1 00:00:36,870 --> 00:00:38,371 Finally. 2 00:00:43,210 --> 00:00:44,460 Daymo. 3 00:00:48,674 --> 00:00:51,592 - Boy, what you doin' in jail? - I don't know. 4 00:00:51,719 --> 00:00:54,887 What do you mean, you don't know? What the fuck you get arrested for? 5 00:00:55,013 --> 00:00:57,849 I told you, LaDonna, I don't know. 6 00:00:59,768 --> 00:01:01,978 Messing around with that dope again, ain't it? 7 00:01:06,150 --> 00:01:09,360 Ma goin' crazy behind this. You took her through hell. 8 00:01:20,456 --> 00:01:22,290 Get me out of here, sis. 9 00:01:27,379 --> 00:01:31,507 Come on, get me out. 10 00:03:32,212 --> 00:03:34,505 I know that you're a busy man. 11 00:03:34,631 --> 00:03:36,966 I'm glad you found your way back. 12 00:03:37,092 --> 00:03:40,469 And it's good of you to stop by today, Mr. President, 13 00:03:40,596 --> 00:03:43,431 if only for a short visit. 14 00:03:43,557 --> 00:03:47,226 It lets us know that New Orleans still has your heart. 15 00:03:47,352 --> 00:03:49,562 Half of our people are not home. 16 00:03:49,688 --> 00:03:53,024 Charity Hospital is still closed, 17 00:03:53,150 --> 00:03:56,360 with people dying down here for lack of medical care. 18 00:03:56,486 --> 00:03:58,863 And, yes, I know we're only five months away 19 00:03:58,989 --> 00:04:01,449 from the next hurricane season 20 00:04:01,575 --> 00:04:05,912 with our flood control still in a state of half-assedness. 21 00:04:06,038 --> 00:04:07,997 Hey, what can we expect? 22 00:04:08,123 --> 00:04:09,832 We're not the Dutch, 23 00:04:10,626 --> 00:04:14,045 who keep half their country out of the North Sea 24 00:04:14,171 --> 00:04:16,213 as a matter of routine. 25 00:04:16,340 --> 00:04:18,633 We're just Americans 26 00:04:18,759 --> 00:04:20,593 doing the best we can manage. 27 00:04:21,595 --> 00:04:23,596 But I digress. 28 00:04:25,057 --> 00:04:28,059 What I mean to say, Mr. President, 29 00:04:29,311 --> 00:04:32,021 is that I continue to believe 30 00:04:32,147 --> 00:04:34,649 in the better angel of your nature, 31 00:04:36,401 --> 00:04:39,737 the one who, a few days after the storm, 32 00:04:39,863 --> 00:04:42,156 stood in front of a floodlit Jackson Square 33 00:04:42,282 --> 00:04:45,159 and promised to rebuild the Gulf Coast. 34 00:04:45,285 --> 00:04:48,537 So let me banish from my mind 35 00:04:48,664 --> 00:04:51,457 the image of you lightlyjoking 36 00:04:51,583 --> 00:04:56,545 about the high times you spent here in our city as a youth 37 00:04:56,672 --> 00:05:00,132 while bodies floated in our streets. 38 00:05:01,426 --> 00:05:05,346 And far be it from me, with all my excesses and impulses, 39 00:05:05,472 --> 00:05:10,267 to judge you for a few untethered, unfocused words. 40 00:05:10,394 --> 00:05:13,688 All will be forgiven, Mr. President, 41 00:05:15,023 --> 00:05:18,442 if you just simply take a moment, 42 00:05:18,568 --> 00:05:20,361 as I often do, 43 00:05:20,487 --> 00:05:23,447 and watch yourself in Jackson Square 44 00:05:23,573 --> 00:05:26,367 and listen to those stirring words. 45 00:05:28,704 --> 00:05:31,455 And then keep your fucking promise. 46 00:05:51,143 --> 00:05:54,687 I need to use the bathroom, but I didn't want to come through till you were awake. 47 00:05:54,813 --> 00:05:56,856 Um, go ahead. 48 00:06:10,746 --> 00:06:12,496 Sonny? 49 00:06:15,417 --> 00:06:17,251 - Sonny? - Hm? 50 00:06:18,587 --> 00:06:22,548 How long is your new friend supposed to stay here? 51 00:06:22,674 --> 00:06:24,175 Mm. 52 00:06:35,687 --> 00:06:37,980 You crawled into bed late. 53 00:06:38,106 --> 00:06:40,733 - Did you get much done? - Some. 54 00:06:42,861 --> 00:06:45,071 I had something to say. 55 00:06:46,656 --> 00:06:48,616 Who got the "F you" this time? 56 00:06:48,742 --> 00:06:51,911 Oh, you can say "fuck." She can't hear you over that bounce rap, 57 00:06:52,037 --> 00:06:54,580 where her heroes are undoubtedly saying "fuck" 58 00:06:54,706 --> 00:06:57,666 and "shit" and "keep off me, bitch." 59 00:06:57,793 --> 00:07:01,170 No progress on the novel? Classes startin'. 60 00:07:01,296 --> 00:07:06,926 - The novel seems so unimportant, academic. - What is more important than your writing? 61 00:07:07,052 --> 00:07:08,260 Your real writing? 62 00:07:08,386 --> 00:07:11,764 - Krewe du Vieux, maybe. - Oh, that nonsense. 63 00:07:11,890 --> 00:07:15,017 The first parade after the storm is not nonsense. 64 00:07:15,143 --> 00:07:17,144 It sets the tone. 65 00:07:17,270 --> 00:07:20,898 I take my responsibilities very seriously. Hence the haircut. 66 00:07:21,024 --> 00:07:22,983 I thought that was for Tulane coming back. 67 00:07:23,110 --> 00:07:26,445 - Tulane, I change my underwear. - Oh, I see! 68 00:07:26,571 --> 00:07:28,656 What's the Krewe du Vieux theme this year? 69 00:07:28,782 --> 00:07:33,244 George Bush, Kathleen Blanco, Ray Nagin, sperm. 70 00:07:34,579 --> 00:07:36,831 Seriously. 71 00:07:53,682 --> 00:07:56,767 Just curious. How do you always manage to get past the desk sergeant? 72 00:07:56,893 --> 00:08:01,397 I brought king cake. If you want a slice, you'd better hustle. 73 00:08:01,523 --> 00:08:05,526 Batiste, Antoine. Remind me again. 74 00:08:05,652 --> 00:08:08,028 His trombone. It's not at temporary evidence, 75 00:08:08,155 --> 00:08:13,576 it's not with your arresting officers, it's not on any property slip in the court file. 76 00:08:13,702 --> 00:08:17,246 - I'll throw some calls. - Thanks, Terry. 77 00:08:23,170 --> 00:08:27,047 - That's him. That's him. - You're sure, right? 78 00:08:27,174 --> 00:08:29,550 You think I'm gonna forget that man? 79 00:08:31,720 --> 00:08:33,679 Yeah, you. 80 00:08:33,805 --> 00:08:35,723 - You. - You need me, boss. 81 00:08:35,849 --> 00:08:37,808 - You done any roofin'? - I've done it all. 82 00:08:37,934 --> 00:08:40,019 And I speak English, if that matters. 83 00:08:41,146 --> 00:08:42,855 You. 84 00:08:42,981 --> 00:08:44,481 And that's it. That's it. 85 00:08:44,608 --> 00:08:47,276 All right, this should be easy enough. I can take it from here. 86 00:08:47,402 --> 00:08:50,863 Oh, hell no. I want to see his ugly grill when you serve up them papers. 87 00:08:50,989 --> 00:08:52,865 I ain't missing this no how. 88 00:08:52,991 --> 00:08:55,034 Let me just lock my car. 89 00:08:55,160 --> 00:08:56,493 Come on. 90 00:08:58,538 --> 00:09:01,665 Yeah, I gotcha. 91 00:09:01,791 --> 00:09:03,375 Well, you better call him. 92 00:09:03,501 --> 00:09:05,836 Yeah, all right then. I'll call the man. Thanks, Toni. 93 00:09:05,962 --> 00:09:08,047 - You're welcome. - Good lookin' out. 94 00:09:09,674 --> 00:09:13,052 Ooh, oh! You fine, girl! Where you headed? 95 00:09:13,178 --> 00:09:16,263 They got a temporary personnel office up for the school system. 96 00:09:16,389 --> 00:09:19,266 I need to go see what happens to me now that Fortier isn't gonna reopen. 97 00:09:19,392 --> 00:09:21,185 - You doin' that today? - School's starting. 98 00:09:21,311 --> 00:09:24,271 I don't let 'em know I'm back, they gonna give that job away. 99 00:09:24,397 --> 00:09:26,106 Who was that? 100 00:09:26,233 --> 00:09:28,275 - The lawyer. - They find your 'bone? 101 00:09:28,401 --> 00:09:33,447 Naw, not yet. But she got this number for these cats from Japan, jazz fans and shit. 102 00:09:33,573 --> 00:09:36,867 They hooked up with the Tipitina Foundation and want to help out with stuff. 