Podcasts about mardis gras

"Better not walk in the 1st Line!" - New Orleans - Jazz, Gumbo, Big Easy, Mardis Gras, the Crescent City. Hach, ich komme nur bei dem Gedanken an die Stadt New Orleans schon ins Schwärmen und ich war noch nicht einmal da! Benedikt geht es da genau so und doch auch ganz anders. Denn ins Schwärmen gerät auch er, aber im Gegensatz zu mir, ist er schon dort gewesen - mehrmals, hat die Musik gespielt und das Lebensgefühl eingeatmet. Und jetzt ist er wieder dort gewesen. Der Grund, zusammen mit der New Orleans Schlagzeuger-Legende Johnny Vidakovic ein zweites Album in der Stadt des Jazz aufzunehmen. Für mich wiederum Grund genug mit Benedikt über genau dieses Lebensgefühl zu reden, über die Aufnahmesessions und vor allem über Schlagzeugersachen: Was macht das New Orleans Drumming aus, was sind Second Line Grooves und was ist die Second Line überhaupt? Bei einem Gläschen Wein reden wir über seine Zeit in New Orleans und über Benedikts musikalische Projekte drumherum. Und dann klären wir auch noch die Frage, warum man besser nicht in der ersten Reihe laufen sollte... Mehr zu Benedikt findest du hier: www.benedikthesse.com Auf Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/benedikthesse Du willst ein wenig mehr in die Welt der Stadt New Orleans eintauchen? Das ist Benedikts "Seh-Tipp" dazu: Street Beat: Drumming Below Sea Level  -> https://www.streetbeat.video Ich freu mich tierisch, wenn du auf der Seite von Einfach Schlagzeug mal unter https://einfachschlagzeug.de/ oder bei Instagram vorbeischaust: https://www.instagram.com/krafftfelix/?hl=de Kapitelmarken 0:00:09 - Start 0:12:38 - Spanish Eyes 0:15:45 - 2nd Line Drumming 0:25:51 - New Orleans 0:43:50 - Und noch schnell nach Japan

Co-hosts Jared Yates Sexton and Nick Hauselman must deal with incompetency on a level never before seen as the National Security Advisor inadvertently added Editor In Chief of The Atlantic Jeffrey Goldberg to a top secret, high level chat about their Mardis Gras plans- I mean, the strategic war plans to attack the Houthis in the Middle East. Donald Trump is so concerned that he wasn't even briefed, as he was too busy complaining about a portrait of himself in Colorado and demanding an apology from the Governor of Maine. They finish on Columbia University utter capitulation to Trump to get their $400 million federal pittance back. Support the show and gain access to the Weekender episodes on Friday by going to our Patreon and becoming a patron. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Send us a textWarning: this episode is delirious AF. Your bitches kicked March off with a trip to NOLA for Erin's bday/Mardis Gras, and then drove ten hours to Austin to cover the SXSW festival! Erin and Ange sit down at a bar in Austin, Texas, to catch you up on why New Orleans continues to be their favorite city in the world, and what exciting things they have in store for you coming out of SXSW in the coming weeks. Fasten your seatbelts and hold on to your buttholes, you're in for a treat!Support the showThanks for listening and for your support! We couldn't have reached 11 years, recorded 800+ episodes, and won Best of the Bay Best Podcast in 2022 , 2023 , and 2024 without your help! -- Fight fascism. Shop small. Use cash. -- Subscribe to our channel on YouTube for behind the scenes footage! Rate and review us wherever you listen to podcasts! Visit our website! www.bitchtalkpodcast.com Follow us on Instagram & Facebook Listen every Tuesday at 9 - 10 am on BFF.FM

It's Ash Wednesday! But we'd rather pretend it's still Mardis Gras. Or Shrove Tuesday. Or 2014. Kristy has internet issues, so you also get to appreciate Leah's incredible improv skills, and what it would be like if Leah and Kristy were the trinity. All while we discuss ritual and space and feeling spiritual.

Prof. Lesley Gregoricka joins Chris and Eric to explain her work in the field of bioarchaeology. Topics include everything from strontium isotope analysis to the ethics of legacy collections of human remains. Stick around for a diversion to King Cakes and Mardis Gras. The article discussed on this episode can be found via this citation: Gregoricka, L. A. (2023). The ethics of excavating: bioarchaeology and the case for rehabilitating legacy human skeletal collections in the Near East. Levant, 55(3), 294-303. ------------------------------------------------------------- Bioarchaeologist Dr. Lesley A. Gregoricka is a Professor of Anthropology in the Department of Sociology, Anthropology, & Social Work at the University of South Alabama. She also serves as Director of the USA Forensic Science Program. She received her B.A. from the University of Notre Dame and her M.A. and Ph.D. from The Ohio State University. Dr. Gregoricka uses biogeochemical techniques to examine changing patterns of human mobility, mortuary practices, paleo diet, and social complexity in the Near East, Arabia, and beyond. Her primary research program investigates prehistoric mortuary landscapes across the United Arab Emirates and Oman, seeking to evaluate how shifting mortuary traditions in southeastern Arabia reflect corresponding changes in sociopolitical complexity and subsistence strategies. From this, she explores how local identity was reinforced and negotiated through the construction of monumental tombs and treatment of the dead. Dr. Gregoricka's interest in embodied social identity has also taken her to Poland, where she worked with skeletons buried at the post-medieval cemetery at Drawsko as part of the Slavia Project. The Drawsko cemetery is well-known for its deviant burials, and her research focuses on the radiogenic and stable isotope analysis of the skeletal tissues of those interred as “vampires” to better discern why certain individuals were selected for apotropaic burial rites when others were not. Today, Dr. Gregoricka co-directs the NSF-REU Site: Bioarchaeology of Bronze Age Social Systems, which brings undergraduate students from across the country to USA each summer to learn to conduct bioarchaeological research. She is also currently involved with research on the movements of pastoralist groups in ancient Nubia. ------------------------------------------------------------- Contact the Sausage of Science Podcast and Human Biology Association: Facebook: www.facebook.com/groups/humanbiologyassociation Website: humbio.org/, Twitter: @HumBioAssoc Chris Lynn, HBA Public Relations Committee Chair Website: cdlynn.people.ua.edu/, E-mail: cdlynn at ua.edu, Twitter:@Chris_Ly Eric Griffith, HBA Junior Fellow, SoS producer E-mail: eric.griffith at duke.edu

