“My wife is from Laurel, Mississippi, and she has a lot of relatives down in Louisiana, Baton Rouge, and Shreveport, Louisiana. We go down there a lot. We got married in New Orleans. She has a cousin who introduced me to swamp pop, which is sort of zydeco/Cajun music with a little uptempo pop swing. Now I'm a big zydeco fan, I'm a big swamp-music fan.” LittlesBigsWifeFansMarriedPopsMy WifeSwingsCousinNew OrleansMississippiLouisianaSwampsLaurelsRougeBatonMusic FansCajunsBaton Rouge Author:Charlie Day
“I absolutely love doing games in Baton Rouge. Night games in Tiger Stadium are a spectacle and the food choices all around are fantastic! One thing is certain: if I ever choose to feature a tailgating spread for Taste of the Town, LSU will be at the top of the list.” IfsNightCertainChoicesGamesOne ThingTasteTownsSpreadListsFantasticFeaturesTigersStadiumsRougeLsuBatonFood ChoicesBaton RougeTiger Stadium Author:Todd Blackledge
“It's what you'd expect out of Baton Rouge: people tailgating with shrimp étouffée, everything from alligators roasting on a barbecue to dishes that you would get in the French Quarter. These people are serious and they are legit and they're ready to go.” PeopleSeriousReadyQuartersDishesTigersBarbecueAlligatorsRougeLsuShrimpBatonRoastingLegitFrench QuarterBaton Rouge Author:Erin Andrews
“We are going to Baton Rouge and one of the most storied stadiums in the country, a place I can truthfully say is the loudest place I've ever been.” I CanCountryTigersStadiumsRougeLsuBatonBaton Rouge Author:Mark Richt
“It was electric. When Death Valley is rocking, it seems as if it might actually take flight. On Saturday, I went back to Baton Rouge to see Alabama barely beat LSU, and was, once again, reminded that Tiger Stadium is the best place in the world to watch a sporting event. ... I'm not sure what it was like to walk into the Coliseum, but I bet it was something like this.” IfsWorldSeemsMightWalksWatchesEventsBeatsFlightNot SureValleysElectricSaturdayTigersStadiumsPlaces In The WorldAlabamaBest PlaceRougeLsuSporting EventsBatonColiseumBaton RougeTiger StadiumRocking It Author:Wright Thompson
“My personal favorite remains Tiger Stadium, Baton Rouge, first home game after Katrina vs. Tennessee on a Monday night. Getting goose bumps typing about it. It was so loud and emotional that I think everyone was exhausted by the second half.” ThinkingFirstsHomeNightGamesHalfEmotionalRemainsLoudExhaustedTigersMondayStadiumsBumpsGeeseKatrinaTennesseeTypingRougeLsuBatonMonday NightFirst HomeBaton RougeTiger Stadium Author:Pat Forde
“From Bourbon Street to Baton Rouge, the freaks come out at night in Louisiana. And nowhere are they more raucous and unnerving than at Tiger Stadium.” NightStreetsFreakTigersStadiumsLouisianaBourbonRougeLsuBatonBaton RougeTiger StadiumBourbon Street Author:Pat Forde
“Actually, when I think about growing up, I feel most affected by two travels that I made working in cargo boats when I was 16 and 18. One of them crossed through the Mississippi and Baton Rouge and Mobile, Alabama, and another went all the way to Europe. On the last trip, I stayed in Europe for one year with $1,000, working everywhere I could, doing everything. Those years shaped me a lot and taught me the value of exploring different things.” ThinkingWayFeelsYearsMadeTwoDifferentLastsValuesGrowing UpGrowingTaughtEuropeBoatDifferent ThingsAffectedExploringMobileMississippiAlabamaCargoRougeBatonBaton Rouge Author:Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
“There's a case in Baton Rouge, haunting me, where a mother left her twelve-year-old daughter to be babysat (every day for months) by a known pedophile and his four perverse friends, and the news broke of the bodies of two children, dead after long-term physical abuse, found in a storage locker in California. What hardest for me is, I suppose, what's hardest for my country” YearsChildrenLongTwoCountryBodyMotherFoundLeftTermKnownCasesFourMonthsNewsDaughterAbuseHardestBrokeCaliforniaLong TermTwelveHauntingLockersStoragePhysical AbuseRougeBatonBaton Rouge Author:Laura Mullen
“I'm good man, repin' Baton Rouge, Louisiana to the fullest. Lettin' everybody know that I got some new heat comin' to the streets.” KnowsMenStreetsHeatGood ManLouisianaRougeBatonBaton Rouge Author:Lil Boosie
“It doesn't bother me that I'm not a household word on the East Coast. Baton Rouge, Raleigh, Minneapolis - I'm so popular in these cities where you've never imagined an East Coast comedian working.” CitiesEastComedianBotherHouseholdCoastEast CoastRougeBatonMinneapolisRaleighBaton Rouge Author:Elayne Boosler
“The only excursion of my life outside of New Orleans took me through the vortex to the whirlpool of despair: Baton Rouge. . . . New Orleans is, on the other hand, a comfortable metropolis which has a certain apathy and stagnation which I find inoffensive.” HandsCertainDespairComfortableApathyNew OrleansStagnationVortexRougeMetropolisExcursionsBatonWhirlpoolsBaton Rouge Book:A Confederacy of Dunces Source: A Confederacy of Dunces
“Baton Rouge happens to be the worst place in the world for a visiting team. It's like being inside a drum.” WorldHappensTeamWorstVisitingPlaces In The WorldRougeLsuBatonBaton RougeTiger Stadium Author:Bear Bryant
“I had a really good time in New Orleans, although I had some very tragic times in Baton Rouge. Some guys beat me up and threw my horn away. 'Cause I had a beard, then, and long hair like the Beatles.” LongGuyCausesHairBeatsGood TimesTragicNew OrleansHornsBeardHornyLong HairRougeBatonBaton Rouge Author:Ornette Coleman
“No one can know how long this dumbing-down of American religion will persist. But so long as it does, citizens should probably be more vigilant about policing the public square, not less so. . . . [Y]ou cannot sustain liberal democracy without cultivating liberal habits of mind among religious believers. That remains true today, both in Baghdad and in Baton Rouge.” KnowsShouldMindLongDoeTodayReligiousKnow HowDemocracyHabitCitizensRemainsBelieverSquaresPersistCultivatingVigilantBaghdadHabits Of MindRougeBatonDumbing DownLiberal DemocracyBaton Rouge Author:Mark Lilla
“I am also a Kentucky Colonel and an Honorary Mayor of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, among other things.” MayorsLouisianaKentuckyColonelsRougeBatonHonoraryBaton Rouge Author:Jack L. Chalker
“She was born in Baton Rouge, her favorite song was In My Life.” SongBornFavorite SongRougeBatonBaton Rouge Author:Ty Herndon