2006 Katwear is being distributed thru Cafe Press, meaning you can use a credit card :)

Maria and i were able to help the evacuees while working at the lsu athelectic center, she was very busy. We have finished our duty, and are currently staying in breaux bridge la. , the cajuns are so friendly, welcoming, i got sent to the e.r.,last night suffering acute abdominal cramping, i was screaming in pain. Im now so weak i can hardly stand up. I must have caught something from one of the pts from nola. Can anyone do me a favor and look up the number for the cdc,s infectious disease hotline, i need to report my symptoms, in case of an outbreak, the pts from nola were so wonderful, proud, bewildered, frightened, many had missing loved ones, im greatful god allowed me to be able to obtain a degree in respiratory therapy, plus being able to go to school at the mayo clinic in rochester minnesota. There are many catholics from nola, cajun contry, i gave my bottle of holy water to some displaced nola people who have a 95 yr old mother currently in a nursing home in breaux bridge.

hey now! all our NOLA friends and family... know that our hearts are with you!! where you at?!?!?

hi nice site

doesnt look like this is too active but what the hey word to the pdkk and all music fans should check www.thestragglers.com --awesome original honky tonk - tour will be taking them all over Tx, to the souteast (nola, oxford ms, birmingham & auburn al, atlanta & valdosta ga) , Favetteville Ar, various oklahoma locations & lincoln ne, & lawrence ks... constant tour road warriors with amazing chops & Jason Boland is an amazing songwriter... www.thestraggler.com

very good site congratulations ! Excellent idea, i like your website, go on ! Please visit mine http://

To the Pet de Kat Krewe and all others of the New Orleans persuasion! I, Father Sarducci, being truly a man of the cloth, do engage in my annual blessing of the New Orleans Jazz Festival and Heritage Fair for the year (C. E.) 2005. I bestow upon the fest the good weather that I enjoyed during 20 or so days which I have actually been present on said Fair Grounds while the wonderful musicians and artists and food folks do perform to delight the taste, the soul, and all of the senses. I wish each of you safe journeys and much enjoyment and do wish that the fair be blessed with sunshine and joy. God bless you each and everyone, Peace and Joy, Father Sarducci

Great Site! I really enjoyed it! Keep up the good work!

i need 2 tickets to the tip's french quarter show on thursday april 28th; drummers a comin'; any extras out there?????

2005 FEST GATHERINGS http://www.petdekat.com/2005/
2005 PET DE KAT TEES http://www.petdekat.com/merch.htm

Anyone looking for a great place to stay for Jazz Fest. I have a cozy 1 beroom suite, fully equipped. Can accomodate up to 4 people. Perfect location, about 5 minutes from Fair Grounds.

WWOZ Piano Night webpage:   http://www.wwoz.org/fest/piano_night.html

anyone have info about piano nite? who's gonna be there and how to get tickets in advance. moe

The Jazz Fest forum we had on the EZBoard went independent and acquired a dedicated server - the new URL is http://www.panicfreaks.org/forumdisplay.php?f=28 stop on by and say hi :) Peace Michelle

I like the site - - - good resource I wanted to drop you a line and just compliment your site. Nice layout, good info, good resources. I was looking around at a few different guestbooks. I definitely thought your's was one of the best. If you get a chance please check us out American Home Inspector Directory.

My son, Glenn ("Glenski") had a fatal heart attack at Jazz Fest in 1995. I have put info and pictures on the web (matkin.info/glenn.htm) and would like to hear from anyone who knew him or played music with him ("The Raffey", etc.)

anyone going to the hight sierra music fest. its july 1-4 and going to be a blast. i rented a motorhome for the festival. anyone interested in sharing the cost. has 3 double beds,kitchen,bath/shower. thanks,joel

new reviews & photos on http://www.petdekat.com/reviews/index.htm

BLESSING THE FESTIVAL Ok, the time has arrived -- I, Father Sarducci, being of sound mind although just as Krazy as all the other Kats, do hereby bless the days of the world's premier music festival, otherwise known as the New Orleans (baby) Jazz and Heritage Festival. My blessing and wish for all of you is that you should have as good of weather as I have enjoyed in my 20 plus days spent at the Festival from 1986 through 2003. I have always enjoyed sunshine and maybe once got slightly wet -- and since I have been blessing the festival the days have always been good. I wish to bless the festival so that the string should be unbroken and the fellowship of Kats should go on forever! May you all have safe travels and may you all enjoy your days at the festival and your nights in one of the greatest wonders of God's great creation -- the city and culture of New Orleans. God bless and keep you all! Father Sarducci

everyone! ya heard abt Dickey Betts? was at Southport, moved to State Palace on sat the 24th! Bonerama and Reid Genauer Assembly of Dust added also. been waitin for at least ONE of the allman bros since, when, '02 when the hurricane cancelled the ABB show at saenger. its bout time!! see yah at the fest!! :-) peace brothahs and sistahs, Ethan

WOW!! Very stylish.Thankyou, ibjamn for the pointer to this wonderful site...I am just about to do my first Jazz Fest...

having stumbled onto your site backwards (ie from the grid), and having read the profound mission statement (mas o menos: support (a)live music where ever found), i realized that i am already a kat. hence, i hereby declare myself a designated initate kat krewe (or dikk for short). please don't confuse this with designated driver...it wouldn't be safe. now, as a dikk i require three things: 1) info on krewe gatherings 2) an official krewe shirt 3) info on what bonehead scheduled tab and subdudes in parallel cubes.

