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How’d Orly Taitz Miss This Story?
Today I received this press release: The City of New Orleans has sought an injunction against the Louisiana Technology Council for one simple reason — it has no assurance […]
Focus Counts
Project 30-90 is just over a month away, and so far, it looks like the producers need to remember that the moment of the event is what matters most. So […]
A Little History(?)
I’m not going to assume that novels are historically accurate, nor that Ignatius Reilly was a keen judge of art. Nonetheless, A Confederacy of Dunces was written in the […]
Wanna Play Jazz Fest?
Today we received the following email: The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival presented by Shell (April 23 – May 2) will accept press kit submissions for bands wishing […]
Choices Preview
Friday night, Terence Blanchard plays the Taylor Library at the Ogden Museum of Southern Art. He recorded his new album, Choices, there this spring. Blanchard premiered music from Choices […]
Jimbeaux’s Update
Yesterday we received the following email from Rocky, one of the partners in Jimbeaux’s on Frenchmen (formerly the Spotted Cat): friends, romans & countrymen, please forgive me but please discontinue […]
The Quarter: Past and Present
I have a lot of issues with the invocation of tradition and history where the French Quarter is concerned because I suspect much of what people believe isn’t historically accurate. Or […]
What Makes Voodoo Producers Swallow Their Gum
This press release from Jane’s Addiction was reported in the L.A. Times: Jane’s Addiction’s management has confirmed that percussionist Stephen Perkins has been admitted to the Infectious Disease Ward […]
The Case of Now v. Then
This afternoon, I interviewed Ari Up from British first-generation punk band the Slits. OffBeat.com will run some of that interview later this year when the band’s new album, Trapped Animal, […]
We Take Two
UPDATE: Tuesday, July 21. The New Orleans Press Club Awards took place Saturday night at the Harrah’s Hotel, and OffBeat took home two awards. John Swenson won for Best […]
