Moog out to your Mind and your brain and your butt with the quasi-ambient, future soundscapes of The Reaching Hand aka Andre Broussard as he hosts Soul Night at Artmosphere on Jan. 17.
PLAYING FAVORITES WITH ANDRE BROUSSARD
AKA THE REACHING HAND
photo by Denny Culbert
Favorite food. Rice and gravy. Burgers. Sandwiches.
Favorite food to hate. Foods that are poorly seasoned.
Dumbest thing ever bought? In my “punk” days I bought a pair of 10-eyelet, white Gripfast boots with black soles/laces, They were so impressively loud that I could not, even in my punk rock uniform, wear them with anything. They were worn maybe 3 times and then donated to Salvation Army or something.
Favorite Records of past 10 Years? Untrue, Burial. Discovery by Daft Punk. The Blackened Air by Nina Nastasia. The latest Big Boi album. Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix by Phoenix.
Favorite worst movie ever made? I haven’t watched it yet, but The Phantom of the Paradise looks pretty amazing. Does anyone have this on DVD? Can I watch it with you? Black Dynamite is a laugh-and-a-half send-up of 70s Blacksploitation films, oddly enough written by and starring the dude who played Spawn in the very-bad and not-good-at-all movie based off of the comic book. Tommy Davidson plays a character named “Creamed Corn” and Cedric Yarborough is a pimp called “Chocolate Giddyup”.
Favorite nutty historical figure? Chuck Tatman.
Weapon of choice? You can diffuse any situation Jackie Wilson.
Favorite hang out spot? Anywhere with a front porch is ideal.
Favorite truck stop food or snack? Nachos. With lots of jalapenos and the cheese that is artificially colored.
Most necessary item to bring while out of town? Laptop. Laptop laptop. Also, I guess money and proper identification. Mostly laptop.
Icon who isn’t a musician? Massimo Vignelli. Eugene Debs. Noam Gabo.
Kerouac vs. Bukowski? Reed, Lou.
Fellini vs. Bergman? Bergman, Ingrid
Bon Scott vs. Brian Johnson? Johansen, David
Worst thing to thrown away or lost? I remember as a kid going to Holly Beach with my brand new Transformers toy. It could turn into a dump truck. I lost it in the stupid Gulf.
Put it in the bank or hide it in a mattress? I hear credit unions are the way to go. I always keep cash in my back left pants pocket. Don’t tell anyone.
Most useful invention of the past decade? DJ MIDI controllers in conjunction with good DJ software. It saves me the hassle of having to carry records and CDs to every gig.
2012. Blind date with disaster vs. metaphysical upgrade? I’m mostly worried about that one guy with the ‘2012’ show on AOC. He’ll probably have so many stickers left over! What’s he gonna do with them?
Moog out to your Mind and you brain and your skull-head with the quasi-ambient, future soundscapes of The Reaching Hand aka Andre Broussard as he hosts Soul Night at Artmosphere on Jan. 17.
PLAYING FAVORITES WITH ANDRE BROUSSARD/THE REACHING HAND
Favorite food? Rice and gravy. Burgers. Sandwiches.
Favorite food to hate. Foods that are poorly seasoned.
Dumbest thing ever bought? In my “punk” days I bought a pair of 10-eyelet, white Gripfast boots with black soles/laces, They were so impressively loud that I could not, even in my punk rock uniform, wear them with anything. They were worn maybe 3 times and then donated to Salvation Army or something.
Favorite Record of Past 10 Years? Untrue, Burial. Discovery by Daft Punk. The Blackened Air by Nina Nastasia. The latest Big Boi album. Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix by Phoenix.
Favorite Worst Movie Ever Made? I haven’t watched it yet, but The Phantom of the Paradise looks pretty amazing. Does anyone have this on DVD? Can I watch it with you? Black Dynamite is a laugh-and-a-half send-up of 70s Blacksploitation films, oddly enough written by and starring the dude who played Spawn in the very-bad and not-good-at-all movie based off of the comic book. Tommy Davidson plays a character named “Creamed Corn” and Cedric Yarborough is a pimp called “Chocolate Giddyup”.
Favorite nutty historical figure? Chuck Tatman.
Weapon of choice? You can diffuse any situation Jackie Wilson.
Favorite hang spot? Anywhere with a front porch is ideal.
Favorite truck stop food or snack? Nachos. With lots of jalapenos and the cheese that is artificially colored.
Most necessary item to bring while out of town? Laptop. Laptop laptop. Also, I guess money and proper identification. Mostly laptop.
Icon who isn’t a musician? Massimo Vignelli. Eugene Debs. Noam Gabo.