103 00:09:36,993 --> 00:09:39,286 Payin' cash money on instruments and all. 104 00:09:39,412 --> 00:09:40,996 - They from Japan? - Mm-hm. 105 00:09:41,122 --> 00:09:43,332 - Japan Japan? - Mm-hm. That's what she say. 106 00:09:43,458 --> 00:09:47,211 I'm supposed to call the man at the hotel. Might have to go downtown to meet him. 107 00:09:47,337 --> 00:09:50,172 - You got the baby today. - No, see, but... 108 00:09:50,298 --> 00:09:51,966 But my ass. I'm out. 109 00:10:11,903 --> 00:10:14,029 - Tenemos los shingles. - OK. 110 00:10:14,155 --> 00:10:16,448 - Thaddeus Riley? - Yeah. 111 00:10:16,574 --> 00:10:19,159 You are hereby served. 112 00:10:19,286 --> 00:10:22,371 Yeah. I gotcha. 113 00:10:22,497 --> 00:10:25,582 I gotcha good, Riley. We goin' to court. 114 00:10:25,709 --> 00:10:27,918 Miss Ladee, you didn't need to do this. 115 00:10:28,044 --> 00:10:29,920 Y'all crazy to work for this man. 116 00:10:30,046 --> 00:10:33,257 Like as not, he gonna plead poverty when it come time to pay y'all. 117 00:10:33,383 --> 00:10:35,926 - That's how he do. - Shit. 118 00:10:48,732 --> 00:10:51,358 OK, 50 each, four songs. 119 00:10:51,484 --> 00:10:53,360 12.50 a song, man? 120 00:10:53,486 --> 00:10:56,572 I'm already paying seven players and two back-up singers. 121 00:10:56,698 --> 00:10:58,907 - I can't afford more. - Broke-ass guitar player. 122 00:10:59,034 --> 00:11:01,493 - But you're not doing it for the money. - I'm not? 123 00:11:01,619 --> 00:11:03,912 This is for New Orleans in her hour of need. 124 00:11:04,039 --> 00:11:06,290 Man, I've been in my hour of need my whole damn life. 125 00:11:06,416 --> 00:11:10,252 Where New Orleans been for me? 126 00:11:10,378 --> 00:11:14,048 Years from now, you're gonna be sittin' here staring into the deep... 127 00:11:14,174 --> 00:11:16,383 and compassionate eyes of a man... 128 00:11:16,509 --> 00:11:19,803 a stranger, perhaps, who's trying to explain the meaning of your life... 129 00:11:19,929 --> 00:11:21,722 Get a grip, seriously. 130 00:11:21,848 --> 00:11:24,808 Your noblest deeds, your finest accomplishments. 131 00:11:24,934 --> 00:11:26,310 I can tune a bass drunk. 132 00:11:26,436 --> 00:11:30,564 And you will justify yourself by saying that for next to no money at all... 133 00:11:32,859 --> 00:11:36,153 I played on DJ Davis McAlary's... 134 00:11:36,279 --> 00:11:38,447 legendary... four-song epistle... 135 00:11:38,573 --> 00:11:41,658 against all that is unholy and... 136 00:11:41,785 --> 00:11:43,035 ..corrupt... 137 00:11:43,161 --> 00:11:45,287 in the government of New Orleans! 138 00:11:45,413 --> 00:11:47,748 Man, is this epistle in B flat, at least? 139 00:11:47,874 --> 00:11:50,417 B flat, fine. And that compassionate stranger, 140 00:11:50,543 --> 00:11:52,961 his eyes will widen. 141 00:11:53,088 --> 00:11:57,091 And by virtue of your participation in this musical recording alone... 142 00:11:57,217 --> 00:12:00,219 he will view your naked humanity in a new light. 143 00:12:00,345 --> 00:12:01,637 Is this the dirty part? 144 00:12:01,763 --> 00:12:02,888 He will say unto you... 145 00:12:03,014 --> 00:12:05,349 "That is really great, pal. 146 00:12:05,475 --> 00:12:09,061 "But it's closing time. You need to put that in a go cup and get the fuck out." 147 00:12:11,856 --> 00:12:14,108 - Right? You're in! - All right, Davis, you're on. 148 00:12:14,234 --> 00:12:16,693 - Yes! - Man, give me my fiddy now. 149 00:12:16,820 --> 00:12:19,321 Yeah! Gotta wash my hands now! 150 00:12:19,447 --> 00:12:21,490 Team McAlary! Whoo! 151 00:12:21,616 --> 00:12:23,117 Yes! 152 00:12:24,119 --> 00:12:25,452 Asshole. 153 00:12:28,456 --> 00:12:30,124 Sorry I'm late, Toni. 154 00:12:30,250 --> 00:12:33,419 Let me tell you, if my afternoon is anything like my morning, 155 00:12:33,545 --> 00:12:35,587 - this here gonna be right. - What happened? 156 00:12:35,713 --> 00:12:39,425 I'm just sayin', this lawyerin' shit could get good to a person. 157 00:12:39,551 --> 00:12:42,678 Oyez, oyez, oyez. All rise. 158 00:12:42,804 --> 00:12:44,847 Section A of the Criminal Court, 159 00:12:44,973 --> 00:12:49,059 Parish of Orleans, State of Louisiana, is now in session. 160 00:12:49,185 --> 00:12:51,603 The Honorable John Gatling presiding. 161 00:12:51,729 --> 00:12:54,273 God save this state and the honorable court. 162 00:12:54,399 --> 00:12:55,774 Please be seated. 163 00:12:55,900 --> 00:12:59,194 So, what's left of this afternoon 164 00:12:59,320 --> 00:13:03,031 is all about Brooks v. Orleans Criminal Sheriff's Office 165 00:13:03,158 --> 00:13:05,284 and the Louisiana Department of Corrections. 166 00:13:05,410 --> 00:13:08,704 - A habeas corpus. Miss Bernette? - Yes, Your Honor. 167 00:13:08,830 --> 00:13:11,623 Representing the family of David Maurice Brooks, 168 00:13:11,749 --> 00:13:15,043 we seek to compel OPCSO and state corrections officials 169 00:13:15,170 --> 00:13:16,795 to provide immediate relief... 170 00:13:16,921 --> 00:13:21,717 That's some bullshit. These motherfuckers got to be out their goddamn mind. 171 00:13:21,843 --> 00:13:24,261 - What up, Big Chief? - Gralen, what you up to, baby? 172 00:13:24,387 --> 00:13:26,889 Four hours we've been up there, Chief. Four hours, man, 173 00:13:27,015 --> 00:13:28,932 tryin' to find somebody to make some sense 174 00:13:29,058 --> 00:13:30,934 out of this second line we tryin' to do Sunday. 175 00:13:31,060 --> 00:13:33,937 I heard about that. All y'all tryin' to march together, right? 176 00:13:34,063 --> 00:13:38,400 Man, damn near 30 clubs have got together tryin' to get their people back on the street. 177 00:13:38,526 --> 00:13:41,403 Say, bro, we got the permit, we got the word out. 178 00:13:41,529 --> 00:13:43,614 Man, we got everybody comin'. 179 00:13:43,740 --> 00:13:46,366 And these folks have the audacity to cancel our permit 180 00:13:46,493 --> 00:13:48,160 and try to shut our parade down. 181 00:13:48,286 --> 00:13:50,621 Now we got three days to change their damn minds. 182 00:13:50,747 --> 00:13:52,915 They be talkin' that old sideways shit, man. 183 00:13:53,041 --> 00:13:54,541 - What you down here doin'? - Me? 184 00:13:54,667 --> 00:13:57,586 I just want to ask why they still got all the projects boarded up. 185 00:13:57,712 --> 00:14:00,422 - People need to come home. - It's like they don't want New Orleans 186 00:14:00,548 --> 00:14:02,049 - to be New Orleans no more. - Mm-hm. 187 00:14:02,175 --> 00:14:04,384 - Who you tryin' to see, man? - Singleton, to start. 188 00:14:04,511 --> 00:14:07,179 Good luck with that. You get past his secretary, let us know. 189 00:14:07,305 --> 00:14:09,973 Chief, we out, baby. Look, we gonna be out there Sunday. 190 00:14:10,099 --> 00:14:11,600 - All right. - I'll look for you. 191 00:14:11,726 --> 00:14:13,727 - All right now. - Take care. Let's roll. 192 00:14:13,853 --> 00:14:15,604 All right, baby. 193 00:14:15,730 --> 00:14:18,482 That is the nightmare being lived by David Maurice Brooks, 194 00:14:18,608 --> 00:14:21,401 his mother, his family and friends. 