Blogs
The End of an Era
[Updated] This weekend, the Mother-in-Law Lounge is closing for the last time. As Antoinette K-Doe’s daughter, Betty Fox, wrote: Hello everyone first I would like to thank all of the […]
The Strength to Say No
It’s impossible for me to hear Bruce Springsteen’s The Promise in a vacuum. The album’s subtitled “The Lost Sessions: Darkness on the Edge of Town,” and it’s two discs of […]
Where Did I Come From?
In the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, there was a computer terminal that helped trace the influences that led to a given band. Nirvana, it said, was the product […]
Too Soon?
This time every year, someone writes a blog post similar to this: But I was a bit shocked to hear Christmas music over the store intercom. A Christmas tune by […]
The Right Idea
This morning, I ran into Michael Patrick Welch, who was waiting to start his day as an extra on Treme. We talked iPods, and he said that while he was […]
The Weekend’s Highs and Lows
The Highs: – A Saints win that we could relax through, and Chris Ivory and Jimmy Graham looked great. – A convincing LSU win, and unless my crazyometer needs calibration, […]
What is Too Much?
Yesterday, the Louisiana Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals overturned a lower court decision and directed a lower court to tell the Old Opera House on Bourbon Street to turn it […]
Signs of Life
This morning, publisher Jan Ramsey wrote about her experience at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. My own response was a little different. It occasionally spoke to me, but […]
Atrocity Exhibition
The conference portion of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s American Music Masters tribute to Fats Domino and Dave Bartholomew just concluded. The day included interviews with Bartholomew, musicians […]
Prospect Huh?
Prospect 1 made its way into New Orleans with substantial fanfare in 2008. Prospect 1.5 hopped out of a boxcar in the dead of night some time last weekend. Prospect […]
