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Lake Charles

Welcome to Lake Chuck

About Me

Hello. I'm Lake Charles. I'm the 5th largest city in the state of Louisiana. As of the 2000 census, my inhabitants number around 71,757!! (but thanks to those damned hurricane refugees, I'm all swollen!! DRATS!!)
My history involves a bunch of stupid stuff with Indians and a girl named Catherine and a lake called Charlie's Lake.
But who cares about that stuff?
What we care about is the fact that I host the contraband days festival every year! It's a wonderful time when all of my lovely residents get to come out and get ridiculously drunk in the name of illegal trade!
And how about my gambling? As of 2005, I am home to L'auberge Du Lac, the greatest casino ever!
Holidays and Festivitals Lake Charles plays host to over one-hundred festivals and carnivals which give the city its nickname, "The Festival Capital of Louisiana."
[edit] Contraband Days Main article: Contraband Days Contraband Days is a 12-day, annual festival in early May filled with savory cajun food, family fun and festivities, and is attended by more than 200,000 people. It is one of the largest celebrations in Louisiana, second only to Mardi Gras.
Mardi Gras Mardi Gras in Southwest Louisiana has a colorful history dating back to 1882, when Momus, King of Mardi Gras, landed his royal yacht at the foot of Pujo Street in downtown Lake Charles.
Throughout the two World Wars, Mardi Gras was downsized which lead to a lack of participation by the area's youth. However, an interest to redevelop the festivities arose, and the first Mardi Gras Ball in the Lake Charles area was staged in 1964.
The full revival of Mardi Gras in Lake Charles was not realized until 1979, when several Krewe captains formed the "Krewe of Krewes" with the prime purpose of parading and promoting Mardi Gras for local residents. In 1985, Mardi Gras of Imperial Calcasieu, Inc. was formed by a group of civic-minded volunteers to further aid in the preservation of this festival.[1]
Other Festivals
Black Heritage Festival
Cajun Music and Food Festival
CAL-CA-SHEW (Calcasieu) Festival
Celtic Nations Heritage Festival
International Food and Music Festival
Marshland Festival
Red, White, Blue and You July 4th Celebration
Southwest Louisiana Christmas Lighting Festival
Veteran's Day Parade

My Interests

Being cool, swimming, hunting, Jesus, and totally rocking out at electric guitar!

Also, Ghetto Ass Rap Videos!!!.. width="425" height="350" ..

I'd like to meet:

People who live inside of me:)

oh, and Paco De Lucia, of course.

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Music:

