleans"/Various Artists (Shout! Factory)
  -- "The Saints"/Coolbone
  from the box set, "Doctors, Professors, Kings & Queens: The Big Ol' Box of New Orleans"/Various Artists (Shout! Factory)
  http://tinyurl.com/5g66m
  http://www.shoutfactory.com/

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  -- "Main Street Blues"/The Red Stick Ramblers
  from the box set, "Doctors, Professors, Kings & Queens: The Big
  Ol' Box of New Orleans"/Various Artists (Shout! Factory)
  http://tinyurl.com/5g66m
  http://www.shoutfactory.com/
  

Distribution dates:

week of 09/11/2005 - hour 2

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