195 00:14:21,528 --> 00:14:26,615 I've spoken with an inmate who saw David Brooks on the Broad Street overpass 196 00:14:26,741 --> 00:14:30,452 and later encountered him at Hunt, where they swapped ID wristbands. 197 00:14:30,578 --> 00:14:32,579 - Where is that affidavit? - Miss Dufossat. 198 00:14:32,705 --> 00:14:36,375 - I'm sorry, Your Honor. - Judge, the inmate, Keevon White, 199 00:14:36,501 --> 00:14:38,168 is a reluctant witness. 200 00:14:38,294 --> 00:14:41,547 But an order by this court could compel his testimony, 201 00:14:41,673 --> 00:14:44,132 which, coupled with this photograph, 202 00:14:44,259 --> 00:14:46,510 will establish that David Brooks 203 00:14:46,636 --> 00:14:49,721 was in OPP custody during the storm. 204 00:14:49,847 --> 00:14:51,765 Now you, Miss Dufossat. 205 00:14:53,351 --> 00:14:56,770 Your Honor, unfortunately, we cannot interrogate 206 00:14:56,896 --> 00:14:59,648 that rather grainy long-distance photograph 207 00:14:59,774 --> 00:15:02,401 to ascertain the identity of the person shown. 208 00:15:02,527 --> 00:15:04,695 - The simple fact is... - It is my brother. 209 00:15:04,821 --> 00:15:08,282 - That's Daymo in that picture. - Ma'am, please don't do that. 210 00:15:08,408 --> 00:15:10,742 I say the simple fact, Your Honor, 211 00:15:10,868 --> 00:15:12,911 is that there exists no documentation 212 00:15:13,037 --> 00:15:16,123 to indicate that Mr. David Maurice Brooks 213 00:15:16,249 --> 00:15:18,834 was in custody during or after Hurricane Katrina. 214 00:15:18,960 --> 00:15:21,878 There's no arrest report, no booking record. 215 00:15:22,005 --> 00:15:24,798 There are more than 3,000 citizens of the Gulf Coast 216 00:15:24,924 --> 00:15:27,134 who are still missing and unaccounted for. 217 00:15:27,260 --> 00:15:29,511 Mr. David Brooks just happens to be one of them. 218 00:15:29,637 --> 00:15:32,264 And that is regrettable. 219 00:15:32,390 --> 00:15:34,474 But Miss Bernette has no compelling evidence 220 00:15:34,601 --> 00:15:37,519 that this is the responsibility of the State of Louisiana 221 00:15:37,645 --> 00:15:39,479 or the Criminal Sheriff's Office. 222 00:15:41,524 --> 00:15:43,650 Is there no documentation at all, Miss Bernette? 223 00:15:43,776 --> 00:15:45,944 Your Honor, I don't need to remind you 224 00:15:46,070 --> 00:15:49,448 that 80% of New Orleans went underwater. 225 00:15:49,574 --> 00:15:54,328 80% of our paperwork, not to mention much of the computer database. 226 00:15:54,454 --> 00:15:56,663 Chaos is a given, Your Honor. 227 00:16:12,347 --> 00:16:13,764 There. Hey. 228 00:16:13,890 --> 00:16:15,807 You're not doing it right. 229 00:16:15,933 --> 00:16:18,226 Hey, there. 230 00:16:18,353 --> 00:16:20,020 Let me guess. 231 00:16:20,146 --> 00:16:23,190 You come all the way from Houston for the big second line Sunday. 232 00:16:23,316 --> 00:16:27,319 I came to check up on you, seein' as how Delmond's on the road and all. 233 00:16:27,445 --> 00:16:29,529 I just wanted to make sure you was OK. 234 00:16:29,656 --> 00:16:32,616 - I'm fine. I'm fine. - I see you fine. 235 00:16:32,742 --> 00:16:36,953 I'm gonna go park the car and then you can introduce me to your new friend. 236 00:16:37,080 --> 00:16:38,955 Go on. 237 00:16:43,002 --> 00:16:44,586 Let me. 238 00:16:45,672 --> 00:16:47,881 - Davina, right? - Yeah. 239 00:16:57,183 --> 00:17:00,602 ♪ One year 240 00:17:00,728 --> 00:17:04,648 ♪ Ain't no crime 241 00:17:04,774 --> 00:17:06,858 ♪ I got boys, boys 242 00:17:06,984 --> 00:17:08,610 ♪ In Angola 243 00:17:08,736 --> 00:17:11,697 ♪ They doin' 14 to 99 ♪ 244 00:17:11,823 --> 00:17:14,324 Beignets. Get up in those, man. 245 00:17:35,221 --> 00:17:38,807 Listen, I got some pretty good hookups on some day work here, so... 246 00:17:38,933 --> 00:17:43,186 I'd do more, but the faster I get enough for a room of my own, the faster I can... 247 00:17:43,312 --> 00:17:45,647 - Where's all that from, dawg? - Roofing gigs. 248 00:17:45,773 --> 00:17:48,233 Three days, three different crews. 249 00:18:02,957 --> 00:18:04,833 I'll pay you back, bro. No problem. 250 00:18:04,959 --> 00:18:07,294 Annie, I'll be back. 251 00:18:13,301 --> 00:18:15,343 He copped in Houston, didn't he? 252 00:18:29,317 --> 00:18:31,026 So what can you do now? 253 00:18:31,152 --> 00:18:33,570 I've got to go deeper, pry something up. 254 00:18:33,696 --> 00:18:36,865 A police report, an inmate roster, anything. 255 00:18:36,991 --> 00:18:38,742 And prove that they have him. 256 00:18:38,868 --> 00:18:40,285 - Crazy. - Uh-huh. 257 00:18:40,411 --> 00:18:44,539 Hey, Toni, Creighton, come in. Welcome. 258 00:18:44,665 --> 00:18:47,667 You know, I really loved that last video you did. 259 00:18:47,794 --> 00:18:50,045 Well, JoAnn, I confess I loved saying it. 260 00:18:50,171 --> 00:18:53,006 - It rolled off the tongue. - It certainly needed to be said. 261 00:18:53,132 --> 00:18:54,299 Welcome. 262 00:18:55,510 --> 00:18:57,511 Cray! Cray Bernette! 263 00:18:57,637 --> 00:18:59,930 Roy Blount. Jesus. 264 00:19:00,056 --> 00:19:01,640 Man, it's good to see you. 265 00:19:01,766 --> 00:19:04,768 Good to see us all back here at Upperline, you know? 266 00:19:04,894 --> 00:19:06,978 You know Joan and Tom and Beth Ann. 267 00:19:07,104 --> 00:19:08,814 And everybody knows Cray. 268 00:19:08,940 --> 00:19:10,816 Cray is the man of the hour, 269 00:19:10,942 --> 00:19:13,527 using that new YouTube thing on the computer. 270 00:19:13,653 --> 00:19:16,071 He just goes on there and fires away. 271 00:19:16,197 --> 00:19:19,574 Oh, God, Roy, I don't think I believed 272 00:19:19,700 --> 00:19:23,745 anyone would hear it or hold me accountable till this moment. 273 00:19:23,871 --> 00:19:27,165 - It's embarrassing. - No, it's nothing of the kind. 274 00:19:27,291 --> 00:19:29,751 "Fuck you, you fucking fucks!" 275 00:19:29,877 --> 00:19:33,755 Raw, reductive power is the voice of this town right now. 276 00:19:33,881 --> 00:19:36,591 "Fuck" is a command, "fuck" is an adjective, 277 00:19:36,717 --> 00:19:38,426 "fuck" is a noun and object. 278 00:19:38,553 --> 00:19:41,555 No, I'm serious, Creighton. It is poetry. 279 00:19:43,349 --> 00:19:45,475 Bon appétit, everyone. 280 00:19:48,354 --> 00:19:51,231 Did you see the video? Whoo! 281 00:19:52,066 --> 00:19:55,735 There are times when rage is the only rational response. 282 00:19:57,363 --> 00:19:59,114 He pulling my leg? 283 00:19:59,949 --> 00:20:03,076 Butter comes out of Roy Blount's pen sentence after sentence, 284 00:20:03,202 --> 00:20:05,871 and here he is comparing my shit talk to Shakespeare. 285 00:20:05,997 --> 00:20:08,373 I can't tell, honestly. 286 00:20:10,001 --> 00:20:12,085 I think he's fucking with me. 287 00:20:16,173 --> 00:20:18,717 - "Davis for council"? - Your mind is gone. 288 00:20:18,843 --> 00:20:21,553 It's all theater, man. If nominated, I will pretend to run. 289 00:20:21,679 --> 00:20:23,972 And if elected, I won't even pretend to serve. 290 00:20:24,098 --> 00:20:26,349 You're messing with Smiley Lewis. 