2013. Damn.
The wedding gowns and wedding cake float were amazing. But not as amazing as the surprise of Richard proposing to Scarlett at the lineup. How perfect was that? We hope all your days are as happy as this one.
Holding down the end of the parade resulted in unexpected benefits for the krewe. Our police escort was an early casualty when they disappeared into the crowd, leaving some people believing we were the start of the Delusion parade that was following somewhere behind.
A real, but boring wedding party departing St Louis cathedral butted into the middle of the body of the parade with a limo and a couple of busses. They cut in just before Mishigas and split the krewe into two processions. The crowd got restless, then angry when they decided the busses weren't all that funny. Meanwhile, the front part of the parade rolled merrily on, not knowing that the back half was stopped dead on Royal. It finally got worked out apparently. A guy in Jackson Square told me as we rolled by, that we were the best of the two parades he saw that night.
Back on Royal, CRUDE managed to lose everybody. Including the traffic jam ahead of us. We sashayed down Royal as a rogue krewe, with the rest of KdV nowhere in sight. Our lead escorts pushed their way through the crush of the crowds that filled the streets. Fortunately, they correctly figured out where the turn off Royal was supposed to be.
TBC was incredible and kept the Krewe dancing without a break. They totally rocked, "Hava Nagila," and had the crowd screaming the chorus to, "Come Together" on Decatur. TBC was still rocking as CRUDE pulled onto Press Street at the end. Thanks men. Your energy was boundless. You were the icing on the wedding cake.
It was the perfect wedding.
Linkie to 2013 parade and party pics.
Holding down the end of the parade resulted in unexpected benefits for the krewe. Our police escort was an early casualty when they disappeared into the crowd, leaving some people believing we were the start of the Delusion parade that was following somewhere behind.
A real, but boring wedding party departing St Louis cathedral butted into the middle of the body of the parade with a limo and a couple of busses. They cut in just before Mishigas and split the krewe into two processions. The crowd got restless, then angry when they decided the busses weren't all that funny. Meanwhile, the front part of the parade rolled merrily on, not knowing that the back half was stopped dead on Royal. It finally got worked out apparently. A guy in Jackson Square told me as we rolled by, that we were the best of the two parades he saw that night.
Back on Royal, CRUDE managed to lose everybody. Including the traffic jam ahead of us. We sashayed down Royal as a rogue krewe, with the rest of KdV nowhere in sight. Our lead escorts pushed their way through the crush of the crowds that filled the streets. Fortunately, they correctly figured out where the turn off Royal was supposed to be.
TBC was incredible and kept the Krewe dancing without a break. They totally rocked, "Hava Nagila," and had the crowd screaming the chorus to, "Come Together" on Decatur. TBC was still rocking as CRUDE pulled onto Press Street at the end. Thanks men. Your energy was boundless. You were the icing on the wedding cake.
It was the perfect wedding.
Linkie to 2013 parade and party pics.
A Valentine from Da Queen...
"Here Cums Da Brides"
Scarlett and TBC on Royal Street
The Brides on Royal
IT'S ON!The weather will be chilly and dry. Parade time temps in the 50's.
Escorts-checkin time is 3:30. 
THE BALL AND ALL Location:Old Project Restore Warehouse 2830 Royal St. (between Press and St. Ferdinand) featuring in order of appearance: Brass Band Jam Blue Brass Project Late Night Music by: A4D (AssFourDaze)Psychedelic Funk Band Tickets: $30 A limited number of tickets will be available at the door CASH ONLY AT THE DOOR Tickets Also Availalable From: Farmacia Den of Muses Architect Place Louisiana Music Factory 210 Decatur Street GinaWare 4429 Bienville Ave Up in Smoke 2101 Magazine St. FLOAT (12:00 PM at the Den Architect and Port) Sat. Jan. 12 Sun. Jan. 13 COSTUME FITTINGS Meet at the den and we'll take crudes to Peter's as needed. See Members Only for details Sat. Jan. 12 Sun. Jan. 13 Decorating and Royalty Float Help - For the lighter softer generation - Saturday 12th & Sunday - 13th - 1:00-4:00 Mother Den of Muses - Courtney will be at the Royalty Title float area. Need painters, glitterati, fluffers, workers. We'll be refreshing signs, trees, trimming banners, etc.. Thursday 17th - Anticipate sweeping and getting ball site spotless as possible Thursday - bring brooms. Check in with Steve or anyone else with a broom. Friday 18th - 12:00 on - Decorating and setting up - all hands on deck for Friday and Saturday morning. Check in with Courtney PARADE Sat. Jan. 19 (rolls at 6:30 PM) 
2013 Parade route click on the map for a larger version.
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The Idiot's Guide to KdV is here!
