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Steve Earle at House of Blues: Moving On
Last night’s Steve Earle and the Dukes and Duchesses show at House of Blues was more reserved than his last appearance in town in 2005 on the The Revolution Starts […]
Treme Wrap-Up: “Everything We Do Counts”
[SPOILER ALERT] The second season of Treme ended Sunday with an episode written by David Simon and Anthony Bourdain that echoed last year’s season finale, but not in an air-tight, […]
Treme Wrap-Up: David & Roselyn Get Their Wish
A few more Treme notes from this week’s episode. – Last year, street musicians David and Roselyn started a Facebook campaign to be on the show. They got their wish […]
Treme Wrap-Up: The Storm, The Storm, The Storm
[SPOILER ALERT] Last year, I asked Wendell Pierce if Antoine’s financial and musical instability were functions of Katrina, his musical limitations or himself. He couldn’t answer because he hadn’t seen […]
Treme Wrap-Up: Worlds vs. Worlds
[Spoiler Alert] This season, Treme has pitted the characters’ little worlds – whether physical or mental – against the real world of conflicting priorities and values that returned in 2006, […]
Love’s in the Air for “A Night in the Treme”
“Tell people a little bit about Congo Square, about social aid and pleasure clubs, about Mardi Gras Indians, and do a tie-in to the music.” That’s HBO Treme actor Wendell […]
Treme: Bulldogs and Napkin Ladies
I may have made my dramatic television debut this weekend as “Guy on the Right” during Susan Cowsill‘s scene on this week’s episode of Treme. I qualify this not because […]
Treme: Fake Beer
When you see bar scenes on Treme, the patrons have bottles with near-beer, no matter what the label. A beer wrangler opens a few cases of real beer from a […]
Treme Wrap-Up: Coconuts and Shoes
[SPOILER ALERT] Jazz Fest may display the city’s finest talents, but Mardi Gras puts an essential characteristic of the city on display. David Simon and Eric Overmyer’s script for this […]
When You Assume …
David Simon sometimes seems a little defensive to me when writing or talking about how people consume television, but then I read some things people say about Treme and I […]
