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Music at the Cathedral
When’s the last time you visited St. Louis Cathedral in Jackson Square? When I was a kid, we’d visit when we came to New Orleans, and I especially liked going […]
Go For It!
Spent a good part of this afternoon at Piety Street Recording Studio in the Bywater, meeting great people whilst observing the recording of Paul Sanchez and screenwriter Colman deKay’s upcoming […]
Blogospheria
The movie shooting outside on Frenchmen Street finally wrapped for the day. They told us we couldn’t venture outside this afternoon as they were shooting in front of our building, […]
Kids With Guns = Tourism Woes and Misery All Around
Several shootings in the French Quarter during the Bayou Classic weekend (a young local Pat O’Brien’s bartender was killed) put a damper on the holiday spirit, for sure, and certainly […]
Give Those Thanks
I know you hear a lot of treacly stuff about giving thanks this Thursday, but it’s profoundly healing and kind to be able to thank those to whom you owe […]
Rock Hall – Not “Exactly” What I Had In Mind
Last weekend, Joseph, Alex and I schlepped up to Cleveland to attend the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s American Music Masters series tribute to Fats Domino and Dave Bartholomew. […]
Bullets Over Frenchmen Street
I’m sitting here listening to gunshots outside my office window overlooking Frenchmen Street. Bullets were flying thick and fast on Monday, right outside my window on Decatur Street. Not to […]
Voodoo Amps Up As “THE” Big Fall Festival
If you didn’t go to the Voodoo Experience this past weekend, you really missed something. I think they’re really on the right track. Of course, the absolutely beautiful weather didn’t […]
Move To Berlin?
Got a few comments on my blog last week regarding my inability to find interesting music on sites such as Rhapsody.com. I stand educated, for sure (check out the comments). […]
Digital Music and An Old Fart Like Me
Just had lunch with the OffBeat staff, and we had some interesting conversations about music that made me think about how things have changed so drastically over the past 10 […]
