Blogs
Just Say N.O.
In this year’s Jazz Fest issue, we were pleased to indulge Rob Walker’s obsession with “St. James Infirmary” and publish his liner notes for a ficticious compilation CD featuring versions […]
This Slip’s for You
At Salon.com, James Hannaham writes about Nine Inch Nails’ The Slip, which takes Radiohead’s In Rainbows one better by not only making the album available as a free download (among […]
The Future is Long
Julian Temple’s The Future is Unwritten is his 2-plus hours-long valentine to Joe Strummer. The love for an artist that motivates filmmakers to shoot a documentary on the subject seems […]
Patience Required
It’s easy to see why Daft Punk’s 70-minute film Electroma could drive fans crazy. It’s wordless, as two robots – men in black wearing Daft Punk helmets – travel through […]
Tales of the Cocktail in Daiquiri City
This week, Tales of the Cocktail returned to New Orleans, and it’s always an event I’ve been a little suspicious of. Its celebration of cocktail culture has always seemed like […]
Your Call
I’m generally skeptical of the value of petitions, but I’ll pass this along because the cause is good and the principals have, well, priniciples. This one is addressed to both […]
Don’t Be a Stereotype … Don’t Be a Stereotype … D’OH!
It’s so depressing to be represented in the media by cliches. When I heard that a Metairie beauty salon owner was going to be a contestant on CBS’ Big Brother […]
Reality Check
Going through a stack of CDs and DVDs, I found John Darnielle’s Master of Reality, which I’d meant to write about long ago. The Mountain Goats’ singer/songwriter contributes his take […]
The Baseball Project
Last night, my wife and I went to Zephyr Field, and if you think about what you’re watching, it’s easy to get romantic about baseball. Catching for the Z’s was Raul […]
More Food News
Last year, Chef Xavier Laurentino of Laurentino’s showed food editor Todd Price and I photos of the results of the molecular gastronomy workshop he attended in Barcelona with Stella’s Scott […]