291 00:20:26,475 --> 00:20:30,020 No. New lyrics, though. Incisive, provocative. Smiley'd be proud. 292 00:20:30,146 --> 00:20:33,023 Man, you need a fat-ass trumpet to riff on Shame, Shame, Shame. 293 00:20:33,149 --> 00:20:34,816 All is well. Remain calm. 294 00:20:34,942 --> 00:20:38,945 - You want to cut bass and drums first? - What band is this, Journey? No. 295 00:20:39,071 --> 00:20:42,574 Everyone in the big room all at once. Classic New Orleans R&B. 296 00:20:42,700 --> 00:20:46,036 OK, cool, but you have to call me Cosimo for the rest of the session. 297 00:20:46,162 --> 00:20:48,246 All aboard! 298 00:20:48,372 --> 00:20:51,833 - Fearless leader. - Oh, Freeman! They hook you too? 299 00:20:51,959 --> 00:20:55,754 - I can't believe you got Kermit. - I will have you know that Mr. Ruffins and I 300 00:20:55,880 --> 00:21:00,175 played together in our earlier days. Our musical roots are hopelessly intertwined. 301 00:21:00,301 --> 00:21:04,179 Oh, we was bad! Not bad good, just bad! 302 00:21:04,305 --> 00:21:07,182 I mean, we was triflin'! 303 00:21:17,777 --> 00:21:19,653 - Hello. - Hey, hey. 304 00:21:20,571 --> 00:21:21,947 What's all this? 305 00:21:22,073 --> 00:21:26,242 Oh, these are all that's left from some files from an office that got flooded. 306 00:21:26,369 --> 00:21:28,912 - What kind of files are they? - Parole and probation. 307 00:21:29,038 --> 00:21:31,373 The people there gave me everything they could find. 308 00:21:31,499 --> 00:21:33,249 Said it was all worthless and ruined. 309 00:21:33,376 --> 00:21:37,045 You know what? I'm beginning to think they're right. 310 00:21:37,171 --> 00:21:39,631 Oh. Can young eyes read that? 311 00:21:42,051 --> 00:21:44,302 Me neither. 312 00:21:47,306 --> 00:21:51,393 Oh, Sof, by the way, you need to talk to your father about all your texting. 313 00:21:51,519 --> 00:21:53,728 The phone bill came in last month, and I gotta say it. 314 00:21:53,854 --> 00:21:55,939 - I can read this, though. - What? 315 00:21:58,442 --> 00:22:02,904 I think that says "Field interest." 316 00:22:03,030 --> 00:22:05,323 And that there on the line below 317 00:22:05,449 --> 00:22:07,784 is "Webster," see? 318 00:22:09,370 --> 00:22:12,998 "Field interview," maybe. 319 00:22:13,124 --> 00:22:15,208 "Webster." 320 00:22:15,334 --> 00:22:17,460 Webster Street? 321 00:22:17,586 --> 00:22:18,920 Does that help any? 322 00:22:19,046 --> 00:22:20,922 Hm! 323 00:22:29,849 --> 00:22:32,475 Look, up in the sky! It's a bird! 324 00:22:32,601 --> 00:22:34,728 It's a plane! It's... 325 00:22:34,854 --> 00:22:37,313 Hell, yeah, I'm with you, New Orleans. 326 00:22:37,440 --> 00:22:41,192 Bring this bird down to 8,000 feet. Let's have a look-see. Oh, no. 327 00:22:41,318 --> 00:22:45,071 Oh, no, that's not good at all. Your city's wet. Really wet! 328 00:22:45,197 --> 00:22:48,074 It must be twice as bad on the ground. 329 00:22:48,200 --> 00:22:51,494 Twice as bad? Twice as bad? 330 00:22:51,620 --> 00:22:54,080 You think? 331 00:22:54,206 --> 00:23:03,256 ♪ Shame, shame, shame on you now, Dubya 332 00:23:05,217 --> 00:23:08,762 ♪ Shame, shame, shame what you have done 333 00:23:10,181 --> 00:23:13,058 ♪ We was on the ropes, we were down and out 334 00:23:13,184 --> 00:23:16,311 ♪ You flew on over, never did come down 335 00:23:16,437 --> 00:23:25,320 ♪ Shame, shame, shame on you now, Dubya 336 00:23:27,198 --> 00:23:30,867 ♪ Shame, shame, shame, what you have done ♪ 337 00:24:04,568 --> 00:24:07,695 So dig it. Now we've got the people of New Orleans 338 00:24:07,822 --> 00:24:11,783 living on air force bases and in ratty-ass motels from Utah to Georgia, 339 00:24:11,909 --> 00:24:15,578 and people in Washington talking about keeping the housing projects closed. 340 00:24:15,704 --> 00:24:20,083 Yeah, that's right. They don't want no more poor people coming back to New Orleans. 341 00:24:20,209 --> 00:24:23,419 But I'll tell you what, New Orleans without poor people ain't New Orleans, 342 00:24:23,546 --> 00:24:26,089 because it's the people without a pot to piss in 343 00:24:26,215 --> 00:24:29,843 who keep the beat and blow the horns and step in the streets. 344 00:24:29,969 --> 00:24:33,638 And right now y'all are stuck listening to this messed-up white boy 345 00:24:33,764 --> 00:24:37,851 because whichever 14-year-old from Lafitte Projects is the next Smiley Lewis, 346 00:24:37,977 --> 00:24:40,603 he's stuck out there in East Bumfuck, Texas. 347 00:24:40,729 --> 00:24:44,566 He can't get home to sing this fucking song! 348 00:24:44,692 --> 00:24:48,278 ♪ Shame, shame, shame on you now, Dubya 349 00:24:50,197 --> 00:24:53,741 ♪ Shame, shame, shame, on you now, Dubya 350 00:24:55,870 --> 00:25:00,582 ♪ Shame, shame, shame about what you've done! ♪ 351 00:25:03,711 --> 00:25:05,378 Whoo! 352 00:25:07,381 --> 00:25:10,675 What? What? That was great! 353 00:25:10,801 --> 00:25:13,636 - Yes, indeed. - That was some true shit! 354 00:25:13,762 --> 00:25:17,223 Just to make absolutely sure we're talking about the same person. 355 00:25:19,143 --> 00:25:22,729 Sure, that's David. And you've been looking for him? 356 00:25:22,855 --> 00:25:26,608 Here I am sampling your menu once a week with no clue that David worked for you. 357 00:25:26,734 --> 00:25:29,819 The family mentioned other restaurants. Mister B's, Irene's. 358 00:25:29,945 --> 00:25:32,530 Daymo worked different places different nights. 359 00:25:32,656 --> 00:25:37,160 We don't see the Webster Street mention of a parole agent's visit, I don't find you. 360 00:25:37,286 --> 00:25:38,661 How long did he work here? 361 00:25:38,787 --> 00:25:41,998 We hired him about four months before the storm, maybe five. 362 00:25:42,124 --> 00:25:45,418 Dishwasher to start. But by August, he was a back waiter. 363 00:25:45,544 --> 00:25:47,503 - Reliable, huh? - Sure, yeah. 364 00:25:47,630 --> 00:25:50,590 - Right until Katrina, anyway. - And then what happened? 365 00:25:50,716 --> 00:25:53,843 I called Jacques early that morning right before the rain started. 366 00:25:53,969 --> 00:25:58,056 I was already in Alabama and Jacques was getting out of town with his cousin, 367 00:25:58,182 --> 00:26:00,767 but we forgot the meat in the freezer, so... 368 00:26:00,893 --> 00:26:04,020 So I called Daymo because I knew he hadn't left 369 00:26:04,146 --> 00:26:06,314 and I asked if he could go by the restaurant 370 00:26:06,440 --> 00:26:09,442 and take the meat to a shelter or give it away. 371 00:26:09,568 --> 00:26:11,653 - And he say, "No problem." - He had a key? 372 00:26:11,779 --> 00:26:15,198 We kept one in the false brick front outside the kitchen entrance for emergencies. 373 00:26:15,324 --> 00:26:17,742 The hurricane was an emergency, so... 374 00:26:18,327 --> 00:26:21,412 - And the meat? - Rancid as anything when we got back. 375 00:26:21,538 --> 00:26:23,748 I had to replace the walk-in. 376 00:26:23,874 --> 00:26:26,668 The door key was...where we left it. 377 00:26:26,794 --> 00:26:30,255 - And Daymo? - Never came back. 378 00:26:30,381 --> 00:26:35,009 The mobile number we had for him was dead. And...nothing. 