Blogs
Do We Want to Need More Tourists?
It’s really discouraging to hear that the police busted OffBeat contributor Cree McCree and her Mardi Gras flea market Saturday at the Blue Nile. According to the Blue Nile’s Jesse […]
Collectors Items?
In a recent blog post, I questioned art4now’s “Vintage Poster Values,” which documents what Jazz Fest posters cost when they were first sold and what they cost now from art4now. […]
Good News/Bad News for Fishheads
After we received numerous emails and phone calls telling us that we should have the Radiators on the cover of our Jazz Fest issue, we poked around and found the […]
Jazz Fest Poster—The New Big Mac?
The Jazz Fest poster has been worse. 2004’s Harry Connick, Jr. poster holds that dishonor for being banal and presenting a Connick that looks more like Warren Beatty. But let’s […]
Grammy Notes: Its All About the Ladys
Sunday night’s Grammy Broadcast had the highest ratings since 2001, and the Grammy action on Twitter was so intense that industry curmudgeon Bob Lefsetz tuned it in to join the […]
Jazz Fest News: Arcade Fire, Avett Brothers, Mumford & Sons, Cyndi Lauper and the Strokes
The Arcade Fire (Friday, May 6) are in Los Angeles to perform at the Grammys on Sunday night, and while there, they visited radio station KROQ to record an acoustic […]
Preview the New Generationals
This year, OffBeat‘s pleased to sponsor the Generationals at South by Southwest, where they’ll preview their new album, Actor-Caster. Today Spin.com has a free download of the sunny “Greenleaf.” The […]
The Season’s Over, and …
… for a while yesterday, I hoped that if nobody scored, maybe the Saints could keep the title for another year. That didn’t happen. … I thought National Anthem singers […]
Yann Tiersen Weathers the Snows of Texas
Saturday night, Yann Tiersen plays the Republic Saturday night. He’s been shooting a video diary of the tour, and in this installment he documents being stuck in the snow in […]
Lineup Announcements: Foburg and Dear New Orleans
Foburg, the indie rock festival started by the New Orleans Indie Rock Collective, has its lineup up now, and Ra Ra Riot and Das Racist top the bill. The Frenchmen […]
