[Dixielandjazz] Limbo Land

[Larry Walton Entertainment - St. Louis]

Build a Wal-Mart and they will come.

Well you know I believe that when Storyville was destroyed that OKOM was 
spread throughout the world a lot like an infection.  OKOM was pretty much 
localized until that event but by forcing the musicians into other cities 
it spread the new jazz.  Remember they didn't have radio, TV or records only 
musicians so when they went to other cities they carried their music with 
them.  The destruction of Storyville was a good thing for music but I like 
you feel that it's going to take a long time to bring it all back and there 
is no way that New Orleans and music won't be changed.
Larry
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From: <Cebuisle2 at aol.com>
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Sent: Friday, February 10, 2006 9:13 PM
Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Limbo Land


> Tom,
>
> I don't think New Orleans IS coming back, at least not in the way we
> remember it before the hurricane. Like the famed Storyville district of 
> the  early
> 20th century, N.O will be remembered for what it was. A huge chunk of the
> population has put down roots elsewhere, and the flood endangered areas 
> should  not
> be rebuilt. This includes the Ninth Ward. Those who impatiently wait with
> hands out for federal money and are often quoted in the media  include 
> numerous
> politicians who have lost the residents that kept them in  power. For them
> there is no future,and they are not happy campers.
>
> Many of the jobs, both in the bureaucracy and support services have been
> lost forever, and those people are not happy either. My son, a manager 
> with
> K-Mart in S.C. was sent there with a team to assess the damage done to the 
> stores
> in the area by flooding and looting.
> He believes that even if the stores were rebuilt, there is no longer 
> enough
> of a customer base to support them.  K-Mart isn't going to re-open  just 
> to
> please the politicians. All other business  is affected as  well, right 
> down to
> the mom and pop stores.
>
> Hopefully the new New Orleans will be a big improvement over the old one.
> The city had major problems, Those hoping to shake the federal money tree 
> need
> to get on with their lives, as difficult as that may be for them. The 
> coastal
> areas East of N.O, have already begun to do that, and their devastation 
> was
> as bad or worse than that in the city.
>
>
>    ted
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