I found a great new neighborhood restaurant today. I was out seeing patients, passed Big Shirley's & stopped there for lunch. It's a cozy, small room, white cloth tablecloths, friendly waitresses & VERY reasonable prices. I had the fried oyster platter which comes with fries & onion rings & hush puppies, a lettuce/tomato or potato salad and a choice of sides, which include mac 'n' cheese, greens, candied yams, jambalaya, etc. It was all very good & the mac 'n' cheese is the real deal, as good as mine ;-). The oysters were medium size & fried hard, which is the way I like 'em. I wanted to get the hamburgers, too, after I saw one, but that would have just been greedy! :-) It's a little farther than I thought, 5 blocks down Esplanade, just the the riverside of Claiborne. Ask for Christmas, she was my waitress & fussed at me for not bringing anyone with me & asked how I heard about them. I told her about PDKK and that, via this message board, there will potentially be ALOT of people with me at Jazz Fest. She asked about the board & I told her about www.petdekat.com, cuz I couldn't think of how to get to the DreaBoard. She said she was going to check it out this afternoon after work, so I'm going to post this over over here. I see this place as being great for breakfast, lunch or dinner (not dressy, but comfortable.) They also have a small bar, so I assume you can get cocktails there, too. Total bill for my lunch with a glass of iced tea was $11.45 w/tax. When you go to Big Shirley's, ask for CHristmas! (yes, that's her real name & no, she wasn't born on Christmas.) :-) Jenn

Hey you krazy kats! It's been 5 years, but a large passel of FeatFans will be descending on NOLA this year. If you run into any of us out and about, don't be shy - we don't mind a good party. Keep an eye out for a few Hot Tomato Ladies, replete with Red Hats, possibly a tiara here or there, and of course Little Feat attire. Several of us should be at the fairgrounds of course. Any of you thinking of catching Little Feat at Southport Hall on 4/30? Please join us. We're also cruising for the Rads, subdudes, Gov't Mule, Jon Cleary, at Lounge Lizards, ad infinitum. We hope to have some Feat goodies for distribution. We don't mind sharing the music. Where's the tequila??? I'll check back later. party on... Mac

Padre! So sorry we won't be running into you this year! You'll be missed. We will raise something or another in your honour. Waiting for your "official" blessing in a few weeks.

Any of y'all know any contacts for renting a house during JF week 2? any help appreciated. Ballard justballardATyahoo.com

Good to see all the action on these boards. I will not be down this year but will bless the fest to the best of my ability! God bless you and keep you safe in the meantime!

Dis is kewlll! I just stumbled across your website. Is there really a place called Dekattrois? I've been to Mamou a bazillion times to get wasted at Fred's (stayed a short distance away at Chicot Campground) and never realized there was such a place nearby! Thanks again and I'll keep in touch with you guys!

What happened at the Jazzfest site? The chat board SQL server went boom!!

2004 FEST STUFF
http://www.petdekat.com/2004/

Hey, PDK'rs I'd have to take issue with the motto of this group being loosely disorganized festivalists, we are VERY disorganized festivalists :o) This is our 3rd Fest but 1st as a PDKK. Looking forward to meeting y'all. Can someone put me in contact with the source of a Far Flung Kat shirt? Please put our Waterfront Blues Festival on your list for the 4th of July weekend. It's a righteous event. Y'all are invited.

There is a Jazz Fest message board open on the EZBoard, y'all are welcome to come by and hang for awhile http://pub205.ezboard.com/fjambandsfrm63 Peace Michelle

ANGELIE: Ca va tres bien ici pour Paula et moi. We are happily ensconsed in our little shack a half a mile from the beach in the Outer Banks of North Carolina. Mid JAn is bit chilly and breezy here but are considering hightailing to FLA for a week or two here in the near future. We are long overdue for return trip to NOLA. didnt make the scene at all in 2003. Last time we were there was when we talked to you at Jazz Fest for about two minutes in 2002. C'est bien trop long temp chere !!!! We will be coming down sometime this year. Most likely for the Audubon Fest. Hope everything is going OK for you. See you then !!!!

Bonjour Mes Amis Perdu... How are you? Monster... I see youre still with the Kat-Pack! It was darn good just to see your name!How's Paula? Steve... Merci to you and "D" for the card kudos! I have to bookmark this spot now that I've found you! How many days till Jazz Fest?!?

what's all this talk about me and my cousinz?

I eat Crayfish as a meal and I also have Crayfish as pets. I have plain brown ones and also some of the Florida Blue crayfish as pets. Crayfish are cool, and they taste good too!

All Pet Da Katr's... Come on down ( or up) and help us out while we all have a Mardi Gras ball at our 5th annual Red Hot Ball ! Fun and frolic with our krewe at I. T. Parker Hall in the SW corner of the Harbour Towne Marina ( OldTug Boat Annie's/Harbor Grill Restaurant marina) in Dania Beach Fl. Just Off US 1 and E. Dania Beach Blvd - 2 miles south of the airport. Music starts at 7PM and we rip till midnight. Auction items and food. Cash Bar. Come and help us help our local kids and kick off the season in krewe style.. and there is no one that does it like all of you! Hope to see you there. Call me for info -- 954 929 0575. For a MEASLY $20 BUCKS YOU TOO CAN MAKE IT A NIGHT TO REMEMBER.. IF YOU REALLY WANT TO REMEMBER..

HAPPY 2004 YOU ALL!!!!!!!!!! CU SOON

the website is www.crawfishfest.com

Hey Kat's We just added camping in the rough. More info on the website. They will probably go fast. Thanks for the support Michael

I LOVE THE NEW LOOK ! !

