TODAY ED IS LIVE AND LOVING IT FROM THE CAFE ATCHAFALAYA ON LOUISIANA AVENUE IN THE IRISH CHANNEL [THE LOWER GARDEN DISTRICT TO YOU TOURISTS]. ITS NEW ORLEANS MUSIC HISTORY DAY WITH THE OLDIES KING, BOB WALKER, WHO GIVES A THUMBNAIL SKETCH OF THE RYTHM AND BLUES GREATS FROM NEW ORLEANS, LIKE LEE DORSEY, OLIVER 'WHO SHOT THE LA LA" MORGAN, AND THE TRAGIC CHRIS KENNER ['I LIKE IT LIKE THAT']. LALSO A SAD STORY ABOUT THE MASTER TAPES OF MUSIC GREATS LIKE RAY CHARLES, LITTLE RICHARD, AND FATS DOMINO, RECORDED AT J AND R STUDIOS, BY THE LEGENDARY COSIMO MATASSAS. BOB'S COLLEGE OF MUSICAL KNOWLEDGE IS FOUND ON walkerpub.com. JUST CLICK AND ENJOY BUT NOT BEFORE YOU CLICK ON TODAY'S SHOW. A SURPRISE GUEST IS ED'S OLD FRIEND, JIMMY GENNARO, WHO RECORDED A RECORD OR TWO FOR ED IN THE OLD DAYS, AND WROTE A GREAT FAREWELL SONG TO THE SOUTHERN CRESCENT RAILROAD TRAIN. BUT THE BEST IS YET TO COME AS ED TALKS TO CAFE ATCHAFALAYA OWNER, TIM HOWARD, WHO TOTALLY RENOVATED THE BUILDING AFTER CAR-TRINA. YOU READ IT RIGHT, CARTRINA. TUNE IN FOR THE STORY. THE SEAFOOD AND STEAKS ARE CREATED BY THE GREAT CHEF ROLITA...LITA FOR SHORT. SHE;'S A KENTUCKY GIRL, BUT SOMEHOW SHE LEARNED HOW TO DO NEW ORLEANS CUISINE BETTER THAN MOST, AND IT IS WORTH A TRIP FROM ANYWHERE TO UPTOWN NEW ORLEANS, 901 LOUISINA AVENUE AT LAURA ST.
A TRIBUTE TO MOTHERS FROM MIKE ZIANTS AND AIRLIFT PRODUCTIONS ON THE CLANCY SHOW. ITS HOT, AND ITS ALREADY ON THE AIR IN PITTSBURGH. GOOD JOB, MIKE. ALSO ON THE SHOW TODAY, ED TALKS WITH ANN WINSTEAD, A SURVIVOR OF DOMESTIC ABUSE AND THE ACTING EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF 'SAFE HARBOR,' A PROGRAM FOR WOMEN OF THE NORTHSHORE. THE STATS ARE SHOCKING, AND ANN KNOWS HER STUFF. AND -- IS THE NORTHSHORE OVERTAKING THE SOUTHSHORE INDUSTRY WISE? LACEY TOLEDANO, OF THE ST. TAMMANY WEST CHAMBER OF COMMERCE TALKS ABOUT TODAY'S OPENING OF THE NEW CHEVRON HEADQUARTERS, THAT USED TO BE ON THE SOUTH SHORE. LACEY'S MANTRA IS NOW: "LET'S GET TOGETHER. NO COMPETITION, JUST COOPERATION. "
ED IS LIVE AND DIRECT FROM THE CASTINE CENTER IN MANDEVILLE FOR THE ST. TAMMANY WEST CHAMBER OF COMMERCE BUSINESS EXPO '08. TOPPING THE LIST OF GUESTS IS LACEY TOLEDANO, PRESIDENT AND CEO OF THE ST. TAMMANY WEST CHAMBER, BOARD MEMBER JASON BRADY JOINED THE ROUND TABLE AS WELL. ALSO STOPPING BY WERE WENDY SCHNEIDER OF HABITAT FOR HUMANITY -ST. TAMMANY WEST, TO TALK ABOUT JIMMY AND ROSALYN CARTER COMING NEXT WEEK; REBECA HERNANDEZ WITH ASI FEDERAL CREDIT UNION; BILL CASANOVA, NORTH SHORE VIDEO PRODUCTION WHIZ WHO SPENT A LOT OF YEARS DOING TV COMMERCIALS AT WWL-TV, INCLUDING SETTING UP THE SPOT WHERE AN AUTOMOBILE FALLS FROM THE SKY ONTO A DESK BEHIND WHICH IS SITTING MR. MORRIS BART; DAVE ROSENTHAL OF THE VINSON GUARD PEOPLE WHO ALSO SELL POLICE, FIRE AND INDUSTRIAL UNIFORMS; AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, MS. TAMMY ABNEY OF WILLSTAFF WORLDWIDE. MS. TAMMY REVEALS A SECRET ON THE SHOW, AND YOU WILL HAVE TO LISTEN TO FIND OUT WHAT IT IS!!
