Issue Articles
April 2014 Letters to OffBeat Magazine
CULTURE OF PERMISSIVENESS This letter is in response to Jan Ramsey’s February 21st blog post “Local attorney Stuart Smith tactics revealed in NOLA.com article” wherein she talks about Richard Webster’s […]
Happy Mardi Gras 2014 from OffBeat Readers
In mid-February, we asked our readers to send us their best, worst, craziest, goofiest, most beautiful or most favorite Mardi Gras photos for a spread in our March 2014 issue. […]
March 2014 Letters to OffBeat Magazine
NOT KNOWING BETTER John Barry makes a good point in the February issue about Aaron Neville changing “cracker” to “farmer” in Neville’s version of Randy Newman’s “Louisiana 1927.” But both […]
February 2014 Letters to OffBeat Magazine
GEORGE BUCK I appreciated the remembrance of George Buck [In Memoriam, January 2014]. I remember when Palm Court opened. I was in town not long after and met George. He […]
November 2013 Letters to OffBeat
VANICOR I read [“Cajun Iron Horse,” October 2013] on my iPad. Wonderful! Read it to my daddy. He was extremely touched—he teared up. Thank you [Dan Willging] for such a […]
October 2013 Letters to OffBeat
SARAH MCCOY Great to see the piece on Sarah McCoy in the August edition. I ran into Sarah and the Oopsie Daisies at the Spotted Cat during Jazz Fest this […]
September 2013 Letters to OffBeat
LEROY Love this story and thank you OffBeat! Leroy and Katja are some of the best and continue to make New Orleans music the world over. —Michelle Minyard, New Orleans, […]
August 2013 Letters to OffBeat
WELCOMING ALL TYPES This is in response to Jan Ramsey’s Blog post “Live In The City. Or Not?” which questions the opposition to developing entertainment on Rampart Street.—Ed. As a […]
July 2013 Letters to OffBeat
THE NAZZ ARE BLUE I haven’t kept up with Todd Rundgren at all, but I do have a slight addition. [Backtalk June 2013] In a probable 1968 Hit Parader magazine, […]
June 2013 Letters to OffBeat
BASEMENT ZYDECO In Dan Willging’s Ernest James Zydeco review [March 2013], he says, “no sea level zydeco band would ever sing about being in a basement.” I think my favorite—Terrence […]