Steve, actually it's nice, I like it, very easy on the eyes....hey Steve are there any niteclubs/bars down near you that feature accordion-led bands? not zydeco, but Cumbia or Merengue? just cuious....seems like there would be

Pete, the purple was too hard to see... hope this werks for ya.

I think somebody spilt coffee on the purple.

hey where's the purple

It's Monday evening, the 8th of September, and the DELPHI board is unaccessible. Any one have any idea what is going on ?

It's Moday evening, the 8th of September, and the DELPHI board is unaccessible. Any one have any idea what is going on ?

OMG, salaaming to the Kat Gods who removed all magenta from my burned out retinas.....great new looks to the site, guys!

Diggin' the new background!! Thanks a mil' for setting these bleary-weary eyes at ease!! So....anything new with the NY/NJ/MA krewe??? I've been holed up in my apt, oblivious to any social gatherings of PDK.

Been swallowed by a orca just set free and need to know what are the dates for our next aztec vacation or are there any yet?

Steve Apple, you rock! :-)

my fellow guys iam here todayoooooo

This is a cool addition to the Drea Board. Just stopped by to say "hi". And yes thank you Father Sarducci for the fine weather. And for blessing Joe's goofy little book. ;o)

Father S., thanks for the fine weather

See, the weather was good today. You listen to the Father and it will be well with you! :-)

happy trails to all you first weekenders who are already there!!!

alcohol??? us???? :-) mostly you just have to be willing to be associated with us! and when someone yells out "where you at??" you shout back "Pet De Kat!!!" it doesn't hurt if you buy a t-shirt too to help defray costs of the website and stuff... look for Joe at Liuzza's by the track after the fest or send in an order through the kat wear page... it helps pay for beads, buttons, the site, and various other lagniappes through the year... but that's pretty much it! if you're ready to pass a good time, you're ready for the PDKK!!

Howdy folks, I've met a few of you PDK folks at various fests and I've always forgotten to ask how to join up. And its a vicious rumor that alcohol had anything to do with that!!! ;-) Is there an initiation or something? Just kidding. Anywho, I'll be at the second weekend again this year and I'll be looking for you guys... Where ya at? ;-)

Wondering if there are any tapers out there that will be at either Brass Band Blowout show the first weekend? Friday the 25thATHowlin' Wolf, or Sunday the 27thATTwiRoPa Mills. I won't be able to be there, but would like a copy of the shows - so anyone that could or will be able to get a good audience recording - or sound board - drop me a line and let me know how to get a copy. Thanks.

has been a while - good to be back :)

nice site

I've got to give up my room at the Frenchmen first weekend, and would love to pass it off to someone who can appreciate it's great vibe and fantastic location - a stone's throw from Dragon's Den, El Matador, Spotted Cat, Blue Nile, Cafe Brasil, Snug Harbor, dba and more. Great food in the hood, too. The room is nice, the staff friendly, there's a little pool in the courtyard, it's kind of btw. a B& B and hotel. Great for catching sets on the street, coming back to the room as necessary, going back out again... If you're interested, email me at stevesragATyahoo.com. It's for the first four nights of first wknd, and it's like 179/night I think (after taxes). In any event, enjoy!

one more month. one more month. one more month. one more month.

I am looking to rent my house for both weekends of Jazzfest. The house is literally a stones throw from the fairgrounds (one block), and in a very nice neighborhood. Here's a list of what it includes: - Five rooms with comfortable sleeping for four to five people (one queen size bed, a nice sofa bed, and a comfy couch) - Nice big kitchen - Front porch - Back sun room and courtyard - Bathroom with shower and tub I would need a commitment of a two night minimum stay for each weekend. I am asking for $400 per night plus a $1000 returnable deposit. You and I would sign a written agreement of course, to ensure the safety of your deposit and my house. If interested, call me at (504) 945-9540 (if no answer, I'm on line), or email me at djdannyoATaol.com

have available rooms in awesome guest house in french quarter for first week of jazzfest. call 877-588-6874 or email kyleATrocksuitcase.com

Dude when you turn the magenta off, add a 'homepage' button.

Dude! Turn off the magenta! I think my eyes is fryin...yep, there they go.

Love your site name.

http://www.neworleansbywater.com links sent from AOL may not work you may have to type or copy and paste seeking webmaster or mistress will trade Here is a in my oppinion better alternative to a hotel. Really experience Jazz Fest, Many locals rent their residences for special events. Creole cottage camelback for rent in Bywater, Voted Americas most intrusting neighborhod by MTV, for only one hundred a night. Two bedrooms Fully equipped kitchen with antique stove condiments, dishes and dishwasher. We even have cookbooks so you can learn to cook Cajun . Offstreet fenced parking beautiful private 2 lot private outdoor area.Alternative and young wild adult friendly. Bywater is home to many an artist and musician. You might wander into a Bywater bar and be delighted by hearing Little Freddie King Bobbie Lewis Bucth Travette. Or even Kermit Ruffins all with no cover as this is their neighborhood. # There are 3 busses including the Desire bus named after the famous Desire streetcar written about in Tennessee Williams famous novel A. Streetcar Named Desire. Mr. Williams would find the residents of toadays Bywater as worthy of the pen as the ones he wrote about. Bywater Hosts its own Stella calling contest. The famous Melatron festival. The Decadence ball as well as being home to the Famous adult Crew The Keue Du Vaux A kind of X rated political satire parade That starts in the Bywater goes thru the French Quarter to Canal St. Your Host Pearl will be happy to show you the inside New Orleans so don't hesitate to send questions.Direct your browser to Bywater new Orleans and you will find several fine sites on the area. Pearl 504 949-7701

