Before I get to today’s happenings, I wanted to share a few photos from last night’s Friends of New Orleans party, a concert and fundraiser boasting a bevy of blues musicians at the Fillmore. High rollers paid $500 a head to get in; the place was filled with folks who looked and smelled nice (hey, I notice these things). Singer-songwriter-deity Randy Newman performed a couple numbers including, appropriately enough, "Louisiana 1927." Here’s a bit more background about the event.
 Best-dressed: A Wild Tchoupitoulas Mardi Gras Indian |
 Randy Newman with a tuba behind his head, performing with Terrence Blanchard. |
 Did you know Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius’s son is a hottie who looks like Anders from Battlestar Galactica? Now you do. |
 His Baldness James Carville being interviewed outside of the Fillmore. |
Speaking of music, let me just say the house band here at the convention is absolutely smokin’. Earlier this evening they ripped through Lenny Kravitz’s "Are you Gonna Go My Way," something I suspect you won’t hear at the Republican convention. That was followed up by James Brown’s "Funky Good Time," which by all accounts is what people seem to be having here.