Hey Cher, the Indians are coming, no worry Big Chief, we just family road trippin' down to New Orleans and this show is dedicated to some of the best soul and funk ever made, and that is still being made and played today. Every day is a Party down in the big easy, it's not just Mardis Gras. And the music always plays. The folklorist traditions in Crescent City live large. Enjoy. Music Louis Armstrong, Dr. John, The Wild Tchoupitoulas, Yes Ma'am, 79rs Gang, The Dixie Cups, The Wild Magnolias, Big Chief Monk Boudreaux & The Golden Eagles, Big Chief Monk Boudreaux & The Golden Eagles, Little Queenie & The Percolators and loads more. Tune into new broadcasts of Worldy with Matt and Dom, LIVE, Monday from 10 AM - 12 Noon EST / 3- 5 PM GMT.For more info visit: https://thefaceradio.com/worldy///Dig this show? Please consider supporting The Face Radio: http://support.thefaceradio.com Support The Face Radio with PatreonSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/thefaceradio. Join the family at https://plus.acast.com/s/thefaceradio. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We hope you aren't done drinking from the St. Patrick's Day weekend (if you're 21 or over) because we have a new way to celebrate, and this includes two types of spirits! Zoey takes us to Pat O'Briens, mostly in New Orleans but partially in The Alamo. The bar is the Irish pub that many go to, to celebrate Mardis Gras, St. Patrick's Day, and Halloween! We have some mysterious footsteps, self-playing pianos, and ghostly activity in the women's bathroom (because why isn't it the men's?). The bar is so haunted that people leave in the middle of their drinks or the middle of their shifts.We also stop briefly at the Alamo to talk about Little Timmy, a boy in the window who doesn't seem to realize that bars aren't for kids.But first, Robin brings our Something Something, the 100 Steps Cemetery. Sources: https://hauntedhospitality.wordpress.com/2024/03/19/ep-154-a-very-haunted-st-patricks-day-in-new-orleans/Visit us on Social Media! Stay Spooky!

We live, laugh, love comedian, presenter, and writer Louis Hanson.As your 2024 Mardi Gras host - he's got your pride survival guide for your gay christmas.

We live, laugh, love comedian, presenter, and writer Louis Hanson.As your 2024 Mardi Gras host - he's got your pride survival guide for your gay christmas.

We thought we'd have one more episode with no guest folks. We missed Susan last week so we get caught up with her and finally learn what 'I'm doing Mardis Gras' means in detail....just family stuff and some sibling bantering. Stay tuned for new guests in this new year starting next week. Hey maybe we can get our brother John on again and find out what REALLY happened with the Beach Boys!! There's always more to the story.

Laird Leatherman 2024 Jay hangs around after our episode went to air for the Sextras, our podcast exclusive content. We chat about Eagle having two title holders on staff, Craig having a sash son, representing community internationally, and supporting disadvantage or displaced queer people overseas. Another massive shout out to the four other competitors, Alex, Angelo, JJ, and Sir Z who all did an amazing job. Don't forget to tune in to the main episode (Side A) Find Jay at @jockbox on instagram or pop down for a chat to him and fellow sash bearer Joel at Eagle Leather The Laird Hotel and Laird Leatherman histroy can be found at https://www.lairdhotel.com/laird_leatherman.php  Find more about the Rainbow Railroad and the Australian Queer Archives Events we mentioned! Down an' Dirty's Sounding workshop at the Laird - this Saturday, 17 February which JUST sold out!  Unfortunately Fair Day for Mardis Gras has been cancelled, so keep up to date with what the kink and fetish communities on Gadigal land (Sydney) are up to by following https://www.instagram.com/fetishaustralia/ Thursday Sunday 22 Feb - International Mr Leather Marcus Barela will be at the Burdekin Hotel for Around the World with IML 45: Destination Sydney Saturday 24 Feb Melbourne Leather Social (in part hosted by contestant JJ!) are having a Leather Picnic in Alexandra Gardens 14 MArch - Victorian Pride Awards 22 March - Hanky, Restraint  26 April - Hanky Dark Pink  This episode was recorded on the lands of the Yalukit-Willam Clan of the Boon Wurrung Peoples. We pay our respects to their elders, past, present and emerging, and acknowledge that sovereignty was never ceded. Find other JOY podcasts at joy.org.au

Happy (almost) Mardi Gras! I'm talking planning author finances over the longer term, offering some predictions on the rise and (inevitable, eventual) decline of Romantasy, and looking at the 10 year anniversary of THE MARK OF THE TALA.You can find a recording of our Beastly Books panel on the FaRoFeb Instagram account.You can buy tickets for Wild & Windy in Phoenix (February 2025) here https://www.wildandwindybookevent.com/phoenix-authorsJoin my Patreon and Discord for mentoring, coaching, and conversation with me! Find it at https://www.patreon.com/JeffesClosetYou can always buy print copies of my books from my local indie, Beastly Books! https://www.beastlybooks.com/If you want to support me and the podcast, click on the little heart or follow this link (https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/jeffekennedy).Sign up for my newsletter here! (https://landing.mailerlite.com/webforms/landing/r2y4b9)You can watch this podcast on video via YouTube https://youtu.be/ppUELQo9QZMSupport the showContact Jeffe!Tweet me at @JeffeKennedyVisit my website https://jeffekennedy.comFollow me on Amazon or BookBubSign up for my Newsletter!Find me on Instagram and TikTok!Thanks for listening!