thanks alot ill be the guy freakin out front and center

eddie bo is playing at the Ponderosa Stomp at the rock and bowl . its 3 nights of musical overload between the weekends. other higlights include: Tammy Lynn , original singer of "mojo hannah" reunites the AFO executives, Frogman Henry, Phil Phiilips- the swamp pop guy behind the classic "sea of love" makes an ultra rare appearance, a whole slew of Louisiana blues masters from Excello - lazy lester, the slim harpo band, jerry macain. Swamop blues: guitar gable, even "lil bob"- the guy who sang "last night i got loaded" will be there. Zigaboo has a funk jam with Willie tee on the first night- along with rebirth. And theres a whole slew of chicago blues men- Hubert sumlin (howlin wolf's long time guitarist), billy boy arnold, etc.. many, many more- too many to list: check out the schedule at: http://www.knights-maumau.com/stomp_2.php

lookin for info on eddie bo performances during the fest cant make the first weekend and am hopin someone can tell me where hes playing in the evenings as i cant seem to find anything in computerland any info is good info thanks

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Please ,send me information about art book. Thank's Dotres artists

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the location was posted in another message but below is from the 2003 GATHERINGS section of petdekat.com PdKK Uptown Boil Tuesday, April 29th, 2003 Scheduled for the Uptown area near St. Charles and Magazine on Tuesday Afternoon there is a per person cost for this catered affair ADVANCE RESERVATION ARE A MUST! Reservations are not confirmed until payment is received. As Fest03 approaches, costs and payment information will posted !! SPACE IS LIMITED !! Why isn't the location advertised on the Worldwide Web? We have limited space and need to order enough crawfish for everyone. If 10 people walk up the day of the event, that's 20 plates of crawfish less for the rest of the group who prepaid.

Margo from Chicago, if ya read this post ...contact me via email...my 14year old daughter will be at fest second w/e...and may be available to do some babysitting.

jazz fest 2003 sched. is online http://www.petdekat.com/2003/schedule.htm

Many thanks for the info on the boil--we'll be looking for the reservation form--so we can be the first kids on our block goin' to da boil--TGIF!

here's the latest from Pony regarding the boil! Hello everybody, I'm making arrangements with Audubon Park and the Caterers for this years "Annual Pet De Kat Uptown Boil". The boil will be held at Shelter #10 once again on Teusday between the Fest. I'm guestemating that prices will remain the same as well as the Quality of Crawfish that we've been having for the past two years. As sook as I get my act more together I will try to put up a Reservation List for those who will be attending. PLEASE Remember to make your decision early and send in your money so that we can have the adequate amount of food to feed the exact number of people who will be attending. ++++++GET FEST ACTIVE+++++++ Where Ya At?....Pet De Kat!!!

Cal - Pony is working on the boil now... i'm not sure if stuff is final yet, but i'm pretty sure it's still the tuesday between in Audubon Park... in this world of uncertainty it's comforting to know some things remain the same... :-)

http://www.nojazzfest.com/elert2003a.html jazz fest tickets on sale now!

Any news of Crawfish Boil for Pet de Kat?

Hey, everybody, just letting you know that the Classic Mardi Gras Songs Profiles is set to premiere over the parade season 2003. Bill Taylor and I have been working on 3-5 minute radio pieces about the Mardi Gras standards including Carnival Time, Big Chief, Second Line, Mardi Gras Mambo, New Suit, Do Whatcha Wanna, and a couple others. In each of the pieces, people who recorded and wrote the songs tell us what it was like and what they are about and what they think of them now. They start on Friday 2/21 in the afternoon and continue until Fat Tuesday. Please keep your ear out for them. www.wwoz.org Thanks and happy Mardi Gras, dk

Da ve thanks for good news about staying in the Metarie area...sorry to hear about the snow...it's in the 70's and sunny here in San Diego...although it did rain a bit...it's very pretty now....later gaters...see ya in NOLA!

check out our concerts at www.palmbeachjazzfest.com!!!!! Featuring a WORLD JAZZ MASTER SESSION!!! And MIKE STERN!!

Cal - Metrie's an easy trip in to town... a convenient burb...

thanks for the zigaboo heads up! we'll have Swag put it in the grids at his next convenience...

wanted to add to the grids the zigaboo shows at the howlin' wolf. check out his posting on http://www.zigaboo.com - bookends to the fest! L8R - geoff

Great to find you guys again! We just bought our airline tix to Jazzfest and we can't wait. Have been twice before, last time we stayed down in Lafitte in the bayou! This time we are considering a Marriott in Metarie...what's up in Metarie and Harahan...just burbs or ? Let me know! Happy Jazzin!

even though for some of us it's still cold and there's plenty of snow, festival season (JazzFest and many others) is right around the corner... as you get word of music fests, don't forget to let us know here on the board! where y'at? and where ya goin' to?

