potential suckage

This is Colombo, not Zack, because I'm too lazy to create my own user name.

Yesterday around 2pm we split for the friendly confines of my folks' compound in Covington. 2 adults, 2 babies, 2 dogs and 25 lbs of frozen brown St. Bernard swimps (no way I wanted to clean that shit out of the freezer later) packed into a Jeep. My parents moved to this part of the north shore from N.O. in direct response to 8/29/05 and I have to say that the location and home design were smoothe moves. We've been living with some of my cousins in River Ridge, an elevated part of Jefferson Parish for the past 6 months while our new house in Lakeview is completed. The land here is 27 ft above sea level, seemingly mountainous for this part of the country, and is about 2 miles from I-12. After C-Ray's scare-the-living-shit-out-of-you speech last night, we considered moving further north, but dad, ever the voice of reason (and obsessiveness) reminded us of why he built this new place. This is the reason. They cleared all of the potential home smashing trees, installed a natural gas generator powerful enough to continue to run air conditioning, all the appliances and then some, and even have an extra spot in the garage and extra bedrooms, oh yeah...and an artesian well in case we lose water pressure. It's all brick with hurricane windows and shutters. Evacuating for Katrina was a Cat 5 on the "major suckage scale," staying with extended family, not all of whom were compassionate to our situation. Dad knew he never wanted to go through that again. Wise man. Time for dinner.

NEW DJINNI STOMP VIDEO!!

We are proud to announce the World Premier of our new video for the song "Djinni Stomp", off of Chained to the Chariot (Rookery, 2006). Directed and shot by Jonathan David Evans (who also did the video for "B/W"), this new video stars the gems of the Crescent City's guilded screen Chris Lane and Sarah Fontenelle.

SPIN Magazine Band to watch!

Yup...we are the band to watch in NOLA...watch...us....play...our next local gig is @ The Dragons Den w/ The Other Planets on Sunday July 27th...come worship.

Bonnaroo!

Damn that was fun...we had about 60- folks rockin that little budwieser tent - we had a blast..thanks all for coming - hope to see youat High Sierra in Quincy this weekend.

New Rotary Downs News/Pics

this summer is going to be a good one - we are about to head out to the Bonnaroo Music Festival in Tennessee - but before that we'll hit Jackson, MS and play at our favorite place there...Martins. Supporting will be Johnny Bertram and his band. We play Martins on Thursday the 12th, then @ Bonnaroo on Sunday, June 15th at 6pm at the Troo Cafe Stage...come hang.

We'll also be playing the 17th Annual High Sierra Music Festival in Quincy, CA. We'll be playing 2 times over the July 4th Weekend - if you're in the area come hang out. - www.highsierramusic.com

and here, are your images of the day:

Rotary Downs During Jazz Fest 2008

Hello everyone, here are two chances to catch Rotary Downs during 2008 Jazz Fest - please note we are only doing
one night show during fest. Any help promoting this would be great, thanks so much. '08's lookin fun..we are just coming off a great weekend at SXSW with a Jambase.com showcase slot last Saturday, and with this summer bringing us to High Sierra Music Festival in Quincy, CA plus a nice Sunday slot at Jazz Fest.

Here is our current Press Photo, please update your files - and credit must be given to Brady Fontenot when used. Thanks.

here is the link: (any problems, i can send a jpg)

http://www.bradyfontenot.com/jobs/rotarydowns/final/DIGI-08-R006-113.tif

When: Saturday, April 26th
Where: One Eyed Jacks
Time: 10pm (sharp)
What - Supagroup, Rotary Downs, with Dave Pirner solo (Soul Asylum), A Living Soundtrack
* We are very excited about our solo Jazz Fest night show, at dowtown NOLA's premier rock club. We are honored to
be playing with Dave Pirner of Soul Asylum, and our friends and Rotary Downs alums A Living Soundtrack
**www.myspace.com/alivingsoundtrack

When: Sunday, May 4th
Where: Jazz and Heritage Festival
Where: Lagniappe Stage
Time: 1:20-2:15

Rotary Downs at SXSW

Jambase Presents:

7:15 - Dusty Rhodes & the River Band
8:15 - Rotary Downs
9:15 - Eric Bibb
10:15 - Mac Arnold & Plate Full o Blues
11:15 - Papa Mali

Saturday, March 15th
Smokin Music
504 Trinity at 5th Street
(the old Coppertank)

if you are in Austin, visiting, or cruisin around on Saturday - come by this showcase -we ready to rock.