Lawmakers in the state House are expected to introduce legislation that would restore the voting rights of Mississippians convicted of certain felonies.Then, Mardis Gras celebrations come with hundreds of years of tradition. One new group in New Orleans is showing how those traditions are evolving.Plus, A gospel documentary airing tonight on MPB shares how Mississippi helped shape the genre. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Black History Month, Valentine's Day, Mardis Gras, Lunar New Year — It may be the shortest month of the year, but there's still plenty to do in Chicago this month. The City Cast Chicago team has your guide to February including how to enjoy warmer-than-usual weather, Black History Month events, how to celebrate (or not celebrate) Valentine's Day, and some local Leap Day trivia. Events mentioned: Black History Month Story Trails at Dan Ryan Woods Underground Railroad Walks Black Restaurant Week Black History Month at DuSable Museum Black Creativity Juried Art Exhibition The Scene Chicago Public Library Black History Month events Cockroach Naming at Brookfield Zoo Crying at the Shed film series Free Wednesday Evenings at Adler Planetarium Dungeons and Dragons at The Raven Room We Gotta Get Back to the Crib The Orchid Show of Wonders at Chicago Botanic Garden Some Good news: Big Kid Show at Dorian's Want some more City Cast Chicago news? Then make sure to sign up for our Hey Chicago newsletter.  Follow us @citycastchicago You can also text us or leave a voicemail at: 773 780-0246 Become a member of City Cast Chicago. Interested in advertising with City Cast? Find more info HERE Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Our series of Top 10 episodes from the "Escape" radio series continues today with a wild adventure in the chaos and madness of Mardis Gras in 1950s New Orleans. A man attempting to sleep through the ruckus of the celebration gets his hands on a Gideons bible that happens to have some secret coded messages inside, and now he's being pursued by a mafia ring. Keith Scott joins us to discuss this original Escape story. Visit our website: https://goodolddaysofradio.com/ Subscribe to our Facebook Group for news, discussions, and the latest podcast: https://www.facebook.com/groups/881779245938297 If you don't do Facebook, we're also on Gab: https://gab.com/OldRadio  Our theme music is "Why Am I So Romantic?" from Animal Crackers: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01KHJKAKS/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_MK8MVCY4DVBAM8ZK39WD

Thanksgiving is usually a grand feast and, for many, ushers in a month of feasting and celebrating until Christmas arrives. Perhaps we should take this opportunity to view the Thanksgiving holiday a bit more like Mardis Gras before Lent so that we may properly see Advent for the spiritual time of preparation that it should be.

Thanksgiving is usually a grand feast and, for many, ushers in a month of feasting and celebrating until Christmas arrives. Perhaps we should take this opportunity to view the Thanksgiving holiday a bit more like Mardis Gras before Lent so that we may properly see Advent for the spiritual time of preparation that it should be.

Thanksgiving is usually a grand feast and, for many, ushers in a month of feasting and celebrating until Christmas arrives. Perhaps we should take this opportunity to view the Thanksgiving holiday a bit more like Mardis Gras before Lent so that we may properly see Advent for the spiritual time of preparation that it should be.

During the inter-season break, the vampire insiders are working hard to keep the podcast fresh by doing deep dives into the episodes, chatting about other kinds of creature media and exploring the "Fan Fiction Writer's Room" in which we, with the permission of the author, read and discuss an excerpt from some terrific fan fiction. In this episode we revisit the Vampire Diaries. Today we talk about Season 2. We have lots more Interview with the Vampire content lined up to quench your Ricean Universe thirst coming up, including a discussion next week about the role of female vampires in the show. Link below to ShowMeYourFangs (@wilsonsbabe) fine work "The Plans We Made" on AO3. The summary of this story is: Louis and Lestat try to move forward after the Mardis Gras ball ends in disaster. Or: What if Claudia's plan had failed. https://archiveofourown.org/works/43205452/chapters/108592729 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/vampire-insider/message

We're returning DOWN UNDER for more shenanigans as MORE queens from all across Australia and New Zealand compete for the title of Down Under's Next Drag Superstar!  The first challenge: A GIRL GROUP CHALLENGE!!! Our kiwi and ozzie queens bend them notes to a mashup of Ru's popular hit songs SUPER QUEEN & Sissy that Walk- coming up with thier own verse and group choreography.  Who are you rooting for? Spilling the G&T podcast is a LIVE and real-time podcast that Spills the G&T on the latest episode! With hosts: performer Paulo and everyone's favourite Psychiatrist, Dr Tom.  Follow AND engage Spilling the G&T Podcast on: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/spillingthegandtpodcast/  Twitter: https://twitter.com/SpillingGandT Email enquiries: thepaulomedia@gmail.com 

Every State in the USA has a different sound, a different feeling, a  unique flavor that sets it apart from all the other states. We are going  to explore all the 50 states of music and we are moving on to The Pelican State- Louisiana. Known for Voodo, swamps, Mardis Gras, Bourbon Street, Blues, and Jazz Music, this great state has produced many bluesmen, jazz artists, rockers, singers, and country music legends.  Join the discussion as we roll through the States of  Music! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/album4theday/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/album4theday/support

Jim and Brian tackle four different bourbon tasting and reviews during this episode. They discuss the mass shooting on Main Street in Louisville and discuss some exciting news on the episode this week . Listen in and don't miss a thing! https://thebourbonroad.com Be sure to check out our private Facebook group, "The Bourbon Roadies" for a great group of bourbon loving people. You will be welcomed with open arms!

Seamus and Judy are celebrating Mardis Gras, mourning the Eagles' loss in the Super Bowl and rehashing Judy's interference in Seamus's grades in grade school. We also have questions from our Mommies and a secret code for our Mommies to identify themselves by! Don't forget to leave us a review and rating, share us with a friend and follow us on Instagram!