Our group had a few people get scared at the last minute and back out of our fairly large, fairly expense house. If anyone knows of anyone looking to hook-up with a bunch of annual fest-goers, get in touch with me.

rock on 88 Girl! :-)

Greetings Kats!! Long time no see... missed you guys....life has been.....different for me lately....left Nawlins a few years back and moved to Portland, Oregon....finally got outta there, and I am back on the road again ( presently in Dothan, Alabama...peanut capitol of the world! ) Heading to Nawlins for Fest in April, and lookin forward to a big heaping portion of BBQ ribs and crawfish bread and going to hear Coco Robicheau and Irene Sage and Lenny McDaniel and Kermit Ruffins and Leroy and Irma and Eddie Bo....can't wait!!!!! Hope all is well with you all!! :-) Muahh! X

In last email I forgot to to wll ya"ll the time and contact info for our RED HOT BALL this week Saturday , Feb. 1st at IT PArker in Dania Beach - call me - 954 929 0575.. tables of 10 are going fast... tickets also at the door $20. & PM - beyond midnight.. Bring out the Kats!- Help us raise money for local kids to go to arts camps this summer!

Come to Our 4th annual BALL! Feb. 1st 2003 at IT Parker Hall in Dania Beach Fl! Located in Harbor Town Marina (off East Dania Beach Blvd near rthe Intercaostal bridge and A1A- watch for the signs!) $20 pp gets ya in thew door and then WOW ! Prizes for raffeles this year include the annual Basket From censored, A 3 day stay at the Diplomat Spa, art work and items from DCOTA, loads more plus a Fabrege type egg of her memories of 9-11by artist Anne Marie - it is quite a piece... Cajun food , live R$B bland palaying lots of cajun and funky tun s and dancin' beyond midnight. Beads and festival; fun. The King's strut starts at 8:15. Be there Kats!

Dear Kats, The plans are moving ahead. I will be at the second weekend with da wife and a few friends. Will see you there!

hi all! been kinda quiet over the winter months as we all hibernate noisily at our respective homes partying with our families and friends... but it's going to be festival season soon with lots of happenings and stuff... it's winter now though so it's time to TURN UP THE HEAT!!! pretty soon fest info will be coming out, in particular, the return of the heralded NIGHT TIME PARTY GRIDS!!! so start gettin' happy and keep checking for updates...

Great space...we will be having a little somthin, somethin on thursday night, all 20 of us, in uptown. more details to come

If anyone still wants to get some help with travel plans....give my man, Ryan, a call. He works at Liberty Travel in Boston...617-426-7007. Tell him that the Krewe sent ya! Solidarity bruthas and sistas!!

Hip-hoppy-hello!! Long time no writing for me! Already seeing posting for this year's fest??!! Sweet! I'm sad to say that I won't be able to make it this year. My man won us an 8 day trip to Puerto Rico at the same time next year. Keep me updated, though. I may just have to schedule an extended layover on the way down!

Steve. Sorry that I missed your party. It wasn't because you failed to fly in a really cool band from 'Nawlins - REALLY!! But I just came across your invite. Sorry. Don't reply now 'cause the email is not getting to me.

hi all... just stoppin' by to see how the page is doin'... :-)

Now that Father Sarducci has moved to the St. Louis area it just may be that he and his bride will appear sometime during the second weekend of da Fest. Will probably run my auto motor way down south to New Orleans. Hope you all have a great THANKSGIVING.

At 8.12.by me at home its the very bigest party

Great news! We are booked and we are bringing our 2 year old and 4.5 year old. I assume kats will rotate duties, stay in hotel and watch our children while we go to a nice dinner or club.

Hey, kats and kittens! I'm booked for JazzFest -- 4/23 to 4/28 -- and am bringing my then 15-year old son. Thought I'd try to jump start some conversation hereabouts.

That "Rock & Roll" comment was a little funnier attached to the "Country" entry. Sorry...I'm feeling a bit punchy as well!

I'm doing some EARLY planning for this year's Fest. I'll probably hit the second weekend. My boyfriend's a travel agent so if anyone wants to get a head start.....Ryan GreenATLiberty Travel (617) 426-7007. He's got some sweeeeet deals!!

any1 going to jazz fest next year?

Whoa, this pink place is a foreign land. Hey Kats

Sort of a NOVA Kat kinda guy.

Check out the newly launched website for Shane Theriot, the very talented guitarist for the Neville Brothers. www.shanetheriot.com

/nd the links too

Wow, Vebmeister! Gots lots of new who's whos up! Good job! :-)

Hi Laurie, Ordering live crawfish for a boil can be expensive. (The shipping & handling will kill ya!) But it would also be a lot of fun. Here are a couple of links for you to try: http://www.cajuncrawfish.com/ http://www.comeaux.com Good luck & Bon Appetit!

Thought you guys who stop in here want to see the Kats At Kanoe, here is de link: http://www.geocities.com/bluecatcanoe/swamptour5.html

Hey! I'm wondering if someone can help me out. My friends and I were at the crawfish boil during Jazzfest '01 (we were the crazy Canucks hangin' out with Orf) and we loved it so much we want to have one here in Edmonton this summer. Thing is, we need some advice on where to get some good crawfish, and we need to find a place that will ship to Canada. Also, we're looking at feeding about 100 people, so we're figuring on getting about 200lbs o' the critters. Does that seem realistic? Any info would be greatly appreciated. And by the way, if any of you want to trek up to one of the best Canadian festivals, the Edmonton Folk Festival is the perfect place for a good ole Pet De Kat gathering! August 8-11, 2002. Check out www.edmontonfolkfest.org. Thanks!!

hey now..... just checkin to see who's gonna be at the crawfish fest in stanhope, nj june 1st & 2nd? i sure know i wont miss it!!! www.crawfishfest.com

Mopsy, I'm so sorry you couldn't find da boil. I wasn't even there this year, but as a sister Bostonian I felt I ought to commiserate. Drop me an email so I can update you on any local kat gatherings.

