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MISSION
This website’s mission is to create a historical document that illustrates New Orleans cultural relevance through a unique collection of personal anecdotes, press and images. Jazz, blues and folk-art will be ignored for the most part, though at times the index may encroach into that territory.
The New Orleans Index Project begins by listing the personal experiences of its creator, Ralph McGinnis, an artist who grew up in and around the French Quarter, who now lives between San Francisco and New York. However, The Index will expand to include listings representing the entire 20th century and the present as new material is contributed.
Copyrights on all images and text on The New Orleans Index Project are retained by their respective creators.
CONTRIBUTIONS
All contributions are welcome. send additions, corrections, writing and visual contributions to ralph@rs-media.org
CONTRIBUTORS
Shannon Brinkman
Tony Campbell
Curtis Cottrell
Eli Langer
John Lawson
Michael Manning
Wash Westmoreland
NEW ORLEANS LINKS
Eccentric New Orleans
Eccentric New Orleans is everything you really want to know about the outrageous people and places of the colorful, crazy Crescent City.
The Urban Conservancy
The Urban Conservancy is dedicated to research, education and advocacy that promote the wise stewardship of the urban built environment and local economies
The Neighborhood Story Project
The Neighborhood Story Project is a documentary book-making project in New Orleans, Louisiana. Through writing, interviews, and photography, neighborhood writers create portraits of our places, then edit the stories with the neighborhoods to make sure we get it right. We publish the books and have block parties to celebrate.
WWOZ
WWOZ is the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Station, broadcasting live from the famed New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival annually. Our governance board is appointed by the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival Foundation. We are a listener-supported, volunteer-operated radio station, currently operating out of the French Market Corporation Offices.
THE NEW ORLEANS
INDEX PROJECT New Orleans is far more than jazz and gumbo – it's one of the most creative and vibrant cities in the world. People in New Orleans are concerned with living a pleasurable life and making art for the joy of creation rather than for fame and success. There is a secret history, which The New Orleans Index Project now documents.
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send additions, corrections, writing and visual contributions to ralph@rs-media.org
PEOPLE
Alton On the Spot – spectacle / performance artist
Elayne Angel - master piercer
Miss Ashley – drag queen
Michelle Baker - clothing designer DJ Bisquittino - dj / musician Jane Blevin - spectacle / performance artist
Poppy Z. Bright - writer
Shannon Brinkman - photogrpaher
René Broussard - curator / filmmaker
Kano Brannon - clothing designer
Charles Bukowski - writer
William S. Burroughs - writer / painter Tony Campbell - visual artist
Candice - bartender
Truman Capote - writer
Frank Carter – visual artist
Paul Chan - aritst Michael Chapman - writer / conceptualist
Adrian Chesser - photographer
English Craig - tattoo artist
Jonno – writer / graphic designer / promoter
Wayne David - stylist Vance DeGeneres - musician / writer /comedian
Rick Delaup - filmmaker
Karl Demolay – writer / filmmaker
Bobby Dominguez – singer
Stella Dottir - clothing designer
George Alec Effinger - writer
Justin Forbes – visual artist
Loreli Fuller - spectacle / performance artist
Andrea Garland - visual artist
Gloria (Glo) – bartender / stylist Goddess - drag queen
Harold Griffin - musician
Candice Gwinn - clothing designer
Tina Foster – writer / editor / filmmaker
David Halliday - photographer
Thomai Hatsios - writer / dancer / visual artist
Katherine Hennessey - photographer
Marcy Hesseling - wig designer / store owner
Ryan Hesseling - club owner
Mike Hindenburg – visual artist
Takashi Horisaki - visual artist
David Hunt - circus performer
David Johnson – scenster
Susie K. – performance artist / singer / writer / director
Erik Kiesewetter - visual artist
Michelle Kline - visual artist / clothing designer
Audra Kohout - visual artist Eli Langer – visual artist
Marcus AKA Larry Lamborghini – performance artist John Lawson - visual artist
Matty Lee - writer
Lorna Leedy – visual artist / clothing designer
Barbara LaVelle - spectacle
Robyn Lewis - clothing designer
Valarie Lynder - store owner
Wendy Charley Lemon – visual artist / rapper Mad Mara - spectacle / visual artist Michael Manning – photographer / visual artist
Lucas McClelland - musician
Mattjames – visual artist Ralph McGinnis – visual artist / writer
Bradley McCullough - writer / poet Chris Meehan - writer
