Blogs
Be Sweet
Last night, I spent much of the evening reading Bob Gendron’s Gentlemen, the newest entry in Continuum Books’ 33 1/3 series, this one on the Afghan Whigs’ 1993 classic. The […]
More Music: The Holy Modal Rounders
John Swenson has long told me about the brilliance of the Holy Modal Rounders, but for years I didn’t hear what he heard. ESP-Disc recently re-released 1967’s Indian War Whoop […]
Call for Papers
In a time when pop music seems to be routinely degraded in one way or another, I’ve found my attendance at the EMP Pop Conference in Seattle the last two years […]
Something Besides Gustav: Giant Sand
Like most of us, I’ve been preoccupied with Gustav, but I haven’t stopped listening to music. Current fascination: Giant Sand’s proVISIONS. Giant Sand recorded with the Contintental Drifters at Kingsway […]
Voodoo Update: New Acts, Day to Day Schedule, and More
Between the writing of the Weekly Beat and the time it went out, we received an update on the Voodoo Music Experience. The Mars Volta, N*E*R*D, TV on the Radio, […]
More on the Imperial Mayoralty
Gordon Russell’s story for the Times-Picayune sure makes it sound like Nagin appointed himself The Decider for New Orleans and chose to minimize communication with City Council and other parish […]
Evacuation Thoughts
We’re back, and a lot of the city still lacks power. It seems odd that power problems aren’t solved on a neighborhood by neighborhood basis, but that seems to be […]
A Quick Question
I’m in Pontchatoula without power and working off a battery power, so I don’t have time to search the Internet for the answer to a question. Has anybody heard anything […]
On the Road Again
Yesterday I semi-evacuated to Pontchatoula, getting 45 minutes out of town and to a slightly more removed vantage point. With the slight shift in track to the east of Vermilion […]
Putting the “vice” in Vice-President, and Katrina
Oliver Wang at Poplicks.com posted a picture and analysis of John McCain’s running mate, Sarah Palin. And his photo of New Orleans on the anniversary of Katrina reminds that this […]