HE'S ONE OF THE LEADING ARCHITECTS IN GREATER NEW ORLEANS AND HE'S WORKING TO REBUILD THE NORTH SHORE. KIERAN WELDON OF FAUNTLEROY & LATHAM IS ED'S GUEST TODAY, WITH STORIES ABOUT REBUILDING DEVASTATED LANDMARKS IN ST. TAMMANY LIKE SALMEN HIGH SCHOOL, AND OUR LADY OF LOURDES CHURCH. HE'S ALSO GOT SOME FUNNY ARCHITECT STORIES. ALSO ON THE SHOW, A LADY WITH SOME NOT SO FUNNY STORIES ABOUT WHAT WE CALL 'CYBERBULLYING', AND WHAT ST. TAMMANY SCHOOLS ARE DOING TO STOP IT. SHE'S SHARON PENDER, PRESIDENT OF THE ST. TAMMANY DISTRICT PARENT TEACHERS ASSOCIATION. KIDS HAVE DIED FROM CYBERBULLYING, AND ITS NOT JUST HAPPENING AT COLUMBINE AND VIRGINIA TECH. ON THE LIGHTER SIDE, WE HEAR SOME FAMOUS OUTTAKES FROM AN ORSON WELLES COMMERCIAL RECORDING SESSION, AS ED CELEBRATES THE GREAT ONE'S BIRTHDAY TODAY.
FINALLY, ED GETS A CHANCE TO TALK TO THE MAN WHO PREDICTED TEN DOLLAR A GALLON GASOLINE! SEAN BRODRICK IS ED'S GUEST, AND GUESS WHAT? HE'S DENIES HE EVER SAID IT! WELL, HE SAID SOMETHING LIKE THAT, BUT NOT EXACTLY. CLICK IN TO FIND OUT EXACTLY WHAT HE MEANT. SEAN'S A KICK TO LISTEN TO, AN OIL ANALYST WITH A GREAT SENSE OF HUMOR. ALSO ON THE SHOW, ED PLAYS A TRIBUTE TO MOM, PRODUCED BY OUR VERY OWN MIKE ZIANTS. BUT BE CAREFUL, IT MIGHT BRING A TEAR TO THE EYE.
A BEAUTIFUL DAY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD TODAY, THE FAUBERG THAT IS. LIVE FROM THE MARIGNY BRASSERIE RESTAURANT IN NEW ORLEANS, AT FRENCHMAN AND ROYAL, ED TALKS ABOUT JAZZFEST WITH ONE OF THE NEIGHBORS, JAN RAMSEY, LEGENDARY PUBLISHER OF 'OFFBEAT MAGAZINE.' THE COVER STORY ON THE JAZZFEST ISSUE IS ABOUT THE RETURN OF THE NEVILLE BROTHERS, BUT THE BIG STORY ON THE SHOW TODAY IS JAN PREDICTING FATS DOMINO WILL BE BACK AT JAZZFEST SOMETIME SOON. THE SECOND HOUR IS A BIG SURPRISE AS ED DISCOVERS A NEW COMEDY TALENT IN THE PERSON OF DAN ESSES. NEVER MIND THAT DAN IS THE EXECUTIVE CHEF AT THE BRASSERIE, HIS DAY/NIGHT JOB OUGHT TO BE STANDUP. HE'S REALLY GOOD. FIND OUT IF ED TALKS HIM INTO LEAVING CHEFFING AND GOING ONTO THE STAGE. OWNER ROLAND ADAMS GIVES THE HISTORY OF THE RESTAURANT, AND NEW GENERAL MANAGER SETH STRINGER ALSO JOINS THE DISCUSSION. BUT THE BIG STORY OF THE SECOND HOUR IS THE TALE OF THE TIME STEVIE WONDER CAME IN AND HAD HIS PICTURE TAKEN. ITS A HOOT, AND YOU NEED TO LISTEN.