This Week Sam & Mikey recap they're pride filled weekends, dive into Mikey's programming and much more!IF YOU LIKE OUR MESSAGE PLEASE SHARE THE SHOW!WEBSITEwellbasicallypod.comFollow us @wellbasicallypodcast, @wellbasicallymikey, and @wellbasicallysam 

Last weekend was Mardi Gras, and you may have listened to our WorldPride panel on the pod last week. My guest this week, Rod Pattenden was actually in the first church group to march in the Mardis Gras parade back in around 1999. And whilst that involved a horrendous amount of discrimination and suffering, I am amazed at Rod's courage and resilience. There's a lot of other things I love about Rod. He's an artist with a PhD in art and religion, and as you'll hear, he's a brilliant thinker and practitioner, constantly finding ways to translate ideas into action. This conversation took place in a room in Rod's house filled with art and books — a pretty good place to be if you ask me. As you listen, I hope you get the sense that you're in the room with us, exploring how we can break open our boxes and find new ways of seeing the divine in all kinds of places.  

Be guided by locals and experience the fun, food and bizarre traditions at the orignal location of all things Louisisiana Mardis Gras.

He's baaa-aack! And we couldn't be prouder because this week, Mr. The Fabulous Adam Richard re-joins us to celebrate the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras! In this knee-slappingly funny episode, these three stooges hack into some Screaming Trees' 'Sweet Oblivion', before Adam brings his comedic expertise to reviewing Mr. Saturday Night. But will we have the night of our lives, or end up with a hangover?Plus, we chat Fandoms, Writing Comedy for Broadway, MCU running its course, Holes in the Walls, Mariah Carey's Christmas Movie, Growing up Gay in Australia, and heaps more in this jam-packed episode! Adam's socials: https://www.twitter.com/adamrichard -- https://open.spotify.com/show/5E0iwEpwa4ksh19DUuhP7K?si=982d978f41b345bdMr J Wags: https://twitter.com/mrjwags -- https://instagram.com/mrjwagsThe Dohyo - Hot Sumo Talk! https://www.youtube.com/@TheDohyoShining in Misery Tickets: https://capitalcitytheatre.org/shining-in-misery (CLOSED)Disney's Hercules the Musical Tickets: https://my.papermill.org/Bad Cinderella Tickets: https://badcinderellabroadway.com/https://www.thetonastontales.com/listen -- https://www.patreon.com/bloomingtheatricals - https://twitter.com/thrashntreasurehttps://linktr.ee/thrashntreasure*****Help support Thrash 'n Treasure and keep us on-air, PLUS go on a fantastical adventure at the same time!Grab your copy of The Tonaston Tales by AW, and use the code TNT20 when you check out for 20% off eBooks and Paperbacks!https://www.thetonastontales.com/bookstore - TNT20 ***** ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

We are back to Fortune & Flora, learning a whole new set of meanings and correspondences, as the Fool encounters the Emperor on they're epic journey. Seriously, who can I give my money to for the fool's journey to become a streaming series?! THEN, it's time to find out why Ginger and Galangal are both excellent emperor herbs, how they are similar but very different and why, substitutions, the notion of a "catch-all herb" and even the phrase, "Intention is everything," can sometimes be made into something harmful. Don't shoot the animist messenger pigeon!   Thank you so much for listening! Please leave a review, wherever you're listening from. Go to AIsForAgrimony.com to check out the blog, get event updates and browse the spell & ritual archive! Get Bonus Content and Behind-the-Scenes, Early Release Video Episodes over at the Patreon: Patreon.com/aisforagrimony Follow or Contact Me: Instagram: @a_is_for_agrimony Facebook: Facebook.com/aisforagrimony Email: ReachMargo@aisforagrimony.com Want to send me some good old fashioned mail? Surprise me at: PO Box 397, Cherry Hill NJ 08003. Many many thanks to Shane Ivers for Music: Zen Garden by Shane Ivers: https://www.silvermansound.com

It's Fat Tuesday, Jody is in New Orleans, and today we're bringing you an episode we did last year about the integration of Mardis Gras. It's one of our favorites. It's March 1st, the first day of Mardi Gras in New Orleans. This day in 1992, a city ordinance mandating that all Mardi Gras krewes be integrated in order to march on city streets is in effect — making this a Mardi Gras unlike any in history. Jody, Niki, and Kellie are joined by New Orleans city Councilman Oliver Thomas (also a poet, actor, and radio host) to talk about what the new law means for the very old tradition, and how difficult it is to enforce legal discrimination laws in largely social contexts. Sign up for our newsletter! Find out more at thisdaypod.com And don't forget about Oprahdemics, hosted by Kellie, coming soon from Radiotopia. This Day In Esoteric Political History is a proud member of Radiotopia from PRX. Your support helps foster independent, artist-owned podcasts and award-winning stories. If you want to support the show directly, you can do so on our website: ThisDayPod.com Get in touch if you have any ideas for future topics, or just want to say hello. Our website is thisdaypod.com Follow us on social @thisdaypod Our team: Jacob Feldman, Researcher/Producer; Brittani Brown, Producer; Khawla Nakua, Transcripts; music by Teen Daze and Blue Dot Sessions; Julie Shapiro and Audrey Mardavich, Executive Producers at Radiotopia

