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Off By Nine – Happy Hour – It’s New Orleans

If you’re a girl and you tell a guy you’re 26, what does it matter that you’re really only 17? In Jak Locke’s telling of the story, being off by 9 matters, if you’re a hooker. While we’re on the subject of keeping numbers straight, this is Jak’s 6th appearance on Happy Hour. It’s not like…

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Manis Martinis and Wine – Midnight Menu +1 – It’s New Orleans

Leora Pearl Madden opened the Pearl Wine Co in Mid City in 2013 for no better reason than she simply loves wine. Turns out love is a pretty good guide – to a successful business and, well, love.  Leora fell in love with her (plus one guest) business broker Joel Duran and the rest is…

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Chirp If You Like My Handpan – Happy Hour – It’s New Orleans

The Fake Carls aren’t fake, they’re a real band whose friend (not Carl) plays the Handpan. The central nervous system of the Fake Carls are (not) a couple of Loyola music business students, Julie Wischan and Steve Panacek. Julie and Steve knock us out with two tunes – the first song they ever wrote and…

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Whole Food Whole New City – Out to Lunch – It’s New Orleans

Self styled “Emperor of the Universe” entertainer Ernie K-Doe used to say that besides New Orleans being the birthplace of jazz, he was pretty sure everything came from New Orleans. When you tell people that grocery giant Whole Foods started here in New Orleans – on Esplanade Avenue – you generally get the same response…

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Hello Swelo – Happy Hour – It’s New Orleans

Holed up in his room at night after teaching high school math all day, Agasthya Pradhan-Shenoy tinkered around with his computer, making music. When he’d compiled a bunch of tracks he called himself Swelo and put out a record he called Escalator Music. It became an instant internet hit, blowing up first with the the…

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