Kerouac vs. Bukowski? Reed, Lou
Fellini vs. Bergman? Bergman, Ingrid
Bon Scott vs. Brian Johnson? Johansen, David
Worst thing to thrown away or lost? I remember as a kid going to Holly Beach with my brand new Transformers toy. It could turn into a dump truck. I lost it in the stupid Gulf.
Put it in the bank or hide it in a mattress? I hear credit unions are the way to go. I always keep cash in my back left pants pocket. Don’t tell anyone.
Most useful invention of the past decade? DJ MIDI controllers in conjunction with good DJ software. It saves me the hassle of having to carry records and CDs to every gig.
2012. Blind date with disaster vs. metaphysical upgrade? I’m mostly worried about that one guy with the ‘2012’ show on AOC. He’ll probably have so many stickers left over! What’s he gonna do with them?
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White meat vs. dark meat?
Put it on a sandwich.
Favorite food?
Rice and gravy. Burgers. Sandwiches.
Favorite food to hate.
Foods that are poorly seasoned.
Favorite Record of Past 10 Years?
Untrue, Burial. Discovery by Daft Punk. The Blackened Air by Nina Nastasia. The latest Big Boi album. Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix by Phoenix.
Favorite Worst Movie Ever Made?
I haven’t watched it yet, but “The Phantom of the Paradise” looks pretty amazing. Does anyone have this on DVD? Can I watch it with you?
“Black Dynamite” is a laugh-and-a-half send-up of 70s Blacksploitation films, oddly enough written by and starring the dude who played Spawn in the very-bad and not-good-at-all movie based off of the comic book. Tommy Davidson plays a character named “Creamed Corn” and Cedric Yarborough is a pimp called “Chocolate Giddyup”.
Favorite nutty historical figure?
Chuck Tatman.
Weapon of choice?
You can diffuse any situation Jackie Wilson.
Favorite hang spot?
I used to enjoy monkey bars as a kid. Lately, anywhere with a front porch is ideal.
Favorite truck stop food or snack?
Nachos. With lots of jalapenos and the cheese that is artificially colored.
Most necessary item to bring while out of town?
Laptop. Laptop laptop. Also, I guess money and proper identification. Mostly laptop.
Icon who isn’t a musician?
Massimo Vignelli. Eugene Debs. Noam Gabo.
Kerouac vs. Bukowski?
Reed, Lou
Fellini vs. Bergman?
Bergman, Ingrid
Bon Scott vs. Brian Johnson?
Johansen, David
Dumbest thing ever bought?
In my ‘punk’ days I definitely bought a pair of 10-eyelet, white Gripfast boots with black soles/laces, They were so impressively loud that I could not, even in my punk rock uniform, wear them with anything. They were worn maybe 3 times and then donated to Salvation Army or something.
Worst thing to thrown away or lost?
I remember as a kid going to Holly Beach with my brand new Transformers toy. It could turn into a dump truck. I lost it in the stupid Gulf of Mexico.
Put it in the bank or hide it in a mattress?
I hear credit unions are the way to go. I always keep cash in my back left pants pocket. Don’t tell anyone.
Most useful invention of the past decade?
DJ MIDI controllers in conjunction with good DJ software, for saving me the hassle of having to carry records and CDs to every gig. Also, that website with the cat photos. I love all of them.
2012. Blind date with disaster vs. metaphysical upgrade?
I’m mostly worried about that one guy with the ‘2012’ show on AOC. He’ll probably have so many stickers left over! What’s he gonna do with them?
There will soon be a whole lot of shakin’ going on at Benny’s Sportshack Supplement Depot, a new concept by Opelousas native Benny Nele. Located at 2002 Johnston St., the supplement shop, smoothie bar and café, featuring hot off the press paninis and wraps, plans to open in late May.
Philip deMahy Sr., a once respected New Iberia ad exec, was sentenced May 2 to spend the next two years (he faced up to 100 years) in a state penitentiary after state and federal investigators found dozens of images depicting children engaged in lewd sexual acts on his personal computer.
This year’s Cool Town issue is all about people who are not native to South Louisiana but made a conscious decision to be here, to be among us, to participate in our culture and contribute to it.
A shelved ordinance transferring $200,000 from a northside drainage project to a south Lafayette development may not break any laws, but it stinks to high heaven.
An effort to restore a shuttered dancehall and document other vacant or razed honky-tonks could serve as a model for saving an endangered species of entertainment.
Lafayette’s gene pool has been host to a long line of eccentric characters who have blurred the lines between crazy, genius, disturbed and curiously entertaining.
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