Blogs
Is Live Music Going To Survive Technology?
What can be done to save live music? Last August, I wrote a blog that demonstrated my concern about the state of live music in New Orleans. Summers are always […]
The OffBeat Year in Review 2021
OffBeat’s Year In Review summarizes all the stories, musicians, cultural references and more.
Fix It Please
Last week the most current Director of the City’s Cultural Economy Office, musician and academician Dr. Brice Miller, was let go. He lasted three months. In the time he served, […]
Laissez-Faire Not Always What We Need
More and more often, the issues you hear concerning music in New Orleans have to do with two things: the inability of the city to enforce regulations that are set […]
What Do We Want to be when we grow up?
What do we want to be when we grow up? How does New Orleans begin to capitalize on its music and actually become a bona fide music city? GNO, Inc., the econmic development arm of city government, is funding a study and has sent out an RFP to find out.
Educate Yourself Before You Vote
Please carefully consider the qualifications and direct experience of all the candidates before you vote this Saturday. This issue of OffBeat’s Weekly Beat has links to pertinent questions asked to […]
Mayor, Mayor, Mayor. What To Do?
I was on the panel for the Mayoral Forum at the Carver Theater on Monday earlier this week. As I’ve written, this is the third such forum that I’ve helped […]
Get Busy, Get Educated
If you’re not educated about who’s the best mayoral candidate for New Orleans music community, here’s your chance. With all the problems we have in New Orleans—crime, educational issues, corruption, […]
Houston
God help the poor people of Houston (and Port Arthur, Beaumont, Lake Charles, and more at this writing. All I could do was think about them yesterday on the anniversary […]
Vision Quest
A couple of weeks ago Mojo Mouth described a small conference, organized by the ELLA Project. This forum brought in music-involved people from all over the US and Canada to […]
