Jordan Hirsch
@mrjordanhirsch.bsky.social
Freelance writer: https://www.jordan-hirsch.com/
Editor of the interactive map of New Orleans music history at ACloserWalkNola.com
Editor of the interactive map of New Orleans music history at ACloserWalkNola.com
ICYMI, the new podcast by Slow Burn, One Year, and Hang Up & Listen co-creator/host Josh Levin
In the Replay Booth newsletter, I've got a cornucopia of goodies for all the Huckle-heads out there: some great photos, a questionnaire he filled out in 1966, multiple unauthorized Wilbur Huckle baseball cards, and more!
www.replaybooth.show/p/every-week...
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Every Week Should Be Wilbur Huckle Week
Thank you for subscribing to the Replay Booth newsletter, where I’ll be sending updates on a podcast series that—according to the Guardian, in our first published review—has “the same sense of cheerfu...
www.replaybooth.show
November 13, 2025 at 6:31 PM
ICYMI, the new podcast by Slow Burn, One Year, and Hang Up & Listen co-creator/host Josh Levin
RIP Jeff Hannusch, who spent the 1980s talking to musicians in New Orleans who'd changed the world in the 1940s-60s, and left us books that are still essential to understanding their stories.
November 13, 2025 at 2:19 PM
RIP Jeff Hannusch, who spent the 1980s talking to musicians in New Orleans who'd changed the world in the 1940s-60s, and left us books that are still essential to understanding their stories.
I get dunking on this, but: she’s been the highest profile supporter of C Murder, who’s desperate for a review of a non-unanimous jury verdict that’s keeping him locked up. Maybe passing the bar helps her advocate for him.
Kim Kardashian slams psychics who told her she'd pass the bar exam: 'All fucking full of shit'
Kim Kardashian slams psychics who told her she'd pass the bar exam: 'All f---ing full of s---'
'All f---ing full of s---': Kim Kardashian has some choice words for the psychics who predicted she'd pass the bar exam.
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November 11, 2025 at 10:59 PM
I get dunking on this, but: she’s been the highest profile supporter of C Murder, who’s desperate for a review of a non-unanimous jury verdict that’s keeping him locked up. Maybe passing the bar helps her advocate for him.
Potentially of interest to those concerned with the ties between Carnival krewes and white supremacy in New Orleans
November 10, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Potentially of interest to those concerned with the ties between Carnival krewes and white supremacy in New Orleans
RIP Guitar Lightnin Lee. Son of the 9th Ward, student of Boogie Bill Webb, survivor of a shipwreck with Rockie Charles, hater of pizza, lover of good times, one of a kind.
youtu.be/kfn2jc5UFjM
youtu.be/kfn2jc5UFjM
Guitar Lightnin' Lee: "Mathilda"
YouTube video by JacksonMSmusic
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November 8, 2025 at 2:52 AM
RIP Guitar Lightnin Lee. Son of the 9th Ward, student of Boogie Bill Webb, survivor of a shipwreck with Rockie Charles, hater of pizza, lover of good times, one of a kind.
youtu.be/kfn2jc5UFjM
youtu.be/kfn2jc5UFjM
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Thank you to Gwilym Mumford of @theguardian.com for this shout-out for Replay Booth. Listen now! pod.link/1462685560/e...
November 7, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Thank you to Gwilym Mumford of @theguardian.com for this shout-out for Replay Booth. Listen now! pod.link/1462685560/e...
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New Orleans writers, photographers, and other friends. We are so delighted to host Teju Cole for the 2025 Sandra Garrard Memorial Lecture this Thursday, 11/6 at 6 pm, in Freeman Auditorium (use Newcomb Art Museum for directions then follow signs).
November 3, 2025 at 1:53 PM
New Orleans writers, photographers, and other friends. We are so delighted to host Teju Cole for the 2025 Sandra Garrard Memorial Lecture this Thursday, 11/6 at 6 pm, in Freeman Auditorium (use Newcomb Art Museum for directions then follow signs).
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You guys I get to talk to the one and only KAREN RUSSELL tonight at Tulane. Details here, you don't want to miss this. events.tulane.edu/content/kare...
Karen Russell: 2025 Zale-Kimmerling Writer-in-Residence | Tulane University Events
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November 3, 2025 at 3:21 PM
You guys I get to talk to the one and only KAREN RUSSELL tonight at Tulane. Details here, you don't want to miss this. events.tulane.edu/content/kare...
So excited for this!
Nice to see the launch of "Replay Booth" a new sport history podcast by @joshuablevin.bsky.social (formerly of
@slate.com ).
