Pics, Videos, Articles, and a Song: 'tit Rex 2011

We've received some more local press coverage this year. Here are some links to the highlights, below:

-- Offbeat Magazine's article by Cooper O'Bryan
-- Offbeat's pics of the parade by Kim Welsh
-- A short video by Times-Picayune's Doug MacCash of Christopher Skinner's float, "Religion: Too Little, Too Late," catching fire during the parade
-- More comprehensive coverage by MacCash on Nola.com, including some links and an interview w/President Yuslum
-- A slideshow by WDSU;

and

we also have an official song: "The Day After (That 'tit Rex Parade)." Lyrics by Brett Evans; music and vocals by Matthew Schrenk and Emile Louapre. Listen here.

Times-Picayune on 'tit Rex This Saturday

Thanks to Doug MacCash for taking the time to talk to our President Jeremy Yuslum about the parade. Check out the interview and the video on Nola.com.

"The Angry Mermaid" Float

"The Angry Mermaid" float
by Tatyana Mescheryakova

The little mermaid grows up, gets angry about the destruction of her underwater domain that's being caused by the climate change, and leads her ocean army to war with the humans. In particular, she's had enough of the inadequate response and sketchy reports of the cleanup of her southern kingdom poisoned last year by BP.

The float was named for the "the Angry Mermaid" award, a satirical honor bestowed by the Copenhagen-based activists upon some of the world's worst environmental offenders. In turn, the award was a nod to the iconic mermaid from the Danish fairytale by Hans Christian Andersen.

Tiny Throws: 'tit Rex 2011

Makin' tiny throws, some general-purpose, some float-specific and sea-themed for my float, titled "The Angry Mermaid" (pics coming soon): beaded bracelets, tiny coconuts, gris-gris bags, mer-babies, garters, etc.

The gators and Tabasco throws are President Jeremy Yuslum's.