379 00:26:38,430 --> 00:26:41,683 If he got locked up, it was for something, you know? 380 00:26:41,809 --> 00:26:44,477 Or maybe he started gettin' high in jail. 381 00:26:44,603 --> 00:26:49,023 If he did get out somehow, he could be in Houston or wherever right now, 382 00:26:49,149 --> 00:26:51,567 and he ain't gonna pick up the phone, 'cause he ashamed. 383 00:26:51,694 --> 00:26:56,823 - He wouldn't call to let you know where he at? - If he usin', that'd break Mama's heart. 384 00:27:01,078 --> 00:27:03,705 You must be... 385 00:27:03,831 --> 00:27:05,707 Koichi Toyama. 386 00:27:05,833 --> 00:27:07,750 - You are Antoine Batiste? - Yeah. 387 00:27:07,876 --> 00:27:11,462 Welcome to New Orleans. Get you something before you two set off? 388 00:27:12,840 --> 00:27:15,800 Oh... Sazerac, perhaps? 389 00:27:15,926 --> 00:27:19,429 Don't get much call for Sazeracs in here. Got a second choice? 390 00:27:19,555 --> 00:27:22,807 - Abita Amber? - That we can do. 391 00:27:25,269 --> 00:27:27,770 I see you've been down here some. 392 00:27:29,982 --> 00:27:31,482 Thank you. 393 00:27:35,696 --> 00:27:37,488 - Cheers. - Cheers. 394 00:27:39,116 --> 00:27:40,491 Mm! 395 00:27:40,617 --> 00:27:44,912 - I bet you miss these. - They got sandwiches in Houston, Daddy. 396 00:27:45,039 --> 00:27:47,457 Lots of good food. Great Mexican. 397 00:27:47,583 --> 00:27:51,336 - Mm. - ..strong buildings and new schools 398 00:27:51,462 --> 00:27:53,296 because our future is here. 399 00:27:54,798 --> 00:27:57,300 New Orleans is our home. 400 00:27:57,426 --> 00:27:59,093 I am happy... 401 00:27:59,219 --> 00:28:01,179 That's the man that ducked me yesterday. 402 00:28:01,305 --> 00:28:03,264 Baby, can you drive me east? 403 00:28:03,390 --> 00:28:06,434 - What, now? - Mm-hm. 404 00:28:24,953 --> 00:28:26,704 Chief. 405 00:28:26,830 --> 00:28:28,247 - Hey, bro. - Nice to see you, man. 406 00:28:28,374 --> 00:28:31,626 - What you doing out here in the east? - Trying to get with your boss. 407 00:28:31,752 --> 00:28:34,253 Apparently, I gotta go everywhere he go. 408 00:28:34,380 --> 00:28:37,048 Any given moment, we're all over the city, you know? 409 00:28:37,174 --> 00:28:39,175 - Uh-huh. - Tryin' to help folk get back. 410 00:28:39,301 --> 00:28:42,136 - Some are getting back faster than others. - Yeah. 411 00:28:42,262 --> 00:28:45,640 Amazing thing about the Vietnamese is that they're doing it on their own. 412 00:28:45,766 --> 00:28:47,892 They're not getting help from anybody. 413 00:28:48,018 --> 00:28:51,270 And still your boss is down here to share some of the credit, huh? 414 00:28:51,397 --> 00:28:54,482 You upset about something, Chief? 415 00:28:54,608 --> 00:28:57,777 Y'all need to open up Calliope or Lafitte. 416 00:28:57,903 --> 00:29:00,696 My people want to come on back home before Mardi Gras. 417 00:29:00,823 --> 00:29:02,740 You open up just a few of them buildings 418 00:29:02,866 --> 00:29:05,660 - and we'll take care of the rest. - Projects are federal. 419 00:29:05,786 --> 00:29:08,996 That don't mean y'all can't press 'em to do the right thing. 420 00:29:09,123 --> 00:29:12,208 I mean, I wouldn't mind seeing a little something from y'all 421 00:29:12,334 --> 00:29:14,293 about getting our people back home too. 422 00:29:14,420 --> 00:29:16,421 Chief? 423 00:29:16,547 --> 00:29:18,339 - Chief. - Ron. 424 00:29:18,465 --> 00:29:20,049 Good to see you. Eric, you ready to... 425 00:29:20,175 --> 00:29:22,677 - Can I talk with you, Ron? - What's going on, Chief? 426 00:29:22,803 --> 00:29:26,764 My gang wants to come on back home. But they need places to stay. 427 00:29:26,890 --> 00:29:29,350 - I understand. - Now the projects sittin' there empty. 428 00:29:29,476 --> 00:29:32,353 They didn't flood, didn't blow over. 429 00:29:32,479 --> 00:29:34,814 Oh, Chief, wish I could do it. 430 00:29:34,940 --> 00:29:37,150 But you know that's not my call. 431 00:29:38,569 --> 00:29:40,903 Hey, you know my door's always open. 432 00:29:41,029 --> 00:29:43,573 Eric, make sure Chief Lambreaux gets in to see me. 433 00:29:43,699 --> 00:29:45,283 - Yes, sir. - Chief. 434 00:30:04,261 --> 00:30:06,637 Chief, I'll call you. 435 00:30:13,187 --> 00:30:15,855 Joint up the block usually has some decent brass. 436 00:30:17,274 --> 00:30:21,402 At first when I am informed of your name, I am uncertain. 437 00:30:21,528 --> 00:30:25,281 Alvin Batiste, trombone? No, he plays clarinet. 438 00:30:25,407 --> 00:30:27,700 No, not old Alvin. 439 00:30:27,826 --> 00:30:31,037 You know, that's a whole 'nother world of talent right there. 440 00:30:31,163 --> 00:30:33,706 From a computer, I find out 441 00:30:33,832 --> 00:30:37,084 Antoine Batiste recorded with Preservation Hall 442 00:30:37,211 --> 00:30:40,087 and also a live recording with Shannon Powell 443 00:30:40,214 --> 00:30:42,465 and Germaine Bazzle. 444 00:30:42,591 --> 00:30:45,426 These recordings I myself own. 445 00:30:45,552 --> 00:30:48,095 Your intonation is notable 446 00:30:48,222 --> 00:30:51,516 and your attack very satisfactory. 447 00:30:51,642 --> 00:30:53,935 You know, I can play some. Yeah. 448 00:30:54,061 --> 00:30:56,938 Ever since I hear the Hot Five's record 449 00:30:57,064 --> 00:30:59,440 You Made Me Love You, I have been a jazz fan. 450 00:30:59,566 --> 00:31:01,442 Kid Ory will do it to you every time. 451 00:31:01,568 --> 00:31:04,445 No, Hy Clark played that number. Just that number. 452 00:31:04,571 --> 00:31:05,738 Oh, Hy Clark? 453 00:31:05,864 --> 00:31:09,075 Yes! That album was my beginning. 454 00:31:09,201 --> 00:31:12,787 Then when I come first to New Orleans 455 00:31:12,913 --> 00:31:16,791 and I hear such good live music, I couldn't believe it. 456 00:31:16,917 --> 00:31:20,586 After that, I buy every record that comes to Japan. 457 00:31:20,712 --> 00:31:23,214 Your remember the Sweet Emma record on Riverside? 458 00:31:23,340 --> 00:31:25,466 The Bell Gal And Her Dixieland Boys? 459 00:31:25,592 --> 00:31:27,885 Oh yeah, Big Eye Louis. He could play. 460 00:31:28,011 --> 00:31:30,805 Regrettably, I must again correct you. 461 00:31:30,931 --> 00:31:34,308 - It was Jim Robinson. - What'd I say? Big Eye? 462 00:31:34,434 --> 00:31:36,602 Oh, no, you know I meant Big Jim. 463 00:31:36,728 --> 00:31:38,813 After Katrina, 464 00:31:38,939 --> 00:31:41,482 every time I listen to those records, I cry. 465 00:31:41,608 --> 00:31:44,360 That's why myjazz group decided to come 466 00:31:44,486 --> 00:31:47,446 to do what we can. 467 00:31:47,573 --> 00:31:51,033 And we are glad that you are here. 468 00:31:52,119 --> 00:31:54,370 - Oh. - Eh. 469 00:31:56,290 --> 00:31:59,625 A pawn shop? This is unacceptable. 470 00:31:59,751 --> 00:32:01,460 Say what? 471 00:32:01,587 --> 00:32:02,837 Well, I would feel badly 472 00:32:02,963 --> 00:32:08,467 if I come all this way to purchase a used trombone for you, Mr. Batiste. 473 00:32:08,594 --> 00:32:11,095 No, please, spare me no expense. 474 00:32:13,557 --> 00:32:16,475 Also we spoke of Big Eye Louis Nelson. 475 00:32:16,602 --> 00:32:20,104 I heard Big Eye at Preservation Hall 476 00:32:20,230 --> 00:32:22,106 with Kid Thomas Valentine. 477 00:32:22,232 --> 00:32:23,941 - Thomas Valentine? - Yes. 478 00:32:24,067 --> 00:32:26,485 - 1985. - 1985? You were over here in '85? 