John Stanton
Editor at Gambit
Gogo fanatic, crawfish lover, @The_Gambit Editor. Formerly of BuzzFeed, one time bouncer. send me tips and scoops at [email protected]
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5 days ago |
nola.com | John Stanton
The Louisiana legislature has passed a new bill to outlaw “chemtrails,” a made up and very fake thing that conspiracy theorists and other assorted fringe people believe in. Because of course. After the House May 28 killed a bill to ban fluoride in drinking water, there was the slightest sliver of hope that lawmakers wouldn't agree to other conspiracy measures. That hope was apparently as short-lived as it was small. Following House passage of SB 46 – which was authored by Houma Republican state Sen.
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2 weeks ago |
n-magazine.com | John Stanton
N Magazine: What brought you to Nantucket? Burns: The first time I went to Nantucket, I was going on a vacation with my then-wife-to-be, who was already pregnant with our first daughter, for a belated wedding, and we spent a couple weeks on Nantucket. It was really idyllic. The next time I was there for the wedding of a very close friend of mine from my Hampshire College days. Since then it’s been periodically—to be with friends, to go with family.
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3 weeks ago |
nola.com | John Stanton
This Sunday May 18 New Orleans is going to do what it does best to rally around a French Quarter bar that is under attack from the Vieux Carre Bubble Scrooge: party and act weird in the streets. Not one, not two, but at least three bubble-ins, bubble second lines and bubble block parties are being planned for May 18 in support of MRB, the bar at the heart of the Great French Quarter Bubble Kerfuffle.
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3 weeks ago |
nola.com | John Stanton
A French Quarter man is threatening to sue MRB over concerns a stray bubble from the bar’s whimsical bubble machine may land in his drink – or on his shiny black Porsche SUV. WGNO reported May 12 that Burt Benrud, who lives across the street from MRB, is very, very mad about the bar’s bubble machine – and he's unwilling to entertain any sort of compromise short of scrubbing the block clean of the menacing engine of effervescence.
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1 month ago |
nola.com | John Stanton |Jake Clapp
Editor's note: This article has been updatedThe Mid-City Bayou Boogaloo is expected to return Friday, May 16, through Sunday, May 18, to its traditional spot on Bayou St. John between Lafitte and Orleans avenues. But complaints from neighborhood groups and pressure from a New Orleans City Council member are raising questions about the future of the music festival.
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The Great French Quarter Bubble Kerfuffle: Neighbor threatens to sue MRB over bubble machine https://t.co/eSEnnfZELv
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I want to talk to disabled folks who've been to Jazz Fest this year about their experience & the festival is treating them. We can talk on "background" - meaning I won't use your name or identify you. I don't check DMs often so email me at [email protected]