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Can You Jump?
We just received this email from the casting director for the film remake of 21 Jump Street: The feature film “21 Jump Street” is now seeking extras. The film stars […]
Grammy Come, Grammy Go
I have a hard time feeling a sense of great injustice for the Recording Academy’s decision to consolidate categories, in the process wiping the Best Cajun/Zydeco Album category. I’d prefer […]
Jazz Fest Notes: Jeff Beck
In preparation for his Jazz Fest appearance, Jeff Beck (Apr. 29, 3:20 p.m., Acura Stage) will perform on American Idol this Wednesday, April 6. He’ll perform a song with the […]
Giving Spammers Credit
At least they stay current. Just got this appeal to cough up my bank info: Hello, please i am Issa Atyalla from Libya, i and my sister is presently in […]
A Test of Limits
It started beautifully. I sat down at a judges’ table at Hogs for the Cause on Saturday and had a rib in my hand in moments. I discovered that it […]
Who Knew?
In a city where people have dress flip-flops in their closet, who saw three separate fashion weeks taking place? The third—NOLA Fashion Week—culminates today and tomorrow with fashion shows at […]
SXSW Day 4: A Little Space
Saturday’s SXSW brought back days of SXSW Past, appropriate on the festival/conference/spring break’s 25th anniversary. The Mojo Magazine Party at Mean Eyed Cat was sufficiently off the beaten path that […]
SXSW Day 3: Good for New Orleans, or Good?
Late in the day, a friend responded to a tweet about sitting through a mediocre Brooklyn band waiting for a Generationals set, “Can’t get enough of NOLA bands in NOLA?” […]
SXSW Day 2: They Love Us, They Like Us
Thursday started at a party thrown by HBO’s Treme, and even without anyone from the production (the show’s still shooting) and really, music directly associated with the show – a […]
SXSW Day 1: Crowded in the Graveyard
The first sign that things have gone wrong – the goodie bag. For years, registrants at South by Southwest would be given a bag with art done by a musician […]