Hope y'all enjoyed de Fest as much as burtthemime and mariannie, my visitorz from Chicago..Myself, it is MY time o'de year..have your coaster and sticker.....Rock on, cool kats and kitties...Zee you next time...

Hello everyone! It's been a few years since my last fest. Had a wonderful time. Can't wait to see pics. Some of my favorites: the Monday night Tipitina's benefit for high school instruments, Kermit Ruffins & Irvin Mayfield "Battle of the Bands" at the Parish, the "Brass Blow- Out "at Twi Ro Pa, Mofro at the Old Point Bar, Music Factory performances of Hombres Calientes, and Henry Butler. It was pleasure to meet so many Kats. Hope to see you in Miami in some day.

Hi everyone!!! I'm still just a name on a message board b/c I COULD NOT find the crawfish boil!! I walked up and down St. Charles, Magazine and everything in between for 2 hours. I was supposed to pay at the door for 2 people and I feel horrible for being a "no-show". I feel even worse for being in N.O. for 10 days and not meeting most of the Krewe!! Who should I send my $$ to for the boil. I know that it was a "pay to play or pass" kind of deal. Cara (the stray Kat!!)

Hi everyone! I joined Pet de kat during Jazz Fest! Thanks for the great fest and night cubes! See you in 3 weeks!!!!!

regarding "censored" stuff... this is done in the guestbook program, not by your crack team of web people... the kat krewe may believe in freedom of speech but our ISP takes issue with certain words... :-) so, gosh darn it, watch your mouth or the software will wash it out with soap... :-)

Mopsy, we are going down tomorrow for 1st weekend, won't be there 2nd weekend. :-( I see you posted over on the Delphi forum about going to the Boil. I'll see you there! :-)

ibjamin...I'm everywhere!! Like I've done any work for the past two weeks....just JF stuff. But since I'm typing so furiously, I look like I'm doing the work of 10 people! Are you going to the 2nd board mtg down there? I won't be down in time for the first one this Fri. :( I'm thinking of getting a pair of bunny ears for my I.D!

Hi Mopsy, I glad to see you made it over here from the Fest board. Hope to meet you at Fest! Welcome! :-)

Hey Scott carport.... so when's Jake comin' to 'Lanna. I need to see Junior aka Randy so I can cool bean him ;)

oops....."darned" career thing!!

Hey Dave...I haven't seen Bruce Mandaro/slipknot around here yet. I haven't followed too many people since I moved up here. I was doing that censored career thing and falling asleep at my desk after a late night wasn't too kosher. I have been known to be out and about on the weekends...Boston's a small city. I just may have run into you somewhere....literally! hehe.

Just sending out good Gris Gris for all attendee's of Jazz Fest. I'll be with you in spirit, especially at Tips on Saturday, the Fess Stage on Sunday, Tips on Monday . Be safe, have a blast, and party til the money runs out... Enjoy!

for all you kats who have submitted pics and descriptions for the "who's who" page... i leave for fest on thursday morning early, but i'm still hoping to get some more of your bio stuff up on the web by then... unfortunately as the departure gets closer the days seem to get shorter... for all you kats who haven't sent stuff, try and get into as many other peoples' pictures as you can... :-) maybe we can use them for your who's who listing... or maybe you'll show up in someone's review... or maybe it will be that last piece of evidence we need to convict... who knows... :-)

hey now Mopsy!! nice to see someone else from "home"... :-) looking forward to meeting you at the fest... re- your GD and JGB daze... do you check out Bruce Mandaro/slipknot around town? i'm wondering if our paths have crossed before....

Anyone still looking for a place to rent for Jazz Fest? Skip to the Jazz Fest from this house , right on the Fairgrounds fence. Email missclaudiaATangelfire.com or call 504-948-3416

I had to cancel my trip to Jazzfest. I have a pair of orchestra tickets for String Cheese Incident at the Saenger. Please email me if you are interested - thanks!

Thanks Steve/Miami!! I've already been inside and out of this site. Absolutely fabulous!! I'm having crazy flashbacks of my GD & JGB "daze"!! I missed my festival lovin' crew over the years....good to be back!!

Mad props to the Krewe for allowing Blue in the Face to play your most recent shindig at Marisol & Joe's place. A great time was had by all, as always! Can't wait till the next one!

Hi Gen X'er :) welcome to the scratching post... check out some of the review + photo pages or Who's Woo pages too. OMfG! JUST THREE WORK DAYS 'TIL DAZE! :)

Absolutely fabu!! I will be there with bells on!! Being that I'm new to the Krazy Kat scene....how will I know you? How will you know me?

Mopsy! Come to Luizza's after Jazz Fest most any night, you'll find some of the rebel kats planning their evenings. We have a bunch of Gen X'ers who love the fest!

I'm not getting down in time on Friday for the 1st weekenders gathering but am looking to meet up somewhere on Sat. Its my big leap from my Gen X years to the 30-somethings. Anyone want to celebrate?? I do!! Me-ow!

HJ - come by Liuzza's after the fairgroupnds to see where the afterparties are happening... looks like a cooter browns rendez vous is in the works for thursday... then again, i am not the social director, nor do i play him/her on tv... :-)

hj u rip-a-me-off at jazz fest & i break-a-u-legs.

good to see message board back... going to the 'fest 1st wknd, this year...only a couple of us, the rest of the crew will be there 2nd wknd. Need new friends to party with! Who's around for the 'fest, bar across the street, frankie & johnnies, uptown shows, late night maple leaf, f&m...lots of cocktails,other consumnables, etc, etc????? we'll get in thurs mornandwill be going strong until monday eve! let me know who wants to meet up!