479 00:32:26,612 --> 00:32:29,280 Yes, yes! That was my first time in New Orleans. 480 00:32:29,406 --> 00:32:30,906 That changed my life. 481 00:32:36,622 --> 00:32:39,206 Eggplant, garlic soup, grilled shrimp. 482 00:32:39,333 --> 00:32:41,208 Got it, chef. Firin' 'em. 483 00:32:41,335 --> 00:32:44,295 Pork chop, mid-rare. Pork chop, kill it, no sauce. 484 00:32:44,421 --> 00:32:47,214 Four pork, all day, mixed grill, sweetbreads. 485 00:32:47,341 --> 00:32:51,510 Four porks on, chef. One left, then 86 the pork. 486 00:32:51,637 --> 00:32:54,472 - Only one more chop. Spread the word. - OK. 487 00:32:54,598 --> 00:32:56,891 Sweetbreads, trout, trout. 488 00:32:57,017 --> 00:33:00,478 Two trout, all day. Sirloin, mid-rare, béarnaise on the side. 489 00:33:00,604 --> 00:33:02,480 Four guys with a lot of attitude just walked in. 490 00:33:02,606 --> 00:33:04,982 They're dropping John Besh's name, but no reservation. 491 00:33:05,108 --> 00:33:06,859 Should I tell them 40 minutes? 492 00:33:13,200 --> 00:33:14,492 Holy Christ! 493 00:33:14,618 --> 00:33:16,827 Jacques, it's Tom Colicchio and Eric Ripert 494 00:33:16,953 --> 00:33:19,955 and David Chang and, just for laughs, Wylie Dufresne. 495 00:33:20,082 --> 00:33:21,916 Squeeze them in table seven now. 496 00:33:22,042 --> 00:33:24,877 Besh fucked us. Fucked us good. 497 00:33:25,003 --> 00:33:28,172 Jacques, be thinking about what the hell we're gonna cook these guys. 498 00:33:29,966 --> 00:33:32,093 Chef, so nice of you to call ahead. 499 00:33:32,219 --> 00:33:34,261 It was a last-minute thing. We just got into town. 500 00:33:34,388 --> 00:33:37,598 We're doing this charity gig tomorrow and John said we had to come here. 501 00:33:37,724 --> 00:33:39,517 - He didn't call? - No. 502 00:33:39,643 --> 00:33:41,519 - John says hi, by the way. - Right back at him. 503 00:33:41,645 --> 00:33:43,771 - Chef, let me introduce you. - Oh, no need. 504 00:33:43,897 --> 00:33:46,941 Hi, Wylie, hello. David, hi. Eric, hi. I'm Janette. 505 00:33:47,067 --> 00:33:48,442 - Pleasure. - Tom. 506 00:33:48,568 --> 00:33:50,444 Well, I have a great table for you guys, 507 00:33:50,570 --> 00:33:52,571 if you want to follow me. 508 00:34:01,998 --> 00:34:06,210 - Looks like you're recovering nicely. - Oh, looks can be deceiving. 509 00:34:06,336 --> 00:34:08,671 We won't be needing those, Louise, thank you. 510 00:34:08,797 --> 00:34:10,715 We're psyched to be in your hands. 511 00:34:10,841 --> 00:34:12,925 And please don't be shy. We are starving. 512 00:34:13,051 --> 00:34:15,678 Done. All right, chefs. It is an honor to meet you all. 513 00:34:15,804 --> 00:34:17,930 - Have a good time. - Thank you. 514 00:34:21,351 --> 00:34:23,352 Jacques? 515 00:34:25,605 --> 00:34:27,523 What do you got for me? 516 00:34:27,649 --> 00:34:29,817 Smoked salmon around some caviar, 517 00:34:29,943 --> 00:34:31,986 seafood truffle stew, fingerlings, 518 00:34:32,112 --> 00:34:33,988 then the lamb off the menu. 519 00:34:34,114 --> 00:34:37,491 We can't out-New York a bunch of New York chefs. We lowball 'em. 520 00:34:37,617 --> 00:34:40,286 We start with the sweet potato, andouille shrimp soup. 521 00:34:40,412 --> 00:34:44,039 Then we get rabbit kidneys out the freezer. They're tiny, they'll thaw fast. 522 00:34:44,166 --> 00:34:46,751 We skewer them with some lardons of the Benton's bacon. 523 00:34:46,877 --> 00:34:50,004 Then we hit 'em with sweetbreads and crawfish over grits. 524 00:34:50,130 --> 00:34:52,256 - You devious, devious woman. - You think? 525 00:34:52,382 --> 00:34:56,677 How about this for the last plate? Still got the braised lamb neck from the staff meal? 526 00:34:56,803 --> 00:34:58,804 You are my chef forever. 527 00:35:01,057 --> 00:35:04,769 Then I saw a picture with Armstrong and he was playing trombone. 528 00:35:04,895 --> 00:35:07,646 - Pops? Trombone? - Cash or charge on this? 529 00:35:07,773 --> 00:35:09,982 But a little trombone, like a baby. 530 00:35:10,108 --> 00:35:14,612 - That must have been an alto. - No, no, no, no. Then I understand. 531 00:35:14,738 --> 00:35:16,989 - Slide trumpet. - Ahh! 532 00:35:17,115 --> 00:35:20,367 - That's what it was. - Yeah, slide trumpet. Yes, indeed. 533 00:35:20,494 --> 00:35:22,578 But it make no sense, 534 00:35:22,704 --> 00:35:25,998 because Kid Ory was in the photograph with his trombone. 535 00:35:26,124 --> 00:35:30,377 Kid Ory? With the King Oliver band? No, no, no. 536 00:35:30,504 --> 00:35:33,839 That wasn't Kid Ory, bro. With the Creole Jazz Band? Hell no. 537 00:35:33,965 --> 00:35:38,594 - Yes, Kid Ory. - Dawg, that was Honoré Dutrey 538 00:35:38,720 --> 00:35:42,223 on the trombone in that photo, I know the photo you talkin' about. 539 00:35:42,349 --> 00:35:44,475 - Honoré Dutrey. - Kid Ory. 540 00:35:44,601 --> 00:35:47,812 Read my lips, man, it was Honoré Dutrey holding a trombone in that picture. 541 00:35:47,938 --> 00:35:49,605 I know I'm right and you're wrong 542 00:35:49,731 --> 00:35:52,316 because I damned well named my daughter after Honoré Dutrey. 543 00:35:52,442 --> 00:35:54,151 Cash or credit? 544 00:35:54,277 --> 00:35:56,403 Or do you two want to take this outside? 545 00:36:40,407 --> 00:36:42,408 Whoo! 546 00:36:53,587 --> 00:36:55,796 Take a picture of that shit, my friend. 547 00:36:58,091 --> 00:37:00,968 Thank you for indulging me, Mr. Batiste. 548 00:37:01,094 --> 00:37:03,012 I can be... 549 00:37:03,138 --> 00:37:06,015 ..exuberant when I talk about music. 550 00:37:06,933 --> 00:37:08,893 No, man, that was my bad back there. 551 00:37:09,019 --> 00:37:12,563 I mean, damn, how you gonna talk about me indulging you 552 00:37:12,689 --> 00:37:14,940 when I'm standing here with a brand-new trombone? 553 00:37:15,066 --> 00:37:17,610 Well, this is my pleasure. 554 00:37:19,112 --> 00:37:20,905 You were here in Katrina? 555 00:37:21,031 --> 00:37:23,490 Oh, hell, no. 556 00:37:23,617 --> 00:37:26,619 I wouldn't be all the way out here except for the storm. 557 00:37:26,745 --> 00:37:30,247 My Mid-City place was under five feet of water. 558 00:37:30,373 --> 00:37:32,458 I've been here since. 559 00:37:32,584 --> 00:37:34,335 And your car? 560 00:37:35,253 --> 00:37:38,297 My car? No car. 561 00:37:38,423 --> 00:37:40,382 How can you get around? 562 00:37:40,508 --> 00:37:42,509 I make do. 563 00:37:44,220 --> 00:37:46,597 Hey, you want me to blow this thing? 564 00:37:46,723 --> 00:37:50,100 Oh. Well, that would be too much trouble. 565 00:37:50,226 --> 00:37:52,478 Oh, it's no problem. Hold on. 566 00:38:52,706 --> 00:38:55,791 Kid Ory, Struttin' With Some Barbecue. 567 00:38:55,917 --> 00:38:58,002 Note for note. 568 00:39:00,922 --> 00:39:02,715 Goodbye, Antoine Batiste. 569 00:39:04,384 --> 00:39:06,552 Oh, no, man, you've done enough. 570 00:39:24,738 --> 00:39:27,906 Put the îles flottantes in front of Ripert. It's his favorite. 571 00:39:28,033 --> 00:39:31,452 - Colicchio said you can cook. - What? How did he say it? 572 00:39:31,578 --> 00:39:33,203 I mean, exactly what did he say? 573 00:39:33,329 --> 00:39:36,123 He said it kind of offhanded, like, "She can really cook." 574 00:39:36,249 --> 00:39:37,958 "She can cook" or "She can really cook"? 