The Storm Skiing Journal and Podcast is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and to support my work, please consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.WhoDennis Eshbaugh, President and General Manager of Holiday Valley, New YorkRecorded onFebruary 13, 2023About Holiday ValleyClick here for a mountain stats overviewOwned by: Win-Sum Ski Corp, which Holiday Valley's website describes as “a closely held corporation owned by a small number of stockholders.”Year founded: 1958Pass affiliations: NoneLocated in: Ellicottville, New YorkClosest neighboring ski areas: Holimont (3 minutes), Kissing Bridge (38 minutes), Cockaigne (45 minutes), Buffalo Ski Center (48 minutes), Swain (1 hour, 15 minutes), Peek'N Peak (1 hour, 15 minutes)Base elevation: 1,500 feetSummit elevation: 2,250 feetVertical drop: 750 feetSkiable Acres: 290Average annual snowfall: 180 inchesTrail count: 84 (4 glades, 1 expert, 21 advanced, 21 intermediate, 32 beginner, 5 terrain parks) – the official glade number is a massive undercount, as nearly all of the trees at Holiday Valley are well-spaced and skiable (the trailmap below notes that “woods are available to expert skiers and riders and are not open, closed, or marked”).Lift count: 13­­ (4 high-speed quads, 7 fixed-grip quads, 2 surface lifts) – a high-speed six-pack will replace the Mardis Gras high-speed quad this sumer.Uphill capacity: 23,850 people per hourWhy I interviewed himWestern New York is one of the most important ski markets in America. Orbiting a vast wilderness zone of hilly lake-effect are the cities of Syracuse, Rochester, Buffalo, Cleveland, and, farther out but still relevant to the market, Pittsburgh. That's more than 20 million people, as Eshbaugh notes in our conversation. They all need somewhere to ski. They don't have big mountains, but they do have options. In Western New York alone: Peek'n Peak, Cockaigne, Kissing Bridge, Buffalo Ski Club, Bristol, Hunt Hollow, Swain, Holiday Valley, Holimont, and a half-dozen-ish surface-lift outfits hyper-focused on beginners.It's one of the world's great new-skier factories. Skiers learn here and voyage to the Great Out There. From these metro regions, skiers can get anywhere else quickly. At least four daily flights connect Cleveland and Denver – you can leave your house in the evening and catch first chair at Keystone or Copper the following morning. But sometimes local is good, especially when you start stacking kids in the backseat and your airplane bill ticks past four digits.Set the GPS for Holiday Valley. In a region of ski areas, this is a ski resort. The terrain is varied and expansive. Downtown Ellicottville, a Rust Belt industrial refugee that has remade itself as one of the East's great resort towns, is minutes away. The mountain is easy enough to get to (in the way that anything off-interstate is an easy-ish pain in the ass requiring some patience with two-lane state highways and their poke-along drivers). And lift tickets are affordable, topping out at $87 for an eight-hour session.As a business, Holiday Valley is one of the most well-regarded independent ski areas in the country, on the level of Wachusett or Whitefish or Smugglers' Notch. But it wasn't the inevitable King of Western New York. When Eshbaugh showed up in 1975, the place was a backwater, with a handful of double chairs and T-bars and a couple dozen runs. It took decades to build the machine. But for at least the past 20 years, Holiday Valley has led all New York ski areas in annual visits, keeping company with New England monsters Mount Snow and Sunday River at around half a million skiers per season. That's incredible. I wanted to learn how they did it, and how they keep doing it, even as the ski world evolves rapidly around them.What we talked aboutThe wild Western New York winter; what's driving record business to Holiday Valley; the busiest ski area in New York State; learning from Sam Walton in the best possible way; competing with Colorado; the history and remaking of Ellicotville; from ski school instructor to resort president; staying at one employer for nearly five decades; who owns Holiday Valley and how committed they are to independence; a brief history of the ski area; setting season pass prices at $1,000 in the megapass era – “we have 10,000 buyers of these other pass programs as well”; the importance of night-skiing; the bygone days of skiing all-nighters; why Holiday Valley hasn't joined the Epic, Ikon, or Indy Passes, and whether it ever would; thoughts on reciprocal coalitions and why the Ski Cooper partnership went away; a picture of Holiday Valley in the mid-1970s; the landmine of too much real-estate development; going deep on the new Mardi Gras Express six-pack; why they're building the lift over two years; how and why Holiday Valley self-installs chairlifts (one of the few ski areas to do so); remembering 20-minute double-chair rides on Mardi Gras; the surprising potential destination of the Mardi Gras quad; long-term potential upgrades for Sunrise, Eagle, Cindy's, and Chute; the next lift that Holiday Valley will likely upgrade to a detachable; why Holiday Valley upgraded the 20-year-old Yodeler fixed-grip quad to a detachable quad two years ago; how much more it costs to maintain a detachable lift than a fixed-grip lift, and whether Holiday Valley could one day get to an all-high-speed fleet; “you have to keep a balance between what your customer base wants and what your customer base can support”; Dave McCoy's thumbprint on Mammoth Mountain; potential expansion opportunities; where the next all-new liftline could sit; potential glade expansion; remembering when insurance carriers were paranoid of glade-skiing and why they backed off that notion; and why Holiday Valley implemented RFID but didn't install gates.Why I thought that now was a good time for this interviewHoliday Valley is one of the few large regional destination ski areas that continues to stand alone. No pass allegiance. No reciprocal deals. The pass is good here and only here.And it works. Like Wolf Creek or Baker or Mount Rose or Smugglers' Notch or Bretton Woods, Holiday Valley is proving that the one-mountain model isn't dead just yet. Even with a headliner season pass that runs $1,049*, just $30 cheaper than the good-at-63-mountains Ikon Pass and a couple hundred dollars more than the equally expansive Epic Pass. Many of the mountain's passholders do also purchase these passes, Eshbaugh told me, but they keep buying the Holiday Valley Pass too.Why? My guess is the constant, conspicuous investment. A new high-speed quad to replace a 20-year-old fixed-grip quad in 2021. Holiday Valley's first six-pack – to replace a 27-year-old high-speed quad – next season. And the place is pristine. Everything looks new, even if it isn't. The lodges – and it feels like there are lodges everywhere – are expansive and attractive. Snowguns all over. I haven't walked around the joint opening closet doors or anything, but I bet it I did, I'd find the towels sorted by color and shelves labelled accordingly.In the era of sprawling and standardized, there is still a lot to like in this hyper-local approach to ski resort management. Eshbaugh is in no hurry to chase his peers over the horizon. He admits there may be vast treasure and security waiting there, but there may also be a bottomless void. Holiday Valley and its eclectic and somewhat secretive group of owners will wait and see. In the meantime, we may as well enjoy the place for what it is.