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The Festivals Are Over, Now Get Back to Work!
French Quarter Fest and Jazz Fest 2010 have come and gone, and some surprising trends have emerged. For years and years, Jazz Fest measured its success by its attendance. There […]
Lemon Lavender Pie
Since last week’s lemon pie was ugly good, I had to do it again. This time with less eggs and a touch of Provence—did you hear my voice turn uppity […]
Notes from Jazz Fest’s Second Weekend
R. Scully’s Rough 7 brought sunshiny good times to Jazz Fest, opening their set at the Acura Stage by singing “I’m Not Insane Anymore” and “Give Up Your Dreams.” Scully […]
Stabbed in the Palm
Thank you so much, Alex (OffBeat editor), for showing me the fastest one-step way yet to peel a crawfish, but I think I need a better ointment than yellow crawfish […]
While We Were Festing …
… a debate was going on about the language of the environmental disaster in the Gulf. One person on Twitter suggested that a more appropriate hashtag than #oilspill was #oildisaster, […]
A Shorter Preview
Sunday, Wayne Shorter closes the WWOZ Jazz Tent. Recently, writer Tom Moon reviewed the live debut of a new work by Shorter, “Lotus,” which will likely be featured in his […]