575 00:39:38,084 --> 00:39:40,919 He said "really." And the other guys, like, agreed. 576 00:39:41,046 --> 00:39:44,089 - What did they say? - They were like, "Yeah." 577 00:39:48,094 --> 00:39:49,470 Jacques! 578 00:39:55,935 --> 00:39:58,228 - How was everything? - Awesome food, chef. 579 00:39:58,354 --> 00:40:00,814 - Thank you. - Rabbit kidneys, huh? Nice touch. 580 00:40:00,940 --> 00:40:04,610 - Benton's bacon, right? - Yeah. I sprinkle it on my breakfast cereal. 581 00:40:04,736 --> 00:40:08,614 If you ever find yourself up in New York, I'd love to return the favor. 582 00:40:08,740 --> 00:40:10,199 It would be my pleasure to cook for you. 583 00:40:10,325 --> 00:40:12,659 - Give me a call, really. - All right, thank you. 584 00:40:12,786 --> 00:40:15,079 - C'etait vraiment délicieux. - Merci beaucoup. 585 00:40:15,205 --> 00:40:16,914 Mon plaisir. 586 00:40:17,040 --> 00:40:19,166 Thanks again, you guys. I hope you had a great time. 587 00:40:19,292 --> 00:40:21,668 - And thanks for coming in. - Thanks, chef. 588 00:40:21,795 --> 00:40:23,587 You gotta throw a little French in there? 589 00:40:23,713 --> 00:40:27,466 - We're in New Orleans. - Yeah, I know what you're after. 590 00:41:22,730 --> 00:41:24,606 So what's the occasion anyway? 591 00:41:24,732 --> 00:41:27,693 The occasion is they're coming home, for today anyway. 592 00:41:27,819 --> 00:41:31,321 New Orleans is coming home, man. Just watch and learn. 593 00:42:12,739 --> 00:42:14,531 Who's ready for another cold one? 594 00:42:14,657 --> 00:42:17,242 I can't even taste the beer with the smell of mold. 595 00:42:17,368 --> 00:42:18,827 Can't we meet somewhere else? 596 00:42:18,953 --> 00:42:22,706 The captains of Krewe du Vieux have been meeting at the Mother-In-Law since '96. 597 00:42:22,832 --> 00:42:24,291 We're not going anywhere, Donny. 598 00:42:24,417 --> 00:42:26,585 Not after Miss Antoinette was good enough 599 00:42:26,711 --> 00:42:29,379 - to unlock this lounge for us. - Next item of business? 600 00:42:29,505 --> 00:42:33,467 Some of our subkrewes, they want some kind of acknowledgement of the storm, 601 00:42:33,593 --> 00:42:37,679 a serious acknowledgement, not that tongue-in-cheek thing we usually do. 602 00:42:37,805 --> 00:42:40,307 I'm most serious when my tongue's in my cheek. 603 00:42:40,433 --> 00:42:43,143 How serious an acknowledgement are we talking about here? 604 00:42:43,269 --> 00:42:46,813 Well, like a riderless horse at the head of the parade. 605 00:42:46,940 --> 00:42:50,817 The sacred purpose of Krewe du Vieux is to mock the serious. 606 00:42:50,944 --> 00:42:54,571 - Vote. - All in favor of a serious acknowledgement 607 00:42:54,697 --> 00:42:57,199 at the head of this year's Krewe du Vieux parade? 608 00:42:57,325 --> 00:42:58,909 - No. - Yes. 609 00:42:59,035 --> 00:43:00,452 - No. - No. 610 00:43:00,578 --> 00:43:02,454 No. 611 00:43:08,127 --> 00:43:11,463 K-Doe abstains. The motion fails. 612 00:43:11,589 --> 00:43:13,590 Here they come. Captain? 613 00:43:13,716 --> 00:43:16,510 A respite to appreciate the second line? 614 00:43:16,636 --> 00:43:17,636 Yes! 615 00:43:26,729 --> 00:43:28,021 Jesus. 616 00:43:28,147 --> 00:43:30,607 Hey! 617 00:43:37,407 --> 00:43:38,907 Wow! 618 00:43:42,287 --> 00:43:43,829 Oh! 619 00:43:45,164 --> 00:43:48,375 - How's it going? - It's beautiful, no problems. 620 00:43:48,501 --> 00:43:50,544 The cops are a little freaked out by the numbers, 621 00:43:50,670 --> 00:43:53,130 but I'm glad we got as many people as we do volunteering. 622 00:43:53,256 --> 00:43:56,008 - Nobody expected this many people back. - No. 623 00:43:59,304 --> 00:44:01,555 This almost didn't happen. 624 00:44:01,681 --> 00:44:04,933 - This had to happen. It's great. - Yeah. 625 00:44:05,059 --> 00:44:08,854 I'm gonna fall back and see what's going on with the third division. 626 00:45:01,032 --> 00:45:03,450 Oh, come on, VIPs! Go to work! 627 00:45:03,576 --> 00:45:05,702 Work, work, work! 628 00:45:05,828 --> 00:45:08,872 Work, VIPs! Work, work! 629 00:45:18,257 --> 00:45:21,051 - Kim! - Whaah! 630 00:45:32,438 --> 00:45:34,815 Oh, my God, you made it! 631 00:45:58,381 --> 00:46:00,966 I'll be... I'll catch up with you. 632 00:46:01,092 --> 00:46:03,301 Go ahead, I'll catch up with you. 633 00:46:13,312 --> 00:46:15,063 Marcus, right? 634 00:46:16,315 --> 00:46:18,733 - Been wondering about my brother. - How he doin'? 635 00:46:18,860 --> 00:46:21,611 Haven't heard from him since the storm. You seen him? 636 00:46:21,737 --> 00:46:25,073 Me? I was in Atlanta till, like, New Year's. 637 00:46:26,367 --> 00:46:29,953 I just need to know, before the storm, was Daymo back to using? 638 00:46:30,079 --> 00:46:32,372 Wasn't copping from me if he was. 639 00:46:32,498 --> 00:46:34,499 Last I knew, he let the shit be. 640 00:46:36,502 --> 00:46:38,545 That's it? 641 00:46:38,671 --> 00:46:40,755 I'm just trying to figure it out, you know? 642 00:46:40,882 --> 00:46:43,175 If I hear something, you got the bar open, right? 643 00:46:43,301 --> 00:46:45,760 Yeah. Yeah, I been back a while now. 644 00:46:45,887 --> 00:46:49,264 Figured it was time for me to come back too, see what's happening. 645 00:46:49,390 --> 00:46:50,765 Yeah. 646 00:46:51,517 --> 00:46:53,477 OK, then. 647 00:46:53,603 --> 00:46:55,228 Take it easy. 648 00:47:22,798 --> 00:47:24,508 Davis! 649 00:47:26,886 --> 00:47:28,887 Janette! Hey, babe. 650 00:47:29,013 --> 00:47:31,765 You won't believe what happened to me at the restaurant last night. 651 00:47:31,891 --> 00:47:34,351 You will not believe this! 652 00:47:34,477 --> 00:47:35,936 - Check it out! - What? 653 00:47:36,062 --> 00:47:38,063 Check it out! 654 00:47:48,282 --> 00:47:51,201 - Yeah, I'm gonna follow him! - That was different. 655 00:47:51,327 --> 00:47:53,954 Oh, man, don't even try to act like it wasn't fucking awesome. 656 00:47:54,080 --> 00:47:56,331 The band was fucking on fire, man. 657 00:48:15,935 --> 00:48:17,936 He's shooting! 658 00:48:21,315 --> 00:48:26,194 Annie? 659 00:48:26,320 --> 00:48:28,989 We got a man down! Man down, man down! 660 00:48:29,115 --> 00:48:31,491 - Man down. - Annie! 661 00:48:34,203 --> 00:48:36,329 For many it was a stark reminder of a New Orleans 662 00:48:36,455 --> 00:48:38,248 many hoped Katrina had washed away. 663 00:48:38,374 --> 00:48:40,000 When the fuck did that happen? 664 00:48:40,126 --> 00:48:43,712 I didn't hear any gunshots. I was at the whole second line, man. 665 00:48:46,757 --> 00:48:49,634 Three people shot. You believe that shit? 666 00:48:49,760 --> 00:48:52,887 That's messed up. That was a hell of a parade. 667 00:48:53,014 --> 00:48:55,974 Look like all the knucklehead shit must be coming back to town. 668 00:48:56,100 --> 00:48:58,977 I can only quote Antoine Batiste. 669 00:48:59,103 --> 00:49:03,565 "New Orleans niggers will fuck up a wet dream." 670 00:49:03,691 --> 00:49:06,818 You know, now the media is gonna freak the fuck out. 671 00:49:06,944 --> 00:49:09,654 - The cops... Shit. - Hey, white boy. 672 00:49:09,780 --> 00:49:13,950 They're just looking for an excuse to clamp down on the second lines. 