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Illy Man’s Up, Named King
For the first time in the history of Mardi Gras, a female should be named King. Ileana deserves the crown after MVP performances on the football field and at the controls of the grill. Torres also won the biggest poker game of the week.

Other Notable Performances
Lisa: Her overall domination in the Mardi Gras Bowl—albeit in a 27-0 drubbing—was one of legends. Without question, Lisa will be the No. 1 pick in next year’s draft.

Thomas: Danced and howled down Bourbon Street with a rubber rooster coming out of his pants. Sadly, the rooster was abducted by Bourbon Street, leaving Thomas without a cock.

Kosters disappoint
Chuck and Brent, the loveably goofy brothers from Omaha, put up little resistance in losing both the football game and two-on-two basketball challenge against the cousins, David and Jason.
There are plenty of excuses for the brothers’ performances—Chuck drank bird flu and Brent is an idiot—but they definitely fell short of expectations.
Meanwhile, Brent’s wife, Mardi Gras rookie Chelsey, found time in between naps to do a jello shot at 8 a.m. on Fat Tuesday. She lost points after putting something gross on Dave’s head.

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Wednesday
Druids, 6pm

Thursday
Babylon, Chaos, Muses, 5:45pm

Friday
Hermes, Krewe d’Etat, Morpheus, 6pm
Saturday
Iris, Tucks, 11am – Amber, does your sister still ride in Tucks?
Endymion, 4:30pm

Sunday
Okeanos, Thoth, 11am – It looks like Thoth is running the old Magazine Street route. I’m happy. Thoth is my favorite parade. We can catch it down by Henry Clay and then head on to the Fly for the game.
Mid-City, 2pm
Bacchus, 5:15pm

Monday
Proteus, Orpheus, 5:15pm

Tuesday
Zulu, 8am – No excuses.
Rex, 10am
Truck parades

It was 72 in New Orleans on Wednesday.

Dave’s Concert Picks
Fri: Mardi Gras Wild Indian Throwdown at Maple Leaf
Sat: Rebirth, Papa Grows Funk free at Howlin’ Wolf
Sun: Wild Magnolias, 10 a.m. at Le Bon Ton
Mon: Morning 40 at Checkpoint Charlies

Complete Line-Up

Thurs., Feb. 15 – Rebirth at Tips; Opening act is Yo Mama’s Big Fat Booty Band; Better Than Ezra’s Mardi Gras Madness, 9 at House of Blues.

Fri., Feb. 16 – Morning 40 at One-Eyed Jacks; Rebirth and Soul Rebels at Howling Wolf – FREE SHOW; Radiators @ Tips; Better Than Ezra’s Mardi Gras Madness, 9 House of Blues (That’s right 2 days of Better Than Ezra); Krewe of O.A.K. Parade & Ball, Mardi Gras Wild Indian Throwdown,. 10 @ Maple Leaf.

Sat., Feb. 17 – Rebirth at Howling Wolf; Opening act is Para Grows Funk FREE SHOW; Hazard County Girls, Circle Bar; Galactic at Tips; morning 40 @ LE BON TON; Big Sam’s Funky Nation, Joe Krown Organ Combo, 10 @ Maple Leaf; Mardi Gras Masquerade Ball feat. Hot 8 Brass Band & DJ Spider, 9 @ Republic.

Sun., Feb. 18 – The Noise Parade, Circle Bar, Trombone Shorty’s Bacchus Blowout, Tips; George Porter Jr. (Meters), Rusell Batiste (funky meters) and Ivan and Ian Neville (Dumstaphunk) FREE SHOW; New Orleans Klezmer Allstars, 10 at Dragon’s Den; WILD MAGNOLIA’S 10 a.m..; Papa Grows Funk, 10; Shamarr Allen w/ Elliott Cohn’s C.S.S., 2 a.m.all at Le Bon Ton; Mardi Gras Post-Bacchus Bash feat. Big Sam’s Funky Nation, DJ D-NYCE, 9 @ Republic

Mon. (Lundi Gras), Feb. 19 – Morning 40 at Checkpoint Charlie’s: Dr. John, House of Blues
Fat Tues., Feb. 20 – Rebirth at the Maple Leaf; Hot 8 Brass Band, 10; Billy Iuso & the Restless Natives, 2 a.m; New Orleans Klezmer Allstars, Schatzy, 10 @ Saturn Bar

Because of this:

I don’t think anyone would have tolerated a “Finishing what Al Queda started” sign after 9/11 at a Giants or Jets game, do you?

Now combine that with our the United States’ glorious leader not mentioning the Gulf Coast once during the state of the union.

New Orleanians are second class citizens, if they are American citizens at all.