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Opportunities to volunteer-click on the Krewe du Vieux calendar image below for a larger version
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Parade: Saturday, January 19 at 6:30 PM in the Faubourg Marigny. Royalty: Bethany Bultman, Executive Director of the Musician's Clinic. |
Polygyny- Traditional marriage in the Bible often means one man getting busy with several women, also known as The Penthouse Forum. The Bible mentions approximately forty polygynists, including Abraham, Jacob, Esau, David, and King Solomon, who, topping out at 1,000 wives, was the Hugh Hefner of his age. Jesus taught the Parable of the Ten Virgins, which is about a bridegroom marrying five of ten virgins [Matt 25:1–13].
Martin Luther believed that Christianity did not prohibit polygyny and predicted that future Christians would have multiple wives. Writing to Gregor Brück, Luther stated that marrying several wives did not contradict Scripture. The Mormon great grandfather of Gov. Mitt Romney, a proponent of “traditional marriage” between one man and one woman had, in fact, five wives.
Incest- It is generally accepted that sibling marriages were widespread among all classes in Egypt during the Graeco-Roman period. Numerous papyri and the Roman census declarations attest to many husbands and wives being brother and sister. The best known of these relationships were in the royal family, the Ptolemies; the famous Cleopatra VII was married to her younger brother, Ptolemy XIII before she hooked up with Julius Caesar and Mark Antony. Her mother and father, Cleopatra V and Ptolemy XII, had also been brother and sister. In Ancient Greece, Spartan King Leonidas I, hero of the legendary Battle of Thermopylae and star of the movie 300, was married to his niece Gorgo, daughter of his half-brother Cleomenes I. Greek law allowed marriage between a brother and sister if they had different mothers.
The notoriously dour Romans frowned on incest, but that didn’t stop Emperor Claudius from avoiding a nasty divorce by executing his wife and then marrying his brother’s daughter Agrippina the Younger (and Hotter). Many European monarchs were related due to political marriages, sometimes resulting in distant cousins (and even first cousins) being married. This was especially true in the Habsburg, Hohenzollern, Savoy and Bourbon royal houses.
Hypergamy- The term is often used more specifically in reference to a perceived tendency among human cultures for females to seek or be encouraged to pursue male suitors that are higher status than themselves, which often manifests itself as being attracted to men who are comparatively older, wealthier or otherwise more privileged than themselves. According to evolutionary psychologists, females (known as “ho’s”) have evolved a preference for higher status males because they offer their prospective children both "better" genes and greater resources, e.g. food and security. Men, who invest less in their children, have less reason to prefer mates with high social status and are drawn, instead, to the big boobs and a nice ass of the Trophy Wife.
Martin Luther believed that Christianity did not prohibit polygyny and predicted that future Christians would have multiple wives. Writing to Gregor Brück, Luther stated that marrying several wives did not contradict Scripture. The Mormon great grandfather of Gov. Mitt Romney, a proponent of “traditional marriage” between one man and one woman had, in fact, five wives.
Incest- It is generally accepted that sibling marriages were widespread among all classes in Egypt during the Graeco-Roman period. Numerous papyri and the Roman census declarations attest to many husbands and wives being brother and sister. The best known of these relationships were in the royal family, the Ptolemies; the famous Cleopatra VII was married to her younger brother, Ptolemy XIII before she hooked up with Julius Caesar and Mark Antony. Her mother and father, Cleopatra V and Ptolemy XII, had also been brother and sister. In Ancient Greece, Spartan King Leonidas I, hero of the legendary Battle of Thermopylae and star of the movie 300, was married to his niece Gorgo, daughter of his half-brother Cleomenes I. Greek law allowed marriage between a brother and sister if they had different mothers.
