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Category: Diary

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Saturday Odds & Sods: Blue Sky

November 7, 2026November 6, 2026 Peter Adrastos Athas

Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends. Continue reading Saturday Odds & Sods: Blue Sky

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Saturday Odds & Sods: Witchcraft

October 31, 2026October 31, 2026 Peter Adrastos Athas

Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends. Continue reading Saturday Odds & Sods: Witchcraft

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King Carville? Really, Krewe du Vieux?

October 27, 2026October 27, 2026 Peter Adrastos Athas

Krewe du Vieux goes from all hail to all fail. Continue reading King Carville? Really, Krewe du Vieux?

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Saturday Odds & Sods: My Rival

October 24, 2026October 24, 2026 Peter Adrastos Athas

Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends. Continue reading Saturday Odds & Sods: My Rival

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Saturday Odds & Sods: The Royal Scam

October 17, 2026October 16, 2026 Peter Adrastos Athas

Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends. Continue reading Saturday Odds & Sods: The Royal Scam

Adrastos, Diary, Film, Music, New Orleans, Odds & Sods, Political Crack, Sports, Television

Saturday Odds & Sods: Show Biz Kids

October 10, 2026October 9, 2026 Peter Adrastos Athas

Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends. Continue reading Saturday Odds & Sods: Show Biz Kids

Adrastos, Diary, Film, Fog Of History, Music, Odds & Sods, Political Crack, Television

Saturday Odds & Sods: Black Cow

October 3, 2026October 2, 2026 Peter Adrastos Athas

Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends. Continue reading Saturday Odds & Sods: Black Cow

Adrastos, Diary, Law/Justice, MAGA, Political Crack

Kash Patel’s FBI Fun House

October 1, 2026October 1, 2026 Peter Adrastos Athas

Kash Patel moved the freaks from the side show to center stage. It’s time for the clown car to crash and the Fun House to close. Continue reading Kash Patel’s FBI Fun House

Adrastos, Diary, Film, Music, Odds & Sods, Political Crack, Sports

Saturday Odds & Sods: The Rumor

September 26, 2026September 26, 2026 Peter Adrastos Athas

Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends. Continue reading Saturday Odds & Sods: The Rumor

Adrastos, Diary, Friday Cocktail Hour, Music

Close To You

September 25, 2026September 25, 2026 Peter Adrastos Athas

Cheers to Burt Bacharach and Hal David. Continue reading Close To You

Adrastos, Diary, Film, Legal Docket, Music, Odds & Sods, Political Crack, Television

Saturday Odds & Sods: Testimony

September 19, 2026September 18, 2026 Peter Adrastos Athas

Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends. Continue reading Saturday Odds & Sods: Testimony

Adrastos, Diary, Film, Fog Of History, Music, Odds & Sods, Political Crack, Television

Saturday Odds & Sods: Fallen Angel

September 12, 2026September 11, 2026 Peter Adrastos Athas

Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends. Continue reading Saturday Odds & Sods: Fallen Angel

Adrastos, British Politics, Diary, Film, Music, New Orleans, Odds & Sods, R.I.P., The Clownfish

Saturday Odds & Sods: Shake This Town

September 5, 2026September 4, 2026 Peter Adrastos Athas

Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends. Continue reading Saturday Odds & Sods: Shake This Town

Adrastos, Diary, Hurricane Katrina & Federal Flood, New Orleans

The Federal Flood Files 2.0

August 29, 2026August 29, 2026 Peter Adrastos Athas

A compilation of post-K posts. Dedicated to my fellow New Orleanians, past and present. Continue reading The Federal Flood Files 2.0

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The Double Whammy Anniversary

August 29, 2026August 28, 2026 Peter Adrastos Athas

It’s that day again. Continue reading The Double Whammy Anniversary

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Compulsion (1959)

August 23, 2026August 23, 2026 Peter Adrastos Athas

Ripped from the 1920s headlines: A fictionalized take on the Leopold and Loeb case. Starring Orson Welles, Dean Stockwell, Diane Varsi, Bradford Dillman, EG Marshall, and Martin Milner. Directed by Richard Fleischer. Continue reading Compulsion (1959)

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Saturday Odds & Sods: American Roulette

August 22, 2026August 22, 2026 Peter Adrastos Athas

Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends. Continue reading Saturday Odds & Sods: American Roulette

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Happy Birthday, John Hiatt

August 20, 2026August 20, 2026 Peter Adrastos Athas

“And the master of disaster, gets tangled in his Telecaster. He can’t play it any faster, when he plays the blues.” Continue reading Happy Birthday, John Hiatt

Adrastos, Diary, Film, Hurricane Katrina & Federal Flood, Language, Music, New Orleans, Odds & Sods

Saturday Odds & Sods: Rags & Bones

August 15, 2026August 14, 2026 Peter Adrastos Athas

Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends. Continue reading Saturday Odds & Sods: Rags & Bones

Adrastos, Art, Diary, Film, Fog Of History, Music, Odds & Sods, Political Crack

Saturday Odds & Sods: Jupiter Hollow

August 8, 2026August 7, 2026 Peter Adrastos Athas

Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends. Continue reading Saturday Odds & Sods: Jupiter Hollow

Adrastos, Congress, Diary, Film, Fog Of History, MAGA, Music, Odds & Sods, Political Crack, Television

Saturday Odds & Sods: Heat Wave

August 1, 2026July 31, 2026 Peter Adrastos Athas

Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends. Continue reading Saturday Odds & Sods: Heat Wave

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Saturday Odds & Sods: Summertime

July 25, 2026July 24, 2026 Peter Adrastos Athas

Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends. Continue reading Saturday Odds & Sods: Summertime

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Saturday Odds & Sods: Days

July 18, 2026July 17, 2026 Peter Adrastos Athas

Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends. Continue reading Saturday Odds & Sods: Days

Adrastos, Diary, Film, Fog Of History, Music, Odds & Sods, Political Crack

Saturday Odds & Sods: Pretending

July 11, 2026July 10, 2026 Peter Adrastos Athas

Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends. Continue reading Saturday Odds & Sods: Pretending

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Saturday Odds & Sods: Hey Baby, It’s The Fourth Of July

July 4, 2026July 3, 2026 Peter Adrastos Athas

“Red and white, blue suede shoes. I’m Uncle Sam, how do you do?” Continue reading Saturday Odds & Sods: Hey Baby, It’s The Fourth Of July

Adrastos, Diary, Music

America Is: One Time, One Night

July 1, 2026July 1, 2026 Peter Adrastos Athas

“In a dream I had last night in America.” Continue reading America Is: One Time, One Night

Adrastos, Diary, Fog Of History, Political Crack

Tricky JD’s Watergate Revisionism

June 30, 2026June 30, 2026 Peter Adrastos Athas

Let me make one thing perfectly clear: Richard Nixon was a crook. So is Donald Trump. Continue reading Tricky JD’s Watergate Revisionism

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Saturday Odds & Sods: A Rose For Emily

June 27, 2026June 27, 2026 Peter Adrastos Athas

Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends. Continue reading Saturday Odds & Sods: A Rose For Emily

Adrastos, Diary, Film, Music, New Orleans, Odds & Sods, Political Crack, The Darnold2 Comments

Saturday Odds & Sods: Confidential

June 20, 2026June 19, 2026 Peter Adrastos Athas

Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends. Continue reading Saturday Odds & Sods: Confidential

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Saturday Odds & Sods: Badge

June 13, 2026June 12, 2026 Peter Adrastos Athas

Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends. Continue reading Saturday Odds & Sods: Badge

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