Blogs
Line of the Day
“I’m in this for life like Vince Marinello.” – Truth Universal, from “Straight 48” on the new Guerilla Business.
Kermit Ruffins Gets the “Real” Treatment
Last night, I went to see Kermit Ruffins and made an unpleasant discovery: The Real World has found Vaughan’s. MTV’s The Real World is one of the pioneering reality shows, one […]
Computer Woes and Jazz Futures
The day we presented our Best of The Beat Business Awards, on January 20th, I was at my desk working like a madwoman to try to finish up guests lists, […]
Yellow Pocahontas TM
Yesterday’s New York Times has a story on an unusual approach by Mardi Gras Indians to monetizing their suits – they’re copyrighting them. An age-old thorn in Indians’ side has been […]
Blood and Feedback: a SXSW Diary
[OffBeat‘s Aaron LaFont continues his SXSW diary] Day 3: Friday at SXSW – the big day. I arrived downtown sometime in the mid-afternoon. Stop one: bratwurst. Stop two: 6th Street. I think I’m […]
Black and Gold (Again! and Again!)
If you liked K. Gates’ “Black and Gold” during this year’s Saints season, you’ll get a chance to enjoy it live not once but twice during Jazz Fest as he’s […]
Pizza, Parades and Texting MCs: a SXSW Diary
[OffBeat contributor Aaron LaFont was also at SXSW: here’s the first two days of his diary] Day 1: A sense of utter disbelief soon followed by a somber ache came […]
Saying Goodbye
Writer Eric Weisbard wrote on Thursday, “I read my Facebook and Alex Chilton is Michael Jackson. I leave Facebook and he doesn’t exist.” Fortunately, SXSWville (located in Austin) has been […]
SXSW: The First Two Days
The news of Alex Chilton’s death obviously changed the nature of my first night’s coverage, so here’s an abbreviated round-up of the first two nights: Coolest moment: DJ Pasta was […]
Giants Falling
Learning of Alex Chilton’s death during the first night of South by Southwest made the whole enterprise seem a little empty – at least for the night. Almost every rock […]