Cajun, A cappella - any singing performed without instrumental backing [edit] Aa-Ad Aak - Korean court music Aaroubi - evolved form of al-andalous classical music which comes from Algiers Abaimajani Abajeños - folk music of the Perépecha of Mexico Aboriginal rock - rock and roll mixed with Australian aborigine music, began in 1980s Abstract hip hop Abwe Acoustic Rock Acid croft - mixture of traditional Scottish music with house influences Acid house - house music using simple tone generators with tempo-controlled resonant filters Acid groove Acid jazz - jazz mixed with soul, hip hop and funk Acid rock Acid techno Adai-adai Aduk-aduk Adult contemporary [edit] Af-Ak Afoxé African blues African jazz Afrobeat - African rhythms mixed with American funk Afro-Cuban jazz - jazz mixed with merengue, salsa or other Latin forms Afro-Cuban rumba Afro-juju Afro-Manding blues Afro-reggae Afro-soul Afro-zouk Afroma Aguinaldo Ahouach Ahidus Air Akyn - Kazakh folk music made by travelling musicians also called akyn [edit] Al Al-âla Alb-pop - Albanian pop music Aleatoric music - music the composition of which is partially left to chance Algerias Alomaco Alpine New Wave Alpunk Alternative country - reaction against the 1990s highly-polished Nashville sound Alternative hip hop - opposite of gangsta rap, usually includes socially or politically aware lyrics (also known as alternative rap or Bohemian hip hop) Alternative metal - catch-all term for heavy metal mixed with punk, funk, hip hop or other influences Alternative rock - broad movement born in the 1980s generally relegated to the underground music scene and operating outside of the mainstream [edit] Am-An Amanédhes Ambient - atmospheric electronic music combined with jazz, New Age and other influences Ambient acoustic Ambient breakbeat Ambient dub Ambient house Ambient groove Ambient techno Ambient trance American fingerstyle guitar (American primitive guitar) Americana Anadolu rock - Turkish rock music Anarcho-punk - 1970s mixture of punk rock with anarchist lyrics Andártika Andean New Age - a mixture of native Peruvian and Western musics which arose in tourist areas in Lima, Cuzco and Ollantaytambo Angklung - Osinger and Balinese style of gamelan performed exclusively by young boys Angolan merengue Anti-folk Antiphonal [edit] Ap-Ax Apala Appalachian folk - in the United States, commonly referred to as simply folk music Apocolypse core - Music that is too heavy for people. Played by few bands, observed as music by fewer individuals Arabesk - Turkish popular music Areito Arena rock - 1970s catchy, bombastic mixture of hard rock, prog and pop music Argentinean rock Arpa grande - a style of rural Mexican folk music Arribeño - lyrical folk music from Sierra Gorda, Mexico Ars antiqua Ars nova Art metal Art pop Art punk Art rock Ashiq - Azeri bards who sing and accompany themselves on a saz (a kind of lute) Ashoug Asian Underground - British-based form of Indian and Western fusion Australian country music (see also Country music) Australian pub rock Australian hip hop Australian humour Australian warmetal Avant-garde jazz Avant-garde music - any kind of experimental music incorporated bizarre ideas, structures or instrumentation Axé - pop music from Salvador, Bahia [edit] B Ba - Be-Bh - Bi-Bl - Bo - Br-Bu------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------- [edit] Bac-Bal Bachata Baião Bakersfield sound - gritty, hard-edged reaction against 1950s pop country (Nashville sound) Bakshy - Turkmen folk music made by travelling musicians also called bakshy Baiáo - Dance music created by a trio of triangle, bass drum and accordion Baila - Sri Lankan dance music derived from African slaves held by the Portuguese Baisha xiyue - a song and dance suite from the Naxi of Lijiang, China Bajourou Bakou - trilling vocals that accompany Wolof wrestling Bagad Bal granmoun Bal-musette Balakadri Ballad - generic term for usually slow, romantic, despairing and catastrophic songs Ballad calypso Ballata Ballet (music) Balkan music Balss [edit] Bam-Bay Bamberas Bamboo band - originally from the Solomon Islands, music played by hitting bamboo tubes with sandals Bamboula wake Bambuco Banda - Mexican brass norteño pop music invented in the 1960s Bangsawan Bantowbol Barbarian Black Metal - exreme black metal about paganism and barbarism Barbershop music - extremely melodic a cappella vocal style Barndance Baroque music - 17th-18th century European classical music Baroque metal Bass music (Miami bass, Booty bass) - electro influenced form of hip hop dance music arising in Miami, Florida Bastard Pop Batá Batá-rumba Batucada Batuco Bayin - Taiwanese Hakka instrumental music [edit] Be-Bh Beach music Beatboxing Bebop - 1940s jazz style with complex improvisation and a fast tempo Bedoui Bedoui citadinisé Beguine (biguine) Beguine moderne Beguine vide Beiguan - Taiwanese instrumental music Bel canto - Italian vocal style which arose in the late 16th century and which ended in the mid-19th century Belair Bend-skin Benga Bhajan - a northern Hindu religious song Bhakti Bhangra - originally Punjabi dance music which became popular in the UK Bhangra-wine Bhangragga