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How Do You Find Live Local Music?
Where do people find live local music? Is there a regression in the information age in finding live local music? Most of you know that OffBeat has included music and culture […]
Must We Always Win?
I remember a time—not that long ago, let’s see maybe nine or 10 years ago?—when political differences of opinion were not the basis of doing business with someone. That’s changed […]
New Mayor Needs To Know More About Music
It’s been almost eight years since we elected a mayor. The last two mayors, Mitch Landrieu and Ray Nagin, participated in a forum organized and sponsored by OffBeat ) in […]
Learning from others to improve our lot
New Orleans is a unique city in many respects. But it doesn’t mean that we don’t have a lot to learn from other cities in the US. We all have […]
Who Speaks For Music?
Who speaks for music? Is music in this city really that important? Is it credible enough as an economic and cultural force so that there is a “spokesperson” that can […]
Splintering Music Choices
Some 30 years ago before there was an OffBeat, there was no music writer at the daily newspaper (back then the Times-Picayune in its old “real” newspaper incarnation) was the […]
A Tale of Maple Syrup
Let me tell you why I have such a great job. Today was kind of a rough morning for me. It was the day I had to travel to my […]
Music as Community
Today our first Jazz Fest visitors wandered into the office, and if this year is like any other, this is the tip of the iceberg. For the next couple of […]
Who’s Really The Winner?
Thursday, January 21 is our annual Best of The Beat Music Awards at Generations Hall. Every yer, I hear a fair amount of complaining because someone who “deserved” to be […]
A Lot To Be Thankful For
It’s such a cliché, but when one perceives what’s going on at this moment in time, all I can say is that I am so thankful to have my family […]