*Holiday Valley offered several more affordable pass options for the 2022-23 ski season, including a nights-only version for $504, a Sundays pass for $313, a pass good for 10 weekdays or evenings for $285, and a nine-use night pass for $213.Questions I wish I'd askedI'd wanted to get a bit into Holimont, and ask my usual stupid question about whether the two resorts had ever discussed some sort of lift or ski connection. From a pure engineering standpoint, it wouldn't be an especially difficult project: the hill that rises from the far side of the Holiday Valley parking lot is the backside of Holimont. You would just need trails down from the top of Holimont's Exhibition Express or Sunset double to the bottom of Holiday Valley's Tannenbaum lift, then a return lift up the mountain to Holimont. Here's a crappy concept sketch I put together:Of course, there are problems with my elaborate plans, starting with the fact that I have no idea who owns the property that I just designated for new trails and chairlifts. The bigger issue, however, is that Holimont is a private ski club, and it's closed to the public on weekends and holidays. That won't change. But if you're curious, you can roll up and buy a lift ticket midweek, which is pretty cool. The place is substantial, with 56 trails and eight lifts, including a high-speed quad:A union of these two ski areas seems highly improbable. But it would create an enormous ski area, and it was fun to fantasize about for a few minutes.Why you should ski Holiday ValleyHoliday Valley skis far larger than the trailmap would suggest. Rolling from Spruce Lake over to Snowpine can take all morning. There's lots of little offshoots, quirks and nooks to explore. Glades everywhere. Lifts everywhere. Most runs are substantially shorter than the advertised 750 vertical feet, but they cling to the fall line, and there are a lot of them: 84 trails feels like an undercount.I said in the podcast that Holiday Valley felt like a half dozen or so ski areas stitched together, and it does. Creekside and Sunrise feel like that town bump, with gentle wide-open meadows. Morningstar is big broadsides, park kids and a speedy lift. Yodeler and Chute are raw and steep, tight glades between groomed-out boomers. Eagle is restless and wild and underdeveloped. And Tannenbaum is a sort-of idyll, a rich glen dense with towering pines, a detachable lift line threading low and fast through the trees.It's just a very good ski area, with everything except a headline vertical drop. But the sprawling lift system makes fastlaps easy, and if the snow is deep, pretty much all the trees between the trails are skiable. The place is likely to wear you out before you wear it out, and then you can head down the street for a beer and a pillow.Podcast NotesOn operating hoursI guessed on the podcast that Holiday Valley was open more hours per week than most other ski areas in the country. Their regular schedule is 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Wednesday, 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. Thursday and Friday, and 8:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. That adds up to 89 hours per week. I'm not sure exactly where that ranks among U.S. American ski areas, but its in the upper five percentile.On Mountains of DistinctionEshbaugh mentions the Mountains of Distinction program. This is a discount program started by Jiminy Peak before the megapass craze. It currently includes Jiminy, Wachusett, Cranmore, Holiday Valley, Bromley, and Crystal Mountain, Michigan. Passholders at any of these ski areas generally get half off on weekdays and $15 off on weekends and holidays at any of the other resorts. The program was far larger at one time, but it's lost many members – such as Seven Springs – to consolidation.On the incredible migrating chairliftI mentioned a chairlift at Hunt Hollow – a ski area that operates on the same public/private model as Holimont – that relocated one of Snowbird's old chairs. The chair was Snowbird's old Little Cloud double, which they removed in 2012 to make way for a high-speed quad. You can read more about it here (pages 13 to 14). Lift Blog documented the lift when it stood at Snowbird, and then again at Hunt Hollow.On lost ski areas of Western New YorkIn the podcast intro, I mention a pair of onetime competitors to Holiday Valley that failed to evolve in the same way and went bust. One was Wing Hollow, a 750-footer just 20 minutes south of Holiday Valley that is now best known for a never-solved 1975 double-murder. Here's the 1978 trailmap, showing two T-bars and a double chair - about the same setup that Holiday Valley had in that period.I also mention Bluemont, which was just half an hour north of Holiday Valley and claimed an 800-foot-vertical drop, a double chair, a T-bar, and two ropetows. Here it is around 1980:The land that Bluemont sat on is currently for sale for $5.95 million. I wrote about this in May:Man I don't know what happens to these places. Eight hundred vertical feet would make this the second-tallest ski area in Western New York, after Bristol, and poof. Just gone. NELSAP says that the last investors “never received enough capital to get their idea off the ground.” The chairlifts are apparently long gone. Who knows if you would even be able to build on the land if you owned it – everything is impossible these days, especially in New York. But here it is if you have the money and the gumption to try.These were just the two largest of many lost ski areas in Western New York. You can poke around the lost New York ski areas page on the New England Lost Ski Areas project for more info.On Holiday Valley's evolutionEshbaugh talks about the deliberate way they've built out Holiday Valley over the decades. The oldest trailmap I can find for the ski area is from 1969 – 11 years after the resort opened, and six years before Eshbaugh arrived. It shows what is currently the area from Mardi Gras over to Tannenbaum, including Yodeler and Chute:The mountain added the first Cindy's lift – a double chair – in 1978. Here's the trailmap circa 1981 - Cindy's is lift 3:Morning Star – a triple – arrived in 1983. The Snowpine double came the following year. This circa 1988 trailmap shows both (Morning Star is lift 5; Snowpine lift 6), and also teases the Eagle quad, which was slated to open the following year (it did, but as a quad, rather than as the triple teased below):The Sunrise quad rose in 1992. Here it is on a circa 1997 trailmap (lift 10):The Spruce Lake quad arrived for the 2007-08 season (lift 11):Which basically takes us to modern Holiday Valley, though the ski area continues to upgrade lifts regularly. Impressive as this growth has been, I don't think they're anywhere near finished.The Storm publishes year-round, and guarantees 100 articles per year. This is article 13/100 in 2023, and number 399 since launching on Oct. 13, 2019. Want to send feedback? Reply to this email and I will answer (unless you sound insane, or, more likely, I just get busy). You can also email skiing@substack.com. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.stormskiing.com/subscribe