I can feeeeeeeeeeeel it! 5 more working days!!!!

it's getting closer!!!! can you feel it?!?!?!?

Long time reader of PDKK chats - decided that after 5 years of JF and one PDKK T-Shirt later it is time to join the litterbox. See you all at L's 2nd Friday.

I heard your mention on KPIG. I went by your links page, it is great! I lost the way to San Jose.

Rockin' Jake Band April 11 - Beached Whale - Ft. Myers, FL April 12,13 - Green Parrot - Key West, FL April 14,15,16 - Ocean Key House - Key West, FL April 17 - Gary's Pub - Marathon, FL April 18 - Sax on the Beach - Miami, FL April 19 - Downtown Hollywod - Hollywood, FL April 20 - Ray's Downtown Blues - W. Palm Beach, FL

Keep and eye out for the Rockin' Jake Band in Florida!

Full color shirt looks puuurrrrfect!

Just follow the link for "Fairgrounds Schedule" on the 2002 Info page http://www.petdekat.com/2002/

where's the cubes?!?!?! :-)

Happy Jazz Fest To The World! Countdown is T minus 24 Daze! :)

many of the krewe members make buttons to hand out on the fairgrounds as lagniappe... usually you have to run into someone there to score one... i don't know of any being made available through the web site... if Neen is making button offers, you might want to check the link to her grids and see if that's where it is... otherwise i think you might need to hunt her down on the sacred ground...

neen, you mentioned petdekat buttons somewhere on the site. how do i get one

http://www.steveapple.com/pdkkcares.htm

Ann Marie - i understand there's something flaky happenin' with big dave's mail... havingfunATmediaone.net was the address i think, but i'm not sure it's working anymore... haven't seen replies recently...

Help! I'm looking for Big Dave Fionda. Anyone seen him lately?

Help! I need to find tickets to the Radiators' SNAFU show at Tip's, May 2nd, 2002...Can anyone help?!

Dear Kates Trying to chatch up with the 20th century, so I can try out the 21st. First computor, first e-mail address, first message! here goes, THANKS TO YOU ALL FOR HELPING THIS POOR OLD PILGRAM ON HIS JOURNEY AT NOH&JF OVER THE LAST NINE YEARS, SO MUCH MUSIC WOULD HAVE BEEN MISSED WITH OUT YOU. Wonderful web site.

WHERE Y'AT! I WANNA PET DE KAT!!!!!

Where's the link to the PDKK cares page?

Where am I ??????? How did I get here ?????? How do I get out of here ??? Another little festival already ??? Come see a BLOODBATH April 13th in Davie, Florida !!! http://www.futureofwrestling.com/htm/events.htm SinFully Yours ... S.M. Abudadein!

hey yall. looking foward to jazzfest, going first weekend. plan on making it to friday happy hour. look for the little guy wearing the alligator hawaiian jazzfest shirt. peace, kevin berry, portojohn

HE TEXT IS TOO HARD TO READ ON THIS BACKGROUND >

Okay, the html code I facetiously entered at the end of the sentence didn't print -- a bracketed COLOR=PURPLE.

Hey, everyone. Just like old times (except it looks hot pink to me too). Duh, how 'bout trying ?

for those who haven't checked lately, the kat bio section is open for business... we finally started getting peoples listings in there... so if you've sent mail to be included, you may want to send again... if you haven't sent mail and want to be included, this would be a good time to do so...

ok, so everyone who thought this wasn't purple enough, how do you like it now? your friendly neighborhood web staff aims to please... we aim slow, and we don't always hit what we aim at, but at least we aim... :-)

Yes, it is purple :) Hello all :)

Yes dis is a pinky place.

This board is more magenta than purple - I feel totally mislead...

YES IT IS GARLIC!

Hi Shady Kitty ... long time no sea!

The purple board! Glad to be back in the sandpile!

I noticed Shane Theriot's website on there- heard him last year- he is one of the best guitarists I've heard- wish the Nevilles gave him more of a chance to burn...

Happy New Year to the Krewe. I am going to be in New Orleans from the 15th to the 18th of January. Will kiss the ground for all you Kats!

oh, to be in SoFla, now that New Years Eve is here...

I WISH YOU A HEALTHY NEW YEAR. SEE YOU AT THE FESTIVAL!

I got pink eye from you.

I love the board, but the hot pink hurts my eyes!

Keep up da good work, Da Ve!

it's a guestbook that doubles as a chat board... :-) i have no idea what's up with the dates... for now, let's just do the time warp again and i'll check into it later...

19101 = 101 years after 1900 !?!? 2001, what a long, strange trip it's been...

That's right Zybon, it's both! Two, two, two objects in one!

Hey, we're waaay in the future: 19101. I confused.

Helloooo! Is this a chat board or guest book?

Happy Holidays to our adopted family on the USS Elrod... just a short note to let you know that we here at PDKK central are getting your emails... don't thank us we thank YOU... wishing you godspeed and safe home...

Wow...I had no idea this existed...way cool Da Ve!!! How many days left til the fest?

Looking forward to those additions and updates! I mean it isn't as if you have a life or something, right?

hi all!! sorry but we had a temporary disruption in service... but we be back now! also, now that summer vacations and things are pretty much falling away into the past, look for some new additions and changes this fall!