There's space for the kind of thoughtful, engaging sport stories the old "Only a Game" on NPR used to run, and this could be it.
www.replaybooth.show/p/replay-boo...
@slate.com ).
There's space for the kind of thoughtful, engaging sport stories the old "Only a Game" on NPR used to run, and this could be it.
www.replaybooth.show/p/replay-boo...
Replay Booth, Episode 1: Wilbur Huckle for President
Two mysterious Mets-related buttons kick off a 60-year journey, with stops at the Republican Convention, a tiny town in rural Texas, and the courtroom where Donald Trump got fined $355 million.
www.replaybooth.show
November 3, 2025 at 2:47 PM
So excited for this!
Undercover passion on the run!
The #1 song 40 years ago today on the Billboard Hot 100...
"Part-Time Lover" by Stevie Wonder
*Luther Vandross on background vocals & adlibs 🔥
"Part-Time Lover" by Stevie Wonder
*Luther Vandross on background vocals & adlibs 🔥
November 2, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Undercover passion on the run!
I have a few quibbles here, but glad LRB is reviewing this, and looking forward to reading the book.
‘Perhaps the best-known and internationally most successful embodiment of New Orleans’s musical mysteries was a white man dressed up as a Black magus.’
Francis Gooding on Dr John’s ‘mesmerising half-hour of sonic theurgy’, 𝘎𝘳𝘪𝘴-𝘎𝘳𝘪𝘴.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Francis Gooding on Dr John’s ‘mesmerising half-hour of sonic theurgy’, 𝘎𝘳𝘪𝘴-𝘎𝘳𝘪𝘴.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Francis Gooding · Hoodoo Man: Dr John and ‘Gris-Gris’
Beyond or beneath the theatrics there is a disconcerting sense that something much more serious is going on, that all...
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October 30, 2025 at 5:33 PM
I have a few quibbles here, but glad LRB is reviewing this, and looking forward to reading the book.
my favorite week of the year on lower Decatur Street, when i get to play "is that a Halloween costume or not?"
October 28, 2025 at 7:01 PM
my favorite week of the year on lower Decatur Street, when i get to play "is that a Halloween costume or not?"
Bernie Cook at Georgetown has done valuable scholarship on Katrina and steered attention and resources to New Orleans since shortly after the flood. Glad he’s still at it.
Today I participated in a wonderful symposium at my university reflecting on New Orleans culture and community 20 years after Katrina. It was great to hear from some creative, brilliant, & committed New Orleanians who are dedicated to their city.
October 24, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Bernie Cook at Georgetown has done valuable scholarship on Katrina and steered attention and resources to New Orleans since shortly after the flood. Glad he’s still at it.
Monk deserves this and more, happy the City did it. But curious why this corner and not one closer to his house, especially because Valence and Magnolia is also closely associated with Birdman and BG, who grew up on that block.
The corner of Valence and Magnolia in New Orleans has been renamed for Monk Boudreaux. “I’m glad because at least they didn’t wait until I died.”
This calls for a party.
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This calls for a party.
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New Orleans intersection named after this Mardi Gras Indian Big Chief at City Council meeting
City Council names uptown intersection after Monk Boudreaux, beloved Big Chief of the Golden Eagles Mardi Gras Indian tribe.
www.nola.com
October 24, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Monk deserves this and more, happy the City did it. But curious why this corner and not one closer to his house, especially because Valence and Magnolia is also closely associated with Birdman and BG, who grew up on that block.
These lineups for the Pelicans and Grizzlies feature the matchup of Coward vs Fears.
October 23, 2025 at 12:40 AM
These lineups for the Pelicans and Grizzlies feature the matchup of Coward vs Fears.
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If the City of New Orleans is having to take out a $100 million line of credit because, in part, FEMA reimbursements have slowed or stopped, @nolacitycouncil.bsky.social might want to ask Sewerage & Water Board how their FEMA reimbursements are going (1/x) bsky.app/profile/wwlt...
Councilmembers called an emergency budget meeting for Wednesday to discuss gap financing. https://www.wwltv.com/article/news/local/orleans/mayors-office-responds-to-looming-payroll-problems/289-512aaa5b-9df6-457f-bc9c-ee21ebd4f3db?utm_campaign=snd-autopilot
Mayor's Office responds to looming payroll problems
Councilmembers called an emergency budget meeting for Wednesday to discuss gap financing.
www.wwltv.com
October 22, 2025 at 4:14 PM
If the City of New Orleans is having to take out a $100 million line of credit because, in part, FEMA reimbursements have slowed or stopped, @nolacitycouncil.bsky.social might want to ask Sewerage & Water Board how their FEMA reimbursements are going (1/x) bsky.app/profile/wwlt...
