“Harry Lee is proof that in America even the child of Chinese immigrants can grow up to be a redneck.” – Rex Noone

After death, even the most controversial characters turn into pure goodness, or so the local news would have us believe. Harry Lee may have been an engaging personality, but I sure am tired of hearing all of his friends and admirers on TV. Rex Noone’s line is at least a good counterpoint to all of that.

Let us not forget what his armed henchmen did after the levee breaks in New Orleans, preventing citizens from crossing the Mississippi River bridge as they tried to find a way out of the destroyed city. This disgraceful event is clearly explained in Spike Lee's documentary.

So which Lee do you believe, Spike or Harry?

Harry Lee’s funeral procession is today. The procession will cross that bridge, the Crescent City Connection, some time after 3:30. That seems like some strange kind of final commentary.

Life in New Orleans is in constant need of comic relief, so here it is. Warning: this stupid little video is incredibly obnoxious, but I’ll confess that I was simple enough to laugh at it.

Yes, there will be some real music on this Music Friday. Behind the cut, a segment from a Jazz Funeral, along Claiborne Ave. The highway over their heads leads right to that bridge over the Mississippi. Maybe someone in this video was in that group of people who were turned back by the Jefferson Parish gunmen. That is my weak attempt at a little poetic justice.