urban theory One quarter of New Orleans' catch-basins were clogged to uselessness with 93,000 lbs of plastic Mardi Gras beads Cory Doctorow

music Go To The Mardi Gras (1959) David Pescovitz

Disney Disney is reimagining Splash Mountain's racist 'Song of the South' theme. Princess and the Frog will take its place Carla Sinclair

photography This New Orleans convenience store has a great Instagram account Mark Frauenfelder

music New Orleans music legend Art Neville has died. Xeni Jardin

music Dr. John, the New Orleans music icon born Malcolm John Rebennack, dies at 77 Xeni Jardin

fake news Wacko Jacko “Perv” proof, Queen shafts Prince Charles, and Angie “anorexic” (again) in this week’s fact-challenged tabloids Peter Sheridan

happy mutants Swarm and Nexus: finishing the Zeroes trilogy with perfect form, as powered teens threaten each other — and the world Cory Doctorow

pollution New Orleans pulls 46 tons of Mardi Gras beads from storm drains Seamus Bellamy

fake news Las Vegas gunman’s hooker, Hillary Clinton’s lies, and Jerry Lewis’s forged will in this week’s tabloids Peter Sheridan

art Charles Gatewood, photographer of fringe culture, RIP David Pescovitz

Entertainment 'After You’ve Gone' sets everything up for True Detective finale [TV recap: season 1, episode 7] K.M. McFarland

surrealism Nerval's Lobster: Is walking a crustacean any more ridiculous than a dog? Mark Dery