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What are Words Worth?
Generation vs. Generation contrasts almost always make it very obvious how old (or young) the writer is, but I’m about to stumble into one anyway, fully aware that this contrast […]
Stomp, Stomp Conference Schedules Announced
The Trashmen (“Surfin’ Bird”) and Duane Eddy (“Rebel Rouser”) headline the Ponderosa Stomp September 24 and 25 respectively. The annual celebration of the roots of rock ‘n’ roll returns to […]
The Price of Success
One of the best things to come out of the NFL Kickoff Thursday circus besides ramping up the pre-game buzz for Thursday night – like that was needed – is […]
R&B Icons Play Westbank Benefit Sunday
The Ponderosa Stomp folks recently announced a benefit Sunday from 1 to 6 p.m. for recent inductee into the Westbank Musicians Hall of Fame, Richard Banquer, who’s dealing with cancer. […]
Treme Soundtrack Track Listing
[UPDATE] Earlier, we received a list of songs on the upcoming soundtrack album for HBO’s Treme, but since then, we’ve been informed that the list we had was wrong. The […]
A Preview of Next Thursday?
Tonight’s Saints game is unlikely to tell us much about the team that will take the field against the Minnesota Vikings next Thursday night (beside who’ll back up the back-ups), […]
The Shape of Things to Come
Traffic is bottlenecked on Decatur Street right now and likely will be for the rest of the week as crews erect a stage for the kickoff concert for the Saints […]
Tide and Talk
UPDATED: Saturday, the Howlin’ Wolf was full of tables, the better to support laptops operated by the bloggers present for Rising Tide 5, the bloggers’ conference focused on New Orleans’ […]
The Lessons Not Learned
To his credit, NBC’s Brian Williams on Meet the Press asked Wendell Pierce if racism and classicism played a role in the slow governmental response to the post-Katrina flooding, and […]
Voodoo Adds Electronica and More
Today the Voodoo Experience announced some additions to its musical lineup. The bill for the Halloween weekend festival in City Park headlined by Weezer, Muse, Ozzy Osbourne, MGMT and My […]