Bhangramuffin [edit] Bi-Bl Big band music - large orchestras which play a form of swing music Big Beat - 1990s electronic music based on breakbeat with other influences Big Hip Biguine - Martinican folk music Biguine moderne - Martinican biguine adapted to pop forms and including reggae and other influences Black metal - highly distorted and swift form of heavy metal Bloco afro Bluegrass - American country music mixed with Irish and Scottish influences Blue-eyed soul Blues - African-American music from the Mississippi Delta area Blues ballad Blues-rock Blurcore Big Drum Dance Bigono duu Bitpop [edit] Bo Bocet Boi - Central Amazonian folk music Bolero - Spanish and Cuban dance and music Bomba Bombay pop Bongo - distinctive African drum and style of drumming Bongo wake Boogie rock Boogie woogie - style of piano-based blues popular in the 1940s US Boogaloo - soul and mambo fusion popular in 1960s United States Booty bass (Miami bass, Bass music) Borbangnadyr Borbannadir - type of Tuvan xoomii said to sound like the rapids of a river Border ballad Bossa nova Bouncy techno Boy band [edit] Br-Bu Brass band Brass Hop Brazilian funk Brazilian jazz - bossa nova and samba mixed with American jazz Breakbeat Breakbeat hardcore Breakcore Bright disco Brill Building Pop Britfunk Britpop British blues British folk British Invasion Broadside ballad Broken beat Brown-eyed soul Broxa (brosca) Brukdown - rural Belizean creole music Bubblegum pop - sometimes synonymous with pop music, especially that performed by teen idols; can also refer to specific styles of South African or Japanese pop Buiasche Bikutsi Bulerias Bumba-meu-boi Bunggul Bunraku - Japanese style originated from a kind of puppet-theater. Burger-highlife Burgundian School [edit] C Ca - Cc-Ce - Ch - Ci-Cl - Co - Cr-Cu------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------- [edit] Cad-Cam Ca din tulnic Ca pe lunca Ca tru - (hat a dao) Vietnamese folk music Cabaret Cadence Cadence-lypso - guitar-dominated Cadence music combined with calypso horns Cadence rampa Café-aman Cai luong - Vietnamese opera Cajun music Cakewalk Calenda - Trinidadian drum dance Calentanos - folk music of the Balsas River Basin, Mexico Calgia - traditional urban ensemble music from Macedonia Calipso - Venezuelan calypso music Calypso - Trinidadian folk, and later pop, genre Calypso-style baila - Sri Lankan baila mixed with calypso influences Campursari - Indonesian modern folk music, a fusion of dangdut, langgam, and pop music Campillaneros [edit] Can-Car Caña Candombe Canon Cante chico Cante jondo Canterbury Scene Cantiñas Cantiga - Portuguese ballad form Cantique Canto livre - Portuguese modernized fado Canto nuevo - Bolivian pop-folk music which evolved out of Chilean nueva cancion Canto popular - Uruguayan singer-songwriter nativist music Cantopop - western-style pop music from Hong Kong Canzone napoletana - urban songs from Naples Capoeira music Caracoles Carceleras Cardas Caribbean Carimbó - dance music of Belém, Brazil Cariso Carnatic music Carol Cartageneras [edit] Cas-Cav Cassé-co Cassette culture Castilian Cavacha [edit] Cc-Ce CCM (Contemporary Christian Music) Celempungan Cello rock Celtic Celtic fusion Celtic metal Celtic reggae Celtic rock [edit] Cha Cha-cha-cha Chakacha Chamamé - Argentinian folk music Chamber jazz Chamber pop Chamber music Champeta - Colombian musical form derived from African communities in Cartagena Champloo Changuí Chanson Charanga Charanga-vallenato - 1980s mixture of salsa, charanga and vallenata Charikawi Chastushki - humorous Russian folk songs Chau van - Vietnamese trance music [edit] Che-Chi Chemical breaks Chèo Chill-Out Chicago house Chicken scratch - Arizona-based Native American music Chimurenga (mbira) Chinese music Chinese rock - rock and roll from China, often with protest lyrics Chip music [edit] Cho-Chr Chongak - Korean aristocratic chamber music Chouval bwa Chowtal Chicago blues Chicago house Chicago jazz (Dixieland jazz) Chicago soul Chicha - a Peruvian fusion of rock and roll, cumbia and huayno Cho-kantrum - the most traditional form of Cambodian kantrum Choctaw Social Dance Chorinho Choro - Brazilian folk music Christian alternative Christmas carol See also: List of Christmas carols Christian hip hop Christian metal Christian rock Chylandyk - type of xoomii which sounds like the chirping of crickets [edit] Chu Chumba Chut-kai-pang Chutney - popular Indo-Trinidadian music Chutney-bhangra Chutney-hip hop Chutney-soca - Chutney mixed with calypso and other influences [edit] Ci-Cl Cigányzene Cînd ciobanu s-i a pierdut oile Cîntec batrînesc Ciobanul Classic female blues - early popular form of blues Classic metal Classical music era Clicks n Cuts Close harmony [edit] Coc-Cor Cocobale Coimbra fado - a form of refined fado from Coimbra, Portugal Colombianas Comedy rock Comic opera Comparsa Compas direct Compas meringue Concert overture Concerto Concerto grosso Congo - Panamanian dance music Congolese sound Conjunto Contemporary Christian Music (CCM) Contonbley Contradanza Cool jazz Cocorrido Coladeira Coldwave (or industrial rock) Combined Rhythm - music of the Dutch Antilles Corsican polyphonic song