Blogs
Follow the Leader?
I’m never prepared for Noel Gallagher to be the voice of reason, but sometimes … The consumer has become all powerful now, and the consumer is king. So the consumer […]
What We Lose…
…with digital music files: Cover art. Like the best cover art, that of Hurray for the Riff Raff’s Look Out Mama, released today, has a life of its own. Gregory […]
French Quarter Festival Estimates More Than 550,000 Attendees
This afternoon, the French Quarter Festival announced that approximately 574,000 people attended the four-day festival, which this year included an expanded “Lagniappe Thursday.” This ritual of releasing the festival’s attendance […]
Hurray for the Riff Raff Tonight on Liveset
For those of you who can’t make the French Quarter Fest or want something different, we’re pleased to partner with Liveset.com and CANO to present Hurray for the Riff Raff […]
French Quartering
Now a day earlier and two days longer than it used to be, the 29th-annual French Quarter Festival begins tomorrow, Thursday April 12. If you’ve had a chance to peruse […]
Not Quite Eddie Vedder News, But …
…this physical malady thing seems to be going around. Saturday night’s “Who’s Bad” Michael Jackson tribute show at the House of Blues is going to be short a Michael according […]
Disneyfied—Not.
I’ve heard a lot about the “Disneyfication” of the French Quarter. That term generally means, in a negative way, that a place is going to be stripped of its original […]
A First Look at Treme’s Third Season
There’s no new video online yet, but last night’s “My Darlin’ New Orleans” fundraiser hosted by HBO’s Treme showed a scene from the upcoming season. The story has moved forward […]
If I Were a Kid …
… I would live for Bracket Town. Bracket Town is the NCAA’s fan center in the Convention Center, and while there was less there for me as an adult than […]
Loudspeaking
The rocky road to achieving fairness and accountability in managing sound in the city’s largest entertainment districts continues to plug along. Before I describe the latest developments, I want to […]