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Robert Rauschenberg with his pet turtle Rocky in 1966
October 22, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Robert Rauschenberg with his pet turtle Rocky in 1966
I wrote a lil history of the Dixie Taverne, a home base for New Orleans' metal and punk scenes before Katrina, and, decades earlier, for Latin music and modern jazz. Especially pleased to include this photo of King Louie Bankston and Broadway Joe by Gary LoVerde. acloserwalknola.com/places/dixie...
Dixie Taverne - New Orleans Music Map
The Dixie Taverne was a hub for New Orleans’ underground music scene, with an emphasis on punk and metal, from the mid-1990s until 2005, when the levee breaches caused by Hurricane Katrina swamped it ...
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October 20, 2025 at 8:55 PM
I wrote a lil history of the Dixie Taverne, a home base for New Orleans' metal and punk scenes before Katrina, and, decades earlier, for Latin music and modern jazz. Especially pleased to include this photo of King Louie Bankston and Broadway Joe by Gary LoVerde. acloserwalknola.com/places/dixie...
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M.C. Price & D.J. Double Trouble - The Price Is Right (US - Golden Age Hip Hop) [1991] Great Meters sample + scratching
https://redd.it/plvmiu
https://youtu.be/yS71awVVgxw
https://redd.it/plvmiu
https://youtu.be/yS71awVVgxw
M.C. Price & D.J. Double Trouble - The Price Is Right (US - Golden Age Hip Hop) [1991] Great Meters sample + scratching
youtu.be
October 10, 2025 at 10:11 AM
M.C. Price & D.J. Double Trouble - The Price Is Right (US - Golden Age Hip Hop) [1991] Great Meters sample + scratching
https://redd.it/plvmiu
https://youtu.be/yS71awVVgxw
https://redd.it/plvmiu
https://youtu.be/yS71awVVgxw
Predominantly white New Orleans unwilling to go to a once predominantly Black, currently gentrifying part of town to oppose authoritarianism
100% agree but it is very funny how some Uptown people are having their own rally in Audubon because they have "safety concerns" about the greenway or think it's too far
October 18, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Predominantly white New Orleans unwilling to go to a once predominantly Black, currently gentrifying part of town to oppose authoritarianism
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#OneHitHistory A day to remember New Orleans R&B singer/saxophonist Robert Parker, #BOTD in 1930. Parker earned US #OneHitWonder honors in 1966 when his self-penned “Barefootin’” spent 9 weeks on the US #Billboard #Top40 at #34, peaking at #7. #RobertParker #Barefootin #OneHitWondered
ROBERT PARKER - BAREFOOTIN' VIDEO FOOTAGE
YouTube video by ILMJXXX
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October 15, 2025 at 2:53 AM
#OneHitHistory A day to remember New Orleans R&B singer/saxophonist Robert Parker, #BOTD in 1930. Parker earned US #OneHitWonder honors in 1966 when his self-penned “Barefootin’” spent 9 weeks on the US #Billboard #Top40 at #34, peaking at #7. #RobertParker #Barefootin #OneHitWondered
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A new collaboration with the City of New Orleans could help improve the sound quality in New Orleans music venues while providing real-world training for students at Loyola.
This music veteran has been in the industry for 3 decades. Now he's helping New Orleans venues.
A new collaboration with the City of New Orleans could help improve the sound quality in New Orleans music venues while providing real-world training for students at Loyola.
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October 14, 2025 at 6:00 PM
A new collaboration with the City of New Orleans could help improve the sound quality in New Orleans music venues while providing real-world training for students at Loyola.
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My new book, UNABRIDGED, published by @groveatlantic.bsky.social, is out! It took a long time to report and write and I'm proud of it and would be grateful if you bought it and would love to see people when I'm traveling to promote it. Consider this an official book thread
October 10, 2025 at 9:36 PM
My new book, UNABRIDGED, published by @groveatlantic.bsky.social, is out! It took a long time to report and write and I'm proud of it and would be grateful if you bought it and would love to see people when I'm traveling to promote it. Consider this an official book thread
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Germ Proof Cleaners, Rogers Park, Chicago (1987)
Photo: Robert W. Krueger / Chicago Public Library
Photo: Robert W. Krueger / Chicago Public Library
October 10, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Germ Proof Cleaners, Rogers Park, Chicago (1987)
Photo: Robert W. Krueger / Chicago Public Library
Photo: Robert W. Krueger / Chicago Public Library