Blogs
Austin Calling
When the day is done, I’m off to Austin for South by Southwest. It’s a long drive, which I’ll likely spend speeding through a collection of songs by showcasing bands […]
Le Triomphe Puts Auditorium Development on Hold
As Mayor Ray Nagin’s final term approaches its conclusion, he has talked about the city entering into personal services contracts and big ticket technology contracts, despite incoming Mayor Mitch Landrieu’s request […]
Harold Battiste Stomps Tonight
The Ponderosa Stomp Foundation once again brings New Orleans’ music legends to the masses, this time with Ponderosa Stomp Fridays at the Cabildo. The series starts tonight at 5:30 with […]
Can We Ever Change?
We learned an important lesson in the past few weeks in regards to the cover of our March issue. As those of you who are old enough to remember, in […]
More on OffBeat’s March Cover
In regards to OffBeat’s much-blogged and –talked about March cover: We admit that we showed a terrible lack of judgment and insensitivity towards our readers who may have taken offense […]
Clever I Guess
Weird promo dept.: Pop duo the Bird and Bee have recorded Interpreting the Masters Vol. 1: Hall and Oates, and I’ve enjoyed it far more than I ever liked Hall and Oates. […]
The Other Side
In a blog post elsewhere on this site, Jan Ramsey writes about the need to memorialize the important sites in New Orleans’ musical history. I don’t mean to be contrarian, […]
Chicken
On our way up First Street the weekend before Mardi Gras, we ran into chickens promenading around a Garden District mansion. Today, I spotted chickens on Louisiana about a block […]
Where Are The Memorials?
I wonder why there’s such an overall lack of appreciation for musical legends in New Orleans, which is the most musical city on earth. There’s such a deep love for […]
What is it About the Mother-in-Law?
You’d think the Mother-in-Law Lounge is on a tricky stretch of winding road considering that the building has been crashed into six times now. Most recently, it was hit Monday […]
