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Inside the Tribes
“Big Chief wants to see you.” During a recent Sunday practice, an order to summon the visitor was passed through the ranks of the Creole Wild West Mardi Gras Indians […]
Reggae Riddums
To most lovers of reggae music, the thought of hearing their favorite music while surrounded by friends, grass and blue skies is near bliss. With a good outdoor sound system, […]
Festival Exotique: Festival International de Louisiane Brings Cultural Tidbits from Around the Globe to Cajun Country
As April rolls around and the thoughts of most New Orleanians turn to Jazz Fest, another wonderful music and arts celebration—Festival International de Louisiane—is also shifting into gear. One of […]
Take A Chaw on These Mardi Gras Tidbits
Get out your new suits, gang, ’cause Mardi Gras is just a few days away. But meanwhile, take a chaw from our latest batch of plugs… DIAMOND DATES DEPT… Just […]
Mardi Gras Music
Ah yes, it’s that time of year again in the ol’ Big Easy…a town where as soon as the Christmas decorations come down, the Mardi Gras decorations go up. A […]
Rockin’ Dopsie Rules
It’s Friday night at the Maple Leaf Bar in New Orleans. The pressed-tin walls of the Victorian-era dime store are being rattled royally by dark men with strange armor and […]
Spare Parts November 1991
Well, it’s November in New Orleans and the turkeys are getting nervous. I’ll be spending Thanksgiving in Germany this year, on the road with Lydia Lunch, selling t-shirts and assorted […]
Spare Parts September 1991
Yo dudes and dudettes, the Spare Parts mailbox has been getting some action, so I’ll start off by plugging a society centered around a rather well known local writer. Sue […]
Backroad Acadiana: Fests and Dancehalls
Since Opelousas native Paul Prudhomme blackened his first redfish several years ago, the interest in Cajun food and music has garnered world attention. The interest in the music and dancing […]
Big Easy Blues
“It’s the home of the blues. This place here is the home, the foundation of jazz and blues.” It’s rather hard to contradict the 80-year-old dean of New Orleans blues, […]
