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Mandatory Reading
The Nation‘s A.C. Thompson wrote an account of white vigilante activities in Algiers in the days after Hurricane Katrina that must be read, if for no other reason than because no […]
Did it Get a Little Cold in Here?
Another pre-Jazz Fest note, this one on Aretha Franklin. Mike Seely at the Seattle Weekly wrote this week protesting the choice of Aretha Franklin to sing at the Obama […]
Let it Go
[Updated 9:55. See the end of the post.] After today’s story in the Times-Picayune about the Mid-City bonfire, it’s time to let the bonfire go. Not because of anything […]
It’s All About the Hands
A Tony Bennett review in the New York Times, in long-distance advance of his show at Jazz Fest. According to Ben Ratliff: When Tony Bennett, now 82, enacts that […]
Burning Up
The Mid-City New Year’s Eve bonfire has been a partially kept secret for quite some time, likely because everybody knew if it became too big, it would be shut down. Certainly […]
A Shoe Fetish
Last night, Keith Olbermann did a piece on shoe-throwing, the sort of piece that could only happen on a slow news day. He tried half-heartedly to turn it into […]
Jazz Fest Lineup Announcement Notes
UPDATE: Dec. 17 – A reader says Erykah Badu did play Jazz Fest 8 or so years ago. I thought so, but wasn’t sure.] The New Orleans Jazz and […]
A Slightly Surreal Christmas
Wednesday night, One Eyed Jacks will present a Christmas double feature with a screening of the Flaming Lips’ Christmas on Mars and Miss Pussycat’s brilliant North Pole Nutrias. Doors […]
Left Out
Wilson Savoy reflects on the overlooked band in this year’s Grammy consideration for Best Cajun/Zydeco Album here. Along the way, he touches on why the omission and what “Cajun […]
Grammy list updated
Reid Wick from NARAS sent me his personal list of Louisianans who were involved with Grammy-nominated recordings, and I’ve learned a few through other means. David Egan, for example, wrote […]
