Issue Articles
Festivals: Pure Louisiana
It’s cooling off, and the Louisiana Festivals are cranking up again, with some of the best fests just around the bend from the Crescent City. We’ve included a list of […]
Aqua Art: Art and Music at the Aquarium of the Americas
The new Aquarium of the Americas on the banks of the Mississippi near Canal Street has just opened and is already heralded as a world-class achievement. This $40-million undertaking of […]
NewsBeat August 1990
The biggest news we can possibly proffer here is the veto of the record labeling law in Louisiana. Thank God for progressive government! You “outsiders” who read this mag—please don’t […]
Occult Odyssey: A Trek Through the Psychic City
It all started with an oil change. Summers in New Orleans being what they are, I figured I’d better shore up the old ‘bile for the heat ahead. Also being […]
Elvis Close-Up: The King Revived at NOMA
The king died thirteen years ago this month. Elvis, the first mega-star in the galaxy of American popular music, had lived to the ripe old age of 42. He may […]
NewsBeat July 1990
It’s hot. It’s very hot in New Orleans and environs—and we ain’t just talkin’ figuratively, baby. But we aim to lower the temperature a bit in our annual “cool” issue […]
Ear to the Ground: Fresh Young Minds
OffBeat thanks the world for the attention and praise it has heaped on many New Orleans musicians. For the most part, outsiders think of the Big Easy as a hotbed […]
Cool: A Brief History
Chill out. Cool it. Be cool. Cool is a physical condition; sometimes a metaphysical condition, or even a psychic or stylistic condition. Cool is essential to survival. The extremes of […]
Movers and Shakers: Music Scene Makers
If it be true that music makes the world go round, the question still remains: what makes the music? Obviously, the musician. But is that all? No—as many a talented-yet-poor […]
NewsBeat June 1990
Even though we thought this would be a lazy month—things usually slow way down after Jazz Fest in New Orleans—there are quite a few things going on in the music […]
