Blogs
Fela Needs You to Complete Him
Felamania is gripping America – or maybe it just has the country in a loose, friendly grasp, but his albums are being reissued and the Broadway play Fela! continues in […]
Anselmo, Meet Shockey
At HousecoreRecords.com – the online home of Phil Anselmo’s label – he interviews Saints tight end Jeremy Shockey. Among the revelations – “[Pantera] helped some people deal with their anger […]
So Strange
It’s clearly been a dry summer in the Midwest, so much so that the Mississippi River is down almost 10 feet. It frustrates my dog when she wants to go […]
Handicapping the Hall
Yesterday, the nominees for this year’s induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame were announced and I announced who I think should be in – Dr. John, Alice […]
The Road Goes on Forever
Today is so beautiful that I rode my bike to work from Uptown. Here’s the internal monologue as I rode with my iPod on shuffle. Y.F.O.C./Slippy Floor – the Fall: […]
The Value of Quirks
I’ve long contended that the worst art isn’t the most inept; it’s the most forgettable. The levels of craft may be worlds apart, but Ed Wood films are as entertaining […]
The Endless Whine
When I was on the Faculty Senate at Delgado, one thing I could count on every semester was dissatisfaction with parking. Regardless of the efforts made to improve parking for […]
What Do Winners Do?
They win, and there are no style points in football. I look forward to better showings from the Saints offense, but that’ll come. One thing last year’s playoff run demonstrated […]
Who Owns Who Dat?
In today’s Times-Picayune, Frank Donze reports on the efforts by Who Dat, Inc. to control the marketing of the phrase it claims it owns. Donze writes: In the latest correspondence, […]
Loving our Digital Selves
One thing the Americana music community shares with enthusiasts for New Orleans music is a belief in its intrinsic goodness, and a sense that the goodness should be enough. In […]
