Blogs
Treme: My Pictures!
[This is the first in a series of blog posts dealing with HBO’s Treme. We get enough email with Treme-related stories that we’ve decided to run some of them, along […]
Do the Math
More on the Lady Gaga front: I wondered yesterday about what interest would accrue on money spent for tickets this week for a show that won’t take place until next […]
Get While the Getting’s Good
Until the Gulf Aid announcement today, much of the morning was spent debating Lady Gaga tickets going on sale 11 months before the show. In the office and on Twitter, […]
Something Else
After spending a couple of months with few musical thoughts that don’t involve New Orleans’ music, it’s time for a palate-cleansing listen to the world outside. Carolina Chocolate Drops Genuine […]
My Morning Jacket Plays New Orleans
The buzz after My Morning Jacket’s set was their final covers – “Mother-in-Law,” “Carnival Time” (with Al “Carnival Time” Johnson onstage with them) and Curtis Mayfield’s “Move on Up.” You […]
The Festivals Are Over, Now Get Back to Work!
French Quarter Fest and Jazz Fest 2010 have come and gone, and some surprising trends have emerged. For years and years, Jazz Fest measured its success by its attendance. There […]
Lemon Lavender Pie
Since last week’s lemon pie was ugly good, I had to do it again. This time with less eggs and a touch of Provence—did you hear my voice turn uppity […]
Notes from Jazz Fest’s Second Weekend
R. Scully’s Rough 7 brought sunshiny good times to Jazz Fest, opening their set at the Acura Stage by singing “I’m Not Insane Anymore” and “Give Up Your Dreams.” Scully […]
Stabbed in the Palm
Thank you so much, Alex (OffBeat editor), for showing me the fastest one-step way yet to peel a crawfish, but I think I need a better ointment than yellow crawfish […]
While We Were Festing …
… a debate was going on about the language of the environmental disaster in the Gulf. One person on Twitter suggested that a more appropriate hashtag than #oilspill was #oildisaster, […]