Today's crossword was themeless, but there was a lot of music in the grid. Between 7D, Pink Floyd co-founder Barrett, SYD, to 87D, Soul singer Thomas, CARLA, there were numerous other references: 31A, All-woman rock band with the 1982 hit "Vacation", GOGOS; the curious 43A, When doubled, a classic Mardis Gras tune, IKO; and finally 52A, 2017 chart-topping hit whose YouTube video was the first to reach 3 billion views, DESPACITO (we defy you to not dance while watching it 

Karl Hand is the pastor of Crave Church in Sydney, he has a PhD in the New Testament, and is a contributor to the recently updated Queer Bible Commentary with a chapter on the book of Ephesians.During our conversation Karl described this beautiful gift that queer people have for using humour as a means of survival in the face of oppression. He describes how in a way Mardis Gras is a response to police brutality involving people dressing up and throwing a party — and when you think about it, this is an incredible example of subversively comical resistance. It isn't just police brutality that has been used against queer people historically — often scripture has been tragically used as part of the arsenal of weapons used to discriminate against them. Well, as Karl is going to show us in this conversation, at least one queer response is to re-read the text in brilliantly creative ways that see the humour, even through the trauma.I'm wary of anyone who says there's only one way to read the Bible. I firmly believe that if it's a living word — like I was taught growing up — then we can't stop it from speaking in different ways to different people at different moments in time. And this conversation with Karl has given me fresh ways to see next time I open my Bible. Listen in, and by the end I hope you'll be able to say the same thing. If nothing else, may you be inspired by the beautiful creative resistance of queer people. Check out the Queer Bible Commentary here.

This week we get one of the craziest lip syncs of all time as Beverly Kills goes head to head - and leg to leg, knee to knee, back to back - with rival Queen Kong, and that stage takes more of a pounding than Sam at Mardis Gras. But before that we have to sit through the queens attempting to endorse their hometowns, which is equally painful. Sponsored by Fat Pigeon Art https://fatpigeonart.uk/ https://www.instagram.com/fatpigeonart/?hl=en email edward.m.dyson@googlemail.com @unitedqueendompodcast www.patreon.com/UnitedQueendom www.instagram.com/unitedqueendompodcast www.instagram.com/samdowlertime www.twitter.com/samdowler www.podtail.com/podcast/united-queendom-podcast/ open.spotify.com/show/0TDLmRw2eSeYCtODoZxjyR (Contains Explicit Content)

This week we get one of the craziest lip syncs of all time as Beverly Kills goes head to head - and leg to leg, knee to knee, back to back - with rival Queen Kong, and that stage takes more of a pounding than Sam at Mardis Gras. But before that we have to sit through the queens attempting to endorse their hometowns, which is equally painful. Sponsored by Fat Pigeon Art https://fatpigeonart.uk/ https://www.instagram.com/fatpigeonart/?hl=en email edward.m.dyson@googlemail.com @unitedqueendompodcast www.patreon.com/UnitedQueendom www.instagram.com/unitedqueendompodcast www.instagram.com/samdowlertime www.twitter.com/samdowler www.podtail.com/podcast/united-queendom-podcast/ open.spotify.com/show/0TDLmRw2eSeYCtODoZxjyR (Contains Explicit Content)

This week we get one of the craziest lip syncs of all time as Beverly Kills goes head to head - and leg to leg, knee to knee, back to back - with rival Queen Kong, and that stage takes more of a pounding than Sam at Mardis Gras. But before that we have to sit through the queens attempting to endorse their hometowns, which is equally painful. Sponsored by Fat Pigeon Art https://fatpigeonart.uk/ https://www.instagram.com/fatpigeonart/?hl=en email edward.m.dyson@googlemail.com @unitedqueendompodcast www.patreon.com/UnitedQueendom www.instagram.com/unitedqueendompodcast www.instagram.com/samdowlertime www.twitter.com/samdowler www.podtail.com/podcast/united-queendom-podcast/ open.spotify.com/show/0TDLmRw2eSeYCtODoZxjyR (Contains Explicit Content)

Special Guest & Co-Host: Alan Denney from Galveston Island Cigar Lounge Beer Tasting: Galveston Island Brewing "Mardis Gras" Blonde Ale (Galveston, TX) Beer Tasting: Lagunitas "Unrefined Shugga" Strong Ale With Whole Cane Sugar (Petaluma, CA) Beer Tasting: Dogfish Head Craft Brewery Bourbon-Barrel Aged "World Wide Stout" (Milton, DE) Spirit Tasting: Walking Stick Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey (Louisville, KY)

Have you ever considered the kind of experience people in your life have of you and whether it is a good or bad experience? It's not surprising to learn that sometimes the experience people have of us (especially in the beginning), isn't always what we believe we are putting out into the universe. It takes a lot of self reflection to understand the kind of experience others have of you! Courage Starter After listening to this podcast, think about the people you come across in your daily life. What is your experience of them? Do they make you feel good, and what is it about them that makes your interaction with them a great experience?We'd love to hear your success stories. Reach out to us on social media or via our website www.ISWCPodcast.com Topics Covered Do you know what others experience of you is? Mardis Gras in Louisiana How we feel when we see our friends at an event and you weren't invited. Catherine Takawira (@insecure_fitness) Jen Burns (@jen.burnsrealtor)

