Blogs
A Great Mardi Gras
Had a great Mardi Gras! I’ve done Frenchmen Street, Bourbon Street, Canal Street, St. Charles Avenue, even Metairie. But I like our house the best. We’re smack-dab in the middle […]
Putting On Events Should Be Easy…
A big brouhaha popped up last weekend at the Blue Nile on Frenchmen Street, when reps from the city’s revenue department shut down the NOLA Designer Costume Market, organized for […]
Outrageous Entertainment As Fact–NOT!
We’re on another countdown: just about two weeks ‘til Mardi Gras, and the purple, gold and green is everywhere! The January 21 issue of Newsweek that featured a list of […]
My Dawlin’ New Orleans
“My Darlin’ New Orleans,” held last Saturday night at Generations Hall, was apparently a great success. Last year the auction event took in $75,000 that benefited the New Orleans Musicians’ […]
Brand It, Dammit
I just came from a press conference announcing the 2011 French Quarter Festival presented by Capital One Bank. French Quarter Festival is adding a “Local Lagniappe Day” on Thursday, April […]
Love You Guys!
As most of you know, we just wrapped up our 2010 Best of the Beat Awards on Friday night. When the awards started, the one thing we really wanted to […]
Entertainment Shifts
When my parents were teenagers, the place to go hear music and party was the French Quarter, on Bourbon Street. Pete Fountain and Al Hirt’s place, the Famous Door, Maison […]
Way Good Music Coming Your Way
Ooh, boy, is there some good music coming your way. Of course, there’s the Best of The Beat Awards, which we’ve been hyping non-stop. This is not mere puffery: We’ve […]
Perpetuating Jazz
Had a surprise visit from Harold Battiste, Jr., who is one of my favorite people in the world. Harold is a jazz saxophonist, composer, arranger and entrepreneur who has been […]
Happy New Year!
Had a great conversation with one of our lifetime subscribers today, John Jacobs, from Tucson. He and his wife Mary Anne (hope I spelled that right) are in town for […]
