CenLamar | Est. 2006

the bard of blogs said… One full week has come and gone since Lamar posed his querry; The liklihood of posting answers is looking pretty bleary; Questions are easier to ask than answers to receive; His youth, vigor, and naivete caused him to believe; It’s a shame if Lamar’s effort turns into a bust; Perhaps the lesson he will learn is “who Lamar can Trust” It would be ashame if my effort at asking questions “turns into a bust,” but I doubt they will. Dr. Slatkin has his answers already, and Mr. Lawson has twice assured me that he will…

Allow me to take a departure into national politics: When I was ten years old, I really liked listening to Rush Limbaugh. I even read one of his books, The Way Things Out To Be, which begins, “By the time you have wisely purchased this book (book for those of you in Rio Linda, California), most critics will have undoubtedly savaged it. In many cases, their reviews will have been written before the book was published. How do I know this? Because I do.” It seems like maybe his psychic powers that I admired so much as a ten-year-old were…

My View: RiverFest Rocks, But JazzFest Rocks Harder In the future, when we’re all sitting down and planning these big music and cultural festivals, we need to keep a better eye of what’s going on throughout the state. This weekend, Alexandria and Pineville are hosting RiverFest, Lafayette is hosting an International Festival, and New Orleans is hosting JazzFest. I’m sure RiverFest will be successful, even if it rains on Saturday, but I think that in the future, we’ll have a better chance of attracting bigger acts and greater attendance if we better coordinate the festival. There are a lot of…