Blogs
Need to Feel a Little Righteous Indignation?
Read “Not Ready for Gustav,” an editorial in today’s New York Times: Three years after Hurricane Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast, residents there are nervously watching the progress of Tropical […]
More Katrina at the DNC
Last night, it was nice to hear Katrina mentioned twice in Barack Obama’s speech. Still not enough in my books, but it’s something. A friend who saw my fretting of […]
A Reason to Wish the Storm Away
Like we actually need any, one of my favorite bands from this year’s SXSW – Dark Meat – will play the Saturn Bar Halloween night. Dark Meat is a 16-piece […]
To Be Fair …
Since I’ve been ripping on the Democratic National Convention for its use of muzak pop-funk – Really? Are we really the party of banal music? Seriously? – it’s only fair […]
More Musicians, More Muzak
Yesterday, the members of Papa Grows Funk – minus john Gros – flew back from Denver after playing a convention afterparty. Also, Irma Thomas played an Etown-sponsored show with David […]
More Music in Denver
I’ve written a little about music in Denver in the last few days, but I haven’t written about music at the convention, which so far seems to be at best […]
Mo’ Money, Mo’ Money
If there was a lot of money in the room in the Fillmore Sunday night, an engineering and construction firm that has the London Olympics as part of its client […]
More on Music at the Convention
Carrie Brownstein from Sleater-Kinney blogs for NPR, and though the dynamics of the blog can get on my nerves, I’m still usually interested. Today she talks about Wayne Kramer of […]
Sunday Night in Denver
As I drove to the New Orleans All Star Jam-Balaya, I passed a small pack of Hilary Clinton supporters half-heartedly waving an upside down “Hilary” sign at passing cars. A […]
A Sense of Occasion
I’m writing from Denver, where the Democratic National Convention starts tomorrow. Tonight is the New Orleans All-Star Jam-Balaya, featuring half of the known New Orleans musical world. The show’s a […]
