Jim Gabour

Jim Gabour is a film producer, writer and director, whose work focuses primarily on music and the diversity of cultures. His New Orleans novel Unimportant People is available via Kindle.

Manufacturing 21st Century Reality

The author takes us into the heart of a vivid and authentic-looking antebellum scene that may be coming to your screens soon

By Jim Gabour

/ 25 Nov 2012

Electoral weather report

Our New Orleans columnist, queuing at the voting booth, opens himself up to taking the full measure of the moral and political bluster around him

By Jim Gabour

/ 7 Nov 2012

A jog of memory

Trying to repair the damage inflicted on body and home, our author stumbles upon two survivors of Hurricane Isaac who don't seem to care for schedule.

By Jim Gabour

/ 9 Sep 2012

Joe Ratzinger Deals with Bad Habits

As the Republican National Convention struggles to make Todd Akin disappear, the Vatican is trying do the same to the "radical feminist" nuns of America.

By Jim Gabour

/ 2 Sep 2012

Isaac: the intemperate bastard

The latest messages from our columnist and friend in New Orleans

By Jim Gabour

/ 29 Aug 2012

After what should have been a trip to the vet turns into a trip to the doctor, Jim Gabour ponders a strange concatenation of human and feline ailments, and describes the succession of stray cats who have called his home their own.

By Jim Gabour

/ 26 Aug 2012

Re-assessment

In which our author feels good about being ancient and avoiding the municipal vultures making plunder out of public office

By Jim Gabour

/ 20 Aug 2012

Barrel of Fun

Jim Gabour takes a plunge into the murky world of America's firearms industry, and recalls one childhood misadventure that has shaped his view of the gun control debate.

By Jim Gabour

/ 12 Aug 2012

Chase the bank

As the financial sector queues to attend Mitt Romney's presidential fundraiser, the misery on the merry-go-round of the banks continues

By Jim Gabour

/ 22 Jul 2012

Pho Fourth

Our author wonders whether he'll be punished for his 4th of July gustatory transgression

By Jim Gabour

/ 6 Jul 2012

Lunacy

A spring full moon in South Louisiana causes tension, prompting our author to share some completely scientific background on this moon business

By Jim Gabour

/ 13 May 2012

Surviving a disadvantaged minority

Amid such rich scenes of life our author records all kinds of unpredictable activity, including being saved by his own bout of volatility

By Jim Gabour

/ 6 May 2012