Blogs
The Best Funk Album You Can’t Buy
Thru You is a project by Kutiman that remixes the music and videos found on YouTube into an album’s worth of sample-oriented compositions, working in both the audio and […]
A Nice Surprise
I was exploring Blip.fm, yet another networking device – this one allows you to send links to mp3s via Twitter and its own list – and found an extensive […]
The Magic Words?
I have two good new comps on my desk – The Roots of Hip-Hop and the Soul of Hip-Hop, Vol. 1. The former dubiously claims that talking blues and […]
Early SXSW Stuff
In “The Weekly Beat” next week, we hype some of the Louisiana artists playing in Austin during SXSW. Unfortunately, that comes out a little late for those who play […]
Seriously?
[UPDATED] I’m going through the French Quarter Festival lineup to find publicity photos for the artists playing to accompany copy. I’m a day in and have only found one […]
Writing the Language
Tonight, the Historic New Orleans Collection opens a show of photos by Michael P. Smith. By now, some of shots will be familiar because they’ve entered New Orleans’ culture, […]
I Know What I Know
John Sinclair’s It’s All Good: A John Sinclair Reader was recently published, and it presents an intriguing alternative vision of him to hipster from another time his voice can […]
Accidentally Brilliant?
I’ve spent the last week with Steven Brower’s book Satchmo: The Wonderful World and Art of Louis Armstrong. The title hints at the book’s issue, as it looks like […]
Blanchard at Ogden Postponed
Terence Blanchard’s March concert in the Ogden Museum of Southern Art’s Taylor Library has been postponed. The show was to debut work that he is recording in the Taylor […]
Snooks’ Funeral
I resisted writing about Snooks Eaglin’s funeral yesterday, wondering if it was tasteless to comment on it. But later in the day at the visitation for Antoinette K-Doe at […]
