Blogs
…And We All Had A Real Good Time!
The staff is just now coming down from the high we all get at the Best of The Beat Awards. All of us work like dogs preparing for the Business […]
Branding, Eh?
News this morning: the Louisiana Seafood Board is thinking of taking its BP cash and investing it in naming rights for the New Orleans Arena. I believe the amount bandied […]
Deadsville
Just finished one of my weekly walks through the French Market Flea Market from a meeting, where I ran into my old friend and vendor Oscar. Oscar is the guy […]
Cultural Mecca?
Not long after Katrina, I wrote a piece speculating about the future of New Orleans. For many years, New Orleans was the largest city in the state. When the Galveston […]
New Year’s Resolutions
This is the time of year when we assess our performance over the past year, and make resolutions and set goals for what we’d like to accomplish next year. So […]
Happening on Canal Street…Rebirth or Not?…and Merry Christmas!
I just got back from a tour of the Joy Theater on the corner of Canal and Loyola Streets. I’ve seen many a movie there, but the theater had gotten […]
Festival Season Kicks Off Early
One thing I can say about the sports impacting New Orleans: we have hosted more major sports events than any other city in the US. That means tourist dollars. Even […]
I’m a Member of the Krewe of Cos
Cosimo Matassa is a legend. He’s one of the creators of the “New Orleans Sound,” and his engineering expertise was as influential as anyone, including the people who actually made […]
A Good Idea?
I’ve been nagging for years to get busy and use music as a promotional tool for the city. Sometimes—especially in New Orleans—things take a lot of time to accomplish. Obviously, […]
Thanks For All
We’ll be heading to the vast cultural wasteland—but a shopper’s and politician’s paradise—of Baton Rouge on Turkey Day to spend time with my siblings, their families and my mother. I’m […]