Cothoza mfana [edit] Cou-Cow Country blues Country music Country rock Countrypolitan Couple de sonneurs - Breton dance music Cow punk [edit] Cr-Cu Crapcore Creative jazz Creole Crossover music Crunk Crust punk Csárdás Cuarteto - Argentinian folk music Cueca Cumbia - popular dance music, originally Colombian but now popular across Latin America, especially Mexico Cumbia panameña - Panamanian cumbia Cumfa Cybercore Cumbia villera - Argentinian type of cumbia which contains marginal lyrics [edit] D Da - De-Dh - Di-Dr - Du-Dz------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------- [edit] Da Dabka - Palestinian dance music for weddings Dadra Daina - Latvian sung poetry Daino - Lithuanian traditional music Dalauna Dance (music) - dance (form of musical composition) Dance music - any rhythmic music intended for dancing Dance pop - comtemporary form of dance music with pop music structures Dance-punk Dancehall Dangdut - popular Indonesian dance music with influences from Arabic and Indian music Danube New Wave - mixture of Viennese schrammelmusik and American blues and rock and roll Danza Danzón Dark ambient Dark trance Darkwave Dementia - relating to the style of music popularized by the Dr. Demento Show [edit] De-Dh De codru De dragoste De jale De pahar Death industrial Death metal Death rock (also known as death punk) Death techno Deblas Deboche - Brazilian fusion of electric frevo and ijexá Décima Degung Delta blues Deep house Deep soul Dementia Desi - Indian folk music Detroit blues Detroit techno Dhamar - a type of highly-oranemented dhrupad Dhimotiká - traditional Greek songs Dhrupad - Hindustani vocal music performed by men singing in medieval Hindi Dhun [edit] Di-Dr Dialect rock - rock music sung in various Swiss-German dialects Digital hardcore Dirge Dirty South (also known as Southern rap) Disco Disco house Disco Polo - Polish nightclub dance music. Dixieland jazz (Chicago jazz) Djambadon Dodompa - Japanese tango Doina Dombola Dondang sayang - slow folk music that mixes Malaysian forms with Portuguese, India, Chinese and Arabic music Donegal fiddle tradition Donjiang - Chinese Naxi form of folk music, related to silk and bamboo music from Chinca Doo wop Doom metal Dopé Downtempo Dream pop Drill and bass Dronology Drum and bass (DNB) [edit] Du-Dz Dub Dub techno Dunun - Yoruban drum music Dunedin Sound - early 1980s alternative rock sound based out of Dunedin, New Zealand and Flying Nun Records Dutch jazz Dutch trance Dziesma Dzoke - type of yang chanting [edit] E Ea-En - Er-Ez------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------- [edit] Ea-En Early music East Coast blues East Coast hip hop Eastern Tradition of Sephardic music Easy listening Pasillo Yaraví Elafrolaïkó Electric blues Electro Electro hop Electroclash Electrofunk Electronic art music Electronic body music (EBM, also known as industrial dance) Electronic luk thung - Dance-ready form of Thai pleng luk thung Electronic music Electronica Electropop Elektro Elevator music (or Muzak) Emeba Emo Endecasillabo - Central Italian 11-syllabic song form English funk English madrigal Enka - Japanese pop music, using native forms Éntekhno [edit] Ep-Ez Epic metal Eremwu eu Euba Eurobeat Eurodance Europop Eurotrance (traditional dance music) Exotica Experimental music Experimental noise Experimental rock Extreme Computer Music Ezengileer - type of Tuvan xoomii said to imitate the trotting of horses [edit] F Fa-Fr - Fu---------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------- [edit] Fa-Fr F-Step - variant of hardcore jungle with simultaneous, overlapping beats Fado - Portuguese roots-based popular music Falak - Tajik folk music fandango - Spanish dance music Farruca - a genre of flamenco Filk - modern, science fiction-oriented music Film scores Filmi - Indian film music Filmi-ghazal - filmi based on Hindustani ghazal Finger-style Fjatpangarri - Aboriginal Australian music local to Yirrbala Flamenco - dance music of Spanish Gypsies Foaie verde - classical form of Romanian Gypsy doina Fofa Folk metal Folk music Folk pop Folk punk Folk rock Folktronica Fonn Mall Forró - extremely popular music of Northeastern Brazil Foxcore - a specific style of grunge played by all-female bands Franco-country Freak-folk Free improvisation - freeform musical improvisation Free jazz - improvised 1960s jazz Free music Freestyle house - a cross-culture mix of hip-hop/electro/house/pop Freetekno Frevo - folk music from Recife, Brazil Fricote - dance music from Salvador, Brazil [edit] Fu Fuji - Yoruban vocal and percussion music Fulia - Afro-Venezuelan percussion music Funacola Funana Funk - a bass-heavy outgrowth of soul music Funk metal - 1980s combination of funk, heavy metal and punk rock Funky breaks - a type of breaks electronic music Funky highlife - fusion of funk and Ghanaian highlife Furniture music - Erik Satie's invention of Background music Fusion bhangra (New Wave bhangra) - bhangra combined with rock and roll, reggae, hip hop, ragga and funk Fusion jazz - mixture of rock and jazz Future jazz Futurepop - outgrowth of synthpop, EBM and darkwave

Movies:

Rita -- A Tragedy

Heroes:

Gen. Robert E. Lee!