Who knew! I recently came into possession of a somewhat large gift-certificate to Borders. Since there is no Borders in Baton Rouge (there might be one in Lafayette), I went to the Internet and purchased many, many books and CDs (ok, like 8 items, still) they've been coming in one by one starting yesterday with Mark Yakich's 2003 book of poetry, Unrelated Individuals Forming a Group Waiting to Cross I also purchased Heidi's book, The Effects of Living Backwards which arrived today. Once I got the book out of the packaging, I flipped it over to read the back, as my eyes glided to the bottom left corner at once I sucked in my lower lip as my pulse quickened and I beheld her in her level-adjusted glory:

Heidi Julavits is a Stone Cold Fox.
Heidi Julavits is a mist-eyed, tow-headed syrinx.
I want to blow her pipes.

When I think of New Orleans, these sounds jump into my head:



Ultimate Rebirth Brass Band
Rebirth Brass Band



Look-Ka Py Py
The Meters



Rock and Roll Gumbo
Professor Longhair



Where there's Smoke, There's Fire
Buckwheat Zydeco



The Wild Tchoupitoulas
The Wild Tchoupitoulas

What does your city sound like to you? (In five albums or less.) All albums are available on the infernal iTunes for sampling or purchasing. (No, I don't know how to post links, sounds, or any of that other shit.)

Josh and Ben are fantastic individuals worthy of our adoration and thanks.

And that's the way it should be.