The beginning of this month marks the coming and going of Mardis Gras, as well as the beginning of Women's History Month!  Heather and Vera discuss some amazing women from history that you may not have heard of and catch up on Mardis Gras maylay (or not....)  Here are some links for the shows and article we discuss: https://www.bustle.com/p/31-groundbreaking-women-from-history-you-didnt-learn-about-in-school-40648 (Zelda show with Cristina Ricci)   https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4878612/ Yellow Jackets (creepy but sooooo good!)  https://www.sho.com/yellowjackets

Episode 200: Joan Osborne became a star on the strength of a controversial song and a Grammy-nominated major label debut album in 1995, but when you scan her catalog, it becomes quickly clear that she has one of the most powerful and nuanced voices in popular music. Her range and intimacy is quite clear on her new release Radio Waves, which compiles radio station performances and demos she found in her closets during the pandemic. It becomes a great vehicle to talk about her rich and varied vocal pursuits. Also, a Mardis Gras season visit with Louis Michot, founder and fiddler in the Lost Bayou Ramblers, a powerfully inventive progressive Cajun band near Lafayette, LA. 

It's the 2022 Mardis Gras edition of Joel Jivin! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Why trad-pubbed books are released on Tuesdays, and other thoughts on hallmarks of success like hitting bestseller lists or being nominated for awards-how they're only lens onto a multifaceted career.GREY MAGIC is now available!  (https://jeffekennedy.com/grey-magic)The audiobook of DARK WIZARD is here (https://www.audible.com/pd/Dark-Wizard-Audiobook/B09QQRHTYZ?source_code=AUDFPWS0223189MWT-BK-ACX0-294201&ref=acx_bty_BK_ACX0_294201_rh_us) and you can check out FaRoFeb here (https://farofeb.com/farofeb-2022/).You can order FIRE OF THE FROST here (https://jeffekennedy.com/fire-of-the-frost) and DARK WIZARD here (https://jeffekennedy.com/dark-wizard). Preorder THE STORM PRINCESS AND THE RAVEN KING here (https://jeffekennedy.com/the-storm-princess-and-the-raven-king).If you want to support me and the podcast, click on the little heart or follow this link (https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/jeffekennedy).You can watch this podcast on YouTube here (https://youtu.be/1Wzx1iRVi0I).Sign up for my newsletter here! (https://landing.mailerlite.com/webforms/landing/r2y4b9)Support the show (http://paypal.me/jeffekennedy)

This week we're talking about the history of Carnival and Mardis Gras, from Ancient Egypt and Rome to the present day Greatest Free Show on Earth in the Big Easy. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/secretloft/support

Our own Holly Lindsey just hopped off the beautiful new ship, the Mardis Gras, and she visited the 3D Travelcast studio to tell us all about it!

The Steves discuss their fifth wedding anniversary in New Orleans.Trip Highlights DiscussedOur Roadtrip PlaylistsTank and BangasPerre Antoine's Jambalaya OmeletteLucy's Retired Surfer Bar's Sur-Fur Menu for DogsGrapevine's amazing Small Bites and serviceJuan's Flying Burrito's life-changing burritosThe Bad Bitches History TourDrag Queen New Orleans Tours with QuinnThe Garden District walking toursSouthern Paws and Chiwawa-Gaga dog storesNo Rules FashionBloody Mary's Seance's and WeddingsHand GrenadesBar ToniqueGrand-PreSupport the show (http://www.patreon.com/happylifepod)

In the Country for the 2021 Mardis Gras, Ria Ora joins Smallzy in studio to chat about her latest single 'Bang Bang'. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Winter 2021 – “We don’t hide the crazy, we parade it down the street!” Because of Covid-19, Mardi Gras — for the most part— was cancelled for 2021. Luckily, we have previously unreleased recordings from Mardis Gras’ past captured right here in Portland, Oregon… featuring live music, parades & even a Ball! We invite Bayou born Randy Jackson to our porch for a “substantial“ Gumbo cookout & for a sweet treat Baker Dan chimes in on King Cake. Join us around the table, all y’all, for this episode we call – Jumbo Gumbo Ya Ya! Laissez Les Bons Temps Rouler! Brian & Tavé

In which I talk with Dr. Cedric Johnson about the false narrative of the effect of Mardis Gras culture on the spread of the Covid-19 virus, and the ongoing problems of austerity. This is part 3 of 3. Read Dr. Johnson's article with Thomas J. Adams in Jacobin magazine. — This show is only possible...

In which I talk with Dr. Cedric Johnson about the false narrative of the effect of Mardis Gras culture on the spread of the Covid-19 virus, and the ongoing problems of austerity. This is part 2 of 3. Read Dr. Johnson's article with Thomas J. Adams in Jacobin magazine. — This show is only possible...

Pantheon proudly welcomes Highway Hi-Fi! Ryan & Joe go track by track through the underbelly of music history using research and trivia to locate the roots of their obsession with vinyl recordsIn the late 50s, the streets of Jamaica were alit with music. Bands would bang out jazz and rhythm & blues songs every night, catering to large crowds of people desiring only to dance all night. It was a disco, but outside in the streets, every night of the week, from dusk till dawn, like Mardis Gras and a discotheque crammed into one big outdoor dance-off. However, there was a singular prevalent problem. The bands...they wanted breaks, and the breaks lasted too long and people wanted to keep going. A compromise of sorts was agreed upon, a sound system would be brought in and allowed to be play records during an intermission. No one knew it then, but this compromise would eventually be the end of those bands and the start of ska's rise to prominence.Research Sources used for the episode:Heather Augustyn's Ska: An Oral HistoryThe short documentary "The Origin of the Word Ska"Heather Augustyn's website: Foundation Ska Highway Hi-Fi is a proud member of the Pantheon Music Podcast Network - Home of the Finest Music Podcasts