Blogs
More Cops, Less Guns Needed
As I expected, there was a big response to my anti-gun stance in last week’s blog. I know I am, as they say, “spitting into the wind,” but I am […]
Handgun on hip, we walk through the French Quarter
Steve Maloney, OffBeat’s web editor, texted me a photo that his uncle took in the French Quarter on Tuesday. Note the handgun on this young man’s right hip. My jaw […]
Cheap Ain’t Dere No More
I guess I should be happy about what’s going on in New Orleans. Remember when Ed Blakely, Executive Director of Recovery Management for the City post-Katrina predicted a speedy recovery […]
Where do the brass bands go?
Jazz Fest is over; the nitrous hustlers have been busted on Frenchmen; let’s hope they stay away. Frenchmen Street is still crowded. As I write this, and for most of […]
What I Loved and Hated About Jazz Fest
Okay, Festival Productions people: don’t go nuts on me here. I’m not dissing the Jazz Fest this year. It was one of the better ones in memory: the lineup was […]
Frenchmen Street Music, Culture and Balloons
Frenchmen Street music, now Frenchmen Street culture too! One the huge benefits of publishing a music and culture magazine is getting to meet all the musicians and artists. After interviewing […]
Jazz Fest 1994
Guess who’s at Jazz Fest? Think I’ve changed since 1994? Well, chunkier and older for sure, and my hair got a lot more red, a little wiser, a lot deeper […]
Frenchmen Street Brass Band Controversy
Have you been on Frenchmen Street lately and heard the brass band? Remember that big lot on the corner of Frenchmen and Chartres where the brass band used to play […]
French Quarter Fest Awaits
It’s hard to believe that French Quarter Fest is once again upon us, and, as usual, the weather appears to be sterling. Starting today is the 31st annual French Quarter […]
Is New Orleans the new
San Francisco?
I am an avid subscriber to a lot of magazines, and one of my favorites is New York Magazine. There are a lot of interesting news pieces in it, written […]
