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We’ve had a few requests for a review of K-Ville . Since we covered the show earlier , we figured why not. So here’s a little quiz from the Basement, which just happens to be located down south in New Orleans. - Truth or Hollywood - The Opening – The series follows two police officers policing New Orleans two years post-Katrina (hence, K-Ville). One of the officers was on the force during the storm, and was deserted by his partner in the middle of the storm’s mayhem. Did this really happen...Read Full Story

Shelley Midura, New Orleans City Council member , recently posted a Katrina 2 year fact sheet. I thought this was a very informational post and wanted to pass it along. The sheet, Katrina Two Years Later Fact Sheet , covers some interesting details. Based on this fact sheet, Shelley created an open letter to George Bush . I am including the open letter here. Check out the fact sheet also though as the information is a bit more concise. Based on what I have been hearing about Shelley Midura...Read Full Story

Fox and NOLA.com have gotten together and you can watch the k-ville premier right now. Go to the NOLA Entertainment section to see it . If that video is no longer available, you can view it at Fox but you need to download a viewer. Unless you've been under a rock (or have absolutely no interest in New Orleans topics), you have heard of K-Ville. If you haven't heard, it's a cop drama in New Orleans about two years after Katrina hit. New Orleans now. Crime drama. Just like real life. Only here...Read Full Story

Well, I finally got watch the DVRed episode 4. I am live blogging this, i.e. I am writing notes and thoughts as I watch it rather than after. It starts out with Cobb flipping over a katrina-ized refrigerator and pulling out a wad of cash. After cleaning and drying it, he head's over to an unknown woman's trailer. Flashback to the cell with his cellmate and a discussion about the cellmate's girlfriend. Back to the present, we can guess that that's the unknown woman. She looks somewhat familiar...Read Full Story

The Kaiser Family Foundation has released The Future of New Orleans: Young Adults in the Greater New Orleans Area . According to the paper, this was a series of face to face interviews conducted in the Fall of 2006 with about 1500 current residents of New Orleans. The survey was to find out how people were feeling about living in New Orleans and what their plans were. By and large, it looks like a traumatized population. The future of New Orleans depends in part on the strength of its...Read Full Story