THE DISCUSSION IS ALL ABOUT TAXES. JOE LISS JOINS ED TO TALK ABOUT A BILL THAT ACTUALLY MADE IT THROUGH THE LOUISIANA SENATE 38 TO 0, BELIEVE IT OR DON'T, THAT WOULD ELIMINATE THE STATE INCOME TAX IN TEN YEARS. I
T SEEMS A BILL TO LOWER STATE INCOME TAX RATES WAS AMENDED TO GET RID OF THE TAX ENTIRELY IN A TEN YEAR PHASE OUT AND NOW IT'S HEADED TO THE HOUSE. JOE LISS TALKS ABOUT THE CHANCES OF THE BILL PASSING AND MAKING LOUISIANA ONE OF THE HANDFUL OF STATES WITHOUT AN INCOME TAX. ALSO TODAY, ED'S EDDYTORIAL IS AN EPISODE OF THE 'ANGINA MONOLOGUES,' WITH HIS TAKE ON A MAYOR IN CHILE WHO IS HANDING OUT VIAGRA TO MEN OVER 60. ITS MUST HEAR RADIO!
HOT SHOW TODAY. ED'S RANT [EDDYTORIAL] TODAY IS ABOUT ALLEGED MAGICIAN DAVID BLAINE WHO 'CLAIMED' TO HAVE STAYED UNDERWATER ON THE STAGE OF THE OPRAH SHOW TODAY FOR SEVENTEEN MINUTES!!!. BUT CLANCY DOESN'T BELIEVE IT, AND TO BACK HIM UP, HE TALKS WITH KEN SILVERMAN, THE MAN WHO WROTE THE BOOK ON HARRY HOUDINI, WHO, HIMSELF, SAID HE COULDN'T HOLD HIS BREATH LONGER THAN 4 MINUTES UNDERWATER. ALSO, ED CELEBRATES INDEPENDENCE DAY IN GARYVILLE, LOUISIANA. THE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO GET A CHANCE TO VOTE JULY 19TH ON WHETHER THEY WANT TO BE AN INCORPORATED TOWN. HE TALKS WITH GERI BROUSSARD, THE ATTORNEY WHO STARTED THE PETITION DRIVE, AND WITH BUDDY BOE A SPOKESMAN FOR ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST PARISH. AND A VERY NICE LADY NAMED JEAN BRAGG COMES ON THE SHOW TO BRAGG ABOUT 'JAMMIN ON JULIA' ON MAY 3RD TO RAISE FUNDS FOR THE NEW ORLEANS ART DISTRICT ASSOCIATION.
THE OAK RIDGE BOYS ARE IN TOWN AND CLANCY'S GOTTEM. WELL, AT LEAST ONE OF THEM. ED'S GUEST IS DUANE "ACE" ALLEN, WHO KNOWS MORE ABOUT BASKETBALL THAN KENNY TRAHAN. THE OAKS ARE HERE FOR THEIR FRIEND GEORGE SHINN, OWNER OF THE HORNETS. ACE HAS SOME GREAT STORIES ABOUT THE OAKS. ALLEN TALKS ABOUT THEIR BIG HITS, INCLUDING 'LEAVING LOUISIANA IN THE BROAD DAYLIGHT.' AND, OH YEAH...ED CELEBRATED DUANE'S BIRTHDAY ON THE AIR TODAY WITH A LITTLE BIRTHDAY SONG FROM A GROUP ALMOST AS FAMOUS, THE BEATLES.
THEY SAY THE HOUSING MARKET IS WAY DOWN. BUT HOW CAN IT BE WHEN YOU CAN GET A BRAND NEW HOME FOR $100? WELL, YOU CAN! THE ST. TAMMANY HOMEBUILDERS ASSOCIATION IS GIVING AWAY A NEW 'RAFFLE HOUSE' WORTH $300,000 AND IT CAN BE YOURS. GET THE STORY FROM HBA PRESIDENT CLIFF SIVERD. HE ALSO SAYS THE HOUSING MARKET IS NOT AS BAD IN LOUISIANA AS IT IS IN THE REST OF THE COUNTRY. ALSO ON THE SHOW, OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY EXPERT BYRON KING SAYS ITS NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION THAT WE COULD HAVE 8 OR 10 DOLLAR A GALLON GASOLINE IN THE NEXT TWO OR THREE YEARS. CLANCY'S COOKING WITH GASOLINE TODAY.
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