The notoriously dour Romans frowned on incest, but that didn’t stop Emperor Claudius from avoiding a nasty divorce by executing his wife and then marrying his brother’s daughter Agrippina the Younger (and Hotter). Many European monarchs were related due to political marriages, sometimes resulting in distant cousins (and even first cousins) being married. This was especially true in the Habsburg, Hohenzollern, Savoy and Bourbon royal houses.
Hypergamy- The term is often used more specifically in reference to a perceived tendency among human cultures for females to seek or be encouraged to pursue male suitors that are higher status than themselves, which often manifests itself as being attracted to men who are comparatively older, wealthier or otherwise more privileged than themselves. According to evolutionary psychologists, females (known as “ho’s”) have evolved a preference for higher status males because they offer their prospective children both "better" genes and greater resources, e.g. food and security. Men, who invest less in their children, have less reason to prefer mates with high social status and are drawn, instead, to the big boobs and a nice ass of the Trophy Wife.
Monogamy- Monogamy is the practice of having only one spouse at any one time; sometimes, as in the case of Louisiana home-girl Britney Spears, an incredibly short time. In the patriarchal society of Mesopotamia the nuclear family was called a "house.” In order "to build a house" a man was supposed to marry one woman and if she did not provide him with offspring, he could take a second wife. The Code of Hammurabi states that he loses his right to do so if the wife herself gives him a slave as a concubine, which even today seems like a really generous present.
According to Old Assyrian texts, he could be obliged to wait for two or three years before he was allowed to take another wife. The position of the second wife was that of a "slave girl" in respect to the first wife, which likely caused some tension at the dinner table and possibly resulted in the collapse of ancient Sumeria.
For millennia, marriage was about property and power rather than mutual attraction. It was a way of forging political alliances, sealing business deals, and expanding the family labor force. For many people, marriage was an unavoidable duty. For others, it was a privilege, not a right. Servants, slaves, and paupers were often forbidden to wed, and even among the rich, families sometimes sent a younger child to a nunnery or monastery rather than allow them to marry and break up the family’s landholding.
The redefinition of traditional marriage began only about 250 years ago, when Westerners began to allow young people to choose their partners on the basis of love rather than having their marriages arranged to suit the interests of their parents. Then, just 100 years ago, courts and public opinion began to extend that right even to marriages that parents and society disapproved. So, when you hear a politician claiming to support “traditional marriage,” ask him how many goats and camels he got for his daughter.
According to Old Assyrian texts, he could be obliged to wait for two or three years before he was allowed to take another wife. The position of the second wife was that of a "slave girl" in respect to the first wife, which likely caused some tension at the dinner table and possibly resulted in the collapse of ancient Sumeria.
For millennia, marriage was about property and power rather than mutual attraction. It was a way of forging political alliances, sealing business deals, and expanding the family labor force. For many people, marriage was an unavoidable duty. For others, it was a privilege, not a right. Servants, slaves, and paupers were often forbidden to wed, and even among the rich, families sometimes sent a younger child to a nunnery or monastery rather than allow them to marry and break up the family’s landholding.
The redefinition of traditional marriage began only about 250 years ago, when Westerners began to allow young people to choose their partners on the basis of love rather than having their marriages arranged to suit the interests of their parents. Then, just 100 years ago, courts and public opinion began to extend that right even to marriages that parents and society disapproved. So, when you hear a politician claiming to support “traditional marriage,” ask him how many goats and camels he got for his daughter.
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RIP Uncle Lionel Batiste
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All Hail King Richard!
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the krewe of c.r.u.d.e. is one of approximately 17 unindicted members of the loose confederacy known as krewe du vieux
we are dedicated to ensuring that CRUDE behavior CRUDE displays, CRUDE, humor and CRUDE spectacles are forever a part of Mardi Gras in New Orleans the Krewe of C.R.U.D.E. and Krewe du Vieux preserve the historical spirit of Mardi Gras by parading through the French Quarter with handmade floats and featuring the finest fucking traditional brass bands in New Orleans .
we are dedicated to ensuring that CRUDE behavior CRUDE displays, CRUDE, humor and CRUDE spectacles are forever a part of Mardi Gras in New Orleans the Krewe of C.R.U.D.E. and Krewe du Vieux preserve the historical spirit of Mardi Gras by parading through the French Quarter with handmade floats and featuring the finest fucking traditional brass bands in New Orleans .
see you on the streets january 19, 2013
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