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KREWE DU ESOTERIC

posted Saturday, 19 January 2008

The sub-krewe of PAN's theme this year is a bit on the esoteric, highfalutin and Jude the semi-obscure side. We started off hewing somewhat closely to the Beatley Magical Misery Tour theme of KDV. The misuse of the Macca song Helter Skelter by the Manson "family" got us started. Then it morphed into a cult of fanatical New Orleanians who would rather drink the Kool-Aid than live elsewhere.

Our deity is the writer, journalist and 19th Century NOLA resident, Lafcadio Hearn. In short, we're the Cult of Lafcadio. I told you it was obscure but hey Jude, don't make it bad. One person who *will * get it is uber Carnival designer/maven/1993 KDV King Henri Schindler.  After all, Henri's design for the 1989 Rex parade featured the works of our guru and sage, Lafcadio Hearn. So, we're paying tribute to the Presidential election and pandering to Monsieur Schindler and other fans of Lafcadio Hearn. I feel a bit like Mitt Haircut other than the fact that I'll be toting bourbon to keep myself from freezing...

So, crazy-n-cold New Orleanians, look for us. We'll be wearing seersucker bathrobes and champagne glasses on our heads that flash psychdelic colors, man. Wow, man, a visit to the psychedeli. Cosmic. Dr. A and I will be marching with the darling of the blogosphere Lisa Pal as well as Perfesser Morris and his lovely wife, Soviet Bloc. Here's a view of our poster: 

 

PAN Poster 2008

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1. alli left...
Saturday, 19 January 2008 11:09 am

that poster is beautiful. are they available somewhere?


2. sophmom left...
Saturday, 19 January 2008 11:15 am :: http://www.dotcalm.blog-city.com

Pass that Kool-Aid please. The poster *is* beautiful and not all *that* esoteric. Stay warm, darlin'. We're watching the snow fall up here in Hot-lanta. Wish I was there! May there be many pics.


3. liprap left...
Saturday, 19 January 2008 11:23 am :: http://www.liprapslament-theline.blogspo

Have you DRUNK the Kool-Aid?? Pshaw, y'all. BE the Kool-Aid. LOOOOVE the Kool-Aid...

We'll see y'all out in front o' the po-lice station tonite...


4. adrastos left...
Saturday, 19 January 2008 11:38 am

Alli, click on the photo and you can download a copy. Dat's de only way dey be available. We're also throwing bumperstickers and post cards with the image.


5. jeffrey left...
Saturday, 19 January 2008 12:07 pm :: http://librarychronicles.blogspot.com/

I still have an "Edwards Now More Than Ever" sticker laying around somewhere.

This is a good theme. Literary obscurity in a Carnival parade is positively "Uptown" of you guys, though.


6. LisaPal left...
Saturday, 19 January 2008 2:32 pm :: http://irksanddelights.blogspot.com/

Thanks for explaining it so well that I can simply link to you and reach my average of two posts per month with little effort. (Yeah, yeah, one day I'll actually get back into a more consistent blogging groove.)

Looking forward to seeing y'all this evening.


7. Civitch left...
Saturday, 19 January 2008 3:28 pm

They sell silver bangle bracelets with the tail end of that quote ("... it is better to live here...") at Plum on Magazine Street. I got me one!


8. Bruce King left...
Saturday, 19 January 2008 10:26 pm

Ya want esoteric, I'll give you esoteric! To what joke, told by which comedian, is the question: "You got change for a Hearn?" the punchline?


9. Lafcadio Hearn Darling left...
Wednesday, 30 January 2008 2:19 pm

Hello. My name is Lafcadio and my middle name is Hearn, so I would desperately love a poster of this lovely image! It sounds like you don't have any posters, but can someone send me a high-res image, so I can have it printed in color? I can send you a copy of my ID as proof of my bona fides!

I live in Seattle, so am tempted to start a Pacific Northwest chapter of the Cult of Lafcadio.

LHD