No new postings for a while... I thought ya might be gettin a bit lonely so I dropped in to say hi ....... HI !!!!

At her memorial service two things stuck in my mind. One was "She Rambled." The other was she outdrank the Mexican Army.

Woohoo, looking good! :-)

Chester: that page does not load!

Go see this: www.nakednews.com

Finally made it over here! Lookin' good Dahvay!! (o: I think I have a very old Jazz Fest review somewhere... I'll try to unearth it. Hope to see some of you over at Frannipalooza this afternoon. John Mooney at 5:15PM. Wen

HEY HOW COME THE LINK FOR BADCANDY.COM HASN'T BEEN ADDED TO THE LINKS PAGE YET???!! Nice work Da Ve! I just KNOW you love playing Master... It ain't as prestigious as being a Goddess but it will do :-P

Da Ve, I sent a bunch of reviews & past photos over to ya a little bit ago, including your first jazz fest review (just incase you didn't have a copy, I thought you would enjoy seeing it again). *I hope this doesn't bring your mail server to it's knees.

Nice job, bro Love da purple. Reminds of the good ol' daze. Bunch of '99-'00 photos up over on Delphi, if ya want fer over here. Grab 'em or let me know and I'll email 'em to ya.

Hey Da Ve! Great job on the website! I'll be sending some pics from the Fest and the Boil as soon as I can get off my lazy *** to do so!

Hey DaVe! Isn't it the truth! We couldn't believe we never met youATJF! The last Sunday, we were at Paky Saaeverda & met Dan (Polky), he said he had jusat seen you and had seen you every day at Liuzzas. We never made it to Liuzzas cuz we were shuttling back and forth to City Park. Are you planning on going to R&R? I understand that's a smaller fest. You've done a great job on this website, by the way! PS If you live in "outer Morovia".....where does that put me???? :-D

Drea, don't listen to him... his foot was broke BEFORE he fell into my toilet... :-) as much as i hate to see someone having a tough time, it was funny as censored...

Jen, we're going to have to get together for drinks some weekend... i can't believe you live so close and we had to go all the way to NOLA to NOT meet each other... :-)

Glad to finally have a new home. Great job Da ve! Whew...it was a another great Fest wasn't it? It was nice to see everyone again this year. Sorry I didn't get a chance to meet all the new Kats. Maybe next year, or at some other event.

I heard Joe fell in the toilet and broke every bone in his foot. That was why he was limping the other day. Also, he made himself some lovely boxers from all the stamps people sent to him instead of POSTAL MONEY ORDERS. Did you see them?

Beautiful job, well done, oh mighty webmaster! I wondered why it said http://www.petdekat.com on all those balloons! (Thank you Joe and Marisol!)

The new website is fabulous! We had a great fest this year (as always), but didn't get to meet as many Kats as we had hoped. We are already looking forward to next year & have bought our tickets for Rhythm&Roots Fest in RI for Labor Day Weekend! Hope to meet more NE Kats there! :-)

I miss you too...

I love our new home. Thanks Webmaster :o) Hope everyone had a wonderful fest this year! I wish I had another crawfish enchilada! Only 347 daze left.

NEW ADDITIONS!!!! Pictures of the PDKK Crawfish Boil and Maggie and Eric's Jazz Fesst Wedding have been posted in the "Reviews" section!

my highlight was the music. worst part when there was no music. I loves you allways.

another great fest! still, now that i'm back and have slept a bit, it's good to be home too... highlights anyone? for me seeing Lucinda Williams was the biggie! the Rads Snafu party and Dr John at Tips coming in close for second and third...

Nice meeting everyone at jazz fest and PET DA KAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

JOE YOU MADE A GREAT CRAWFISH BOIL!!! WE MISSED THE DIRTY DOZEN PARTY BUT SAW THEM AT JAZZ FEST.

joe broke the toilet and fell in!

Our Congratulations to Joe Perez and Marisol Rivera and wishes for many happy years together :)

Joe and Marisol Great Band Great Party Great Flag Thanks and Congratulations on a great scene

Great new playground. And a lot less thread drift.

Javier Fletcher here...' and Tara B. We are just hanging out listening to a little good oold N.O. song. No wooes here! Hoping no woes out there, Pet many a cat From Miami T-road C-Ya!!!!!!

This is Father Sarducci, once more absent from the festival. I wish Maggie and her new husband well. I also offer my blessing for peace and harmony, good weather, love and goodness to reign over the festival for the second weekend. God bless you all! And don't forget to Pet De Kat! Fr. Sarducci

Wow!!!! What a nice surprise!!! Our own domain back up and running!! Thanks guys! Now I'm off to the Crawfish Boil!!! Heavy D

i'm not sure who Bob is, but someone is showing some good taste... :-) George, thanks bro! we all do what we can right? i'm psyched... taxi to the airport in about 15 minutes! AIIIIEEEEEEE!! :-)

Congratulations Da Ve ! Job well done! Joe did an in studio interview on WWOZ today with our old friend Bruce Ward ("The Duke of Tchoupotoulos")... having the website up & running is perfect timing... see you at da boil... got your tickets for second weekend... well three anyway!

Yeah, no chance of drift on this board...

LAISSEZ LES BONTEMPS ROULEZ! The kats are all playing down in New Orleans so don't look for a lot to be going on here just now (too much partyin' no time for geekin'!) We'll all be back soon though, so leave a message!! YEAH YOU RIGHT! IT'S JAZZFEST TIME AGAIN!!!!!

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