Alisoun Meehan – visual artist Varla Jean Merman – performance artist / singer / actor
Mickey - Patron Saint of New Orleans spectacles
Chickory Miles – visual artist
Poppy Miles – visual artist
Adrina Miller - clothing designer
Devin Mohr - designer
David Morrow – visual artist
Bobby Moore – writer / composer / singer
Talley Mulligan - musician Tracey Nielsen - clothing designer
Nita and Zita - dancers / visual artists / clothing designers
Aaron Norris - poet
Miss Oliver – clothing designer / visual artist
Miss Otter - spectacle / performance artist
Ostia - Dj
Eric Polito – spectacle / make-up artist
Paris – musician
Clinton Peltier – nightlife impresario
Pistol Pete – musician
Popgun Paul – musician
Jenn Pina - actress / curator
Judy Pussycat – scenster Panacea Pussycat- spectacle / puppeteer Mr. Quintron – spectacle / musician
Kenneth Rapheal – actor / composer / singer Richard Read – writer / producer / actor / director
Rodney Rogers - writer
Jerri Cain Rossi – writer
Dorian Rush - singer Lyle Saxon - writer / editor
Scottish Chris – performance artist
Bryan St. Cyr – visual artist
T.Q. Sims - clothing designer
Rik Slave - musician Micheal Soldier/Precious Moments – performance artist / visual artist / curator
Gabe Soria – writer
Scary Mary - visual artist / spectacle / musician
Soupchain – musician Squishy – spectacle / performance artist / writer
Steve ("Which Steve?" - "Gay Steve")- dancer / spectacle
Robert Stock - poet
Strawberry - musician
Jason Swesnik – spectacle
James Tegeder - writer / photographer
Timo – filmmaker / pornstar MC Trachiotomy - musician
Tomata Du Plenty - punk icon / visual artist
John Kennedy Toole - writer
Ryan Trecartin - visual artist
Anthony Turducken - visual artist / promotor
Matt Vis - artist
Mick Vovers – writer / photographer
Tom Waits - musician
Chris Wassel - musician / visual artist
Louise Wehner (Lou) - bartender / radio dj Wash West – writer / filmmaker
Megan Whitmarsh - visual artist
Gregory John Wildes - musician / visual artist
Olivia Wildes - clothing designer Paul Williams - poet
Zod – drag queen
Bitch – weekly dance party
The Blue Period – art show
The Decadence Ball – yearly party
DramaRama – yearly theater festival
Fashion is Evil – one night event fashion show
Feminine Products – art show
Food and Grog - yearly party
Framed - art show
Guns in the Hands of Artists – art show
Southern Decadence - yearly street fesival
The Opening of “Squishy Does Porno” – one night event
Le Wigstravaganz – yearly event wig and fashion show Ninth Vibe – occasional dance party
New Orleans Worst Film Festival - film festival SleazeBox - weekly dance party
Snap! – weekly dance party
Organizations
Defend New Orleans
Faub.org
Generic Art Solutions
Girl Gang Productions
Krewe of St. Anne
Running With Scissors
Skeleton Krewe
Films
Cut-Up
The Drum Buddy Show
The Fatboy Chronicles
Mardi Gras Cowboy Squishy Does Porno
Zombie! Vs. Mardi Gras
Spaces
The Abbey - bar
L'art Noir New Orleans - gallery The Audubon Hotel – bar / club / hotel / gallery / performance space
Avalon - club
The Awarehouse / The A.R.K. - performace space
Barrister's Gallery - gallery
Barsodi's - coffeehouse
The Blue Crystal - club
Cafe Brazil - bar / performance space
Candice on Conti - bar
Cirque de Ville – retail / performance space
Civic Theater Discothèque - club Checkpoint Charlies - bar / performance space
The Country Flame - restaurant
The Dragons Den - bar / performance space
El Matador - bar / performance space
Ernie K-Doe's Mother in Law lounge – bar
Fifi Mahoney's - make-up retail / wig design
Flora - coffeehouse
The Clover Grill - diner
The Green Lantern – coffeehouse / performance space
The Harbour - restaurant
The Hi-Ho Lounge – bar / performance space
The House of Desire - club
The Humming Bird Grill – diner Kaldis Coffeehouse – coffeehouse / performance space
Kagen's - bar
Kunflama - retail
Lucky's - bar / performance space
The Mermaid Lounge - bar / performance space
Miss Tina's - diner
Molly's - bar
The Nuetral Grounds (The Penny Post) - coffeehouse / performance space
Paisley Babylon - retail The Pearl Lounge – speakeasy / performance space
Positive Space - gallery
Pussycat Caverns – gallery / performance space
The RC Bridge Lounge – bar / performance space
The Shim Sham - club / performance space
The Spellcaster's Lodge – gallery / performance space Turncoats - retail
Trashy Diva - Retail
Until Waiting Fills - coffeehouse
The Warehouse - performance space
X-Art – gallery / performance space / club
Zeitgeist Theater Experiments – cinema / galley / performance space
Publications
The New Orleans Free Press – alternative news / comics / fiction
Constance - art Desire 82 – fiction / comics
Cocktail Magazine – fiction / poetry
Meseshebe Journal – fiction / poetry
Stories Care Forgot - Zine anthology
Antigravity -
music and culture magazine
