Blogs
Those Who Want to Argue with the New York Times…
… will have to take one step backwards before declaring it hopelessly pro-Obama. David D. Kirkpatrick’s “Writing Memoir, McCain Found Narrative for Life” examined the relationship between McCain’s war experience […]
Another VP for Consideration
In The Nation, singer Roseanne Cash makes her entertaining case for a place on the Republican ticket instead of Sarah Palin: Like the Governor, I now also believe that my […]
A Message from Bobby Charles
This election season’s so maddening that it motivated Bobby Charles to go in the studio and cut a new song, “Take Back My Country.” More than anything, it’s a get […]
Debating the Debates
This morning, NPR’s “Morning Edition” had a segment on undecided voters, many of whom felt like they needed to see another debate to make up their minds. If they want solid information, […]
A Musical Guide to the New Orleans Film Fest
The New Orleans Film Fest starts Friday. Here’s a look ahead at the music-related movies (with a little leeway) in chronological order with text provided by the film festival. Note […]
A World of Peace Must Come
In 1969, Brian Wilson produced A World of Peace Must Come, an album of poetry by Stephen John Kalinich. Kalinich was part of the Beach Boys circle in 1966 during […]
What More Can I Say?
Last fall, The Unfairground reminded me how much I once loved British eccentric Kevin Ayers. His early 1970s albums were a part of a body of art rock in the […]
A New Kind of Katrina Song
Alex V. Cook blogged today about a piece of music based on what was dubbed “the Katrina Hexacord” by The New Yorker’s Alex Ross. It’s the name given the non-chord that […]
The Trouble with Banksy
There are three Banksy pieces done in New Orleans that are little discussed because few saw them – a silhouette of a child playing a trumpet on the side of […]
Another Banksy Down
Graffiti/public artist Banksy hit the city with a series of works with, as his Web site says, the purpose of confronting Fred Radke, “The Gray Ghost,” who is known for […]