673 00:49:14,076 --> 00:49:16,077 Yo, white boy, what was that you said? 674 00:49:21,334 --> 00:49:24,794 I was saying that the cops are gonna take this and run with it. 675 00:49:24,920 --> 00:49:27,756 Naw, that ain't what you said. Say "nigger" again. 676 00:49:28,883 --> 00:49:31,176 What? Oh, bro, bro... 677 00:49:31,302 --> 00:49:34,095 No, I live in this neighborhood, so... 678 00:49:34,221 --> 00:49:35,472 Say it. I dare you. 679 00:49:36,557 --> 00:49:38,350 You dare me? 680 00:49:38,476 --> 00:49:42,228 - Davis, shut up, man. - He just dared me to say "nigger." 681 00:49:42,355 --> 00:49:45,857 - What is that all about? Like I'm like... - Sh. Sh. 682 00:49:45,983 --> 00:49:48,026 "Sh? Sh?" All right. 683 00:49:48,152 --> 00:49:50,862 All right, all right. OK. 684 00:49:54,784 --> 00:49:58,912 Just for the sake of discussion, what's gonna happen if I... 685 00:49:59,038 --> 00:50:01,164 Oh, man! 686 00:50:01,874 --> 00:50:03,917 Come on, man. 687 00:50:07,213 --> 00:50:10,465 - Davis, you OK, man? - Fuck off! Fuck! 688 00:50:12,968 --> 00:50:15,095 Fuck this! 689 00:50:17,223 --> 00:50:21,142 - Wait up, Davis. - Leave me the fuck alone, man! 690 00:50:40,996 --> 00:50:43,039 Sh. 691 00:50:59,724 --> 00:51:02,100 Donald, he's conscious. 692 00:51:07,773 --> 00:51:09,649 How the fuck... 693 00:51:09,775 --> 00:51:13,486 We found you lying in the street last night, just by our gate. 694 00:51:13,612 --> 00:51:14,988 Rough night? 695 00:51:15,114 --> 00:51:20,785 We thought to take you home, but you had no keys. No wallet either. 696 00:51:20,911 --> 00:51:24,456 - Coffee? - Uh... 697 00:51:27,835 --> 00:51:29,753 You guys brought me in? 698 00:51:29,879 --> 00:51:32,380 We're your neighbors. 699 00:51:48,564 --> 00:51:49,856 Yes, sir? 700 00:51:51,025 --> 00:51:55,612 What's the most trombone I can buy... for that? 701 00:51:59,492 --> 00:52:01,367 The Conn, probably. 702 00:52:01,494 --> 00:52:04,329 Now is it for you or for a kid taking lessons? 703 00:52:04,455 --> 00:52:06,539 - Because you could rent. - Nah. 704 00:52:06,665 --> 00:52:09,709 I have a hell of a horn right now, me. 705 00:52:09,835 --> 00:52:14,380 This is for a friend who lost his in the storm. 706 00:52:14,507 --> 00:52:16,466 Nah. 707 00:52:18,177 --> 00:52:21,429 What the fu... Let me see that one right there. 708 00:52:39,365 --> 00:52:40,865 What does that say, bro? 709 00:52:41,784 --> 00:52:44,911 - "A.B. '79." - Mm-hm. 710 00:52:49,124 --> 00:52:51,251 "A.B." mother... 711 00:52:54,338 --> 00:52:56,422 You know I'm not picking that up. 712 00:52:56,549 --> 00:52:58,925 I'm taking this to the US Attorney's office. 713 00:52:59,051 --> 00:53:00,927 Those guys not only beat my client down, 714 00:53:01,053 --> 00:53:03,429 they took his property to Carondelet Street for pawn. 715 00:53:03,556 --> 00:53:08,268 Never mind dirty. I expect dirty in this town, but that's just stupid. 716 00:53:08,394 --> 00:53:10,228 Like they want to get caught. 717 00:53:11,480 --> 00:53:14,065 Toni, between the guys who quit during the storm 718 00:53:14,191 --> 00:53:18,361 and the guys that we fired afterwards, I'm at 60% in this district. 719 00:53:18,487 --> 00:53:22,282 And the guys who are still on the job, they got no homes, no money. 720 00:53:22,408 --> 00:53:25,034 Their families are living out of town, most of them. 721 00:53:25,160 --> 00:53:27,787 Guys drinking, guys who won't get out of their cars to work. 722 00:53:27,913 --> 00:53:30,874 Never mind some of them worked two weeks straight after the storm. 723 00:53:31,000 --> 00:53:34,586 They were fucking heroes. Now they know what the rest of the world thinks. 724 00:53:34,712 --> 00:53:37,755 They've seen the New Orleans police on the news for looting, 725 00:53:37,882 --> 00:53:41,092 for beating on people, for the Danziger Bridge Shootings. 726 00:53:41,218 --> 00:53:43,928 The guys who did this, it's... 727 00:53:45,514 --> 00:53:47,557 It's like a cry for help. 728 00:53:49,643 --> 00:53:51,686 It's all coming back, isn't it? 729 00:53:52,479 --> 00:53:54,606 For a moment the storm took it away. 730 00:53:54,732 --> 00:53:57,984 No dope, no guns. No guns, no bodies. 731 00:53:58,110 --> 00:54:00,486 - You know Cosgrove? - Mm? 732 00:54:00,613 --> 00:54:03,156 The ASAC over at the FBI field office? 733 00:54:03,282 --> 00:54:04,490 Ah. 734 00:54:04,617 --> 00:54:05,950 He told me a story, 735 00:54:06,076 --> 00:54:08,161 came to him from a Houston homicide guy 736 00:54:08,287 --> 00:54:11,789 who locked up some New Orleans wonder for a murder in that city. 737 00:54:11,916 --> 00:54:15,084 The kid does his 60 days in detention. 738 00:54:15,210 --> 00:54:17,420 You know, gathers his stuff up, 739 00:54:17,546 --> 00:54:20,089 calls for a guard, tells him that his time's up. 740 00:54:20,215 --> 00:54:22,675 It's time to let him go. Yeah. 741 00:54:22,801 --> 00:54:27,013 And the kid explains, in New Orleans when you shoot someone, 742 00:54:27,139 --> 00:54:32,393 they hold you for 60 days and let you go, which, let's face it, is pretty much what we do, 743 00:54:32,519 --> 00:54:35,229 given how fucked up Eddie Jordan has the DA's office. 744 00:54:35,356 --> 00:54:38,900 Eddie's a joke, but his shop's not the only one with problems. 745 00:54:39,026 --> 00:54:43,196 I am telling you, Toni, the wheels are off the cart. 746 00:54:43,322 --> 00:54:46,199 Just like those two assholes shooting up the second line, 747 00:54:46,325 --> 00:54:48,868 the crime is coming back. 748 00:54:48,994 --> 00:54:50,995 And we ain't ready. 749 00:54:54,166 --> 00:54:56,459 But you want to talk about a trombone. 750 00:55:58,355 --> 00:56:00,273 Hey, you. 751 00:56:00,399 --> 00:56:02,775 Oh, you're reading your old stuff, huh? 752 00:56:02,901 --> 00:56:04,777 Thoreau had it wrong. 753 00:56:04,903 --> 00:56:07,905 Most men live lives of quiet masturbation. 754 00:56:08,032 --> 00:56:10,742 - You're not gonna believe the day I had... - My agent called. 755 00:56:10,868 --> 00:56:13,703 - She's coming for a visit in a couple weeks. - Yeah? 756 00:56:13,829 --> 00:56:17,457 Carla said new opportunities, new circumstances. 757 00:56:17,583 --> 00:56:20,209 - Lots to talk about. - You sound thrilled. 758 00:56:20,335 --> 00:56:21,711 Good news comes by phone. 759 00:56:21,837 --> 00:56:24,714 When a New York literary agent travels 1 ,000 miles, 760 00:56:24,840 --> 00:56:27,925 that means the publisher wants their advance returned. 761 00:56:28,052 --> 00:56:30,970 I'm six years late on this novel. 762 00:56:31,096 --> 00:56:34,265 Random House is fed the fuck up and wants their money back. 763 00:56:34,391 --> 00:56:36,934 - She said that? - With the money we spent on the new roof 764 00:56:37,061 --> 00:56:40,104 and lowering our mortgage, guess what, I got nothing to give 'em. 765 00:56:40,230 --> 00:56:41,898 - Creighton. - What, Toni? 766 00:56:42,024 --> 00:56:43,858 What? 767 00:56:45,778 --> 00:56:48,488 That fuckin' agent's gonna ruin Mardi Gras! 768 00:57:05,297 --> 00:57:06,672 Sorry, bro. 769 00:57:06,799 --> 00:57:09,467 See you around, OK?